Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 256

"Then, what will happen?" Chai Lin led Li Qingzhao to continue.

Li Qingzhao thought for a while: "Of course the other paper workshops can't keep going. The boss went bankrupt and the workers lost their jobs, leaving Dongping Paper Workshop alone."

"That's right, so selling cheap is not a good thing, only the price is right." Chailin said.

Li Qingzhao is a poet who studies some graceful words all day long, and is naturally not very interested in economics. Seeing that there is no common topic, Chailin looked at the moon in the sky and said, "Sister Yi'an, it's getting late, I should go back." gone."

"It's still early, why don't we have a few drinks together?" Li Qingzhao said.

"No, I'll treat my sister to drink some other day." Chai Lin and the other three came out of Li Qingzhao's thatched hut, and went forward to find an inn to rest.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, I found a two-wheeled shelf mule cart. The asking price was really expensive, and the asking price was 20 yuan for more than [-] miles.

Chai Meng said, "I'm talking about the coachman, you're charging a little too much. You need sixty yuan for such a small journey."

The coachman was quite arrogant, and said: "People are not allowed to eat, and mules are not allowed to eat grass. It is more than 20 miles away. If you go to the place and come back, you will only work this morning."

The money is real these days, and ordinary people only earn ten pennies a day.The cost of the mule cart is high, but it is so outrageous, the normal price of more than 20 miles is [-] yuan.

Chai Lin said, "Let's just find another car and ignore him."

"You go and see who is willing to go." The coachman said.

He really made him say that the price agreed upon by their group of coachmen must be sixty yuan.

Chai Lin said: "I usually feel that these drivers are very pitiful. I have never wanted to steal their business. It seems that I have been too kind to them. When I go back, let Sihai Motors come over and let them all lose their jobs."

Liu Tang said: "Brother, don't be angry. Most of the roads in Shandong are like this. If you want to rent a carriage, it's just a word, expensive. It's good for men to take a carriage. At most, you can ask for a little money. If a single woman takes a carriage, she might be able to take it." "

The three of them walked, not far away, out of Jinan Mansion to the east, along the Xiaoqing River, and found Meng Kang's workshop at a remote port.

In the yard there are several fishing boats under construction, cruise ships on foot, and more standing poles with a height of three to four meters, or even five or six meters.There is also an assembled, two vertical sticks, above which is a horizontal stick with a counterweight at one end.

Chai Meng was surprised and said, "Isn't this the water pole for watering the vegetable garden?"

Chailin remembered that this is a primitive tool for lifting water, the orange, commonly known as a water pole, or a pole well. It uses the principle of leverage, which greatly reduces the labor intensity of water lifting. from.It is most suitable for lifting water in stagnant places such as puddles and ponds, and lifting water to irrigate the ground, regardless of self-reliance.Although there are also Chaijiazhuang, but not many.The famous tower crane was developed from Juchao, and Meng Kang loves making such things.

Juchao can be said to be the simplest and most practical watering and irrigation tool. It costs less than any other waterwheel, and it does not require flowing water. Chailin decided to go back and promote it vigorously to improve farmland. drought resistance.

The workmanship of several fishing boats is very exquisite. The wooden boards are made of sufficient materials and the gaps are very tightly connected. It can be seen that serious carpenters have made them with care.Shipbuilding is no different than others, it is not a job that ordinary craftsmen can do, and everyone who is not a shipbuilder cannot supervise the construction.

There are a dozen craftsmen working in the yard, and it seems that the business is very light.Because Meng Kang was a fugitive, he didn't dare to go to prosperous places, so he could only hide in this remote place, where there was not much business.

A craftsman came over and asked Chailin, "Boss, do you want to make a boat?"

Chai Lin asked: "Can a centipede boat of ten feet be built?"

The craftsman shook his head: "This is what we used to build this small boat, at most three feet long. There is no material for a big boat."

Liu Tang shouted, "Is Boss Kang there?"

After a while, a tall man came out, about 1.8 meters five, young, in his 30s.Thick eyebrows and big eyes, but unluckily fair skin.Wearing only a single piece of clothing on his body, his muscles are well developed, and his whole person feels powerful.This is Meng Kang, who is good at building big ships.

"Brother Liu Tang, why are you here?" Meng Kang greeted him and said.

Liu Tang said with a smile, "I have something important to do with you, let's talk in the room."

When Meng Kang saw the two men behind Liu Tang, I was the leader with an extraordinary demeanor, and it seemed that he was not an ordinary person.The two men were dressed in strong clothes with treasured swords hanging from their waists.

