Under the public relations of the six gods and the encouragement of chrysanthemum white, Datang ......

No, no, under the wise leadership of Emperor Yingtian Shenlong of the Tang Dynasty, under the ardent care of the Holy Empress Shuntianyi of the Tang Dynasty, and under the guidance and full support of the superior leaders such as the chief supervisor and the young eunuch of the Ordnance Administration, rely on the ...... (10,000 words omitted here) (Note: Emperor Yingtian Shenlong was Li Xian's honorific title during his lifetime. The Holy Empress of Shuntian Yi was the honorific title of Empress Wei during her lifetime. ）

All in all, in just over 20 days, the first, second, third, and fourth refining furnaces of the Gunpowder Administration of the Tang Dynasty Ordnance Supervision Department were erected one after another.

The capacity of each alchemy furnace is three times that of the first alchemy furnace on Zhangjiazhuangzi, and its appearance satisfies someone's evil taste, exactly like the demon refining pot in the game.

The body of the pot is in the shape of a treasure gourd, and it sits on a large pot filled with boiling water. Taking advantage of the fact that the boiling point of alcohol is lower than that of water, the gourd is boiled in boiling water, and the alcohol is turned into steam, and the gourd vine made of pure copper is continuously driven in.

The hollow gourd vine made of pure copper hovers and winds in the air, making full use of the temperature of the air to quickly condense the wine mixed with steam inside the copper pipe vine.

After the steam in the first demon refining pot is condensed, it can be poured directly into the second demon refining pot. The second Demon Refining Pot repeats the "Water Bath Condensation" process, and the mixture is then delivered to the third Demon Refining Pot. In this way, when the four rounds of refining are completed, as long as the quality of the rice wine used as the raw material is not bad to a certain point, the concentration of the alcohol solution flowing out of the vines of the last refining demon pot can reach between 70% and 80%, which fully meets the needs of killing people and setting fires.

If the supply of raw materials and fuel can be guaranteed uninterrupted, and all craftsmen work in shifts, taking turns at twelve o'clock every day. The daily production capacity of the Gunpowder Administration is definitely more than 1,000 catties, and it only takes ten days at most to complete the goal of 10,000 catties per month set by the imperial court.

But......

It is not enough to blindly pursue the yield, after all, some alcohol needs to be used as medicine to clean the wound, and the concentration needs to be adjusted precisely.

In addition, at present, Haiqing Heyan, non-national crisis, must not blindly pursue the performance of the department, breaking the centuries-old curfew tradition maintained by Chang'an City.

Third, according to a senior colleague of the armor department who was overjoyed after taking the Liushen flower dew and VIP card for his wife. The tasks assigned by the imperial court should not be overfulfilled too much at one time, otherwise, it will inevitably lead to "excessive demands" from above, and other colleagues in various prisons and offices will also be resentful.

Therefore, even if you want to make a good impression on your superiors, you should grasp the degree. Every month, compared with the task goal given above, it is good to exceed the target a little bit, not too much, let alone double. In this way, the performance of the department in the future can continue to improve. The boss will not set the mission goal too outrageously at one time.

Fourth......

Fifth......

All in all, after erecting four demon refining pots and estimating the approximate output of the daily full-scale operation, Zhang Qian decisively set the refining time of alcohol at half past eight o'clock to half past four o'clock (four o'clock) every day. And it is strictly stipulated that every four days, the furnace should be stopped for maintenance, so as to avoid accidents and affect the entire ordnance supervision.

In this way, the monthly production capacity of the Gunpowder Administration has just been guaranteed to meet the standard. Both the officials and craftsmen of the Department and their colleagues in the "fraternal units" will be very satisfied. And Zhang Qian himself can also take a day off openly every four days and study how to improve the full set of production processes at home, so as to maximize the power of "gunpowder".

Of course, the improvement of the process is also inseparable from the full cooperation of the "brother departments". For example, the bronze gears that no one in Zhangjiazhuang or even the entire Weinan County can make are not worth mentioning in the eyes of some masters of the Ordnance Supervision.

