Poor family mother and son

Bring back a gift from Voss, what could it be?It is estimated that some rare herbs have been found.

In Voss, there are really some herbal medicines that Daxuan does not have. For example, there will be a medicine bucket with "Southern frankincense" in the eye cabinets of some well-known big pharmacies, but when you open it, it is almost empty.

This "Southern frankincense" is a special aromatic medicine of Voss, but the name in Voss is "Mai Stick", which is extremely rare in Daxuan and is only used in the court.

"I guess it's 'Southern Frankincense'? The journey is so far away, the things the two children can bring here won't be very big." Chu Qing said: "That thing is very expensive, it can grow mustache hair, reduce inflammation and reduce swelling There are not many teeth and gums in the palace."

Chu Qing also knew that Shui Maomao had dental disease, so he assumed in this direction.

Chu Qing's convoy marched into the [-] village in mighty force. The villagers rushed to tell each other when they heard that the owner had actually come to distribute the new year's goods in person this year.

The villagers warmly invited Chudong's family to come and sit at their home, even if they had a sip of their tea and a sip of their meal.

Chu Qing only called the village chiefs for a brief meeting, said some New Year greetings, and asked the boys to distribute the New Year's goods.

For one hundred and eight villages, it is really not suitable to distribute food, so how many convoys will it take to transport it?

What Chu Qing gave was a slaughtered whole pig divided into two, known as "half pulled and half", dozens of baskets of copper coins, and several carriages and firecrackers.

A few years ago, during the Chinese New Year at home, the wages given to the boys were exchanged for baskets of copper coins. It looked festive, and everyone was happy when they sent them out.

Firecrackers are a luxury for the poor during the Chinese New Year. Over the years, Chu Qing has been selling bamboo to the north, making the price of bamboo cheaper, but they are only willing to buy some to burn during the Chinese New Year.

For the villagers, meat and money are the best New Year's goods.

But for those firecrackers, the villagers looked at the firecrackers with some indescribable eyes.

It's too extravagant!It is a luxury for them to buy some bamboo to burn. It is not just that they are reluctant to buy it during the Chinese New Year. Setting off firecrackers is simply a waste of money!

How nice it would be to exchange the money for buying firecrackers into copper coins and give them to them.

But for Chu Qing, the firecrackers sent this time are the real New Year's goods.

When the families in the village were preparing to set off firecrackers, Chu Qing took people to the mountain.

Gan Lai is still dressed in men's clothes, walking in front of his head in a chic way, with his hands in his belt and his arms swinging sideways, very comfortable, he can be described as "a girl with a ball, be a simple girl, walk with her hands in her pockets, and those who love love will take the bait." ,"

Chu Yuan, with Chu Xinghai hanging on his chest and a bag of snacks in his hand, followed behind him step by step. He was a competent and cute dad.

In addition to the cave where iron ingots are stored, there is also a small "army factory" on the mountain. The disabled craftsmen brought back by Master Lu are working overtime to "smelt steel".

For the finished cannon barrel, some craftsmen are connecting the elm pier upwards, and some craftsmen are beating the iron hoop.Everyone is buzzing and buzzing.

Chu Qing's New Year's Eve dinner is eaten here.

There is a lot of coal and firewood here, which is just right for cooking.

It is always like this in the mountains. When people describe a place with green mountains and green waters, beautiful mountains and rivers, picturesque mountains and rivers, etc., corresponding words such as poor mountains and bad waters, cold mountains and cold waters, leftover water and mountain remnants are also associated with them.

There are mountains and no roads, so people are inaccessible, so transportation is not easy. This is the main reason why the original scenery can be maintained in a place, and it is also the best choice to hide some "illegal things".

When the sound of firecrackers under the mountain bid farewell to the old year, the sound of cannons in the mountain rumbled to welcome the new year.

These disabled craftsmen hadn't been here for a few days, so they couldn't talk about paying wages, but Chu Qing still gave each of them a tael of silver as a year-end gift when they came this time.

