Chapter VII
The next day, Chen Chun continued to go to the training nursing home. Chen Feng and Li Quan went to find a place outside the city to make a coke kiln, and after a morning of visiting, they finally set the site for the coke kiln and steelmaking in Yau Ma Kok. Then Chen Feng asked the housekeeper Li Quan to recruit homeless people and craftsmen to establish the system. At home, Chen Feng thought about his blast furnace in the steel mill in the future, and used the prepared charcoal pen to draw a simple clay blast furnace and some pipe parts needed. Busy until late at night.
The next day, construction began on Yau Ma Kok, where Chen Feng was guiding the digging of the kiln. After being busy for a while, Chen Feng brought last night's drawings to communicate with the blacksmiths.
"Master Liu, look at the iron pipe in this picture, can you type it?" Chen Feng was discussing with a blacksmith in his 50s.
"This can be done, but it will take a while." Liu Li replied.
"Master Liu, look at this big iron pass, can you make it." Chen Feng pointed to a small ladle that he had drawn according to the pattern of the ladle of later generations.
"That's fine."
The two discussed for a while, and learned that everything could be made, Chen Feng relaxed for a while, and had to obey the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. After doing this, Chen Feng ordered Li Quan to find someone to find kaolin, but fortunately, when it comes to kaolin, some people also know it, so Chen Feng doesn't have to worry too much. Then he went to the city with Li Quan to find merchants to buy iron and parts, and to find merchants to buy iron and coal. And Chen Feng finally went to Huangwutun with Li Quan, and after walking there for a while, he finally found what he was looking for, manganese ore. So he instructed Li Quan to find someone to mine tomorrow.
After finishing these, it was already dark, Chen Feng and Li Quan didn't return home until the evening, while Yingniang waited until Chen Feng came back to eat together, which made Chen Feng moved.
The next day, Chen Feng went on to build his steel mill. Chen Chun's side began to practice the 4 movement commands to the left, right, forward and backward.
On a meadow, two teams of twenty people stood neatly and ready to listen to the command. Originally, there were only sixteen people, but later another one was recruited, plus Su Zhong, Su Xin, and Su Ren were exactly twenty people. Chen Chun shouted all the previous passwords once, and although everyone was not very proficient, there was nothing wrong with it. Next, Chen Chun began to teach left and right. Although I have learned to look left and right before, when turning left and right, there is still no distinction between left and right, and in the end, it is the old way, holding the stone in my right hand. That's how it slowly gets better. On this day, Chen Chun only taught these 4 movements.
And Chen Feng, in the construction, thought that the ladle was too cumbersome, and it was not a way to carry it by manpower, and finally asked Liu Blacksmith to discuss how to make rails and manpower ladle cars. Later, the first railway track in history appeared in China.
On the 18th, the coke kiln was dug up, and Chen Feng asked the kiln to be dried, and began to prepare firewood and coal. However, the pipes used to pass the carbon monoxide from the coke kiln were not completed. Chen Feng collects carbon monoxide for use in steelmaking, but there is no technology to store it, so he has to use it while producing. On the 19th, a row of brick houses for striking iron was also completed, and the blast furnace was also capped, but the layer of refractory mud inside was not plastered, and the slope for feeding and the top of the furnace were not done, not to mention the laying of other pipes.
On this day, the people also began to lay the foundation of the flat ground under the blast furnace to prepare for the construction of the steel mill, and the higher ground leading to the ground on the slope of the blast furnace was also laying the foundation for the construction of a workshop for preparing materials and pre-mining.
On the 25th, Chen Chun's side, training well, began to increase long-term standing and running. Chen Feng's project is also progressing. However, the materials and equipment were not ready, so they had to build roads and houses. The subordinates told Chen Feng and the others to go back, saying that Huang Yuanwai was waiting for the two of them at home. The two put down their work and walked back quickly. The two returned to the residence and saw Huang Decai sitting in the lobby drinking tea, so the two hurriedly said: "Uncle Huang arrived, I waited for the two of them to not be able to greet each other, please forgive me." ”
"The two virtuous nephews don't have to be polite, they are all a family, and they don't talk about two families."
"The two of them thanked Uncle Huang."
Then the three of them sat down and took a sip of tea, Chen Feng said, "Uncle Huang, is it that you have come here this time?" ”
"Well, that's right, by dotting me, I will seek Qinzhou Guard, 100 households and 100 trial households for the two of you, and you can work next to Qinzhou City, but there is no guard here, so only the land is given, and the 100 households will be built by yourself. The place is to put the water and Tsurushima (now Hirayama Island).
"That's fine, what else do you want?" Chen Feng asked.
"It's nothing, but the personnel have to recruit themselves. Because Qinwei has very few personnel, he can't give it to people. There are also 100 households, which were originally not lacking as before. But fortunately, there are only 300 households in Qinzhou. In terms of silver, the commander of Lian Zhouwei agreed to add one more hundred households, and when the weapons went to the Qianhu Lord on Longmen Island tomorrow to receive the body, take more silver and buy some. Huang Decai said.
"That's it. The two of us would like to thank Uncle Huang for his support. May your old man be rich and prosperous forever, and live a long life. ”
"There is no need to say more polite words. The general and small flags below are also reported by you one by one. ”
After talking about things, Huang Decai set off for Jiulong.
On the 26th, Chen Feng and the others took a team of 20 people and 5,000 taels of silver tickets to take two boats to Longmen Thousand Households. Two hours later, the two went to the island and met their immediate boss. Wu Da Qianhu.
When the two saw Wu Da, they both knelt down and arched their hands: "The two grass people knock on the thousands of households." Then he knelt on the ground and listened to the speaker.
