Chapter 161: The Salt Gang Comes to Break In

Zhang Zhimu pointed to the schematic diagram of the painting and said to Lu Qi and others: "First, the opening mechanism, the basic principle is the same as that of the handloom, that is, the warp thread is opened and closed up and down, and the opening mouth allows the weft thread to pass through; The second is the weft insertion mechanism, the rapier weft insertion is the rapier as a weft inserter, the weft thread untied from the weft feeder through the warp opening mechanism. This time, we use a double rapier with two double rapier rods on either side of the opening to complete the weft transfer. One of the rapier sends the weft thread to the middle of the loom, called the weft sword. Another rapier takes the weft thread from the middle of the loom and leads it through the opening, which is called the weft sword. Since the speed of our looms is not too high at the beginning, we use rigid rapiers. The rapier heads on the rapier are also distributed to the weft rapier and the weft rapier head. When the weft rapier is sent to the center of the loom by the weft rapier, the weft thread is loosened. The weft rapier clamps the weft thread, and the weft thread is brought out of the opening by the weft rapier shaft. Third, the beating mechanism is a mechanism that controls the back and forth transmission of the rapier, which is also a difficult point for us to design the loom, which can be solved by the connecting rod transmission method and the cam transmission method. This is where you need to think about it; The fourth is the winding mechanism, its function is to lead the fabric initially formed at the weaving mouth away from the weaving mouth, wind it to the cloth rolling stick, and cooperate with other mechanisms on the loom at the same time to determine the weft yarn arrangement density of the fabric and the weft yarn arrangement characteristics in the fabric. ”

After listening to Zhang Zhimu's explanation, Lu Qi and the others roughly understood what Zhang Zhimu meant. Lu Qi knew a little bit about weaving because he made a manual loom when he was a carpenter, so he knew a little more. But the more he understood, the more difficult it became.

Zhang Zhimu saw Lu Qi's embarrassment and said: "You can't be too anxious about this matter, you have to slowly figure out the principle and then think about it." At that time, I will ask Lu Bingyi's disciples to help you calculate some relevant parameters. You have to get the principle machine out first, so that you are not far from the practical loom. ”

Leaving Lu Qi and them, Zhang Zhimu returned to his office and was thinking about power generation, because the silicon steel sheet had already been made, as long as the electricity was made, many things would be easy to do. Only by doing their own electronics can they give full play to their professional advantages.

But before Zhang Zhimu could calm down, Lu Bingyi and Liu Bensheng came to him with a few people. It turned out that they had a problem about the design of the terminal passenger building that they couldn't decide, and they wanted Zhang Zhimu to decide. They have several proposals, and they don't agree on anything. After Zhang Zhimu saw their plan, he was not very satisfied.

Zhang Zhimu thought about it and said: "In terms of function, you have considered our passenger terminal very thoughtfully. However, the new words of our new wharf and new building are not well reflected, and I don't understand the construction methods such as "door light ruler" and "Luban ruler" that you understand. But I think there should be a big clock with hands on the roof, and it should be the kind that can strike the clock until the hour. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "You mean, build a large Western clock? I heard that there is a Western clock in the palace that Westerners pay tribute to, but I haven't heard that big. Can we make it ourselves? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Actually, the principle of the bell is very simple, these days, I am about to start a class for everyone, I will take some time in the class to introduce to you." We have to solve this problem, otherwise we can't measure many things, such as 'frequency' and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to build not only a big clock, but also a small bell that everyone can wear on their hands in the future. ”

Liu Bensheng said: "Of course, it would be good to be able to build a big clock, but I don't know when it will be." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I will definitely be able to do it before you cap it, even if it is a little later, it will be fine." The bell can be installed after the building is built. I asked Li Yunhe to come over right away and see if anyone could pull out a few of them to do this. Saying that, Zhang Zhimu got up and asked Yang Yulin to find Li Yunhe.

