Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 91 Xu Baichuan

Seeing Li Jing make such a thing, everyone was stunned, wondering what effect this thing could have.

Li Jing didn't explain, but asked someone to put a large iron block under the mallet. As the mallet fell down, the iron block slowly deformed, and finally was completely flattened.

Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned.

After a long time, Shen Zheng waited for the people to react, and hurriedly asked: "Nephew, what's going on? How could this wooden hammer smash iron like this."

Li Jing smiled and said: "When water flows from a high place to a low place, the greater the water volume and the higher the drop, the greater the energy it will bring. This power is far greater than the power of humans. This machine uses This is the principle. What you see now is just a wooden mallet that has so much power. What if it is replaced with iron? And it’s not enough to replace only the hammer with iron. The connecting rods, axles, etc. must all be replaced with iron or It needs to be made of copper, otherwise, within two days, the equipment would fall apart under the impact of the water."

Shen Zheng and the others didn't know if they understood or not, they just kept nodding.

After a while, Shen Zheng asked, "What can this thing do?"

Li Jing turned his head and looked around, seeing the puzzled faces of the people around him, Li Jing smiled and said, "It's very useful."

Seeing that Zhao Shuangxi and other craftsmen were also watching from a distance, Li Jing waved to Zhao Shuangxi and others. When Zhao Shuangxi approached, Li Jing said, "Shuangxi, take a look, what this machine can do for you."

Zhao Shuangxi thought for a while and said: "This thing rotates and balances. Using this thing instead of a human for forging and hammering is much more accurate than building it manually."

Li Jing nodded with a smile and said, "You're only half right, what if you make a mold?"

Zhao Shuangxi was taken aback for a while, and after contemplating for a while, suddenly said: "If you make a mold, you can make a mold of a normal size, and you will not make mistakes in making the same parts in the future."

Li Jing patted Zhao Shuangxi's shoulder lightly and said with a smile: "Did you see that lever? If you don't use this lever and press a drill bit on that shaft, what do you think you can do?"

Zhao Shuangxi was taken aback for a moment, then said happily, "Drill the barrel of the gun?"

Li Jing smiled and nodded.

What Li Jing said just now is to remove the tie rod and fix the drill bit on the hydraulic machine. This equipment is actually a lathe. Of course, this is just the simplest lathe.

Fix the iron rod on a platform, make the iron rod level with the drill bit, and then slowly push the platform close to the drill bit, relying on the hydraulic high-speed rotating drill bit, it can quickly drill through the iron rod to make the barrel, so that the barrel There is basically not much error in the inner diameter.

Of course, such a barrel is still not as fine and accurate as the stamped one, but such stamping equipment cannot be produced at the moment.

Li Jing didn't expect to be able to make that kind of equipment now, as long as he can make the current one, he will be satisfied. As long as he has this machine, he can then make more equipment, such as lathes, planers, and milling machines etc.

When these devices are manufactured, the musket technology will get a qualitative leap.

The quality and speed of guns made with mechanical equipment will be much higher than those made by hand.

Then muskets and artillery could herald a new age.

Because bullets and shells can be made.

At the same time, the front-loading quick-fire gun will also be replaced by the rear-loading quick-fire gun.

A breech-loading gun capable of firing bullets coupled with artillery will dominate the war.

It's worth paying more for this.

Li Jing looked at the machine, then looked at Zhao Shuangxi, and said seriously: "Shuangxi, since you know what this machine can do, then according to the size, make them iron for me as soon as possible."

Zhao Shuangxi nodded vigorously.

The magistrate's yamen of Weihui Prefecture.

Xu Baichuan silently watched the various messages sent back by the guards, without any expression on his face.

Xu Baichuan never believed that his elder brother Xu Baishan's family was killed by evil spirits. The biggest doubt was that Xu Baishan had told him that he had prepared some treasures for him and asked him to take them to bribe the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, but These treasures are now gone.

That was Xu Baishan's life savings, worth nearly 40 taels of silver.

I have heard of evil spirits killing people, but when did I hear that evil spirits still take people's jewelry?Why did the devil take that thing?To bribe Hades Lao Tzu?
Since Xu Baichuan suspected that his elder brother's family was not killed by evil spirits, he naturally wanted to investigate, and the number one suspect was the people who spread the word that the Xu family was murdered by evil spirits.

But Lin County is not under the jurisdiction of Weihui Mansion, and Weihui Mansion has no right to arrest people in Lin County.

Even if the magistrate of Zhangde Mansion is his niece and son-in-law, he dare not do this.

This is a matter of the rights of the magistrate of Zhangde Prefecture, and it is also a matter of face of the magistrate of Zhangde Prefecture.

You can tell me who you want to arrest, and I will help you arrest them, but what do you think of me when you send someone over to arrest them?
Xu Baichuan knew the secret of being an official, he would never do such a stupid thing.

Xu Baichuan didn't want to have any conflicts with his niece and son-in-law after his elder brother died.

He originally wrote letters to the prefect of Zhangde and the county magistrate of Lin County, asking them to send someone to investigate the case.

