Song Beiyun

Therefore, extensive literacy was included in the second five-year plan. However, if literacy is to be eliminated, it will inevitably conflict with many clans and wealthy families. Xiao Song has not yet had any reliable way to solve this problem, but there is still Time is such a thing, we will see it when the time comes, if you are poor, you will put aside the dispute, and if you are rich, you will enforce it.

Although the workshop has not yet started to make a full profit, it is actually much better than when it first started. At least some departments have already started to make a profit, especially in the item of war money from the Liao Kingdom, which is only the money from the next year Only 550 million guan has been received, and the balance of 820 million guan will be paid in kind within the next three months.

The physical price was set according to Da Song's side, and the price was not deliberately lowered. It was a relatively fair price, so the barter agreement between the two countries was easily signed.

In such a big environment, the workshop does not lack raw materials, and the price is 20.00% lower than the price of the purchased materials. Even if the travel loss is added, the profit difference is still considerable.

The only thing that is lacking now is in terms of scale. Although Jinling and Tongling have opened workshops, the production capacity is still very tight. Otherwise, it will not be possible to rework on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Other industries can rest until the fifteenth year of the new year. after.

When Xiao Song came to the workshop, there was steam rising from the other side of the steelworks, even in this chilly spring season, it seemed to be bustling and hot.

"Hello, Mr. Song."

The manager of the workshop greeted him at the door a long time ago. He is called the general manager. Although he has no official status, even the small officials sent by the Ministry of Industry in this workshop dare not make mistakes in front of him.

After all, he can suspend work and stop production at the workshop with a single order, and when the time comes to investigate, he will have to go to the execution ground and shout harsh words.

"Well, everything is ready? The officials came to inspect the work today. If I neglect to tell you, you will be finished."

"Yes yes yes... What Mr. Song said is that the little one has already prepared."

"Take me to the fireworks warehouse first."

The general manager brought Xiao Song to the explosives warehouse guarded by imperial palace guards. Since his warehouse exploded last time, Xiao Song learned from the pain and directly raised the defense level of this warehouse. This place is not only free from crowds, but also There are special guards on duty at twelve o'clock in turn, and they have also issued a death order. If anyone brings fire into the room, they will be killed.

"Stop, please hand over the fire pack!"

The guard stopped Song Beiyun and was about to go up to search him. The manager's expression changed drastically: "Are you blind? Can't you tell who this is?"

The two guards were unmoved, they kept their spears across the door and refused to let them in, but Xiao Song nodded in satisfaction and said: "Okay, remember, no matter who you are, no matter who you are, you must do this, otherwise life and death will be the front line. "

After finishing speaking, he opened his hand and let one of the guards search him. They didn't let Song Beiyun go until they found that there was no ignition device. The manager was sweating for the two foolish people behind him, and his expression looked tense and nervous. serious.

"I want to criticize you." Xiao Song walked forward with his hands behind his back, and said to the general manager with an unhappy expression: "The responsibility for safety is more important than Mount Tai, who am I? I am just a flesh and blood in this place. No one can resist the explosion here, do you understand what I mean? You have to be responsible for yourself as well as others. The guards are doing a good job! But you, it’s up to you. Heh, if something goes wrong, Even if you have three heads and six arms, it's not enough to chop you off!"

The general manager's forehead was full of cold sweat, and Xiao Song continued to reprimand: "Remember, don't wear wool and fur when entering and leaving this place, and wrap me in that anti-static suit."

Xiao Song's anti-static clothing is woven with gold and silver threads, and there is an iron chain behind the buttocks, but it is necessary to wear this thing when entering here. It is expensive, time-consuming and laborious, but the workshop still produces [-] sets, specially used in this pyrotechnic warehouse.

After pre-inspecting the warehouse, he came to the forging workshop again, where the water hammer was rumbling, and the bright red steel ingots gradually changed their shapes under the big water hammer of the water forging machine, and every time they were struck, a layer would fall off The oxide skin is accompanied by fire, which is really beautiful.

There is a young man next to the water forging machine who has been recording the data, unaware that Song Beiyun came in, and Xiao Song didn't bother him. These young researchers are like a group of camels that have been thirsty for a long time in the desert. Just a little bit of water is absorbed desperately.

The progress of the workshop is not due to Song Beiyun alone. It can be said that [-]% to [-]% of these young people created new things when they practiced their whimsical ideas.Song Beiyun's role was to set things right and avoid detours. Although such a role was remarkable, he never took credit for it. Instead, he protected these nerds who were not doing their jobs properly in the eyes of others.

