In the past few days, Wu Tianxiao has already carefully checked all the information in his mobile phone. It was found that with the existing conditions of the Ming Dynasty, it was not difficult to make matches. Of course. He found that there were several other things that could be made, mainly healing ones, such as wound medicine and cold medicine. These are all self-healing conditions urgently needed for survival in the wild, but Wu Tianxiao still chooses to start with gunpowder first.

First of all, it is impossible to know when the Japanese will come again, let alone be sure, which requires self-protection ability, and now the bullets that can protect themselves have been almost consumed. If there is another invasion of the same scale, Wu Tianxiao thinks that there is no way to be as good as last time, after all, the official army is unreliable. Then the next step is to rely on local conditions to organize self-protection forces, and this self-protection forces cannot have combat effectiveness in a short period of time, so it is necessary to rely on weapons and equipment to improve combat effectiveness, then firearms are the best choice. It's just that something like a fire gun is far less powerful than later generations, but it is also a little difficult to make, and a simple grenade is the best choice. The grenade is simple to use, easy to use, easy to operate, and simple to make.

However, to equip firearms, follow-up resources are required, and it is difficult to do things without money. If you want to make firearms in a steady stream and have follow-up money and food support, then the match workshop is undoubtedly the best choice. One is to use matches for profit and provide a supply of gunpowder, and the other is to make firearms in a match workshop.

As long as there is enough firearms to support and let the people practice martial arts, then even if the Japanese invade again, Wu Tianxiao is not afraid of running out of bullets.

When Wu Tianxiao followed Jia Youshi to the village chief's house, the old village chief Jia listened to what he said about making a match for a living, although he didn't know how to make this match, but this old man's worship of Wu Tianxiao was naturally not allowed.

Wu Tianxiao said about income distribution: "The old village chief. This match is not available on the market now, and the poor people are estimated to save it. However, I estimate that as long as it can be shipped to Ningbo Mansion, Nanzhili and other big places to sell, it should be sold at a good price. So I thought, I'll pay for it, but I need a place to build a workshop and some people to help. What's more, the matches require a lot of small sticks the size of toothpicks, which need to be purchased from the villagers. I just heard Youshi say that a stone weighing 100 catties of dry firewood will be sold for about 5 yuan. If it is cut to the size of a toothpick, I can buy it for a pound and a penny, so that I can give the villagers an extra income. And I only need cork for this wooden stick, the cork is easy to burn, and the cork wooden skewer can be done by women of all ages, and it does not take up labor. Then I am a military household now, and I can't do this openly. So, if the old village chief is willing. This match workshop will be hung in your name, give you 20% of the dry shares, and everyone will make a fortune together. ”

Old Village Chief Jia shook his hand and smiled when he heard this: "Master Wu." You are the great benefactor of our Luomen Village. If you want to set up this match workshop, we don't have to say, but we will naturally help you to the end. Together with this match workshop, you can give the village a little more income, and the purchase of wooden sticks you said is also beneficial to the villagers. We all thank you too late, how can we ask for your dry shares. ”

Wu Tianxiao said with a smile: "The purpose of giving you shares is to make everyone a real family member." You will take these two dry shares. ”

Old Village Chief Jia thought about it and said, "Master Wu." That's it. The old man had also heard that there were people in the court who were good officials. If this old man wants to be successful, it is better to send it to the magistrate of the county office. As long as there is the care of the magistrate, things will be easy to do in the future. ”

Wu Tianxiao felt justified when he heard it, so he agreed. thought in his heart: If that Chen Qianhe really moved to a thousand households, then give him a copy. In this way, the guard office and the county government will have their own people, and it will be much more beneficial to do things in the future. So it was decided. The location of the workshop was set at the old village chief's house first, and then the base was selected after the scene was opened.

