Chapter 172: Phosphate Rock Clues

Hearing Lu Chengxiang say that there were clues in apatite, Zhang Zhimu was immediately excited, "Mr. Lu, this is a big deal, you must get it right." ”

Lu Chengxiang also said solemnly: "What Mr. Zhang ordered, there is no trivial matter. I've already determined. Last time, among the people you brought back from Hejian, there were a few people from Haizhou (now Haizhou District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu), and they said that they had what you said there, and no one wanted them in the mountains, and some of them were similar to our glass. Burning it at night can make a ghost fire. ”

Zhang Zhimu pulled Lu Chengxiang and left, and said as he walked: "Let's go and meet these people together, you must know that this is similar to discovering a gold mine." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I'll take you there." What the hell is this, a stone that others don't want, and you're going to be a treasure. ”

Zhang Zhimu said as he walked: "Mr. Lu, you see if it is very difficult for us to light a fire now, we have to beat it with a fire sickle, then light the cotton wool, and blow it with your mouth to ignite it." ”

Lu Chengxiang asked strangely: "Yes, it's all ignited like this, is there anything wrong?" ”

"If there's something like this, use a small stick." Zhang Zhimu gestured to a length of about two inches and said: "With such a small wooden stick, you can light a fire with a stroke, you say this thing can be worth a little silver, right?" ”

Lu Chengxiang said while showing Zhang Zhimu the way in front: "Then it will be much more convenient to start a fire, but it can't be too expensive." Otherwise, people will slow down and don't need to spend money. ”

"If we find apatite, we can make this thing very cheaply," Zhang said. Let's call it a match. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Of course it would be good if this was the case. Later, I had matches on my body, and I had it when I wanted to light a fire. ”

In a newly built shed, Zhang Zhimu met several people from Haizhou, Nanzhili.

These people, they didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to come to their shed in person, and when they saw Zhang Zhimu coming in with Lu Chengxiang, they hurriedly stood up. Seeing this, Zhang Zhimu hurriedly said: "Don't be polite, everyone, sit down." ”

After several people sat down, Zhang Zhimu asked, "Is it cold to sleep at night?"

One person said: "There is heating here, it's not cold at all." Mr. Zhang, in fact, it is much better here than in winter in our hometown. ”

Zhang Zhimu also knew that if he didn't get warm, the southern winter would be even more sad, and said: "You see, in such a small place as Yaogang, tens of thousands of people came at once, so they could only be wronged first and live in this kind of shed." When the weather warms up, we will build the house immediately, and next winter, we will be able to live in a brick house with glass windows and heating. ”

Another person said, "Mr. Zhang, we are already very good here." If we hadn't met a living bodhisattva like you, we might not even know where we were buried. ”

After chatting for a while, Zhang Zhimu knew that these people were all from Haizhou, and Haizhou was under the jurisdiction of Huai'an Prefecture. Their family is not particularly wealthy, and they are quite wealthy. This year, they also saw that others went north to do business and made a fortune, so they raised some silver to go north to do business together, everything went well, they sold goods in Zhangjiakou, and bought a lot of furs and other goods. Unexpectedly, on the way back, I met the Qing army, and the entire caravan was robbed. Many people were killed and wounded, and the rest of them were also captured as prisoners. At that time, these people had the heart to die, but they just couldn't make up their minds to die. They knew that even if the Qing army did not capture them, their homes would not be able to go back. When they came out, they borrowed money from all over the world, and when they returned, it was a dead end if they didn't pay the money. Unexpectedly, they were rescued by Zhang Zhimu and them, so they followed them to the kiln. At that time, there was nowhere to go, so they followed to Yaogang in a daze, and they never dreamed that Yaogang was such a new world. They don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and they can also participate in various classes to learn culture and technology.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Zhang Zhimu felt that it was time to get to the point, and asked, "Listen to Mr. Lu, you have a kind of stone that will shine there." ”

One person said: "I told Mr. Lu last time that there are all such stones on the mountains we have there. Some of them are angular and angular, just like the glass in our kiln, not so hard, but also a little transparent. ”

Zhang Zhimu's heart moved when he heard this, and asked, "Do those mountains have owners?" ”

These people all laughed, and one of them said, "A mountain is not a field, what kind of master does it have?" Whoever is willing to chop some firewood, he goes. Nobody cares, no one asks. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked again: "If there are goods, is it convenient to transport them to the Yellow River from there?" ”

Zhang Zhimu's question made several people laugh, and one person said: "Mr. Zhang, I won't tell you anything, we have a lot of mountains and rivers there, and the waterways extend in all directions." To the east, it leads directly to the East China Sea. The Rose River flows through us, and you can get to the canal from the Rose River to the Shihe River, and then you can go to Xuzhou to enter the Yellow River. ”

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, God this is to fulfill me, and Zhang Zhimu asked them: "If I send you back to work in our Xuzhou branch, so that it is closer to your home, are you willing?" ”

These people all know that the salary of the kiln gang is very high, if there is a formal job in the kiln, and quickly can save some silver, it will not take a few years, you can pay off the silver owed, especially back to work in Xuzhou, which is not far from home, it is also a good thing. Needless to say, it was a great honor for them to go home as employees of the kiln. These people said almost in unison; "Yes, we are all willing."

