my days with tyrants

Chapter 84 Guard Yourself Like a Jade Ambassador Yang

Suzhou.

"Everyone, what I want is very simple, just such a small thing.

But not wooden like it is now.

And it's not made of pig iron, but it has to withstand a certain twisting force, just like this, whoever makes the most twisting force can get a reward of [-] guan, and accept my employment. ten times. "

Yang Feng stood behind a table and said to the large group of blacksmiths gathered in front of him.

These were all summoned by the generals of the local guards from the counties under Suzhou, including places outside Suzhou, such as Changzhou, Jiaxing, and Songjiang. Anyway, the developed waterway transportation can quickly gather craftsmen in these places, and as long as they come , there are consistent banknotes, which are both travel expenses and deposits. At this time, the consistent banknotes are already very valuable.

New banknotes are exchanged for one to four old banknotes.

And thanks to the fact that counterfeit banknotes have been basically driven out of the market, at least the current currency value is stable.

As for what he was twisting in his hand, it was actually a bolt and a nut.

Only wooden.

Find a carpenter to carve it out by hand, and there are a lot of them, here are samples.

Those blacksmiths looked at each other...

"My lord, do you keep your word?"

One of them said cautiously.

Although this is a Wu-speaking area, people can basically communicate in Mandarin.

"Here is your commander of the Suzhou Guards, here is the Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, here is the imperial decree of your emperor, here is the iron certificate, what guarantee do you want? If you are not at ease, it is also easy to handle, here is Five hundred banknotes, I will put these here, each of you will receive a banknote, go back and use it as a workbook for making, and after it is made, it will be used for public inspection.

The best one will receive the reward directly. "

Yang Feng said.

Modern standard bolts, they really can't do it, but the simple basic version is still fine.

This is because the matchlock guns at the end of Ming Dynasty must use this. The tail of the barrel of the matchlock gun is blocked by bolts, which is called silk turning, so there is no technically unattainable problem. Little development.

Maybe even backwards.

Of course, uniform standard parts are impossible.

But for the rudimentary versions of the farm machinery he's going to build next, just one bolt will suffice.

I really can't ask for too much.

The real standard bolts are all technology from [-].

The blacksmiths were relieved, and then they went forward to collect the money, one person kept the money, and pressed their fingerprints or signatures on a customized contract. Suzhou has a high literacy rate, and most craftsmen can write their names, and take another as a sample Wooden bolts and nuts.It can be seen that they don't care about the shape of this thing, that is to say, the shape of simple bolts and nuts is not a problem for them...

"You all know how to make shapes?"

Yang Fengrao asked an old craftsman with interest.

"My lord, this ironware is softened, you can make it whatever you want, it's just a handicraft."

The old craftsman said with a smile on his face.

In this case, Yang Feng didn't care, anyway, he only wanted the result.

In fact, it should not be difficult.

The wrought iron after burning red is not difficult to process. Although the strength of wrought iron is not enough, it can be carburized into steel and then heat treated to increase the strength. At this time, this kind of wrought iron is carburized into steel, pig iron decarburized mature iron It has long been common.

As for heat treatment, it really depends on the skills of the craftsmen themselves.

"My lord, if the small one is made in partnership with others, can you join us when you recruit people?"

asked the old craftsman.

Twenty sticks a month!

You must know that this is more expensive than being an official. Now in places like Suzhou, there is no consistent salary for a stone of rice. This salary is far more than that of the county magistrate.

"Okay, but they all have to be skilled, and they can't be fake, and the wages are easy to talk about!"

Yang Feng said.

This is to engage in process cooperation!
"Where is the work?"

"You are in the capital, but you may also be in Taiping Mansion. In short, they are all in the south of the Yangtze River. As for whether you want to go to Liaodong in the future, you can decide by yourself at that time. The wages you are willing to go will be doubled."

Yang Feng said.

These people do not need to go to Liaodong for the time being.

His agricultural machinery manufacturing will have to be in the south for a short time. After all, the transportation is relatively simple, and it is not a modern large-scale equipment.

The old craftsman quickly agreed and left.

"Your salary is a bit high."

Zhang Xianzong said next to him.

"Your understanding of the value of craftsmen is not as good as that of the Mongols. When the Mongols slaughtered the city, they knew that craftsmen could not be killed. On the contrary, Confucian scholars killed them casually, so they really understood the value of craftsmen. At that time, we..."

Yang Feng suddenly stopped talking.

