The old carpenter in charge of this machinery-not really a pure carpenter, because this old master’s craft is obviously not limited to carpentry. He was previously in charge of building crossbows, not only knowing wood work but also knowing how to make tendons and tendons-pointed to the places where handles were put on both sides of the loom
"Just press these two machines to pick the shuttle, and don’t take the shuttle directly."
Shen Luoyan stamped the suspect’s foot once, then carefully pressed the left-hand machine bracket to listen to "whoosh". A shuttle flew out of the original card slot and flew all the way along the guide rail to the opposite side six feet away. It was stuck by the chute and embedded in another machine bracket, and then turned once again. The right machine bracket tightened the string, and then the loose shuttle flew out again. Every time, the elasticity was just right to shoot to the opposite side and was caught.
"It’s incredible that there is such a clever thing in the sky … tut tut when it’s incredible, so wouldn’t it be natural for a woman to weave in the future? Aren’t the extra two-thirds women out of work? " Shen Luoyan secretly staggering heart is full of fear.
"There’s nothing to worry about. As the corvee is so prosperous today, it’s the male Ding Yuanzheng who needs a healthy woman to hoe and plow weeds. Why are women afraid of not having a job? The advantage of what you just saw is that it’s just that it’s much easier to automatically throw shuttles by machine’s enclosed force than by human hands alternately."
There is still a word that Xiao Xian didn’t say, that is, in the tenth century, the British issued a formal flying shuttle, which was the elasticity of spring steel. However, because the Sui Dynasty can’t practice the elasticity of spring steel, his fake thing turned out to be like two small crossbows with chute guides at both ends of the loom.
"Ah, it is also a master ingenuity? My daughter is really lucky to see strange things today. "Shen Luoyan listened to Xiao Xian’s mouth and jumped on his knees. There were some incoherent words." Can my daughter … can I try more? "
"Of course, if you want to try today, you should try to see if there are any places that don’t match your hands-the one next to you doesn’t have a shuttle, and it is necessary to try to ensure that it is feasible. The princess will bring it to the palace to pay tribute."
It is impossible to hide the news that "there is a new technology to weave wide fabrics" if wide silks and satins appear in the market. In this case, if Xiao Xian wants to play monopoly profits for two more years, it is natural to plot these wide fabrics to think of a source-at this time, the clumsy double loom will just send a field to mislead heaven and man
Chapter 10 a seafaring visitor will talk about Japan
Xiao Xian, Hangzhou was busy with the national economy and people’s livelihood. When Shen Faxing was preparing to leave for Suzhou, he reported that he was going to the Minhai to pick up the ship. Wu Shihuo had returned. The trip was quite smooth. The fleet bought enough tropical timber suitable for building a big ship from Lingnan. Now the fleet has stopped in Hangzhou and unloaded the tropical timber trade route. It is natural to go and see it in person in the next two years when the Xiao Xian court built a seagoing ship.
Xiao Xian, the anchorage dock outside Houchaomen, saw a lot of suntan. Wu Shihuo was quite impressed by the spirit of this door’s business expansion. "Can Mr. Wu’s hard work and gains from this trip be smooth if our ship goes to Lingnan by sea?"
Wu Shihuo obviously didn’t know that Xiao Xian was meeting people at Hangzhou Wharf and rushed to salute. "Lao Xu Ma Huai has a good door all the way. He didn’t run the sea many times before, and occasionally he went to the south of Denglai, Shandong Province. He hasn’t been there personally. Now he has to try twice. It is really necessary to have a sharp bottom and deep draft. Fujian boats are suitable for running the South China Sea to the north. Flat-bottomed sand boats can’t stand the head-on waves in the South China Sea; And Fujian ship to shallow northern waters and hold rolling waves, this time is unfamiliar with hydrology and almost missed the deadline. Fortunately, it is not a windy season, but there is no danger. "
"It’s good to have nothing to worry about. I didn’t expect Mr. Wu, a Shanxi businessman, to know how to sail and watch the tide now. It’s really like in Rome."
