The lathe sounds lofty, but in fact, the most basic element is understood by the traverser as a frame used to process the workpiece, and it is OK to have a fixed mechanism and an action mechanism.

Although the wooden machine in the yard is cumbersome and simple, it is completely in line with the traverser's perception of the lathe, and it can't help but make Li Buqi full of inner cows - it turns out that there is a lathe in the Great Song Dynasty!

This lathe is really important to Li Buqi, for example, now the production of pencils in increasing demand needs to round the lead core and drill holes in the wood, with the lathe manufacturing efficiency has been improved a lot.

Well, in fact, there is nothing wrong with making a primitive lathe at the level of Li Buqi, but since someone in this era has built his own lathe without reference, it shows that this person is very thoughtful. Bringing this person to his subordinates and asking him to continuously improve the lathe, and then bring out more people with ideas, is much more meaningful than a lathe.

Therefore, Li Buqi is more concerned about who made this lathe, and this person may be the first researcher under his command to be of some use. As expected, in this era of secret recipes, this lathe has been designed and built and improved by the company for generations.

According to the old man of the Liang family, his ancestor made a similar thing when he was up, but it was lost later, and later his grandfather settled in Bianliang, not only passed down the craftsmanship of the coppersmith, but also made a simple device again with memory. When he arrived at the old man of the Liang family, because he still knew some carpenters, he improved this thing to look like this.

The Liang family was overjoyed when Li offered to buy the design of the lathe and hire Mr. Liang to improve it so that he could make more things. In this era, there is no patent protection, and your own machine gives people a glimpse of the secret, and you have no way to imitate it. However, Li Buqi not only paid for the design, but also spent 30 yuan a year to hire Mr. Liang, saying that there would be a bonus for doing one thing, which was too generous.

As everyone knows, Li Buqi is also a daughter to buy horse bones. The wisdom of the working people is infinite, you don't know how many good things the people of the Great Song Dynasty hid, if you want to discover it yourself, it will be too inefficient, or let people send it themselves.

Of course, Li Buqi must let Old Man Liang be a good example, and he will also give him some help. The lathe of the Liang family is too primitive, and it is a trouble to fix the workpiece first, if it is a lead screw. The traverser remembered that the lead screw seemed to have come from the West, so he should go to the West to find a craftsman to see if he could find a craftsman who made the lead screw. There are still good things in West Asia and Europe, and cement is also indispensable for engineering, and it is necessary to get ideas.

Li Buqi is definitely not able to sail in person now, and it is still up to maritime merchants to get these things back from overseas. So Li Buqi asked Gao Zunyu again if the maritime merchant they were looking for had found it. Facts have proved that there is nothing that these nobles cannot do, and they have already contacted several maritime merchants to come to Bianliang, and they will arrive in a few days.

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On May 24, Zhao Zhen was to inspect the feudal soldiers, which was also part of the plan to demonstrate to the Liao. Zhao Zhen called Li Buqi to accompany the bow and arrow courtyard because Li Buqi had personally been on the battlefield.

The so-called feudal soldiers are the troops composed of the Fan people along the northwest border, so the cavalry and archery kung fu is naturally much better than the forbidden army in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty. But the emperor didn't just come to see the excitement, because he couldn't help but sigh after something in his heart: "When will my Great Song Dynasty forbidden army be able to train in riding and archery like this feudal soldier." ”

No one squeaked now, and the ministers knew in their hearts that with the current situation of the forbidden army, the emperor's requirements could not be met. But you can't say this truthfully, otherwise there will be more problems involved, and the lid will be lifted.

Military generals are not allowed to discuss political affairs in normal times, and even if they are military, the emperor only dares to answer when they ask them explicitly, so it is logical to close their mouths and remain silent at this time. Ren Bu, the privy deputy envoy, had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, this matter is difficult. It's really my Great Song Dynasty that lacks horses, and without horses, I can't let soldiers practice riding and shooting. ”

This reason is too clever, but I don't know how this old gentleman can say it without changing his face, if it is according to the horses in the account books, the war horses of the forbidden army are very sufficient. Li Buqi couldn't help but look at the emperor - as long as the emperor knew how many war horses were in the account books, he had to scold Ren Bu for talking nonsense.

But the emperor only sighed when he heard Ren Bu's answer, and didn't say anything. It seems that the emperor really doesn't know how much money he has. But the emperor happened to see Li Buqi looking at him, so he asked, "Li Buqi, what do you have to say?" ”

Oh? The emperor would be mistaken. However, in order for the Great Song Dynasty to have the ability to confront the nomads as soon as possible, Li Buqi still came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since my Great Song Dynasty is short of horses, it is enough to buy horses from Fanren." ”

The Privy Council is in charge of horse administration, and Ren Bu is very familiar with the situation of buying horses. He said, "Who doesn't know how to buy a horse? Since the five dynasties of turmoil, the Han and Tang dynasties have all fallen to foreign countries, and the imperial court of the Great Song and Liao Kingdoms has been buying horses all year round. It's just that the Liao State does not allow market horses, and the Khitan horses are also inferior and unusable. Now the western thief will not sell horses to me in the Great Song Dynasty, and the only place where I can market horses is Qingtang, but where can I find so many horses? And a war horse costs thirty or fifty yuan, where to find so much money. ”

It seems that the tea and horse trade has not yet risen at this time. The corners of Li Buqi's mouth curled slightly: "Your Majesty, Deputy Pivot, in fact, if you want to be a city horse, you can land on these soldiers." ”

Ren Bu sneered: "Even if you buy all these people's horses, it's only five or seven hundred, what's the use?" ”

Li Buqi said: "The kid said that it fell on these people, but it is not effective now. If it is according to the boy's method, maybe ten years later, the people of Qingtang and Yinxia will compete for the market. ”

"What's the idea?" Zhao Zhen asked impatiently.

Li Buqi said: "When the minister was in Shaanxi, he knew that the people of Tubo, Qingtang, Yinxia, the Western Regions and Liaodi ate more meat and milk, and rarely vegetables and vegetables. Its diet is very greasy, one is to cause bad stomach, the other is not easy to defecate, and it is easy to cause internal heat accumulation and disease. The tea of my Da Song Dynasty is just the greasy attack on meat and the sleepiness of the night, which is actually what the people there urgently need. As long as people know that drinking tea is good for them, they will be as inseparable from tea as they want to eat salt. Only my Great Song Dynasty produces tea, and they can only buy tea from my Great Song Dynasty. If I only need them to exchange horses for horses at that time, can they not listen? ”

Zhao Zhen exchanged glances with Lu Yijian and the others. Lu Yijian said: "There is still such a thing? It's just that it can really make people can't live without tea? ”