50. Fireworks are strictly prohibited and safe production is prohibited
Shangwu's rectification measures are to disinfect, sterilize, and keep it tidy.
Disinfection is thorough. First of all, all officers and soldiers must take a bath. Keep the whole neat and tidy, and keep your clothes as neat as possible. But this question is a little difficult for Shang Wu. Because many of them only have one set of clothes, if they are washed off, it is difficult to replace them with another set of clothes. When the Red Turban Army could not distribute military uniforms, because the entire textile industry had not yet developed, Shangwu felt that women should be organized and let them hand over the land to others to carry out textile and garment work. This needs to be addressed later.
The problem of bathing is also huge. In the summer, people can go to the river to bathe, and in the winter, people almost wipe their bodies to take a bath. This greatly leaves the hidden danger of disease. Through the meeting and martial arts, I learned that it was not easy for ancient people to take a bath, no wonder a big war, and a major natural disaster would cause a rapid decline in population. The reason is the epidemic of the plague. For example, after the Yellow Turban Army Rebellion, in 185 AD, Zhang Zhongjing's family had a large family of more than 200 people. Because of a plague, the population decreased rapidly, and there were only a few dozen people, which shows the terrible situation of the plague. Therefore, in this matter, Shangwu must attach great importance to it.
It is not very difficult to build a bathhouse, but it can be done with sufficient funds. The bathhouse is designed with a large number of shower positions, so that people can quickly meet the requirements of bathing. Bathing is absolutely not allowed, because there is a lot of traffic, if you can't do this, it will be difficult to expand, at first Shangwu decided to build three bathhouses to meet the demand, all for free. Two men's bathhouses and one women's bathhouse. This is the best course of action to greatly alleviate the plague.
Second. All places, as well as vital places, are disinfected on a large scale, and if there is no disinfectant water, quicklime is used instead. No one is allowed to defecate in the open. Violators will be fined heavily. The fine is more than 1,000 dollars, which is a lot of money for ordinary people. Such fines are enough to have a deterrent effect, and if they are not paid, they can be carried out in the form of volunteers, for example, to build bathhouses and dig toilets. Sprinkle a lot of quicklime around the toilet for disinfection. Such large-scale disinfection is also carried out at the entrance of the village, as well as in densely populated places. It seems that Shang Wu is a bit of a superfluous move, but this move can avoid a large-scale plague.
Third, if there are diseases and infectious diseases, all of them will be controlled and quarantined. Once discovered, the whistleblower will be rewarded, and the person sent to the hospital will be treated free of charge. This can greatly help people alleviate the disaster. These things Shang Wu asked Ergou to do. In order to make the work better carried out, he assigned an infantry company to do such a thing, just Li Nong's company. Anyway, they really can't fight. They are all honest peasants, and they can't seem to do anything about killing. This made Shangwu feel a little angry.
"Sir, I have searched for blacksmiths and carpenters from all the nearby villages. Let them make weapons, a little difficult. Little Beanzi reported with a small notebook made of several pieces of paper. He recorded a lot of things, and he also found a cloth bag to make it.
"Why?" Shangwu asked.
"They're only going to make some farming tools, weapons, at most some arrows, and they're not good quality feathers, and feathers, not too good feathers. And then there are some weapons like spears. Basically, it's an enlarged arrow. Little Beans reported.
"It's a real headache." Shang Wu said.
"Alright. Look for some people from among our people to come out, as long as people who have experience in this area, gather together, and that's it. We'll have to come up with some killer ideas, and once our weapons are familiar to others, it's going to be very difficult to move on. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu must upgrade his weapons, and if he doesn't have such weapons, he will be in a very disadvantageous position in the next battle.
A blacksmith's place built improvised in Lijiazhuang. The thatched house was originally the residence of an elderly family, but it was later abandoned. Because the old man died. He has no children and no daughters, and now it happens to be the center of arms production for martial arts.
"You can get started. I'll take a look at how to build some weapons. Shang Wu said. There are also some damaged weapons collected here, most of them iron weapons. These were captured on the battlefield, of course. There are also some made of bronze. It's incredible, but that's it, those made of bronze, Shang Wu is screened out separately, and he has some use. The fuel is charcoal.
The three blacksmiths soon got to work, and they did what they did the way they made the farming implements, and if they did it well, the chief would give them a reward, said Little Bean.
"Sir. Me, I have an idea. Said one of the people recruited from the army who had special weapon shooting skills. The man carried his bow. Looks like a shooter.
"Well, let's talk about it." Shang Wu said. He wants those who have ideas. Because these people with ideas are always bold to constantly reinvent and try. They are the agents of history.
