Chapter Fifty-Four: The Four-Wheeled Carriage

When he returned from drinking, he found that He Xiang, Huang Mingli, and Han Guang were waiting for him, and the room was full of boxes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Huang Mingli said: "My lord, here are all the bride gifts returned by the He family, and there are two boxes that Miss He gave you. ”

"Okay, accept it, you remember not to refuse the people who want to come, and don't force the people who want to leave, everything is okay!"

"However, the Huang family went to the He family back then, and I generally knew how much dowry and lowly duties there were, and the things here were more than doubled."

"Oh? I see, it doesn't matter if we all stay, we need too much silver for military training and steelmaking, and the He family sent it sincerely, so we will happily accept it, and we are all happy. ”

"Okay, my lord, I know that there is no money at home, and now that there are hundreds of good people to eat, you should be worried."

"No, how good it is now, the He family is here in the snow. Tomorrow we can still get the military pay and go back, and we have finally solved our urgent needs. ”

Hexiang flickered her beautiful eyes and watched the two of them talk, it turned out that Gongzi was really training, and there was no silver left, she said: "Childe, Mrs. and Miss sent a lot of soft to the slave maid, originally the slave and maid refused to ask for it, but now the slave and maid decided to stay, and give the son a silver exchange for training." ”

"Hexiang, you now know that you will be very poor with me, do you regret it?" Huang Sheng just likes to tease Hexiang.

"Childe, where are you poor, the two elder brothers have told the slave maid, Childe is a big family, and the population is hundreds. It's getting late, so the slave and maid are waiting for you to rest! "Hexiang has stepped out of the psychological shadows and now has a sunny face.

"Rejoice! From now on, I will enjoy the blessings of having a lotus girl by my side. Huang Sheng was satisfied.

Hexiang said shyly: "Childe, where is the slave and maid not doing well, you tell the slave and maid, and the slave and maid are easy to change." ”

At this time, the post house maid brought hot water, Hexiang squatted down to take off Huang Sheng's shoes, she tested the water temperature, put Huang Sheng's feet into the water and rubbed gently.

Her actions are completely different from Zhao Rui, although Zhao Rui has been reduced to a slave, in fact, she has never served anyone at all, but Hexiang has served Miss He since she was a child, and it has become natural for her to become accustomed to it.

Huang Sheng closed his eyes comfortably and said: "Hexiang, you can't serve me like this, you're used to serving me, how can you adapt if you go to the battlefield?" ”

Hexiang was puzzled: "Did Childe forget the agreement, Hexiang is going to accompany you to kill Jiannu!" ”

I forgot about this stubble, this beauty is very stubborn, and I can't talk to her about fooling her today at this time. Huang Sheng had no choice but to say vaguely: "I can't ask for it, of course I will take you everywhere, but I'm afraid ......that it won't be safe." ”

Hexiang said firmly: "Childe, you can rest assured that the slave will take care of herself and will not distract Childe, I just ask Childe to take care of himself and never get hurt again." ”

Huang Sheng said strangely: "When did I get hurt?" How did I not know it myself? ”

Han Guang hurriedly said: "My lord, don't take those small injuries seriously, the little ones are all scared!" ”

Huang Sheng was clever, he immediately understood, and said with a haha: "In the future, if there is a lotus fragrance, I won't rush to the front, let Han Guang's kid get on." ”

Han Guang smiled awkwardly and said, "The little one was willing to be the first to go, my lord, will you give the little one this chance next time?" ”

The next day, Ma Shihu helped Huang Sheng send two official documents, military salaries and several sets of official clothes to the post house, two test hundred households, 54 officers and soldiers of one general banner, plus 20 people from the family Ding team, a total of 76 people, and advanced a year's military salary to 70% of the hands and feet, counting more than 1,500 taels of silver.

From this point of view, the Ming Dynasty was willing to spend money on the officers and soldiers who dared to fight to the death against Jiannu, and it is no wonder that the annual salary was as high as several million taels of silver, and year after year, the imperial court finances were finally dragged down alive.