"Why don't you say it? Since ancient times, those who work hard will rule people, and those who work hard will rule people. I don't believe that craftsmen can rule the world at that time. What about the Mongols? Sitting on the hall, I didn’t see a few of them were craftsmen, but it didn’t take long. Even the Mongols had to take the imperial examination, and Confucian scholars were sitting in the court to supervise the craftsmen. So Guo Shoujing was a craftsman? Wrong, he was not a craftsman. He is a Confucian student, and a great Confucian, from a family of Confucianism.

Confucianism is the mainstay, and miscellaneous studies are supplementary. "

Zhang Xianzong said with a smile.

"But for those of us in later generations, his greatest value is exactly miscellaneous learning."

Yang Feng said.

"But he himself doesn't think he relies on miscellaneous learning.

He considered himself a Confucian family. "

Zhang Xianzong said with a smile.

"next batch!"

Yang Feng was speechless and quickly changed the subject.

The next batch was potters.

"Here is a recipe for something, and the production steps are the same as blacksmiths. You take it back and burn it for me, and then I compare it. The best one is also a reward of [-] guan. The old master said before, can you take it with you?" Partners, you can’t do this alone, so if you are hired, you can also bring a partner, and the salary depends on each person’s role.

But after you are hired, you have to go to Liaodong with me.

So your wages are doubled.

It's not that you stay in Liaodong for a long time. You can come back when you are on duty in the Ministry of Industry. "

Yang Feng said while holding a piece of paper full of words.

This is cement.

This must be there.

Because he went to the Songhua River to open up wasteland, he had to build canals, and at least large-scale farmland irrigation had to go to stone canals or even aqueducts.

Barrages must be built if necessary.

Of course it’s not on the Songhua River, but it’s not easy to find suitable places for self-flow irrigation, so it’s best to find a tributary to build a barrage, then divert the river water, and build aqueducts where needed. The stone canal diverts water to the farmland to complete artesian irrigation.If they want to save costs, they must burn the cement, but it is impossible to burn the cement in the south. This has to be done near the farm. Even if it is for the convenience of materials, it must be in places like Jilin where the water transportation conditions are convenient. Transporting cement consumes a lot of manpower.

"Send women too?"

A potter said in surprise.

It seems that Ambassador Yang's feat of sending out women has spread here.

"Fa, this is the case, but if you do, you have to sign a long-term contract, and you have to follow me in the future. According to my arrangement, I need you to live in Liaodong permanently, and you have to live in Liaodong permanently. If you go back, you will have to compensate me for liquidated damages.

And women have to take it back too.

As for the issue that the Ministry of Industry cannot continue to serve, I will solve it. "

Yang Feng pointed to his most beautiful adoptive daughter and said.

The latter is now his trademark.

Dressed like an oiran, he flickered wherever he went, luring ignorant teenagers into his trap.

As for the Ministry of Industry, it is easy to handle.

If it doesn't work, you can hire someone to do it for you.

In fact, at this time, there were already privately hired servants.

It’s just that proxy service is illegal. After all, those who hire proxy workers must have no skills, and they are even old, weak, sick and disabled. Zhu Yuanzhang hates this kind of behavior of fooling him, so proxy service is strictly prohibited.But this is just his strict prohibition. In actual operation, it can be said that substitute servants are still very common, including government servants and the like. In fact, there are also substitute servants.

"Sign, sign, as long as it is a woman, the younger one will sign!"

The man said hastily.

Then he looked longingly at the adopted daughter.

The latter gave him an enchanting look, which made him dazzled all of a sudden.

Immediately afterwards, he rushed forward as quickly as possible, quickly received a piece of formula paper, consistent banknotes, and then signed a custom contract. It could be seen that the small universe was already on fire, and he was waiting to make a product that Yang Feng was satisfied with. Then walk into the beautiful life of hugging left and right, a beautiful wife and beautiful concubine.

Then there is the carpenter.

This is also very important, after all, most of the current machinery is still made of wood.

In particular, Yang Feng wants to manufacture a large number of carriages for transportation. He has already reserved the blacksmith who can make spring plates, and now these blacksmiths here, as long as they can make bolts that meet his standards, they will definitely be able to. Make the springboard.

The technologies are all connected.

His springboard was not a springboard in the modern sense.

That can't be made.

At this time, his so-called spring plate is actually high-quality forged steel that has undergone a full set of heat treatment processes.

