Chapter 343: Spring on Pear Tree Street
The two exchanged a few words, and Wen Tianxiang also took the initiative to take out the secret letter from Lu Zhizhi's envoy to Zhang Island Master from his pocket and showed the envelope to Captain Mu Mu to show his identity.
Captain Mu Mu soon knew the purpose of Wen Tianxiang's visit.
This is ridiculous, there is no such person who comes to spy on the military directly----- but he is obviously not meticulous.
Captain Mu Mu casually told him how many horses there were in the Liuqiu Guard.
Wen Tianxiang immediately asked, "Is the general counted as the civilian war horse?" ”
Captain Mu Mu asked strangely: "That's the people's own private horse, how can it be counted as a war horse?" ”
Wen Tianxiang smiled and said, "If the war is tight, why can't it be requisitioned?!" ”
Captain Mu Mu also smiled and said, "The war is not tight at the moment, and I can't talk about the word requisition------"
Wen Tianxiang knew in his heart that the people on Liuqiu Island were open-minded people who saw money, and if they bought it with a lot of money at that time, they would probably be able to resell it to Lu Zhi's envoy!
Wen Tianxiang asked, "Is it allowed to sell horses privately on Liuqiu Island?" ”
"Of course you can, as long as there are no provisions in the law, anything can be done------ Brother Fu Shan, you can buy a copy of the "Laws and Regulations of Flow" published by the order of the master of Zhang Island, and just take a look."
Wen Tianxiang smiled, the Great Song Dynasty has long had a rule that private sales of horses are strictly forbidden among the people------ it seems that it is completely possible to fulfill the requirements of the Lu Zhi envoy on Liuqiu Island!
Wen Tianxiang asked to see the fire guns of the Liuqiu Guards, and this was simple, so Captain Mu Mu asked someone to bring one and took him to the shooting range.
The range seemed to be intended for firearms, and the row of targets stood about twenty feet away, with a mound of earth more than two feet tall behind the targets.
Captain Mu Mu casually took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on, then pulled the bolt open, loaded a celluloid straight bullet with a copper base bullet in the gun compartment, and then pushed the bolt up and down.
He held it steadily, and then hit it with a "snap"!
Wen Tianxiang saw a target move, but he couldn't see clearly where the target was when he tried to see.
Captain Mu Mu whispered: "Seven Rings------ I have regressed!" ”
Then he put the firearm on an iron shelf, and the result was a nine-ring.
He proudly handed the firearm to Wen Tianxiang and asked him to give it a try.
Wen Tianxiang shot three shots according to the cat and tiger, but none of them hit, but three puffs of dust were raised on the mound of dirt one after another.
Captain Mu Mu didn't let him shoot again, took the gun and handed it to his entourage, saying, "Shoot about five rounds to clean the chamber of the gun------"
Wen Tianxiang saw the entourage pull out the iron bar from the wooden butt and dredge it up and down.
At this time, Captain Mu Mu said leisurely with his hands behind his back: "You go to No. 55 Xiangli Street, there is an optical shop there that can help you with glasses, which will definitely make you see clearly------ myopia can't use firecrackers!" ”
Wen Tianxiang asked, "Can you let me see the infantry training?" ”
"This is not under my control, when the time comes, you can ask my Zhang Island Master for permission------"
It was obvious that the reception was over------ Wen Tianxiang didn't drink a sip of water, nor did he get a personal send-off from Captain Mu Mu, so he left the sixth military camp.
However, he was still full of joy, this fire gun was really a sharp weapon!
If it is equipped with a four-wheeled carriage, it must be the nemesis of the enemy's horse! !
He called a carriage and went straight to 55 Pear Street, he needed the glasses, he needed to see clearly.
Zhang Daozhu saw that the domestic boy Mu Mu studied hard, and his eyes were a little short-sighted, so he thought that he might use glasses in the future, so among the craftsmen who made monoculars, he trained a few technicians who could sharpen myopia glasses or glasses.
Bishop Zhang Dao gave them a simple way to test the degree of myopia or presbyopia, and asked them to polish it more according to different degrees.
Of course, although Zhang Daozhu tried his best to make the glass raw materials he carefully refined reach the level of optical glass, due to technical problems, the level was still much worse, and it could only be said that something was better than nothing.
In fact, he accidentally discovered that this Da Song glasses are really not too rare equipment.
He had seen the Great Song people grind crystals, quartz, topaz, and amethyst into lenses and set them in turtle shells for frames, and some of the temples were made of copper and fastened to the ears, some were tied to the ears with strings, and some were fastened to hats.
The power of such lenses is definitely much worse than the ones made by yourself, but the cost of others is quite expensive!
It is said that it was also a status symbol, and a squire once bought a pair of glasses for the price of a horse.
After those technicians learned to sharpen their glasses, they passed the test of fitting glasses for the domestic boy Mu Mu, and the owner of Zhang asked them to open their own glasses.
Zhang Island sells their glass raw materials, and they make money by their own technology.
I heard that they were doing a good job, and they were ready to spend a lot of money to advertise it in the "Liuqiu Times".
Xiangli Street is different from other commercial streets, the goods here are mainly industrial products, and the technical content is high.
Wang Defa's grandfather clock products, pot camel machines, large and small gear pulleys, bearings, water supply and discharge equipment, and large and small hardware products are sold here.
The pedestrians on this street are mainly men, and few women hang out here.
After Wen Tianxiang arrived at No. 55 Xiangli Street, he paid the fare generously like Commissioner Guo Ziren, and he really got the smile on the driver's face.
People everywhere are the same, they all love money!
Daguang Glasses has a business area of about 1,000 square meters, and the glass cabinets inside are full of various frames and lenses, and there are more than 20 female salespeople alone!
Now there is good news circulating in this eyewear shop, it is said that the president is going to learn from those companies to issue shares, and they are going to expand their business!
Anyone who works here knows that glasses are lucrative because they are basically sold to the rich!
If they could raise a large amount of money by issuing shares, they could expand their business to the Great Song Dynasty and even to the wealthy city of Cairo in Egypt!
The people in the eyewear store are happy that it is said that the president is also going to give a part of the stock to the people in the bank, and everyone has a share!
Maybe the miracle of New Oriental stock will be repeated?!
The people here are full of expectations for their future------ so when Wen Tianxiang entered the Daguang Glasses Store, although he saw that there were many customers here, the little women who were uniformly dressed were all smiling and never tired of asking.
The little woman who received Wen Tianxiang registered for him, saying that he was in line at number 102 and would come in about two days.
Wen Tianxiang saw several people sitting side by side on the stool, they all blocked one eye, kept gesturing with one hand, and some people kept changing lenses for them.
Wen Tianxiang said that he was not in a hurry, he was trying to take a good look at this street.
At this time, the pear trees are already full of white pear blossoms, and walking down this street, you seem to be able to smell the fragrance of spring------