Lu Daoyuan was silent. He did care about his son so much, but profit was related to nearly 30% of the entire family's income.
It is really heartbreaking to see such a huge profit disappear.
At this time, Xiang'er whispered, "Dad, I heard people say that Mr. Wu An dislikes people who oppose him the most. I feel that since dad has been on your side for a long time, he should stand to the end and change the court rashly, fearing that in the end They are not human inside or outside."
Lu Daoyuan gradually calmed down his impatience, sat down, and after thinking for a while, he looked at Xiang'er and asked.
"How is your mother's family doing now?"
Xiang'er smiled and said, "My family is affiliated with Zhang Xiaoniang, and we usually pay filial piety, but Zhang Xiaoniang doesn't accept it. We only need us to pay taxes regularly and rationed, but she takes the majority of the cooperative business."
Lu Daoyuan raised his eyebrows, "Are you talking about the crazy woman next to the Lord who never cares about etiquette?"
Xiang'er's expression suddenly changed, and she said cautiously, "Dad, be careful. From the rise of Lord Wu An to the present day, do those who speak shamelessly in front of him still have their lives?"
Lu Daoyuan took a breath, the grass on the grave of anyone who offended Wu Anjun was three feet long.
Because of this, he would act like a king in the beginning, but as his property grew bigger and bigger, this man would sometimes drift away.
At this moment, when I suddenly thought about it, sweat poured down my face, and my face turned pale.
After a long time, he sighed, "Fortunately, my son stopped me in time."
He looked at his son and asked, "Is it a lie that Xiang'er feels uncomfortable?"
Lu Hongguang smiled and said, "Dad, this excuse will not only allow you to go home with me, but it will also prevent others from saying anything."
Lu Daoyuan touched his beard and narrowed his eyes. Yes, his son has grown up and can think. This is the sign of adulthood.
Xiang'er warned, "Dad, from now on, you must not speak ill of Zhang Xiaoniang, and you must not talk nonsense in front of Mr. Wu An. You don't give him face, and you don't care about etiquette. The only one who is still alive and kicking is Zhang Xiaoniang."
After Lu Daoyuan nodded in agreement, he then called a few servants over and ordered them to go to the gates of the mansions of several leading gentry to see when they would come back.
In the side hall of Yang Qian's mansion, there are fifty-two tables neatly placed.
When everyone enters, they naturally sit down according to their financial resources and status.
The leader asked the soldier, "Excuse me, when will Mr. Wu An come?"
The soldier smiled very strangely and said, "Mr. Wu An is so busy, and you still come uninvited. Let's wait and see when you are free."
After saying that, the soldier was about to close the door. Suddenly he seemed to have thought of something and said to everyone.
"There is a piece of clear water on your desk, please use it with caution."
After saying that, he didn't stop, closed the door and went out. At this time, there was a sound of armor rubbing against each other.
I saw neat soldiers outside surrounding the entire side hall.
However, everyone didn't think much about it, thinking that this was the ceremony for Lord Wu An to appear. What everyone couldn't figure out was why these people were facing bigger. According to ordinary guards, weren't their backs to the side hall?
After everyone sat down and started thinking, it didn't take long for everyone to start talking.
From how to discuss with Mr. Wu An at the beginning to the end, it seemed that Mr. Wu An was afraid of them with the strength of dozens of people.
Perhaps because of the intense public sentiment, no one had time to eat the morning meal. Only then did they realize that they were a little hungry.
Someone said in a weird way, "I heard that Mr. Wu An has never respected etiquette. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation. He didn't even have refreshments."
"Who says it's not the case? I'm so hungry that my chest is touching my back, and I don't know when I can eat the morning meal."
Everyone started talking one after another, and dissatisfaction also rose in the side hall.
There is nothing wrong with grabbing profitable business. After all, he is a high official and a title lord.
But now Mr. Wu An wants to ruin the market and eat in one pot, you
Eat more, and everyone will see you as a noble and won't care about you.
Good guy, it would be better if you just smash the pot. Many small families can't even drink the soup now.
After half an hour of waiting, some impatient people could no longer bear it, stood up and came to the door.
"Dang~~~!" .br>
The burly Xuanjia Army soldier said in a deep voice as they clashed their halberds and blocked the way.
"No one can leave the side hall without Lord Wuan's order."
You guys looked at me, I looked at you, you felt something was wrong, but you had nothing to say to these big-headed soldiers.
foundry.
Yang Gan stood in front of a machine and kept looking at it.
Zhang Yumeng was beside him, holding the drawings and directing everyone.
Some relatively large parts were hoisted with the assistance of roller skates.
"Move to the side. This is the largest shell and needs to be placed at the back."
"Yes, just leave it like this. Come on, install it for me."
It didn't take long for the machine, which originally looked like a semi-finished product, to be installed gradually.
