There is a mountain in the southwest of Xin'anzhuang, there is a river not far from the wall of the village on the side of the mountain, and there is a mill on the bank of the river. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the mill was not far upstream, moving rocks and soil, carrying wood, and in full swing, but it was building dikes and some sheds on the coastal highlands.

This embankment shack has been built one after another since last year, but recently the speed has been accelerated, and the news from the village came that Yang Xianggong was going to build a waterwheel here, and everyone didn't understand, so they did what they were told to do.

It was almost noon, and the sound of the gong sounded at the end of the work, and immediately all the craftsmen, the workers of the battalion team and the water conservancy team put down their guys, lined up in a queue, and gathered at the place where they ate.

There are many rules in Xin'anzhuang, that is, the workers who go to work, and the workers who finish work are also like the army, and then they are also queuing up to receive meals.

A piece of laughter, every time it's time to eat, it's always a time to be happy.

At a glance, Gu Jiu, a tall and powerful bricklayer, got out of the shack, went to the river to wash his hands, and then lined up to receive food. After working for half a day, his hands were too dirty, but earlier he only used hay to wipe the poop, and now he needs to wash it carefully.

In their line of work, they do not wash their hands when they are dirty, they only use soft grass and dry cloth, and wash them with water after they stop working, which is commonly known as "washing hands without drying".

He also lined up to receive the meal, and the rice bucket and vegetable bucket food team picked it up and placed it near the shed, according to Gu Jiu's identity treatment, he was a senior technician, and the treatment of the supervisor was the same. The tray I received, there were two large pieces of horse meat on the bowl, which was really enviable.

When Gu Jiu came back, he found a stone by the river and squatted to eat, and everyone next to him laughed and laughed, all of them praised the food in their hands, and there was meat to eat, even if many workers only had minced meat in their bowls, it was enough to make people satisfied.

According to their old days, they helped people work, even if they were craftsmen, they had meat and vegetarian days, and they often ate meat, which was very rare.

Gu Jiu is also very satisfied, at this time the sun is warm, his heart is also warm, after entering the village, this day is different, he was rated as a senior technician, including food and housing, a monthly salary of one or two silver, a bonus for a good job, and the food is different from others.

He has a family, and he has divided the house, as long as he has lived in it for three years, the house will belong to them, and there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Gu Jiu felt that it was time for him to operate, so he entered Xin'anzhuang.

He was thinking about when he would become a technician, and he would be treated the same as the manager.

However, if you want to become a technician, it depends on how many apprentices and even technicians you bring out, I heard that Zhuang Nei is going to run a technical school, Gu Jiu is very concerned about this, at that time, the bonus was more, and he was still a decent gentleman, and he was closer to being rated as a technician.

Compared with other craftsmen, Gu Jiu was a little hesitant, and Gu Jiu believed that the matter of the apprentices in Xin'an Zhuang starving to death of the master would not happen.

At this time, there was a commotion and laughter, and a large group of half-grown children rushed over, all wearing green cloth armor, but the school was over, and then the students had eaten and hurried to work.

The children in the village are now working and studying, and are assigned to all walks of life as apprentices, and they also have wages, two cents of silver per month, and bonuses for good work.

After reporting to the steward for roll call, all the students laughed and gathered around their respective masters, and there were also five beside Gu Jiu, chattering non-stop.

Gu Jiu smiled slightly, several dolls are very clever, and they also respect him as a master, although he has not formally apprenticed, Gu Jiu has regarded the five of them as his apprentices, and he will teach them all his skills in the future.

In fact, they attach great importance to accepting apprentices, and the introducer of the apprentice is not called "middle-aged person, guarantor" but "matchmaker", that is, they regard the master's family as their own home and their parents' home as "mother's house".

There are five "apprentices" at once, Gu Jiu is still a cautious person, but you can think of his love for these five children.

However, he has a taciturn personality, and even if he likes a few apprentices, his face does not show it.

At this time, the most astute young student sighed, but he was not at work at this time, and he jumped around and picked up a purse from behind a mess of rocks on the river bank, and there were some fine pieces of silver in it, about a tael or more.

He asked curiously: "Who dropped this?" ”

He wanted to curry favor with Gu Jiu, so he quietly came over and handed it to him: "Master Gu, this is for you." ”

Gu Jiu frowned, he took the purse, taught him seriously, and the curiosity on the side surrounded the apprentice: "We can't be greedy for this wealth, we will hand it over to the steward later, and let him help find the owner." I will also teach you that our bricklayer trade is upward, and we pay attention to conscience and virtue, and we do not move when we see riches. Not to mention a tael of silver, it is five taels, ten taels, and if you find it, you can't be greedy privately, otherwise it will break the rules of our industry, remember? ”

The students said: "Master Gu saw that the teaching was yes, and we remembered it. ”

Especially the student who found the purse, bowed his head even more ashamedly.

