You must know that at this time, the Qinzhou military equipment really did not dare to compliment, and the military preparation records contained in the military records of the entire Qinzhou guard, the actual number of soldiers, only three hundred and seventy-six, with fifty-four firearms!

In the Changmen pier not far from Yu Guozhen's base, there is a Changmen Inspection Division, but the number of soldiers is only twenty, if Yu Guozhen is willing, he can wipe out all the Ming troops on this small island in one fell swoop!

Therefore, after Yu Guozhen announced strict discipline, especially in relation to daily life, more than half of the more than 200 people recruited by Huang Shun immediately dispersed.

The remaining half were skeptical, and the first thing they did was to take a bath.

For southerners, bathing is not a big deal, but if it has requirements such as no dirt behind the ears and no dandruff in the hair, it is harsh. Therefore, after a bath, more than twenty people left.

This bath took half an hour, and then it was to take a wooden raft along the Yuhong River upstream, about five miles, and then arrived at the place where Xu Lin said that there was clay suitable for burning bricks and making kilns.

"What are these outsiders doing?" One of them asked in a low voice.

"After sending us so many tools, we are naturally cutting down trees." Huang Shundao.

At this moment, Jiang Yen came to their side, grabbed a tool and said, "You all know the axe, right?" ”

He used the local dialect, Huang Shun shrunk his neck, and was secretly surprised in his heart, this foreigner from the north learned to speak quickly. When the people around him heard him say this, they all laughed, and no one knew the axe.

"Tug-of-war, do you know you?" He picked up another tool.

"The villain is a carpenter, and he knows most of the tools." Hearing that he could speak the local dialect, there were some people who were a little skeptical and uneasy, and there were bold responses.

However, Jiang An had never learned this sentence from Huang Shun, and after asking him, Jiang An said: "You used to be a carpenter, well, you are a small leader, and you are ten cents more than others." ”

"The villain is also a carpenter, a little housekeeper, and the villain's skills are not bad!" Suddenly, someone shouted again.

"Okay, then you have ten more cents...... But if I find out which person is lazy, there will be no money, and the person will beat him up and drive him away! After Jiang An finished speaking, he waved his hand: "You two carpenters teach them how to use this saw, let's cut down the wood first, and this mountain will be cut down completely!" ”

This was originally a barren mountain and a wild mountain, and when the people were given the order, they took axes and saws to work. Led by two carpenters and with sharp tools, nearly 200 large trees with a bowl mouth were cut down in half a day, and a field was cleared on the side of the Yuhong River.

At this time, the rice delivery came, and the rice steamed in the steamer was fragrant, and salted fish and steered meat were added, and some sauerkraut made everyone feel round.

Huang Shun can't work hard, most of the time he makes up the numbers, but Jiang An has already said that he doesn't expect him to do anything, as long as he can appease the labor here and convey his meaning accurately. After he finished eating, he leaned over to Jiang'an and asked, "Little official, do you want to start working?" ”

Jiang An smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry, let everyone rest for two more pillars of incense - by the way, you ask them if the gloves are still usable." ”

In order to avoid the reduction of labor efficiency due to the wear and tear of the palms, each person is equipped with coarse linen gloves on their hands, Huang Shun heard this, and said with a smile: "The little housekeeper is kind-hearted, these gloves are really useful, and no one has blistered hands." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a strange sound on the bank of the Yuhong River, which was where they landed, Huang Shun stood on tiptoe and looked over, only to see that those "little housekeepers" were setting fire to the wasteland, and the boss on the riverside was scorched earth. By now, the fire had almost been extinguished, revealing a large narrow clearing of more than ten acres, just sandwiched between the Yuhong River and a small tributary.

The tributary is not large, but the water is fast.

"Little butler, what are you doing burning such a large area?"

"The brick kiln is set up here, and we have to build it, we always need bricks, and in addition, the wood we cut down is also tied into wood here."

"I see...... Yu Gongzi really wants to settle here? ”

"That's nature."

While the two were talking, the boys began to put together the same thing, they bulldozed the land on the side of the tributary, and docked the iron and wood household belongings, and in an instant, a water row was placed in the tributary, and began to turn rapidly with the impact of the tributary's water.

"This is ......" Huang Shun was puzzled, he had seen the water drain, but didn't he say that he wanted to burn the kiln here, why did he set up the water drain, could it be that the water drain can also be used to burn the kiln?

"It's time to work, Brother Huang, Brother Huang!" Shogan suddenly shouted.

It turned out that he was just looking over there, and the rest time had come. Huang Shun confessed to the crime, and Jiang'an instructed: "You tell them that everyone did an excellent job in the morning, and each person will be given an additional five wen today, and if they do well in the afternoon, then ten wen will be added." ”

Huang Shun relayed his words, and immediately cheered, and everyone's faces were full of bright smiles.

