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Although several days have passed since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is still a faint smell of gunpowder in the air, and a loud explosion sounded from time to time in some corners of Yuejiazhuang, which was some bear children setting off firecrackers, and the sky was scattered with fine snowflakes, decorating everything in the world with extraordinary enchantment.

There is a small valley two miles east of Yuejiazhuang, which is surrounded by mountains and is sandy and gravelly land, which is not suitable for farming, so it is not inhabited on weekdays. But a few months ago, a group of people suddenly came, and they built things in the valley, and to this day, dozens of houses of uniform size have been built in the valley, and many people are constantly busy in the valley.

In one of the large houses with a mixed structure of earth and stone, Yue Yang, dressed in blue overalls, was sitting at a wooden table in the middle of the house, with two dead wind lamps in front of him, a mass of silver-gray metal and a square mold, and there was also a stove beside him, and on top of the stove was a metal zuò spoon, which was burned red by the fire at the moment. Around Yue Yang, there were more than a dozen craftsmen-like people, both of them old and young, and they were all staring at Yue Yang intently at the moment.

Yue Yang raised his head, he stretched out his gloved hand and pointed to the metal block in front of him and said, "You see, this thing in front of us is made of a fusion of lead and tin blocks, and the ratio of fusion is two to one. ”

Speaking of this, an old man with a gray head couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Gongzi Yue, the bullets made by our imperial court have always only used lead, why do you mix lead and tin to make bullets?" ”

Yue Yang turned his head to look at the old man, with a look of appreciation in his eyes, he nodded and said, "Well, this old man is a good question!" Why do we add tin to lead, it is because the simple lead block is too soft, even if it is used to make lead bullets, it will be easily denatured, and after adding tin, it can increase its hardness a lot, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing its deformation, understand? ”

"Oh, I see!" The surrounding craftsmen nodded their heads again and again.

"Okay, let's see how I make zuò bullets first, the process is very simple, you must be able to learn it soon after you see it."

After Yue Yang finished speaking, he reached out and picked up the red-hot spoon from the stove beside him, and at this time, he could see that the spoon was filled with boiling metal liquid, which was a mixture of lead and tin. Yue Yang carefully and quickly poured the mixture in the spoon into the mold hole on the table, that is, the elastic mold, one by one, and then casually put the spoon on the stove again.

Soon, the metallic liquid of lead and tin solidified, Yue Yang picked up a bottom-punching hole template from the table and put it on the elastic mold, fixed it with screws, and then said: "You see, after closing it in this way, you can ensure that the punch will not be punched crooked, and you can also ensure that the thickness of the elastic skirt is consistent!" After finishing speaking, Yue Yang picked up the bullet tail punch and put it into the bullet mold, and then gently knocked the bullet twice with a hammer to knock the bullet tightly, and then pulled out the bullet tail punch. Because the punch is very tight and seamed, there is a "wave" sound when it is pulled out, just like the sound of an old cow pulling out its leg in the mud.

After doing this, Yue Yang took away the bottom hole template, shoveled off the excess solidified lead with a utility blade, and then reversed the bullet mold and hit it hard with a wooden hammer a few times, and ten silver-gray metal bullets poured out of the bullet mold. Yue Yang picked up these warheads and handed them to an elderly craftsman next to him and said with a smile: "You see, these warheads are almost exactly the same in weight and size, there is not much difference, right?" ”

This old craftsman's surname is Zhou, his name is Zhou Xingfu, he used to be a master craftsman in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and he is an old craftsman, because of his exquisite craftsmanship and high prestige among the craftsmen, so he was also appointed as the head of the craftsman household by Yueyang.

And these craftsmen around him are also collected by Yue Yang from the surrounding area, the artisan household system formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, can be said to be the most cheating system in the Ming Dynasty, the sentence of the son inheriting the father's business has been translated by the best, what is Lao Tzu doing, your children and grandchildren have to continue to do it, and the generations are not allowed to change, is there anything more cheating than this? Therefore, this system has also caused a large number of artisan households, this kind of escape to the end of the Ming Dynasty has reached a peak, it is not difficult for Yueyang to want to collect some artisan households, since Yueyang ran a group training, he has been silently gathering artisan households, building military workshops, and now his completed workshop covering an area of more than 30 acres has also begun to be initially put into use, and the number of artisan households has reached more than 300 people.

Zhou Xingfu took a few warheads and compared them with the naked eye, and said in amazement: "Young Master Yue, these lead bullets are exactly the same in weight, shape, and size, and the old man really can't see any difference between them, and the old man has to say that the things made with this kind of mold are really amazing." ”

After Zhou Xingfu finished speaking, the surrounding craftsmen also took the warheads, compared them with each other, and were also amazed by the exquisite workmanship and high consistency of these warheads.

