Yang Peng eats with everyone every day. Zhao Jinxi has a hobby of cooking by himself, so that Yang Peng can eat better. Yang Peng has no objection to this. Yang Peng's workload is also too heavy, so there is no From time to time, Zhao Jinxi also cooks some meat to supplement Yang Peng's diet. Yang Peng often goes to the mountains to hunt some game to improve his food. Now there are nearly 5,000 more people in Yang Peng's place. It's no wonder Yang Peng and the others can at least have enough to eat here, three meals a day. The workload here is also very heavy. Zhao Jinxi is already a female gentleman at this time. The children here are calling Zhao Jinxi sir. Zhao Jinxi never thinks of himself. And on this day as a female teacher, I laugh non-stop every day and my face looks much better.
The blacksmith shop started to produce a large number of agricultural tools. Yang Peng arranged for two thousand people to open up wasteland. Zhang Yan bought nearly a thousand cattle and five thousand sheep from Yingzhou and returned. Zhang Yan now has a very good relationship with a Khitan household head, because Zhang Yan knows that it is difficult to move forward without military connections in the Khitan territory. Yang Peng is also telling him, "The Khitan people helped them save the money first." , when the time comes to win Yingzhou, the silver will still be ours, and besides, we still have to buy iron ore from them, it doesn’t matter, there is no way to make steel, just spend money boldly and safely.”
Zhang Yan knew this powerful connection, so he bought a hundred sheep at the market a few days later, and took his men with him to the Khitan military camp and said, "Condolences to the Khitan army. The hundred households were extremely happy." Taking Zhang Yan into the tent, Zhang Yan took out 700 taels of silver and said, "General, these 500 taels of silver are for you, and the other 200 taels of silver are for the Khitan brothers outside. Please help distribute them to them." That hundred households He was so happy that he didn't expect Zhang Yan to be so generous. This was the first time that a hundred households took so much money. He immediately became brothers with Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan said to him, "When you have nothing to do, you can also help collect those beggars. A The beggar Zhang Yan is willing to give two taels of silver to anyone, regardless of gender. Even beggars from Mozhou and Youzhou are welcome."
Zhang Yan told him, "My family is in the south and the textile workshops need a lot of people. These beggars just need to give them food. Besides, it is a life-saving grace. They will not ask for money." Zhang Yan also ordered not to beat them. Zhang Yan was responsible for all the money for food on the road. This made the official of Baihu very happy. This was a source of wealth. Zhang Yan said to him, "Don't rob other people's children. If your father knows about it, he will definitely not be there." Let yourself stay here in Yingzhou." The hundred households said, "Brother Zhang, you will definitely not do this, don't worry?" Zhang Yan immediately gave 500 taels of silver to the hundred households, this time about the iron ore Zhang Yan didn't mention it, because Zhang Yan was still very cautious and was afraid that others would become suspicious. In this way, nearly a thousand beggars and some refugees were sent to him in just one month. Zhang Yan was also very generous and directly gave more than 2,000 taels of silver. Zhang Yan didn't mention the 500 taels of silver in front of him at all, and the hundred households were also very happy.
Yang Peng was also working on cement during this time. He didn’t know why he knew so much about general cement: cement usually used in general civil construction projects. General cement mainly refers to the six specified categories of cement, namely Portland cement, ordinary Portland cement, slag Portland cement, pozzolanic Portland cement, fly ash Portland cement and composite Portland cement. . The production process of Portland cement is representative in cement production. It uses limestone and clay as the main raw materials, which are crushed, batched, and ground into raw materials, which are then fed into the cement kiln to calcine clinker, and then the cooked materials are processed into raw materials. It is made by grinding an appropriate amount of gypsum (sometimes mixed with mixed materials or additives) into the material. Cement production depends on the raw material preparation method, and can be divided into two types: dry method (including semi-dry method) and wet method (including semi-wet method). Dry production. The raw materials are dried and ground at the same time, or the raw materials are first dried and ground into raw meal powder and then fed into the dry kiln to be calcined into clinker. However, there is also a method of adding raw meal powder to an appropriate amount of water to make raw meal balls and sending them to the Liboer kiln to calcine the clinker. This is called the semi-dry method, which is still a type of dry production. Yang Peng built two cement kilns and arranged for 500 people to work in the cement workshops.
