Chapter 228: Shanxi Donates Grain

When they arrived at Tongguan, the fleet didn't stop too much, but Zhang Zhimu and Lu Chengxiang went ashore for a while, and without too much delay, they returned to the dock and continued their journey.

After going ashore, Zhang Zhimu went straight to the garrison yamen, and when he saw the garrison Ningde, Lu Chengxiang hurried to go to the Tongguan branch.

Ning De was very happy to see Zhang Zhimu, and after waving everyone away, he whispered: "Zhang Dongjia, it is imperative for Governor Sun Chuanting to attack the enemy in the south, and he also knows that this victory is unpredictable, he quietly said to me, if you see you, let me tell you, if you want to keep Shanxi from losing, you must take over Tongguan, otherwise Shanxi will be difficult to protect." ”

Zhang Zhimu was just about to speak, but Ning De waved his hand and said, "Zhang Dongjia, you don't have to explain. Everyone understands a lot of things, and we're afraid that you don't understand. I have to live and die with the court, and you don't have to, you have done enough for the court, you should think about it for yourself. Governor Sun Chuanting's words are clear enough, he is arranging his own affairs. If we lose this time, I hope that the Zhang Dong family can protect our family well. Ning De said in a lower voice: "The imperial court is unreliable. ”

Ning De's words made Zhang Zhimu's heart warm, they entrusted their family to a person they didn't know well, which showed that they trusted themselves too much. Zhang Zhimu and Ning De said: "Why bother at that time, wouldn't it be better to send your family to Yaogang now, we Yaogang people will never let them go hungry if they have a bite to eat." ”

Ning De was also very excited, but he still shook his head and said, "If that's the case, the army's morale will be unstable." Let the court know that it is even more terrible, not to mention that we are implicated, it will affect you. You are our last hope, and there is a way to do it, and we will not implicate you. When Governor Sun heard that you had defeated Li Zicheng's naval army, he said something like this, 'We must protect this Zhimu Zhang Yishi, he is our last hope.' ’”

Zhang Zhimu said: "General Ning, you can hand over your family to me at the moment of life and death, which is a great trust in me. You can rest assured that your family is our family, we can't delay too long this time, and I will arrange the house when we go back and wait for your family to arrive. Please tell Master Sun that we Yaogang people will never let your relatives go hungry if they have a bite to eat. ”

Zhang Zhimu got up and shook hands tightly with Ning De before parting.

Out of the yamen, Zhang Zhimu waved at Li Jing and immediately returned to the dock. After getting on the boat, Lu Chengxiang also hurried back. The steamer whistled for a long time, ignoring the crowd watching on the shore, went directly west to the entrance of the Fen River, pulled up the sails, and quickly caught up with the fleet with the strong south wind. When the fleet docked at Pingyang Mansion (Linfen), Zhang Zhimu left 20,000 stone of grain on the wharf as agreed. Li Jing went ashore to inform the prefect that the people of Yaogang had donated 20,000 stone of grain to the victims and asked the adults to receive it. The prefect was so excited that his mouth was scooped, and he went straight to the dock in a sedan chair.

Now is the time when there is no harvest, and the prefect knows that this grain means that many people will die, how can he not be in a hurry. When the prefect came to the dock and saw a large row of boats parked on the pier, he believed that it was true. Zhang Zhimu saw that the prefect was coming, and he also came to the dock. After the salute, the prefect grabbed Zhang Zhimu's hand and said, "Zhang Yishi, you are our benefactor, I thank you for your great kindness on behalf of the people of Pingyang." ”

Zhang Zhimu was also polite and said, "You can organize people to unload the grain on the ship." We've paid all the expenses on board, so you just have to unload the food. We still have to hurry, so we won't stay long. After saying goodbye, the prefect boarded the ship and set sail.

In accordance with this, Zhang Zhimu and the others left 20,000 stone of grain for the victims when they arrived in Fenzhou (Fenyang) and Jinyang (Taiyuan). This made the whole Shanxi sensation again, we all know that the current Shanxi rice is as expensive as a pearl, and the kiln gang people are so generous, it is really a righteous businessman. And the people confessed that they were grateful to whoever brought them real good.

Zhang Zhimu's fleet of boats was pulled out in the entire Fen River for a long, long time. Zhang Zhimu: When they donated food in the back, the boat in front had already arrived at Lingshui Wharf.

