Chapter 197: Revenge in Hewan Village

Li Jing, who was standing beside Chen Yufeng, glanced at the person who came out of the castle with a telescope and said, "This person who came out is not bad, he is the second son of the owner." It has always been this man who has come out to negotiate things. ”

Ouyang He saw that the fire had been burning in the castle, so a person came out and said to Li Jing: "Li Jing, you go up and tell him to go back and tell everyone in the city to come out, we won't do anything to them." ”

Li Jing knew that Ouyang He was afraid that there would be too many people burning to death in the city, because the people in the city were afraid that the army outside from the kiln gang would be unfavorable to them, so they did not dare to go out of the city to avoid the fire. Hear Ouyang He's words. Li Jing rode up to meet him. The second son in Zhuangzi saw that it was Li Jing who greeted him, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Brother Li Xian!" Li Jing also returned the salute and said: "Second son, the fire in the city is too big, you hurry back and tell the people in the city to get out of the city to avoid the fire." We're not going to do anything else about the defenseless villagers. ”

The second son also knew that the situation in the city was very critical, so he hurriedly ran back.

By the time Li Jing returned to the riverbank, the people in the castle had already begun to leave the city with the old and the young.

When all the people in the city were gone, a group of people with their hands tied came out, and there were more than a dozen people tied up in this binding.

Li Jing glanced at it with a telescope and said, "These people who are tied up are the old owner Jiang who takes the lead." ”

Chen Yufeng let out a sigh of relief and said, "It's much easier to fight a war now. Mr. Ouyang He's finishing job, you can do it! ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "It seems that you want me to have more blood on my hands." After speaking, Ouyang He waved his hand at Liu Chenghuang, and Liu Chenghuang led the team over to separate the men and women, the elderly, and the children from the people who came out of the city. Then he brought the dozen or so people who were tied up to Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He.

Ouyang He saw that the old farmer's hair was white, and he couldn't bear to say, "Loosen the tie for the owner." ”

After the old Jiang farmer who was loosened the rope, he bent down and knelt down and said: "All the faults are the fault of our Jiang family, please let the heroes of Yaogang let go of the old and young people of Hewan Village, and the old and young masters of our Jiang family will use our lives and all the family property to make amends for the victims of Yaogang." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "If you knew this, you should have dared to act as a husband, why should you let the fathers and elders of the whole village accompany you to the funeral?" ”

The old owner of Jiang Zhuang sighed and said with tears: "It's all my son who is not angry, but I am willing to give away my own flesh and blood." ”

Ouyang He said: "The old owner, please get up first, we will ask the matter clearly, and we will definitely not implicate the innocent." But what we owe the lives of the kiln gang is that we must pay it back, otherwise our brothers will not be at ease underground. ”

Seeing that there was still smoke in the castle, Ouyang He ordered the men who came out of the castle to immediately return to the castle to put out the fire.

The next thing, Liu Chenghuang and the others were too skilled, and they interrogated these bound people separately, and then they worked with each other to figure things out. Then in front of the old owner, he called them together, checked the matter face to face, confirmed that they were all correct, and let go of all the people who had nothing to do with him.

When the fire in the city was almost extinguished, he gathered all the people of Hewan Village together, Chen Yufeng told the story in front of them, and then announced that he would avenge the dead and injured brothers, and decided to execute the third and fourth sons of the Jiang family and the few invited helpers who rubbed the fire. In order to take care of the emotions of the women and children in the city, these people were not executed in front of them. Chen Yufeng ordered Liu Chenghuang to lead a few people and took them to a secluded place to cut off their heads.

To the surprise of the people of Hewan Village, none of the people from Yaogang entered the castle of Hewan Village from the beginning to the end. They thought that after the castle was breached, all the family property would be looted, and it would be good to save their lives.

Chen Yufeng ordered "the whole team to retreat." ”

The Yaogang brigade left the stunned people in Hewan Village and returned to their campsite, Chen Yufeng decided to rest for one night and set off for Yaogang tomorrow.