"Sir, I think that these ** weapons, simply using the way of throwing, throwing, it is difficult to have a large range, I think, if you can make those things on the arrows, through the bow and arrow throwing, it is estimated that you can achieve a better shooting distance, and the effect is also very great." The soldier said.
"Oh." Shang Wu was very surprised. He looked at the other party, and there were not many soldiers who could think about it.
"Sir, what's wrong? If you make a mistake in a small way, please forgive me. The soldier hurriedly apologized.
"No, no. I don't mean that, I'm surprised that you are a bold and innovative person. Shang Wu immediately grabbed the other party's hand and said.
"What's your name?" Shang Wu felt that he had found a treasure.
"The little one's name is Zhang Qing. It was originally a small soldier in Handan City. Zhang Qing explained.
"Do you still have parents at home?" Shang Wu asked, because he knew that the Chinese attach great importance to family traditions, and if there are no parents in the family, they will become thieves, otherwise, the entire family will be implicated.
"No more. My parents died early, and I grew up begging for food, and I barely mixed a small soldier in the army and was bullied. Zhang Qing said.
"I'm sorry to talk about your sadness. But you're bold in your idea, have you tried it? Shang Wu asked.
"Sir, I tried. Sir Zhang, once gave me some *** to try. The effect is not bad, but unfortunately, there is no *** anymore. Zhang Qing explained.
"Rest assured, here, *** more. You can use it as you please, but you have to be safe, and I'll carve out a special place for shooting experiments like this. Shang Wu said.
"Yes, sir." Zhang Qing said.
"Don't call yourself small in the future, small, you are you, I am me, replace you and me." Shang Wu said.
"This." Zhang Qing was a little reserved, which may have something to do with his early experience, because he was a beggar and entered the barracks through some serendipitous means, in fact, he caught strong men and entered it.
"You are now a researcher in weapons production, make some of your bold ideas, don't be afraid to waste money, I'm afraid that you don't dare to think or do it." Shang Wu encouraged.
"Thanks, sir." Zhang Qing said with some excitement.
"I think I'll leave this arsenal to you to manage. That's right. In the future, it is always necessary to go to the officers' study class more often to learn and know how to read. Shang Wu said.
"Sir. Small. No, me, I already know quite a few words. Zhang Qing originally wanted to say a lot of words of gratitude, he even wanted to kneel, but his chief hated such etiquette, so he didn't kneel, his chief was very good to him, and when he came here, he felt a lot of differences. Shangwu demanded that the army not allow bullying of recruits, and that everyone should treat each other as brothers. Moreover, you can also go to study and know how to read, which has never been seen in the army in the past, the most important thing is that the commander believes in you and promotes you, which is definitely not something that other places can do, in Handan City, a person like him can be a veteran at most. And then he was alone. And here there is a complete goal.
"Alright. I won't say much else. Let's go experiment with something. The front line needs something like this so much. Shang Wu said.
After saying that, Shang Wu began to work. Zhang Qing's idea is bold, that is, to tie a certain number of black ** on the arrow, and then ignite the shot past, which forms a projectile weapon, the range of *** has increased a lot, but the danger is also very great, first, the burning time of *** is not easy to control, which requires a very strong psychological quality to control, second, it is very dangerous, under normal circumstances, only a madman like Zhang Qing will use it. Therefore, during the experiment, Zhang Li and the others ran away from afar, and no one wanted to be with such a madman.
Although the idea is very original, it is a small step in the creation of invention.
What Shangwu wants to do is rockets, weapons of mass and intensive destruction. Paper can now be manufactured on a certain scale. A lot of people who mortgaged their land to banks and couldn't borrow it found a good job here. The papermaking workshop requires a lot of manpower, and more than 150 people have already entered the papermaking workshop. Paper can supply the demand of Shangwu to a certain extent. Shang Wu rolled all the paper into a certain cylinder and sealed it with yellow clay. Then fill in a certain amount of pellet**. This is a new class of troops made by Shangwu, and the shortcomings of powder ** are very large, and the combustion is not sufficient. Shang Wu has long known this shortcoming. But because he didn't have time to make improvements at that time, now, after making a small attempt, he decided to add such a process to his ** factory. This is the best way to increase the power of ** in a short period of time.
He mobilized five people from the gendarmerie of Xiaodouzi to manage the manufacturing **, and they could gather three to five trusted subordinates to do things, and in order to prevent leaks, they were divided into many processes. For example, charcoal, sulfur, fire nitrate powdering. The mixing is divided into two processes and then wetted. Dry, then make into lumps, crushing small particles. These are all processed. Leaks can be avoided to a certain extent.
