I am Da Song

Chapter 592
The nightlife in Song Dynasty is very developed, not only in feasting and feasting, but also in the rich food.

The night was dark, but under the bright lights, all the stalls were bustling. A large number of men and women sat on the tables and chairs and ate all kinds of food, which was very human-like.And some booths are even more noisy and lively with fine wine.

At Zhao Huan's table, they chatted while drinking, from the beginning of the night to midnight.

At this time, the stalls became busy again, and Xiaoyi's mother, who was sitting by the side, also got up, said hello to a few people, and went to pack the ingredients.

He Qinhu asked in surprise: "Why do we need to increase the ingredients at this time?"

The craftsman next to him explained with a smile: "There will be a wave of craftsmen changing shifts at this time. A large number of craftsmen are off work and want to eat supper to fill their stomachs. This is the best time for noodle shops, butcher shops, and stalls."

He Qinhu asked: "Why don't you rest in the middle of the night, and the workshop is still working?"

The female craftsman on the side covered her mouth and said with a smile: "This brother has never been in the workshop before."

"Why do you say that?" He Qinhu was puzzled.

Wei Sheng rolled his eyes at him, and said: "It's normal to work in shifts in a workshop. Whether it's a blast furnace for smelting or a porcelain firing workshop, once it stops, it will do great damage to the machines when they restart. So it's all about people turning, and the machines don't stop. "

The craftsmen nodded and said, "Yes. Machine tools are expensive these days. I would rather let the craftsmen work in shifts than let the machine tool get cold. It would be too troublesome to start it up again."

Hearing these, Zhao Huan's intention changed.Unexpectedly, Da Song's industry has reached this stage, and has begun to pay attention to the maintenance of industrial equipment.

Industrial equipment is heavy equipment, and generally it is not easy to stop.Once the production line stops, restarting it will affect the life of the equipment.Therefore, the larger the scale of the workshop, the more stable the production can be maintained and the industrial level can be improved.

The industrialization process of Hejian Prefecture has entered a virtuous circle.

While talking, craftsmen in twos and threes have already entered the booth and ordered food.

And Xiao Yi also woke up from her drowsiness immediately, and excitedly ran to a middle-aged man with dark skin, chattering around him.

The middle-aged man smiled and took out a bamboo dragonfly from his bosom, and Xiao Yi immediately cheered after receiving it.With a rub of both hands, the bamboo dragonfly flew into the air while spinning.

Several craftsmen on Zhao Huan's table greeted one after another: "Lao Liu, are you done with your work?"

"Come over and have a few drinks."

"Xiaoyi bought wine and meat, you, a father, can't miss it."

Xiaoyi's father was surprised for a moment, and walked over. This is actually an ordinary person with no appearance, not tall, and has no characteristics.

Throw him into the crowd, you can't recognize him at a glance.

The only good thing is that he has a very easy-going personality and warmly greeted everyone at the table.

When he saw Zhao Huan, he froze for a moment.

Zhao Huan's temperament really didn't match the grade of this booth. He was wearing a vermilion brocade robe with a leather belt around his waist, a jade pendant, and a gauze shirt as thin as a cicada's wings.

This kind of dress is not rich or expensive at first glance.

To paraphrase a famous poem, those who are all over their bodies are not silkworm farmers.

Although Hejian Mansion has already used machine tools to cut jade, so far, he, a sixth-level worker in Hejian Mansion, can't afford a piece of warm and beautiful jade to hang around his waist.

The sixth child can be sure that the jade pendant worn by local wealthy merchants in Hejian Prefecture is far inferior to one-ten-thousandth of the jade pendant on the waist of the high official at the tofu stall.

He had never seen a jade pendant with such a perfect color and luster, such a gentle and smooth finish.

To be honest, even a knowledgeable thief would not dare to steal this jade if he wears it on his body.

After all, stealing something worth a few pennies is called petty theft, but if you steal something worth hundreds of thousands of pennies, it will be shocking, and you will become a thief in the world.

He bowed his hands respectfully, and asked, "I don't know if a senior official is here, what's your business?"

Both Xiaoyi and her mother felt incredible when they saw their father's dignified behavior.You must know that he often sees Hejian Zhizhou, even for Hejian Zhizhou, he is not so in awe.

The few people at the stall also instantly noticed something was wrong, and they understood the vision of the sixth child.

He is so cautious, the background of the other party may be more than ten times higher than imagined.

Everyone got up quickly and stood aside cautiously.

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "You can sit wherever you want, don't think too much, I just wander around casually. I heard some interesting things about Hejian Zhizhou here, so I talked for a while."

Only then did Lao Liu lead everyone to sit down.

Zhao Huan asked: "I, Zhao Gongming, don't know your brother's name?"

The sixth child hurriedly said: "Don't dare to do it, so your surname is Sun, and the single name can be a word."

After introducing each other, Zhao Huan was not polite, and immediately cut to the chase and asked, "I heard that Zhizhou Hejian has been overwhelmed by a batch of new machine tools recently?"

Sun Neng said: "Yes, this is not a secret matter. The imperial court wants to produce a batch of steel products, and requires that there should be no difference."

The other craftsmen said: "This is not a difficult task. Why haven't I finished the work in half a month?"

Sun Neng immediately said: "That's because you don't know how much the court wants this time. There are millions of stone and steel materials, and the models must be exactly the same. Zhizhou tied his head to it."

Millions of stones.

Everyone was shocked, the number was too huge.

This is more than 9000 million catties of steel.

Everyone couldn't figure out why the court wanted so much steel.

If they were all built by hand, so many steel models would definitely not be able to have uniform specifications, and neither would the traditional cast molds, which must be finely polished by machine tools.

Zhao Huan was not too surprised. More than 9000 million jin sounds like a lot, but in fact it is [-] tons.

Steel is very heavy. Taking a ton of gold as a reference, a ton of gold is the size of a trolley suitcase, and that ton of steel only needs to be multiplied by [-].

Therefore, [-] tons of steel can't do much when used in large-scale projects.

Zhao Huan was just curious, and asked: "The imperial court needs so much steel, why did it produce it in Hejian Prefecture? It is also extremely difficult to transport millions of stones of steel."

Zhao Huan has no impression of such a large project, which is not normal.

Sun Neng said: "It hasn't been put into production yet, and now it's selecting machine tools. So Zhizhou is racing against time, so as to grab this important task to Hejian Mansion."

Others chirped and immediately joined in, asking, "Scramble? Does that mean there are other regions competing for this important task?"

"There must be. Millions of stones of steel production, how many people do you think can be hired? How much wealth can it bring?"

"Yes. This is a good thing that can make one rich. I think all the magistrates are striving for it?"

(End of this chapter)