They don't have to do anything, as long as they practice their ideals, it is enough, so this place is like a paradise for those who are curious about science, the world, and the future.

At this time, a guard came over in a hurry and whispered to him that the official family was coming soon, and he specially ordered himself to tell Song Beiyun to be careful, because not only the official family but also the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty came here this time.

Xiao Song pursed his lips, and walked to the most remote corner, that is, the chemical college known as the cave of thousands of poisons. Most of the time it was used as the "drug manufacturing center" for Song Beiyun and the students of the engineering college he brought.

Zhao Xing's car soon arrived at the front door of the workshop, followed by civil and military officials. Many of them came to this place for the first time, but after all, the products of the workshop began to appear in daily food and use, so this The second time they came, they also learned a lot.

The general manager was still in charge of the reception, but his status was still not enough, so Lao Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, acted as a guide for Zhao Xing as the speaker here.

The whole palace of civil and military personnel slowly entered this huge workshop, and they immediately felt as if they were in a world full of mysteries.

It's just separated by a wall, and outside is the Song Dynasty in commoner clothes and felt hats, and reading poetry, but inside it is a strange place full of iron and fire.

"Where is that?" Zhao Xing pointed to the nearest textile factory: "What is produced there?"

Zhang Shangshu immediately replied: "That is our textile factory in Song Dynasty."

"Let's go and have a look."

The textile factory has now been expanded three times. Although there is not enough wool for them to spin, batches of silk are continuously flowing out of the hydraulic loom.

Naturally, the current textile machine cannot be compared with the semi-automatic textile equipment in the future. It still needs a female worker for each station. The female workers wear masks and operate meticulously.

Compared with the old-fashioned textile machines, this kind of water-spinning equipment, which is more excellent, has eight to ten times the original efficiency, and some skilled workers can even reach twenty times. Zhao Xing looked at the non-stop flying yarn and thread in the hands of the workers, After staring at it for a long time, it actually got a little dazzled.

"Is this the loom?"

Zhao Xing asked a question, and Zhang Shangshu immediately stepped forward and introduced: "This loom is called the Miaomiao loom, and it is driven by water power. It is far from being comparable to a foot loom. It can produce the output of the past ten days."

"Miao Miao..." Zhao Xing frowned, and immediately knew that this was Song Beiyun's bad taste, but he couldn't say anything, so he just walked forward and patted a female worker on the shoulder.

The female worker trembled, and quickly released the clutch of the textile machine, the shuttle above it also stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Xing nervously.

"This woman." Zhao Xing asked with a smile: "Can we get married?"

The woman had a weird expression, but she knew who the young man in front of her was, so she didn't dare to slap the prodigal son in front of her, so she could only answer honestly: "The daughter of the people has been married for ten years..."

"Then you work here, is your man willing?"

The woman laughed softly: "Why wouldn't he be willing to make money?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "Then how much can you earn in a day?"

The woman frowned and pondered for a moment, the general manager next to her was very anxious, and quickly whispered: "You tell the truth!"

"Oh..." The woman nodded again and again, looking up at Zhao Xing: "If a girl is diligent in her hands and feet a day, she can make a lot of money. Our work is piece-based, and if you are quick in your hands and feet, the quality is good. Yes, if it is my master, she can have a maximum of one and a half per day."

Hearing this sentence, all the officials behind Zhao Xing gasped. Can this ordinary female worker earn as much as a sixth-rank official in January?You must know that the monthly salary of the sixth-rank officials is only forty guan.

Seeing the astonishment of those people, the female worker was a little at a loss, thinking that she had not told the truth and made people angry, so she quickly added: "If you are rushing to work, you will have an extra hour of work every day, plus you will also be on weekdays. If it goes on and on, Minnv can win at most sixty guan..."

hiss……

There was a sound of breathing from behind, and Zhao Xing was also very surprised: "Is it all like this?"

"Not really... If you are a novice, you can only do more than a dozen per month. When recruiting workers in the workshop, I said that the more you work, the more you will get."

Zhao Xing raised his head to look at the most glorious slogan of labor pasted on the red paper on the wall, and he suddenly fell silent.

"The government...is the money given too much?" The Minister of the Household Department came up to him and whispered: "If everyone pays such a high salary, who will still farm..."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Don't tell me these things first, and then go and have a look elsewhere."

And Lao Zhang glared at his old friend, but didn't say anything, just followed Zhao Xing out.