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's good. You promised me one condition, that I should come back to your house and help us get that kind of stone, but keep it a secret. As for the money you owe to others, you can borrow a little from the Xuzhou branch, and in the future, it will be slowly deducted from your salary and bonus. I don't want our employees to look up when they see people. ”

This person got up and was about to kneel down for Zhang Zhimu, but Zhang Zhimu hurriedly got up to stop them and said, "I don't want our employees to kneel for others at every turn in the future." When you go home, you can kneel to your parents and the elderly. Our kiln employees want everyone to live with dignity. ”

Zhang Zhimu's words made these people cry in their eyes. Zhang Zhimu said: "Then this matter is decided, after the Spring Festival, you and Li Mao will go back together." ”

Lu Chengxiang hurriedly took over and said: "Don't be idle these days, I have a study class, you can transfer to the class and study it." With a little effort, when you get to the Xuzhou branch, you can all use it. If you participate in a study class, even if you are working, you can take something home with a little change when you leave. ”

These people were confused by the good news that suddenly came. When Zhang Zhimu and Lu Chengxiang left, two of them couldn't help crying, and although the others didn't cry so much, they were also in tears. They knew that an insurmountable difficulty in their lives was about to pass with the help of Zhang Zhimu in Yaogang.

Leaving the few people in Haizhou, Lu Chengxiang asked while following Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, when did you start making the kind of matches you were talking about?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "When they get back the kind of stone I said, they can do it." It seems that in the future, we will have a very heavy task of transporting the north and the south. You see, even tin ore, manganese dioxide ore and now apatite in the south need to be transported back in large quantities. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "I don't feel afraid, the things we ship back will become several times and dozens of times the things that you get back and forth, so you won't suffer a loss by tossing back and forth." ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Yes." But what I'm saying is that we have to increase our capacity. The dockyard at Lingshui Pier should be started sooner, and we will build barges that do not use power plants such as sails and oars, but are only towed by steamboats. Such ships are cheap to build and have a large load. ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. Lingshui Wharf has been in full swing for a long time. Our supervisor is also very dedicated, and it saves me a lot of worry to have him in charge there. Lu Chengxiang said.

At this time, Zhang Zhimu saw that Li Jing was leading his special forces to practice skiing in the Xiaoling River, and Li Jing was already skiing.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu watching them from the shore, Li Jing slid over.

Seeing that it was inconvenient for Li Jing to come up on skis, Zhang Zhimu went down to the ice in the river.

Li Jing spit out a large ball of white steam and said, "Mr. Zhang, this snowboard is really a good thing." In the future, our infantry should all be able to ski. This is where horses can't go, and with skis it's no problem. And I found that skiing is more convenient where there are a little slopes and small bags. ”

Li Jing said a lot in one breath, and her joy was beyond words.

Zhang Zhimu knew that when the snow was too heavy, it was very difficult for the horse to walk. The infantry is even more difficult to move an inch, and Li Jing's suggestion may really be a good idea. Zhang Zhimu asked Li Jing: "Can your people ski?" ”

Li Jing said: "You see it's all here, everyone is skating very well." I estimate that it won't take much time to get to Lingshui Wharf from here to Lingshui Wharf, and it will take half a day to arrive. ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard Li Jing say this, he was happy and said: "Let me tell you, someone once skied more than 400 kilometers without rest for a day and a night. ”

Li Jing heard the sound of "ah" and said, "Then we are too far behind." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't require you all to do this. But I'll give you a task, let Li Yunhe make some small skis out of wood, and you will send someone to give our students physical education lessons, and teach them to ski. ”

Li Jing was a little reluctant this time, Zhang Zhimu said: "This is the task, and the future of the kiln depends on them." We're just laying the groundwork for them. ”

Li Jing saw that this was an important task, so she agreed.

