You are chilling in the middle of summer, and I am like summer all year round in the golden autumn of Australia. In the northeast of Australia, the four seasons are like summer. The alliance of the tribes reassured everyone. The granaries are full, and the stones are full. The cement of several blast furnaces is also constantly produced. Sun Yuanhua presided over the expansion of the city wall, and although he was not an architect, he at least had experience. Drainage ditches, hollow walls, and some water supply and drainage facilities have played a huge role in modern urban drainage for hundreds of years.

And when he had measured the land, the foundations of the city began to be built. Not only the Han Chinese, but also the natives came to help. The Yuori tribe and the Sanqing tribe, who have nothing to do in winter, also took advantage of this good opportunity to say that they were here to help, but in fact, they wanted to learn construction skills secretly, and they could go back and repair those dilapidated houses.

And in the smallest, completely cement furnace of the blast furnace, molten iron flowed violently and poured into the mold, while the skilled craftsman quickly buried the mold in the sand and cooled it. And on the table on one side, the barrel of the gun, the wooden support, and the chamber of the gun, were all loaded. On the surface, it really looks like a rifle made in Shenyang.

The oil that was spewed out was filled into the vat and used as fuel. Yang Fan picked up the loaded rifle, pulled the bolt, and prepared the empty chamber without bullets.

"How? Sir? ”

Yang Fan pulled the trigger, "return ......"

Bite!

The crisp sound of the gun made everyone present stunned. I didn't put a bullet, why did it go off? Yang Fan put down the gun, and Sun Yuanhua on the side stammered: "Lord...... Sir, are you alright? ”

Yang Fan turned his head sideways and said helplessly: "You should ask if the gun is okay." "It's not loaded yet, and as soon as it's loaded, it's crunchy, and it's obvious that there's something wrong with the gun. Yang Fan withdrew the chamber of the gun, glanced inside with the bolt, and sighed: "The firing pin is broken." ”

"Broken firing pin?" Sun Yuanhua took it and muttered, "Well, it's really broken." But this is the first time it has been loaded, so how can it break? ”

"Old Sun, your iron is too brittle, didn't I tell you. Iron with a lot of carbon has a small hardness and is easy to break, you see, such a thin firing pin is broken. ”

Sun Yuanhua said helplessly: "It seems that we have to change the material." Yang Fan put down the gun and said, "This is not wrong with the firing pin." You're almost almost on this rifling, at least you can shoot bullets. And this bullet, I think it's still difficult to make it here at the current level of craftsmanship. You see, let's go back to Beijing and hand it over to those Ouchi people. What do you think? ”

Sun Yuanhua nodded, and when he heard that he was going back, his face changed in an instant. "Sir, can I stay?"

"What, don't want to go back?"

Sun Yuanhua nodded and said, "Sir, you also understand, I am a person who can live a day, and I can live day by day, but since I came here, I understand what freedom you are talking about." I like it here. Sun Yuanhua spoke a flat vernacular, and he lost his sour tone.

Yang Fan was not surprised by Sun Yuanhua's decision, if he was given a choice, he would do the same. Whoever wants to live in fear all day long answers, "It's better not to go back." Old Sun, in fact, I really wish you didn't go back, stay here and make guns well, and manage things here. ”

"What? Will I go back and cause trouble for the lord? ”

Yang Fan shook his head and said, "That's not true, but if you go back, we will definitely be controlled by the Holy Lord for making guns, and when the time comes, who will have the final say on this gun?" This is a weapon to save the country, and it may also be a death medicine for the country. ”

Why? Could it be that with this gun, you still can't beat those Jiannu? ”

Yang Fan shook his head and said, "I don't know, so I haven't dared to build the gun early." I'm afraid that the saint won't be able to hold the gun, and the god of the door will become a ghost. "When this gun is made, it will naturally not be used to deal with those mud legs, and the first thing to be armed with is the Jinning Defense Line.

If the military power is in their own hands, then it is naturally not a big deal to be armed, the key is that the soldiers are not in their own hands, the Wu father and son are anti-bones, Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou are second ministers in history, although they are familiar with Zu Dashou, but it is still difficult to say. What I am most afraid of is that there are spies within the court, and once the drawings of such guns are passed out, the advantage will immediately become a disadvantage. Yang Fan thought of the safest way, is to make guns in Australia, and make bullets in Beijing, once the situation changes, or the war is about to start, go south again, one to raise food, and the other to take guns and people, and then it will really be a food man.