Two days later, Huang Mingdao brought a few black tigers to pick up Huang Sheng, at this time the ice on the sea surface was much thicker, and the 'Guangning' still broke the ice and landed, and it was proved that there was no difficulty in practice, but it took more time.

Huang Sheng took Mao Yuanyi's official document to the Shanhaiguan Munitions Depot and received 100 Lumi guns, 30 pairs of iron armor, 3,000 catties of gunpowder and some other armaments, the market value of these things has exceeded 4,000 taels of silver.

Having a relationship is convenient, and things are in hand without much effort. said goodbye to Mao Yuanyi, invited Ma Shihu, He Kegang and the three brothers of the He family returned with a full load after drinking farewell wine.

When he returned to his private port, he found that several unknown sea ships had been moored here, and Huang Sheng knew that the Ming warships under his command must be in place.

As expected, the gunners and sailors on the ship saw Huang Shengdu kneeling and kowtowing.

Although the number of people on Huangjiashan Island is small, the military discipline is strict, and the sailors and gunners of the warship must stay on the ship in normal times, and they are punished as deserters if they leave the ship without permission during holidays or evening school hours.

This management is very beneficial, the sailors will know the situation on the sea surface of the port at all times, and when the icebreaking is always in progress, they will also get used to it, and they can do it when they encounter unexpected situations.

Huang Sheng inspected every ship under his command, the ships were well maintained, and a total of eight guns were all of the best products supervised by Sun Yuanhua, and they were the same products as his own 'Guangning' equipment.

This is a reasonable and legal imperial army, with Mao Yuanyi operating Sun Yuanhua, of course, he will choose the best artillery to arm these two warships.

Thirty-six sailors and gunners were in good spirits, and they had just been here for three days.

Zhao Rui was meticulous, had already provided them with food on the day of their arrival, arranged for Gu San to install a honeycomb coal stove for heating in two cabins on their ship, and provided enough honeycomb coal so that these soldiers would not suffer from hunger and cold.

Huang Sheng specially took care of these soldiers to pay attention to the maintenance of the flue of the honeycomb coal stove, and must not be injured by charcoal gas, this era does not know what carbon monoxide poisoning is, but it is already known that if the charcoal is not burned well, people will die, and they think that it is caused by the gas emitted by the charcoal.

The civil official and Yan Yuese told them to pay attention to safety, these ordinary soldiers were surprised, and when they heard Huang Sheng's statement that they would pay their full wages on time from now on, they all knelt down to show their loyalty.

Huang Sheng carefully observed the freezing situation in the port, and decided to splice the temporary wharf two hundred steps away from the wharf, splicing twenty 'sealed pontoons' named after himself into a platform, and then connecting to the coastal wharf with four steps, a total of fifty, and then the wharf did not break the ice within 200 steps and let the sea water freeze.

In this way, the sea water is much deeper, and the ice on the sea surface is of course much thinner, which greatly reduces the workload of ice breaking.

The boardwalk leading to the shore pier with 'sealed pontoons' will freeze firmly in a day or two, and it will be safe and non-slip because the planks used to pave the road have opened anti-skid grooves.

After the ice melts in the spring next year, the 'sealed pontoon' is put away and maintained with tung oil, and then it will continue to be used in winter, what is the effect? Results will be known in a few days.

In the evening, a plenary meeting was held to read out the documents appointed by Huang Mingli and Huang Mingdao as military attachΓ©s from the six grades of the hundred households, and handed them official certificates, seals, and official uniforms. Black Tiger was promoted to the rank of military attache of the general banner due to his outstanding military exploits, and Li Dagang and Han Kuan were all the leaders of the small flag officers.

There is also a general flag quota that has not been allocated, these four old soldiers are qualified, but there is no black tiger prominent, simply not to be allocated, so as not to affect unity, people are like this, happiness is compared.

Even if he is actually better than the lives of thousands of people, he will only see a few people around him who are similar to him, but they are better than him, and when he thinks it is unfair, there is no sense of happiness.

