Nanming Engineer

Chapter 300

The road from Shizhu to Longevity Valley was bustling with cars and people. Although it was only in the morning, it was as crowded as the official road in a big city. There were so many people in Wang Huan's party that they had to stop several times to avoid the roadside. The big cars stuck in the road pass first.

Ma Wannian originally wanted to display the banner of the Sichuan-Shaanxi General Soldier to let the carts get out of the way, but was stopped by Wang Huan. From the bottom of his heart, he hated the privileges enjoyed by high-ranking officials, and especially hated the feeling that those who rule people are condescending and contemptuous of all beings Anyway, if you are not in a hurry, why bother to let these sweaty drivers drive the car to the ditch on the side of the road, and then spend twice as much effort to catch the car up after you pass by?Why can't the high-ranking people wait a while and let them go first?
Maybe this is the sequelae of being a dick in the previous life, Wang Huan thought to himself.

Ma Wannian retreated to the side with a strange expression and resentment, very confused by Wang Huan's blocking of his actions, isn't that how big men walk and hurry?Even a small magistrate in the local area beats gongs and drums when he goes out to remind the world to stay away. Wang Huangui is the commander-in-chief of the two provinces. What about people ringing gongs to clear the way?

He thought about it for a long time, and finally attributed the reason to the fact that Wang Zongbing is too large, too close to the people, too... In short, Wang Zongbing's heart is better than that of Yao and Shun, and he is a great sage from ancient times!
Li Dingguo watched silently, realizing something in his heart, and the admiration in Wang Huan's eyes became stronger and stronger.

On the way, Wang Huan suddenly changed his mind and went to the silver mine, intending to stop by to inspect how his cornucopia was operating.

Ma Chongming lived on the mine, and built a not very spacious house outside the mine mouth, took the whole family in, and guarded the gate of the mine mouth every day like a miser, counting the miners The ore they brought out was checked for any entrainment or private possession.

When Wang Huan arrived, the fat man got up early, and led the miner to his post as usual.

Wang Huan's sudden appearance did not make him flustered, but followed Wang Huan without changing his face, and went around the silver mine to inspect. It has to be said that Ma Chongming valued the silver mine more than his own life, and the safety of the mine was well done. Meticulous, more than 500 miners are well-equipped, everyone has a share of spears, and they are all composed of Shizhu aborigines. There is no loyalty. The silver mine is guarded like an iron barrel. The miners enter the mine and leave the mine In addition to the body search, Ma Chongming also innovatively invented the weighing inspection. Once it is found that the miner's weight when leaving the mine is much heavier than when he entered the mine, he must swallow the ore in his stomach, so as to prevent the miner from being entrained and basically block the mine. The phenomenon of private possession is dead.

Wang Huan focused on checking the ledgers. The accountants in the mine were sent by Wang Huan from other places, not from Ma Chongming. The journals were kept for inspection at any time, counted every day, and a copy was sent to Wang Huanxing every month, so After some inspections, Wang Huan was very satisfied. Under the double supervision of the system and self-discipline, the silver mine was running well. The person in charge Ma Chongming kept his own share and was not greedy.

Wang Huan lived in the mine that night, and had a long discussion with Ma Chongming. He made plans and instructions for the future development of Ma's house, and asked Ma Chongming to expand the business and open branches in thirteen provinces and two Zhili provinces. The main cities in the city mainly sell Shu brocade outside and buy grain inward. At the same time, they pay attention to recruiting skillful firearms craftsmen. If they encounter them, they must bring them back no matter what the conditions are.

This is a wishful thing, and Ma Chongming naturally agreed one by one. Although Ma's Household Firm has been infiltrated by Wang Huan, it is no problem to change its name to Wang's Household Firm, but his share of shares will pay dividends every month. If there is money in the bag, Wang Huan can do whatever he wants.

Before leaving the next day, Ma Chongming had the cheek to make a request, and wanted to send his two sons to Wang Huan's personal guards. He knew that the personal guards were Wang Huan's officer teaching team. Brilliant.