Two huge motors are placed below. This machine is a bit long. In fact, the machine itself is not big, but it has a metal conveyor belt of the same type.
Ou Yexia wiped the sweat from her face with a towel, her eyes widening.
"This, this is the rolling mill?"
Zhang Yumeng nodded and said, "That's right."
"Can you press a lot of metal into a pancake?"
Zhang Yumeng smiled and said, "Yes, but if you roll it hard, it will put a lot of pressure on the two metal pillars, and it may even cause the surface to be uneven."
"So, if you want to heat the metal, it won't be a big problem even if you don't have to cut it into plates."
Yang Qian circled the machine several times, and in the end he couldn't help but be amazed.
"How powerful this is."
"Hehe, at least with 435 horsepower, it's absolutely terrifying."
Yang Qian was still confused, "It's surprising that the alloy can be pressed into plates with just such a little force."
Yang Gan didn't understand the principle at all, because the power of one horsepower was very abstract.
For people like Yang Qian, who are idiots in mathematics and physics, it is almost as if they are talking to each other like chickens and ducks, and they are not as fast as Ou Yexia.
One horsepower is equal to about 75 kilograms of something, lifted to one meter in one second.
Yang Qian felt like his scalp was numb just by reading this explanation.
Zhang Yumeng shrugged and said, "I know the principle, but this is my first time making this thing."
"Don't you like mechanical things? Have you never used them before?"
The corner of Zhang Yumeng's mouth twitched fiercely, "Please, many things can be bought directly as finished products. Why don't you buy a rolling mill and make it yourself from raw materials? Isn't this weird?"
Yang Qian was stunned for a moment before he recalled how convenient online shopping was in his previous life. Except for contraband, nothing could be bought online.
If you want to buy a motor, it's not just a matter of clicking a few times on your phone.
At this time, Ou Yexia took out a piece of copper-tin-nickel alloy three fingers thick from the furnace and placed it on the metal conveyor belt.
Zhang Yumeng immediately adjusted the thickness of the roller of the rolling mill and pressed the switch.
The roar of the motor was heard, and the long conveyor belt began to rotate.
The alloy bars were placed on the teleporter and transported there, but what happened next made Yang Qian frown.
The alloy bar was not sent straight, but diagonally and sideways for a while. Ou Yexia watched the whole process and could only straighten the alloy bar before entering the rolling process.
When two huge, thick and hard rollers bit the alloy bar, the red alloy was crushed over without even holding on for a second.
The area is much larger, but the height has dropped by at least one-third.
Yang Gan's eyebrows were raised and his eyes widened.
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Success? "
"Damn it, it really worked."
Ou Yexia looked ecstatic, looking at Zhang Yumeng like a god, and said convinced.
"Zhang Xiaoniang's craftsmanship is really like a ghost."
But Zhang Yumeng ignored the two of them and took the alloy bar back with pliers to take back the conveyor belt again, and then adjusted the gap between the two rollers. Then crush.
The alloy gradually began to expand its area and its thickness gradually became thinner.
Each time the alloy cools down a bit, it is heated again.
When the alloy is finally rolled to the required thickness, the alloy strip has turned into an irregular alloy plate larger than an A4 paper.
While Yang Qian and Ou Yexia were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, Zhang Yumeng turned off the switch and frowned at the conveyor belt and pressure steel column.
Perhaps seeing something wrong with Zhang Yumeng, Yang Ganqi said, "Isn't this a success? Why don't you even have a smile on your face?"
Zhang Yumeng pointed at the roller and said dissatisfiedly, "It's so good. You see, it's just an alloy bar. After it is pressed, the surface will not be smooth."
Yang Qian took a closer look and saw some dark stains on the rollers, and couldn't help but care.
"The alloy just burned red. It doesn't matter. Just wipe it and it'll be fine."
Zhang Yumeng said speechlessly, "This is high-speed steel. Logically speaking, even if the alloy is hot, it will not leave traces. The only explanation is that the quality of the rollers is not up to standard."
"You said it's okay to use high-speed steel to make this thing. After all, it can withstand high temperatures. If you think it's not possible, you might as well use high-carbon steel."
Yang Gan didn't understand, but there really weren't many special steels available now.
Zhang Yumeng shook his head and said, "The roller, that is, the roller, has withstood strong rolling force, severe wear and thermal fatigue. Moreover, the hot roller works at high temperature. In fact, wear is very normal, so surface hardness is not required, only surface hardness is required. High strength, toughness and heat resistance are required.”
Yang Qian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Although I deeply hate loan sharking, its existence must have its own value.
If you have a need for this thing and society has a need for it, then you cannot ban it. If it is banned, it will inevitably go underground, making it even more troublesome to deal with.
The bank can be said to be the place where money circulates the most in the world. Newly minted coins do not need to be exchanged with others, just go out of the bank directly.
