Ming dynasty grand dude

"According to the design plan, the wharf is mainly made of new cement materials, supplemented by fine steel made by the Foundry Division of the Ordnance Construction Bureau..."

They do know the cement, after all, if they know the Chaobai River Wharf, they know the cement.

But they can't use this cement, because the capital's own construction is so frighteningly insufficient.

It is almost as if the cement was ordered to be used before it left the factory, and a large area was dumped on the Jinmen Fort.

There is also the straight road built from Chaobai River to the capital, the residences of the new immigrants in the capital, and the shop streets along the wharf to the capital...

Pile by pile, piece by piece, the cement smashed in can be said to be as much as mountains and seas!

The fine steel of the foundry department is also the same, although northern Guangdong also produces good steel and good iron.

But it would be too extravagant to use it to build a wharf, after all, an iron pot costs a lot of money!

"This... is this exhausting too much?!"

Even Tong Chengchun, a wealthy businessman in Yangcheng, could not help but be dumbfounded seeing this.

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou curled his lips inwardly: Bah!A group of soil turtles, if my little father-in-law hadn't ordered me to waste time here with you!

I, Zhou Jinshan, am also a person of around 10 taels in a quarter of an hour, and I am the most handsome man in the empire, both civil and military, and the number one dogleg king under Yu Chihu's command!

You bunch of soil turtles are nothing but fluff!

I, Zhou Jinshan, the king of doglegs!You, stupid bastard, hurry up and pay!

"The pier is preset, and it can berth [-] large ships with a thousand materials at a time..."

"This is a warehouse, and the pre-built warehouse covers an area of ​​[-] acres. It can be expanded to [-] acres later..."

"It is preset as a straight road to the pier, with cement paved and blue bricks as the bottom. Four carriages can be paralleled..."

"There are 68 shops along the street, and [-] and [-] buildings..."

All the local turtles in northern Guangdong are really stupid now. If it is built here, what will happen to Yangcheng? !

Especially the convenience of this avenue, this shop, and this wharf, damn it!This is obviously a prime location for the future!

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Chapter 374 I don't like to talk to gentry and businessmen, so I went to meet craftsman Zhou Jinshan

"Qianqian Street, Sixth Street, Twenty Lane, and Jieshi's "Xiangxu Teaching Department" will open a teaching school after the arrival of the new teaching..."

Hmm... In this teaching area, even if you don't buy a house here, you have to rent a house here? !

After all, if the time comes to bring the child from Yangcheng to study here, how early will the child get up? !

As for the famous teacher... just kidding, didn't you see someone said that this is the new teaching of the "Empire Xu Xu Department of Education"? !

For a while, these gentry and merchants thought about it, and began to calculate the gains and losses constantly.

Even after the housekeeper Xiao Zhou finished his introduction, they still refused to leave, and they whispered around the sand table without eating.

Still eat chicken feather rice, haven't you eaten rice? !

This is related to the way of making money for everyone in the future, and it may even be the way of development for more than ten or decades!

This meal directly ate Liushao Yueshang, or more precisely, talked to Liushao Yueshang.

Then he reluctantly bid farewell and left. Fortunately, the housekeeper Xiao Zhou told them with a smile that they could continue to watch tomorrow.

But the registration time is not long, at most five days will be closed at the pier.

At that time, the wharf will start to recruit workers, and the master craftsmen of the Ordnance Construction Bureau will start to work according to the plan after training.

Before getting into the car, the gentry from various families exchanged winks.

They don't need to make a special appointment, and they know that tomorrow everyone will definitely get together...

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou really didn't have time to talk to them, because he had other things to do early tomorrow morning.

Lianhua Mountain in Fanyu on the outskirts of Yangcheng is the ancient quarry of Yangcheng.

It has been passed down from the Western Han Dynasty to the present, and even the stones used for the mausoleum of Wei Tuo, King Wu of South Vietnam, were collected here.

Therefore, it has been an official quarry since the past dynasties, but in the Ming Dynasty...

