Chapter 40: Preferential Treatment (II)
Since he has been transferred to the camp management, he has also been recognized and named by the General's Mansion in Guangzhou, although he is asked to get back a wooden plaque engraved with his name and ministry, which means that Zhou Huai'an can justifiably mobilize and use more resources under the banner of the Angry Wind Battalion.
For example, as long as he takes the initiative to explain, he can justifiably lead people out of the camp to collect and purchase the materials and materials he needs, without the need for superfluous reports and instructions; or, in the righteousness of the Furious Wind Battalion, which was preparing for war, let people directly requisition or temporarily take over, and take charge of specific places, personnel, and other resources within the boundaries; This also means that the specific scope of Zhou Huai'an's activities and the sources of information and intelligence collection have been further expanded.
In a sense, the possibility that he would want to escape and escape was a little more and greater than in Shixiang Town; After all, this huge Lingnan land is no better than the Jiangnan Zhudao with convenient transportation and dense population, if he really wants to run away by himself, how far can he run and where to go.
Therefore, he focused his attention and mind on the things around him, so that leaving early and returning late and lighting up all night gradually became a common norm in the Furious Wind Camp. Therefore, after several days of continuous rotation, he finally waited for the preliminary acceptance results.
Under the broad daylight of the three poles above the sun,
Under the skilled knife work of an old soldier who was born as a head shaver, Zhou Huai'an's hair that gradually grew and hung down was also re-truncated, leaving only a thin stubble like an inch board, and then he foamed the sun-dried and ground soaphorn foam on his mouth, and began to shave his beard with a polished small spatula dipped in water.
This is also his unique privilege as a monk, because most men in this era have the habit of keeping beards, and men without beards are usually regarded as eggless fathers-in-law, or slaves and maids who advocate excellence or something. And when he was mixed in the crowd, he would be mistaken for a monk by that Chai Xiaowei, which is somewhat due to this.
After repairing his head and face, with the help of Xiao Qi, who was holding a hot water clay pot, he began to rinse the debris on his head and face, and re-spread some foam on his head and face, and this kind of thing that can produce turbid foam is one of the short-lived results of his efforts during this time.
The finely sieved reeds and artemisia grass ashes, plus the animal fat filtered out, after full stirring and reaction, become the yellow, black and dirty things like a dozen pieces of skimming in front of you, which is the original soap with a certain cleaning and washing effect;
This also means that he can finally take care of his laundry and body, instead of continuing to rub his body with stinky dried pig pancreas and melon pulp, especially when washing his hair, it is simply torture to rub this kind of thing on his scalp. It's just that limited by the raw materials and cost of hand-making this thing, the current pitiful output can only be used as a trial product, and the generals above the team will be divided into a few pieces each, which can be regarded as buying people's hearts and promoting the use in disguise.
Although this thing really made a lot of jokes after it was given away because of its condition, once it understood its purpose and benefits, it quickly became a sought-after thing in various senses. And Zhou Huai'an, who has a real sense of whimsy, is also easy to become the object of everyone's requests for help and inquiries one after another, and slowly reveals a certain expanded influence.
After tidying up his personal hygiene, through the window with a good view, Zhou Huai'an could see a busy and identical center of the camp, except for the people and horses who were routinely drilled, the rest of the people were almost all concentrated here, carrying out all kinds of temporary production and material preparation activities; In fact, even the new pawns who had been enlarged were adjusted their schedules, and were only given the drills and equipment in the morning, and after lunch, they were fully transferred to the role of helpers in the production of the battalion.
With the figures pushing the carts in and out, the old swords, guns and sticks were all collected in a unified manner, and the blacksmith team in the battalion was re-polished and renovated, and the damaged and incomplete parts were melted and cast, and then replaced with newly made ones, and then on this basis, as limited as possible to achieve a limited number of uniform styles and regulations.
In a blacksmith's shed in the corner, where sparks were flickering, several shirtless men were swinging sledgehammers to strike several pieces of iron, and finally forging them into bent flat strips little by little; Finally, after being put into fine sand and chalk water and tempered, it is basically formed;
This is the original spring steel forged with pig iron and wrought iron sheets, and after being punched and grooved with iron felt and drills, it is a ready-made bow arm, of which the longer one is the iron arm bow, and the shorter crossbow arm; Then install the fixed horns and tendons, and it is a freshly baked reinforced bow and crossbow.
According to the test results of several samples made in advance, although there is a slight difference due to the general manual reasons, at least in terms of the elasticity of the accumulation and stretching, these reinforced iron arm bows are much stronger than the traditional wooden bows and horn bows; Therefore, it soon became a sought-after commodity in the camp, and the generals led by Wang Pan begged to leave, and refused to return it.
And he seems to underestimate the obsession and concern of these ancients for having a good bow, and it will not be much worse than the mood of the true love of the later generations who queued up all night to buy "Kidney Seven", so during this time, outside the blacksmith shed, there is always a variety of onlookers and snoops who can't get away.
Then, it was a dismantling and imitation of those wooden single crossbows, by replacing the crossbow arm of the clamped iron, adding a simple cutting and polishing wooden support and lower grip, adding a stepped lookout and a crosshair ring, without adding too much weight, and finally concocted twenty-five so-called iron single crossbows that could be wound with one hand and stable shooting with the other; Ten of them were given priority to more than a dozen soldiers under Zhou Huai'an after some bargaining, which was considered to have fulfilled the original promise to them.
He also took this opportunity to privately use all fine iron for himself, and created a small iron arm crossbow that could be wound quickly, which was justifiably used as close protection. However, the current improvement in the military industry has reached this level, because the transformation of the bow and crossbow alone has basically consumed most of the high-quality iron materials that can be collected in the current Raging Wind Camp.
In addition to logistical preparations, such as in makeshift barns and sheds, others are making pairs of new shoes from syruped coarse cloth and woven straw, along with hardwood bases that should be planed and formed.
Others, led by the tailors, made leggings and straps from collected coarse cloth and thick silk, as well as satchels and waist bags sewn from coarse cloth. At the same time, a group of people are running outside, collecting materials for making rain gear such as hats and coats; In the kitchen, the dead dough cakes, which are easy to carry and store for a long time, are steamed, and the slaughtered livestock are no longer smoked and roasted into dried meat, cured meat and bacon without sparing charcoal,。。。
There were no tall glass-steel-cement steam engines, only lime, adobe, pig iron, timber and pottery, coarse cloth and rattan grass, which were made of local materials; Basically, it is a change from the subtleties and daily details of these gestures to ensure that this temporary sheltering army can get a better state of appearance and a bonus in potential action; and even provide themselves with a better shelter and living conditions.
In other words, it is also a rehearsal and experience of action preparation when he wants to leave in the future.
However, Zhou Huai'an, who is rarely dressed in a cyan long robe and wide robe today, has another important thing; For this reason, the head Wang Pan even sent his own copper official defense and wooden deeds.