The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

"Ringing the bell!"

Qin Haoming walked to Chen Meichun's copywriter and sat down, picked up a pen and wrote four words on the paper: military industry and civilian.

For the use of the Smelting Bureau, Qin Haoming has already thought of the general direction, which is nothing more than the development of military and civilian use.

Needless to say, the military is the business of the Smelting Bureau. As for the civilian aspect, Qin Haoming has some ideas.

Improving people's livelihood and improving the living standards of the people in Daming is one thing, and how to make money is another.

It is an indisputable fact that technology changes lives. At the same time, novel and effective products are a steady stream of wealth.

After all, what he wants to raise is not just a smelting bureau, but hundreds of thousands of soldiers who will follow him in the future.

Not to mention the expenses such as rewards, the manufacture of weapons alone is a vast existence with no end in sight.

"Qin Du's self-striking bell can refer to the self-striking bell brought by the Western monk Matteo Ricci from the West, with a built-in mechanism, which rings every time it happens."

Chen Meichun bowed, took a cup of tea, carefully placed it on the table, and asked.

"Yes and no."

Qin Haoming picked up the tea, took a sip, and then thanked Bumin. One word, bitter!

This smelting bureau is worthy of being at the bottom of the mix, and even the tea used to entertain the governor is so cheap and inferior!

Feeling the residual bitterness in his mouth, Qin Haoming once again raised his pen and wrote out the requirements: First, it can be carried on the wrist or hung on the chest. Second, there can be no errors.

The Ming Dynasty's self-striking bell was Matteo Ricci's first two contributions during the Wanli period, one of which was a floor type, and its height exceeded all the inner halls in the palace.

The other, presumably tabletop, is small in size, covered with a wooden frame, inlaid with a gilded eagle dragon, and the hands are in the shape of an olecranon's beak, which chirps every quarter of an hour.

"Governor Qin, someone in our smelting bureau has made a self-striking bell, with iron as it, the silk rope is intertwined, hanging up and down the wheel, the bell is non-stop, and the bell is sounded.

It's just that there is at least a fifteen points of error every day, and the minimum can only be the size of a incense box, which is slightly larger in the arms, maybe possible, but it can be carried on the wrist, it seems to be ......"

Zhang Lin cushioned her feet, saw the requirements written by Qin Du on the table, and explained a little embarrassed.

At the same time, I muttered in my heart, these big officials really know how to think and play.

"Yes, Qin Du, it's not cost-effective to make it yourself. There are many self-striking bells brought by maritime merchants in the market in Fuzhou, and the medium ones are fifty taels of silver each, and the large ones and the small ones are worth more.

If you want to use it on a large scale in the army, it is better to use incense leakage, a plate of incense can be used for twelve hours, and the cost is no more than three yuan. ”

Chen Meichun, as the leader of the Smelting Bureau, has no shortage of vision and knowledge, and immediately thinks of using it in the army.

Since the time of the chiming bell to the Ming Dynasty, the local timekeeping devices that have become popular in Gyeonggi and the whole country include the sun clock represented by the corona, the water clock represented by the leaky carving, and the fire clock represented by the incense leak.

But in terms of cost, compared with the traditional local timers, the biggest disadvantage of the chiming clock is obviously the price, and the fire bell is the choice of ordinary people.

Of course, some people who can't even afford to use the fire bell can only listen to the drum chime.

"It's easy to say that the error is easy to say, and the governor listened to the Westerners that as long as they were equipped with an escapement and a clockwork, they could improve the punctuality rate.

If you give an account, whoever you are, as long as you can do what the governor asks, you will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver. ”

Qin Haoming wrote a few small objects sporadically, probably which can be studied in this era, but they lack directionality, and they can come out logically with a little click.

For example, Jenny's spinning machine is nothing more than arranging several spindles vertically, from spinning one yarn to spinning several yarns at the same time, developing dozens of yarns, and the efficiency is naturally improved.

To put it bluntly, it is not surprising that the key is limited thinking.

"Qin Du...... Big...... people, really rewarded...... Five thousand taels? ”

Zhongyu Chen Meichun swallowed her saliva, as if she had instantly become a person with a bad mouth.

He is only one hundred and eighty taels old, and his family has eight or nine people, and it is not easy to live a sad life. Five thousand taels of silver is equivalent to what he has not eaten or drunk for thirty years.

As for the other craftsmen, they only have sixty taels of silver, and they can't earn this amount without eating or drinking for a lifetime.

Everything is ready-made, isn't it just a little smaller? I don't believe that there are more than a dozen people in the organization, and they can't overcome it after working day and night?

"Yes, five thousand taels of silver, a lot. There is also this weaving machine, which will be made according to the requirements of the Governor, and the reward will be five hundred taels, and here are a few places to be modified, and you should take a good look at it......"

Qin Haoming took pictures with him, and under the heavy breathing of Chen Meichun and the other four people, he introduced and explained to them one by one.

"Governor Qin, the lower officials understand, the lower officials understand...... Three days...... I'll take it out for you in three days. ”

After explaining a few details, Gong Ruihong's eyes lit up, and he explained incoherently in a row, but he didn't explain anything. He is in charge of the carpenter group, and his own attainments in this area are shallow.

The principle of Jenny loom is simple, but I usually didn't expect that there was no leisure to manipulate these, the situation is getting more and more chaotic, and it is not easy to live.

Looking at Gong Langzhong, who was impatient to leave, Chen Meichun and the three who stayed in the house were all envious in their eyes.

This guy hit a lot of luck, and he easily got five hundred taels of silver. I can do it myself, call two or three apprentices, generously order a few taels of silver per person, and send it away after searching for a meaty banquet, in short, depending on his mood at the time.

"No hurry, no hurry, that's nothing. The three of them looked at it, and there was also an improvement in printing, no use of cement, instead of lead characters, and pass it on, whoever got it out would be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Pulling back the hearts of the three who were a little unrelenting, Qin Haoming threw out another temptation.

He didn't give bonuses based on the actual value of things, but on how difficult they were.

To put it mildly, it must be that the practical value of the Jenny loom exceeds the improvement of printing, but in terms of production process, it is undoubtedly the latter that is more difficult, which is why the prize money between the two is so huge.

Bi Sheng of the Song Dynasty invented movable type printing, engraved with clay, burned into clay movable type, and arranged the movable type into two pieces of iron, which were filled into one edition.

Two typesetting plates are used at the same time, and when one page is printed, one typesetting is used alternately. If you stop printing two or three copies, the movable type method is not simple, such as printing dozens of copies, the movable type method is very fast.

Now Daming Di banknotes are generally printed with movable type, just because they are printed with movable type wood, and the printing quality is not good. Some fonts are skewed, the ink color is diffuse, the proofreading is not accurate enough, and there are many typos.

However, the use of lead characters instead of cement undoubtedly occupies an absolute advantage in clarity.

"Qin Du, if you make a pencil print, is there really a silver reward of 10,000 taels?"

Li Xin's whole body was bent, and he couldn't stand up straight, he couldn't believe that such a good thing had fallen on their heads.

The exit of this young governor is 511, or 35,000, and now it is directly 10,000, which seems to be more and more unreliable!

As long as he gives an order, do these lowly craftsmen dare not work hard without working hard, as for such a large amount of silver?

If he wants to say that he misses their hard work and rewards a few hundred or thirty hundred hundred, he believes it, but tens of thousands, his heart hesitates.

Take this lead type printing as an example, it is nothing more than a little more work to engrave movable type, but after all, there is no technical difficulty.

The overall manpower, working overtime for half a month is about the same, more than 400 people, each person can also get more than 20 taels of silver, is there such an easy good thing?