Chapter 150: Zhang Zhimu returns

What these newcomers didn't expect was that the people in the kiln were very clean, let them take a bath after eating, change their clothes after taking a bath, and then assign bunks to everyone. Most of the bunks are new bedding. So many of them woke up from a sleep in a warm room, thinking they were dreaming.

The goods that were brought back were all arranged to be unloaded into the cave, and most of these goods were grain, more than 20,000 stones. The others were silk and fur and other valuable things that were much more expensive than grain looted by the Qing army. The dozens of boxes containing valuables were unloaded by Lu Chengxiang into the warehouse of the kiln. These chests have seals in full script.

Lu Chengxiang glared at Yuan and said, "No one is allowed to touch these boxes, we must wait for Mr. Zhang to come back." ”

No one would object to that.

Zhang Zhimu: They came back a few days later, and before they came back, it was Li Jing who came back to deliver the letter.

Yang Yulin saw that Li Jing was back, and knew that Zhang Zhimu would definitely come back soon this time. After Li Jing reported the situation to Huang Yukun, Yang Yulin pestered Li Jing to ask this and that. Huang Yukun, who saw this scene, frowned.

To say that every time the caravan comes back, it is a big event for Yaogang. Zhang Zhimu personally led the team back, which was even more of a great event.

All those who could come out of the kiln came out to greet them.

Zhang Zhimu's team came from the south of Yaogang this time, and the caravans that went north in the past had always returned from the north.

The first to catch up was Saihu, and several of his cubs, who were already half old, also ran forward. Saihu ran to Zhang Zhimu and put his front paws on Zhang Zhimu's body, making love. Zhang Zhimu also stroked his chest with his hands, and dogs generally like people to pet them here. Those little cubs were not familiar with Zhang Zhimu, so they didn't dare to move forward, so they jumped and jumped around, and they also felt that they were happy today. Saihu, who finished making love with Zhang Zhimu, ran back again, ran to Huang Yukun and Xiaoqing Xiaohu and screamed a few times, as if to give them good news. Zhang Zhimu came over and hugged Xiaoqing and Xiaohu and kissed each other. Xiaoqing and Xiaohu kept holding Zhang Zhimu's hand, and kept asking this and that, which made Zhang Zhimu's heart soften. Huang Yukun learned the lesson of picking her up in public after Zhang Zhimu came back before, and this time she always kept a distance from Zhang Zhimu.

The team that came back and the team that greeted the kiln gang would be together, and the people who knew each other greeted each other and frolicked with each other, so it was not lively. This made those newcomers to the kiln particularly happy, and it was difficult to see such a joyful scene in this troubled year.

Huang Yukun and Lu Chengxiang instructed everyone to receive the personnel who returned to the kiln gang together and take over the goods. Since the goods brought back by Zhang Zhimu this time were mainly grain, Lu Chengxiang directly sent someone to take the convoy to the cave and unloaded all the grain into the cave. A rough count shows that there are more than 30,000 stones. This time, Zhang Zhimu and the others brought back a lot of tents and other military supplies. Especially dozens of hard crossbows, Lu Chengxiang knew that these were very much needed in the kiln now. He deliberately picked them out and put them aside.

However, this time Zhang Zhimu brought back not too many people, relatively speaking, it was easy to arrange. The quarters of their team of more than 5,000 men had already been arranged, in the camp in front of the mouth of the cave.

Lin Feng, Wei Xiang, Shi Xiu, and Zhao Jinli, who came back first, saw that more than 1,000 prisoners had returned, so they took the initiative to ask that these prisoners be taken to the smelter. Zhang Zhimu was very happy to see these brothers who were already able to take the lead. Zhang Zhimu said to them: "You are working hard to send these captives to Li Dong." The credit you have made for the kiln gang, I see it in my eyes and remember it in my heart, work hard, the kiln gang needs you to pick the beam as soon as possible. ”

After listening to Zhang Zhimu's words, these four people were all beautiful in their hearts, and he knew that this was Zhang Zhimu's affirmation of them and full of expectations for them. They went to escort the captives in a relaxed and happy way.

The giants of Yaogang finally gathered again, although the time of separation was not too long, but too many things happened during the time of separation. These people really want to get together. After arranging other things, these people gathered at a table and drank a steady drink. There are Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, Ouyang He, Lu Chengxiang, and Lu Bingyi at this table today.

So that these people can let go and have a drink. Zhang Zhimu first introduced a series of actions after leaving Zhangjiakou. Lu Chengxiang also talked about the process of the caravan returning to Zhangjiakou after leaving Zhangjiakou, and what Yan Boju said was simple, and everything went smoothly in one sentence. Everyone knew that Yan Boju was not good at speaking in a big way, so they laughed it off.

