The common man is innocent and bears the responsibility. Ling Hu's tragedy was not because of his bad words. The fundamental reason was that the priceless treasure he had, gunpowder, was targeted by someone with intentions. It would be difficult if nothing happened.
Ling Hu let his anger go to his head and raised his hands and feet to kill Pu Shouchang on the spot. However, at the moment when his fists fell, his hands and feet seemed to be petrified in the air. He could not fall for a long time, and the bitter tears began to flow from his eyes. Out of the corner of the eye.
Even if I beat him to death today, I would be killing him in vain. Can I get back what I lost?
Liang Chuan and Yelu Chongguang were filled with emotion when they saw this scene. Ling Hu once was very high-spirited and directed the country, but he turned his back on success and failure, leaving nothing behind.
Lawyer Ye Zhongguang dragged Pu Shouchang away, leaving only Liang Chuan and Ling Hu. The atmosphere was tense for a moment.
Liang Chuan said: "The done deal is only salvation if Lao Ling lets go. If you always indulge in hatred in life, this life will be considered a waste."
Ling Hu's tears couldn't stop flowing down. How wronged a man must have been to show such a situation. He slapped his thigh and shouted helplessly: "I am so unwilling, I am so unwilling!"
Liang Chuan patted him on the back. Only a man understands the hardships of a man. No matter how many beautiful words he said at this time, it would just add salt to his wounds.
Liang Chuan asked Yelu Zhongguang to prepare a laboratory for him, which was a relatively independent small tile-roofed room. It was fully stocked with saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur and other raw materials for making gunpowder, and he was looking forward to Ling Hu regaining his reputation.
There are several requirements for making a career in this era. First, you must have money. There are many ways to make money by yourself now, and money will continue to pour in in the future. The second is to have a gun. A gun cannot be made without a punch, but it has gunpowder. The power of exploding it is much stronger than a gun! The third is to have people. The number of juniors in the adult management brigade is also very large. I basically have a few elements. Damn it!
Ling Hu looked at the pots, tongs and pans all over the room, his unfamiliar hands trembling slightly. He had lost this craft for almost three years, and now he had to pick it up again, and his breathing was a little short.
Inventions and creations have not been accomplished overnight since ancient times. Liang Chuan gave Ling Hu ample time and allowed him to develop. It would not work to rush the ducks to the shelves.
Liang Chuan secretly returned to Qingyuan. Instead of returning to Chengtian Alley, he walked to the riverside, next to the Fang family's iron shop.
The scale of this blacksmith shop was three times larger than the original, and two larger workshops were built on both sides. Bursts of red light shone through the door, and black smoke came out from the roof. Before they could get closer, the hammer struck The sound of beating is endless.
A dark and strong man walked out of the room. Liang Chuan took a closer look and seemed to be dazzled at that moment. .
Zhaodi, who used to be thin and fair, has now turned out like this. His resolute face has a healthy wheat color, his body has become fuller, and he has an indomitable spirit.
After three years of separation, we should look at each other with admiration.
Liang Chuan walked into the shop, leaned against the door and looked at Zhaodi who was picking up briquettes with a smile.
Brother Zhao felt a gaze and looked up. He couldn't believe his eyes for a moment!
"Third brother!" Brother Zhao shouted excitedly. He didn't care that his hands were stained with soot, but he still rubbed his eyes vigorously. It was really him!
It's been more than two years since Liang Chuan disappeared. Everyone said he was dead. Who would have no news for more than two years for no reason? Even he had to believe that Liang Chuan had been killed.
Just like when Liang Chuan suddenly had a bright idea, he disappeared from everyone's world again. He came so suddenly, and left even more suddenly and decisively.
Brother Zhao invited Liang Chuan into the room and stared at his big brother with shining eyes. This scene was unbelievable.
Liang Chuan looked at Zhaodi's house. It was tidier than before, and he didn't see Fang Tianding. There was a woman in the house who was doing needlework. Her belly was bulging, and her face was kind. Who else could it be if it wasn't Fang Wan? !
Heibi was a bit old, and was lying on the floor sleeping. When he saw Liang Chuan, he moved his body in a rare move, and came to Liang Chuan to rub against him, and they were extremely intimate!
Liang Chuan rubbed Hei Bi's head. It seemed that this old fellow had not forgotten him!
When Fang Wan saw a guest coming, he stood up with his back propped up. He was shocked when he saw this person, and the needle and thread in his hand fell to the ground.
Zhaodi hurriedly walked over and picked it up: "Why, you don't even know how to greet my third brother when you see him?"
Fang Wan pinched his brother and said, "You...didn't you say that my boss had already..."
Liang Chuan dragged a chair by himself and sat down and said: "This story is a long story that will last three days and three nights. I thought I would never come back. The bizarre twists and turns of the accident would be endless in a while. But it seems that I missed a lot of things and didn’t catch up with your wedding."
The two stood side by side, one was gentle and pleasant, the other was mature and steady, they were truly a team made in heaven.
The younger brother who was recruited that year was still a little savage who walked through mountains and rivers with Black Nose in hand. Now that he has a family and a family, he has completely changed. There will never be towering saplings under the towering trees. He has also grown up.
