Royal road

Zhang He was not the only one who greeted him out of the gate of the Liang Mansion.There are also several stewards of Liang's mansion, and Han Dang, a clerk who has just taken office.This person is an old friend recommended by Duan Qin, and his knowledge and character are not bad. Liang Feng just tried it out, so he was assured that he would be the head of Liang's mansion and be in charge of all affairs in the mansion.

This time, Han Dang was naturally at the top of the list.Pulling back his sleeves, he saluted Liang Feng who had stepped off the carriage, "Welcome Lord Lang back home."

Liang Feng stepped forward with a smile: "Why should Ping Zhi be so polite? In the past few months, I have troubled you with all the affairs in the mansion."

"Thanks to the trust of Lord Lang, I am ashamed to be so." Han Dang bowed again humbly.

It's a lie to say that I'm not moved when I take such an errand for the first time.However, Han Dang was prudent and cautious, and he didn't have any thoughts about this unusual appointment.What's more, in the Liang Mansion, no one knows the checks and balances in the mansion better than him.

Liang Liang, who is in charge of farming, is a loyal householder in the mansion; Zhou Kan, who manages accounts, is a guest of the Lord's trust; Zhao Yu, who acts as an agent for Sifang, is Xiao Langjun's nurse.What's more, there is Zhang He, the battalion deputy who leads the trilogy.It can be said that as long as he makes the slightest movement, the people around him can immediately take him down.

Such an arrangement did not make Han Dang uncomfortable, but convinced him wholeheartedly.Employing people without suspicion, but not carelessly leaving loopholes to confuse people, this is the best way to ensure long-term stability.No wonder Duan Qin would join this Liang Lang.Among the high schools, such a wise master is rare.

After all, after traveling for two days, Liang Feng went straight into the mansion after saying hello.He ordered the others to settle down first, and he recruited Han Dang and other housekeepers to inquire in detail about the development of the Liang Mansion these days.

"Now there are more than [-] households in Fuzhong, and more than [-] households in Dingkou. Most of them are people who fled from the counties of Shangdang." Han Dang reported seriously as he presented the yellow book.

Because most of the fugitives were locals from Shangdang, and they had all kinds of mouths, the total number also increased considerably.In just half a year, it has more than doubled, which is really surprising.

"All the households are selected from Gaodu?" Liang Feng frowned slightly.

"That's true. If you want to become an eunuch, you must be physically strong or have a skill." How could Han Dang be negligent in this kind of screening work, "However, there are quite a lot of refugees accepted by Gaodu, and the selection of people in the government can double the number."

It seems that the newly cultivated official farmland in Gaodu has gained a lot this time, and Guo Jiao must have figured out his own thoughts before he dared to do it.However, the population surge is still very stressful. Liang Feng asked again: "In this way, is there still enough food in the government?"

"It's okay to store grain. This year, Sifang has a good income, and the grain for next year has been saved." Han Dang replied truthfully.

The business of white porcelain and glazed beads has only been negotiated recently. What big business can Sifang fail to achieve this year?Liang Feng turned his head and asked Zhao Yu, who was kneeling on the side seat, "But the study sold scriptures again?"

Zhao Yu bowed slightly: "Just as the master expected. After the victory in Lucheng, the study room sold a lot of scriptures. This year, the income from selling books alone exceeds ten thousand stones. There are also some who are too far away to transport rice. They replaced it with silk and hemp, and got more than a hundred horses."

This is not a small amount.How many scholars are there in Bingzhou?Even if the common people are added, there will be too many.This sales volume is almost enough for everyone to own a copy. Maybe many nobles of the Xiongnu also bought town houses.Playing tricks is really the most lucrative business!

"What about Huai'en Temple? Have you carved a new board?"

"More than ten volumes were carved. They were all written by the host himself, and the rice grain he got was worth a thousand stones. However, after the Huns established their country, Huai'en Temple no longer printed scriptures." Zhao Yu said.

Liang Feng stopped copying scriptures a long time ago, but the monks of Huai'en Temple did not stop the wholesale business, but used the scriptures written by the presiding abbot himself, and printed some engraved books.However, the war still affected the business. Jinyang was surrounded by the Xiongnu. Even with the skills of the old monk, he might not be able to transport rice.

Liang Feng nodded knowingly: "Chongwen Library will be the first place to engrave scriptures next year. This time I brought back a few volumes of scriptures. After resuming work, I will print them one by one."

These days, he also discussed with Cui Ji and others to engrave a batch of classics and histories, including "Book of Filial Piety", "The Analects of Confucius", "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn", "Shangshu" and so on.It was only after becoming familiar with the Jin Dynasty that Liang Feng discovered that there was no theory of the Four Books and Five Classics at this time, so articles such as "University" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" extracted from "Book of Rites" have not yet been promoted to the status of classics of later generations.But there are still must-read books.Even if excellent commentaries are not available, students need to recite these classics one by one and memorize them thoroughly.