Lu Chengxiang said: "We have gained too much from going north this time, and we will not worry about the bottom silver of our ticket number next year, and the transportation company will also lay a good foundation." This time, there were several times more goods prepared for the southbound journey than the last time. ”

Yan Boju said, "Hehe, this time we have more horses. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "What I value more this time is that after several battles, our soldiers have been trained, and this time it is not simply a few bandits, but a direct confrontation with today's strong enemy Mongolian cavalry and Qing army." So that our soldiers have seen the real battlefield, and for us to organize a larger contingent in the future, we have accumulated a backbone and officers. These are our seeds. ”

Ouyang He said: "This time is just right, I want to take advantage of this winter to run my study class and train more officers." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In this way, can Mr. Ouyang also work with Uncle Chen to come up with a training plan first." Let's talk about it again. ”

Ouyang He said: "This is easy to do, Uncle Chen and I made a simple plan before going north, and after we have gone through these few battles, we can improve it." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There are a few things I want to personally grasp when I come back this time, there are many newcomers in the army, so Uncle Chen and Mr. Ouyang will bother to help Liu Yun and them train themselves." Mr. Lu worries more about family affairs. There are a lot of newcomers this time, and it is impossible to use them all at once, so Mr. Lu wants to grasp the training work, and the most important thing is to classify them according to their skills and cultural level, and we can use them according to their talents. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "What worries me is that there are too many people who come back this time. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't worry, we are all young men and young women who come back. The smelter side should be expanded, and the stone kiln side should be expanded. The road will be repaired in the spring of next year. We are not afraid of food now. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "The lime kiln needs to be expanded, and the lime they produce cannot be used by Liu Bensheng and them, and the glass factory has come to compete for cement." Besides, I have another idea, the land on the other side of the river is our own. However, it was very difficult to transport a little manure to the river and up again. I think it's time to build a bridge. This also requires cement. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Good idea, I also have this idea." I can say that in a few years, both sides of this stretch of river will be filled with shops and houses. That's when a couple of bridges will be needed. ”

Everyone said, "Let's get one first, and we'll talk about the rest later." ”

Lu Bingyi saw that everyone was on the rise, so he suggested again: "Mr. Zhang, during this time, I walked along the Xiaoling River to the Fenhe Wharf, and I felt that the Xiaoling River bed was very deep and the drop was not big, if we could build a river dam at the entrance of the Xiaoling River into the Fen River to block the Xiaoling River and raise the water level, then the ships could go directly from the Lingshui Wharf to the kiln gang, which could leave a lot of trouble for back and forth transportation." ”

Zhang Zhimu was also very excited when he heard this, and said: "In that case, we can also build a lock, so that the boat can go directly to Yaogang from the Yangtze River." ”

Lu Bingyi understood Zhang Zhimu's words, but the others didn't.

Lu Chengxiang asked anxiously: "What, what." You said that the boat could sail from the Yangtze River to Yaogang. That is to say, we can also sail directly from Yaogang to the Yangtze River. ”

Chen Yufeng asked: "What you are talking about is mysterious, what is it called a lock?" How can I let you say it, this place is connected to the Yangtze River. ”

Zhang Zhimu patiently explained: "That's the case, if we build a dam across the Xiaoling River at the Lingshui Wharf and raise the water level of the Xiaoling River, then won't we be able to sail in the Xiaoling River?" The lock is the same as the one in the canal, which is used to allow the boat to transition between the Fen River and the Xiaoling River. In this way, the boat can enter the Fen River from us, and from the Fen River to the Yellow River and then to the canal, you can go to the Yangtze River. ”

After Zhang Zhimu's words, everyone became excited. Lu Chengxiang asked, "How much silver does it take to finish these repairs?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This requires you and Mr. Lu Bingyi to make a budget together." However, if he wants to complete this matter, Mr. Lu has to bother more and buy the land on both sides of the Xiaoling River as much as possible. If this project is completed, it will not only benefit the transportation, but also the crops on both sides of the river will be easier to water when the water level has increased. At that time, merchants from the south to the north will be able to fill the kiln gang. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Don't tell anyone about this matter." I'll start buying land tomorrow. Anyway, it's cheap now, and we're not short of silver. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is a good thing, in the future, our production scale will be larger and larger, and it will be more convenient for us to have waterways." Since no one is opposed to Mr. Lu's suggestion, I think that from tomorrow onwards, Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu will make a rough budget and see how much money it will cost if they calculate more. Play as wide as possible. ”

This time, the big giants drank a meal, and it also set several major events this winter. After talking about business, all that's left is to drink. In the end, Zhang Zhimu was helped home, and when he returned home, he didn't know how he fell asleep. Zhang Zhimu was not a person who could get drunk easily before, but working with these people who could drink, if he didn't drink, he wouldn't be kind and easy-going enough, at least at this stage, he still needed this kind of family affection to support this team.