Gu Jiu's complexion was a little pale, when he was in Luzhou, he also worshipped a master, and at that time, his master was even more immobile in the face of fifty taels of silver, which was passed on as a beautiful talk, and also maintained their reputation as a bricklayer. At that time, that scene always flickered in front of Gu Jiu's eyes, and at this time, he also persuaded his apprentice like this.

Soon Gu Jiu took the students and handed the purse to the steward, who knocked on the gong and quickly found the owner, but a carpenter dropped the wallet. He is only a junior mechanic, and his monthly salary is not much, so he is naturally very grateful for the loss and recovery.

And the news that Gu Jiu and others had picked up gold spread, and the surrounding craftsmen and workers all gave them a thumbs up and praised them.

This scene also happened to be seen by Yang He, who came over, and he smiled on his face and nodded thoughtfully.

He thought to himself, at least in this generation, there is no need to worry about the moral character and talent of everyone in the village.

In fact, he set up a bonus system, which was also accompanied by a punishment system, and those who were lazy and did not work hard would be punished in various ways.

But in the overall Xin'an Village, the current atmosphere is still active efforts, everyone who enters the village, have suffered thousands of hardships, many people are hungry and cold, the dead crawled out of the pile, to a stable place, there is food, clothing, are full of gratitude, hard work.

This atmosphere has affected everyone, forming a virtuous circle, and people like Gu Jiu have emerged, although they are ordinary and ordinary, they have great personalities.

Yang He decided to include this story in his textbook.

……

At this time, he was accompanied by Zhang Chugong and Zhang Chuxun, as well as Bao Tianfu and other craftsmen, and the captain of the guard, Chen Qiuao, was naturally inseparable, with iron helmets and iron armor, a red and coarse felt cloak, and the red light of his body was shining.

They came from the west of the village, and a gate had already opened at the west wall, so they did not need to detour to the east gate, and they could go directly to the river.

The water flows slowly, the river is about 30 meters wide, and both sides are full of ancient trees and vines, peach and willow vegetation, and the natural wind is shining.

This water is called Lijia River by the locals, and flows into the Yellow River in the south, the source is the White Horse Lake, and the source of the White Horse Lake is actually the Yellow River again.

At this time, the river has built a dam embankment, facing the high place on the bank, there is a diversion trough, not far down to the trough dam, it is the mill of the original "Li Zhuang", which can grind noodles, can lick rice, and can extract oil.

After Yang He and others settled in Xin'anzhuang, the mill was soon opened again, not only to meet the needs of the villagers, but also to transport their rice and wheat to this side for processing.

At this time, the water flow is roaring, accompanied by the friction sound of the rotating shaft of "chirping", the huge wooden wheel of the waterwheel downstream is turning, and the waterwheel mill has been suspended for a period of time when the dam was built and the trough was built some time ago.

At present, the dam and embankment trough have been completed, only the shack on the trough has not been completed, but it does not hinder the operation of the mills downstream.

Zhang Chuxun looked down, the area where everyone stood was building a shed, and below was the diversion trough, at this time the dam gate was not opened much, but the water flow of the diversion tank was roaring, splashing strings of water splashing, and the water power was very strong.

He was a little curious, Yang Xianggong said that he wanted to build a weapon with a water wheel, but what kind of water wheel needs such a large amount of water?

Zhang Chugong was also curious, and Bao Tianfu behind him looked at it with a thoughtful expression.

After entering the village, the village opened his eyes everywhere, but he was a person with a city government, and he still looked quiet.

Yang He smiled, Zhang Chugong and Zhang Chuxun stood beside him on the left and right, all of them stood upright, typical standing like pine, plus Chen Qiuao on the side, the demeanor of these three people is more than enough to be a model in later generations.

He said: "Brother Zhang, and Master Bao, do you know that the water is connected to the machine mill? ”

Zhang Chugong said: "Water to machine mill? The subordinates seem to have heard of things like connecting machines, but they haven't seen them, so I don't know if it's this water transfer machine mill. ”

Bao Tianfu said: "The villain has seen it in Su Yang, the water wheel blades are high and wide, and the diversion tank is also a rapid. The axle is thicker and has gears on the shaft that can be connected to the gears of the stone mill next to it. The villain has even seen a water wheel with nine mills and rice at the same time, which should be the water to the machine mill that the adult said. ”

Yang He smiled and nodded, thinking that this Bao Tianfu was well-informed.

Bao Tianfu said: "However, this water transfer machine mill is mostly in the south of the Yangtze River, but it needs a lot of water. The villain once heard that before the water mill rice, the gate must be closed to store water, and the sluice gate must be used to open the start, change, and stop the wheel blades. The villain looked at the amount of water in the river, and estimated that the water storage in one night could only bring five mills to grind rice and flour at the same time. ”

Yang He nodded again, and the location of the water mill required a place where there was a drop in the river, and then a diversion channel was built with stones. Although the water flow in this part of the Lijia River is impounded by damming and forming a drop impulse, it is true that the hydraulic power can only bring five or six water mills to run at the same time.

However, this is enough for the Yang River, according to his estimates, the drop impulse of these currents is estimated to be more than four horsepower, which can carry a total of about forty tons of ramping force.