Before the birth of modern steelmaking technology, all springs were like this, including the spring plate of the flintlock gun, which was also heat-treated forged steel. In this way, it was already possible for him to make matchlock guns and even flintlock guns.

But Zhu Yuanzhang forbade him to equip the farm with firearms.

So he can only let these craftsmen make steel crossbows for him.

Then add the strings.

This set of equipment is sufficient in Liaodong.

In particular, the four-wheeled carriage can also be converted into a Hussite chariot.

Then one by one armed reclamation regiments took root in the vast wilderness of the Northeast, with the taste of farming and fighting to establish a country.

mason.

Mason.

……

All kinds of artisans.

Even veterinarians, and of course human doctors.

This is also very simple, because at this time there are medical households and doctors in the local area. The latter is not the doctor or the doctor, but the medical students studying in the local medicine. They are called doctors.Yang Feng had given the barefoot doctor's manual to Dai Sigong before, and the latter made some revisions, mainly to pick out the parts that cannot be applied at this time, and then compile the parts that can be promoted immediately.And this Huangming Medical Code signed by Zhu Yuanzhang himself has been promoted nationwide as a necessary textbook for medicine in various places.

Although the time is short at this time, remote places may not have it yet, but Suzhou medicine is definitely available.

So these doctors are already available.

This recruitment mainly depends on whether they are willing to follow them to Huining.

Don't want to go?

Adopted daughter!

Look at this celestial beauty, you can hug left and right after signing the contract!

Most men can't handle it.

In short, Yang Feng is now able to cheat one by one.

The prostitutes in the back are constantly being called by him like models on a catwalk, stepping forward to show off their beautiful looks.

"How many beauties do you have to promise?"

Zhang Xianzong exclaimed.

"Why do you want it too? If you want us to get a Japanese girl, this kind of thing is not worth mentioning to me. It's nothing more than going out to grab them. They will start to go north next year. I still have more than 1000 in Liaodong." Girl, I guess there are some who have grown up to age, so go pick them when the time comes!

If it's not enough, let's go out and grab it!
Follow me, what you are least afraid of is this problem.

You don’t have to feel wrong, we saved these women by robbing them, look at them, what are they in North Korea?
奴！
The master can play with them as he wants.

You can kill them all you want.

It is almost impossible to have enough food on weekdays, and it is impossible to dress warmly in winter. When I first came to my place, each one was as thin as dry grass, and it was only in my place that flowers grew.So we are not robbing, but saving them. We saved girls in North Korea, we saved girls in Japan, and we will go to Annan to save girls in the future.

Save forever.

We want to be the savior of women in the world.

Forget about those in Africa, of course. "

Yang Feng said quite proudly.

That shameless face can be said to be heinous.

"Ambassadors are really ambitious!"

A slightly mocking voice suddenly sounded.

Yang Feng turned around and saw Mrs. Zhu, but her signature was Zhu Liu's female hero...

Definitely a pseudonym.

"Madam Zhu, what a coincidence!"

Yang Feng said with surprise on his face.

"The ambassador is determined to save girls from all over the world. I don't know how many girls he plans to raise in the house in the future. I don't think we need three thousand beauties, right?"

Mrs. Zhu walked slowly and spoke.

This woman is dressed very gracefully today, but she is not alone, there are several other women who are also dressed gracefully and luxuriously, all with maids, just like a group of girlfriends who sweep the streets, but it is very difficult to come to Suzhou to sweep the streets. Normally, they covered their faces with round fans and looked at Yang Feng with interest.For some reason, Yang Feng suddenly felt as if he was being stared at by a pack of wolves. In those eyes, there seemed to be a ferocious intent to devour him...

"Ma'am, this is a misunderstanding. My Great Xia Kingdom is monogamous."

he said quickly.

"My Daming is also monogamous, and that concubine is not considered a wife, and the house maid, the house dancer, and the outside house are of course not counted as wives. Ah, you are all righteous daughters, such a beautiful righteous woman Girl."

Madam Zhu said with a smile.

Zhang Xianzong asked someone to move the seat silently.

Mrs. Zhu sat down calmly, and then held the most beautiful adoptive daughter to look at her, and even touched her little hand...

"To prove my innocence, Madam can take her for an inspection."

Yang Feng said very seriously.

Mrs. Zhu tilted her head and looked at him delicately.

"I guard myself like a jade!"

Yang Feng said very seriously.

Seeing his serious appearance, Mrs. Zhu finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)