When they were in Tongguan, they had already sent a notification to Lingshui Wharf, and Lingshui Wharf directly notified Huang Yukun by telegram, telling them to prepare to receive grain, and at the same time informing Xiurong Zhi County that the people of Yaogang would donate 10,000 stone of grain. This Xiurong Zhi County waited on the dock early with a grain transport team, and this life-saving food was too precious for them.

Li Yunhe also brought people to Lingshui Wharf early, but when he saw that Xiurong Zhixian had brought people first, he knew that he had better send them away first. Chen Yufeng and others, who went to Lingshui Wharf first, asked Li Yunhe to organize people to load grain for Xiurong's grain transportation team first. Before Zhang Zhimu arrived at Lingshui Wharf, Xiurong's grain transportation team had already transported all the grain. Xiurong Zhixian and Chen Yufeng said that when they went back to arrange the grain, they would go to Yaogang to thank them. In fact, Chen Yufeng still hoped that he would leave earlier, and they didn't want him to see how much grain was brought back.

This time he organized people to bring 10,000 horses, 3,000 camels, and more than 2,000 steel spring carriages. Crowd the Lingshui Pier to the brim. He knew that he had brought back a lot of food this time, so he repositioned all the food in the cave, and the exhaust system in the cave was connected to the wires and used electricity.

When they arrived at the Lingshui Wharf, as soon as Cheng Kun spoke, the workers on the wharf began to carry out the unloading work in an orderly manner according to the usual organization, and these workers knew that as soon as the fleet of Yaogang returned, they could earn a sum of money with their strength.

Li Yunhe's grain transport team was also organized according to various levels, and each level had someone in charge. After loading a batch of grain, a group of people will leave. The grain transport team almost connected the kiln gang with the Lingshui wharf.

"Yaogang Weekly" now has a strong sense of news, and also sent people to Lingshui Wharf to learn about the fleet and the situation of grain transportation.

When the fleet arrived home, Zhang Zhimu didn't have to worry about it, and he didn't care about anything with Lu Chengxiang here.

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He came to the dock construction site.

Tang Jingyao already knew that the fleet of Yaogang was back, and he knew that Zhang Zhimu would definitely come to see the construction site when he arrived at the wharf, so he came over as soon as Zhang Zhimu arrived at the construction site.

Tang Jingyao arched his hand and said: "Mr. Zhang worked hard all the way, tirelessly, and he came here as soon as he arrived at the wharf, which moved us." ”

Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to respond and say: "Where is it, it's everyone who works hard, I went out with the fleet, just to watch the excitement." I'd like to know how our project went. ”

Tang Jingyao pointed to the construction site and said: "Mr. Zhang, you see, our dam body and lock structure are under synchronous construction, and they are already halfway up, and we guarantee that we can start storing water this autumn; The foundations of the two castles on the shore have been poured with cement and steel to ensure that they can be built before the weather gets cold; Look at the two docks, we have reinforced the mud banks with stone and cement; The widening of the river bank has been dug and is being reinforced with stone cement; The preparation and earthwork for the stone masonry on both sides of the section of our kiln have been completed. When the stones are enough, build them there as soon as they are available. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked, "Are you nervous about the stone now?" ”

"Nervous, if it weren't for Li Yunhe's stone cutter, the chances would be even more tense. Fortunately, in the past few days, several stone cutters have been put into use, and the tension of the stone can be relieved a little. Tang Jingyao said.

Zhang Zhimu thought in his heart and said: "Mr. Tang, your work is very organized, and it can be seen that you have put a lot of effort into it, but it is still the same sentence, don't break your body." We're just getting started, and I don't want you to be left behind right now. In addition, the workers must ensure the quality of the food. ”

Tang Jingyao said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, our workers are full of three dry meals, as well as vegetable broth, and there are fish and meat every three or five days." They couldn't eat anything like this before during the Chinese New Year. If you look at the faces of our workers, they are all oily, and most of them have gained weight. ”

Ouyang He stood on the foundation of the castle and said: "In order to defend the needs, in addition to the castle on both sides of the lock, a castle-like building should be built on the bank of the Fen River on the other side of the pier, so that the three buildings can form a form of mutual support, which is more conducive to defense." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Regarding the defense of various places, we have to carefully study each of them, and now we have to think about making preparations." ”

Seeing Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He mentioning the matter of defense, their expressions were a little solemn, Zhang Zhimu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much about the matter of defense, when our automatic rifle comes out, you can rest assured." Hehe! ”

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He glanced at each other, although they still had no bottom in their hearts, but they knew that Zhang Zhimu would never say such things casually, so their expressions were relieved. Because after listening to Zhang Zhimu tell them about this meeting with Ningde, and hearing Ningde say this, they knew that the situation was already a little bad.