Wang Huan agreed, and took away the two brothers Ma Wen and Ma Wu. The two brothers were 89 or [-] years old, and they looked as if they were printed on the same mold. Shrewd, just like their old man.

After all the delay, no matter how fast the horses ran on the road, by the time Wang Huan arrived at Wanshou Valley, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Li Huai'en stood under the golden plaque of the Military Battle Bureau, his white hair fluttering in the wind, standing like a white rock, looking forward to the official road, he led a group of soldiers, large and small, and had been waiting for a long time.

"Here we come, Master Chief, Master Chief Soldier is here!" Someone shouted loudly from the watchtower, and saw a puff of loess smoke standing up like wolf smoke on the official road leading to the stone pillar, and a group of knights stood in the smoke. Coming on the wind, the one in front of you, the young hero in white clothes, is it Wang Huan or who?
Li Huai'en hastily straightened his robes, and when he looked up again, Liangju was in front of him, Wang Huan jumped off the horse, his feet touched the ground vigorously, and he stood in front of Li Huai'en.

"Mr. Li, long time no see, you've worked hard!" Wang Huan couldn't help being deeply moved when he saw the long-lasting oil stains in the ditch of Li Huai'en's face, which were black and exposed on his face like a tattoo. , Wang Huan can fully understand the hard work of craftsmen who study technology to forge firearms, so he grabbed Li Huai'en who wanted to kneel down and salute, and said sincerely.

Li Huaien was not good at words. At this moment, he was held by Wang Huan's strong hands. He could not move or kneel down. He was worried and quickly paused and said: "I am afraid, I am afraid. My greetings, sir. I feel deeply ashamed!" "

Wang Huan pulled him up, and said with a smile: "What is there to be ashamed of? If you hadn't managed to make so many birds, Master Chen Qiyu wouldn't have beaten He Tengjiao so easily. Mr. Li has done a great job, and he deserves to be called by the army." Praise!"

Li Huai'en's face was flushed, he was inexplicably excited, his lips were trembling, and he didn't know what to say. Fortunately, a supervisor came up and said: "Master Chief Soldier, Sir Chief Manager, tea is ready in the hall, please Let's talk inside."

Li Huai'en woke up like a dream, and quickly stretched out his hand to signal: "Ah! Yes, yes, yes, sir, please."

Wang Huan walked in with a smile, followed by a group of people, pouring into the gate.

Entering the gate of the Bingzhao Bureau, bypassing the screen wall, you can see a front hall like an urn, with several soldiers stationed on both sides, Li Huai'en introduced: "My lord, this is the entrance of the Bingzhao Bureau, because the outside must guard against spies and the inside must guard against spies." To prevent the craftsmen from entraining them, this front hall was built, and when they get off work, the people inside must pass through here, and the soldiers search their bodies to confirm that there is no hiding before they can leave."

Wang Huan couldn't stop nodding and praised the job well done. Li Huai'en was encouraged and spoke a lot more smoothly. He stepped lightly and led Wang Huan all the way forward, constantly introducing the various facilities of the Bingzhan Bureau.

The huge military battle bureau, according to the weapon manufacturing process, designed separate courtyards for different functions. There is an iron shed for ironmaking, a mold room for mold melting, and various fine processing facilities. In the detail hall of parts, Wang Huan glanced at each and every one. Even with his previous cultivation, he was amazed. He never imagined that in China hundreds of years ago, the iron smelting and firearms manufacturing industries were already like this. heyday.

In the finished product hall, there are newly-made birds on wooden shelves. The whole body is black and shiny, exuding the smell of fresh oil.

Wang Huan picked up one and weighed it first, only to find that it seemed to be much heavier than the bird he had captured before.

