Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 89 Use of Lathes

After taking Yao Fuliwei, the Xiang Jun and the shepherds on the school field visibly cheered up.Li Buqi took the opportunity to announce some rules and regulations, and then asked Yao Fu's envoy Xiang Jun to choose a commander and three capitals himself.As expected, the chosen commander was Zheng He.

I was secretly proud of myself——this vision is not bad.

Let the new army start training, and sent Xiang Jun and Muzi to work separately. Li Buqi called Zheng He and Tan Baosi, the old village head of the Muzi, into the government office for a meeting.

Turnbull is also a somewhat capable person.When Li Buqi chatted with him yesterday, he found that the old man was very clear-headed. Each of the more than 100 Muzi households has a number of people, how much labor, and is good at what to do.Although I don't know if what he said is the truth, but being a village chief with this shrewdness alone is no problem.

Now Li Buqi asked about Zheng He's situation.It turned out that Zheng He was originally a farmer in Henan Province. Ten years ago, his hometown was hit by a drought and he lost his way of life. Seeing the imperial court recruiting soldiers, he joined the Xiang army.In the Xiang army, he learned carpentry work from an old carpenter. He groped while doing it, and he had his own experience in building houses, digging ditches, and building roads.Because every time he was assigned to work, he finished quickly, and he gained prestige in the Xiang army. Yao Fu's previous commander promoted him to be the head of the capital when he saw that he would save his work.

Later, when Yao Fu took office, he would leave it to Zheng He if he had anything to do, and he was thinking about how to put some money and food on his subordinate Xiang Jun, and how to curry favor with his superiors.Because Zheng He had to do everything, Zheng He had the strength to bargain with Yao Fu, and he could fight for some money and food for the Xiang army.

After listening to Zheng He's self-introduction, Li Buqi nodded and said, "Since the two of you are trusted by others, you will be my right-hand men in the future. Just remember one thing, I don't want to see you take advantage of my trust." Domineering. I will often ask your subordinates to find out the situation, and if I find that you are like that Yao Fu, I will definitely punish you severely."

The two dared not even say it, but Li Buqi said again: "This is the Xiang army, and Muzi's manpower is not easy to deploy, so we can't separate them from each other in the future. I think this way, Zheng He is the leader, and Old Tan is the deputy." , the people under your command will work together in one place from now on, anyway, all your money and supplies will be spent on the testing ground in the future.”

Seeing that the two had no objections, Li Buqi said again: "You also have a division of labor in doing things. Since Zheng He is proficient in carpentry and construction, he will mainly follow the people who work in the workshop in the future. Father Tan has raised horses for decades. Mainly grazing and farming. Looking back, Zheng He first selected fifty dexterous ones, preferably some carpenters, to be apprenticed in the workshop, and then selected thirty strong laborers to work in the winery. By the way, dozens of dexterous women are needed to work. Silk thread and needlework. Papa Tan also selects [-] of the best horse breeders to specialize in raising horses and donkeys. Furthermore, see if your people have any special skills, such as those who can plant trees or raise pigs Those who are good at weaving, those who are good at weaving. Women who are capable, let me find out. For the rest, Zhuang Laoli will continue to plant trees and grass and level the fields with Father Tan for the time being."

"In the past few days, a lot of pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks have been brought in. You can share a few with each family, and choose the hardworking one first..."

After talking for a long time, Li Buqi asked, "Have you all remembered?"

Both Zheng He and Turnbull said they remembered it.Li Buqi was afraid that the two of them would be fooled, so he asked them to repeat what he said, but they both clasped their fingers and said clearly.Li Buqi was not very surprised by this, because he already knew that the masters were among the people.Before crossing, there was a squad leader under him. It is said that he had attended elementary school for one year and could only write his own name. However, at the end of the month, he clearly stated the annual output of the month and whether there were any abnormalities.This kind of brain can't accept it.

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The second batch came from the old and young Liang family who were originally making bronze wares, and a dozen or so craftsmen from the general prison. A dozen or so carts brought a lot of wooden boxes.This time, the wooden box is filled with a new lathe and various tools and drills made by the supervisor.There is also a sack loaded on a cart full of bristles.

