Empress Dowager Yang said curiously: "Why is Prime Minister Lu Cheng's life so much better?" ”

Zhou Wenying explained:

"Empress Dowager Bing, because of the expenditure on military salaries, grain and baggage, are much more saved than before, and the vacated space can add more bows, crossbows, knives, spears, artillery and ammunition, and moreover, it is much easier to prepare before the war, and the mobility of our army has increased. To put it irreverently, if every big ship is equipped with such a divine cauldron now, it will not be difficult for our army to directly attack the cliff gate and help the queen mother and the emperor to a safe place.

In the past, even if we attacked, the mere inability to go ashore to replenish water could allow us to collapse without a fight.

Queen Mother, from today onwards, even if we don't have the certainty of defeating the pseudo-yuan all at once, and helping my Great Song Heavenly Family to avoid disaster, there must already be a guarantee, now, just look at the cost of this divine cauldron and how long the manufacturing cycle will take. ”

When Empress Dowager Yang heard that from today onwards, even if we didn't have the certainty of defeating the pseudo-yuan at once, and helping my Great Song Heavenly Family to avoid trouble, there would already be a guarantee - she felt that her heart was really put down, and she was very happy, and hurriedly said to Yang Yu: "Yang Yu, go to the emperor, report the good news quickly, and when the emperor finishes grooming, he will come back to see the mourning family." ”

Yang Yu's eyes were shining, and when he heard this, he hurriedly agreed, turned around and left with a small waiter.

Empress Dowager Yang asked again: "Then Zhou Aiqing, how much does this divine cauldron cost, and how long does the manufacturing cycle take?" Also, when will our soldiers be able to drink sweet water? ”

Just as she was saying this, Empress Dowager Yang's heart moved, and she said to Sister Wen Juan: "Wen Juan, you go and order, the water taken from the palace today, except for the emperor's example, all the others will be sent to the wounded soldiers, sick palace ladies and guards." ”

Wen Juan saluted: "The lower officials thanked the Queen Mother for the sick soldiers and Gong E." ”

Empress Dowager Yang said: "Don't thank me, I didn't know these situations before, and now we have the Venerable Master's Divine Cauldron, if not, this water is also a drop in the bucket for the soldiers, and now these are just emergency responses, so that everyone knows that the Heavenly Family is not ruthless." Taifu, after drinking water, can these soldiers recover? ”

Zhang Shijie thought about it, and at the same time cast his eyes at Lu Xiufu as if asking for help, Lu Xiufu was also dazed and ignorant, so Zhang Shijie had no choice but to say: "Return to the Queen Mother, old minister, I don't know much, don't ask Su Shengshou weakly." ”

苏正庆 says:

"Back to the Queen Mother, people who drink seawater can't quench their thirst, in fact, they are actually dying of thirst.

Therefore, the fastest way to treat them is to give them water immediately, if the sea water enters the stomach, the time is a quarter of an hour in the evening, the sea water will seep into the body, but the urine cannot be discharged, but the sweat will be discharged;

Now, many of our soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have drunk this seawater and brackish water for many days.

So if there is a way, it is of course best to give them some water to drink immediately.

Now that the first rescue time has been missed, most of them have been a few days away, so you should drink water slowly, and never drink too much at once;

If you drink too much at once, fresh water rushes into your body and rushes to your heart, and this heart can't stand it.

Some people, for example, will appear, the heartbeat is like a drum, pounding incessantly; When this happens, then you have to stop drinking water, and some people have to spit it out again, which is a waste.