Lu Bingyi said: "This matter is interesting, I will arrange for a person to participate in this matter." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's great, send someone to find your people now." Let me introduce it together. Yang Yulin immediately arranged for someone to invite Lu Bingyi's student over.

As soon as Li Yunhe entered Zhang Zhimu's office, he saw so many people here, thought something was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "There is nothing serious, but we want to do something big." ”

Zhang Zhimu told him about making the clock, and then asked Li Yunhe if he could arrange a few more people to come out to participate in the clock-making. Li Yunhe said: "It's no problem to arrange three or four people. We have some people who can do something on their own. It would be even more fine to have Mr. Lu's students help with the calculations. In fact, we can calculate a lot of things, but we don't have a bottom in our hearts after we finish it. Fortunately, Mr. Lu's disciples have a set of calculations, and our gear transmission relationships are all deduced with the help of Mr. Lu's disciples. ”

After Lu Bingyi's student arrived, Zhang Zhimu tied a lock sent by Lu Qi with a thin rope, held the rope in his left hand, and pushed the hanging lock with his right hand and said: "Let's observe, the swing frequency of this lock has always been constant. And this frequency has nothing to do with the amplitude of the swing, only with the length of this rope. In fact, this truth can be demonstrated by the physics knowledge we have learned. In the next lecture, I will tell you about the process of argumentation and derivation. If you are interested, you can also deduce it yourself. ”

Li Yunhe couldn't help but ask: "How can this thing be used for timekeeping." ”

In fact, when Zhang Zhimu was young, there was an old-fashioned big sitting clock at home, and he felt that the clock was taller than himself. He often watched his father dismantle the big clock, and when his father was not at home, Zhang Zhimu often opened the big clock and fiddled, at that time the family felt that the time of the clock was inaccurate, which was probably related to Zhang Zhimu's curiosity. This curiosity accompanied him until middle school, and when he was in physics class, through the teacher's explanation, Zhang Zhimu really understood why Zhong could go so accurately. Later, I found a book that introduced the principle of the clock, and I didn't feel mysterious about the clock.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Let's put it this way, if we let the frequency of this oscillation be once a second, and every time this pendulum oscillates, let a small wheel with 60 teeth rotate a tooth, and a pointer is installed on this small wheel, we call it the second hand." Then the hand will turn an angle every second, which is 360 degrees divided by 60 degrees. Sixty seconds is one revolution in one minute. If a gear with a rotation ratio of 1 to 60 is meshed with this gear, this passive gear also has a pointer, which we call the minute hand. For every revolution of this gear with a second hand, this minute hand turns at an angle, which is six degrees. If the second hand turns sixty times, which is sixty minutes or an hour, then the minute hand will also make one turn. In the same way, we can also install an hour hand to indicate the time in hours. ”

After listening to Zhang Zhimu's explanation, after everyone discussed together for a while, Li Yunhe asked: "The problem is that after all, the pendulum will become smaller and smaller, and finally it will stop." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yunhe is right, this bell also needs to have a power device. The device we want to make that uses a pendulum to control the rotation of the second hand is called an escapement. This escapement not only controls the rotation of the second hand, but also obtains a little power from here every time. So that the pendulum doesn't stop. There are many ways to use this power source, either by gravity or by spring force. The bell we want to design for this bell tower will be powered by gravity. ”

Then Zhang Zhimu drew another diagram to explain the principle of the ratchet and escapement.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, we can design the different ticks between the ratchet and the pallet fork. ”

Li Yunhe said that if everyone can see the second, minute, and hour hands of the big clock clearly, then the hands should be very large, and the dial of the clock should be very large, so it will be very troublesome.