Chen Yufeng asked the people who were fighting the blockade upstream to introduce the situation of the blockade battle.

These people who came from upstream for reinforcements were probably not a team of people from a castle. Except for the large number of people, they have no rules, and they are simply here to send them to death. The problem is that they are coming from upstream, and the return journey of the team from Yaogang is upstream, so there will inevitably be trouble on the way back.

Sure enough, they were guessed by Chen Yufeng and others, and they really ran into trouble on the way back.

This time, I came to support Hewan Village, and I still have a lot of background. They were more than a dozen Zhuang Ding who heard the sound of drums and came to support them, such as Shangfu Village and Yuchi Village. There are also farther whole teams to support Guo Bi, Dou Zhuang and other brigades. Because of the distance, when they arrived, they were met by the scattered villagers, and when they heard the devastation of the defeat described, they did not dare to rush forward to reinforcements. But in the past, the families said that they would support each other in something, so they couldn't all withdraw. If they withdraw this time, it will be equivalent to the dissolution of this alliance. There was no way, so they set up camp in the Qinshui River, wanting to hear the news of Hewan Village.

Finally, in the evening, they sent someone to Hewan Village to inquire, and it turned out that the people who surrounded the castle had withdrawn. Since it was night, the people who came out to investigate did not find the people in Yaogang camping. These teams that came out to support discussed together, and anyway, whether they helped or not, they all came out to support. Now that the people who besieged the castle have withdrawn, let us all withdraw as well.

Because of this, the team of the kiln gang and the team that came to support Hewan Village all got up the next morning and drove back. However, the team of Yaogang was all one person and two horses, and the speed of travel was much faster than that of those Zhuang Ding on foot, and Li Jing, who was the first to be the forward, saw a large area of Zhuang Ding team in front of him from a distance. Obviously, the team in front also spotted the team in the kiln post behind. Because the march of the brigade of cavalry was earth-shattering.

Chen Yufeng led the horse forward, and saw that the other party was obviously forming a team, and wanted to turn back to intercept his team. Chen Yufeng sneered, ordered the musket to ignite the bullets, rushed over, and met the intercepted "kill".

The cavalry of Yaogang, led by Li Jing, and Liu Chenghuang rushed forward at an accelerated pace. Although there were more than 10,000 people who came to support them, they covered the entire river and embankment. However, this is a group of teams divided into several families without much training, and the cavalry behind them was originally discovered, and several leaders have already given orders to order the Zhuang Ding to turn around and organize interceptions, but such a team, where can it be commanded all of a sudden. Before these villagers could react and start to carry out the order, more than 2,000 cavalry and more than 4,000 war horses from the kiln gang rushed over. Those who dodged quickly were fine, and those who couldn't were quickly wrapped up in the horse team. There was also a bit of boldness, holding up the blade to compare, but before he could get close, he was shot in the head with a musket. These teams that came to support rushed over as if they were in a no-man's land.

When Chen Yufeng and others led their teams to pass through the relatively large villages of Guobi and Douzhuang, they all used arrows to shoot a letter written by Ouyang He himself into these villages. In the letter, Ouyang He gave a detailed introduction to the cause of the conflict between Yaogang and Hewan Village, and hoped that all unrelated parties would not intervene in the affairs of the two families. I apologize for the interruption caused by this incident, and I hope you will understand. The letter made things very clear and the words were very polite. This makes these big Zhuangzi also feel very face-saving. Because of the great reputation of Yaogang, when you pass by your door when you encounter something, you have to greet yourself, indicating that you are valued by others. In particular, they later learned that the cause of the incident was indeed caused by Hewan Village, and that they had killed all their relevant personnel, which also made the people of Zhuangzi have to praise behind their backs, the people of Yaogang have done nothing wrong, this is no matter how far away there is revenge, it is the husband who did it. Hewan Village also deserved it, not only suffering itself, but also causing many innocent people to be killed and injured in the surrounding villages that went to support.