In short, this water should be slow, thin, waiting for the body to be able to absorb, as for whether it can be good enough, this, I can't really say, it really depends on his chance, the degree of physical damage, in short, there are many factors. ”

I don't know if Su Zhengqing is in a good mood, so he chattered when he spoke, and all kinds of situations were tactfully said, and he shook his head when he spoke, it seemed that he was very experienced, he was lecturing to the students, and his expression was also very vivid, Empress Dowager Yang saw this situation, but from the inside of the voice and words, inside, I didn't hear the illness of the soldiers, whether it could be good or not, but in this atmosphere, looking at Su Zhengqing, so methodical and unhurried, I felt that it was, well, How so? Perhaps, should, probably, have a chance? However, based on Empress Dowager Yang's own identity, it doesn't seem particularly reasonable to ask a few more questions, so Empress Dowager Yang set her sights on Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu again.

When Lu Xiufu saw it, he understood what Empress Dowager Yang meant, he opened his mouth with a smile and asked: "Doctor Su, the Empress Dowager is asking the soldiers, today, is it useful to drink this water, can you recover your health?" ”

Su Zhengqing understood this time, and he hurriedly said: "Oh, Prime Minister, Prime Minister, Su Zhengqing's sins, sins, Su Zhengqing was happy for a while, he got carried away, well, there is a loss of manners, in fact, what I said is not bright and vivid." We have one person now, which is the best proof, Tu Xicai, Tu Xicai, hurry up and bring the subplot over, bring it over, give it to the Queen Mother, the Taifu, the Prime Minister, take a look, and let the nobles feel at ease. ”

Su Zhengqing said this, hurriedly waved at Tu Xicai, Tu Xicai had been by the nobles' side just now, so now Su Zhengqing can see at a glance, Tu Xicai, as soon as Tu Xicai heard about it, he wanted to let the nobles inspect and see, can the current soldiers be rescued? He was very happy in his heart, and thought to himself, in this way, if there is a plan, it will not only be a small plan, but thousands of soldiers will have this opportunity, so he shouted: "Okay, I'll pick up Xiao Ji here."

After shouting these words, Tu Xicai did not go quietly, but ran and shouted again: "Xiaoji, Xiaoji, you help Xiaoji up and bring it over to show the nobles." ”

Tu Xicai, hurriedly ran down the stairs, to the next floor of the cabin, after a while, there were three or four military men, holding the subtotal, slowly swallowed over, only to see this subtotal, the face was scorched, on the lips, on the skin of the hands, there were many cracks, on the stomach, the clothes were propped up, even, a little like a few months of pregnant women, but the eyes, now they are shining, walking closer, everyone sees, the subtotal, on the lips, there is a layer, and a circle, light white things.

Tu Xicai said loudly: "Xiaoji, you tell the nobles about what happened just now." ”

Sub-total said with difficulty:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I drank seawater a few days ago, and I was so thirsty, so I drank more, and the more I drank, the more thirsty I became, and I couldn't pee out.

Last night, my eyes were full of my mother, my father, and what happened when they died, and I thought I was dying.

But I don't want to be a thirsty ghost, my father and my mother are starving to death.

That's why I'm begging, Brother Xicai, feed me saliva and die.

Xicai of the dog day fed me less than five sips of water in the middle of the night, and then refused to let me drink it.

Later, I thought, Xicai got this bit of clear water, it is estimated that it is not easy, forget it, this is my life, I will wait for death.

On the fourth watch, Xicai came over again, and fed me a kind of white water at this time, which tasted a little noodle, powdery, well, and a little fragrant, and told me that I could drink a few more sips of this.

I was afraid that he would lie to me, so I took a big sip of each and took five more sips.

Sure enough, this shit, Xicai, didn't give me a drink, saying that I drank too much and didn't treat me well.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, I drank another kind of water, which was sweet and smelly.

I thought, Xicai, since you are still willing to give me water to drink, then I will drink it, so I slowly drank five more sips of water.

Later, I waited for about a quarter of an hour, and this time Xicai only gave me three sips, which was the kind of water that was white and sweet, and waited another quarter of an hour to drink the sweet, fragrant, that kind of water.

About one after another, for an hour and a half, I felt like urinating with this urine bubble.

They helped me up, and at first I could only pee a little, and after a while, I peed a little more.