This strength, not to mention that it is more than enough to make bird armor, that is, in the future, he will stamping some things, such as the copper inscription on the anti-counterfeiting waist plate, and even stamping silver coins.

After all, the Spaniards stamped the more exquisite earth double-column silver coins, depending on the degree of fineness and hardness, and the general punching force was only about 30 to 200 tons.

The big deal is to build the dam and continue to build high, continue to store water, and form a stronger drop impulse.

The spoke blades of the waterwheel can be made of fine pine, which is durable in the water and does not rot, but the axle gears of the mill are not durable even if they are made of hard ironwood. In particular, the stump teeth wear out a lot when they rotate and often need to be repaired. ”

Bao Tianfu finally said that he guessed what Yang He was going to do, and at this time he also said the disadvantages of water transfer and machine milling.

Moreover, there are many problems to be solved, which are beyond the scope of Bao Tianfu's knowledge.

Yang He smiled: "So, bearings, gears and other things, I plan to use bronze to solve them." ”

Zhang Zhugong and the others were okay, but Bao Tianfu and the craftsmen behind him gasped, which cost a lot.

……

Bronze is wear-resistant, and in later generations, it was widely used in sliding bearings, gears and other parts that require wear resistance.

In terms of wear resistance, bronze is better than steel.

This is actually also an alloy, red copper, that is, pure copper, plus a certain amount of tin, that is bronze.

With a certain amount of zinc, it is called "white lead" at this time, which is brass.

At this time, the price of red copper is very expensive, and the "high copper" with better fineness is 17 taels and 5 yuan per 100 catties of silver.

The price of tin is 16 taels and 5 yuan per 100 catties.

In order to make the bearings and gears of the waterwheel more durable, Yang He decided to formulate bronze himself to make the parts more wear-resistant.

It is also conceivable that he will spend a lot of money to build this waterwheel alone.

But the silver is spent, and the pile over there is just a useless dead thing.

At this point, Yang He will not be stingy with money.

At the same time, there are several sets of gears in the water transfer machine mill, which contains the power mechanism that changes the direction and movement speed, similar to the principle of the transmission, but Yang He thought about it and tried it with the dam gate to control the water flow to see if it could stabilize the hydraulic forging hammer at a speed of 200 times a minute.

If I could, I wouldn't need a transmission for the time being, which would save a lot of work.

……

In the early days, Yang He wanted to use water power, but there was no relevant talent, and now with Bao Tianfu and other workers in the smelter, many copper casts and pours can be carried out.

Yang He set the bronze formula, the most wear-resistant ration, and designed the drawings of each gear and crank connecting rod, and finalized the style and size of the waterwheel and the spare parts, which is scientific and reasonable.

Like the original craftsmen in Zhuangzhong, Bao Tianfu and others were also shocked, and their awe of Yang He increased a lot.

Then the carpenters built the water wheel, and Bao Tianfu and others used the sand turning method to cast the bronze parts, and finally polished them carefully.

But this thing can't be done in a day or two, at least on a monthly basis, so Yang He is stuck in another busy matter.

When the soldiers on leave returned, the general officers also made a decision, and Xin'anzhuang started a new round of recruitment and expansion activities, and many workers of the work team were recruited as team soldiers, and then the refugees who were accepted were added to the work teams.

Some of the simple, honest refugees with families were also recruited into the army, and then they began to train.

In addition to more than 500 war horses, there are also more than 600 fat horses, mules, and donkeys.

War horse Yanghe does not move, this is a cavalry team, the sentinel team is special, but the fat horse, he has been assigned, the team commander-level officer, the supervisor level personnel, have been assigned to the fat horse.

They use stallions, and they can travel without application in this area under the rule of the north bank of the Yang River, of course, if they go to Pizhou, or to Suining on the south bank, then they need to report.

At the same time as the military training, the equestrian training of officers and soldiers is also being carried out, and at this stage, they are the first step in the six-step process of the "Cavalry Drill Code": horse field riding.

The crowd is also mostly one or two subdivided steps in the step of the song, flat ground and riding the wall, take turns to go to the horse farm to do riding and squatting crotch, and then clamp half a bucket of water or a few bricks on the inner thigh to train the clamping force.

After the clamping training, I rode the earthen wall, trained the balance ability, and finally the third step in the first step of the song, getting on the horse.

is the first step of the "cavalry drill code" can not be seen in two or three months, so it is impossible to eat hot tofu in a hurry.

After a little attention, Yang He fell into busyness again.

……

Soon the time entered April, and Wang Feng of the Pizhou Ordnance Bureau still copied a copy of the palace report every five days to Xin'anzhuang.

Yang He read the Di newspaper, and the news that Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty finally came, and this matter had an unprecedented impact on the Ming Dynasty.

Zu Dashou is okay, although he is a veteran chief military officer, but he is only a martial artist, Daming has always had the tradition of martial artists descending thieves and slaves, and everyone was shocked and passed.