However, seeing the frozen Xiaoling River, Zhang Zhimu had something on his mind again, and asked Li Jing: "Is the Yellow River frozen?" ”

Li Jing was very strange, why did Zhang Zhimu ask such a question, because everyone knew that the Yellow River had been frozen a long time ago. Li Jing hesitated and said, "The Yellow River has long been frozen. ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded and didn't say anything more, leaving Li Jing Zhang Zhimu came directly to Chen Yufeng and their command center. Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He happened to be fine. After Zhang Zhimu sat down, he said: "Just now I was thinking about a question, if Li Zicheng occupies the entire territory of Shaanxi, the Yellow River between our Shanxi and Shaanxi will be a boundary, but if it is winter, this line will be empty and meaningless." If Li Zicheng wants to cross the Yellow River, he can choose to come at any point. And, we may well be Lee's go-to target. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "We are discussing this matter. A piece of information that Li Zhi has put together is we are discussing. ”

Saying that, Chen Yufeng came over and copied neatly copied the information. The introduction is the replacement of the Shanxi general army. When Li Zicheng's troops besieged Kaifeng, the imperial court asked Xu Dingguo, the former chief soldier of Shanxi, to send troops to relieve the siege. However, when Xu Dingguo's army reached Qinshui, the army was defeated overnight, and was arrested by the imperial court and beheaded according to the law. Later, this person came out again and performed a lot of stories. The newly appointed general soldier is Zhou Yuji, who is a fierce general.

Zhang Zhimu still knows a lot about Zhou Yuji. No one who knows the history of the Ming Dynasty will not be unaware of this person. He is a completely different person from the general army of Datong. According to historical records:

After Li Zicheng captured Shaanxi, he was ready to attack Beijing through Shanxi, Zhou Yuji and Shanxi Governor Cai Maode respectively arranged river defenses and asked the imperial court for help, but at that time Beijing had no troops to adjust, only symbolically sent the deputy general Xiong Tong to lead 2,000 soldiers to help the battle, Zhou Yuji left Xiong Tong to defend the Yellow River, rushed to Daizhou to establish a blocking line for Beijing.

After Zhou Yuji held out in Daizhou for several days, he ran out of food and led the army to break through and retreat to Baoning Wuguan.

The terrain of Ningwuguan is dangerous, and Li Zicheng is determined to win, so the battle was quite tragic.

Li Zicheng's soldiers suffered heavy casualties because of the heavy bombardment of the Ming artillery, and hoped to force Zhou Yuji to surrender with the propaganda offensive of "those who do not surrender for five days will slaughter their cities", and when the Ming army was about to run out, some generals also persuaded Zhou Yuji to change his strategy and not to blindly fight hard, but Zhou Yuji, who pursued "all armies are loyal", categorically refused.

Due to Zhou Yuji's stubborn resistance, Li Zicheng was once ready to give up the capture of Ningwu Pass, but his generals repeatedly insisted, Li Zicheng's army launched a fierce attack on Ningwu Pass again, under the bombardment of artillery, the city continued to collapse, the front team of the peasant army charge was killed, and the rear team immediately followed up and replaced, and finally broke through Ningwu Pass. After Li Zicheng's army entered the city, Zhou Yuji continued to command the street battle, fell off the war horse and fought on foot, and after several arrows were captured by Li Zicheng's army, he still scolded and was unwilling to give in, Li Zicheng's soldiers hung Zhou Yuji on a high pole and shot him to death, and then killed the corpse. Zhou Yuji's wife, Liu, was also extremely brave, leading dozens of women to refuse to defend the yamen, climbed to the roof and fired arrows at Li Zicheng's soldiers, and all of them were burned to death.

After the city was broken, Li Zicheng's soldiers "slaughtered Ningwu, leaving no babies and children behind", and many people were killed.

After this battle, Li Zicheng had wavered in his determination to capture Beijing, and he felt that if the Ming army had stubbornly resisted like Zhou Yuji, it would not have to reach the city of Beijing, and his army would be completely lost. Later, due to the persuasion of the generals, Li Zicheng was firmly determined to continue the attack on Beijing.

Zhang Zhimu is also thinking, I am here, can I change these tragic histories.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu pondering, Chen Yufeng asked, "Zhimu, what are you thinking?" ”

Zhang Zhimu immediately came to his senses and said: "I'm thinking, Zhou Yuji can be used, and now that the Yamen of Shanxi's chief army is in the middle of the pass, we should support them with some weapons." ”

Ouyang He said: "I don't think it's needed for the time being, Li Zicheng hasn't occupied Shaanxi yet, we have supported Tongguan, this Tongguan Li Zicheng can't take it for a while, and when they start to occupy Shaanxi, our own strength is also changing, and it's not too late to think about this issue at that time." ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded and felt that what Ouyang He said made sense, and said, "What Mr. Ouyang said is that we still have a little time. During this period, we must make both military and personnel preparations. In the future, if the whole of Shanxi is given to us, I will be able to manage it, and I will manage it well. Carry out our philosophy. ”

Ouyang He laughed and said, "Didn't Mr. Zhang's management personnel have already brought back from the smelting plant?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Ouyang, I'm talking about those literati. I'm afraid that they think differently from us, and I'm also afraid that these people will bring that set of bad habits in the officialdom with me. ”