They told me to have to walk around and not lie on my stomach.

When I started to walk, my body was as good as Xiutou, they didn't hold me, I couldn't walk, this is Brother Paoze in the army, let me slowly move my legs, around the side of the boat, with or without pee, all put a **.

Now my belly is half smaller, I think, my life has been saved. ”

With the subtotal, the chattering telling, the colorful performance, everyone didn't listen to the annoyance, but followed the subtotal's emotional changes, with the subtotal's improvement, the heart gradually calmed down, the subtotal struggled, kowtowed to the queen mother, whimpered and said, thank you, nobles.

So the Su medical officer said to Tu Xicai: "Xicai, quickly let the brothers, carry the small plan down and continue to exercise."

Then, Medical Officer Su turned around again and said to Empress Dowager Yang:

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, just now, the Venerable Master gave us a strict instruction, and asked Ma Baihu and them to find some beans, well, they were too eager for a while, and the search was a bit messy, anyway, there were all kinds of beans, and then there were really not enough beans, so I found yellow rice.

We went back to the Venerable Master, and the Venerable Master said let's find some grinding discs and grind the beans into powder, and then, put eight parts of water in one part of the bean flour, boil them urgently over high heat, and immediately dry them to room temperature, so that the sick brothers can drink them in small sips at a time, no more than half a bamboo cup.

Then wait for a quarter of an hour, and then let the sick brothers grind a portion of licorice and red dates into a fine powder, with 50 parts of water, also boiled urgently over high heat, and immediately dry to room temperature, also in small sips, sipping and drinking, the amount at a time, not more than half a bamboo cup.

Then someone must hold them up, walk slowly, and move the blood away.

Every once in a while, let them put a soak of urine, as long as the urine can come out, this person will basically be saved.

If the urine is not available for the time being, then take the stubble, feed them soy milk to drink, drink it, let it sit for a quarter of an hour, you feed them licorice and jujube water to drink, and then continue to help them walk.

That is to say, the first time you have to give them a piece of water to drink, then soy milk water, and licorice and jujube water, and then this exercise, every half an hour, let them put a soak in urine; Then drink soy milk water after the stubble, and then drink licorice and jujube water after the stubble.

Now that the sub-plan has been verified, the lower officials implore that the Queen Mother arrange for all the ship's medical officers to come and learn this method, so that the soldiers can hurry up and recover. ”

After listening to Su Zhengqing's report, Empress Dowager Yang was very happy, so she said to Zhang Shijie: "Taifu, Taifu, it seems that the method taught by the Venerable Master is very symptomatic, according to you, how to deal with this matter best." ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Empress Dowager, in my opinion, this treatment of soldiers is naturally very important, but the secret method taught by the Venerable Master is also very important, this is the secret method passed on by the Venerable Master for the sake of the Han family's sons, so do you ask Su Zhengqing Su Medical Officer to see how the secrecy of this law is implemented?" ”

Su Zhengqing said: "Back to the Queen Mother and the Taifu, I think in this law, Qing Shui can't keep it secret, and it doesn't need to be kept secret; This tofu pulp, and licorice and jujube water, ordinary people may not necessarily want to get, so it is better to let each big boat send small boats to fill it with three kinds of water, and tell them to go back and learn how to apply it.

Also, is it not for the Venerable Master to write down the blessings, one or several? Asking the boats to go back and stick them on the masts, we heard from Ma Baihu that the Venerable Master had asked for a lot of chickens, ducks, birds, and finches for writing.

Of course, our army has thousands of large ships, and if the Venerable Master were to write them down one by one, I am afraid that in terms of time and courtesy, it may not be appropriate.