For another example, the pull-up transmission rod that Zhang Qian himself doubted whether he could build, in the eyes of some masters of the Ordnance Supervision, it was not as difficult as opening teeth for the round copper plate. I called two apprentices casually, and after spending a few nights of spare time, I knocked them out!

As a result, with the full cooperation of these craftsmen who are national treasures in the 21st century, the research and development of windmills and machine shafts, which had been seriously delayed, have returned to the "fast lane". Almost at the same speed as the "Demon Refining Pot", the processing and manufacturing of all parts and components were completed. Moreover, compared with Zhang Qian's expectations, the accuracy and durability have been doubled.

Of course, Zhang Qian made these parts as raw materials by himself, and gave the craftsmen enough wages to each of them, two bottles of Liushen Flower Dew. The Liushen Trading Bank, which he absolutely controls, is now a donkey that can pull gold poop, and he can earn back the copper money of the cart every day. Therefore, he can't get into trouble in order to take advantage of the public's dozens of dollars. Moreover, the two junior brothers, Guo Nu and Ren Cong, also cherished this opportunity to go out of office, and would never allow anyone, including him, the senior brother, to ruin their future.

"I don't care how much I get, the key is in this official clothes!" Guo Nu never concealed his true views in front of Zhang Qian, and never concealed his gratitude to Zhang Qian, the senior brother, "Those bought officials are now called oblique officials, even if they spend money to make up for the real shortcomings, they will not come from the right way after all." If you are tossed by a few lonely ministers like Bi Gou's predecessors, you will have to be pushed to the end sooner or later! And we, although we are green, are the will of the eight books. Unless you poke a big basket, otherwise, in this life, just by boiling up the qualifications step by step, you can get through a shallow scarlet sooner or later. (Note: The standard of official robes in the Tang Dynasty is light crimson for the fifth grade, dark green for the sixth grade, light green for the seventh grade, dark green for the eighth grade, and light green for the ninth grade.) ）

Knowing that Zhang Qian didn't understand, he paused, and then added in a low voice: "Senior brother, you don't look at the officials of the five eunuchs, you don't have any real power, and you can't see the emperor's face all year round." But all over the world, countless people broke their heads and wanted to drill into it. Why? Stop! No matter how the situation changes in the DPRK and China, it will not change to us. In addition, whoever is willing to mix in the five prisons, who doesn't have hundreds of acres of land. The annual reduction and exemption of land taxes and the incidental reduction of the labor of several members of the family far exceed the income of Yulu! ”

"Isn't it, my stepmother didn't look down on me before, and I wish I was kicked out by my grandfather sooner and set up my own door!" Ren Cong, like Guo Nu, was deeply touched by the benefits of being an official, "And now, I have only been in office for less than 20 days, and she has sent a family member to drive a carriage seven times before and after, and invited me back to the house in the city for dinner." He also kept hinting to me that if there was a vacancy in the prison in the future, even if it was a minor official who was not qualified, he would give a few of my younger brothers an eye on it. is not to make a living, just to serve the imperial court. ”

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on you, if there is a vacancy, take care of your own people first!" Zhang Qian smiled and nodded knowingly.

More money, less things, high status.

Isn't this the legendary "central enterprise" treatment? In the 21st century, Zhang Qianxing said that the postgraduate examination is mixed with the doctoral graduation, and he may not be qualified to mix, but he did not expect that in the eighth century, he was mixed with the level of half-hung engineering!

Silently grateful for God's favor in his heart, he began to assign tasks to Guo Nu and Ren Cong. Let the former be responsible for keeping an eye on the daily operation of the demon refining pot, and the latter will be responsible for sampling and testing the concentration of the final product, and concoct medical alcohol with a concentration between seventy and seventy five. As for himself, he casually found a reason, Shi Shiran took a carriage out of the city and went straight home.