"In addition to continuing to cut trees in the afternoon, we also have to transport what we cut down in the morning to the water's edge, which is the open space over there." Jiang'an pointed to the place where the water drain was erected: "Brother Huang, in addition to the salary reward I said just now, I will open another reward, today it is said that such a log is transported to the river, and every time there is one more, there will be a total reward of ten yuan, that is to say, these two hundred trees are all sent over there, then you can get a total reward of two yuan in addition to the salary today, as for how you divide it, it is up to Brother Huang and the two foremen to discuss, as long as we don't fight, we will not interfere!" ”

Hearing this last sentence, Huang Shun immediately understood that this was an opportunity for him and the two foremen to enrich themselves, he pulled the two foremen aside and muttered a few words, and then said something loudly to the group of laborers, Jiang An could barely understand, and he lowered the promised reward from ten wen per log to seven wen, and the remaining three wen naturally belonged to the three leaders of them.

The successive rewards made these villagers very happy, they were originally laborers, and some of them had strength, and they suddenly cheered up their spirits.

Huang Shun was curious about the water raft that had been erected over there, so he followed half of the people to transport the logs to the newly opened space. There are enough hemp ropes, those that are too big, and they are transported by more than ten people, and the shore repeatedly told them to pay attention to safety, although there was a little accident on the way, but it was smooth.

When the first batch of logs arrived, Huang Shun saw that three water rows had been erected, and in front of each water row there was a wooden shelf, and in the middle of the wooden shelf was a huge round iron tool, the edge of which was full of sharp teeth, like the saw they had just used.

"This little butler, this is ...... What utensils? He watched for a moment, then pulled a guard and asked.

"Hydraulic circular saws." The guard didn't hide it: "It took half a year for our little officials to make it with Master Jiang and Master Ji, so look at it." ”

As he spoke, he and the boys of the Guardian put the log on the wooden shelf, and then he made a gesture: "It's done, let's start!" ”

The other guard buckled the cardinal, and the water row drove the circular saw to turn rapidly. The trees with the thick mouth of the sea bowl were cut into two sections in Huang Shun's stunned eyes.

"The test is over, the No. 1 machine trial operation is successful, and then you put up the pulleys, some huge trees, which cannot be erected by manpower alone, you have to use a winch and a crane - I will test the No. 2 machine." The boy said loudly to his companion over there.

The companion made a gesture and beckoned the men to start digging the pit.

This scene made Huang Shun completely stupid, and he forgot to go back to work, so he kept watching the teenagers dig out the deep pit, erect wooden frames, install beams, and install objects and winches called "pulleys". Then, the young man measured the other two circular saw machines and turned them back.

"Why are you still here...... How's it going, is the dragon crane stable? The boy said casually, then asked again.

"Jiuhe, don't worry!"

"Call me Team Positive!" Luo Jiuhe said dissatisfiedly: "Okay, test the crane, take that big guy, be careful, if something goes wrong, self-protection first, your surname is all petty officials!" ”

The rope was attached to the thickest and largest log, and it took them more than a dozen people to drag it over, but here two teenagers turned the winch, and the two teenagers held on to the log, and easily lifted the giant tree, and then pushed it onto the circular saw table, and sawed it in two.

"Ahhh Huang Shun was speechless, pointing to the giant tree, and could only scream.

Immediately after that, the wood that was sawn into sections was sent to the No. 2 circular saw, where it was cut into planks, and the whole process did not take long. Huang Shun has seen carpenters deal with logs, two carpenters with good skills, if they want to dispose of such a large log like this, they have to have eight helpers, and it will take half a day, but here, it is five people, a short moment!

"Don't, I'm urging you over there." Luo Jiuhe saw this guy dancing beside him, both proud and a little contemptuous.

Since the beginning of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Yu Guozhen has been dormant in Xiang'an for more than two years, spending nearly 200,000 taels of silver, and the preparations made are extremely sufficient, such as hydraulic stamping technology, sand casting technology, gear transmission technology from waterwheels, pulley lifting, and all kinds of technical reserves, which have been turned into physical parts. For a hydraulic circular saw like this, Yu Guozhen prepared no less than ten sets of parts, all of which were made of standard parts determined by Jiang Quan.

In the Yu family, all the weights and measures standards are unique, and the use of vernier calipers makes the length measurement completely unified, so the disassembled parts are of the same specification, as long as they are assembled like building blocks, then it is OK.

For Huang Shun, this is an almost miraculous change, he returned to Jiang'an in a trance, looked at him like this, and guessed that he was startled by what was happening at the water's edge, and grinned: "Brother Huang, those toys made by our little officials...... What do you think? ”

"That's Patriarch Luban!" Without waiting for Huang Shun to speak, a foreman who claimed to be a carpenter shouted.

(Thank you for the reward~)