After the unremitting efforts of Yang Peng and those old masters, cement was finally produced after fifteen days. Yang Peng built a stone bench with cement. In the next two days, he called Zhang Xiang and Zhao Jinxi over. Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang to pick up the hammer. He said, "Smash it hard and see what happens." Zhang Xiang picked up the hammer and smashed it with all his strength. The tiger's mouth cracked. Zhao Jinxi said, "Why is it so hard? I really didn't expect it." Yang Peng said, "I'm going to do it." What do you think about using this to build a city?"
Zhang Xiang said, "No matter how powerful the army is, it can't capture such a city unless all the people here are dead." Yang Peng said, "I plan to start building the city when there are more than 20,000 people here. Now we focus on development first." At this stage, you have to investigate northward. You must not let the Khitans know how many people there are here. Ask your brothers to investigate fifty miles forward. If you find any spies, kill them all and do not recognize them. Do not show kindness. Just arrest the people from the Song Dynasty, and move their whole families here if they are farmers," Zhao Jinxi said, "Yes, if the Khitan people know now and don't send large troops to encircle and suppress us, we will be in misery. Zhang Xiang You must pay attention to this." Zhang Xiang said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention."
Zhao Jinxi stamped his foot and said, "Who are you calling sister-in-law? Don't scream randomly." At this time, he was extremely happy in his heart. He wished that Zhang Xiang could keep calling him like this and walk away with a blush. Yang Peng did not object at this time. Yang Peng said, "The main thing for us now is how to deal with the Khitan cavalry. If we fight head-on, we will definitely not be the opponents of the Khitan. I will study how to deal with it during this period." Only the Khitan cavalry can do it, so you will have to work hard during this period."
When Yang Peng returned to his home, the brothers were really good. They built themselves a courtyard, a small garden at the back, and a study. The tables and chairs were all designed according to Yang Peng's drawings. The study took a long time to start drawing and designing a flintlock gun. Now Yang Peng's steel is no longer far ahead of the Song Dynasty. Yang Peng's exquisite hands finally removed the clockwork steel wheel. Instead, he clamped a piece of flint on the jaws of the hammer. He also had an anvil next to the fire hole. If he needed to shoot, he would pull the trigger, and under the action of the spring, he would hit the flint heavily on the side of the fire door, causing sparks to ignite the gunpowder. This kind of firing mechanism is called a percussion flintlock machine, and firearms equipped with a percussion flintlock mechanism are called percussion flintlock guns. The advantages of the percussion flintlock gun are self-evident. It greatly simplifies the shooting process, improves the firing rate and shooting accuracy, is easy to use, and has low cost, making it convenient for mass production. The basic structure of a flintlock gun is like a musket, which uses the flint on the hammer to generate sparks to ignite the gunpowder. The average caliber of a flintlock gun is about 13.7 mm. Since the breech-loading musket had not yet been invented, this placed high demands on the ammunition loading technology at that time. According to the previous loading method, when loading projectiles, the projectiles needed to be placed Go to the muzzle of the chamber, use a wooden hammer to hit the projectile stick, and push the bullet into the chamber. This is very time-consuming. On the battlefield, it means a waste of life.
In this way, after a month of hard work at his own home, Yang Peng finally made his first flintlock gun. Yang Peng was extremely happy. This was the best weapon to deal with the Khitan cavalry. If he had to fight with the Khitan army on the battlefield, it would be a one-to-one price. Yang Peng couldn't afford it, and besides, he wasn't that kind. Many horses. Even if there are so many horses, we can't afford to raise them here.