So, can you ask the Venerable Master to write a talisman, allow the students to copy it quickly, transcribe it, and then ask the Venerable Master to send a decree, so that it will be safe and it will be able to hide people's eyes and ears. ”

Empress Dowager Yang said: "Taifu, Prime Minister, is this method of Medical Officer Su safe?" ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Basically, with this method, there should be nothing wrong with the idea, but since it is to be kept secret, the materials used must not be used to say the real name." ”

Lu Xiufu also said: "Doctor Su, think about it again, how do you say these two white soups and yellow soups?" Under what name? ”

Su Zhengqing thought for a moment and said, "This white, at present, we use five or six things, which are ground into powder and cooked, which can be called white tiger soup." The light color, the maintenance painstaking effort, the color of the boil, is tan, it can be called, Xuanwu soup. ”

Lu Xiufu was very happy after hearing this, and said:

"Doctor Su, it's really extraordinary.

So now it's this, and it has to be kept secret and used.

It is necessary not only to quickly let our soldiers get this benefit, but also to protect it effectively and prevent the secret recipe from being leaked.

In my opinion, the creation of the antidote requires a separate person to be responsible.

Since Medical Officer Su has already had a lot of contact with the above people and undertook the things explained above, the results are indeed effective. So for the time being, on the Venerable Master's Cave Mansion, there is a single Xuanyi Mansion, and a Xuanzhi is taken from Xuanzhi, and the Daoyi is inherited, and the Monk is here, serving the Venerable Master. Taifu, Queen Mother, do you think it's appropriate?

After hearing this, Zhang Shijie thought about it, nodded, and said in response: "What the prime minister said is very good, so when something happens next, it is natural to transport these antidotes and instruct the medical officers of each ship to use them correctly." However, our army has more than 1,000 large ships, and if we gather all of them together for training, it will be too late in time, and the risk will be too great.

I have a proposal, the Imperial City Division of my dynasty is directly under the management of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, there are already pro-subordinate officials and pro-ministers, and now the pro-subordinate officials, follow the Queen Mother, and the pro-affairs officials are on the periphery.

Immediately from among the pro-subordinate officials, a pro-service officer, with a rank greater than a thousand households, needs to be familiar with the matter, shrewd and capable, and quick and decisive in action.

Since the prime minister spoke, since the medical institution was called Xuanyilu just now, then this personal guard can also be called Xuanyiwei. ”

When Empress Dowager Yang heard this, she was overjoyed and immediately issued a decree: "Ma Desheng listens to the decree"

Ma Desheng heard the voice, but immediately knelt down.

The Queen Mother said: "Yang Yu, the proposed purpose, Ma Desheng secretly set up Xuanyiwei, enshrined Ma Desheng as Xuanyiwei Thousand Households, for the time being, in charge of the five capitals of the headquarters, and immediately cooperated, Xuanyi Lu Doctor Cheng Su Zhengqing, to deal with my Song Dynasty soldiers, detoxification of the soldiers of the sea water poisoning."

If the required personnel are insufficient, ask Zhou Wenying for transfer, and if the required items are not enough, ask Lu Cheng for transfer. ”

Empress Dowager Yang's will has been issued, and Ma Desheng immediately ordered: "Tu Xicai, start recruiting your officers, start recruiting your officers, and arrange all kinds of things." ”

Then he turned around and said to the Empress Dowager Yang: "The Empress Dowager, Prime Minister, and Taifu, now, the military situation is like fire, and the lower officials need to start arranging immediately."

In order to let you know, what is the current situation?

The lower officials made a simple report, and then, the ministers asked to stay - Tu Xicai, accompanied, the queen mother, the princess, the prime minister and other nobles, serving left and right, running around to spread the word. ”

Zhou Wenying said: "That's right, you should pay attention to it." ”

Ma Desheng said:

"Nearly three hours before and after just now, we have gathered the soldiers and horses of the Wudu Ban Army.

In addition, there will be more than 40 copper and blacksmiths, more than 100 civil engineers, more than 100 pyrotechnics, more than 100 cooks, and some auxiliary workers.