On the way back to Yaogang, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He felt extremely excited, because they didn't expect that the power of mortars would be so great, and they would have a way to deal with the castle in the future. What is even more rare is that this time the cavalry long-distance attack tactics were tested, and this tactics Genghis Khan used were the most effective, and such blows were often impossible for the opponent to prevent. With the power of mortars, Yaogang ran for hundreds of miles, took the opponent lightly, and retreated, which is the true meaning of cavalry. It is no wonder that Genghis Khan had few soldiers, but he often made his opponents unguardable.

After sending Chen Yufeng's team away, Zhang Zhimu invited Princess Anping to her office, Princess Anping knew that Zhang Zhimu must have something big to say, otherwise she would say it casually outside. Although Princess Anping was very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhimu's resolute opposition to following her to watch the war, she could also understand Zhang Zhimu's concerns. During this period of time, she had a good relationship with Yang Yulin. At first, Yang Yulin didn't like people like Princess Anping very much, and just wanted to deal with Zhang Zhimu. But after the two got in touch, they liked each other very much, and soon Yang Yulin introduced her good friend Xiao Hongyu to Princess Anping. Now these three people are tired of being together when they have nothing to do, and they have become good friends. Princess Anping likes this life like Yaogang very much. In her own words, she can remember the things that she is very happy about, and they were only when she was ignorant when she was young. When I grew up, I faced either such rules every day, or I couldn't do such things, and I was almost suffocated. No one cares about it here, and it's like being in heaven to be free.

Now Princess Anping and Zhang Zhimu are already very familiar, and the two are not as restrained as before when they meet.

Before Zhang Zhimu could speak, Princess Anping said as if she had no intention: "Ah, Zhang Dongjia, I don't want to leave the Yaogang these days." You guys are so good here, everyone here seems to be happy, when did you make us open like this? ”

Zhang Zhimu understood that this Princess Anping looked like she was giggling, and this sentence was definitely meaningful, and he also laughed and said: "You should go back and ask your father about Kaifeng." What I can manage is such a big place in our kiln. I'm not in charge of Kaifeng, haha! ”

After a joke, Zhang Zhimu said: "What you told me last time, I thought about it for a while. Do you think this will work? Let your brother pretend to be a rich kid incognito, and when our school is built, come to our school, so that as long as we don't say who he is, he can study here safely. ”

When Princess Anping heard Zhang Zhimu's idea, she clapped her hands and said, "Great." My brother is the best student to study in school. He's going to love it. ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "I just came up with an idea, and when you return to Kaifeng, you will have to discuss it with your father before you can decide whether this method will work or not." ”

Princess Anping said: "Yes, I will tell my father when I go back, in fact, I just can't leave Kaifeng, otherwise I will also come to Yaogang to study." ”

Zhang Zhimu sighed and said: "The princess still has to assist King Zhou in dealing with big things, how can she have time to stay in a small place like ours for a long time, but our steamship will be launched soon, and at that time, it will be much more convenient for the princess to come when she is willing to come." In the future, we will build the best hotel in Yaogang, and it will be more convenient for guests to stay. ”

Princess Anping knew that she was done with business, and even if she had completed the task on her trip to the kiln, she would be more relaxed, and said: "Your guest room is simply too comfortable, and you have to build a better one, so what should it be?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I haven't figured out the specifics, but the hotel will be evergreen all year round, there will be swimming pools, banquet halls, saunas, various game halls, and shopping malls. It will be lit by electric lights, and there will be telephone and telegraphy. ”

Princess Anping said, "I don't understand most of what you say, but I must come and stay for a while when the time comes." At that time, I understood everything. ”

In the past few days, Zhang Zhimu has been pestered by Li Yunhe to test the ** fuze they made, and the pressure and trip fuse tests were very successful. Zhang Zhimu said a word and was entangled by Li Yunhe.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, we will engage in a kind of jumping anti-infantry." It is**After detonation, the warhead jumps up and blasts the prefabricated fragments down**. ”

When Li Yunhe heard it, he felt that this kind of ** was too good, and the killing range of such a ** was even greater. Li Yunhe has been pestering Zhang Zhimu to design this kind of thunder. After the design of these thunderbolts is completed, they will be handed over to the workshop to produce parts, and they will not wait for the test. Zhang Zhimu followed Li Yunhe to Lingshui Wharf again.