Meng Kang said: "Okay, three please come in quickly, but the room is narrow."

This is a small rented farmyard, a thatched house with mud walls. The light in the house is not enough, and it is not clear in broad daylight.

Meng Kang was very enthusiastic and found chairs for everyone to sit down.

Liu Tang said: "Brother Mengkang, don't you often talk about Chai Daguan, I brought you today."

Meng Kang looked at Chai Lin and said, "Cangzhou Chaijiazhuang, is the official Chai?"

Chai Lin said: "It's my servant. I ran into brother Liu Tang yesterday. I heard that you came here specially to ask you to build a big ship."

Meng Kangna bowed his head and said: "Mr. Chai has always been the person I admire the most. It is a great honor to meet a real person today."

Chai Lin quickly helped Brother Meng Kang up and said, "Why do you do this great gift?"

Meng Kang said: "Meng Kang is very impressed by the things made by his brother Zhuangshang. There is no hand-operated washing machine, four-wheeled carriage, and woodworking saw that can be imitated. No matter how many workshops try to imitate, they are shoddy and shoddy, which is not as good as the original. To be honest, I also imitated the hand-cranked laundry, but I can't make the rotating shaft, and the craftsmen in the elder brother's village are too powerful."

"Oh, it turns out that the Mengkang brothers are still so concerned about Chaijiazhuang. We call the rotating shaft a bearing. It's made of steel, and it's really hard to imitate." Chai Lin said.

Meng Kang said with a smile: "Brother, you are joking. Now who is a carpenter, who doesn't know Chaijiazhuang. The wood saws, hand drills, chisels, carpentry axes, tape measures, and meter rulers in Chaijiazhuang are expensive, but the quality is high." I don’t know how many times better than other workshops.”

Chai Lin was very proud, but he didn't expect the sales of the agent to be okay, and the influence was good.

Chai Lin asked: "Brother Mengkang, why are there so many oranges in the yard?"

Meng Kang smiled wryly and said, "I don't dare to go to a prosperous place with my identity. Hiding in this remote place is nothing more than building a few small fishing boats. This year's spring drought is severe, and the people need to irrigate their land. The nearby farmers bring wood to help They process it to earn some handwork fees to support the workers. These dozen or so workers are all military artisans, and they have been implicated by me and have left their hometowns, so they can barely make ends meet."

Chai Lin said: "My village does overseas trade, and I have to go from Cangzhou to a very long distance across the ocean. I wonder if Brother Mengkang can build a big ship?"

Meng Kang said with a smile: "It's my old profession to talk about shipbuilding. As long as the materials are sufficient and workers' wages are not deducted, I can build no matter if it is a blessing boat, a sand boat or a centipede boat. Generally, it can be used for more than 15 years, and the quality cannot be said.”

"Fortune boats and sand boats. There is already a shipbuilding workshop in my village. Now the first batch of seven blessing ships and three sand boats are already on the berth. Because my ship will sail eastward and cross the ocean. Sand boats have a shallow draft and are only suitable for coastal waters. Fuchuan has a sealed water tank and is good at carrying sinks, but its sailing speed is not enough, and it is no problem to run across the Southeast Asia.

Meng Kang nodded and said: "The wind and waves in the East Ocean are stronger than those in the South Ocean. The building of the lucky boat is too high, and it is prone to rollover. If you want to go to the East Ocean, you must update the ship type. I just don't know what kind of boat you want to build. I will draw it for you." a boat map."

Chai Lin said: "Bring a pen and paper, and I'll draw an outline. How about Brother Mengkang?"

The subordinates found white paper and charcoal pencils for carpentry, and Chai Lin started to draw.

This is a ship plan of a galleon, with the forecastle removed and only the poop, with its large deck.There are three main masts in the middle, and two small masts at the head and tail.There is a large rudder with a pointed bottom, and there is a round thing on the tail.

Whether it is a Galen boat or a blessing boat, it is a boat after all. Although there are great differences, there are many things in common.

After drawing for a long time, Chai Lin finally drew a rough outline. The lines of the boat are smooth.Meng Kang said: "My brother is really a great man in this world. The forecastle was removed, and only the low poop was kept. The three-story cabin has a large cargo capacity, and the pointed bottom of the ship is stable. The cable-stayed mast at the bow hangs The triangular sail increases the wind area. This boat has a great advantage over the Fuchuan, and is more suitable for fast sailing. It is also more maneuverable. I just don’t understand one thing, which is the circle below the waterline at the stern. What is it?"

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket.Recently, I have gone to work, school has started, and all kinds of tickets have decreased significantly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)