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Chapter 44 Huang Lao Crooked

"I'm just casual, just ask, ask!" Ivanov blinked his eyes and ran away again.

After a short time, the three of them had already arrived at the gate of the courtyard. The soldier in charge of the guard saw that Lord Du Du was coming in person, so he hurriedly pushed the gate open, and then sent someone to run in to inform Huang Lao, the leader of the workshop, to come out to greet him.

Zhu Bayi was anxious, pushed away the centurion who opened the way for him in front of him, and strode towards the inside. After walking a few steps, Huang Lao Wei had already run out sweating profusely, and his big black hands first wiped a few handfuls on his clothes, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said in a sincere and fearful manner: "Xiaguan, Xiaguan is incompetent, I annoy you to run to this dirty place in person, capital crime, capital crime!" ”

"Death! Don't pretend, stand up! Zhu Bayi bent down and pulled Huang Lao crooked from the ground, "You're not tired, I'm still tired!" Didn't I tell you a long time ago that you should not kneel when you see me. I hate this, don't think of yourself as an official! ”

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan forgot about it. Capital offense, capital offense! When Huang Lao heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to lie on the ground again. Zhu Eighty-one was born as a butcher who killed pigs, and with a slight force on his arm, he supported the other party. Then he frowned and shouted: "Stand, don't act like you don't have bones." I need a master craftsman on my side, not a minion! ”

"Alas, yes, yes!" Huang Lao couldn't kneel anymore, so he had to respond with a trembling voice. At the same time, his eyes kept sweeping towards Xu Hongsan's face, hoping that the latter would remind him that this "master craftsman" was a few grades and several levels, and compared with his current position as the head of the workshop, was he promoted or demoted?

Xu Hongsan also heard the term master for the first time, and he couldn't give him any help. I had to skim Zhu Eighty-one with his eyes, hinting at the real purpose of Lord Dudu's trip.

That Huang Lao looked at it secretly, and he felt a little confident in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he reported in a low voice: "Governor Qiqi, recently, the workshop has been busy building iron thunder recently, so the matter of drilling holes in the iron rod has been delayed again." So far, only, only three have been drilled. The inner wall is being polished with sand and gravel filled with iron rods, and it is estimated that it will be about ten days before the first finished product can be produced! ”

"Got it!" Zhu Eighty-one basically had little hope for making gun barrels by drilling holes in iron rods. So I didn't feel too annoyed when I heard Huang Lao crooked say that it was not completed. Nodding, he continued to ask, "Do you know how to refine bronze?" It's it, it's it."

After thinking about it, he took out the Great Bright Order that Mr. Su gave him that day from his waist pocket, and handed it to Huang Lao Crooked, "That's what kind of thing!" ”

How could a blacksmith in this era not know about bronze? Huang Lao Crooked immediately took the Great Light Order with both hands and watched carefully at the sun. After a few breaths, he returned it with a smile: "Does the governor want to copy this bronze medal?" Or do you want to cast a bell, a tripod or a mirror, a town house money or something like that? ”

"Is there a difference?" Zhu Eighty-one was confused by the question, and hesitated to ask a rhetorical question.

"Of course!" When it comes to smelting copper and striking iron, Huang Lao's sense of philistine on his body is gone, and his bent back is also straight unconsciously, "If copper is mixed with lead, tin and other things, it can be called bronze." But how to mix and how much to mix is very knowledgeable. If you make a mirror, you have to make it white, and you have to mix at least half of it with tin. If you cast a bell or a tripod, you have to mix it in half. The resulting bronze is actually orange-yellow, which does not look much different from brass, and is much stronger than brass. If you want to build a car axle sleeve, you need to be tough and wear-resistant, and it is best to make four tin and half lead. What if"

"If you cast money, it will be five coppers and five leads, and it will be beautiful and strong. It can definitely be spent, and most people can't see that it's fake! The other craftsmen also put down their work and surrounded the front, chattering and helping.

In this era, being a coppersmith is far more profitable than being a blacksmith, so everyone has a good idea of copper-related technology. When Zhu Bayi heard this, he was so happy in his heart. Hurriedly took out the box under his armpit and opened it, and handed the copper handcuff inside to Huang Laowei, "If you are asked to cast a fire pistol according to the gourd painting, how long will it take you to cast it?!" ”

"This?" Huang Lao took the handcuff and watched it carefully and repeatedly. It took a long time before he blushed and pleaded in a low voice, "Governor Qiyu, this, the small one can't do it, it can't be so exquisite." This, this is made by the Arsenal of the Great Capital, which is full of the top craftsmen in the country, and is selected from the craftsmen in the country every few decades. The little one is not good at learning and is not selected! ”

"Oh!" Zhu Eighty nodded slightly, but he didn't feel disappointed. Compared with the ordnance supervisor of the Mengyuan Imperial Court, his general workshop can only be regarded as a township enterprise. A township enterprise that has just been established for less than half a year will certainly not be able to compare with a large enterprise that has been in existence for decades with any technical strength reserves.

Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded again, and discussed with Huang Lao Crooked in a low voice, "What if you want to make a big one?" Not as delicate as this one, zoom in, magnify it three times, or bigger. I don't want to look good, but I want to be sturdy. You can't put a little more gunpowder and blow it up. You find a few people to discuss it together, but you can get it out, I will, I will not be stingy with money! ”

"This, this, it should do!" Huang Lao didn't dare to pack the ticket, and hesitated to respond, "If you use bronze, it will definitely be more difficult to blow up than brass." It's a big deal to double the wall thickness and add a few more copper hoops outside! ”

"When smelting copper, add a little zinc to it, not too much, just about half of it!" Another young craftsman who was called by everyone stepped forward and reminded loudly, "I used to make copper wine pots for big families, and the one with zinc is stronger than the one without zinc, and it is more beautiful than the original!" ”

"You have everything in your mouth! Go to work? Is the nail leaf out today? Huang Lao glanced at the young craftsman and counted it unhappily.

"Not yet!" Even Lao Hei was so frightened that he shrank his neck and hurriedly lowered his head and walked away.

"Count him in!" didn't wait for him to go far, Zhu Eighty-one preemptively spoke and left the person behind, "It's too time-consuming for you to do it alone, this time I have to be in a hurry, if I can have one more person to participate, I will have more strength." No matter how many people participate, the head credit is yours. For the others, you can report their names and surnames according to how much effort they contribute, and I will reward them together at that time! ”

"Yes, sir!" Although Huang Laocrook was very unhappy in his heart, he did not dare to disobey the order of his own governor, so he had to agree and allow Lian Laohei to stay by his side.

Lest Huang Laocrook continue to work alone behind closed doors, Zhu Bayi thought about it and emphasized again, "Pull a few more people and put the rest of the work first." According to different formulas, several kinds of copper water are refined. Then they were all cast into large guns and loaded with gunpowder one by one. Which one has more charges, hits far, and does not blow up the chamber. Use whichever one! ”

This is another time and space in the 21st century is a very common way of scientific research, and almost everyone on the street knows it. But for a craftsman like Huang Laowei, who has been passed down from father to son, it is tantamount to pushing open the door to a new world. When he landed, this person's eyes let out a burning essence, "That, okay! Just do what the governor says! In the future, if you get other things, you will follow the method of the governor. Several stalls started at the same time, whoever gets it well and quickly will use whomever method! ”

"I don't care how you send them in the workshop, but within a month, I'd like to see samples!" Zhu Eighty nodded a little and decided to put more pressure on Huang Lao. lest this guy start picking on the gun when he encounters difficulties like he did last time he made a barrel!

"This" Huang Lao Crooked hesitated again and again, and responded stubbornly, "Governor, Governor Qiqi, it's not that the small ones don't want to do their best." Yes, there's been a lot of work lately. The kind of big-leaf iron armor you captured on the battlefield last time, Su Changshi didn't think there was enough, and he deliberately ordered the small ones to hurry up and make a batch of imitations. The iron leaves are all strangely shaped, very difficult to beat, a master with two apprentices, busy all day, can't get a piece! ”

"It wasn't hammered out at all!" Ivanov, who had been following Zhu Eighty-one and looking around, suddenly interjected, and then closed his mouth again.

"Didn't you knock it out with a hammer? What is that used for? Huang Lao was taken aback and glared at Ivanov, as if he was going to swallow the latter alive.

Ivanov knew that he had slipped his mouth, so he quickly turned his face to the side, and waved his hand again and again, "I, I don't know." Anyway, it definitely wasn't smashed by hand anyway. If you smash it with your hands, you can't make a set in a month. ”

"Ivan, tell me everything you know!" Zhu Eighty-one originally felt that the kind worn by the Rakshasa soldiers was similar to the plate armor in later movies and was not a large piece of iron lotus leaf armor, which was a bit neat, not like a product knocked out with a hammer in a small workshop. Glared at Ivanov and ordered loudly.

"Yes, sir!" Ivanov did not dare to disobey and reluctantly explained, "This kind of armor is hammered out with a water hammer." Water hammer, you know? It is to build a waterwheel by the river, let the waterwheel take the big hammer up, and then smash it down by itself. Each hammer can do at least 500 pounds of weight, put the iron block red and put it in the mold and stuff it under the hammer, and you can smash out a nail leaf in a few breaths! ”

"What does a water hammer look like, you draw a diagram and let them build it!" Zhu Eighty-one realized that he had really picked up the treasure, and immediately slapped Ivanov hard and ordered loudly.

"I, too, have seen a few times on the side of the Florentine city-state. I can only draw a rough picture! Ivanov grinned and reluctantly responded. Seeing Xu Hongsan holding the scabbard in his hand again, he hurriedly added, "You can draw, but there is no guarantee that what you draw is the same!" ”

As a person who fused two souls, Zhu Bayi immediately understood how to make Ivanov's painting more consistent with the original at this moment? smiled, and casually threw out a big sweet date, "Two gold ingots, one for half a catty, the gold ingot of the town treasury of the Great Yuan Dynasty." As long as you can make the waterwheel and water hammer, whoever makes it, one of the gold ingots will belong to you, and the other will be divided equally among the participants! ”

"I'll draw, I'll paint!" Ivanov immediately jumped up with joy, as if he didn't feel the weight of the iron armor at all, "My lord, I'll stay here today and make water hammers with them." There is a river right next to here, so make the upstream channel a little narrower and make the water flow faster, which will definitely push the water hammer up! (Note 1)

Note 1: The original hydraulic hammer had appeared at the beginning of the fourteenth century, but it was not yet widespread. In the middle of the fifteenth century, it was improved by Leonardo da Vinci before it was widely popularized in Europe.