That night, Huang Jie and others naturally camped on the edge of Taihu County, and also set up a transfer station in the shape of a military village.

After counting, there were more than 50 young and strong men, more than 30 women, and almost 100 old and weak people, Huang Jie naturally wanted to take them in, but he also guarded against the possibility of epidemics on these people, and set up another camp for placement.

There was nothing to say all night, and on the morning of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Huang Jie got up and looked for the old man who led yesterday and asked: "Old Taotou, is there an ash kiln that produces white ash nearby?" ”

The old man's surname was Tao, and after thinking about it, he said: "There is good soil around Taihu Lake, so there are a lot of kilns, and if each family wants to burn the white ash by themselves, no one will burn the white ash." If adults want white ash, I will burn it, I don't know how much? ”

Huang Jie tilted his head and thought about it, and said: "If you want to disinfect the county, I'm afraid that it will take a few thousand catties, how much can you burn alone?" ”

The old Tao Tou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly realized: "Disinfection? I only heard that white ash can repel insects and miasma...... Hiss! The plague is also a miasma! I see! Petty officials just rest assured, don't say that it costs thousands of catties, even tens of thousands of catties are easy, so I will go to find someone to burn the kiln. ”

After the old Tao Tou rushed away, Huang Jie went out to find Liu Qi who was building a transfer military village, this time he brought the people, mainly Liu Qi's 200 Japanese soldiers, more than 150 people and Ma Wan led more than 30 fast catchers, white and helpers, and along the way there were 2,000 people scattered in the transfer site, but now this first batch of grain and grass has been shipped from Huangzhou on the first day of August, at an average rate of one station per day. It will definitely be sent to the city of Anqing before fifteen.

only said that Huang Jie looked for Liu Qi, so he asked: "General Liu Xiao." I've not heard that there are people in your army who have been in the city of Tokyo. Is it coming with you this time? ”

Then Liu Qi smiled and said: "Huang Daxiu asked someone, my brother was the commander of the hidden fire team of the Taiwei Mansion, and among the people who came this time, there are several people who are in that heat!" ”

This Liu Qi is now fifteen or sixteen years old, and he is more than a year older than Huang Jie, and he is trained by his brother Liu Yu in Lianzhuang on weekdays. Therefore, Huang Jie also jokingly called him General Liu Xiao, and he called Huang Jie to be Huang Daxiucai.

Huang Jie was happy to hear this, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, good!" Quickly call people over, I want to find them to make some water bags and pumps, so that they can disinfect Taihu County! ”

Liu Qi was also puzzled by the word disinfection when he heard it, but he quickly called people over, and after a brief question, he assigned people to find carpenters and collect gums, and began to make water bags and pumps.

This fire squad is now the most professional firefighting team in Tokyo. It is only in Bianliang City that there is this system, and all parts of the country also use the box army and the fast government service part-time, and the water bag, water bladder and pump are the most common fire extinguishing tools in the Great Song Dynasty today.

According to Zeng Gongliang's "The First Collection of the General Essentials of the Martial Arts": "The water bag is made of horses, cattle and miscellaneous animals. Store three or four stones of water, take a large bamboo, and go (knot) to tie it to the mouth of the bag. If the fire burns the shed. Then three or five strong men held the mouth of the bag and poured water into the fire. ”

The water bladder is "pig and cow cells to hold water". That is, the skin cells of pigs, cattle and other animals are used as containers to hold water to fight fires, and the pump is "opened under the long bamboo." Wrap the water pole with flocculent and pump water from the hole", which is not only used to extinguish fires but also often used for agricultural irrigation, which can be described as a multi-purpose.

Liu Qi found a few Japanese soldiers who were originally members of the submarine fire team in Taiwei's mansion, and they were naturally more familiar with all kinds of firefighting equipment than Huang Jie.

Take a look, this water bag is a giant water bag that can hold more than a dozen buckets of water, the seal is linked to a long bamboo that opens through the bamboo joints, the gap is sealed with gum, and the water inside is sprayed out to extinguish the fire by squeezing the bag, and the water bladder is also the same principle, but it is slightly smaller.

As for the pump, it is even simpler, that is, a long piece of bamboo is opened up and down, and then a thin rod is buried and wrapped in fish glue with a cloth. When you use it, you put one end directly into the water, pull the thin rod and absorb the water into the long bamboo, and push the thin rod against the fire head, and the water inside is sprayed out.

After making so much, Huang Jie didn't have any idea about the water bladder and the pump, but felt that the water bag was a bit cumbersome, so he asked: "This bag of water, I'm afraid it weighs several stones, how to move it?" ”

The leading soldier smiled and said, "It's simple, just drain all the water, and leave alone." ”

Huang Jie thought about it and shook his head and said, "Cumbersome!" Not practical! Wait for you to find some materials, and I will teach you how to make a good object, which is better than this water bag! ”

According to Huang Jie's arrangement, a large wooden box was installed on a standard mule cart, and the gaps in the wooden boards on the four walls not only had to be made into concave and convex grooves to be spliced and sealed, but also coated with fish glue inside and outside to seal the gaps, and then sealed the water bags inside.

When everyone saw it, this was not just a water bag turned into a water wheel, and they thought it was good, but after sealing the water bag with a wooden box, how should the water come out?

Of course, Huang Jie would not commit such a stupid thing, and added a bellows on the top, linked to the water bag with a pipe, and after the gum was sealed, he pushed and pulled the bellows to supply air to the water wheel, and squeezed out the water inside, and the intensity of the spray was no worse than manpower. In addition, Huang Jie also asked people to cut cowhide to sew water pipes, and also sealed needle sews with gum, and after connecting the bamboo pipes at both ends, the scope of the waterwheel was expanded a lot.

Just when Huang Jie led people to make these things, the old pottery head also brought people back a lot of lime, saying that he found a pottery kiln in the village on the edge of the city, storing a lot of white lime that had been burned in the past, so he brought it back first. But Huang Jie said that the lime that had been placed for a long time after burning was not suitable for use, and it needed to be burned from the new kiln.

However, the lime was found, and the waterwheel, water bladder and pump were also made, Huang Jie handed over the matter to Liu Yu to follow up, and went to Sun Xinlai to discuss how to get closer to Anqing City.

This is the eighth day of the eighth month of August, but yesterday I arrived in Taihu County to see the tragic situation, and I didn't hear that Tong Guan's army was approaching, if you really want to respect the military order and let Huang Jie lead hundreds of people to the city of Anqing Mansion, wouldn't you die yourself?

In this regard, Sun Xin said: "Don't worry! I had already called someone to go to Shuzhou to investigate, and when the Tong Guan army arrived in Shuzhou, it was not too late for us to go to Anqing. ”

Huang Jie thought about it, so he ordered everyone to devote themselves to the big matter of disinfecting Taihu County, because in the near future, the displaced people in Taihu County who are willing to return to their hometowns in Huangzhou City will leave for their hometowns, and they can't let them live in the wilderness after they come back, right? (To be continued.) )