Chapter 100 Cultural Construction

When Yan Xing went back, he took with him a hundred muskets and five hundred**. Of course, Huang Yukun brought a lot of silk and other things for women and children bought from the south. Yan Xing said a joke: "It's like I'm going back to my parents' house, bringing these things back, and I can't fight if my family is uneven." ”

Huang Yukun said: "The second uncle laughed. If there is anything to be done at home, just send a letter, we need to be more convenient here. Zhang Zhimu said: "Oh, before the cold, my aunt and brothers came to the kiln." Just wait for the second uncle to go back and report the number of people who came. We were just about to build a house. ”

This time to build a house, there are three major projects. Liu Bensheng is responsible for the specifics.

The first project is a dormitory building. Because many people are tired of eating big pot rice for a long time, they really want to have a home to cook a little by themselves, especially those from the south, who are very willing to cook and eat by themselves. Zhang Zhimu was right when he thought about it, he became a family in the future, and if he was willing to eat in the canteen, he would eat in the canteen, and if he was willing to go home to live his own small life, he could also go home to live his own small life. Since there is not too much land now, there is no need to build too high floors. There are two types of buildings built first, like the type of Thomhouse in the previous life, which are also called townhouses. There are two types of two-layer and three-layer. That is, each house has a floor, and there is a small courtyard in front and back, and then there are three floors upstairs and two floors. Each home has its own bathroom, tap water buckets, heating, and 24-hour hot water for bathing. In short, compared to the previous life, there is no electricity, and everything else is available. The holes for threading the wires are left out. If there is no glass, the window paper is used first, but the size of the window frame is left by the size of the glass window. On the sunny side, there is even a place where the windows can be opened to the floor, but now they can only be built with bricks.

The second is the building of the school. The school has a total of two courtyards. One is the Junior School and the other is the Secondary School. The elementary school classrooms are bungalows, and the middle school is a three-story building. The three-storey building has an outside corridor. Both yards have playgrounds. There are two large classrooms on the third floor of the building. In addition, there are several physics laboratories and chemistry laboratories. The teacher's office and the teacher are separated.

The third one is a Palace of Culture. It is exactly the same as the style of the Cultural Palace in the previous life. There is a stage in front and an orchestra pit in front of the stage. On the first floor, there are thirty-one rows of seats, divided into two parts, the front part is seventeen rows, and the rear part is fourteen rows; There are up to 38 seats in each row, divided into three parts: left, middle and right, with 16 seats in the middle, and 11 seats on the left and right. There are three seats on the left and right in the first row, four seats on the left and right in the second row, one seat in each row on the left and right, and eleven seats on the left and right in the backward row. The area of the second floor and the area of the seats, the area of the back part of the first floor is as much as the seats, and it is fourteen rows of thirty-eight seats each. In this way, the number of seats in the entire Palace of Culture is 1,061 on the first floor and 532 on the second floor, making a total of 1,593. The entrance and exit of the Palace of Culture has three entrances and exits on the left and right sides, from front to back, and two entrances and exits at the rear. There are two entrances and exits in the backstage of the stage. There are powder rooms and other facilities in the background.

There are toilets on the left and right sides of the upstairs and downstairs of the Palace of Culture, and stairs lead to the second floor on the left and right sides. The seats are arranged low in the front and high in the back, and the chairs can be turned up to facilitate people's entry and exit.

All the design work was designed by Liu Bensheng with more than a dozen people, and Zhang Zhimu has been involved in the design from beginning to end. After the completion of the design of this building, the design level of these people was greatly improved. Although it has not yet reached the level where it can theoretically calculate the mechanical problems of various structures, each item is estimated according to the specific situation and experience with a certain margin. Zhang Zhimu knew that such a value would definitely be of excess quality, but there was no way, so he could only use more materials for the sake of safety.

What surprised these craftsmen of the past the most was that there were no pillars for such a large span. Zhang Zhimu is made of monolithic frame cement, and the top is also a dome of an arched structure made of wood formwork and cement casting. The exterior of the Cultural Palace is made of blue brick and cement joints, and the roof is covered with red tiles along the circle on the top. The interior is all decorated with primary color wood, so that the cultural palace is not only beautiful in color, but also has good acoustics.