Now that there is Chongwenguan, it is also necessary to reopen the county government school.It is still necessary to print some uncommented and unreadable versions.Cui Ji asked someone to sort out a set of manuscripts of the Han Li version, which he planned to use for engraving.This was the Cui family's biggest concession to woodblock printing.Wouldn't it be a pity not to seize the opportunity?

With these tasks, I am afraid that the bookstore will not be able to accept the engraving of Buddhist scriptures outside.Zhao Yu bowed his head and said, "This servant will arrange craftsmen to engrave it carefully."

Although he is already in charge of Sifang, Zhao Yu's posture is still as gentle as ever, Liang Feng smiled, it seems that he did not choose the wrong agent.Turning his head, he said to Han Dang again: "Is there any arrangement for the officials at all levels in the mansion?"

The population has skyrocketed from [-] to [-], and more managers are bound to be deployed.This was something that Liang Feng had deliberately arranged before he left.

Han Dang replied: "Twenty assistant officials have been selected, nine of them are exiles, seven of them are scholars, and four are from the Fuzhong Academy. There will be examinations every month. If they are not qualified, They will be dismissed and suspended. The list is also listed in the book."

The chaos not only caused the people to flee, but also ruined the families of many common people who were less resistant to pressure.In the process of fleeing, these people will inevitably become attached to the wealthy family and become their vassal followers.Now that the Liang Mansion is already a powerful one, and both Sizhou and Bingzhou are in chaos, of course there will be many such people.Han Dang reviewed them one by one, and just accepted a group of assistants.

Liang Feng was quite reassured about Han Dang's vision, not to mention that Li Zheng, who was in charge of civil affairs, was promoted by A Liang, and Zhou Kan personally trained assistants in the account house.If the two sides can't get in, even if something goes wrong with the officials, it won't have much impact.

Nodding satisfied, Liang Feng said: "That's good. Where are Shiyue and Zhichuan?"

"The two guests are still in the workshop, the master wants to call them back?" Liang Feng came back so suddenly this time that Han Dang didn't have time to inform the workshop.

"It's okay, I'll just go there in the afternoon." Liang Feng didn't care.After the kiln workers and iron workers moved into the new workshop in the mountains, he hadn't been there yet.Not bad to see for yourself.

Hearing what Liang Feng said, Han Dang didn't say much, and continued to report other matters.

After roughly checking the current situation in the mansion, and taking a rest, Liang Feng rode to Xinfang after his lunch break.The Liang Mansion itself was built on the mountain, but this time the two workshops moved into the newly opened valley.There are guards guarding from a distance, divided into three posts and three posts, before entering the factory area.The environment here is good, and there is a tributary passing by.The river has long been widened, sluices have been built, and waterwheels stand on the edge of the river.

This is the water cone that has just been modified, but under the wooden hammer used to pound rice, there is not white rice, but white soil.This is the raw material for making porcelain, and it is also the key to the whiteness of Liangfu white porcelain.It takes a lot of effort just to hammer the magnetic soil.However, now that there is a water cone, under the impetus of water power, the mallet beats the stones inside without sleep, saving a lot of manpower.

Liang Feng stood by the water cone and watched for a while before walking in.After only a few hundred steps, there was a pungent smoke in the air. This is the exhaust gas produced when coal is burned. Just smelling it makes people feel oppressed.The kiln for making porcelain has been expanded to four, and the iron furnace on the ironworker's side is intertwined, and the pollution is even more serious.

But now is not the time to talk about environmental protection, Liang Feng ignored the bad air and continued to walk in.Not long after, they came to the outer courtyard of the pottery workshop.Someone had already informed, and Ge Hong and Liu Jian rushed out to welcome them.

"Fu Jun, how can you come here?" Ge Hong frowned.After all, he was also one of Liang Feng's health care doctors, so he naturally knew that he was weak and shouldn't go to such a dirty place.

Liang Feng said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I visited the workshop. I heard that you are here, so I happened to come over to have a look. I wonder how the development of the hydraulic bellows is going?"

Liu Jian immediately cheered up: "I made a model of the bellows, and it is indeed usable. But Zhichuan came up with a way to build a furnace. With the bellows, it may be several times stronger than the current furnace."

"Oh?" Liang Feng's eyes lit up as soon as he heard it, "I don't know how the furnace mentioned by Zhichuan is shaped?"

Ge Hong was not hypocritical, and took out a drawing and handed it in front of Liang Feng: "This is an official furnace, which is used by iron officials. In Han Dynasty, there was a large furnace that was one foot high and required 300 people to drum. Now the mansion uses it for itself. Imitate its shape and reduce the height as appropriate. It will surely produce iron several times!"

