Chapter 109: Reading glasses
Fang Laosan hurriedly found an empty bed and put down his luggage, took the wooden basin to the bathhouse to take a bath with the magic soap that he had never used, and took a very comfortable hot bath. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Then, in the evening, Fang Laosan and six other recruits followed the squad leader into the canteen of the Broken Regiment.
The soldiers' canteen was large and divided into ten, from the first to the tenth. The squad leader Jiang Chong looked down on the third child, who had never seen the world, and did not say a word on the way to the canteen when he brought the recruits, but only gave a few words of advice when he arrived in the seventh canteen.
Fang Laosan followed the instructions of the squad leader, and showed his wooden waist card at the window of the seventh canteen, and the cook gave Fang Laosan dinner: a piece of pork belly for two taels, a large spoonful of boiled Chinese cabbage, and a full white rice.
The meat is red and white pork belly, and the rice is white rice without a bit of chaff.
Except for the Chinese New Year, this was the first time that Fang Laosan had eaten a full meal with meat and vegetables, and he devoured it, as if he had never eaten such a delicious meal. After eating a bowl of rice, Fang Laosan went to the window to get another bowl, and ate his stomach bulging before he stopped.
After eating enough, Fang Laosan felt comfortable all over.
The other soldiers were also from bitter backgrounds, howling and eating rice and meat dishes one by one.
The squad leader Jiang Chong only ate most of the bowl of rice, and sat there looking at the recruits who were suffering with contempt. After eating, when he returned to the dormitory, Jiang Chong didn't say a word, but only asked the recruits to go to bed when they were in the middle of the day, saying that if anyone didn't sleep and got up to blow up the camp, it would be a capital crime of beheading!
One sentence frightened the recruits from lying on the bed, and they didn't dare to come out.
Early the next morning, the recruits ate a breakfast of eggs, pickles, and porridge in the cafeteria, and were led by the squad leader to the training ground outside the city. Jiang Chong stood at the front of the team and glanced at the recruits who looked like dirt buns.
"You're all recruits, you don't understand anything! But you'll soon understand! ”
"Do you know how long it took me to become this squad leader?"
"I don't know!"
The recruits shook their heads, and Jiang Chong said loudly: "It took me a year and four months!" In the four months of this year, I practiced 480 target shots, and I was able to hit the target every time I was 130 steps away! I fought twice! Killed eight thieves, three of whom were the leaders of the thieves! That's why I'm here today, and I'm your squad leader! ”
Hearing Jiang Chong's achievements, the recruits looked at Jiang Chong differently, with a bit of admiration. Killing eight thieves, what a powerful character.
Jiang Chong took a few steps in front of the seven recruits and said loudly: "There is food and meat here, and there is a high amount of monthly money, how are these days?" ”
Jiang Chong asked himself and said: "This day is very good! But could it be better? ”
Jiang Chong said loudly again: "It can be better!" ”
"As long as you train hard, after the recruit period, you start to shoot with your heart, and you can play normally when you participate in battle. In two or three years, each of you will be a squad leader, and you will be able to lead seven soldiers like me! Take four taels of monthly money! ”
"I've now taken out a loan from Lord Ethics and bought my own two-story villa! Have your own house! It's not me who bragging, but the matchmaker who came to tell me about her relatives stepped through the threshold of my family! I'm picking my daughter-in-law! ”
"As long as you follow the command, you can do what I do."
Hearing Jiang Chong's agitating remarks, the seven recruits only felt that they had a bright future. As long as you obey orders, good days seem to beckon you. The recruits stood up straight with their chests puffed up. There were a few recruits who were born too hard, and when they heard the bright future described by Jiang Chong, their faces were flushed with excitement.
Jiang Chong looked at the recruits, changed his words, and said:
"However, if someone does not obey orders, has no discipline, deserts in training, and goes wrong during battle, it is military law service!"
"Not only that, but also obey the rules of secrecy! The performance of the weapons you used in the Broken Regiments cannot be leaked, even if the court officials ask you, they can't say. When shooting at a target, you can't shoot in front of other civilians! You can't talk to anyone other than the soldiers about your battles! Be a secret! ”
The recruits looked at Jiang Chong firmly and expressed their determination to abide by the regulations with their eyes. Violating regulations? Such a good day! Push them with a knife, and they won't break the rules!
Jiang Chong looked at the excited appearance of the recruits, smiled, and said lightly: "On the first day of physical training, twenty miles of cross-country running, everyone runs with me!" ”
After being busy recruiting new soldiers, Li Zhi was free and began to develop new industries.
What Li Zhi wants to do this time is reading glasses.
With colorless transparent glass, making glasses is a matter of course. In these years, there were not many people who studied in the Ming Dynasty, and there were not many myopia, and it is estimated that a few pairs of myopia glasses could not be sold, but there was a lot of presbyopia.
Presbyopia is caused by the relaxation of the ciliary muscles of the eye, and the flattening of the lens, causing the image of objects to appear behind the retina, so that objects cannot be seen clearly. Reading glasses are actually convex lenses, which use their concentrating effect to move the image of an object forward to the retina.
To put it simply, as long as the round glass is processed into a convex lens with the right focal length and installed in a wooden frame, it is a pair of reading glasses.
The Ming Dynasty advocated etiquette and religion, put filial piety first, and the officials and the rulers of the big families were all old people. These old people held most of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, but they were basically presbyopia. The problem of the old people of the Ming Dynasty was troubled by the old people of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zhi had to help them solve this problem.
As long as you spend some silver, you can regain your ability to see things, and you can see documents clearly, which must be a good deal for many old people.
The production of glass convex lenses can be molded by using a molder, but the glass lens made in this way is still very rough and needs to be polished and polished, which requires specialized talents.
Li Zhi thought about it and decided to find some jade craftsmen who processed jade to polish and polish the glass lenses. The hardness of glass is basically the same as that of jade, and generally speaking, glass is harder than nephrite jade such as Hetian jade, and softer than jadeite such as jadeite, and craftsmen who can polish jade can handle glass lenses.
Li Zhi took Li Laosi to find a jade shop with exquisite decoration in the Tian0jin Acropolis, and asked the jade point owner about the craftsman who handled the jade. The boss saw Li Zhi walking into the store in a red official uniform, and he was very attentive to him. He heard that Li Zhi wanted to hire a jade craftsman, and he did not hide his secrets, so he directly told Li Zhi that jade was produced in Tianfu Yu0tian County, saying that there were jade craftsmen gathered there and jade craftsmen could be found.
Li Zhi immediately took Li Laosi and a few family members to Yu0tian County. He spent a day riding a horse to Yu0tian County, and when he arrived in Yu0tian County, he inquired and found an alley selling jade, and found that dozens of merchants who processed and sold jade gathered in the alley. Li Zhi heard that those jade shops were all front shops and back factories, and jade craftsmen were all processing jade in the courtyard behind the shops.
Li Zhi chose the most luxuriously decorated jade shop and walked in.
The owner of the jade shop saw a fourth-grade military attache walking in with a few entourages, and hurriedly greeted him and saluted, and said nervously: "Is there something wrong with the official here?" ”
Li Laosi said loudly: "My master wants to hire a few jade craftsmen who can polish and polish jade, do you have it here?" ”
The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this, and said in a panic: "Official, the jade craftsmen in the small shop are just right, and there are no extra people, I'm afraid I can't let the official master hire him!" ”