Yang Peng came to the military camp with a flintlock gun and called Zhang Xiang, Cheng Shijie, and Zhan Jin to come over. "Brother, what's the matter? Do you already have a way to deal with the Khitan cavalry?" Yang Peng said, "I just rely on him to deal with the Khitan cavalry." Zhang Xiang and the others didn't know what Yang Peng was holding, but they all He was Yang Peng's die-hard loyalist and had never doubted Yang Peng's words. Yang Peng asked someone to make a target and asked Zhan Jin to place it at a distance of 150 meters. Yang Peng took aim with the gun and pulled the trigger. Hearing a "bang", a hole was punched in the target in front of him. Cheng Shijie let out a wow, and said, "Brother, this is too powerful. He is the nemesis of the cavalry. Oh dear, it's incredible. The cavalry is like a living target. As long as we have someone to attack the Khitans, it's no problem."
Zhao Jinxi also said, "Big brother is still awesome. It's incredible how many weapons like this can be made. It seems that we are one step closer to the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, haha. Now it seems that the Khitan dog is still so arrogant, haha." Zhao Jinxi bared his teeth and claws. said. It seems that Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures were captured within a few days. Cheng Shijie said, "Being so powerful has nothing to do with you. Now you are a gentleman. The war belongs to us. Just watch us fight the Khitans, haha." Zhao Jinxi stepped forward and kicked him, saying, "This has nothing to do with me." Relationship, so it has nothing to do with me, um, when we invite sir here, we female soldiers can also go to the battlefield, no worse than you, okay, um."
Yang Peng said, "Brother, you first organize a team of a thousand people and start training. Now use wood to make a gun for aiming practice. You must not miss the training. Just practice for an hour every day. When we make the gun, Everyone is conducting live ammunition exercises, and we are looking for two hundred of the most loyal and reliable people to go to the weapons workshop. The people here must have families, so they will not betray us. "I will be there in a few days. Let's see how to make table salt somewhere on the beach. The current salt is too unpalatable. What's more, we are spending money now and haven't started making money yet, but we have to wait until we build the city to make money. We can't take risks. "
Zhang Xiang said, "Brother, don't worry. Just leave it to me. How about we transport seawater for experiments first? Then, let's see how the sun-dried salt works." Yang Peng said, "It's better to organize twenty people to transport it first." When the seawater comes in, we first build a pond with cement. After seeing it, we say, OK, big brother, you go and make the arrangements. I will arrange for someone to build the pond and start transporting the seawater over in three days. How about that?" Zhang Xiang said, "No problem, just like that. Okay, I’ll arrange the arrangements for you right away.”
Zhang Yan saw that he didn't have much money, so he said to Ma Ming, "I want to kill him and find a few big companies to grab the money. I can't ask my elder brother to bring the money over. Ma Ming, take a look at which company has the most money these days." For money, we just stole his vote and said, as long as you do it well, you won't find it. If you arrange for someone to build a cellar, you must not be able to see the flaw yourself. Then we will definitely come to inspect it, because we If you are not a Khitan person, please tell these brothers not to forget to exercise during this time."
Zhang Yan can be said to be very famous in Yingzhou now, because Zhang Yan is also very generous. He gives five taels of silver to the soldiers guarding the gate when entering and exiting the city. It is the same no matter what time. In the past, he had to check, but now the soldiers at Zhang Yan's gate He said hello to Zhang Yan and then let him go directly. Those soldiers were also from poor Khitan families. Zhang Yan gave them almost a month's salary at a time. In one month, they made a year's worth of money with Zhang Yan. That one was embarrassing Zhang Yan. The soldiers didn't agree either.
A few days later, Ma Ming said to Zhang Yan, "The Khitan man in front of us is named Ye Qi Xia Ou. This man is extremely bad. His family also has a lot of money. At least he has nearly two hundred thousand taels of silver. He also has a nursing home." There are only three of us. I don’t know how many Song people were killed by this guy. He is really bad. Otherwise, we will kill him. Then we drove the carriage to the south of the city and left a mark. Our carriage was unloaded in the backyard. , and transport them to the cellar." Zhang Yan said, "Put some stones in the carriages so that they have weight, so that there are traces. You must pay attention to the details. It is not easy for us to develop here now. The first time must not be exposed, so we will start taking action in three days," Ma Ming said. "I will pay attention to it these two days, and I must not let anyone see it at night. I am checking the route to make sure it is foolproof. That’s all.”