"Where is Wu Mou realized-aye? Xu has seen Miss Shen. "Wu Shihuo said that people behind Xiao Xian have seen Shen Faxing and Shen Luoyan, pointing to Shen Luoyan, and said," Wu Mou learned all these common sense from Shenyang. Now it’s a pity that Xu Shen County commandant got a real job, but it’s not good to run around and occasionally go to the sea. We have to tell the truth ourselves to run the sea or to walk in Wu Yuemin. "
Xiao Xian was somewhat interested in Wu Shihuo’s words and turned back to Shen Faxing and said, "I can’t believe that your love will not only needle the needlework but also these publicity things? You can’t see it at an early age. "
Shen Faxing seems to be a little embarrassed that he raised his daughter into a rough man. He is ashamed to argue that "this child’s mother often took her with her when she ran a boat a few years ago, but now she is embarrassed by her. Don’t laugh at her."
Xiao Xian suddenly realized that the brain has filled out the image of Shen Luoyan’s department and explained generously and casually, "What’s so good about this? If there is an opportunity in the future, let her take charge of the boat and go out to sea alone. Maybe Xiao Mou just has a’ grinding monty star’ here and has no place to send it. Then she can be with Miss Shen."
Shen Luoyan heard his heart pounding. I don’t know what Xiao Xian said, but it seems to be very severe. Does this posture mean that Xu has attracted himself?
After several people gossiped, they went to the unloading yard to see the shipped wood. Xiao Xian explained while watching Wu Shihuo.
"Xu, please look at these. Lingnan teak and red wood are all good shipbuilding wood. This time, they were fully shipped back to thousands of materials. It’s several times better than today’s northern shipbuilding often elm. There are … "
Wu Shihuo just spoke a few words but was interrupted by Xiao Xian. Obviously, Xiao Xian has no idea about the quality of shipbuilding wood, and needs to be literate. "Mr. Wu said that shipbuilding in the Central Plains is elm now? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these evergreen trees? "
Wu Shihuo is also one leng to remember that this advocate is a layman. He has done his homework for a long time, but the other party doesn’t understand the basics. He quickly confessed and explained it.
"There are elm trees in shipbuilding in the north and camphor trees and Chinese fir trees in shipbuilding in the south. There are three requirements for wood: first, it should be moisture-proof and anti-corrosive; second, it should be tough enough; third, the tree should be as straight as possible-like locust trees, although the tree diameter is much thicker than ordinary trees, but it can neither be cut into long boards nor cut into masts.
In addition to elm and camphor, pine and cypress are also available, but cypress can be used as mast but not as seawater-immersed hull; Pine trees are better in moistureproof and corrosion protection. However, there is a little trouble in the mast hull-it takes several years to dry the wood for cutting, but it can’t be hot weather. Only by steaming the water in the tree, drying the resin and then making the paint can the ship material be easily deformed and damp-proof in the future if it is cut in a hurry.
If you can build pines and cypresses in an ordinary year, you can save a lot of things now. In two years, the dragon boat fleet in Wudi county has built dried pines and cypresses in front of the people. Now it is difficult to find materials if you build so many new ships to go to Korea. You can’t make it to Lingnan to find wood in this time limit. One advantage of Lingnan wood is that it is not afraid of the tide directly because these trees are extremely hot and humid.
Xiao Xian took a moment to remember these things. When he remembered the past life and read the history, he talked about the great cause of the people in Wu. One of the most painful things in the year was to help the imperial court build a ship to attack Koryo. Because of the long work, many civilian workers were soaked in the sea all day, and their legs were soaked and festered. Later, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and the day after tomorrow, there were rebellions everywhere. Even the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River could not be fortunate because the shipbuilding service was too heavy. Otherwise, it is reasonable to say that the uprising should be confined to the counties along the North Canal and Dongdu and other large projects.
However, after listening to Wu Shihuo’s explanation, Xiao Xian has another understanding. Originally, he didn’t see the history personally, or a large number of civilian workers were killed or injured because of too long working hours. Now I think that the shortage of wood and the tight construction period must be an important reason.
So he thought of another possibility.
"Mr. Wu, is there any urgent way to rush to build a ship if there is not enough dry pine and cypress wood?"
"The way is naturally that you need to make a fire and bake it far away, but you can’t let the fire bake too close to deform the wood. Finally, I heard from the master shipbuilders that there are many extra troubles in the steps of gluing and painting after the ship is put together. The door is not good at it, but it can’t be said to be too detailed."