People are the most difficult to fathom, and managers need great wisdom to create a positive atmosphere for everyone.

Huang Mingdao and Huang Mingli are okay, they are already official masters, and now they have been promoted to the next level, and the joy in their hearts can still be controlled.

Heihu, a simple man, couldn't stand this stimulation anymore, he never thought in his life that one day he would become an official master, grinning and crying like ......a mess.

In the end, Huang Sheng announced that everyone should practice their combat skills in the extremely cold climate, learn to protect themselves from frostbite, and lead everyone to attack in the first month of the year to strive for brilliant results.

In addition to the officers on duty, there were about 400 people who came to the meeting, and everyone rejoiced, especially the recruits, who were all looking forward to the first battle in their lives, and all of them were eager to be rewarded for their meritorious deeds.

Life on Huangjiashan Island is carefree, everyone has a salary, and even their women have jobs and monthly income. If you can get an official and a half-job, the glory of the ancestors is just around the corner.

Ten days later, Huang Sheng learned that Mao Yuanyi had returned to Ningyuan, and went to fight the autumn wind again, mixing some equipment and 200 stone of grain. The most gratifying thing is that Mao Yuanyi specially approved 5,000 catties of gunpowder for Huang Sheng to use for exercises.

He knew that this little friend relied on firearms to win, and Mao Yuanyi himself also liked to obtain first-hand information about the decisive effect of gunpowder in war. So at the risk of being impeached by the officials, Huang Sheng was given a large amount of gunpowder and firearms.

Scientists knew that the offshore sea had frozen, and it was not easy for this little friend to come to Ningyuan, so they told him not to take on his own hard work, and to come with good news as soon as possible, so that Huang Sheng should also be cautious and not rush too forward.

Although Huang Sheng was confident, he still made a heroic look like Jing Ke and easy water, and he was very tragic and heroic, which made the scientists cry a few lines!

Ningyuan Wharf was already surrounded by sea ice, and it took a day to get the supplies onto the ship.

Everyone first broke the ice and then set up a temporary wharf, and used wooden planks and 'sealed pontoons' to land and load, and there was no one near the pier in the cold winter.

In such weather, the rich will not go out if they are afraid of the cold, and the poor will not come out without enough warm clothes, and people will freeze to death in such weather, so no one will find out Huang Sheng's login method at all.

All production activities in Liaodong have stopped, only Huang Sheng and his family are still busy, of course, they are all working indoors with heating honeycomb coal stoves, even the women, they all say that there are many people, everyone talks and laughs together, and they don't feel tired, and they are not easy to get sleepy.

He took back more than 4,000 taels of goods and silver from the He family, and had 5,000 taels of silver on hand, and the economic crisis was temporarily resolved.

It is easy to do things with money, but the steel mill, no, it can only be regarded as a steel workshop, which has already started production, and the goods and raw materials purchased by Wu Xiang have already been in place, and after the ice is frozen, they are all delivered by sea ships from the south.

Several craftsmen who were good at making bowstrings for the Ming army with beef tendon used their special process of nitrating beef tendon to make several solid beef tendon tires under Huang Sheng's joint research.

Since then, the wheels produced by the Huang family have not been hard-hitting, and this invention has improved the comfort and load capacity of the carriage by several grades.

Under the guidance of Huang Sheng, under the hard work of skilled craftsmen, the first four-wheeled carriage with steel structure was born, in order to facilitate disassembly and transportation, this carriage is assembled by eighteen main parts, except for one hundred catties of girders, other parts are not more than forty catties.

With the basic qualified steel used to make the steel ring of the wheel is no longer an obstacle, the steel wire used to support is not complicated, the only complex is the roller bearing, because the accuracy of the roller is relatively high, and the speed of the carriage depends to a large extent.

Slow work out of fine work, Zhang Laifu took a few ingenious craftsmen to grind slowly, treat the parts as jewelry to work carefully, and finally made qualified products. In the future, this is the standard of roller bearings, everything is difficult at the beginning, and with more and more standard accessories, it will be twice the result with half the effort after the production again.