Zhang Zhimu said: "We can use the method of hollow wheels to design the second hand, minute hand, and hour hand as a concentric axis, so that only a disc clock face can be used." In fact, I just told you a general principle, and there are many things in the detailed design, such as how heavy the hammer is to do power, and how to lift it up and a set of mechanisms. When the time comes, how to ring the bell and the number of times you ring the bell must be designed by you. ”

Li Yunhe pondered for a while and said: "This truth is not too complicated, we can all overcome it, to be honest, it is much simpler than our steam engine, but it takes a little more time, and we think about it slowly." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This level must be passed earlier. Once you've digested these, you'll have to make a clock that you can hold by hand right away, because you can't measure the speed of your steam engine without time, and you won't be able to do anything about it in the future. ”

Lu Bingyi, who has not spoken, said: "After this timing tool is solved, its significance cannot be overstated. A lot of things can be quantitatively compared, which is a big improvement. In addition, it is also a big business opportunity. Lu Bingyi turned out to be a pure scholar, and after arriving in Yaogang, he also knew about business.

In the end, it was decided to set up a watch group, composed of three people sent by Li Yunhe and one of Lu Bingyi's disciples, but Li Yunhe and Lu Bingyi were both interested in this matter and said that they would pay attention to it personally.

When everyone left, Zhang Zhimu left Li Yunhe behind.

After letting Yang Yulin change the hot tea, Zhang Zhimu said: "Yunhe, we have developed too fast during this time, but fortunately, at the beginning, we were both clear-headed and paid attention to talent training, so that we could let go and do a lot of things." ”

Li Yunhe said: "Yes, there are so many things now, I don't have to participate in specifics, otherwise, how can I cope with one thing on the left and one thing on the right." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's right, unless it is absolutely necessary, a leader must not get caught up in affairs." You'll want to make time to organize your team to work together. ”

After drinking some water, Zhang Zhimu said: "We are currently in charge of several major projects, and you have to think about the following development issues." I think you should focus on the basics. For example, our processing methods are still insufficient. The next step is to get planers, milling machines, boring machines, punching machines, as well as air hammers and forging equipment. ”

Li Yunhe said: "You told me last time that I have always wanted to do this, but how can I have time." I have selected some people this time, and I have arranged for them to give lessons, and everyone has arranged a master, but it is not all at once. The top ones I used were actually done and forced. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's still the same sentence, you still have to grasp the foundation." For example, there is one thing that is holding us back now that has to be solved."

Li Yunhe put down the water cup and looked at Zhang Zhimu puzzled. Zhang Zhimu said: "We need ball bearings. It is also a kind of rolling bearing like the roller bearing we use now, and the spherical steel ball is installed in the middle of the inner steel ring and the outer steel ring to reduce the friction in the process of power transmission and improve the transmission efficiency of mechanical power in a rolling way. Ball bearings are also called ball bearings. It is characterized by higher precision and can also withstand higher speeds, which will be inseparable from our machine tools in the future. ”

After speaking, Zhang Zhimu took out the paper and drew a sketch, saying: "The ball bearing mainly contains four basic components: the ball, the inner ring, the outer ring and the retainer. This retainer is used to keep the balls in the bearing evenly spaced at equal distances. This thing is the basic thing for me to engage in mechanical devices, and it will be standardized in the future. I'm going to build a generator and a motor, and I can't do it without this thing. So you're going to have to take the time to put people to do it. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Anything else is easy to say, it's that ball, Ou, the ball can't be so round." ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "This is not difficult, you can make a ball mill." This ball mill is actually very simple, it is composed of two grinding discs with multiple concentric rings of the same size, with a triangular cross-sectional grinding groove, the upper grinding disc rotates, and the lower grinding disc does not move. There are several steps in processing balls:

First of all, coarse grinding, first put the steel balls that have been forged and initially processed and not rounded into the ball mill, and then put in oil and coarse abrasives. Coarse grinding can be done several times with the tool. After grinding, wash and then finely grind, that is, put the coarsely ground blank into the fine grinder, and then put in low-viscosity oil and fine abrasives to grind to the standard size. Finally, it is ground again with polishing powder, that is, polished. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to do this when I go back." ”

Zhang Zhimu handed Li Yunhe a few drawings and said: "This is the drawing of several kinds of bearings I have drawn, you can try a few according to the size." ”

When sending Li Yunhe out, Zhang Zhimu saw Xiaohu like a little adult, drinking tea with Yang Yulin and other three beauties outside. Zhang Zhimu was happy when he saw it.