When he received the sketch drawn in charcoal, Liang Feng couldn't help being a little dazed. Isn't this the small blast furnace of the past?Why do we have it now? !

In fact, blast furnaces have existed since the Warring States Period. "Hanshu" records: "In the first month of the second year of Heping (27 BC), the iron officials in Peijun cast iron. The iron could not fall down. It rumbled like thunder and drums. There were 13 workers. Walk away in shock. The sound stopped, but I looked at the ground, the ground sank several feet, the furnace was divided into ten parts, and the iron in one furnace was sold like meteors, and they all went up, which was the same as in the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC). It is the accident that the middle part of the blast furnace is suspended, and the molten iron accumulates too much, and suddenly falls, resulting in the accident of destroying the furnace due to excessive pressure.

Metallurgy has always been the most important indicator of a country's national strength, so the level of blast furnaces mastered by iron officials is indeed not bad.The furnace with a height of one foot and a width of one foot and two is the main furnace used in iron mines.However, these technologies are not spread among the people. As an alchemist, Ge Hong has an extraordinary understanding of furnaces, so he came up with the idea of ​​building a blast furnace.

However, the Liang Mansion used wooden bellows instead of leather bellows.The ability to blow wind is several times stronger than that of 槖.Therefore, it is not necessarily necessary to build a large furnace. It is more than one foot high and two feet wide.The iron production of a blast furnace of this scale is astonishing.In addition, the use of hydraulic ventilation requires a lot of manpower, which is more than enough for mining mines!

This is a place where you can't find it after you have broken through the iron shoes, and you have planted willows and willows unintentionally!Liang Feng made a decisive decision: "This furnace is very good! You can try it first! Send some people to find ore veins and circle the mountains to smelt iron!"

Shangdang is a land of iron production, with so many mountains and mountains, there must be a lot of undiscovered iron ore.With blast furnaces and mineral veins, do you still worry about the lack of iron in Fuchu?

By the way, Liang Feng thought of another thing: "We also need to find a few places where coal is produced. Coal can be smelted into charcoal like wood. This kind of coal is used to make iron, and it is probably stronger than ordinary charcoal."

Coke is a must for ironmaking, and Liang Feng indeed knows how to make coke.In the past, there was a symposium on destroying the earthen coking plant in the bureau. The earthen kiln was almost the same as the kiln for making charcoal.It is also smoldering raw coal to make coke.This kind of native method consumes a lot of money and pollutes a lot, and if it is found out in future generations, it will be shut down.But for today, it is a cross-age invention.If there is coke, the output and quality of iron will be greatly improved.How can such a thing that is even more powerful than a tiger be let go!

With Liang Feng's affirmation, both Ge Hong and Liu Jian became excited. This is another great achievement!If it can produce good iron, it will be of great help to the Liang family.

After talking about this unexpected discovery, Ge Hong remembered what he came to Liang Mansion for, and went back to the courtyard, and took a piece of porcelain material: "After I came to the mansion, I followed Jiang Jiangtou to burn the kiln for several days, and found that there was a piece of porcelain in the Ci Kiln. , There is also color-changing porcelain. This may have something in common with the variegated colors in colored glaze. I mixed some materials and colors, and fired porcelain, and the color really changed. Just like copper and iron, they can change with the furnace temperature. .If the impurities in the glass material are removed, the colorless glass that Fujun said will be produced!"

Looking at the gaudy piece of broken porcelain in Ge Hong's hand, Liang Feng was speechless again.Isn't this kind of glaze the prototype of Tang Sancai in later generations?Although Tang Sancai was mostly used as burial objects, it was all the rage, and dignitaries and dignitaries were buried with them.Not to mention the development of glazes, various official kiln works.It is of course important to remove the impurities in the glass, but it is also a big business to get money to be able to burn the glaze in the porcelain!

He is really confused.Wouldn't it be wasteful for a chemical genius to just make some explosives and acid-base? !

With a long sigh, Liang Feng said: "I knew Zhichuan's great talent earlier, but I never thought about where to use this talent. It is really a negligence of someone. It seems that only by deepening production can Zhichuan's ability be brought into play!"

Ge Hong: "..."

What's the matter, Mr. Fu?Hasn't colorless glass not yet been produced?

Regardless of the inexplicable expressions on their faces, Liang Feng excitedly held them by his arms: "Follow me to meet Jiang and Ding, the two craftsmen. I'm afraid it's a craftsman's workshop, so I won't be free this year."

The author has something to say: the blast furnace of 44 cubic meters in the Han Dynasty produced 570 kilograms of iron per day and an annual output of about 60 tons, and it has long been known to add limestone to aid melting.Coal was used in the Jin Dynasty, and coke was introduced in the Song Dynasty.The small blast furnace and coke in the Ming Dynasty were very mature.The ancients played it like this, you need to be careful when you invent time travel =w=