Bidding farewell to Tang Jingyao and Fan Chengkun, Zhang Zhimu and his party went straight to the kiln.

In the car, Yang Yulin asked Zhang Zhimu: "Do you know what to do when you come back now?" ”

Zhang Zhimu replied: "Of course I know, I will marry you." In fact, why are you making such trouble, we just don't delay anything. ”

Yang Yulin said angrily: "No! I've bought all my stuff, and you don't have to worry about anything when you go back, just have a wedding. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There is another big thing, we have to have a house." ”

"Don't worry about this, when I came out, I told them that our house should be built first, and then I asked Li Yunhe, and he said that it was almost built. It was the sister-in-law who personally supervised it. Yang Yulin said.

This matter made Zhang Zhimu a little unhappy, their power was too great, and for their own business, they even arranged the matter of building their own house before other things. This made Zhang Zhimu start to be vigilant.

The return of the caravan is another holiday for the Yaogang people. Children can also take a day off, which makes the kiln more and more crowded seem to be particularly lively. Children can be seen chasing and frolicking everywhere.

Xiaoqing and Xiaohu waited on the post for a long time with Saihu, Huang Yukun's body was already very inconvenient, but he couldn't stay at home, so he still came out and stood on the post and looked at the direction of Lingshui Wharf.

Xiaoqing and Xiaohu spotted Zhang Zhimu and their carriages running in the distance at the same time, because they were followed by Li Jing's team of men and horses, as well as Yang Yulin's team of female soldiers, which were very obvious from a distance. Facing Zhang Zhimu's carriage, Xiaohu and Saihu ran downhill together. Zhang Zhimu also saw the crowd on the post and the little tiger who ran off the job. As soon as the carriage stopped, Zhang Zhimu got out of the car and picked up Xiaohu, who hadn't seen the children for two months, and still wanted to. The underground Saihu felt that he had been given a cold reception, and came over to bite Zhang Zhimu's pants with his mouth and whined. Zhang Zhimu put down the little tiger and touched its neck with his hand, and Saihu quieted down. At this time, Xiaoqing came over and shouted "uncle", Zhang Zhimu kissed her, Xiaoqing turned around and took Yang Yulin's hand and spoke.

At this time, Huang Yukun also walked downhill slowly, Zhang Zhimu went over to help Huang Yukun and said, "Look at you, your body is inconvenient, isn't it good to take it at home?" ”

Huang Yukun smiled and said, "Oops! I can't stay at home, come out and breathe. ”

Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to help Huang Yukun go home, at this time Yang Yulin had already handed Chen Yufeng the things he bought for Chen Yufeng's children, and arranged for someone to bring King Zhou's son to the guest room, and then came over to help Huang Yukun go back for Zhang Zhimu.

Lu Bingyi and other leaders in Yaogang also greeted Zhang Zhimu and others on the post, and Zhang Zhimu shook hands with them one by one and greeted each other.

Lu Bingyi said: "Mr. Zhang has worked hard all the way, let's go home and rest first, everything is going well in the kiln, and we will talk about work tomorrow." ”

Yang Yulin sent Huang Yukun back upstairs, left the things she brought for Xiaoqing and Xiaohu, and went back to her home.

This time Xiaoqing and Xiaohu were so happy, Yang Yulin really had to spend money to buy things for them, and the two sisters and brothers spread things all over the ground and kept making them.

Finally, Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun had time to be alone together, Zhang Zhimu touched Huang Yukun's stomach and asked, "Hurry up, right?" ”

Huang Yukun said: "It's almost over, I'm still afraid that you won't be able to come back?" I hope it's a son. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "My sons and daughters are the same, I don't care. ”

"Tomorrow you go and see our own new house, next to Uncle Chen, almost the same as Uncle Chen's house." Huang Yukun said excitedly.

Zhang Zhimu didn't want to sweep Huang Yukun's interest, although he was not too happy that they built a house without authorization, he still said, "Okay, let's take a look tomorrow." ”

Huang Yukun saw that Zhang Zhimu was not too happy, and said: "I am thinking that I can't delay Miss Yulin any longer, if you have that house, you can marry Miss Yang, her mother always comes to me to talk about this, it seems that I don't agree Yes." ”

Zhang Zhimu also felt that it was time to marry Yang Yulin, and said, "Okay, let's wait for stability and stability to do this." ”

The next day, Lu Bingyi and Li Yunhe reported to Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, and Ouyang He about their work during this time, because Lu Chengxiang was too busy to come, so he didn't wait for him if he had no choice.