The Venerable Master gave us some of the drawings, and now, the first set of the noble ones that you have seen is the divine cauldron that has been obtained by making slight improvements in the distillation of liquor.

Its basic function is to verify that seawater can be boiled to produce sweet water, and at the same time, it can also produce refined salt.

The bad part is that adding brine requires stopping the fire, wasting a lot of time and energy.

However, the advantage of this thing is that it is only three or four feet in diameter, and it is very easy to move, and the process of adding coal fire and removing cinders can be completed by one or two sergeants.

And even so, on top of this set of things, a large pot is used to fill the sea water, so in the process of use, the seawater can be distilled, and the temperature can be raised by a part.

The Venerable Master also gave me the second drawing, please look at it.

Zhang Shijie was in the candlelight and saw that the lines on the drawings were even and delicate, but the fonts were marked, and some of the strokes looked slightly different from what you are using now.

However, the angle of this drawing, as if looking diagonally down from above, is very clear (note: the oblique angle is 45° pseudo-stereogram).

It turned out that Lin Xi used the explosion three-view painting method, and the advantage of this painting method is that it can clearly let everyone see the interrelationship between these various things in the assembly.

The bad thing is that this method of drawing is too paper-intensive.

But fortunately, Lin Xi's drawings, items, and parts are not very many, so on the existing drawings, they still seem relatively calm.

In the upper left corner of the drawing, there are also some parallel lines drawn in the grid, and on the different lines of the grid, there are some words.

For example, it reads "The name is: Seawater Evaporation Condensation Refinery";

At the bottom of the drawing, it looks like a, the base of the cast copper furnace, take a closer look at the size marking, it seems that the diameter is only three or four feet, rough looking, it is several, rectangular objects, to say more detail, Zhang Shijie is completely incomprehensible.

Ma Desheng, looking at Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu, and Empress Dowager Yang's bewildered expressions, also felt funny, he remembered the situation when he just saw these drawings, so he beckoned: "Song Jiancheng, now I need you to explain this drawing and truth to the nobles."

The Queen Mother felt a little strange, and at this time she watched, from a pile of workers, walked out of a dirty official, only to see the official to the Queen Mother, nobleman, hurriedly saluted: "Xiaguan will be a prisoner, Song Aoxing is a prisoner, because I saw Zheng Shaojian, or has defected to the enemy and committed suicide, or has been captured and committed suicide, only Weichen, presiding over daily affairs." ”

Lu Xiufu said: "The national disaster thinks of the good general, the adversity sees the loyal minister, Song Aoxing, you talk about it in detail for the queen mother." ”

Song Aoxing said:

"Wechen obeys the order, the Queen Mother, please see, the Venerable Master has given us the drawings called the distillation boiler.

The Venerable Master said that the boiler should be cylindrical, but the cylindrical one needs to use a new type of sand casting process, and we can't do it in a short time, so let's let the coppersmiths and blacksmiths cast copper skin with iron, and make the furnace first, inside, with refractory red bricks and clay.

The furnace is divided into two layers, and between the upper and lower layers, it is divided by iron bars.

The lower layer is used for aeration and the removal of coal ash.

The feed port of the furnace is also made of a damper, which can adjust the size of the fire, especially when the fire is sealed to death, and when the water is changed, this is very important.

On the top of the furnace is a boiler, finely made of copper, divided into two sizes, the small one with a diameter of one and a half feet, and the large one with a diameter of two feet.

The design of this boiler is very interesting, the bottom and top of the boiler, in the middle, put a thick copper tube, half a foot in diameter.

In this way, when the coal is burned, the hot gas can rise from the smoke exhaust pipe in the center of the furnace, pass through the middle of the boiler to transfer the heat to the water, and at the same time pull the smoke upward.

The boiler was four feet high, and the Venerable Master told us that if it was filled with clean water, it would be about 2,400 catties.

On the top of the boiler, which is the position of the flue, and upwards, an additional foot-high chimney is added.

