Chapter 59: The Prototype of the River Gang

Zhang Zaoyun smiled and said, "Young Master, you are laughing at me again, where can I understand this?" ”

Su You read: "There are twenty-seven double beds, which are eight and one hundred texts; 54 sets of bedding, a total of 2,400 texts; Fifty-four sets of new winter coats, a total of thirty pieces; one large open bedroom, two through; one classroom, two through; All kinds of stationery paper and pen, together with three ......"

After reading all the items, Zhang Zao was about to cry.

He is the leader of the business group, and he has always wanted to be this accountant, but Su You threw out a list, not only the previous account could not be paid, but the mouth was even bigger, and the deficit was about to go to 100 guan!

After Zhang San finished selling the fish and cleaning the fish, when he heard the words, he pulled Liu Si from the infrastructure group over and said, "Little master, how many of these things can we do by ourselves?" It's a scary expense......"

Su You said: "Although the expenditure is scary, but with these, the friends can live like individuals, rest assured, we will soon have these things in place!" Brother Bad Wa took people into the city with me, and we went to the Shi family's blacksmith shop first to pay him back ten times! ”

Entering the city, several people acted separately, and Su You came to Shijia Iron Workshop.

Today I have to do a big thing, casting an iron pot.

The mold of the iron pot was turned out of a model and had already been made.

It is similar to the method of Su You to let the children make a clay casserole model, but the casserole is made upside down, and the iron pot mold is turned over again, and it is many times larger.

The sand mold is divided into a base and an upper mold. It is made by blending and pressing dry mortar, fine sand, graphite, borax.

The base is a round pit in the shape of a pot, and the bottom of the upper mold is a small raised hemispherical shape.

The base is placed on the ground, and the upper model is hoisted on a huge transverse wooden lever.

Shi Tong's apprentices kept brushing the upper mold and base with soot mixed with borax slurry to prevent the iron pot from sticking to the model.

With graphite crucibles and coke, the job of melting molten iron is actually quite simple.

After the molten iron melted, Shi Tong poured a spoonful of molten iron into the base, and then instructed the apprentices to move the lever, move the upper mold above the base, and slowly put it down.

The upper mold is very heavy, there are hundreds of pounds, and as soon as it is put down, it will fit tightly with the base.

After a while, Shi Tong asked the apprentices to lift the upper mold, and couldn't help laughing when he saw it: "Master's guidance, there is nothing that cannot be impossible!" ”

Su You smiled: "Don't talk nonsense!" Hurry up and make up the pot! ”

The iron pot may not be perfect, there may be gaps and holes on the top, and you need to pour iron juice on it while it is still in a red hot state and beat it to repair it.

Shi Tong said with a smile: "It's just a gesture, Master, don't worry." ”

After the repair was completed, after the pot cooled, Shi Tong asked the apprentices to take it out and inspect it, and then handed it over to another group of apprentices to polish off the corners and burrs, and smooth the inside and out.

Then this mold continues to be brushed, and another mold is cast again.

After a while, two huge iron pots with a silver and blue-gray color were placed in front of Su You.

Shi Tong was inexplicably excited: "What a big cauldron!" This is my Meizhou, ah no, this is the biggest pot in my four roads! This is good! Your wrought iron pot is so small, it took me and two apprentices a day, and now this is simply a business of murder and arson......

Thinking of the situation that the iron pot kept coming out of the mold in the future, Shi Tong was really happy to fly.

Su You said with a smile: "Every technological breakthrough can bring a series of products, a graphite crucible, can be transformed into brass, cast iron pots, and greatly reduce the difficulty of metal processing." ”

looked at the simple bellows by the hearth: "So you and to hurry up the bearing process breakthrough, then it will be a series of products, and so on such technology accumulation, our products will form a generation gap with others, and then others want to imitate can not imitate." ”

Touching the thick iron ears of the iron pot with your hands, technological breakthroughs are on the one hand, and the craftsmen are now skilled on the other hand, these two smooth iron ears are not on the iron pot in later generations, and it is inconvenient to cut your hands.

Shi Tongzi agreed, called his apprentice, and carried an iron pot on his back to prepare to send Su You to the Yishan Shed.

The matter of the feather pattern steel magic sword, Xiao Tianshi has already replied, criticizing the sword tip designed by Su You for being too sharp, and it is a big loss of Taoist harmony, so the drawing has been changed again, and the sword body has become light and flexible, but the angle of the sword tip still maintains the tradition of the magic sword.