Then Wu Tianxiao told the old village chief the raw materials he needed, such as red phosphorus, sulfur, fish gelatin, packaging paper, and other things that needed to be purchased. The old village chief frowned when he heard this: "Some of these things can be bought in the county seat, and some may need to go to Ningbo Mansion to buy them." And some things are contraband, and I am afraid that they can only be purchased after a note from the government. Otherwise, it will be much more expensive to buy on the black market. ”

Wu Tianxiao smiled: "These are all trivial things. I will go into the county tomorrow to find the magistrate, give him some silver, and give him another dry share, not afraid that he will not take care of us. It's just that the purchase in the future needs a gentleman who does the accounting, I don't know if the old village chief can recommend it? ”

Old Village Chief Jia smiled: "This is easy to do. I'm looking for Lao Xiu to go. Let him work part-time as a bookkeeper to earn more. The old show will be glad to do so. ”

So the village was settled. The next day. Wu Tianxiao took Jia Youshi and Jiang Zhuang and carried some gifts to the county government to find Tang Xianyao. I don't want Chen Qianhe to come back from Ningbo Mansion, and he was really promoted to Ningbo Mansion Thousand Households, and the 200 households in Zhoushan are under his rule. Wu Tianxiao took the gift money and took the opportunity of Chen Qianhe's promotion banquet to congratulate, and told the two of them about the match workshop after drinking.

Tang Xianyao and Chen Qianhe heard that Wu Tianxiao was going to set up a match workshop, and each of them gave them a dry share. This thing is fresh, and it has a dry stock for no reason, so naturally he is so happy that he only calls Wu Tianxiao a brother, and even Tang Zhixian learns from Chen Qianhe to call him Brother Wu. The three of them called each other brothers, and for the raw materials that Wu Tianxiao wanted to buy, they patted their chests and agreed. This is a gesture for them to know a county and a thousand households.

Subsequently, Chen Qianhu immediately gave Wu Tianxiao a note to purchase in the name of the health center, and then went to purchase the materials needed in the name of the health center. And Tang Xianyao also made it clear that after the matches were made, the county government gave the official guide to sell.

With the care of Chen Qianhe and Tang Xianyao, the purchase of raw materials for this match workshop will not be a problem with the sales government's note. And that Tang Xianyao understands the current trend of Ming officialdom, and knows that this match involves contraband such as red phosphorus and sulfur. In the future, once the interests are revealed, it will inevitably attract jealousy. He proposed to write the words "Jiajing Fire Sign, Jiajing Yongchang" on the surface of the match package as a cover. The officialdom in here is too big. On the one hand, he naturally used Jiajing Yongchang to flatter the emperor, and on the other hand, he put on a big hat first. If anyone dares to ban the fire lot. Good. You are banning Jiajing Yongchang, and you won't be able to sue Dongchang and Jinyiwei for banning Jiajing Yongchang. The most fearful thing about this officialdom is to be hatted, as long as you are given a hat that does not respect the imperial power and blasphemes the saint, it will be enough for you.

That's it. After Wu Tianxiao obtained the raw materials, the matches were successfully made after only a few experiments. Under the care of Chen Qianhe and Tang Xianyao, the match workshop was successfully set up in Luomen Village. Of course. Wu Tianxiao, the secret recipe for the preparation of match gunpowder, will not easily tell others, and he will do it himself in the preparation and ingredients. One is for confidentiality, and the other is for security. As for the production method, Wu Tianxiao arranged for the hired villagers to be divided into several groups and made in an assembly line way, and each group was only responsible for one program, which distinguished the entire production process.

Wu Tianxiao, the share of the match workshop, accounted for seventy percent, Tang Xianyao, Chen Qianhe, and Jia Yuan, the old village chief, each accounted for one percent. At the same time, this match workshop also brought a lot of work income to Luomen Village. As for the investment, due to the official introduction of the government and the small scale of the workshop in the early stage, Wu Tianxiao only invested less than three hundred taels of silver. And when Lu Ziming Lao Xiucai learned that there was a note from the government in this match workshop, and that the county magistrate and Chen Qianhu of the health office had cadre shares, he didn't care about any contraband, and happily became a bookkeeper part-time.