Standing beside him, Li Huai'en has recovered his unnerving expression, but looking at the bird handle in Wang Huan's hand, there is still a hint of color in his brows, and he explained to Wang Huan: "The bird produced by my Kuizhou Military Bureau In order to adapt to the yellow gunpowder developed by adults, the thickness of the wall is increased, so the weight has increased, reaching eight catties and five taels. , are almost the same as the best iron blocks produced by the government-run iron mines in various places in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the craftsmen put their heart into it, and after the body is formed, it is repeatedly polished with four-edged iron rods. The quality supervision is strict. It is much better, and it can guarantee that as long as it is cast according to the regulations, it will never explode."

Wang Huan was overjoyed, touched the engraved inscription on Tong's body, and asked with a smile: "It's so good! I just don't know how much it will produce?"

Li Huaien touched his white beard and replied proudly: "The Bingzhan Bureau currently has 200 gun-making craftsmen, and it can produce two hundred Kuizhou Bird Tongs every month. It's no problem!"

Judging from his proud look, he seemed to think that this number should satisfy Wang Huan.

But Wang Huan frowned, his smile disappeared, and his face was full of worry.

Li Huaien's face froze immediately.

Wang Huan shook his head and muttered to himself, "Too little, too little, not enough, not enough."

Li Huai'en was a little stunned at once, isn't that enough?
He licked his lips and felt that Wang Junmen probably didn't know how to make a gun. He thought that making a gun was as simple as bragging, so he thought it was too little, so he hurriedly explained: "Sir, there are many rules for making a gun, and it is complicated. First use an iron rod as a cold bone, then burn the iron sheet red, wrap it on the cold bone, beat it repeatedly with a hammer to make it into a cylinder, then wrap it with a layer of iron sheet, and beat it into a cylinder again In this way, there are two layers of iron pipes. After quenching, the iron rods are drawn out to create a gun barrel. Finally, a four-edged iron cone must be manually operated to repeatedly drill and grind the inner wall of the gun barrel to make it smooth and flawless. , This process takes more than ten days, and it is not available to non-skilled craftsmen. A little carelessness in the construction will become a waste product, so the craftsmen are exhausted, not to mention that our craftsmen are all new hands brought out by villains. Making one gun is the limit.”

After listening to him rambling so much, Wang Huan realized that Li Huai'en had mistakenly thought that he was dissatisfied with the slow speed of making guns, so he quickly recovered his smile and said in relief: "I understand, I understand, Mr. Li don't need to worry too much, it's me Too impatient."

But he thought in his heart: "The craftsman's problem really needs to be solved quickly. Du Yinxi's side, it's time to conquer Changsha these days, and the conditions for him should be urged."

After some good words, Li Huai'en was relieved, and then led Wang Huan forward to the door of a huge thatched shed.

The thatched shed was as big as a basketball court, and there was nothing in it, except for a tiger crouching cannon standing in the middle, and a wooden barrel standing beside it.

Li Huai'en pointed to the tiger squatting cannon and said: "My lord, the villain put the tiger squatting cannon sent the day before yesterday. In the past two days, the villain has been thinking about it day and night, and he probably has some strategies. Tianlei, I have a rough idea, please come in and take a look."

Wang Huan and others followed him in, only to see that Li Huai'en picked up the wooden barrel, took out a round wooden board as thick as the barrel from the barrel, and said to Wang Huan: "This is a wooden sample, replace it with an iron one. Yes, is it the thunderous thunder?"

The wooden barrel has a huge caliber, almost like an ordinary household bucket. The body of the barrel is only a layer of one-inch thick wood, but its diameter is nearly two feet wide. There is a small round hole at the bottom of the barrel. The iron one is Thunderbolt?

Li Huai'en looked at Wang Huan with a little unconfidence.

Wang Huan was very happy. He hugged the wooden barrel and looked left and right. He said happily: "It's a little small, but it's barely enough. That's right, this is the launching tube of Thunderbolt. How about it? Manager Li, this can be mass-produced." ?"

"Of course, isn't it just an iron bucket? Ordinary blacksmiths can make it." Li Huai'en replied a little ignorantly: "Your Excellency can make as many as you want."

"Great!" Wang Huan hugged the barrel, as if he was holding a beautiful woman, and he was overjoyed: "Two thousand first."

(End of this chapter)