"No, tell him to go back to where he came from." Huang An looked dissatisfied.
Mrs. Huang pinched her waist and shouted: "Why don't you see me? My father spent money to buy this guard for you. Now the housekeeper next to my father is here. You can't see me if you don't want to see me. Go and invite people in."
She said the last sentence to the soldiers on the side.
The soldier did not move and looked at Huang An with a questioning expression.
Mrs. Huang on the side noticed it, her face darkened, and she shouted: "Look what he does, I have the final say on this matter, why don't you go and invite people in."
Huang An on the other side waved towards the door with an impatient expression.
The soldier then said: "Yes, madam, the young one will go right away."
After saying that, he quickly left the main hall.
Huang An said with a dissatisfied look: "What's the use of letting Butler She see me? Why don't you find him an inn to stay for one night and go back to Zhengjiazhuang early the next day."
"What? My mother can't see you anymore." Mrs. Huang said angrily, "You promised my father to come to Lingqiu to open an iron yard. Now there is no way to go back on it."
Huang An flicked his sleeves and said impatiently: "It doesn't make sense with a woman like you."
"Who can't make sense? I see that you are acting as a guard and have lost your temper. Nothing I say will work!" Mrs. Huang stepped forward and raised her hand to grab Huang An's ears.
Huang An took a step back to avoid the fingers grabbed by the opponent.
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the main hall, and the soldier who had gone out before came in and said respectfully: "Sir, madam, Butler She is here."
After saying that, he made way and Butler She from Zhengjiazhuang walked in from the door.
"I've met my uncle, I've met my lady." Butler She saluted Huang An and Mrs. Huang one after another.
At this time, Mrs. Huang withdrew her hand from Huang An and said, "You are here just in time. Tell him about my father's plan to open an iron yard."
Before Butler She could speak, Huang An scolded: "This is the main hall of the garrison office, not the backyard of the house. There is no uncle here."
"Yes, the common people have met Lord Guard." Butler She bowed humbly.
Mrs. Huang on the side glared and said: "We are all one family, why are you putting on official airs?"
Butler She said respectfully: "Miss, Lord Guard is right. This is the main hall of Guard Mansion. If anything bad is spread, it will easily damage my uncle's official authority."
Mrs. Huang snorted and did not hold on to this matter.
Huang An sat back on the seat behind the desk, and then said to Butler She: "I already know your purpose of coming. The matters at the iron yard need to be postponed. You have traveled hard all the way, so you can stay at the inn in the county for one night. Let’s go back to Zhengjiazhuang tomorrow!”
Butler She said respectfully: "Master Guards, please rest assured that the matter at the Iron Field will not make things difficult for you."
Huang An nodded, very satisfied with Butler She's answer.
"The iron yard is closed?" Mrs. Huang frowned and looked at Guan She's family, "That's not what you said when you came here. Why did you change your mind when you got here?"
Hearing the dissatisfaction in Mrs. Huang's tone, Butler She said with a smile: "Miss, I misunderstood. Our iron yard will still be open, but we won't make things difficult for the guards. Our family can build our own iron furnace and recruit miners. Open an iron yard.”
"You want to open your own iron farm? Do you know about the iron farm? Can you make iron?" Huang An frowned.
He had promised his Lao Taishan before that he would take over the iron yard in Dongshan, take control of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, and then allocate an iron yard to his Lao Taishan as compensation for the money he spent on him.
But he didn't expect Butler She to open a new iron yard, which was beyond his expectation.
Butler She said humbly: "It doesn't matter if I don't understand. You can ask knowledgeable people to do it. I believe that with the support of Lord Guard, no one in Lingqiu will dare to touch our iron field."
Huang An rubbed his chin and looked thoughtful.
This is not impossible. After all, he is also a Lingqiu garrison. He still has some respect for opening an iron yard. Whether it is the county magistrate or the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, for his sake, he will not embarrass Butler She's iron yard. .
Thinking of this, he said: "Since you are willing to stay and open the iron yard, then let's open it."
"Thank you, Lord Guard." Butler She bowed respectfully.
Mrs. Huang beside her said dissatisfiedly: "Thank him for what he is doing. Opening the iron yard is also a waste of our Zheng family's money. His defense is useless."
Huang An's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot when he heard this.
Butler She smiled and did not dare to answer.
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"Proprietor, this is a hydraulic hammer. Use this thing to forge fine iron, which saves a lot of manpower and time. It only needs one blacksmith apprentice to look after it." Huang Zhong pointed to a machine that was beating the iron plate and said.
An apprentice blacksmith stood next to the machine, moving the beaten iron plate from time to time.
Huang Zhong continued: "With the hydraulic hammer and the hydraulic drilling machine, whether it is making fire guns or breastplates, the speed will be greatly improved, and more manpower can be allocated to do other things."
Liu Heng looked at the iron plate hammered by the hydraulic hammer for a while. It was no worse than the iron plate hammered by manpower. Even because of the uniform force, the iron plate hammered by the hydraulic hammer had fewer impurities than the iron plate hammered by manpower.
After watching the hydraulic hammer, I went to see the hydraulic drilling machine.
It used to take skilled craftsmen several days to drill out the blunderbuss tubes, but now with a hydraulic drilling machine, not only can the blunderbuss tubes drilled out be the same size, but a hydraulic drilling machine can make more than a dozen blunderbuss tubes in a day.
The more Liu Heng looked at them, the more satisfied he became. With these two things, the Ordnance Bureau could mass-produce firecrackers and breastplates.
After seeing a blunderbuss tube being drilled out by a hydraulic drilling machine, Liu Heng praised: "The Ordnance Bureau has done a good job. Send me an order to reward the craftsmen who develop the hydraulic hammer and the hydraulic drilling machine with one thousand taels each. Improve the level of treatment."
Huang Zhong's face was filled with joy. The people under him had made great contributions, and he, the director of the department, had also made great contributions.
After leaving the weapons bureau in Zhaojiayu, the group headed to the gun-making workshop.
Passing by the river bank outside the village, several large waterwheels scooped water out of the river and sent it into the ditch on the bank.
The Ordnance Bureau started developing this kind of waterwheel years ago. The entire production process was not difficult. It took less than two months to successfully develop two large and small waterwheels.
Also because of the emergence of waterwheels, the development of hydraulic hammers and hydraulic drilling machines was accelerated.
Huang Zhong said: "There are several large waterwheels here in the Ordnance Bureau. The water hammers and hydraulic drilling machines are driven by these waterwheels."
Liu Heng nodded.
Now everything in Tiger Flag is developing in a good direction.
In less than half a year, Xujiazhuang has become more lively than Lingqiu County. Businessmen from all over the country are constantly coming to Xujiazhuang, making Xujiazhuang more and more prosperous, with rows of shops lined up next to each other.
These shops alone can bring in a lot of rent every month, and Tiger Character Banner collects commercial taxes. As long as merchants come to Xujiazhuang to do business, Xujiazhuang will take a portion of the fees from every business done, and they will also be responsible for it. Ensure the safety of merchants coming to Xujiazhuang and the safety of goods.
It is precisely because Xujiazhuang handles affairs fairly and guarantees safety that more and more caravans are attracted to Xujiazhuang.