Sun Yuanhua nodded and said, "The lord thinks long-term, so I'm afraid of arousing suspicion." Yang Fan stopped and said: "You were the governor of Dengzhou at the beginning, this time, after I leave, you will take the lead." ”

"Alas, the lord should find another master. At the beginning, I was really a little confused as an official, so I took care of building a city with cannons, but as a result, Kong Youde's bastard occupied Dengzhou without spending a single soldier, which was indeed my fault. ”

"Don't dwell on this long-term matter. You don't need to decide what you do. It is enough to persuade the peasants and ensure proper law and order. I will set up a decision-making group to act as your administrative team, and if there is anything difficult to do in the future, I will vote on it. After half of the things, it can be carried out. You don't need to be embarrassed, how? ”

Sun Yuanhua glanced at Yang Fan gratefully, and said, "Since the lord is so elevated, it seems a little ignorant to elevate if he wants to shirk in the future." He took out three books from the stage and said, "Here are some chemical and physical knowledge that the lord asked me to write and write down, hoping to help the lord." ”

Yang Fan nodded and said, "Yes, if it weren't for the important things entrusted to you, I would even want to take you back to open a private school." ”

"Hehe, the lord laughed."

"No jokes. Alas, right. If you can, you can also open a private school here and train some talents who can take over your class. If something happens one day, you say yes. Yang Fan shook a look you know. Sun Yuanhua sighed, "I don't know what happened to my wife and children, whether I was implicated because of me." ”

"If possible, if they wish, the next time they come ashore, you will be able to see your wife and children." Yang Fan smiled, "Okay, I won't talk to you anymore." There are some things I have to tell before I leave, so that you can accept it. Yang Fan got up and left slowly.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the back and muttered, "Real people too." ”

……

Five hundred, all sitting in one tent. Yang Fan looked at the five hundred captains who came out of the hundred battalions, and many of them were new faces. Those who are not capable enough, or who are not right-minded, are taken by some people who come from behind. Yang Fan looked at the grain book that had just been counted, and said: "This autumn harvest, the harvest of the forty-sixth battalion is the highest, according to the reward system, the five captains of the forty-sixth battalion can each get an additional twenty taels of silver." Although it may not be of much use now, it will be a lot of money if you want to go back in the near future. If you want to change things, you can naturally do it, food, wine and meat. ”

Several captains received the money under the envious eyes of everyone, and sat back in their seats happily. Take the silver ingot, weigh it, weigh it. "Hey, blind Xu, take it easy, don't fall into the eyes of money."

"Go, go, you're blind. Your 29th Battalion is more than half of our 46th Battalion, so you have time to fool around here. It must be you, the captain, who didn't supervise well. Xu Blind, who had the silver, had to sell it cheaply and sneered.

"Go, go, if it weren't for the fact that there are many girls and old men in our 29th battalion, how could you allow your 46th battalion to run rampant here. If you want me to say, you forty-six battalions have a lot of singles, see what you will do in the future. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, they are some big men in the forty-sixth battalion, and in the future, they will have to cry and beg to find their daughter-in-law."

The camp became lively, Yang Fan pressed his hand, and said, "Be quiet first." I don't care if you want to find a daughter-in-law or a mother, but there is one thing, you and the people under your hands have listened to me. The marriage is completely voluntary, and if it is known that it is forced, it will be beheaded on the spot and will not be tolerated, understand? ”

"Know, know ......"

Since Yang Fan talked about this topic, he cut to the chase, "I handed it over to you today, not for anything else, but about the implementation of laws and regulations." Didn't some decree measure be issued the other day? I will tone it again, and I will never allow anyone to take chicken feathers as an arrow, and if he commits a crime, he must report to Sun Tingwei, and then convene a meeting of 500 people in accordance with the rules and regulations. Sun Tingwei will listen to what you have said, make a decision, and then vote by a show of hands, and only when the decision is made by more than half of the people can it be implemented. If it fails, Sun Tingwei has the right to convene a voting meeting of all peasant households. I say that, do you understand? ”

Although Yang Fan is not going to implement a republic, he must at least let everyone here get personal rights. It just so happened that Sun Yuanhua was not an arbitrary person, and his own measures, after explaining them to him at first, immediately made him full of praise. The main reason is that Sun Yuanhua himself also wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper and engage in his scientific research with peace of mind. At present, Sun Yuanhua is in charge of the construction of oil, firearms, ammunition for the Furlong machine, and the construction of the city wall, and he really feels a little lacking in skills. Fortunately, with a small scientific research team of 100 people, after several months of training and running-in, not to mention the mastery of any technology, at least the tasks assigned by Sun Yuanhua can be completed.

These people carry the grain, and the burden on their bodies is light, so they naturally work very hard. Yang Fan feels that sometimes, it is really easy for a person to be satisfied. Especially these people, if they give land and food, they can live and work in peace and contentment, isn't that a prosperous and peaceful world?

But on the contrary, there are so many tumors, not to mention the scavenging of the people's fat and ointment, but also enclosing land and money, so that the poor have no place to stand, but they occupy 10,000 acres of fertile land. Millions of stone grains were slowly loaded onto the ship, and after half a year, Yang Fan's fleet was finally about to return.

(End of volume)