Lu Bingyi introduced that the overall planning of the kiln gang road and the upper and lower water and heating pipe networks have been completed, the foundation of the circle building of the kiln gang has been completed, the main body of the wharf station has been completed, the bridge on the Xiaoling River has been built and has not yet passed, and the cement is in health; The main building and dormitory building of Yaogang College have also been completed.

What Li Yunhe introduced is that the float glass of the glass factory has been successfully tested and has started production; Lu Qi's textile machine has also been successful, and even the machine spinning has also been successful; In order to use electricity, two generators were built on the smelter side, and two generators were also built on the kiln side, and now all the lathes have been changed to electric drives, so that the workshop is much cleaner, and a lot of places for the original steam engine are saved; Desktop table clocks and tachometers have been figured out; The new shells of the mortar were also tested, and the shells increased the charge; The electrolytic salt production at the smelter has been successful; Electrolysis of potassium chloride to potassium chlorate has also been successful; New bullet casings have also been successful; The structure of the automatic rifle has also been tested, and the barrel is missing; There are already several oxygen concentrators working on the smelter side, and there are already several open-hearth steelmaking furnaces that blow oxygen, and the quality of the steel is much better; ** Pressed fuses, loose fuses, trip fuses, and electric fuses have been made; Samples of the new type of mine jumping have been made and have not yet been tested; The nitric acid production line has already started production, and smokeless ** has also begun to be mass-produced.

Yang Jing's introduction, of course, is about his transportation company. Passenger transport has opened three fixed lines from Yaogang to Kill Hukou, Yaogang to Zhangjiakou, and Yaogang to Yuncheng, which depart every day, and sometimes there are too many guests, and they have to add cars. Sometimes there are some special routes for chartered buses. Preparations are underway for the delivery of shipping and mail operations.

Everyone was very happy to hear this, and Chen Yufeng said: "Zhimu, you still have to grasp the key point when you come back, and you must get the rifled gun you said as soon as possible." Also**, I think let's start mass production. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, let's start mass production." Cast iron is enough for the thunder shell. Ten thousand of each type of mine were produced. ”

Li Yunhe and Lu Bingyi were both shocked, and Li Yunhe asked, "Why do you want to fight a big battle?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In a few days, we will have a special meeting to talk about the form we are facing, so let's prepare early." We don't want to fight, and if someone comes to the door, we can't afford not to fight. ”

Lu Bingyi, Li Yunhe, and Yang Jing all heard the smell of tension.

After the meeting, Li Yunhe followed Zhang Zhimu to his office.

As soon as he sat down, Li Yunhe said: "Mr. Zhang, the turning tool made of manganese alloy steel with tungsten is too easy to use, and the processing and cutting speed has increased a lot. There is also manganese steel that is particularly hard after processing. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that what he said was true, manganese steel originally had the characteristics of work hardening.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Tungsten manganese alloy steel has been changed to cemented carbide processing, and manganese steel processing has a chance to generate a hardening layer on the processed surface, which is called work hardening. ”

Li Yunhe scratched his head and asked: "Last time you talked about hard carbide, how do you get cemented carbide?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't we have metal cobalt? There are also tungsten powder and toner powder, which are used to make cemented carbide. In fact, cemented carbide is tungsten carbide with cobalt as the binder. However, it takes a bit of effort to make it. ”

Zhang Zhimu continued: "The matter of cemented carbide, you have to grasp it personally, solve this matter, and our processing capacity will be greatly improved." Tungsten carbide will be used in our gun barrels and in the future in gun barrel processing. ”

"Mr. Zhang, can you tell me how the spiral rifling barrel is processed?" Li Yunhe wanted to know this.

Zhang Zhimu said: "You guys now don't care if the last barrel is squeezed out." ”

Li Yunhe said: "Yes, you know, this can make the inside of the barrel more uniform and smooth. ”

"That's right, our rifling has to be squeezed out, but it just has to be rotated when squeezed. Manganese steels have a characteristic that they are particularly good for workability when heated to orange. We just use this to make a mold out of carbide and squeeze it out of the barrel. Zhang Zhimu replied.

Li Yunhe said: "The hydraulic press is used to press and rotate at the same time, which can only be completed by making special equipment. Also know the number of turns to spin. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's called the winding of the barrel, I'll tell you about it in the future." ”

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