The dock of Lingshui Pier had already been dug up, and before the weather was warm, the shipyard could not wait, and made a shelf on the gravel with very thick stones and gravel under the bottom of the dock. The frame was built exactly to the size of the bottom of the ship to be remodeled. They opened the dock gates and threw the ice around the ship open, and then towed the ship to the dock. Then close the gates, and then pump the water out so that the boat sits right on the rack. For the sake of stability, the boat was secured securely with wooden poles. In order to facilitate the construction, wooden planks were put up on the boat and the shore.

In order to prevent the structural strength of the ship from being damaged, before starting to see wood, Zhang Zhimu suggested that all the places that are about to open should be reinforced with steel plates, and the places that are particularly stressed should be reinforced with angle steel. Both the reinforced steel plates and the wooden boat were riveted with iron nails, and then the gaps were filled with ship glue.

Zhang Zhimu is most worried about the shaft sleeve and waterproof sealing cabin of the stern transmission shaft. In order to strengthen the strength of the stern, the wooden planks at the stern are clamped with two steel plates and then the two steel plates are riveted with rivets, so that the wood is sandwiched between the two steel plates, and the entire sealing cabin is a monolithic structure welded with steel plates, and the bushing of the axle is made of antimony-containing alloys, which are very wear-resistant. The waterproof expanded graphite shaft was personally led by Zhang Zhimu. Although no experiments have been done, theoretically expanded graphite can expand the volume to more than 1,000 times when exposed to water.

Expanded graphite is made by soaking purified graphite in concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid, and then washing it with water. Expanded graphite, also known as flexible graphite, is the best material for waterproof shaft seals, because this material will prevent water from passing through when it expands when exposed to water, and the friction coefficient between graphite and steel is very low, and it also has a self-lubricating effect.

Zhang Zhimu personally participated in several key places in the transformation of the armed ship. For example, after the installation of the generator, some of the original designs have been modified a lot, and Zhang Zhimu has also directly coordinated. Add a battery compartment to the ship. For fear that the sulfuric acid in the battery would be shaken out and corrode the ship's planks, the entire floor and surroundings of the battery compartment were coated with asphalt.

A wheelhouse was built on the ship, and a large searchlight shade that could be rotated left and right was installed on the top of the wheelhouse, and a carbon arc lamp was used as a searchlight in the future. This searchlight lampshade was made by Zhang Zhimu when he was making a lampshade for the Cultural Palace.

In order to renovate this warship as soon as possible, Fan Chengkun gave great support. At that time, when pumping water from the dock, although Li Yunhe had a steam pump, in the cold winter, the water surface of the dock would freeze into ice overnight, and Fan Chengkun ordered the soldiers to help remove the ice.

Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe stayed at Lingshui Wharf for a few days, waiting for the main work plan to be decided before returning to Yaogang.

Back at the kiln, Zhang Zhimu felt that there was a little time, so he was preparing to purify the cobalt metal. Because after the people of the Wu kiln got back two truckloads of cobalt blue pigment for Zhang Zhimu, he was too busy to deal with this matter. This matter has not been arranged to have a factor of lack of time to be busy, and there is also something related to the difficulty of this matter.

In order to solve the problem of cobalt extraction, Zhang Zhimu asked Lu Bingyi's ore exploration team and Li Shoutan to send a team of several people to do this. Now Qingfengzi took two people back to the mountain, and Li Shoutan was in full charge of the chemical plant. Through the observation during this time, Zhang Zhimu found that this Li Shoutan is also a very serious person, unlike a son-in-law, who can do a lot of dirty work by himself. And the organizational ability and coordination ability are not bad.