The current lathes are very simple and not big in size. They can be used directly after being fastened on a thick wooden frame with mortise and rivets.So three days later, the bamboo and wood workshop started.The initial products were just the same, toothbrushes and shoe soles.

Yes, you read that right, toothbrushes and shoe soles.

It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese began to use toothbrushes, which were called brushing teeth.Are you advanced?By the time of the Song Dynasty, toothbrushes were quite popular. Li Buqi had a toothbrush, and he saw that the three nobles and Xu Zhong all had their own toothbrushes.

It's just that in this day and age, the toothbrushes that Li Buqi can look at are so expensive, and the toothbrushes sold in grocery stores are too rough to use.The cause of this problem still lies in the material and manufacturing process of the toothbrush.

The bristles of toothbrushes in this era are actually made of horsetail.However, there were few horses in the Song Dynasty, and horsetails were still raw materials for making weapons and armor. Do you think this material is not expensive?

Let's talk about the manufacturing process.Several rows of holes need to be drilled on the handle of the toothbrush. Even a skilled craftsman may not be able to drill the holes neatly every time if the holes are drilled by hand.And the polishing and grinding of the toothbrush handle also requires a lot of labor.Therefore, a small toothbrush takes a lot of effort. If it is not expensive, the craftsman will starve to death.

Now that there is a lathe, it is different. After several months of repeated improvements by a group of top skilled craftsmen in the Song Dynasty, with the drill bits and tools cast by the supervisor, the speed of drilling and modifying the shape has been greatly accelerated.Li Buqi also contributed the design of a crankshaft. Now one person uses the pedals as power. It used to take a craftsman as a supervisor to make a toothbrush handle as long as a small worker can make more than ten toothbrush handles.

As for the bristles, of course they are replaced with bristles.As a city with a million people, Tokyo City needs to consume a lot of live pigs every day. In the past, most of the bristles were wasted, and Yang Silang's purchase of bristles was almost for nothing.

This method of making a toothbrush has been successfully tested in a workshop outside Tokyo. Naturally, the craftsmen who came to the supervisor will guide the selected workers to treat the bristles with alkaline water and make toothbrush handles with a lathe.A large group of women will divide the processed bristles into bundles, install them in the holes of the toothbrush handle, and fix them with silk threads.

This has solved the employment problem of a large number of women.

Other craftsmen from Jiang Zuo began to teach new workers how to make wooden shoe soles.It is to saw the solid wood into pieces, then use a knife to cut the shape of the foot on the car window, then cut a groove on the edge of the bottom surface, drill [-] or [-] holes along the shallow groove, and finally process the bottom with a knife. several teeth.

In addition to cloth shoes, leather boots, hemp shoes, and straw sandals, Song people also wore clogs and clogs.Especially those who are able to go out in rainy and snowy weather will wear a pair of clogs to prevent their shoes and socks from getting wet.Officials also wear clogs like the "boots" in the play.Therefore, clogs are actually not uncommon.

It's just that although the wooden soles are wear-resistant, it takes a lot of labor to make them.Because it is not a carpenter's job to make a good pair of wooden soles, but a carpenter's work.

Although it still needs to be trimmed and polished by hand in the end, most of the work is done on a lathe, and the cost is naturally reduced a lot.

Li Buqi chose these two projects first not because of how much money they can make, but because the shipment volume must be large.With enough demand, more lathes are produced, requiring more tools and drills.After a period of time, the level of Da Song's tool manufacturing will definitely rise to a higher level.

Among other things, Li Buqi was very surprised that the craftsmen who will be the supervisor actually made the bolts and simple twist drills according to the drawings he drew.Although it is still close to the state of handicrafts, it has been made after all.Manufacturing continues to improve the manufacturing process, and I believe it will be practical soon.Li Buqi regretted asking the sea merchant to find the person who made the screw. If he had known that the craftsman of the Song Dynasty could make it, he would have done it himself!

(End of this chapter)