This time it's going to be a lot of wood. Fortunately, the circular saw blade made by Li Yunhe, after being rotated at high speed with a fan, sawed those logs easily, and the sawing was smooth and fast, and you could see as thick and long as you wanted. This was unthinkable in the past when people pulled the saw. Therefore, it is not afraid to use more wood, and the same thickness of wood can be sawed out at one time with a fan saw. Logs that could not be sawn in the past can be sawn with a single saw. Zhang Zhimu said that when the steam engine came out, he could build a sawmill, and Li Yunhe said that such a factory would definitely make money.

Before going to bed, Xiaoqing came to see Zhang Zhimu's drawings again, and asked, "Uncle, what are you drawing today?" Xiaoqing and Xiaohu have always called Zhang Zhimu their uncle and have not changed their words.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Haven't you always wanted to go to school? Xiaoqing lowered her head and said, "I thought you forgot?" Tears are about to fall. Zhang Zhimu said: "How can you forget about Xiaoqing's schooling." I'm going to draw a school for Xiaoqing, and we're going to build the best school, a school that is a hundred times stronger than Mr. Huang's in Xiurong City. When Gao Yinfeng's feet are ready, you can go to school together. ”

It turned out that Zhang Zhimu had been persuading Sister-in-law Xu to let go of Yinfeng's wrapped feet while she was young, and there was a place called liberation of feet in her previous life. But Sister-in-law Xu has always disagreed. Now that Sister-in-law Xu has become more and more emancipated by participating in the work, she takes the initiative to let go of Yinfeng's feet. Zhang Zhimu asked Chen Yufeng to lead Yinfeng to the god hand Zhangna, and asked him to help put Yinfeng's feet. But God Hand Zhang has never done this job. Chen Yufeng said: "No matter what you think, you must not let the child suffer, but also get things done." Shenshou Zhang had no choice but to treat bone injuries and give medicine to Yinfeng, who let go of his feet. Fortunately, after the medicine was applied, it was true that the feet did not hurt. Now Yinfeng is being raised at home. Zhang Zhimu hates the matter of binding his feet the most, so he has always encouraged those women who bind their feet to put their feet. However, the effect is not too obvious, and people's perceptions cannot be changed all at once.

Zhang Zhimu is very busy these days.

Huang Yukun led the women to extract the rubber from the rubber grass that had been collected and extracted two buckets. Huang Yukun asked Zhang Zhimu: "Is this rubber enough?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There are as many as you want. Continue to collect, and collect for a long time. It also gives those people who have nothing to do in the mountains a chance to earn money. ”

Zhang Zhimu used this rubber to make some rubber tubes. Because I am worried that the strength of my vulcanized rubber is not enough, a thick cloth is added to the inner layer of the rubber, and a thin steel wire is spirally wrapped in the rubber, so that the rubber pipe can be easily bent and has high strength.

Zhang Zhimu suddenly remembered basketball and football in his previous life. He first made a ball liner out of rubber and made an airtight core. In fact, when Zhang Zhimu used to repair his own bicycle, he knew that the airtight core was actually a small section of slender rubber tube, and when the air pressure in the inner tube of the bicycle was high, the thin tube was suppressed to ensure that the gas did not run out. When the pressure of the cylinder is greater than the pressure of the inner tube, the thin tube is puffed open and the air in the cylinder enters the inner tube. It's the same with basketball and football. Zhang Zhimu first made a ball the size of a basketball. Then he asked people to sew the skin of an eight-petal basketball with cowhide, and asked Li Yunhe to make a gas bag and gas needle. When the basketball was bulging by the air of the pump, Zhang Zhimu picked it up and was afraid, and said, "Not bad." "Just show Xiaoqing and these children dribbling and dribbling.

Zhang Zhimu's dazzling movements attracted bursts of applause from the children. These kids can't help but give it a try. But when the ball came into their hands, they were disobedient. Zhang Zhimu taught them to play little by little. It's a pity that there are no basketball hoops yet. Zhang Zhimu thought that when the school was built, there must be a standard basketball court. There is also a playground suitable for children. I have to take physical education class myself, and I will start basketball and football first. Then Zhang Zhimu took advantage of the interest to make a few basketball and football in a row. Now the children have something to play.

After receiving Zhang Zhimu's notice, the smelter sent several jars of ammonia. Li Dong and Liu Yun also came back to report together.