The way of being an official that Zhang Jiuling pointed out that day was not entirely correct. Since he is required to be "with the light and dust", he should not be asked not to skip work, lest the emperor want to summon him but cannot find him.

In fact, according to Zhang Qian's observations over the past few days, from the chief prisoner to the record, there is no one who strictly enforces the ten-day rest. After everyone orders every day, they take turns to slip away, which is the norm. squatting in the "office" every day to fulfill his duties, he will definitely be regarded as an alternative.

And the emperor who is worried about summoning it, it is even less likely than a lightning strike. The emperor has left and right servants around him, six Shangshu, and a squire, how can he ask an "eight-grade green parrot" about the strategy of governing the country?

Zhang Jiuling is purely eager to serve the country, so he always fantasizes that there will be such a situation that has not been encountered in a century. However, Zhang Qian's official position was just to avoid being harassed by the officials, so he would not be as conscientious as him.

Therefore, after the alcohol refining equipment was officially put into operation and the "work" time of other colleagues in the department was figured out, Zhang Qian decisively decided to keep in line with his colleagues.

Today is also the most critical day for the drainage project in Zhangjiazhuang. The combination of the first windmill and the shaft is about to be erected, and as the chief designer and chief engineer, Zhang Qian cannot be absent from the scene.

Chang'an City is not as big as Xi'an in later generations, and there is not much traffic jam, so it only took about 20 minutes before and after, and his carriage has come to his own grange.

Pulling open the bamboo curtain in front of the carriage, Zhang Qian saw the chief butler Ren Quan, with almost all the men in the village, surrounded by a huge wooden pedestal. And next to the pedestal, a simple "crane" stands tall. As soon as Zhang Qian, the owner of the farm, rushed back, he immediately hoisted several major parts of the windmill into place.

The crane was designed by Zhang Qian to imitate the tower crane of later generations, using only a winch, a pulley block, a fixed boom and a metal hook, and no other precision parts were involved. Rao is so, and it has also caused a great sensation.

In recent days, not only the servants and tenants of Zhangjiazhuang have gone to the crane to observe if they have anything to do. Even on the nearby Zhuangzi of Zhang Ruoxu and Sun Anzu, there are constantly people running over to see what is new.

Today, Zhang Ruoxu seems to be here again, and from a distance, Zhang Qian saw his rather sturdy figure. Sun Anzu seems to be there, and his Zhuangzi has also suffered from floods, and if the water conservancy project in Zhangjiazhuang is feasible, he will definitely copy it as it is. Well? Sun Anzu's side, why does it seem that there is a familiar back? Slightly taller than Sun Anzu, and older!

Without waiting for Zhang Qian to look more closely, the old man beside Sun Anzu had already turned his face to him. With his legs moving, with agility that was not commensurate with his own age, he walked quickly to the carriage: "Is Yongzhao back, hurry up and set up your windmill." The old man can't wait! ”

It's Bigou!

Zhang Qian was stunned, and quickly ordered the coachman to pull the horse, and then jumped out of the carriage and hurried to meet him.

He was in the Weapons Prison, and recently he had been hearing that Bi Gou had been attacked by various forces because of his request for the emperor to expel the oblique officials, and even the incident of stabbing a bird's nest in a tree when he was a child became a crime. If nothing else, this person will be expelled from the court, and it is already a foregone conclusion.

Zhang Qian has been pondering, looking for an opportunity to secretly send the old man off. But I never expected that Bi Gou would still have the leisure to come and see his windmill and machine well today!

"The one-way watergate old man has seen it, it is indeed ingenious!" Bi Gou did not see the loss of being degraded at all. When he smiled, his white beard was full of sunshine, "The old man has been in Chang'an, and he didn't take the initiative to resign, just waiting to take another look at the windmill and the well." With Zhao, load it up, and quickly let people put the windmill and the well up! If, if you can really do what you say, you can draw water day and night. Old man, even if the old man will go to Lingnan tomorrow, it will not be in vain in his lifetime, and he will come to Chang'an again! ”