Chapter 477: Three Years on February 2th

"This is where the best sword in the Song Dynasty and even in the whole world is located."

Zhang Shangshu pointed to the rows of semi-finished swords placed in the smelting room. These swords were just formed and had not been sharpened yet, but their quality was visible to the naked eye. The civil servants might not feel it, but the generals did. He stepped forward and took down those swords and axes, put them in his hands and looked at them carefully.

If they hadn't presented a complete weapon blade in front of the emperor, they would have asked someone to take out the finished product for testing.

"Give me one to take a look at." Zhao Xing looked at it for a while and suddenly said, "No, I will choose by myself."

The general manager immediately took the order, and brought Zhao Xing to the sword warehouse in front of him. As soon as he opened the warehouse, the densely packed swords and sabers appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

The knives inside were all protected by rattan scabbards, but they could still smell a strong smell of oil and iron. This manly smell hit his face, and Zhao Xing couldn't help but get excited.

He randomly took out a knife from the box. This brand new knife hadn't seen blood yet, so it looked a bit jerky, but its sharpness and tenacity could not be concealed. He could feel the center of gravity being stable even when he held it in his hand. It is also very smooth.

"Come on, let me see if this thing is a good thing."

After hearing the signal, the generals behind him immediately stepped forward and took their favorite weapons. These guys may be decorations on the bodies of literati, but in their hands they are the most reliable partners in the world.

At this moment, these bearded men in their 50s and [-]s turned into children who saw their favorite toys, holding the weapons in their hands and reluctant to put them down, and one of them even pulled out the guard's saber and picked up the long knife in his hand It was chopped off with one knife.

In an instant, the guard's sword snapped, but the "Qi Family Sword" in the general's hand didn't even show a gap.

"Good knife! Good!"

The general couldn't help sighing, but when he raised his head, he found that everyone including Zhao Xing was looking at him, and he retreated into the crowd as soon as he blushed.Only the guard looked at the broken sword on the ground distressedly, with a sad expression.

"Mr. Jun, don't be sad." At this moment, the general manager stepped forward, holding a sword in both hands, and said, "This is a gift from the workshop to Mr. Jun."

The guard's expression immediately cheered up, he took the sword and cupped his hands towards the general manager, thanking him softly.

The bosses next to him didn't pay attention to this at all, they were just lamenting the power of this sword.

"Speaking of which, why haven't these swords been seen in my Great Song military system?"

"These goods are all for the Liao Kingdom." The general manager immediately stepped forward and introduced: "This sword can be exchanged for 250 catties of refined iron ore, which is very cost-effective."

But they didn't seem to have heard the word "cost-effective" in this sentence, they only heard that it was supplied to the Liao Kingdom, and the military commander's nest exploded at this moment. If it wasn't for the Song Dynasty, the generals and commanders almost turned their heads at that time.

"Say! Why is it only for the Liao Kingdom!"

A commander-in-chief of the frontier army blushed with anger: "My Song Dynasty's military equipment is not as good as that of the Liao Kingdom. How dare you give such a good guy to the Liao Kingdom?"

He even grabbed the collar of the general manager's clothes when he was excited: "What is your intention!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his fist as if to hit, but at this moment Zhao Xing frowned: "Stop! An Zhiyuan, why are you so bursting?"

After being reprimanded by the boss, the general's eyes turned red, he let go of the general manager and knelt down in front of Zhao Xing, and said with a choked voice: "Guan, you don't know, my Song frontier army has always been poor, When we were enemies with the Liao Kingdom, our soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty were inferior to those in the Liao Kingdom and suffered so much. If the soldiers hadn’t stopped us with their flesh and blood, now... now... now, our Great Song Dynasty may have retreated to Annan!"

"absurd!"

There was a loud voice among the civil servants: "Why are you talking nonsense!?"

Turning his head and looking over, he found that it was the voice of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he reprimanded angrily: "General An, don't talk empty words, the Ministry of War was never ambiguous in the matter of frontier armaments, even better than the imperial army." ! Why did you say that?"

"Hehe, Minister Cheng, now that time has passed and circumstances have changed, there is no proof of death, but have you ever wondered why there are not one out of ten frontier soldiers?"

Zhao Xing saw that the two sides were arguing about the old things again, so he quickly raised his hands: "Take it easy, two lovers, don't argue first, isn't General An wanting to know why such a good guy is going to be supplied to the Liao Kingdom? You Instead, ask."

After Zhao Xing reminded people, people's attention was on the general manager again. The general manager seemed to be in a panic, but in fact he was as stable as an old dog, because today's scene had already been expected by Mr. Song. middle.