"Well, you and the other two are Chen Feng and Chen Chun?"
The two replied in unison: "It's the villain." ”
Next, Lord Wu didn't ask the two of them, let alone tell them to get up. Chen Feng thought of what Lord Wu wanted at this time, so he said, "Lord Wu, the villain came today to offer some tea money, so that Lord Wu, who works hard day and night, can moisten his throat." After speaking, he took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his bosom and raised it above his head with both hands.
Wu Da saw the silver ticket, his eyes lit up, so he walked up to the two of them to take a look. Well, a silver ticket of one hundred taels. It's okay to shoot. So Wu Da said kindly: "Hurry up, the two of you, and reached out to pick up the silver ticket in Chen Feng's hand."
"Thank you, Lord Wu." The two replied in unison
"Well, you two have a heart. Come on, quickly bring the official uniform to the two adults. Wu Dadao
Chen Feng and the others stood up, and after a while, the two of them knelt down again and asked Wu Da to hand out their official uniforms one by one, and thanked Wu Da before the two sat down. With the opening of the silver, everything is going well.
"Two, your official position is newly established, so the station is not on Longmen Island, but on Shuidu and Crane Island outside Qinzhou City. In addition, there is a shortage of personnel in the health center, so you can only recruit another person, but because you are waiting for an increase, I don't know when the money and food will be allocated, so I don't know what can be given to you, and I don't know when the money for the health center will arrive. ”
"Nema, you can't eat so badly!" Chen Feng and the others secretly said in their hearts, but in order to cross the plan, the two had to admit it, anyway, one day, they would let you vomit out the belt. The two thought for a while and replied, "I'll follow the arrangement of the adults." ”
Wu Da said again: "What else do the two of you want?" ”
"My lord, can you give me some weapons and uniforms?" Chen Feng asked.
"This, maybe this official doesn't have any extra here." Wu Da said
"My lord, Xia Guan has just taken office, and he has received a lot of guidance from Lord Wu. In order to show the kindness of adults, some local products are specially promoted. After speaking, Chen Feng took out a string of 700 pearl necklaces in the later generations and brought them to Wu Da's eyes with both hands
Wu Da saw the pearl necklace, his eyes lit up, Nema's, this chain was worth hundreds of taels to him. Wu Da snatched it quickly, and said: "That's it, for the sake of the two of you, I'll open a voucher for you, and if you see what you can use, take it." ”
"Thank you, Lord Wu."
The two took the voucher and went back to call the escort team and began to go to the warehouse to collect things. When they arrived at the warehouse, a guard's small flag stopped Chen Feng and his gang. gave two taels of silver, and the little flag happily led the group into the warehouse.
In the first room, the small flag opened the warehouse, and a musty smell rushed to everyone, making people uncomfortable. Nema didn't know how long no one had been in for a long time. Then everyone saw that the entire storehouse was covered with a layer of dust, and the beams and weapon racks were crawling with cobwebs. The people went in, and looked at the weapon, and there was very little to use, and the head of the spear was completely rusted, and the handle of the spear was covered with small holes with worm pillars. There was a pile of insect droppings on the ground. Some of the broadswords had been rusted and worn. The bow was even more useless, it looked like it was in good condition, but it fell apart when you pulled it hard. The bow and arrow became a pile of firewood, which was of no use at all. Everyone made a selection for a while, and finally found ten broadswords that could basically be used, and 50 gun heads. There is nothing else.
The little flag took everyone to another warehouse, open the door, this warehouse is better, there are not so many cobwebs, and there are boxes neatly placed on the ground. When I opened it, it was full of various firearms. Chen Feng and the others smiled at this time. Command the people to empty all this storehouse. There were not enough people, so he took out ten taels of silver and invited more than 30 military households to carry and load the ship. Then I went to another warehouse, which was filled with gunpowder and lead and some finished lead bullets. Chen Feng and his entourage moved 1,000 kilograms of gunpowder and 5,000 kilograms of lead and lead bullets. This warehouse was not emptied.
Next, I went to the military uniform warehouse, where I only got 120 sets of mandarin duck battle robes, and there was not a single piece of armor. After loading all the things, it was already afternoon, but Chen Feng and the others didn't plan to stay here for long, so they sailed away. It was already evening when they returned to Qinzhou, but Chen Feng and the others still called someone to unload all the things and transport them back to the warehouse of their house. 70 birds. 6 Tiger squat guns, 5 guns, 5 4-pounder Furlong cannons, and 2 8-pounder Furlong cannons. 50 spear heads, 10 broadswords, 1,000 kilograms of gunpowder, 3,000 kilograms of lead, 400 shells, 300 kilograms of lead, and 120 sets of mandarin duck robes.
On the 27th, Chen Feng and the others presented the male mosquitoes of the important place to the governor of Qinzhou, Liu Hongren. After giving 100 taels of silver, it was successfully completed. However, at this time, there were only 10,000 taels of cash silver left in the hands of the two, and gold and jewelry were not counted. In the evening, the two discussed and decided to go to Guangzhou Mansion to sell the jewelry, 4 lighters, 2 mirrors, and Mr. Bodo's packaging and saucer to see if they could sell them at a good price.
The next day, the two arranged their affairs and decided to bring Li Er, Su Zhong, Su Xin, and Su Ren. Because these people can do martial arts. At the same time, Lin Sancheng was also in the group, because he said that he had spent three years in Guangzhou City. Li Xiang can also do martial arts, but he has to leave one at home to preside over the overall situation. Do everything. The two brothers got on the boat and went to Guangzhou Mansion.