As soon as Zhang Zhimu woke up, he woke up Huang Yukun, and they hadn't been together for a long time, but Huang Yukun was very uncomfortable with a pregnancy reaction, and the two of them had a hasty matter.

Huang Yukun hugged Zhang Zhimu and said confidant words for a while, and when he spoke, Huang Yukun kept holding Zhang Zhimu's ears with his hands. What Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that Huang Yukun suddenly said: "Zhimu, you can marry Miss Yulin." ”

Zhang Zhimu was startled and said, "I've never moved my crooked eyes." Don't talk nonsense. ”

Zhang Zhimu's ears suddenly had a sharp pain, and he couldn't help but scream: "Oh, you are light." ”

Huang Yukun said: "Yang Yulin's mind is all on you, you don't know it." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's because I'm too charming, you can't blame me." Besides, you arranged Yang Yulin with me, you can't blame me. I didn't do anything to hurt you. The heavens can learn from this. ”

Huang Yukun said: "I know this, I think you should marry this girl, and I can rest assured that she is by your side outside." Otherwise, I'm still worried about you messing with flowers and grass outside. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Look at you, the more you talk, the more you talk about it. Am I the kind of person who cares? ”

"Man, it's all the same. They all ate from the bowl and looked at the bowl. I wish all the women were his. Huang Yukun said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Hey, don't think of me as your eldest young master." ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu's words were finished, there was another sharp pain in his ears. made Zhang Zhimu ask for mercy again and again.

Huang Yukun said: "Yulin's mother also told me about this in tears, this time people almost died for you, don't have a conscience." I see that you just have different hearts and mouths, and you have long wanted to eat others, right? But I warn you, stay away from that show. I think it's a man who will hook her soul. ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't know how these women were researching behind him, so he "married" him.

But Zhang Zhimu didn't want them to be prejudiced against Xiao Hongyu, maybe more jealous. Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't pull me and Xiao Hongyu together again. Besides, Little Hongyu didn't provoke any of you. She is also a hard-working person who has been sold to the troupe since she was a child, so you can't have a little sympathy. Let me tell you, this little red jade will have a great future in the future. She can write and martial arts, write poems and paint, and is not an ordinary drama you say. ”

Huang Yukun saw that Zhang Zhimu was a little angry, so he said: "I'll just talk to you, you see that you won't be relenting." I think you're fine. ”

This kind of woman's logic made Zhang Zhimu cry and laugh.

Early the next morning, Zhang Zhimu came to the office, and Yang Yulin was already here. Zhang Zhimu asked, "How is your body recovering?" ”

Yang Yulin said: "It's been okay for a long time, I said let me go with you, you won't let me, I haven't caught up with so many good things." ”

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, this Yang Yulin is really not comparable to ordinary men, she treats war as a good thing.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Now inform Li Yunhe to come to see me, and notify all the middle-level and above cadres to hold a meeting in the afternoon. ”

After a while, Li Yunhe came.

Li Yunhe entered Zhang Zhimu's office, and before he sat down, he said, "Mr. Zhang, you are back." Our steam engine is working well, and we're working on a second one. ”

Zhang Zhimu poured him a bowl of water and said, "Sit down and talk slowly, I've been thinking about this all the time." ”

Li Yunhe said: "After you left, our steam engine was built a long time ago, but it has not been debugged, and it can be regarded as debugged later." But the sound was too loud, so we had no choice but to build a small house for the steam engine, and the small house was wrapped in asbestos around it, so that the sound was a little quieter. This time, thanks to the help of several of Mr. Lu's students, we have been able to make the involute gear transmission device, and all the transmission parameters are calculated by them, and everyone feels that it has improved a lot through this time. It seems that no theory works. We've experimented with that steam engine with two lathes, and the speed of the lathes has increased dramatically. Fortunately, we use the method you taught to pour alkaline water on the turning tool to cool down when processing with a lathe, otherwise the turning tool will be finished in a while. Now the processed shaft is very bright, and the machining accuracy is much higher. I found that the faster the lathe, the higher the machining accuracy. Now there are more than 10 lathes on top. In particular, we use the relationship of gear transmission to control the automatic passing. It is to process the parts every revolution, through the gear transmission relationship to ensure that the rack-driven turning tool travels a pitch distance, so that the processing of the screw is very accurate, now we make vises is very easy. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Great, so that the high-precision lead screw can be processed, and the accuracy of the lathe can be greatly improved." In addition, you can also use this method to process standard parts such as screws and nuts in large quantities. ”