That’s it! Xiao Xian secretly thought that history Yang Guang must have forced the civilian worker to speed up the construction period for several times before he rushed to crusade against Korea. As a result, too much money, food and materials were wasted, and many civilian workers died. Otherwise, if the materials were sufficient, it would have been a great cause to build a dragon boat for two years, and I didn’t see a large number of dead people. Now I can’t let this tragedy repeat itself. The key is to find a way to expand coastal transportation to tropical counties and get more wood to complete shipbuilding.
"So when the time comes, it is necessary for Mr. Wu to organize more people. While building a boat here, we will send people to the South China Sea to raise wood. Mr. Wu himself will not have to go out to sea again in the future, but it is good for Xiao to organize more people to go out to sea."
"These are naturally separate things. Let’s continue to introduce what kinds of wood we have purchased this time. Look here, teak and red wood are just said to be produced in places where Guangdong, Guangxi, hipsters and slang people live together. Although there are counties and counties there, they are still ruled as fetters. However, those barbarians are in great need of our Han people’s salt and iron workers’ skillful tools. In the future, whether to build workshops or buy them, we can get enough wood in Lingnan.
In addition to these two kinds of wood, there are some rare and rare wood, each of which has 1000 materials from Linyi County. This kind of wood is called iron rosewood and another kind is called rosewood, but it is not enough to build a few ships. If a large number of trees are built, we will rely on teak, red wood, hemlock and other trees. "
"Wait-where is Linyi County?"
"Why? Xu doesn’t know Yi Lin County? It was in the first year of the great cause that St. Sheng heard that there were many treasures in Linyi country and exotic goods overseas, so that Liu Fang, the chief marching officer of Lingnan, led a great army to destroy the country, and then changed to Linyi County. Unfortunately, General Liu finally died of toxic foot soldiers from winter and summer, and the number of dead people was several times more than those who died in the war. Later, the army searched for tribute from Yi Lin, that is, some rare things such as pearls, emeralds and spices from the South China Sea. Politicians felt that the battle was not worthwhile. At the time of going to Linyi County for business, there were still some local court
After listening to Wu Shihuo’s explanation, Xiao Xian also sighed and said, "Isn’t Linyi country a Vietnamese monkey in later generations?" Yang Guangye sent troops to destroy Linyi country in the first year of winter, which is also a great martial art. Unfortunately, in this era, Han people can’t compete with tropical diseases after all, but they died instead of dying in the battlefield.
"Poisoning in the south is really serious, so we should learn a lesson from it-in the future, the fleet of seagoing ships will run to the north in spring, summer, autumn and winter after completion, and then run to every route in the South China Sea twice a year, that is, don’t be reckless. I think Yi Lin’s rare and exotic goods are good, but ordinary people don’t know the benefits-why don’t I ask you to go to Lingnan this time to see Lingnan rice twice a year? This alone is serious. "
Chapter 11 Door brother
After the source of shipbuilding wood is confirmed, all the remaining work is done step by step, and there is nothing to plan. Although Xiao Xian worked as a contractor for many years in his previous life, shipbuilding technology in the wooden ship era is really impossible. Every few days, he goes to Suzhou Zuojin Changshu Shipyard and other places to inspect it, that is, some management matters, and he does not ask questions about technology.
In the general direction, there is an official suggestion that after Xiao Xian got this batch of timber, he could build a sand-boat-bottom sea boat according to the needs of the imperial court, so he could directly fight in Korea in the future. However, Xiao Xian chose to bring back this batch of Lingnan timber from Wu Shihuo today, which was caused by Changshu and State Shipyard, regardless of the war demand.
The reason for Xiao Xian’s decision is that it’s not too early in the Korean war, and it’s enough to set aside two years for the imperial court to build a batch of lucky boats first, so that the scale of coastal trade between Lingnan and Yi Lin can be continuously expanded in the following days, and the input channels of wood and other materials can be smoother. This is also considered to be a sharpening of the knife and a woodcutter, and the requirements for the construction of civilian ships are not as complicated as those of warships. It is also possible to build a batch of large ships in a few months while taking advantage of the situation, and perhaps we can catch up with the Southern Airlines in autumn and winter this year.
