Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 228 The Cannery
After struggling for a long time, Han Peng finally managed to say: "Cavalry on camels! What the hell is this!"

Yang Menglong sneered: "It's so rare! There are still fewer cavalry riding camels? People from Qinghai and Mongolia often go to war on camels!"

Xue Siming smiled bitterly: "Those northern barbarians do often ride camels to the battlefield, and the sprinting ability of camels is also quite good. Once frightened, the running speed is not as fast as that of war horses..."

Yang Menglong said: "The most important thing is that camels have a very strong ability to endure hunger. They can go without eating or drinking for more than ten days. It is so worry-free! If possible, I also plan to build an armored camel cavalry force." , let these giant beasts wear iron armor weighing one or two hundred catties, and carry soldiers also wearing heavy armor on their backs, the impact must be very powerful!"

Everyone kept shrinking back, for fear that this unlucky job would happen to them.Iron armored camel cavalry, thank goodness he can figure it out!But Yang Menglong felt that this should work, so he was eager to try it out, and everyone lamented: It seems that this old man can't come to the barracks often, otherwise, he often has some shocking ideas, who can bear it? !
Considering that even if camels cannot be used as war horses, they can also be used to pull carts and loads, everyone reluctantly accepted the 300 camels, and decided to recruit 100 more people, 200 for the expansion of the cavalry, and [-] for the army. It is used to form that fucking camel cavalry unit...the requirements are not high, just know how to ride a camel and take care of the camels. Anyway, I don’t expect to really use the camel cavalry to fight. If the requirements are too high, I will only make life difficult for myself.

After dealing with these matters, Yang Menglong was satisfied, took his future wife, rode a camel, left the barracks satisfied, and returned to Qianhu House.After sending this guy away, everyone was obviously relieved, it was not easy, this plague god was finally willing to leave!
Xue Siming looked at Han Peng, and asked cautiously: "My lord, are we really going to form a camel cavalry?"

Han Peng looked helpless: "Otherwise, what else can we do? That big horse monkey is determined to do it. Do we have any other options besides cooperating?"

Everyone looked helpless, the big horse monkey had a whim, and was going to do a lot of ridiculous things, and they had no other choice but to cooperate. Thinking about it, it was really helpless!
Sigh, I still have to work hard, recruit soldiers that should be recruited, train that should be trained...

The next day, Han Peng and the others were woken up by the wailing of the camels, and when they came out, they came out to see, good guy, more than 400 camels filed in through the wide-open camp gate, and the distinctive howling sound was simply earth-shattering. land!Many soldiers from the mainland ran over to see the novelty, pointing at these unusually tall camels with two big humps on their backs, chattering non-stop.Many of them have never even left the county seat, so they were naturally very curious when they suddenly saw so many camels.Yang Menglong deeply lamented that his soldiers were so lacking in knowledge. Should we set up a zoo and collect some animals such as giraffes, boa constrictors, ostriches, etc. to open everyone's horizons?This seems to be possible!

Han Peng, Xue Siming, Wang Tiechui, Xu Gong and others looked at each other and smiled wryly. That guy moved really fast. He just said last night that he would form a camel cavalry, and he sent the camels here today. It seems that he can't escape!

Along with the camels, there were more than 300 tall horses.This made everyone feel better. After all, these tall, strong and shiny war horses are much more eye-catching than camels.

There were also hundreds of cows, which were also sent to various thousand households.Biyang thousand households cultivated the most fields, so they were allocated 150 cattle, which made other thousand households envious.As for leather, tendons, horns, etc., they are directly put into the warehouse, and the craftsmen can apply for as much as they need, and then allocate it. That is to say, these things will not belong to Yang Menglong after they are put into the warehouse.And those wools, Yang Menglong asked people to make them into sleeping bags, to see if they can give each soldier a sleeping bag in the future, sleeping bags are much lighter and warmer than quilts, even if it is freezing and snowy, just find a place sheltered from the wind, It's really useful to get a good night's sleep in a sleeping bag.

After handing over all the goods, this guy disappeared from the barracks as expected. This time he is going to inspect his industrial area.

Wuyang Industrial Zone has been officially put into operation.For example, Cheng Ji's sulfuric acid factory produces as many as five tons of sulfuric acid every month, which is really a remarkable figure.The soap factory produced the first batch of soap two months ago, and it immediately became a must-have item in the Wuyangwei public bathhouse—it is so comfortable to take a bath with it, not only cleans, but also brings With a little aroma, enjoy!Now this soap factory is producing scented soap at a rate of [-] to [-] bars per month, which are sold to surrounding state capitals. Recently, it has received an order from a Nanjing businessman for [-] bars of soap. It means that their soap will be sold to Jiangnan, where every land is very expensive, which is really a surprise.But this thing is not cheap, one piece costs one tael of silver, and those that are elegantly packaged and use more spices are more expensive. It's six taels, not to mention ordinary people, even a well-off family is not blessed.Fortunately, there was never a shortage of rich people in the Ming Dynasty, and the sales of soap were so hot that it could be said that the supply was in short supply.Yang Menglong still attaches great importance to soap. With it, the sanitation of Wuyangwei has been greatly improved. Taking a bath with soap before going to bed and washing hands with soap before eating has greatly improved the ability to resist diseases. This is comparable to being sick It's much more cost-effective to go to treatment later.According to his order, Wuyangwei's military households can receive a piece of soap for free every three months, and he wants to make all his subordinates clean.But after the implementation of this plan, he found that most of the military households received the soap and sold it to merchants for a few bucks. Few actually used it to wash their hands and bathe, and he almost died of anger!