The Venerable Master told us that if it is simple, we can split a large bamboo and add it to the chimney to reinforce it in a good place.

If the total height of the chimney is six or seven feet high, then the fire in the boiler does not need artificial blows, and it burns rapidly.

At the bottom of the boiler, a special place was arranged for the water to be produced, so that the best coppersmiths could weld a copper pipe more than a foot long and an inch in diameter, half a minute thick, and in normal times, plugged with a wooden stopper.

The upper part of the boiler is sealed, but there are also two outlets.

One of the outlets is about six inches, and there's a funnel, okay, you pour seawater, and getting into the funnel is the first step.

I made a one-inch diameter water pipe, and once the water was filled, I used a wooden plug to plug it tightly to prevent air leakage.

There is also a gas outlet, with a diameter of about 2 inches, which is used to guide the water vapor out, lead out of the boiler one foot, and connect a diameter of more than five inches, downward, copper pipe.

From the outside of the pipe, a one-foot square and three-foot high water tank was made of copper skin.

Wrap this copper tube inside.

The Venerable Master said that this five-inch pipe is called a condenser pipe, and the copper bucket outside is called a condenser.

A condenser tube of more than five inches extends down into the condenser.

At a distance of about a foot and a half, you can connect a bucket of clean water below.

The water bucket of this condenser, the first one, was also connected to a custodian more than a foot long and two inches in diameter, which was also plugged with a wooden stopper.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is now a boiler still, and at this moment, there is already one, which has been put into production and commissioned. ”

While talking, Song Aoxin, with everyone, found the boiler distiller, at this time, everyone understood the various parts drawn on the drawings from the real thing.

It turns out that the process of distillation and condensation of seawater in the boiler is not complicated.

Roughly speaking, the whole is divided into two sides, of which the left side is the hearth and boiler of the coal block burning furnace, and the right side is the cooling device.

Coal is placed in the furnace and ignited, and the hot gas passes through the flue of the boiler to transfer the hot gas to the water body for heating.

Because the boiler is relatively high, the process of hot gas passing through the flue is also relatively long, and the hot gas can transfer more temperature to the water body.

In addition, due to the setting of the upper part of the boiler and the chimney, the air temperature difference of up to 6 meters high accelerates the process, which brings a strong suction effect, so that the boiler can have a raging flame without artificial blasting.

When the Queen Mother and her entourage came, the boiler was already filled with seawater, and the plug for the water funnel on the boiler had been plugged.

Under the boiler, the wooden stopper of the brine release port has also been plugged.

The chimney of the condenser of this boiler is rolled with a piece of iron, which is more than one zhang high, and the total height is more than two zhang with the boiler four feet below.

The chimney was fixed to the upper deck, and in the hearth, the yellow-red flame was whirring in the wind, and the chimney above the boiler, with a thick smoke half black and half white, rushed straight up.

Song Aoxing asked a little black monkey-like boy: "Ah Niu, there is no condenser tube or water dispenser." ”

The little black monkey Ah Niu said to Song Haoxin: "I heard the sound of snoring, but the water vapor has not come out yet." ”

Song Aoxing said to the Queen Mother:

"Queen Mother, please see, the steam of seawater, from the top of the boiler, go to the right side, the water outlet, turn the corner, and enter the condenser pipe with a diameter of about five inches.

The outside of this condensation tube, the condensate hopper, is already filled with seawater, and when it condenses, it turns into water, as the Venerable Master told us.

Then, the water in the condensate will be turned into hot water, and the more clear water comes out of the condensation mouth, the seawater in the condensate bucket will heat up, and it will become hotter and hotter.

When the steamed water comes out, it means that the pot has come to an end.

At this time, you can close the damper, pull out the wooden plug from the brine outlet at the bottom of the boiler, put the hot brine into the brine bucket, put it aside, and plug the brine outlet again after it is basically cleaned.

