Yang Xi returned to the Chenhe factory, it was the tenth day of the seventh month, and the buttocks were not hot, and the good news came from the chemical laboratory, Pang Tong produced red phosphorus and white phosphorus according to Yang Xi's method.

"Finally the first step has been taken, and matches can be produced."

Looking at the red phosphorus in the glassware in the office and the white phosphorus in the water, Yang Xi was full of emotion.

"It's not easy, even if you have the technology, you have to have the conditions. If glass hadn't been made a long time ago, these things wouldn't have been able to do this. ”

In the next step, Yang Xi set up a match factory, and also established a research team to study the precautions and solutions in the production process.

The raw material of the match is unstable and prone to explosion, which is a must.

White phosphorus, in particular, has a very low ignition point, but fortunately it is insoluble in water and can be stored in water.

The Chenhe factory is developing rapidly, but the world is also changing rapidly.

In August, Han Ting set up a headquarters in the West Garden and organized a new army.

The New Army Command has a total of eight lieutenants: Captain Jian Shuo, Captain of the Upper Army, Yuan Shao, Captain of the Middle Army, Bao Hong, Captain of the Lower Military Academy, Cao Cao, Captain of the Left Colonel, Zhao Rong, Captain of the Left Colonel, Feng Fang, Captain of the Right Colonel, Xia Mou, Captain of the Left Army, and Chun Yuqiong, Captain of the Right Army.

Among them, He Jin, the captain of the military colonel, also had to listen to Jian Shuo's command. Captain Jian Shuo became the supreme commander of the national army.

Since June, Yizhou has been in turmoil, and Yizhou (CD) people Ma Xiang and Zhao Yi are equal to Mianzhu to raise troops, calling themselves Yellow Turbans, killing Yizhou Assassin Shi but Jian, attacking Ba County and Qianwei County.

In January, after attacking the three counties, Ma Xiang claimed to be the Son of Heaven and had tens of thousands of soldiers. Yizhou engaged in Jia Long's gathering of county soldiers to attack, and Ma Xiang's army quickly failed.

Cao Cao is now one of the eight captains, and he has also become a sweetheart. Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, Xu You, a native of Nanyang County, and Zhou Jing of Peiguo, were ready to punish the eunuchs, abolish Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and establish the Marquis of Hefei as the emperor of the Han clan. So, Wang Fen and others made preparations in advance, and contacted Cao Cao, who thought that the time had not yet come, and should not be moved lightly, so he replied and refused.

Soon, Emperor Ling wanted to tour the old house in the north, and Wang Fen and others were ready to take the opportunity to attack, saying that the Montenegrin army had attacked the county and begged to raise troops to fight. At this time, Taishi thought that the weather was unfavorable and "it was not suitable to go north". Emperor Ling stopped him, and Wang Fen withdrew his troops, and then recruited Wang Fen into the court. Wang Fen was afraid of being exposed and committed suicide.

Cao Cao, with his keen eye, avoided a crisis, and it is also possible that Cao Cao did not have any ambition at this time, and still held the idea of supporting the Han family, so he did not join the team of the abolished emperor.

At this time, the Han family was already in danger, and there were more than ten cases of troops from all over the country who had the strength to come to the stage, and there were some small forces that were also fighting to the death with the county soldiers from all over the country, but the imperial court was engaged in a fierce struggle for power.

In August, the number of steamers in the Chenhe factory had reached 40, and the number of ship guards had reached 2,000.

And between the Chenhe factory and the Chenhe port, there is a round-trip boat every morning, noon and afternoon every day, each with ten boats, called public transport boats.

Anyone who has a work card from the Chenhe factory can ride for free.

Today, there are more than 10,000 internal personnel in the Chenhe factory, and the average monthly salary per person is very high, with an average of one or two silvers.

This means that the monthly salary will be more than 10,000 taels.

When workers have money, they have to have a place to spend. Yang Xi launched the free bus boat to facilitate workers to come to Chenhe Port for procurement and entertainment consumption.

Now Chenhe Port has become the largest bazaar in Jiangxia, and even scholars from all walks of life have come to visit, which also brings convenience to the spread of Chenhe Port culture.

On this day, three boats came to Chenhe Port, the boats were not big, but they were not small, they were forty meters long.

Originally, there were one or two hundred ships coming and going every day, and three boats could not attract the attention of others.

But today from the ship, it is a Biao sergeant, this Biao sergeant, there are more than 50 people, the leader is burly, waist and hip double knife, beard, majestic, at a glance is a general who has been tempered on the battlefield.

It's not that there have been no sergeants in Chenhe Port, but dozens of people have come at a time, and when they look at these people, they are different from ordinary county soldiers, and some people have already reported this matter to Maoluan.

When Mao Luan heard this, he hurriedly trotted all the way to the dock registration office to check the registration records.

"Zu Mao, Changsha County, and the leader of Changsha County have fifty soldiers. Reason for going ashore: Passing through. ”

This is the registration record of the terminal, and there is only so much information.

Chenhe Port does not refuse to allow anyone to go ashore, and it is a routine that the name and reason for going ashore must be registered.

Mao Luan was shocked, these people didn't look like making trouble, after going ashore, they were very regular, walking all the way, pointing and pointing, but it really seemed like they were passing by to rest.

"Zumao? Could it be a relative of the battalion commander Zulang or something? But I didn't ask the name of the battalion commander Zulang. "Mao Luan doesn't know who Zu Mao is, if Yang Xi is here, he will definitely be surprised, this Zu Mao is Sun Jian's thug.

There will be a strange procession, and there will also be some local tour guides, who will start to go up and solicit business.

These tour guides are generally family members of Chenhe factories or nearby farmers, and after studying at Chenhe School, they started a side business. This can also be regarded as the drive of Chenhe Port to the vicinity.

Zu Mao ordered a clever offspring, about twenty years old, who looked quite sturdy.

This Hou Sheng took out a large piece of paper one meter square, on which there was a map, which was the location distribution map of the entire Chenhe Port, and the most incredible thing was that the map was painted with various colors and some small characters were written.

"Chenhe Hotel!" "Men's entertainment industry!" "Hu Family Tavern!" "Huangjia Restaurant!" Dozens of names are marked on the map and have descriptions of their consumption items.

What stunned Zu Mao the most was that an ordinary little guy even recognized all these words, and when he looked back, even the women who were soliciting business gave some new customers, pointed at the map, and talked endlessly.

Zu Mao secretly said in his heart: "This Chenhe Port is really a strange place, even ordinary people can know words, if they can still write, then not everyone can go to a township and be a three-old husband?" Even better, it is possible to go to a county to make a master book. ”

Zu Mao walked all the way, his face was several miles away, and he was dazzled. Finally, under the guidance of the tour guide, I entered the Chen He Hotel, and booked a high-end room in the Huang family's restaurant next to it, preparing for the group to rest here at night.

Zu Mao was very satisfied with the service of the tour guide, and casually threw a tael of silver over.

Who knew that after this little guy received the silver, he returned it directly with both hands and said, "General! This silver, but you can't collect so much, Gongzi has a rule, all the tour guides of Chenhe Port, one hundred yuan at a time, one day a count, and no need to hand it over. If it exceeds this number, but it can't be asked, if it is, it will be investigated and punished, then it will be warned once, expelled from Chenhe Port twice, and registered, and any port market of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce shall not be engaged in the same industry again. ”