The pattern design of Dafu Ship and Dasha Ship was well prepared before, but it was only because of the lack of long and straight tough wood as keel that the ship generally stayed at the level of 60-foot-long and 400-material ship. The progress of trial-building of large ships with large wood was also very smooth, giving consideration to technical exploration and efficiency. About 30% of the wood was built step by step according to the example of 400-material, seeking rapid formation and safety. In addition, giant wood was directly selected to build ships with a length of more than 90 feet and 1,000-material.
Among that wood brought back by Wu Shihuo, there are several Yi Lin teak trees which are nearly fifteen feet long. aft some final processing, the craftsmen will be supervised to prepare an experimental trial to expand the ship type to two thousand materials, with a budget length of fourteen feet and a width of three feet and two feet. Moreover, the junk boat and the lucky boat will each allocate funds to build two two thousand materials to speed up the technical preparation. If the junk boat can also be successfully built in the future, the flagship of the imperial court can be changed to that kind of big ship when it is levied in Korea, which is also a great achievement to the court.
In this way, the ship needs to grope and prepare the technology at the same time, and it can’t be built in a year. Fortunately, these lucky boats, Xiao Xian, are going to own their own property in the future, and now he has enough money to afford to play with the navy, so he will earn money from Wu Shihuo and pay for it out of his own pocket. Anyway, these craftsmen are all under his long-term control to accumulate technology, and all of them are his own future.
By way of digression, although the imperial court allocated funds for the sea-going ship construction project needed for conquering Korea, it is actually equivalent to allowing Wujun place to pay taxes to the imperial court for three years, and then intercept and move the shipbuilding classics-according to the original three-year adjustment of Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou, the total amount is just * * If it can be converted into money, it is worth nearly two million yuan (actually, it is impossible to discount it because of the scarcity of copper coins. At the same time, silk fabrics also had certain semi-hard currency properties in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and silk fabrics directly paid the price). Yang Guang hoped that Xiao Xian’s two million yuan price would help the court build a fleet that could transport 200,000 troops across the sea at one time.
Of course, in addition to the adjustment, the county grain tax can also be intercepted, but the grain tax is just a ration for shipbuilding civilian workers, and it can’t be used as money to realize the materials, tools and other human resources needed for shipbuilding. It is necessary to rely on the * * 100,000 silk worth two million yuan to buy and buy.
Generally speaking, if you don’t put money into it yourself, the money is definitely not enough-transporting 200,000 troops across the sea is not just about transporting people, horses, weapons and provisions in rivers, especially when the navigation technology is underdeveloped in this era. It is not impossible for a 400-material ship to transport people on average, and it is impossible to build ships in rivers and rivers if the wind is unfavorable and the luck is bad. The five-tooth ship made the number of floors on the water surface much earlier and higher, so if the pure 400-material ship didn’t have a larger model, it would take nearly 1,000 ships to meet Yang Guangding’s target, and only one sea ship gave 2,000 penetration materials, and there was at least a gap of 30% to 40% here.
Moreover, this price is still for officials who don’t engage in technological innovation. If Xiao Xian, the court, for example, has built a maximum of 400 ships and he wants 1,000 horses, there will be a lot of additional investment-the original shipyard dock is not big enough, so it is necessary to broaden and dig deep for supporting equipment and acquire these infrastructure construction investments.
If ordinary officials are sent this drudgery, they can’t avoid losing their heads. There is also a way-plundering the people’s fat, aggravating the corvee, and adjusting taxes to raise funds. Fortunately, Xiao Xian still has some money. Now, his own annual fief and trade fleet income is higher than that of Wujun County, but he can also use his brains to monopolize some trade from the official position. There is no need to be so ugly with other officials.
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In the middle of the year, it was the first time to build a batch of 400 lucky boats in the hot summer, and the hull skeleton had already come out, so it took more than two months for the remaining buildings and equipment such as cabins, masts, sails and rudders to be built.
Wu Shihuo has long left the boatyard alone, and Xiao Xian has found another official to take out the prison, while Wu Shihuo is busy buying salt and ironware and other materials that are popular and in short supply in the southern barbarians. He is going to organize people to go to Lingnan several times in the fall to prepare more wood in the coming year.