After arranging the production of cobalt, Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin to call Lu Bingyi and Editor-in-Chief Fan over. The two sat down to drink tea for a while, and talked about the situation of "Yaogang Weekly" for a while, Zhang Zhimu asked: "Do you think that "Yaogang Weekly" has been done very well?" ”

Lu Bingyi and Editor-in-Chief Fan didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to ask such a sentence, the two were stunned, and Lu Bingyi said: "I think it should be good." Outside the world, the newspapers we have issued have been raised to sky-high prices, and it seems that no number of copies are printed now. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I think it can be done better, and we have to prepare for two copies a week, one for two days and one for the last day in the future." ”

Zhang Zhimu's words made Editor-in-Chief Fan very excited, he said: "I always dreamed of such a day, but by that time we will have to raise many people." ”

Editor-in-chief's words show that they have not yet realized that this newspaper is also a good business. Zhang Zhimu said: "At that time, our paper will be able to feed itself." No matter how many people there are, there will be reporters sent by our newspaper throughout the Ming Dynasty. ”

Neither of them understood what reporter Zhang Zhimu was talking about, and Editor-in-Chief Fan asked, "What kind of reporter are you talking about, Mr. Zhang?" ”

Zhang Zhimu felt that he had missed his mouth again, and explained: "In the future, working in newspapers will be a special profession, and all those who are sent out to learn about new situations and come back to write articles are called reporters." It's a special title. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "Okay, this is a good title. ”

Editor-in-Chief Fan also nodded yes.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I called you here today because I have a very important matter to do. If you don't hurry up, you'll be delayed. We used to have movable type in bookstore printing, right? ”

Editor-in-chief Fan said: "Yes, the bookstore has a special carved wooden characters. Our own stereotypes have been carved into wooden characters. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's great, I want to start a big project now, and we have to make it ourselves." Make all the words into lead characters in different fonts and different sizes. After making the lead type, we can use the lead type to typeset and print the newspaper. In this way, the quality of the newspaper will be greatly improved. ”

Lu Bingyi and Editor-in-Chief Fan both knew how much work Zhang Zhimu said about this matter, and said that there are thousands of words in the dictionary now, and if there are several fonts, there will be several times the amount of lead characters, and if you are making several different sizes of lead characters, it will be even more incredible.

Lu Bingyi said: "Mr. Zhang, I think you must know how much work is going on in this job, right?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I know, but I think this is a work that can benefit future generations, and we should do this work if we have the conditions." This time, we are going to use lead and tin alloy as the material for making lead characters, which is more wear-resistant and stronger than pure lead. I've heard that our dictionaries are almost finished, and when they're done, we'll print them in pencil. With the lead type, we can print at high speed using the roller printing method. In this way, it can not only print quickly, but also ensure the quality. What would it be like if we had published such a newspaper? ”

"Needless to say, newspapers are better quality than books." Editor-in-chief Fan nodded again and again and said, "We can also make commonly used lead characters first, and then use them before anything else." ”

Lu Bingyi also said: "This is a good idea, and we seem to be looking for some people who have such skills and very good handwriting." Because the text needs to be boilerplate. ”

Editor-in-chief Fan said: "There is no need to go outside to find someone for the text sample, and we have several gentlemen who already write very well. In fact, Editor-in-Chief Fan's words are already fine, but he himself is embarrassed to say it.

Lu Bingyi saw that Zhang Zhimu was determined to do this, so he said: "I will arrange this matter." Strive to make a set of commonly used words first, so that our newspaper can change its appearance. I'm afraid that by then, our newspapers will be even more sought-after. ”

"Don't forget, at that point, we'll be able to print as much as we want at a time." After speaking, Zhang Zhimu said: "It is estimated that Uncle Chen and they will come back soon, and Editor-in-Chief Fan wants to write two reports on what we encountered on the Qinshui Ancient Road this time, the first part will be published in one issue, and the next part will be published in the next issue." Let them finish reading one issue and wait for the next one. ”

Zhang Zhimu's words made Lu Bingyi and Editor-in-Chief Fan laugh when they heard it.

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