Xiaohu saw Zhang Zhimu come out and said, "You just finished your business, I've been waiting for you for a long time." With that, Xiaohu came over and grabbed Zhang Zhimu's hand.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Oh, let Xiaohu wait for a long time, then please go inside." ”

Entering the house, Zhang Zhimu asked, "Why hasn't Xiaohu come to the office to see me for a long time?" ”

Xiaohu lowered his head and said, "Mom said, it's okay not to let me disturb your work." I wanted to come for a long time, afraid that my mother would talk about me. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Xiaohu and Xiaoqing were willing to come to his office to play. The two children did not come these days, it seems that it is the result of Huang Yukun's discipline. Zhang Zhimu said to Xiaohu: "You can come if you want to come in the future, just don't affect the work of others." ”

Xiaohu said, "Really? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Really, pull the hook." ”

At this time, outside the window, a noise could be heard in the distance, Zhang Zhimu just wanted Yang Yulin to ask what was going on, and then he heard a gunshot "bump". Zhang Zhimu took a musket from the wall, and at this time Yang Yulin rushed over and said to Zhang Zhimu to hide in the back room and don't come out, don't be in front of the window. Zhang Zhimu pressed Xiaohu on the sofa and said, "Be obedient, don't get up on your stomach." ”

After speaking, Zhang Zhimu put on the bullet and lit the fire rope, and came out with the gun. Yang Yulin was guarding the door outside. The other two beauties in the room sat there with pale faces. After this gunshot, there was chaos outside the kiln, and many people rushed out with their guys.

Zhang Zhimu knew that it was best for him to stay in the office at this time, because there were many musketeers around him to protect him, and as long as he was safe, the kiln gang would be fine. After a while, Li Jing ran over to Zhang Zhimu and said, "Uncle Shi asked you to come over." ”

Zhang Zhimu asked, "What happened?" ”

Li Jing said: "A group of salt gangs came and said they wanted to settle accounts with you. I couldn't persuade them, so I fired a shot that shook them all. Now they have all their weapons down and are being put over there. ”

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, when did I offend the Salt Gang, what kind of account do they want to settle with me. Anyway, let's go over and see.

Zhang Zhimu, accompanied by Li Jing and Yang Yulin, came to the side of the road under the post. Chen Yufeng and the others were talking about something here, and when they saw Zhang Zhimu coming, Chen Yufeng pointed to the more than 20 people squatting on the ground and said, "They came from Yuncheng, saying that they were from the Salt Gang, and they wanted to settle accounts with you." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I haven't had any contact with the Salt Gang, so they can't settle accounts with me." "It turns out that the Shanxi merchant gang is divided into grain gangs, salt gangs, and so on. The salt pond in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province has been a salt producing area since ancient times, and the salt tax at its peak accounted for one-third of the national salt tax. These people also appear to be strong on the outside.

Chen Yufeng pointed to a well-dressed man squatting on the ground and said, "He is their owner, you can ask him." ”

Li Jing winked, and a soldier who was guarding them went over, kicked the guy, and said, "Get up, go over and talk." It seems that before Zhang Zhimu came, these people had already been educated, and there were still traces of bruises on this person's face, so this person was also very obedient, so he got up and came over.