It was a hot day, and when Xiao Xian Changshu returned to Suzhou City after his inspection, he plunged into his own Canglang Pavilion, which is a summer resort, and took a cool shower in the bamboo forest water pavilion. While reading, he ate fruit and played female music, which really made him not want to go out this summer.
However, it seems that he was destined to rest for a long time. In the evening, there was a maid who said that there were several military attaché s visiting from outside. It was General Right Xiaowei who came to take care of the children. Now Xiao Xi, who was sent to Wu Jun by the court, knew that he came to take care of the children, Zhou Fashang and himself when he left Beijing less than half a year ago and gave a banquet in the palace at midnight snack. Now his own side has just made some progress in building a sea boat, and the future naval generals have already come to play before. When he dare not neglect to change his home clothes into a stuffy suit and go out to receive visitors.
Canglang Pavilion is said to be a pavilion. In fact, in the past six months, there has been a considerable expansion of buildings and houses. Xiao Xian, a manor house in Suzhou, is quite willing to spend money. Although I don’t know how many years I can live in Suzhou, I still have to make my life comfortable. Now, in addition to the remaining dozens of acres of gardens and ponds, there have been five shades in front of me, and the well-behaved mansion has also fallen into the title of Princess House. All kinds of decorations and money have been spent, and there are tens of thousands of dollars.
When I came to the main hall of Qianzhai, I saw four well-built and bright-eyed Beowulfs sitting on both sides waiting for one of the two people on the left to look older and in their thirties. Both of them were dressed in thick silk and looked normal. The two on the right are young people who are wearing light armor, which makes Xiao Xian feel quite uncomfortable.
Who would wear armor so ostentatiously if a military commander was not going out to kill the enemy? A closer look at the two men on the right, Xiao Xian, instantly realized some reasons-on the right, the young man’s documentary on the young man’s year is too small, and it’s only fifteen years old. Obviously, he is afraid that if he doesn’t wear armor, he will be driven out as an unreliable teenager. The armor behind him will support the facade. Although there are more than twenty people who look like Xiao Xian’s own age, it’s not good for our company to wear armor to follow nature, otherwise it will be too abrupt. It seems as if our company has become its own guard instead.
Xiao Xian wanted to alleviate some embarrassment, so he first made a sin to the two young people on the right and then turned around and asked the two older people on the left first. It was also a matter of intentional airing to ease the atmosphere.
"I don’t know two generals home is …"
In his thirties, wearing thick silk, Wu Fugong surrendered and replied, "At the end of the week, Zhou Fa is now ordered by the new court to be a hawk and fly, and he is also the deputy captain of Wu Jun, and the county government soldiers are temporarily preparing for the navy. In the future, Xiao Xu will help his brother more, which is General Zuo Wuwei. Zhou Fa is still Xiao Xu, and perhaps the capital has seen him."
After that, the middle-aged man sat next to another finger and a young man in his early twenties added to Xiao Xian, "This is my nephew Shao Fan, who is my brother’s office. But I haven’t had a chance to get the imperial court to order my brother’s body to be inconvenient before I can let Zhou take it out and flag a captain for the time being. If Xiao Xu has something to experience in the future, I don’t hesitate to use him."
Xiao Xian, after listening to a little moment, got a general understanding of Zhou Fa and his nephew Zhou Shaofan’s route grade. If General Twelve Guards is equivalent to taking charge of a provincial-scale military force, then a lang general and a deputy captain are also equivalent to mastering a prefecture-level city to mobilize military forces, which is considered as a fairly moderate intermediate general.
Chapter XII Historical Romance Killing People
Xiao Xian somehow has been in officialdom for seven years now, and he is already familiar with the complicated military attache system in Da Sui, knowing that Ying Yang Lang will be the third-level military attache in the middle of a certain guard.
For example, there are generals in Zuo Wuwei (one in charge) and generals (at most two deputies can be dissatisfied or not); There is also a "government", that is, the basis for the recruitment of government soldiers-
It should be noted that there are a total of 12 guards in the central government of the imperial court plus 6% in the Eastern Palace, that is, more than a dozen top-level military units, and the military headquarters are set up. There are more than 200 military bases every state and county, that is, when the people of this state and county need to be recruited into the army in wartime, it is normal to prepare such a "guard" to meet the needs of more than a dozen government soldiers.