Ouyang He said: "Didn't Mr. Zhang say, do we still have time? No matter how much influence these people have, they will be similar to us. Look at the people on the Xiaolinghe construction site, aren't they doing a good job? Are they the same as the original officials? ”

Chen Yufeng said again: "Yes, the same people, when they come to us, they are all different. We can also train some people ourselves and use them crosswise. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The cultural and ideological education in our troops cannot be relaxed at all, and when there is no one left, they are all reserve cadres. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Don't worry about this, Liu Yun and they are more tightly arrested than us." I'm now preparing for the New Year's exams. ”

Ouyang He interjected: "I think the examination of soldiers should be different from that of workers. It is necessary to test not only cultural but also military skills. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This year, the main thing is to test culture. In the future, military skills can also be tested, and workers can also be tested for technical skills. The main purpose of this cultural test is to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for learning. ”

Chen Yufeng said to Ouyang He: "Let's prepare, what are the military exams?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There is one more thing I want to discuss with you this time. I just saw Li Jing with their special forces in ski training, and I think this is a good thing. Our infantry should all be trained in skiing. Because when it snows in the north, it is difficult to get into many places on horseback, because the horse will sink into the snow pit. Skiing will not, and the skiers will surely become a force that is more mobile and nimble than the cavalry in winter. Especially in the jungle and snowfields, trained skiers move much faster than cavalry. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I also heard that Li Jing and they practiced well. Since Zhimu has repeatedly recommended skiing, it is better for the students who participated in the study class to learn to ski with Li Jing. Let's take a look at what this skiing is all about. ”

Zhang Zhimu returned to the office, Yang Yulin was not here, Song Jiaxin said: "Sister Yang (Yulin) has something to go out, and Li Yunhe is here, he said that there is something, wait for you to come back and call him." ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Yang Yulin had gone to train her recruits again, and since Li Yunhe had something to do, Zhang Zhimu asked Song Jiaxin to call him.

It turned out that Li Yunhe had been thinking about the motor. He came over and said, "I want to see what happens when a generator drives an electric motor, and he happens to have a steam engine there that can be used, and he can use a steam engine to drive the generator for testing." ”

Zhang Zhimu was also trying to see what his motor would look like when driven by a steam engine.

Zhang Zhimu called Li Di, Yang Chang and others again and told him what he thought. Li Di said: "We happen to have two motors, one is a generator, and the other is an electric motor, so we can experiment." ”

In this experiment, Zhang Zhimu didn't do anything at all, and it was Li Di and Yang Chang who took people to install the fixed motor and connecting wires. Li Yunhe also instructed them to use a belt to connect the rotor of the electric motor to the driving wheel of the steam engine. On the motor spindle of the motor, Li Yunhe installed a small blower.

After all the equipment was installed, Li Yunhe opened the valve of the steam, and the steam engine began to rotate, and the rotating steam engine drove the generator, and the current of the generator drove the motor as the motor. As a result, the humming electric motor drove the blower, blowing confetti and dust into the house.

Li Yunhe shouted, "Great. ”

When Li Yunhe closed the valve of the steam engine, the motor also stopped, and the harsh sound also stopped.

Zhang Zhimu said to Li Yunhe: "Your bearings should be made as soon as possible, and good bearings can greatly reduce the noise of the motor." Turning his head, Zhang Zhimu said to Li Di's people again, and it is your job to reduce the noise of the motor in the future.

Li Yunhe said: "Mr. Zhang, hurry up and make a large generator." And then we can make some small motors, and we'll be able to use them right away. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Yunhe, do you see the problem, the speed of the motor is very fast, you have to use it, and you have to make a reducer." With a reducer, the output torque of the motor will also increase. ”

Li Yunhe said: "The reducer can increase the torque, which I know, that is to say: in the future, we can use a small motor, and we can lift very heavy things by increasing the torque through the reducer?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, the winch is made with this principle. ”

"What is a winch called?" Li Yunhe heard that Zhang Zhimu might have to say something new, so he hurriedly asked.

There was no way, Zhang Zhimu had to take out a pencil again and draw a schematic diagram of a winch for these people. Tell them that after the motor passes through a reducer, it drives a reel wheel, which is wrapped with a wire rope, and through the pulley, it can lift very heavy things up.

Li Yunhe said: "If this is the case, then when Liu Bensheng and the others build the building, they can use the winch to lift things to the roof of the building, so as not to use people to lift things to such a high building." ”

"This is the simplest application," Zhang said. You'll come up with better ideas later. ”

Before leaving, Zhang Zhimu did not forget to tell Li Yunhe that he would make some small skis for the children.

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