Yue Yang smiled, took out something from a box on the side behind him, shook it in front of Zhou Xingfu and said, "This is not necessarily, there must be differences, but we can control the differences within a certain range." This ruler is called a caliper, and it is used to detect size differences, and now I will teach you how to use this ruler correctly......"

After speaking, Yue Yang began to introduce the working principle and use of calipers to the craftsmen. In Yue Yang's view, ancient China was still technically good, and the reason why it was later caught up and far surpassed by the West was that there were of course institutional reasons, but another important drawback was that there was no unified measurement system. A dynasty has a dynastic measurement name and scale, for example, the stone of the Ming Dynasty can be used as a unit of land volume or as a unit of capacity, some places ten acres are a stone, and some places are one acre is a stone. It is also like ten buckets for one bucket, and one bucket for ten liters; One stone of millet is equal to 3.84 hu, which shows that the ancient Chinese unit of measurement was not only complex, but also very confusing.

This also makes Yueyang, who has become accustomed to modern accurate measurement units, really unable to tolerate the continuation of this situation, so what Yueyang is doing now is to forcibly promote modern measurement units in Wulizhai and completed workshops. To this end, he also purchased a large number of measuring tools, which were implemented in Wulizhai, and also taught Arabic numerals to craftsmen. However, Yue Yang can only do this step, the next thing depends on those craftsmen, Yue Yang also believes that the ancients who have made meritorious deeds are actually not stupider than anyone else, all they lack is a good system and guidance, as long as they are given this qiē and pull them along, they will definitely burst out with amazing energy.

After teaching the craftsmen how to make zuòmini bullets, Yue Yang came to the school field non-stop.

Compared with a few months ago, the school field has expanded a lot, from more than 20 acres of land to more than 100 acres of land. Due to the good treatment of the regimental training recruited by Yueyang and the strict military discipline, it is now well-known in Wulizhai and even the entire Yingzhou capital, so Yueyang's recruitment work has also been carried out quite smoothly, and now the number of regimental training has reached more than 5,000 people.

Such a number is already comparable to the number of generals commanded, Yue Yang used the war horses brought from Mongolia to form a cavalry, the number is one thousand, but what makes Yue Yang most distressed is that he does not have a qualified cavalry general, until now this cavalry can only practice riding skills and be familiar with horses and other basic riding skills, which also makes Yue Yang feel the lack of talents.

Yue Yang found Hu Laosan, who was training soldiers on the school field, and asked him, "Old Hu, how are these recruits training?" ”

Hu Laosan smiled innocently and replied: "Young master, because the little one has always obeyed your orders, and the recruits are all good families, so they are very easy to manage, all of them are good seedlings, and they are very active in training, and the small one estimates that he will be able to end the recruit training in two months, but ......" Speaking of this, Hu Laosan hesitated.

Seeing Hu Laosan's appearance, Yue Yang turned his head and asked, "Just what?" ”

Seeing Yue Yang's seemingly unhappy expression, Hu Laosan scratched his head and finally mustered up the courage to say: "Young master, the small one is valued by you, let the small one command thousands of troops, but his own family knows his own affairs, the small one was originally just a family from the rivers and lakes, you let the small one lead so many people, the little one really feels a little powerless!" ”

"You ......"

Looking at Hu Laosan scratching his head, Yue Yang, who was originally a little unhappy, also shook his head and sighed lightly: "Yes, it's really difficult for you!" ”

Yue Yang understood that it was not that Hu Laosan wanted to pick a son, but that he was indeed a little overwhelmed. Hu Laosan was originally just from running the rivers and lakes, and it would be absolutely no problem for you to let him fight bravely with others or lead one hundred and eighty people to take care of the home, but now Yueyang's power has expanded too fast, and the number of people in the group has risen to thousands all of a sudden, which is really too difficult for Hu Laosan, who can't read a lot of big words. No wonder he would say the sentence that he couldn't do it, but now Yue Yang didn't have a few people available at all, and he really couldn't find anyone to replace him.

Yue Yang smiled bitterly, patted Hu Laosan on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I know." I'll find someone to help you in a while, but now you can barely make it difficult to jump this burden first! ”

"Okay!" Hu Laosan also knew that Yue Yang didn't have any talent at hand, so he had to nod and agree.

"Also, you also have to let the soldiers practice the firecrackers I just allocated to you, those rogues may come back again, and we always ...... to be more prepared."

"Report ......"

Just as Yue Yang was explaining his work to Hu Laosan, a soldier on the side said loudly: "Young Master Qiqi, a servant is asking to see outside, saying that he was ordered by the prefect of the prefecture to ask the young master to come over to the mansion!" ”

"Oh...... Zheng Kui looking for me? ”

Yue Yang was slightly taken aback......

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