The number of military offices is not only ten times more than Wei’s, but also more than Tianzhou’s. That’s because the military offices in border areas are often over-established, such as the northwest and northeast against Tuguhun, Turkic and Koguryo, and some counties can set up a military office. Only in Jiangnan and Jingchu, which are stable places, is a county corresponding to a military office. In the Sui Dynasty, there were 117 States but more than two military offices.
When Wei Mian arrived at the government level, the title of military attache chief officer was Langjiang. According to the government planning, there were two different names: Yingyang Government (Yang Guang, a title of generals in ancient times in Sui Wendi) and Cheqi Government (Zhechong Government in Tang Dynasty). The corresponding Langjiang was naturally Yingyang Langjiang and Cheqi Langjiang. This distinction means that according to the different names of the government, it is defined whether the military forces are cavalry owners or infantry owners, but later, because the administrative level of the government is slightly higher than that of the military attaché s at all levels, many governments are not worthy of the name.
For example, Zhou Fa is now ordered to lead the army in Wu County. It is definitely impossible to lead the troops in the future. It is the cavalry or the imperial court. In peacetime, it is necessary to win people’s hearts and give military commanders a promotion channel and more promotions before upgrading their ranks to the eagle.
In the county, the official positions of a surname and a deputy surname, general Wei and general Fu Lang, are another set of unification. They are in charge of defending a county, and the deputy officials are just like setting up a county captain in a county. It is reasonable to say that they are in charge of defending the county without chaos, but there is no guarantee that there will be no war. A surname in the county and a government official in the local army will often work part-time for the same group of people in two classes.
"The officer is now worried that Wu Jun didn’t know how to take charge of the defense of the generals. Zhou Lang will come here to solve the officer’s urgent need and be more friendly in the future."
Zhou Fa saw Xiao Xian’s words and gently hesitated for a while. He looked at the two young men across the street and spoke some words of friendship. Although these words can be befriended, they are also easy to be caught by people. Zhou Fa dared to say it. Obviously, it is gambling that the two nannies sent across the street will not and dare not betray themselves or say that it is not good for them to catch their handles.
"At the end of Meng Xiao’s letter, he will also be afraid to tell the truth. At the end of the day, a Xiao Xu will be a relative. It was when my brother was in Huainan for the court more than 20 years ago that he took part in the battle against Chen. On that day, some words were embarrassed. Xiao Xu said that he knew that Zhou was today, but he told his grandfather that Ling Qi Gong was in Liang Wudi. When it was, Xiao Xu was a princess of Shang Yongkang.
After listening to Zhou Fa’s befriending Xiao Xian, I was a little curious. Then I inquired a little about the cause and effect of the matter and sorted it out. Zhou Fa and Zhou Fa’s grandfather Zhou Lingqi were the generals of Nanliang who were recruited by Liang Wudi Xiao Yan and married Princess Yongkang to his Zhou family. At that time, they moved to Wuzhou. Later, Zhou Fa’s father Zhou Huan’s generation of Nanliang was extinct and became Chen Chaotian and Zhou Huan was still a military commander in Wuzhou. Later, Dongyang anti-thief rebellion was suppressed. Dongyang, it was the place names of the first counties in Jinhua City in later generations. The Zhou family lived in Wuzhou for several generations. Until the death of Zhou Huan, when Emperor Xuandi died, Chen Houzhu’s younger brother fought for the position. The Zhou family was wrong. Zhou Fashang and Zhou Fa’s brothers went out to Huainan to avoid disaster. Later, Huainan was occupied by the Sui Dynasty before they became Sui generals.
After figuring out this section, Xiao Xian’s heart is dark and cool. After having a good family background, it is cool and not like those 24k pure * * silk born through the flesh. The tiger’s body can’t shake like that. The younger brother nodded and worshipped himself. He casually revealed the identity of the former royal orphan so slightly, and some generals came to befriend him. Maybe half a year ago, Zhou Fashang wanted to set this up. It was that Zhou Fashang was too old to catch up with Chen Zhan. It is estimated that he was embarrassed to let his younger brother explain this layer now.