The rising gentry and aristocracy began to carve up the quarries here. Fortunately, because the profits are not big, there are not many people quarrying.

Xie Yutian was in charge of investigating these gentry and wealthy businessmen, and Housekeeper Xiao Zhou was in charge of investigating the location of the quarry.

The chief envoy and the procuratorial envoy have all signed contracts, and the chief envoy in northern Guangdong is full of food just by buying land.

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou is now looking at the installation of crushed stone, mixing, baking... and other equipment in the quarry, all of which are made by the foundry department.

In addition to the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, there is also a middle official who belongs to the inner treasury of the palace.

After all, Imperial Mining is jointly owned by the Royal Internal Treasury, the Ministry of Households, and the Zhang family.

Seeing that all the projects are in progress and understanding the process, Housekeeper Xiao Zhou turned around and went to "Jihua Zhongyi Township".

Jihua Zhongyi Township, recently called "Foshan".

The smelting and casting art began in the period of Wei Tuo in the late Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, and the iron art flourished in the Jin Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In the Song Dynasty, it even became the main export product. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, "Foshan Iron Pot" was a famous product in the world.

Qu Laipu, the three great masters in the south of the Five Ridges, wrote "New Language in North Guangdong" and said: "The iron of all furnaces is completed, and they are all transported to the port of Foshan."

Don't underestimate Foshan's casting achievements. During the Jingtai period, the statue of the Northern Emperor in Foshan's ancestral temple weighed more than [-] catties, and it was cast in one shot.

According to historical records, since the fourth year of Xuande, there are many private cast iron workshops around the Zumiao Temple in Foshan!

At that time, all the furnaces were smelted together, and the flames soared to the sky, which can be called a grand scene in the world.

The biggest one was Li Guangcheng, who moved to Foshan in the year of Xuande. Guangcheng practiced casting and metallurgy in Lishui and passed it on to his descendants, and practiced it from generation to generation.

In addition to the Li family, there are Heyuan Xian family, Dongtou Xian family, Foshan Huo family, Shitou Huo family and Shiwan Huo family...etc. are engaged in iron smelting.

In Chenghua and today's Hongzhi years, most of the residents of Foshan were engaged in iron smelting for a living.

The most important reason why so many people are employed is: huge profits and huge demand!

Even smuggling is not hesitating for this, a Foshan iron pot costs three coins and silver.

However, when it comes to Fusang, it can be sold directly for as much as one tael of silver!

Even before the industrial cast pots in the [-]th century, Foshan iron pots were still the top products for export.

Hurrying all the way, finally arrived at this big town before dark.

It's just that Foshan was not fully prosperous at this time, and it flourished in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

At that time, Foshan, Zhuxian, Hankou, and Jingde were called "four towns in the world" and "four gatherings in the world".

"Don't be too polite, old man, I can't bear it..."

On the ancestral temple, the head of the Li family, a descendant of Li Guangcheng, led a group of people behind him to welcome Housekeeper Xiao Zhou.

Behind the old man, there are eight largest metallurgy workshops in Foshan, including Heyuan Xian's, Dongtou Xian's, Foshan Huo's... and so on.

"Mr. came from a long way, the old man suddenly felt radiant..."

Don't blame this old Li for being trembling, after all, this person is from the chief envoy and inspector.

The county magistrates all came together, saying that this was the housekeeper of the well-known Mr. Yuchihu's family in the court.

Even though Lao Li and his group are far away in northern Guangdong, they have heard the name of the jade chi tiger.

Foshan is not far from Yangcheng, and this place can be regarded as a big business town.

Therefore, the profession of storyteller and newspaper reader will naturally be derived. With the spread of the "Imperial Times", the name of Yuchihu is naturally very famous.

"Sit, sit, sit... All virtuous people, please sit down first."

Butler Xiao Zhou's bearing is much stronger than that of the county magistrate Niubi who came with him.

Of course, Housekeeper Xiao Zhou is not the kind of rich and powerful servant who puts on airs when he sees other officials.