"Another steam engine, we want to make a planer, or a forging machine, as you say." Li Yunhe said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "If this kind of steam engine is really useful, we can produce a few more, and we can build a sawmill on the side of the cave, and such a factory will definitely make money." Not only can we see wood, but we can also spin out wooden products such as pots, bowls, and cups, and our caravans can sell them. Sawn timber squares are also much easier to sell than logs. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Yes, we have so many people, just let them do this, and they don't need much technology, just be willing to contribute." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You can watch these things and do them." Those steam engines have been successful, and you should leave the reproduction to someone else. I will now give you two tasks, the first is to make a larger steam engine on the basis of the existing steam engine, which can be used on ships, and when we have time, we will go to Fan Chengkun's ship together to have a look, and if it can be placed in his rear cabin, I will draw a rough picture for you. ”

Li Yunhe said: "You really want to use a steam engine to drive the warship, what method do you use to blow the wind on the sail?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "With the propeller, you first solve the problem of the steam engine. There are still a lot of things to work out to drive the ship. ”

Li Yunhe asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "When you make steel, you know that the time of steel refining is too long, and what you practice is iron, and the hardness is not good, right?" ”

Li Yunhe said: "Yes. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I ask you to smelt a little more of this iron, and fill it with one to two percent of the cleaned sand before it comes out of the oven. Then give me a piece of steel that is less than a millimeter. ”

Li Yunhe said: "It takes a little effort to be so thin. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This point is very heavy, this thing is made, we can generate electricity." With electricity, we can change the world. ”

Li Yunhe can't understand Zhang Zhimu's words now, but he knows that what Zhang Zhimu wants to do must be very useful. Just like the steam engine of today, the lathe has undergone a revolutionary change. Li Yunhe said: "Okay, I'll do these two things right away." When are you going to Lingshui Pier to tell me? ”

The office meeting in the afternoon was very lively, and when the meeting began, what everyone didn't expect was Zhang Zhimu to speak first, he said: "I want to talk about what I saw at noon today. I find it a bit problematic that we serve food to everyone, and we can eat as much as you want. There are a lot of people, obviously full, and they want to eat hard, and I'm afraid that they will be broken. Fortunately, I haven't found anyone wasting food yet. ”

Huang Yukun said: "Oh, don't say it, the people who just came still had a waste of food at the beginning, and my method is that whoever wastes food will starve for two meals, and those who secretly send them food will starve together." In this way, there is no waste of food. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that now that people's consciousness had not yet arrived, they began to eat a big pot of rice and eat it casually. Those people feel that if they eat less, they will suffer a loss, so they eat desperately. It seems that the end of communist life in this special period is over. When the conditions are ripe, the method of issuing food tickets per person is still very effective. And what is saved shall be theirs, and they shall know that they shall be saved.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This kind of thing, we have to think of a way to solve it in the future." There are too many people, so wasting is not the way. ”

Then Lu Qi introduced his work, Lu Qi said: "The two water wheels have been completed, and a lot of water has been carried to the reservoir on the slope before freezing. The cold storage arranged by Mr. Zhang has been repaired, but I don't know how to use it. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Great, with cold storage, we can do much easier, and there can be a place to put summer food." ”

Before Zhang Zhimu left, he asked Lu Qi to lead people to dig a cold storage the size of a basketball court on the north side of the kiln gang. This cold storage is divided into several rooms. The cold storage is surrounded by a layer of green bricks, and then the gap between the green bricks and the soil is filled with lime and asbestos, and then a layer of green bricks is laid, and there is a half-brick-thick space between the two layers of green bricks, which is still filled with asbestos and lime in this space. After entering the door of this cold storage, each small cold storage has its own double door, and the door of the cold storage is wrapped with asbestos mats. There is no refrigeration device yet, Zhang Zhimu wants to get some ice in the winter temporarily, and then use it in the summer, or put some things that are easy to break in the cold storage and put the ice together, which can play a role in keeping fresh.

Liu Bensheng said that the family residence and school he is responsible for have been completed, and the main framework of the Cultural Palace has been completed, leaving only the interior and exterior decoration, and the interior decoration is almost finished. Because Li Yunhe put the heating into the Cultural Palace, it was very warm inside, and the cement and carpentry work was not delayed, so he was busy with the interior first, and the external work would have to wait until the weather was warm next year.

Zhang Zhimu asked: "Have all the seats in the Cultural Palace been ready?" ”

Liu Bensheng said: "The second floor has been installed, but the first floor has not been completed. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked again: "I want to know, can it be used inside the Spring Festival?" ”

Liu Bensheng hesitated and said, "Then you have to hurry." In that case, I won't be able to do anything else. The glassworks are almost finished, so just send someone to do it. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Whoever can do it, you can appoint it." ”

Liu Bensheng said: "It's okay." ”

Huang Yukun interjected a sentence, which made Zhang Zhimu feel a little interesting, Huang Yukun said: "We kill sheep every day, and a newcomer saw me and told me, it is better to kill a few more sheep at a time, now that it is cold, the mutton can also be frozen, so that the sheep can eat less grass." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is a smart person, find this person to see me, this person is available." ”

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.