Zhang Zhimu asked: "What is your surname for this owner?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhimu was very kind, this person estimated that he would not be beaten again, so he became angry, snorted with his nose, and did not speak.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I heard that you came to me to settle accounts, but if you don't speak, what kind of account is it?" ”

As soon as this person heard this, he changed his head and said: "The surname is Zhang, I am Qiu Jiye, the third elder of the Qiu family in Yuncheng, and it is my second brother Qiu Jianye that you killed, and today I am here to ask you for an explanation." ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he couldn't help but be happy, thinking that this was a second biaozi, and said, "I don't know Qiu Jianye, and it's impossible to kill your second brother." But if I really kill your second brother, you can't get any explanation with such a few people? ”

This guy was speechless by Zhang Zhimu's words, and his face turned red. Zhang Zhimu thought about not teasing him, and said: "Speak slowly, do you have any questions about coming, I want to ask, otherwise you wouldn't have come like this, right?" ”

This person then took over and said: "My brother's caravan was robbed in March this year, we have been tracking down the murderer, some people say that it is 'Jinbei Shuangxiong', and then 'Jinbei Shuangxiong' disappeared, recently we found out that my brother's 'Red Dragon Horse' was sold in Xiurong, and the last thing we found was the horse you sold in Xiurong Horse Market, my brother's caravan must have been robbed by you people." Speaking of this Qiu Jiye, he sobbed a little. It seems that I am really sad, and I can't help but feel a little sad.

Zhang Zhimu said: "You know that I sold the horse, you can't be sure that I killed the person, but you are suspicious, come and ask first, right?" ”

Qiu Jiye nodded and said, "Yes, I'm going to ask you ......" He didn't know what to say about the rest of the words.

Zhang Zhimu said: "You have the pain of losing your brother, I can understand it. But let me tell you, I killed the 'Jinbei Twin Heroes', and I got the horses from them. ”

Qiu Jiye obviously hadn't calmed down yet, and said, "I don't believe it. You...."Saying that he wanted to get close to Zhang Zhimu, Li Jing kicked him over with a kick next to him. Qiu Jiye's entourage squatting on the ground saw that the master was kicked over, and just wanted to stand up, but they were knocked down by the soldiers guarding next to him with **.

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly stopped Li Jing and them. said to Chen Yufeng: "It seems that the matter is clear. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "The Yuncheng Qiu family is a big family, several generations of salt merchants, not to be underestimated. His old Qiu family is very prestigious in the Salt Gang, and the Shanxi business community is very respectful. He has three sons, the eldest Qiu Kaiye and the second Qiu Jianye. This is the foundation of the old Sanqiu. Let's explain things well, and it's better to make fewer enemies. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In this way, we will also set some rules for the salt gang." Let Qiu's old boss pick up people. We can't break through everyone. What's more, this guy can't reason with him. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Then let one go, go back and send a letter to Qiu Laodong's house, and let him pick up people." ”

Zhang Zhimu asked Qiu Jiye: "We want to let someone go back to Yuncheng and let your father pick you up, who do you think will be sent back?" ”

This Qiu Jiye said: "I don't need my father to pick me up, I can go back by myself." ”

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and others all laughed, thinking that this Qiu Jiye was a little too cute. Zhang Zhimu said: "You can't go." Let's choose someone who delivers the letter. ”

But this Qiu Jiye just didn't choose, there was no way Li Jing went to the group of squatting entourages on the ground and asked: "We want to let you go back alone, send a letter to your old boss, and let him pick up people." Which of you will go back. ”

At this time, a person stood up tremblingly and said, "I'll go back, the master can only believe me, I grew up with the second young master since I was a child." ”

Chen Yufeng said to him: "Give a horse and dry food on the road." You go back and tell your master that we don't want to make enemies with anyone, but if he has to get along with us, it won't be difficult for us to destroy them. We don't care what he helps. ”

Li Jing asked someone to bring over a horse that Qiu Jiye and they were riding, gave the messenger a little dry food, and let him go. Then the rest of the people were taken away. Zhang Zhimu said to Li Jing: "Give them some good food and drink, don't lose them." ”

Zhang Zhimu asked Li Jing why she shot just now, and Li Jing said: "We people standing guard saw that more than 20 of them were going to our post with guns and sticks, and the people standing guard stopped them, and they didn't listen and broke in, so it was useless to persuade me to come over." I couldn't help it, so I shot them in the air and stopped them, and our men went up and unloaded their blades. ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Chen Yufeng and others: "It seems that we can't stop a little if we want to." ”

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