So on the issue of the main position, he first gave way to the flattered magistrate, and was willing to sit down after being repeatedly rejected.

"It is a suggestion for His Majesty, the court and my little father-in-law to summon the lord virtuous here today."

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou waved his hand first with a smile, and asked someone to bring the high-quality coal transported by the capital.

There is also a hand-operated small blower in turbine state, which puts a few pieces of briquettes in the small yellow mud stove and then puts the coals on it.

On the top is a crucible with small pieces of copper placed in it.

"First of all, I would like to show you the virtuous, also this southern country metalworking expert, the latest craftsmanship of the Foundry Division of the Imperial Ordnance Construction Bureau..."

Lao Li and the others are also veterans of smelting. They have been smelting iron for generations. Naturally, they can see that the yellow clay stove and crucible are good things.

However, everyone still has doubts about the effect of smelting.

Even several of them have confidence in their own skills, and feel that no matter how good they are, they still have their strengths.

When the hand-operated turbine-shaped fan sucked the wind, the expressions of these old craftsmen were different.

They are people who have been around the smelting furnace for many years, and they are well aware of the importance of the bellows air intake to increase the furnace temperature.

It's just that they don't know how to state this matter, they just pass on their experience to their descendants bit by bit.

However, with the whistling sound of "Woo~", the inside of the yellow clay stove was suddenly bright red!

The crucible that was visible to the naked eye began to turn red quickly, and the old blacksmiths at the scene suddenly gasped!

Fast heating, high furnace temperature! !

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Chapter 375 A loud bang shakes the ancestral temple, recruiting all craftsmen into the new division

The foundry master who was operating the crucible ordered the craftsmen around him to take out the sand and mud, while continuing to throw some lumps into the crucible.

The eight leaders of Foshan Smelting glanced at each other and sighed in their hearts.

They obviously don't care to show them. You must know that if their family is smelting, the materials must be hidden.

But seeing those auxiliary materials quickly and slowly melted in the copper water, two craftsmen also came over with a box and put it down horizontally.

At the same time, he quietly asked everyone to stay away from the box and not get too close.

The master craftsman of the casting department used a rod made of unknown material, stirred it evenly in the crucible, and then slowly picked up the crucible with a set of tongs.

Facing a large hole that seems to be reserved on the box, slowly pour the molten copper in the crucible...

"Zizizi~~" The blazing red copper juice was poured in along the hole, and the small hole on the side of the box continuously gushed out hot air.

Seeing the way the master craftsman picked up the crucible and the rhythm of pouring the copper juice, the old blacksmiths in Foshan knew it well.

He is not only a veteran but also an expert in this way, although he can't understand why he pours copper juice rhythmically.

But they are sure that there is a reason for this, and it has something to do with the material and casting requirements.

It was at this time that an assistant craftsman brought an open box over, but saw that coarse salt was spread on the bottom of it.

It seemed that some yellow grease had seeped through, and it was also at this time that the clasp on the box was "crack..." opened.

A few old blacksmiths stared wide-eyed at the master craftsman of the foundry department who clamped the casting to death with pliers, took it out and put it into the box.

And the craftsmen and auxiliary craftsmen around him seem to have been familiar with it.

They saw that they poured buckets of coarse salt soaked in grease on the casting, and quickly covered the entire casting.

In the friction of grease and salt grains, the casting made a continuous "sizzling~" sound.

The master craftsman seemed to have timed it right, and with a wave of his hand, an assistant craftsman broke open the grains of salt and took out the casting.

And at this time, the fan of the yellow clay stove over there rang "Woooooo..." again.

The big craftsman clamped the casting and burned the casting continuously through the flames, his hands were steady and even!

The assistant craftsmen brought a bucket of grease, and saw that the master put the casting that had been scorched once directly into the grease.

"Zi~~~" The faint smoke rises, and these old blacksmiths in Foshan have already lost their minds...

At this time, the castings were raised again, and the coal was added to the yellow clay stove!

The fan roared again...

Even though several hours had passed, these old blacksmiths' eyes were shining.