Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 228 Never ask the other party how many people there are
Wu Yong said: "You have to write it on your face if you have endured hardship. My family still has more than ten acres of land and a few pigs. A few years ago, the child was young, and my wife and I farmed and raised pigs. Weaving hemp thread, such a hard work is only enough to feed and clothe, and the intensified exploitation has made the people breathless." The people are suffering, and the people's lives are too difficult.

Dian Zhengnan stopped talking, and he couldn't say no to Wu Jialiang.

The demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was not an accidental event, but an inevitable event, the force produced by the combination of many things.

Everyone was full, Dian Zhengnan had a large appetite and was still eating.

Chai Lin said: "Zhengnan, you can continue to eat, sir, follow me to see our machine."

The reed grinder is ready and so is the boiler.

The workers had already brought in thousands of catties of reeds and prepared dozens of bags for grass powder.

It's not early today, so I turned on a machine first.

The operator added a few shovels of coal to the boiler, and then started the machine. The flywheel changed from slow to fast, and the belt drove the pulverizer to rotate rapidly.

"They all wore dustproof hats and masks," said Chailin.

Everyone covered their heads and mouths and noses as required, Chen Long was a little confused, so he really didn't understand what this iron lump could do.

The operator pushed the whole bundle of reeds into the feeding port, and the dust flew all over the sky in an instant. The whole bundle of reeds was two meters long, and it disappeared completely in the blink of an eye. Then the operator slowly put it in A bundle, and soon a bag of grass powder is full.

Chai Lin beckoned and asked the worker to bring a bag of grass powder.

"Director Chen, take a look, can this grass powder be used together?"

Chen Long grabbed a handful of grass powder and was stunned on the spot. Is this powder made from reeds? Why is it similar to rice bran? It's really fine.

"Yes, yes, yes, it is this kind of grass powder. The owner is really a god. My original paper mill used a guillotine to chop it and then used a stone mortar to crush it. The efficiency was very slow." Chen Long said.

"The replacement of manpower by machinery is an inevitable development, and only in this way can the price of paper come down." Chailin said.

Chen Long asked: "How many reeds can this machine crush in one hour?"

"Try it, and then you'll know."

In ancient times, there were no accurate timers, so we could only make a rough estimate. Everyone watched carefully for half an hour.

Chen Long became more and more excited, and said: "My God, more than 2000 catties were smashed in half an hour, and five thousand catties in one hour, which is a full stomp of reeds. Two machines are driven together, and two reeds are stomped in one hour, which is 25 catties. It took less than two days for a catty of reeds to be crushed. I was wrong, and I was wrong."

Chai Lin said, "I can't blame you, after all, you haven't seen it before."

Wu Yong was also very excited. This machine is so powerful that it can produce such a huge force by burning coal.

Wu Yong pulled Chai Lin aside and said, "Brother, this machine is so powerful, it can be used to crush grain, which is also a huge profit. Only a few dozen machines like this can monopolize the grain processing of a state capital, and let those All the mills where the donkeys processed food were closed."

Chai Lin admires Wu Yong very much. Even though he is just a scholar, he has a really poisonous eye. He can see through the market at a glance.

"Mr. has a good eye, and has already selected a few acres of land at the port of Dongpingfu to build a grain processing workshop. However, things should not be rushed. We need to come in a little bit. Let Dongpingfu gain a firm foothold first." Chailin said.

Wu Yong was convinced that such a powerful machine might be snatched away if he was not careful.

Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast.

Chai Lin left most of his soldiers in the paper mill, and Chai Lin changed his clothes and pretended to be a scholar.

He only took Wu Yong, Dian Zhengnan, Jie Bao and ten other soldiers, and rode to Dongping Fucheng on horseback.The intelligence department has already opened a big car shop in Dongping Mansion, but they haven't found any information, just a lot of rumors and the like.

Although Dongping Mansion is small in size, its rank is quite high, and the city gate is heavily guarded, with more than a dozen gate guards guarding the gate.

Wu Yong was a little timid, wondering if so many people would be stopped from entering the city, of course, he couldn't show his timidity at this time, and his price would drop if he showed his timidity.

