Chapter 412: Building a Carriage
At the end of October, the temperature in Ganzhou had dropped sharply, and the smell of winter could already be smelled in the northwest wind that slowly began to rage in the air, and the leaves in the ash woods on the mountain behind the manufacturing bureau had fallen off.
The temperature is getting colder, but in the manufacturing bureau, it is in full swing......
In the blink of an eye, Yan Liqiang has been in the manufacturing bureau for eight days.
In the past eight days, he didn't go anywhere, just in the manufacturing bureau, every day he either discussed the carriage technology and design with a craftsman in the manufacturing bureau, or patrolled in various workshops or yards, inspecting and supervising the work that the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau were doing。
For example, the two village chiefs of Shugang Village and Pingba Village, who were invited to the manufacturing bureau for the first time a few days ago to talk about things, did not look at Yan Liqiang at all when they saw Yan Liqiang walking in front of them, but prepared to see Qian Su with apprehension and excitement.
In Huanglong County, the name of Qian Yingjian is on the same level as the county magistrate, and in the eyes of the village chiefs of those two villages, they are all big people.
Qian Su's proposal sounded like pie in the sky for the first time to the two village chiefs, and they had no idea that such a good thing would fall on their heads- The masters of the manufacturing bureau taught the villagers in their village the craft, and then they came to the craftsman camp here to receive some raw materials on credit, and prepared a little more things themselves, and finally they made things, as long as the quality was qualified, the manufacturing bureau actually paid for recycling, everything was contracted, black and white, real money, this manufacturing bureau was simply giving them money, if it weren't for Qian Su, who didn't look like a fool no matter how he looked at it, they would almost have suspected that Qian Su's head was abnormal or that he had encountered a liar.
Needless to say, the two village chiefs went back with joy, and the next day, they actually sent sedan chairs and carriages and horses to pick up the craftsmen of the craftsman battalion to their village to spread their skills, and beat gongs and drums all the way, making a lot of noise, just like marrying a new daughter-in-law, making people feel that they don't know whether to cry or laugh......
At the same time that several craftsmen from the craftsman battalion went to Shugang Village and Pingba Village to teach their crafts, the various workshops and yards on the side of the craftsman camp, from the carpenter's yard to the blacksmith's yard, as well as the lacquersmith's workshop, and even the leatherman's workshop, will also sound the roar of Yan Li's powerful voice every day these days.
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"As long as the wood used to make the carriage can be seen by our eyes, we will use the best wood, and what wood is expensive will give me what wood, don't save me money...... Qiyun Mountain's seven-star sandalwood is the most expensive, okay, then use Qiyun Mountain's seven-star sandalwood...... The car we are building now is for those rich people to sit on, you just think about what kind of materials those rich people like, I repeat, this is not ordnance, don't take the set of ordnance, what, you don't know what kind of material rich people like, then please look at my mouth shape, remember the pronunciation of this word, expensive, brother is expensive, understand......"
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"Precision, what I want is precision, do you understand, redo it all for me, as long as the accuracy of the metal bushing on the steering wheel under the car exceeds the size of two hairs, even if it is unqualified, no matter how much work you spend, all of it will be destroyed in the furnace, and this will be used as a rule for the production of this part in the future, don't ask me if I can use such a question......"
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"What does it mean to have been painted three times, this glossiness, I said not enough, you lacquer craftsman workshop, don't treat this as a thing on a carriage to do, but to do it as lacquerware, three times of paint is not good, five times of paint is not good, ten times of paint, remember, there must be light, when your black paint can be done like a mirror after polishing and waxing, when is it qualified......"
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"Big brother, this is the silver handle on the car door, what I want is to be generous and exquisite, what are you doing with this kind of thing like an executioner's axe handle, what, you don't know what it means to be generous and exquisite, well, I made the picture, you do it according to the picture I draw...... If you can't do it, you say you eat what you made...... Don't eat it, this is silver, if you eat it, it will cost you money and death, if you can't do it, you will run around our manufacturing bureau three times with your bare ass......"
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"Parquet, you don't know what parquet is, that's when you make small lattice windows in the middle of this wood, and then you ...... It's not paper, what are you doing with paper, you should be your window, this is a luxury carriage, how can you use paper for the window of the carriage, what can you use without paper, I tell you, use glass pieces, those red, blue, green, blue glass pieces, polish them out, inlay them into the lattice left by your window, and piece them together into a beautiful pattern, it's called parquet, you know......"
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In the blacksmith workshop in which Yan Liqiang personally participated, according to the plan provided by Yan Liqiang, after thousands of experiments and adjustments by a group of craftsmen day and night, on the sixth day of Yan Liqiang's arrival in the blacksmith workshop, the coil spring in Yan Liqiang's mind was finally manufactured, and as a by-product of the manufacture of coil springs, spring steel was also made in the blacksmith workshop.
There are no flowers, no applause, all of this is secret, only Yan Liqiang, Qian Su, and several craftsmen who participated in the spring experiment know that after rewarding several craftsmen involved in the manufacture of springs with 50 taels of silver each, the small courtyard where the blacksmith workshop where the springs are located has naturally become the place with the highest level of secrecy in the entire manufacturing bureau.
On the morning of the eighth day when Yan Liqiang came to the Manufacturing Bureau, Yan Liqiang completed his morning class, practiced the Yijin Washing Pulp Sutra, and had breakfast in his yard, and then Qian Su, who was smiling, came to Yan Liqiang.
"Uncle Qian, morning, have you had breakfast?" Yan Liqiang said hello to Qian Su.
"I've eaten!" Qian Su smiled a little mysteriously, "Let's go, I'll take you to see a good thing!"
"Oh, what is it?"
"You'll find out when you go!"
Yan Liqiang didn't think much about it, so he left the courtyard where he lived with Qian Su, and then came directly to a small square in the manufacturing bureau.
When Yan Liqiang arrived, he found that there was a group of people in the small square, and the people from the entire manufacturing bureau came, and everyone stood silently around the small square, and he was actually the last person to come.
A black four-wheeled carriage was quietly placed in the middle of the small square, shining with an invisible, compelling brilliance.
When he saw the black four-wheeled carriage, Yan Liqiang was in a trance, as if he had a feeling of traveling through time and space, because the four-wheeled carriage was exactly the same as the four-wheeled carriage of the European court and nobles that Yan Liqiang had seen in film and television dramas in his previous life, and the things he drew on paper became a real thing for the first time and appeared in front of his eyes.
Yan Liqiang at this moment has the illusion that he is the magic pen Ma Liang......
"Let's see, everyone is waiting for you to come up and try it first......" Qian Su said softly beside him.