Ma Ming has been walking back and forth on this road in the past few days, always paying attention to the movements on the street. At night, Ma Ming still checks the pedestrians and patterns on the road. Zhang Yan noticed the carriage and checked it several times before he was relieved. Ma Ming even practiced it once.
On the night of the third day, Zhang Yan began to take action. Six people, wearing black clothes and covering their faces, armed with hand crossbows and bayonets, rushed towards Master Yeli's home. Ma Ming led one person from Yeli's house to the south of the city. He walked in the direction and immediately put down the stone when he arrived at the place, then drove the carriage to the door of Master Yeli's house. At this time, Zhang Yan had successfully entered Ye Yi's house, parked the two carriages in the yard, closed them and left one person to observe. He and Ma Ming began to move the money. Unexpectedly, this guy was really very talented. There were almost more than 200,000 taels of money and silver, and 10,000 taels of gold. At this time, Zhang Yan was extremely happy. He said to Ma Ming and others, "Move it quickly, and take away the calligraphy and paintings as well. These are all things from the Song Dynasty."
Zhang Yan and Ma Ming carefully checked whether there were any flaws left behind. After checking once, they opened the courtyard door and rushed back. When they arrived at the shop, they immediately moved the silver and gold to the cellar. They checked several times when they came out. Go back to bed. In the morning, Zhang Yan began to open the shop. Zhang Yan went to the cellar to check before going to the front to start doing business.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, Yingzhou began to be filled with soldiers. Zhang Yan took the householder and asked, "What's the matter, general? What happened? Why are there so many soldiers on the street?" The householder said, "Master Yeqi was killed and his money was robbed. "I know how Fei Yanzi came in," "Ah. Fei Yanzi did it and killed Master Ye Qi. These people are too bad. It seems that we need to pay attention. General, you want to come to our place when you patrol at night." Be diligent and give one hundred taels of silver to that hundred households, and you will definitely order your soldiers to come to us often, thank you!"
That Baihu was thinking, this guy is really afraid of death. It's okay. You just need to pay him. I don't patrol by myself. I just ask the soldiers to come here often. This is also an explanation. In Yingzhou, this boss is responsible for us. The soldiers are the best.
Zhang Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. He said to himself that you, Fei Yanzi, are too famous in Yingzhou. When something happened, it was you Fei Yanzi who made us worry for so long. Hey, I don’t know how Fei Yanzi is doing this time. Fei Yanzi is definitely taking the blame. Sorry, we don’t know how you became famous, haha.
Yang Peng didn't know that Zhang Yan was causing trouble in Yingzhou, and Yang Peng was focused on the flintlock gun. Yang Peng made ten hydraulic turning machines at once. He also made molds for flintlock gun parts and grinding tools. The flintlock gun was also produced normally.
Now there are nearly 20,000 people here in Yang Peng. Even if there are more children, there must be nearly a thousand children, most of them are orphans. This is how war is. No matter who wins in the end, the people will suffer. Hey, it’s really sad that all the palaces and palaces in the Qin and Han dynasties were turned into dirt. The people are prosperous and suffer. Death, the people suffer! Cut off without any remains, but the corpses support each other. A man's head hangs beside the horse, and a woman is carried behind the horse. This is not wrong at all. In the end, it was the common people and those women who were hurt the most.
Yang Peng has opened up nearly 10,000 acres of farmland here, and nearly 1,000 acres of vegetable land, all of which are planted with vegetables. Nearly 10,000 acres of wheat have also been planted. Yang Peng has made a lot of bobbin trucks. Install it next to a river with running water. Because there is a ground trough dug, the rapid flow introduced into the ground trough drives the wooden impeller to rotate continuously, lifting the water in the ground trough to a high place through the bamboo tube, and then pours it into the sky trough and flows into the farmland. middle. This ancient water-powered trolley, which forms an ancient pastoral spring scene among the lush mountain slips and streams in my hometown, is an outstanding invention of the ancient Chinese people.