However, there is a big case like the destruction of the Xu family in Lin County. It is related to the future of the county magistrate of Lin County. , how could he overthrow it?

There is no evidence that this case was done by someone. Even if the magistrate of Zhangde Prefecture is the leader of the magistrate of Lin County, the magistrate has nothing to do with the county magistrate.

And the prefect of Zhangde will never personally send someone to investigate the case. If it is found out, it's okay to say, but if it can't be found out, isn't it okay to find a doctor for yourself?

Xu Baichuan didn't blame his niece and son-in-law, the prefect of Zhangde, nor the county magistrate of Lin County. He might do the same thing himself.

If only his sister-in-law's two younger brothers died in this case, Xu Baichuan probably wouldn't even bother.

But among the people who died here were his own brother and two nephews, and the whole family surnamed Xu!
Xu Baichuan knew that he could be where he is today, thanks to his elder brother's help.

When he was studying, Xu Baishan supported him all the way, no matter how much his sister-in-law gave him cold eyes, Xu Baishan always stood by his side.

Later, when he finally won the exam, Xu Baishan spent money to make connections for him, so that he could quickly reach the position of county magistrate.

A few years later, when his position as county magistrate was secured, Xu Baishan bought Wei Zhongxian's cronies again and got him the position of magistrate of Weihui Mansion.

This time when he heard that there was a vacancy in the imperial court, Xu Baishan gave up all his savings and bought a batch of treasures, hoping to help him get this position.

It can be said that Xu Baishan, the big brother, treated him better than his mother and father, so no matter what the three nephews did, Xu Baichuan didn't care at all, and used his power to help them settle it.

Now that his eldest brother is dead, Xu Baichuan feels like the sky is falling.

Although Xu Baichuan's brain was congested, he was still not confused. He knew that he could not tell his niece and son-in-law about jewelry, and telling the magistrate of Zhangde Prefecture that your father-in-law was looking after his younger brother, not his son-in-law.

Therefore, when he saw that the county magistrate of Lin County and the prefect of Zhangde had not seen anything, Xu Baichuan finally sent his cronies to Lin County to investigate secretly.

As long as it is found out who is spreading the news secretly, this person will be taken down quietly, and then secretly escorted back.

After the interrogation is clear, you can talk to your niece and son-in-law when you have real evidence.

I don't want to, it's too late when the guard finds the person who spread the news, and the person who spread the news has already disappeared.

And after inquiring, the person who spread the news at that time was called Zhang Ao, a native of Lin County, and he was a poor scholar!

Xu Baichuan was furious when he heard the news.

Isn't this a hell, this person can't even wear poor pants, where can he go when it's cold?Continue to check!

The guard had no choice but to continue to investigate, and this time he got news that made Xu Baichuan even more annoyed.

Zhang Ao was taken away by Sun Meng of the Thousand Households of Zhangde Guard.

Xu Baichuan was stunned when he got the news.

Could it be that Sun Meng did it?
But the Xu family had no grudges against Sun Meng, how could Sun Meng destroy the entire Xu family?

Or maybe the Xu family wasn't killed by Sun Meng, Zhang Ao was just sent by the guard to spread the news?Kill Zhang Ao afterwards?

Just when Xu Baichuan was frowning, his subordinates brought him an astonishing news.

Sun Meng redeemed a cloak for Zhang Ao at the pawn shop, with a Chinese character Ying embroidered on the inside of the cloak, and at the same time brought back the pawn bills from the pawn shop.

Xu Baichuan took the pawn ticket and looked at it for a long time before he understood what was written on it.

Xu Baichuan's first thought at the time was that this Zhang Ao might be out of his mind, because the interest rate is too high, 15 taels a day's interest is actually one tael, which is simply more than a usury loan, and this one is only worth 60 If the big cloak of taels of silver is damaged, the pawnshop should pay 150 taels of compensation.

But Xu Baichuan immediately realized a problem, this person is so poor, where did this cloak come from?And why would he rather pay such a high interest rate than be deadly pawned, even if the pawn shop is damaged, he will have to pay ten times the price for compensation.

This shows that this cloak is very important to Zhang Ao, and Zhang Ao is very confident that he will redeem it in a short time.

What Zhang Ao did, Xu Baichuan knew very well, he knew that with Zhang Ao's ability let alone redeeming, he couldn't even pay the interest, not even a day's interest.

So where does his confidence come from?
Could it be the person who embroidered Ying characters?
Xu Baichuan shook his head. This word was embroidered by a woman. Although Zhang Ao is a scholar, he has nothing to do all day long and has no literary talents. Zhang Ao has nothing to attract women.

Ying?Ying?
Xu Baichuan read it a few times silently, and suddenly remembered that his nephew Xu Bin had mentioned to him that Shen Zheng in Lin County had a daughter whose name seemed to be Shen Ying. letter.

Could it be that Shen Zheng's daughter embroidered this cloak and gave it to Zhang Ao?

But how did Miss Shen know someone like Zhang Ao?
Moreover, the Shen family fled Lin County half a year ago, how did the Miss Shen family give Zhang Ao the cloak?
(End of this chapter)