People who have worked as craftsmen for the government naturally know that these things they do now will lose their heads. Of course, it is a good thing for them to have a place to make a living, but they must be uneasy about doing this kind of "shady business". After a long time, I have other thoughts.

Instead of making them worry about it, it is better to give them some benefits and peace of mind.

It is clear that I have worried too much.

These craftsmen have lived without dignity and have no way out. Master Lu is their salvation. They don't dare to make trouble for others because of Master Lu's kindness, the main thing is not to ruin their own jobs.

Old Yu and Old Zhao are already researching landmines, and their curiosity about these things is not weaker than Zhuo Yao.

Zhuo Yao took the grenade to study. He suddenly remembered that Chu Qing once engaged in a "dumb artillery battle" in the courtyard that only smoked but did not explode.

"Master," a handicapped craftsman came over, not daring to look directly at Chu Qing, just lowered his head and took out a bamboo tube from his bosom, and held it up with both hands: "Look at this."

This is a wrist-thick bamboo tube with a length of a ruler. There is a small hole the size of a mung bean on the side wall of one end of the bamboo tube. In the small hole is a hemp rope soaked in the surface of the flying fire.

"Look, the end of the fire twister can be stuck on the head of the spear, or a handle can be installed." Perhaps with the one tael of silver at the bottom, the craftsman had the idea to show his ability.

This craftsman was one of Master Lu's two apprentices. He also lost a leg and a few fingers because he blew up a row of workshops because of improper handling of fireworks.

Chu Qing looked at the thing in his hand, feeling a little agitated—it was a musket!

Seeing that Chu Qing was silent, the craftsman continued: "Boss, this was made by the villain before, and it can be used, but it burnt out after using it three or four times. The villain thinks that it can be changed into an iron pipe, and then it is thickened here." For a pharmacy, a small caliber is required here..."

Oh My God!Chu Qing's head was buzzing——is this unremarkable disabled man holding a bamboo tumbler in his hand, and telling me about the design of the musket?
"You want to use iron ingots, right?" Chu Qing asked.

The craftsman knew the disadvantages of the bamboo musket, and had already thought of using an iron pipe as the launch tube. He also thought of increasing the diameter of the powder chamber and reducing the diameter of the launch tube to increase the pressure of the gas generated after the gunpowder burns.

The fire-throwing gun is a more prestigious name for the fire-breathing gun; and once the bamboo-made fire-throwing gun is changed to iron, it will evolve into a "fire door gun".

Right now, this craftsman has skipped the stage of the fire door gun and directly upgraded to the idea of ​​​​the fire gun.

Talent!
"Girl Qing," Master Lu interjected after glancing at his apprentice, "See if it's useful for him to study this thing. It's because of this thing that Kang Yun became crippled..."

Master Lu was not Kang Yun's master in the true sense, and he didn't accept apprentices specifically because of a certain skill.

Calling "Master" is actually a respectful name for the seniors in the same industry.

But Master Lu has always been patient with these young people, and occasionally he will carry some troubles for them. They are all craftsmen, and they may not be rewarded if they do a good job, but if there is a little problem, they are likely to be held accountable.

In this way, they really regard Master Lu as a "master", ideologically, because they can't honor Master anything materially.

When Master Lu said this, Chu Qing could hear the helplessness and unworthiness in his tone.

Helpless, because his apprentice likes to study these things, and he really loves them.

It's not worth it, because the results of the research are either taken by the small officials of the Ministry of Industry as their own achievements, or they take the finished product as a gift to honor the superiors.

Another biggest unworthy thing is that no matter what the results of the research are, he will not get the slightest benefit.

If they had achievements, they were picked peaches by the petty officials in charge of them; if they had an accident, not only did they not receive work-related compensation, but they were also held accountable and ruined their future.

"You are quite courageous!" Chu Qing said.