The bamboo tube acts as an impeller: it withstands the impulse of the water (provided by the kinetic energy (velocity) of the water), and the energy gained causes the tube wheel to rotate. And overcome the frictional resistance of the drum car and the reaction moment of the lifted water on the drum car). When turned at a certain angle, the bamboo tube originally immersed in water (filled with water) will leave the water and be lifted. At this time, because the mouth of the bamboo tube is higher than the bottom of the tube (this is why the mouth of the bamboo tube faces the direction of the tube truck), there will be some water in the bamboo tube.
When the bamboo tube passes the top of the tube truck (when the bamboo tube begins to pour water), the position of the tube mouth begins to lower relative to the bottom of the tube, and the water in the bamboo tube will pour into the sink. You can adjust the position of the sink so that it can receive more water. When you find that the drum truck rotates too slowly or cannot lift the water, you need to install some wooden boards or bamboo boards on the drum truck to facilitate the drum truck to obtain more energy (kinetic energy) from the water. You can also immerse the trolley deeper in the water to obtain energy (in this way, because the angle between the position of the bamboo tube when it comes out of the water and the axis of the trolley is larger, the height difference between the tube mouth and the bottom of the tube is also larger, which can make the bamboo tube memory pour more water).
When the speed of the water flow is low, the bamboo tube must also be relatively small. Otherwise, the energy the tube car obtains from the water is limited and is not enough to overcome the reaction moment (or potential energy) of the lifted water on the tube vehicle. In this way, the water is lifted in a cycle. The bollard car itself is very inefficient but does not require power.
This barrel cart is also used to prepare for the future drying of salt at the beach. After these few days of preparation work, the salt has been dried out. After the sea salt is dried, Yang Peng will process it. Zhang Xiang and others were shocked. Even the emperor of the Song Dynasty could not eat such good salt. It was extremely salty without any impurities. Yang Peng arranged for fifty people to produce sea salt. When the time comes, it will be sold somewhere in Cangzhou. It is a big source of income. Even if you want to sell it, you have to wait until the city is built, which is definitely not possible now.
Yang Peng also asked those who farm to pay attention to fertilization. Nowadays, ordinary people farm entirely in the face of God. During droughts, they carry water manually. They have never thought of using drum trucks for irrigation. Yang Peng also bought rice somewhere in the south. Seeds, Yang Peng is ready to raise seedlings in May, and Yang Peng wants to plant rice in the north. We will wait and see if it is possible. Let’s plant it first and see what the harvest is like. Yang Peng didn't know what would happen. Fortunately, it was all plains here. There were hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and soybeans, broad beans, and sorghum were planted here. Yang Peng was thinking that next year he wouldn't have to buy anything from other places. Food.
Zhang Yan now has money, so he took a hundred sheep and bought two pigs from Cangzhou to the Khitan military camp when he was free today. When the soldiers saw Zhang Yan coming, they were extremely happy because Zhang Yan They wanted to improve the food when Yan came over. The Baihu officer personally went to the gate of the military camp to greet him. Zhang Yan raised his fists and said to Baihu, "Hello, General, I'm here to see you again. Please don't take it off." The Baihu thought, I Why should I be surprised? I wish you could come here every day. Among all the wealthy men in Yingzhou, only Zhang Yan did this.
He asked, "General, have you caught that flying swallow?" Baihuguan said, "It's so easy to catch. They all have strong martial arts skills and can fly over walls. We are definitely no match. This problem can only be left to Shangguan," Zhang Yan said "That's right, don't take risks. Life is nothing if you die. It's not worth it, and it's not your own money. There is no need to take risks, really. Haha." Then he pulled the Baihu official aside and said, " A friend of mine wants to buy iron ore with you at a price that I think is pretty good, how about it? If you want to make a small fortune, if you are willing, you can spend a thousand taels of silver on it first. If it doesn't work, don't take the risk."
When the Baihu official heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately said to Zhang Yan, "No problem, I will help you handle it in the afternoon." Zhang Yan went outside and took out a thousand taels of silver and gave it to the Baihu official and said, "Thank you, General." "
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