Then put the hot seawater from the condenser tube, from the funnel above the boiler, into the boiler.

These brines, let people stir them, and when the salt frost begins to condense, they can put the remaining brine in it in another place, and they can also refine the precious materials, but the Venerable Master said that we really don't have the energy now, so it would be very good to refine the water and refined salt first. ”

Zhou Wenying asked: "How fast is this water production?"

Song Aoxing thought for a while and said:

"We have not yet completed the testing of this first one, and we are completely dependent on the drawings and guidance of the Venerable Master.

The Venerable Master said that the fastest thing to do is to burn 600 catties of coal every half an hour, and to burn such a boiler, you can get 2,200 to 300 catties of water and about 70 catties of refined salt.

Of course, this is a calculation, and the Venerable Master said that water expands when it encounters heat, and that it is actually just right to fill a boiler with 2,000 catties of water.

If we wrapped the outside of the boiler with straw rope, it would be more efficient, and we are looking for someone to find some straw rope and send it over in a while.

As he was talking, the little black monkey Ah Niu said: "Song Jiancheng, the water is out, what a lot of water, hurry up, prepare a few more buckets, so as not to waste it." ”

Song Aoxing gave a thumbs up to the little black monkey Ah Niu, and then continued:

"Once the fire is ignited, as soon as the water is boiled, the water will start to come out, and this start-up process is relatively slow, and the follow-up will be much faster.

About six quarters of an hour in a pot, we will count other coal, clean chambers, and au pairs, and produce 2,000 catties of water in an hour.

Even according to 5 catties of water per person per day, it can meet the needs of 400 people.

Our loach boat level and above, can easily install such a one.

A commander can supply clean water to other ships under his command for 12 hours a day, and can supply more than 5,000 people.

Our army has 200,000 soldiers, and only 40 sets are needed.

7,000 catties of coal are needed every day, but the original excessive buckets can be removed, the original loach boat is full of 30,000 catties of water, and now it can be loaded with more than 30,000 catties of coal, which can make the loach boat for 4 to 5 days in a row, and fully supply 5,000 soldiers with drinking water. ”

Zhou Wenying did the math and asked: "How long will it take for the prison to make 40 sets now?" ”

Song Aoxing thought for a moment and said:

"As for the materials, there is no shortage now, after all, these things are not used very much now, and it turns out that people lack water, and no one can do copper and iron work.

But we were short on manpower, only forty skilled copper and blacksmiths; After all, the amount of civil engineering that will be supervised is the largest, so there are nearly 100 civil engineering masters, and the number of auxiliary workers is not enough, and auxiliary workers are also needed for transportation.

In addition, it is very inconvenient to move and install such a large god cauldron, so it is best to make and install it directly on the ship to be installed. ”

Zhou Wenying said: "If you have any suggestions or requirements, just tell me." ”

Song Aoxing looked at Zhou Wenying strangely:

"It has always been difficult for the adults to be a prisoner, and it is difficult for craftsmen to support themselves, and it is even more difficult to raise children.

Now that there is no one in ten who will be the supervisors, what suggestions does the lower officials have, and where do they dare to ask for it?

To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the drawings and explanations given by the Venerable Master, which are subtle and ethereal, and the cauldron itself is clear water, how many people do you think would be able to stand here today, look at us craftsmen."

Zhou Wenying raised his head and looked around, all the craftsmen filled water with bamboo cups, and drank water happily beside them, smiling, and there were many women and children mixed in.

Empress Dowager Yang opened her mouth at this time and said: "Song Jian Cheng, the dynasty has many insensitivities, and it has treated heroes and good generals slowly, so that today's defeat will be compensated by the mourning family." ”

Song Aoxing didn't dare to let the Queen Mother salute, so he quickly knelt down and said:

"Just now Mama passed on the words of the Venerable Master, and these words were not originally said casually by the lower officials, but the Venerable Master said, I can make it clear to the Empress Dowager that I am now going to be a prisoner and the important ministers face to face, if the Empress Dowager is not angry, the Venerable Master will give us another benefit, and if the Empress Dowager can give everyone a return gift and an apology, the Venerable Master will give us another great benefit."