Then Shang Wu tied an arrow and inserted it with *** made of paper and string, which was an early rocket. Of course. The main thing is to rely on intensive killing, and one is not enough.
"How?" At the west end of the village, there is a small dirt slope, which is a good experimental site. Shang Wu asked Zhang Qing, who was preparing.
"Sir, you're a little farther away, it's dangerous, but it's not bad. It's just a little close. Zhang Qing said.
"Hmm. It's okay, I can take a look. Shang Wu then ducked. Zhang Qing immediately began the experiment, he asked another person to hold a torch and light ***, *** was much longer, so that there was enough safe time to shoot.
"Woohoo." The man lit it and ran away. I'm afraid this thing can explode all at once.
"Whoosh." Zhang Qing immediately let go of the arrow and flew out. Then a perfect cyan parabola was drawn through the air, and after landing, it took a short time to explode. It's been too long.
"Good. Very good. Shang Wu said. In doing so, you can have a big surprise in the time of an ambush, instead of throwing a large number of **bags at a very close distance.
"Huh." Zhang Qing smirked. Hearing his superior's compliment, he didn't know what to say.
"It's a success, and if you think about anything else, we'll need other weapons. Otherwise, we can't do anything. Shang Wu said.
"Yes, sir." Zhang Qing said.
"Look at mine." Shang Wu said with a smile. He took a wooden board and made a simple launch track, and then put an arrow on it. Once ignited, the arrows flew out. Then a simple projectile was made along a parabola. As for how powerful it is and how much effect it can have, Shangwu is not clear. After all, this can also require a lot of experiments, tests, in addition to this, the amount of charge, the distance of the parabola, these need to be tested a lot.
"Sir, this is good, if we can bundle a large number of them together, and launch them at once, we can cause tens of thousands of archers to shoot at the effect. If we had more, we would be able to make more weapons. Zhang Qing said after seeing the power of the rocket. I have to say that his associative ability is quite good, and Shangwu's next plan can actually make him think of it.
"Very good, your thoughts and I have thought together. At present, our production technology capacity is very low, and we can only produce some simple things, such as spears and arrows, but if we can use it well, we can also achieve great results. Shang Wu said.
"We need to continue to work on it." Shang Wu said.
"Come, there's a lot more we can do about it." After the experiment was completed, Shang Wu began to hand over some sketches to the production department for production. Shang Wu didn't plan to see weapon production as a simple workshop at the beginning, but a factory model, there are only two production lines at present, one for arrows and spears, and the other for ** weapon production, but now, he needs to produce another weapon, rockets, and explosive rockets, and then new varieties.
"This kind of weapon only allows us to deal with some small battles, but when we have a lot of enemies, you know, sometimes we can also encounter some enemies, and they are extremely cruel. So, we also need to expand them, I think, to create some weapons that are fired indiscriminately. Shang Wu thought for a moment and said. Then he began to take out his notebook, sketched it in the notebook, and Zhang Qing looked at it on the side.
The weapon designed by Shang Wu, or rather, should not be called a weapon, because he is just a modern ordinary fireworks. Or fireworks like the Monkeys. But with a slight change, he can add more intimidation effects, after all, in this day and age, many people have never seen a fireworks display. Paper is available. And it can be made into a variety of paper tubes. Then it was sealed with yellow mud and some special small artillery guns were added to it. Add some salt to the cannonball. This is capable of producing a colorful fireworks display. It might be better if it's at night, but now it's a war, and it won't give you much time to watch the fireworks at all.
In the process of production, Shang Wu suddenly felt that something new should be added. For example, make a long column like ***, so that they can be bundled together according to the number of needs for explosion, and they can usually be stored in a paper tube. This may be the earliest hand**, but this weapon is still dangerous, because if you don't get it right, you may hurt yourself. But now Shangwu can't take care of that.
Seeing that his chief had come up with so many things, Zhang Qing felt that his chief was definitely a god in the sky, otherwise he would not have invented so many new weapons.
Shang Wu then asked Xiao Douzi to find someone again. Because he opened two more production lines, the lack of manpower has become the biggest problem.
In addition to this, Sangwu decided to separate the production lines. To prevent accidents, the preservation and use of weapons have also been carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations.
You know, this is the first production after all, and the production of weapons, this is an early arsenal, even in the modern arsenal production also pays great attention to the safety of weapons, once one is ignited, it will create a bigger problem.
So, without a detailed set of rules and regulations, it will cause great difficulties. These difficulties will lead to further disasters.
Therefore, the first rule is that fireworks are strictly prohibited. This is a crucial one. Then it can be safe production.