Now it seems that Mr. Song is really a genius, almost a man of gods...

"Officials... my lords, how could this workshop be a disadvantage to me, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, please condescend to follow the villain..."

Zhao Xing and the others followed the general manager to the back hill of the workshop. The top of the hill here is relatively flat, and a test field has been reclaimed on the top, surrounded by thick and high walls. There is an open space of about acre, and next to it is a vast wilderness, the kind that is uninhabited.

It was about a quarter of an hour's journey from the workshop to here, Zhao Xing was able to walk quickly, but those old men were a little out of breath.

After finally coming to this place with great difficulty, someone immediately brought sugar water and pastries to relieve their fatigue, and there were also temporary small sheds for them to take shelter from the wind and rest.

"This is a good place to lean on the railing and overlook." Zhao Xiang took a sip of warm sugar water, regained his energy, and squeezed another piece of pastry into his mouth: "This place can overlook Jinling City."

"Yes, the old man often comes here in his spare time." Zhang Shangshu said with a smile: "This place is where the old man's painstaking effort is. Whether it can be famous in history depends on this workshop."

"Oh? Master Zhang also wants to be famous in history?"

"Hahahaha, isn't it the same when Mr. Xiangguo is testing poison with himself?"

"Hahahahaha..."

The two laughed together, but at this moment they saw two strangely shaped doors pushed out from the back room. bracket.

"What is this?" Zhao Xiang asked curiously, "Who can afford such an object?"

Zhang Shangshu raised his head full of ambition and smiled, "Let's wait and see."

The general manager trotted all the way over and said to Zhao Xing, "Official...can we start?"

"Let's get started."

The general manager nodded, turned around and ran over to say a few words to the soldiers manipulating the two small steel cannons, and they began to steer the two cannons to aim at a wall on a high mountain in the distance.

Everyone didn't know what they were doing, but they started to fill the barrel with gunpowder in an orderly manner, then took out the split shell, put the warhead into the base, and then stuffed the shell into the barrel together middle.

Then the semaphore next to him began to wave the flag, and the soldiers responsible for lighting the fire inserted the fuze into the gun barrel and lit it with a fire letter.

Suddenly, two thunderclaps suddenly appeared on the dry land. Except for Zhao Hehe and Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, everyone else was shocked, and some even sat down on the ground directly...

After the turmoil lasted for a while, the dust in the school yard gradually dissipated. At this time, they saw that the soldiers were methodically using crowbars to pry out the shell casings in the gun chambers and throw them aside. Then they cleaned up with a cloth and started again. Second refill.

This time everyone was mentally prepared, and after two more cannon shots, many generals stood up and waited and watched.

And within a few breaths after the cannon sounded, two streams of smoke and dust erupted from the hill hundreds of feet away. It seemed that the wall had missed in the first round, but in the second round, there was one The shell hit the wall directly, and the originally thick wall collapsed like this.

All of this was presented in the eyes of everyone present, and the attack method that subverted the concept made the eyeballs of the generals present drop...

Not to mention them, even Zhao Xing, who knew a little bit of the news, stood up in shock and stared at the distant mountain in a daze.

According to the visual estimation, the mountain top can reach up to three hundred feet, which is a distance beyond the imagination of bows and arrows, but this thunder-like thing can defeat the target so quickly and efficiently.

What does this mean?This shows that in future sieges and defenses, there will be new versions of ships that none of them have seen before, subverting the version of an entire era!

What's more important is that this thing not only has a long range, but also is very powerful. The wall is actually almost the same as a conventional earthen city wall, but it collapsed after just one shot, although it is impossible to have such a high wall in actual combat. Efficiency, but if you can really open a hole in the enemy's city wall at once, then there is no such thing as a siege or not.

The manager came back to report the situation to Zhao Xing, and the general who had just grabbed him rushed forward and grabbed him again.

"Is this object real?"

"If... if the general doesn't believe it, you can try it yourself, but be careful, if you don't pay attention, you will blind your eyes."

General Na'an was a general after all, so he stepped forward in person, and followed the instructions of the artillerymen, and slowly and steadily began to clean the barrel, charge the gun, install the warhead, load, and activate step by step.

When the heat wave came from in front of him, the violent tremors made his internal organs feel tormented, but the real power and unparalleled power made him run back happily, ignoring the buzzing in his ears. Said: "This thing is comparable to thousands of troops! Thousands of troops, officials!!!"