While speaking, Zhen Niang and Hui Niang walked up, blessed the Queen Mother, and turned sideways to the others, Zhen Niang said softly:

"Queen Mother, ladies and gentlemen, Xiao Kezhen Niang, just served the Venerable Master under Liu Liudu's rule, so she stayed behind to pass the word.

The Venerable Master said that the first advantage was that Song Jiancheng could put the length and width of the condenser on the right side to the size of the boiler, so that the water could be drawn faster and the coal would be more economical.

The Master said that the second advantage was to remind Song Jian Cheng that this object could be placed on the lowest deck, and that the iron chimney on it could pass through the cabin of the general, and that a flue could be added so that one cabin on each of the three floors could be warmed, and the lower cabin on the first floor could even be built out of the kitchen stove.

The third benefit is that the Venerable Master said that he can't give it now, because our current prison guards are not trained and cannot accept it.

However, because the queen mother can offend herself, she gives another benefit, that is, let the chain untie the cable, drive the big ships one by one, connect the materials, and the craftsman, and return to the original position to continue the installation, but it is not chained. ”

Hui Niang went on to say:

"Little Ke Hui Niang, the Venerable Master has been injured too badly, he has not yet recovered, and he is exhausted, so he has just rested again.

Therefore, I ordered Zhen Niang and Hui Niang to come out, and asked the Queen Mother and other nobles to take a look at the utensils that boiled the sea and controlled the water, and found a way to solve the first worry. ”

When Empress Dowager Yang heard this, she was happy and worried, and the joy was that the Venerable Master was really like a supernatural power, and she easily solved a big trouble, and the worry was that Su Zhengqing said that it would be very good to be able to wake up, and as for whether she could survive, it would depend on luck and chance.

If, if the people in the forest flash a meteor and disappear into the world, then the 500,000 pseudo-yuan army is still eyeing it.

While thinking about it, Prime Minister Lu Cheng was so astute and said:

"Zhen Niang, Hui Niang, since Liu Liu is in charge of the Empress Dowager's edict and asks you to serve the Venerable Master, you can serve with peace of mind, not only for the country, but also for the Venerable Master.

It's just a coincidence that the Queen Mother's honor guard went out of the ship to visit the Venerable Master's Cave Mansion, which was a beautiful thing. And the Queen Mother has already ordered someone to carry the emperor and come over in a while.

But now that the Venerable Master's soul has left the palace and returned to its place, it has greatly damaged his vitality and soul, and if he disturbs the Venerable Master's cultivation, he will also lose his original intention.

Therefore, the old man had a reluctant request. ”

Hui Niang replied: "What the adults want, if it is not nonsense? ”

When Lu Xiufu heard this, he was surprised and said, "Did the Venerable Master specifically ask you to ask this?" ”

Zhen Niang said with a smile: "The Venerable Master is like a child, tender, and compassionate, so I have an instruction that the Venerable Master will not let the Han family be extinct if he only says that the Venerable Master is on the same day."

Hui Niang then replied:

"Just now, the Venerable Master said, there are also three aerial water artifacts, one is the Night Tower Water Demon, the other is the Tan Hai Wind Wheel, and the third is the Crystal Condensation.

All three of these things do not cost fuel or manpower, but now the war is too tight, and the Venerable Master's strength is haggard. Therefore, I will have the opportunity to talk about it in the future."

Song Aoxing was surprised: "There are actually three kinds, is there still an end of manpower?" ”

Zhang Shijie sighed: "It's really a god." Zhen Niang, Hui Niang, did the Venerable Master mention, well, how to break the enemy? ”

Hui Niang said: "Naturally, there is. ”