All the people in the group hung their waist knives in an upright manner, and even Wu Yong also hung a Songwen sword on his waist.Men Jun was not blind, and shouted: "Stop, what are you doing?"

Naturally, Chai Lin couldn't come forward for such a trivial matter, so Xie Bao took out the badge given by the prefect Cheng and said, "Look at it clearly."

This soldier of the gate army didn't know this waist card yet, the team next to him looked at it, the waist card of the government office, and it was a very high-level waist card, either the prefect's personal guard or the prefect's family members.

Immediately saluted: "Sorry for delaying you, please come in."

Chai Lin waved his hand and said, "Very well, this is the only way to do it. The serious and responsible spirit is worthy of praise. I reward you."

With a move of his hand, Chai Lin threw a tael of silver to the team.

Serving as a soldier is hard, and usually at most it is to get some money from the caravan. I didn't expect to meet a man from the government office who rewarded me with a tael of silver. After a dozen or so, I can go to eat a good meal.

Dongping City is not big, it is a small city in four directions, with two main streets, east, west, south, north, and various yamen and wealthy households in the north of the city.There are various businesses, squares and cities in the south of the city.

Chai Lin said to Wu Yong, "Let's go see Cheng Zhifu first?"

Wu Yong shook his head: "No hurry, let's find an inn to stay, understand the situation in the city, and then make a decision. Dongping City is an old city, and the forces of various factions are intertwined. Even Master Cheng can't use his fists when he comes. That's the key to inviting my brother in."

"You mean that Dongping City is a pool of stagnant water, and we are the shit-stirring sticks that muddy the water so Master Cheng can use his fists?" Chai Lin asked.

Wu Yong nodded: "That's what I think. There are many rich people in Dongping City. Why do you use your brother? It's because you are a foreigner. Once a foreigner enters Dongping City, it will disturb the water."

Chai Lin nodded secretly, he was really smart, 200 taels of silver was not in vain.

Chai Lin said: "Okay, since it's a shit-stirring stick, let's stir it first, as a gift to Mr. Cheng."

Where to go to mix it up first? This is learning. Chailin plans to find an inn to stay and study slowly. It seems that it is necessary to let people from the intelligence department come to collect information at night.

They found a big cart shop, settled the horses, and then walked to the street together.

As he was walking, Wu Yong pulled Chai Lin's arm, and saw that in front of the Thrushcross Pavilion, a smart-mouthed woman stopped a lady and a maid, and the lady and maid went in without knowing what she said.

Wu Yong said: "There is a play to watch, this is a black shop."

"Black shop, what kind of black method?" Chailin asked puzzled.

Wu Yong sighed and said, "This is a shop that sells rouge and gouache, and it also gives women eyebrows and eyebrows. My mother-in-law passed by here a few years ago, and she went to get her eyebrows tattooed after hearing the bragging of that clever woman. Ten Wen coins, but in the end, only ten taels of silver came out."

"So ruthless, this is the city of Dongping Prefecture, where the world is open and the universe is lawless." Chai Lin said in surprise.

"Yes, there are more than a dozen big men here. If they are timid, they will give money if they are frightened. If they are bold, they will report to the police. After a while, the arrest will come, and the store will take out the contract with the customer's fingerprints. Come on, the police will ignore this matter after seeing the contract. Any customer will go to the government office to sue for this little money, so the business of this shop will continue like this." Wu Yong said.

Chai Lin became angry when he heard this, and said: "What, this group of people dared to bully Mr. and cheated Mr. more than ten taels of silver. Brothers, everyone, what should we do?"

"Tear him down." Everyone said.

Wu Yong saw that his brother was really loyal, and he belonged to the firecrackers, and he was ready at one point.

Quickly said: "It's been several years, and there is no rush for revenge. It's not too late to find out how many of them there are."

Dian Zhengnan said: "Our Cangzhou township soldiers don't have many slogans, Master. When we fight, we never ask how many people there are on the other side, as long as we know where they are. We never hold grudges, and we will avenge them on the spot. You It's our master, master has been bullied, how can we keep silent?"

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