Fang Wan said with some embarrassment: "My boss, don't blame me for recruiting my younger brother... It's just that at that time, everyone thought you wouldn't come back..."
Liang Chuan said: "If I didn't talk about you, I thought I was dead. Did Yi Niang help you organize this?"
Zhaodi and his wife stood side by side, glanced at each other, then knelt down together and took a sip towards Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan sat calmly. His parents ate three cigarettes, so they gave him one, and he could bear it. .
His father didn't come when he was happy to recruit his younger brother, and his eldest brother and sister-in-law didn't come either. They even sarcastically said that this younger brother had come to someone else's house and was no longer a member of their Lao Zheng family. Did he go there to see others look down upon him?
When the two of them paid homage to Gaotang, one side was Fang Tianding and the other was Yi Niang. There was also an empty seat reserved for Liang Chuan, who never came back.
"Get up quickly." Liang Chuan helped Fang Wan up.
Liang Chuan said: "Brother Zhao, you have already had your own life, and the way you live in the future will be changed by your decisions. You are the head of the family, and you should not act recklessly before making decisions. Family is the most important thing in everything. Seeing your I'm very pleased with the change. I may have to leave Qingyuan soon, so you have to bear with this mess in Qingyuan."
Zhaodi didn't want him to become this mature, but because Liang Chuan was gone, he had no one to rely on and forced himself to grow up.
Upon hearing that Liang Chuan was leaving, Brother Zhao said anxiously: "Third brother, you just came back and are leaving? Do Sister Yiniang and the others know?"
"Don't worry, I have already explained these things. By the way, where is Lao Fang?"
Fang Wan said: "My father has been determined to give up this industry since you were gone.
It was left to both of us. He bought a small house near your store to live out his old age. After a lifetime of fatigue, his hair turned gray when he relaxed. "
Liang Chuan said: "Oh? So brother Zhao, have you learned the craft now?"
Zhaodi said with some embarrassment: "After three years of studying, I can barely graduate."
Liang Chuan looked at the scale of his current management. A shop staff came in and out, but everyone was doing things in an orderly manner. Now the iron hooks and iron needles made in the shop are still the main products, and other farm tools and weapons also account for a large number of them. Big portions.
If the level of recruiting younger brothers is not good enough, this will never happen.
Liang Chuan said to Brother Zhao, "Brother Zhao, I have a small plan here. I wonder if you can help me realize it. If you can, you will make endless money in the future."
Liang Chuan himself had forgotten that he still had shares in this store.
Zhaodi said, "I'll try my best."
Liang Chuan said: "I won't tell you what this thing is called. You must keep it a secret for me. I will give you the drawing of the style. You can try and see if you can't make it. The cost may be a bit high. I will give you the money." You sent it here."
The thing Liang Chuan wants to recruit his younger brother to toss is called artillery.
Liang Chuan drew a two to three meter gun barrel. It is thin at the front and thick at the back. The inner bore is in the shape of a trumpet. The caliber is about ten centimeters. The barrel is long and the wall is thick. It gradually lengthens from the muzzle to the tail. This design It is consistent with the changes in chamber pressure when gunpowder burns. The distance from the muzzle to the fire door. If the caliber of the gun is one inch longer, the gun body will be three feet and three inches longer. Change according to this ratio.
The material is pig iron. If copper is used, the chance of the chamber exploding will be reduced. However, copper is a coinage metal, so the cost is too high. There is a pair of lugs at the center of gravity of the gun body, as well as devices such as a front sight and a rear sight, which are used to calculate ballistic accuracy.
Brother Zhao looked at Liang Chuan's drawings and his scalp felt numb. This big thing might weigh a thousand kilograms when built. How many pig iron knives, hoes and iron needles can be made?
There was also the casting process, which he found a little tricky, and he wasn't very sure of completing Liang Chuan's mission. It seems that he has to ask Lao Taishan to take action, otherwise he may not be able to complete the important task assigned by his third brother.
Casting cannons is a huge project. Now that I have many apprentices, it can only be completed if all the tools and equipment are complete. More importantly, a large amount of money is needed as research and development funds. Liang Chuan and Yi Niang calculated what they had on hand. I still have money, hundreds of thousands of dollars. .
With this confidence, Liang Chuan dared to think wildly. With Ling Hu's gunpowder and his brother Fang's artillery, he would have to go sideways in the future.
After coming out of Fang's house, Liang Chuan went back to Chengtian Lane. Su Wei looked at Liang Chuan in surprise. If Liang Chuan was really dead, he would have run away long ago. He came to Liang Chuan just to do something big. , How can a dignified scholar with a Jinshi background actually become the accountant of a merchant?
Liang Chuan didn't stay long before he went to find two sworn brothers - Qin Jing and Yuchi Tian.
It is said that the power of Qingyuantang is now at its peak. If you look at Weiyuan Tower in the open, Qingyuantang is talking about things underground. In the entire Qingyuan, except for the port and wharf, which they couldn't eat, all the land on the land was occupied by them.
For this last piece of fat, several conflicts broke out between Qingyuantang and the workers at the port.