Li Dong introduced the situation at the smelter. Iron has already begun to be made of coke and steel. The repaired stoves have already ignited again. Due to the use of coke to make iron and steel, the furnace temperature is high, the iron and tempering are fast, and the furnace is fast. The production efficiency is much higher. The problem now is that the jars for coal tar and ammonia are running out of stock. There are more than 2,000 sets of wheels and steel springs that have been cast. More than 2,000 pieces of steel were cast in the steel industry for musket barrels. I don't know if I want to continue casting?

Zhang Zhimu said: "The cylinder kiln has been burning the jar, although this jar can rest assured, I will immediately arrange for someone to transport it to you." Don't cast the things in the carriage, and don't cast the muskets. What I didn't expect was that the smelter had such a large amount of steel. ”

Li Dong said: "The new dormitories of the workers have also been built, and the workers have all moved in. Now the workers can take hot baths every day, and the workers in front of the furnace wear fireproof work clothes, and it is much safer to do their work. Even a spark falling on the body can't hurt anyone. The whole condition is much better. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I was asking Lu Qi and them to make some hats that could be put on their heads with shawls, so that the workers working in front of the furnace would be safer." This is the kind of protective hat that Zhang Zhimu remembered when he remembered his previous life, and the workers in front of the furnace wore it.

Liu Yun said: "Now, both the prisoners and the workers at the smelter don't have to look at it. Now let them go, let them go, and they won't go. The prisoners all said. After two years, you can enjoy the treatment of employees, and then go home to see when you earn money for two years. Now let them go home, and they won't go. It's not as good as eating at home. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It is much better to be able to tie people's hearts than to use people to watch and tie people." ”

Liu Yun said, "Yes." Now the people here in the smelter are in charge. It's also much more efficient. It was able to save a lot of people, so I discussed with Director Li, and among the workers and prisoners, we selected 500 people who used to be good at horseback riding to join our team. There were officers among the prisoners who helped train them, and now the whole team has a new look. I scattered all our original people and assigned them to the ranks as officers. Now the officers above the middle rank of the team are all those who have returned with us to the south. There are them in the ranks. The team is much more stable. Now it's not the people on Fan Chengkun's side. We now have eight hundred cavalry. More than 500 infantrymen. Liu Chenghuang has performed very well during this period of time. I was relieved that these cavalrymen were handed over to him. There are more than 30 people on Li Jing's side. This kid is going to expand the team, so I'll tell him not to worry. Steady and steady, and then talk about training people well. In addition, Li Zhi went on a trip a few days ago. The two people who fell in love with Li Jing choked Li Jing's distress enough. But this kid is okay, give him people. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Great, we have to develop steadily. Train these people into elite soldiers. Another advantage of our team in the smelting plant is that it does not attract people's attention, and outsiders see that you are a factory protection team. He came back and told me about Li Zhi. He now needs several people who are capable of acting independently. He also asked Meng Si'er to go. Fan Chengkun was distressed and let him go. Meng Si'er is doing well now. It seems that the environment in which people live will have a great impact on people. In a few days, Mr. Ouyang will hold a study class on the art of war and tactics, and you officers will return to the kiln in batches to participate in the study. ”

Liu Yunyi heard it: "Great." Needless to say, being able to get them to come back and see it is like a holiday for them. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Just let them come back to rest and rest." ”

"To match all the muskets as soon as possible, Liu Chenghuang and they have studied a lot of cavalry tactics of using muskets against cavalry, and with muskets, they can actually practice."

Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Yunhe's subordinates have a workshop dedicated to making muskets, and they have been busy. I can hear them trying out guns and school guns every day. It's no problem for you to go back and bring 200 guns this time. If Yan Xing didn't take some away, you could bring more. ”

Liu Yun said: "That's great. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There is Liu Chenghuang's cavalry in charge of the smelter, so you can withdraw first." You have to think about it, if we go north, we will leave those people to take care of the smelter. Plan ahead. This time, the cavalry who went north to Liu Chenghuang must go. We ship a lot of grain goods and need to go to a lot of people. ”

Li Dong said: "People are not afraid, I will temporarily draw out a few hundred people, and it will be no problem for a few months." It's just that the people who stay are more hard, and it's okay for a short time. ”

