Zhang Rui didn't know what was happening outside.
After returning from the battlefield, Zhang Rui made some arrangements for the rest of the work, and then started working on his hydraulic workshop.
In fact, establishing a hydraulic workshop here in Zhilian Mountain was not Zhang Rui's ideal location. But there was no other way. Zhang Rui originally hoped to be as "obscenely developed" as possible. How could I have thought that just by "spending" for a moment, the "boss"'s hatred value would be increased.
Zhang Rui felt regretful about this. He couldn't help but blame himself and said, "If you knew this would happen, you should have bowed to the wrong grave and knelt down a few times for that 'unvirtuous man', so you wouldn't have been so passive."
Now that a great situation has been wasted, I have really encountered the most difficult mode in the abyss mode. Fortunately, Zhang Rui has barely passed the first wave of tests.
According to Zhang Rui's speculation, judging from the speed of news dissemination in the Qing Dynasty, coupled with the deliberate concealment by the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and others. I should be able to spend this year with peace of mind.
However, Zhang Rui felt that he still could not take it lightly. After all, people are not as good as God, and those who are more prepared are definitely better than those who are unprepared.
Therefore, Zhang Rui began to build a hydraulic workshop, the purpose of which was to provide weapons and armor, especially firearms and artillery, which were indispensable.
Zhang Rui is confident that he can control the loyalty of his team through various means. After all, Zhang Rui's introduction of this "team leader" is an epoch-making existence.
Furthermore, the Qing Dynasty really couldn't win people over, otherwise there wouldn't always be uprisings. Even though this is what some people call a "prosperous age", there are still people who are constantly creating opposition to it.
Why? It is the various injustices of the Manchus and the oppression of other ethnic groups, of which the Han people are the most important.
However, an uprising is not a show, it requires real deaths.
Therefore, Zhang Rui can only do his best to provide the team with the best equipment. Otherwise, arbitrarily pulling them into rebellion would be irresponsibly asking them to die.
If you don’t do it, don’t do it. If you do it, do it well. This is what Zhang Rui has been advocating for all these years.
Others didn't understand why Zhang Rui was so wasteful and wanted to destroy those artillery pieces. However, Zhang Rui knew it all too well.
That's because although the "iron mold cannon casting method" can be cast quickly, the price is also cheap. But it has a fatal flaw, that is, most of the cannons it casts will form white iron.
White iron is brittle and cannot be mechanically bored, nor can it even drill a fire door directly on the gun body. Moreover, artillery made of white iron will crack during the firing process, and may even explode after repeated use.
Zhang Rui was working in a hurry when he was casting those cannons, and he also considered the problem of iron materials in Zhilian Mountain, so the cannon bodies he cast were relatively thin. It's very easy to explode if fired a few times.
This is why when Zhang Rui was on the battlefield, he only asked the "temporary" gunners to fire four rounds and call it a day. He also had them fire powder bags packed with silk, just to prevent them from putting too much gunpowder when filling. , directly exploded.
Zhang Rui naturally couldn't let them know these things. One is to let those "gunners" continue to maintain the spirit of "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" and think that shooting cannon is that simple.
The second reason is that he wants to give them a sense of omnipotence and mystery so that they can continue to respect him.
Many things are not as simple as imagined. Just like now, Zhang Rui always thought that establishing a hydraulic workshop was a very simple matter.
After all, in many time-travel novels, as long as there were no steam engines, the problem of hydraulic workshops would be written about. Moreover, it is easy to see those time-traveling seniors doing this.
However, after Zhang Rui started working on it, he discovered that he could only build houses and gear links.
As for how to build a dam to block water, he really doesn't know how. Moreover, blocking the water in this stream has to consider many issues such as flood drainage when the rainy season comes.
However, money can make a difference. After four days of searching, Mr. Zhang finally arrived.
Facts have proved that the Han people are not without capable people, they have just been suppressed.
Moreover, craftsmen in this era are facing a very serious problem, that is, they have the strength but cannot find a place where they can get paid to work. Under Zhang Rui's reward offer, craftsmen who came to work with Zhang Rui flocked to him.
Looking at the busy people, Zhang Rui had to sigh: "No matter what world it is, it is better to be rich!"
Finally, more than twenty days later, the first hydraulic workshop was built.
Seeing the first hydraulic workshop being built, Zhang Rui fantasized about building more than ten such workshops in succession.
However, Wu Zhishui, the second son of the Wu family who knew water conservancy, told him: Don't think too much, only five such workshops can be built on this stretch of stream. Moreover, there still needs to be a certain distance between workshops, otherwise the workshops will not be able to operate efficiently.
The second son of the Wu family is said to be a talented person. In order to realize his dream of water control, he secretly changed his name and came to help Zhang Rui, a rebel, build dams and workshops. I don’t know if his father would be mad to death if he found out about this.
Naturally, Zhang Rui would not let go of talents so easily. Five seats, just five seats! It's great to be able to get it out, Zhang Rui can't ask for anything more.
Zhang Rui felt extremely pressured by the Manqing's current attention on him. It is almost impossible for one place to fight against the power of the whole country. How to better lurk and develop quickly is the most important thing for Zhang Rui at the moment.
As an ordinary person, Zhang Rui does not have much ability beyond ordinary people. He has hundreds of years more knowledge than in ancient times, and can make many things less detours.
In terms of understanding of dynasties. Zhang Rui believes that if it was the late Ming Dynasty, he might be able to pronounce the names of several celebrities and know a little about the late Ming Dynasty.
However, all Zhang Rui's understanding of the Qianlong period comes from various Qing Dynasty TV dramas active on the screen. For example, Ji Xiaolan, Liu Luoguo, He Shen, Huanzhugege and so on.
Today, Zhang Rui is even somewhat grateful that he was a TV fan in his previous life. In the past, watching TV series like this was just a helpless pastime for Zhang Rui. Now it seems that watching these TV series is not without its benefits.
At least Zhang Rui knew that some major events were going to happen in the next few years during the Qianlong period. For example, after September this year, a guy will rebel, and Xiao and Zhuo will become restless again. Then someone will attract the attention of the Qing Dynasty.
When he thought that someone would help him attract the attention of the Manchus, Zhang Rui couldn't help but thank him sincerely. But Zhang Rui really forgot his name. At that time, he just remembered that he was some general appointed by Qianlong.
"Who is doing the 'good thing'? No matter who it is, I really want to thank you." Zhang Rui thought secretly in his heart