Shi Tong looked at Su You worriedly, but Su You smiled slightly: "In business, the customer is a fairy......

Shi Tong kindly reminded: "Master, this time the customer is originally a fairy ......"

Su You touched his nose embarrassedly: "In short, their requirements are the first, at least we figured out Brother Zhang's thoughts, right?" The form is primary, that is, fine, beautiful, pay attention to the sword outfit, don't care about practicality, the sword blade will be processed into a clam blade! Fit? ”

When he went out and turned back, this apprentice was simple, Su You reminded him not to just think about making a big pot, he really wanted to sell it, I was afraid that the small pot would be better.

After that, he took the apprentice grandson with the iron pot on his back to the city gate to meet Zhang Zao, who had been purchased.

It was a team that came, and the leader of the team was the shopkeeper of the Shijia Ceramics Shop: "Young Master Su, fifty vats, a lot of bites." They are all hung with coarse glaze. By the way, there is also a large bamboo pot lid in the Cheng family's grocery store, which is also complete, and the Cheng family's shopkeeper also asked me to bring you a good one. ”

Su You said: "Then it's troublesome for the shopkeeper, let's go to the Land Temple." ”

When they came to the Land Temple, the two old soldiers were already waiting here, and when they saw Su You, they quickly got up: "The little young master is back, and he has worked hard all the way." ”

Su You asked the old army to sit and drink water first, and then arrange to dig a pit and bury the cylinders, half of each cylinder was put into the soil, and the hat was buckled to avoid water ingress.

It was neatly placed and said goodbye to the shopkeeper, so he came to sit down and poured a bowl of water for himself: "You have been waiting for a long time." ”

The two veterans said: "Don't dare, the little young master has a lot of affairs every day, unlike us who sit idle at the gate of the city for a day." ”

Su You said with a smile: "Actually, I came here today to ask about the regulations for doing things on the dock." ”

The old army said with a smile: "In this Meishan City, the Jiang Qing family is the charter, and then the Taishou county order, the bitterness on the dock haha, the little young master looks at them and lifts them up." ”

Su You said with a smile: "That's not the case, in my eyes, everyone is the flesh and blood of the father, and they are pregnant in October." Why did I meet the boatman and porter who helped me out of the siege yesterday, what did you say about the Three Rivers Gang, what is going on? ”

The old army said: "Young master, be really careful, this river gang is also a force, but it is all on the water." ”

"The regulations of the imperial court, all the states along the river, have set up servants, tax supervisors, and warehouse affairs. The merchant is not familiar with the place, and it is troublesome to deal with these people. ”

"When the government encounters affairs such as rent levy, river work, and transportation and dispatch, it also needs to have people to lead and manage it, so this river gang is a bridge between officials, businessmen, and workers, and a guild that controls river transportation affairs."

Another veteran said: "But they are all from a bitter background, although the imperial court says that it is a farmer and a businessman, but the workers here refer to the craftsmen, and the river workers are just a group of mud legs who work hard." Saying that he is third is putting gold on his face. ”

"If you serve the tax supervisor and the tax supervisor well, and give it to a business, that is, lifting. It is also a no-brainer to serve them badly and write off their errands. ”

Su You nodded: "What about the boat on the river?" Theirs too? ”

An old soldier laughed: "That wants to blind their hearts!" I have a large Song River business, the tax is calculated by the length of the ship, five feet and ten feet as the fixed frame, and then downgraded in turn, a ship of goods is hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the cost of a bare boat is also a hundred times, how can they afford it. ”

Another veteran said: "However, they control Lifu Dingkou, and the merchants on the river are generally good at talking, which offends them, and it is troublesome to load and drop goods." ”

The old soldier before said: "But the old man dares to pat his chest and make a guarantee, the little young master will not hinder what he does on the dock, just rely on the righteous shed that you advocated to build, and make that stilted beef, that is to give them a great favor!" ”

Su You smiled: "A little effort, don't dare to worry about it." Speaking of eating, I got some mutton and a pair of haggis in Shijia Zhuangzi today, so I'll cook it out and give it to the two old brothers to taste. ”

The two veterans hurriedly politely said: "How can you take advantage of the little master again!" ”

Su You said: "Let's sit down first, there are all children here, just the two are old people, it is appropriate to do a little courtesy, and the lamb liver will be given to the two of them for a while, and you can eat some when you are hungry at night, this thing can also cure night blindness, and the two guards can eat some often." ”

The two veterans bowed down and said, "Thank you so much, Young Master Su, for being so thoughtful." ”