Seeing that the time was still early, Zhang Zhimu said to Li Dong: "I'll take you to see the steam engine we are experimenting." Li Yunhe: They have always wanted to make it a practical steam engine. If the steam engine is built, your steel-making blower will be able to increase the wind power, which will be a big step forward for you. It is also possible to use converters to make steel. ”

Li Dong said: "I haven't heard of any converter used in steelmaking. Zhang Zhimu said: "There will be a lot of things you don't know in the future." You haven't even heard of electric furnace steelmaking. There will be in the future. ”

When Li Dong saw this steam engine that rotated by itself with steam, he was also surprised. "If this thing is strong enough to make the blower turn quickly," he said, "then I can build a bigger iron-making furnace." The bigger the furnace, the less coke is saved. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I think you need to add a sintering link. Now, you can only make iron from the whole ore and the whole limestone. All that scrap is wasted. If you burn the scraps into pieces like bricks, then you can use all the scraps, and you can sinter them into as many pieces as you want. It is necessary to crush the fine material first, and it takes some effort. ”

Li Dong listened to Zhang Zhimu's words and looked at Zhang Zhimu for a long time without speaking. Because he is engaged in smelting, Zhang Zhimu's words can improve the level of ironmaking by a big step. He was thinking that after so many years, he was not as good as this person who had only been to the smelter once. Why can't I think of this myself? Actually, this is an idea, not something very difficult. When I go back, I have to use my brain more, and with a good idea, this smelter has taken a big step. After a long time, Li Dong said: "Mr. Zhang, your words are worth a thousand gold." ”

Zhang Zhimu was happy and said, "I'll tell you when I have any good ideas." However, you can also mobilize your brothers to work together. Whoever has a good move is adopted, and it will be rewarded. Especially since we're building a house right away. Those who have made significant contributions can be rewarded with a house. ”

Li Yunhe was very happy to see his father coming. said to Li Dong: "Dad, the coke you sent is much better than charcoal. The time to turn a furnace of iron is much faster than before, especially the steel that comes out, the molten steel temperature is high, and the steel that comes out is much better than before. That is, when making steel, you should pay attention to it, and you can't practice it for too long. ”

Li Dong saw that his son was getting more and more promising, and his heart was even more beautiful. Encourage your child to say, "No matter what kind of iron is used to make steel, the heat is the same. It's just the speed of the steel flower. You haven't used coke to smelt iron before, and you can master it all at once, it's not easy. You have to learn from Liu Bao and study hard. ”

After the father and son finished speaking, Zhang Zhimu, the captain of Li Yunhe, said: "The gas compressor and gas storage tank have been completed. When the cement house is dry, I'll be ready to do the pressure test. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Now the ammonia has been transported. When your test is over, hurry up and go to the lime kiln in Wushan to fill me with two cans of carbon dioxide and come back. With carbon dioxide. I can make alkali. ”

Li Yunhe asked: "Also, we already have more than 300 steel spring carriages, and they can't be produced?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We must produce five hundred taels." If you think about it, if you go a long way, one or two carts can only pull thirty stone of grain. 10,000 stone of grain costs more than 300 taels of carloads, and we have some other goods. Besides, this car can also be sold for a horse when it arrives at Killing. ”

A few people were talking here, and Zhang Zhimu found that Lu Chengxiang was coming over and standing next to him. He knew that Lu Chengxiang thought that something must be wrong, otherwise this busy man would not be standing here. Zhang Zhimu walked over. Lu Chengxiang pulled Zhang Zhimu aside and said, "The land across the river, the landlord of Qingxu is ready to sell." But the price is a bit high. ”

"How much?"

"In the west of the Xiaoling River to the south to the place where the Xiaoling River turns, there are a total of two hundred and eighty dumps. There is no end in sight. There are a lot of hillside land, and there are a lot of good land. Counting them all, they will ask for two taels of silver. If this is a stable year, the price is okay. But there was no food in their land. Every year, they have to pay taxes and grain, and they still have to pay so much, which is a bit expensive. How can anyone buy land in these days? ”

Zhang: Let's do the math, there is not much money in total. said: "Mr. Lu, you go and settle the affairs of the land, and it will be more expensive." These lands are a burden in their hands. It's a treasure in our hands, and we don't have that much time to spend with them for this money. Remember to deduct this year's tax money, don't let them plant for a year, and we'll pay taxes in the fall. ”