Of course, the military households in Wuyang Qianhu Station would not do this.Wuyang Qianhu Institute has become rich now. Every year, it relies on various dividends from Yang Menglong and sells endless wheat and potatoes. The total income from various miscellaneous things adds up to seven or eight taels of silver. This is net income. Well, when you have money, you naturally have to be more particular about it. Wearing gold and silver is definitely not enough, but you also have to clean yourself up so that you can have dignity when you go out.This somewhat comforted Yang Menglong. If the military households in Wuyang Qianhu Station did the same thing, he would be really angry.

The canvas factory works in two shifts day and night, weaving canvas non-stop.Because it is inland, the canvas produced by this factory has no way to get orders from maritime merchants, but orders from the army and caravans traveling north and south are enough for them to make a lot of money.

The supply of all kinds of agricultural implements produced by agricultural implement factories is also in short supply.All kinds of iron farm implements they make are rich in materials, high in quality, and relatively cheap, and are widely praised. They are not only very popular in Nanyang Prefecture, but also exported to Huguang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and other places, which can be said to be a source of wealth.

Of course, what Yang Menglong values ​​most is the cannery.He took Xiao Yufang to visit his canning factory. After going there, Xiao Yufang realized that the production of that seemingly simple box of canned food turned out to be so troublesome!

The canning line started with a clumsy, old-fashioned looking rolling mill.This thing that looks a bit like a minting machine is driven by water, making a toothache sound. The heavy roll slowly rotates, and thin, silver-white iron sheets are spit out inch by inch from the inside. This is tinplate, A plate smelted by adding tin to iron, which has excellent toughness and is easy to shape.When the iron sheet is long enough, someone will cut it, roll it into a roll, lift it out of this workshop, and send it to the next workshop.Someone in this workshop used a pair of scissors that were so big that they could be used as two daggers to cut it into squares of equal size. These squares were then sent to a machine that was also powered by water. The worker standing in front of the machine put the three pieces of iron into the mold, and then removed the cork that stuck the gear. The gear rotated, driving a big thing like a pestle, and pounded it down hard. With a bang, the three pieces of iron were crushed. Pounded into three rectangular boxes without lids.The boxes, along with their lids, are sent to the canning plant, where workers fill them with the pre-processed meat, put the lid on, and send it to a machine.The machine pounded violently, punching the lid and the corner material of the box along the edge of the box so that they were raised high, and then pounded again, the two were tightly combined, and they could not be broken apart.It's not over yet, and finally I have to send it over and steam it with high-temperature steam for half an hour before a box of canned food is considered complete...

"It's so complicated?" She was a little dumbfounded.

Yang Menglong snorted: "Do you think it's easy? You don't know, in order to put together an entire industrial chain, I will use all my strength in the next life!" He picked up a box of processed cans and weighed it, "The portion size It’s not light, it weighs a catty, enough for ten people to eat.”

The factory manager who accompanied him said with a smile: "One box of meat is exactly one catty, plus some other dishes, it is enough for ten people to have a good meal."

Yang Menglong asked: "How long can it be preserved?"

The foreman said: "We made a batch of cans based on three months, and opened one can every seven days to see if it had deteriorated or tasted bad. We have opened sixteen cans now, and no deterioration was found. There are still several cans that have not been opened, so we I don’t know how long it can be stored.”

Yang Menglong said: "No deterioration in four months? Enough! By the way, how much can you produce in a month?"

The factory manager said: "If there are enough incoming materials, it is no problem to produce [-] cans a month."

Yang Menglong frowned: "Two or three thousand cans? Not enough, far from enough, it will be eaten up in a few days."

The factory director carefully reminded: "My lord, the army is fighting outside, and it is lucky to be able to eat enough. How can there be any reason to eat meat every meal? One can of meat per day for ten people, one meal of meat for three days, five thousand cans, It's enough for two months."

Yang Menglong said: "Bullshit, the more you fight, the more you have to eat well. You just eat brown rice and steamed buns, and you don't even smell like farting. Do you have the strength to fight? Tell me, what's wrong? Why is the output so low? "

The factory manager said helplessly: "There are enough manpower and iron sheets, but this meat is not enough! The pigs and sheep raised in our farm have to supply the entire Wuyangwei and sell them. How much meat can there be?" Used to make cans? Five thousand cans is already the limit!"

Yang Menglong pondered: "That is to say, as long as there is enough meat, you can produce more canned food, right?"

The factory manager said: "Yes!"

Yang Menglong said: "Wuyangwei has more than 6000 military households, thousands of soldiers, and a large number of merchants and tenants. They need to consume a lot of meat every day. I have no way to dig out more meat from their mouths. , But, you can use your brain! For example, pig intestines and sheep intestines can be processed into sausages and then canned! There are also chickens and ducks, which can also be processed into canned food. By the way, canned fruits can also be used Get some, such as oranges, oranges, etc... Ha, even vegetables can be processed into cans!"

The factory manager was dumbfounded.

Yang Menglong clapped his hands and said: "That's it. Canned vegetables, meat, and fruit are all produced. Our Wuyang Guards will be the first to order. Well, later on, you will send a few boxes of canned food to the military camp for everyone to taste." , if they think the taste is good, I will order [-] cans of canned meat first." This canning factory is a joint venture between him and a Huizhou businessman, and it is not his own private property. Money goes to order.He has always been afraid of trouble the most, if he has to take care of all the factories, he will go crazy!
(End of this chapter)