The next day, the Divine Guards began to prepare various equipment in the military camp.
For a time, there was a ding-ding-dong-dong sound inside and outside the camp.
These Qiu Ba even hired several blacksmiths who were said to be famous for their smelting in the weapons prison to create the things the Divine Guards needed.
Of course, this cost a lot of money!
Except for those merchants who often go to the military camp to do business, few people know much about what the Divine Guards are doing in the military camp.
That is to say, the Kaifeng Mansion's treasury was shocked for a while when these Qiu Ba, with military orders, transported away hundreds of huge bamboo poles used to narrow the river.
But soon Kaifeng Mansion no longer had the energy to take care of Qiu Ba of the Divine Guards.
Because, in December Gengchen (20).
Su Song officially assumed office as the new Kaifeng Prefecture. He was appointed by the Tianzhang Pavilion, served as a minister in the Jiying Hall, and took charge of the official affairs of the counties and towns within the boundaries of the Kaifeng Prefecture.
Su Song's arrival attracted the attention of everyone in Kaifeng Mansion.
No one has time to pay attention to the little actions of the Divine Guards anymore.
Everyone is staring closely at Kaifeng Fuyamen.
Pay attention to the encounter between Su Song and Cai Jing.
Many people are looking forward to some conflict between Cai Jing, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Su Song, the official in the prefecture!
However, what disappointed these people was that Su Song only met Cai Jing at the government office, asked about it, and then went to hand over to Fan Xun.
As an old official, Su Song has always been cautious, so he knows that the treasury and accounts are the most critical things and must be carefully counted.
Otherwise, he might take the blame for others.
Besides, Su Song is already over 60 years old, so it is impossible and will not compete with the young and powerful Cai Jing for anything!
Therefore, Su Song was busy counting Fan Xun's accounts for several days.
As a scholar-bureaucrat who was proficient in mathematics, he could not be deceived by the tricks and tricks of the subordinate officials in the government office.
After three times, five times and two times, dozens of accounting errors were found, and thousands of dollars of deficiencies and corruption were discovered.
The specific individuals who embezzled the money were even directly identified.
Su Song showed no mercy and fired all these people and ordered them to make up for the shortfall in the treasury within a time limit, otherwise they would be sent to Dali Temple for questioning!
Faced with an important minister like Su Song who was waiting to be controlled, these people naturally did not dare to disobey orders and could only obediently pay the money to avoid being punished.
So as not to get into trouble and implicate the family in this turbulent time.
Su Song naturally kept his promise and did not send these people to Dali Temple for questioning.
But he still wrote a letter and sent it to the palace to report the matter, and explained the reason - before the recruitment examination for the Senglu Division was successful, it was not appropriate for the Kaifeng Mansion to make major moves!
…
December Jiashen (twenty-four).
Professor Miao was invited to the barracks of the Divine Guards early in the morning by Yang Wenjing, the Marquis of the Left Wing of the Divine Guards.
Then, he saw a dozen iron tools weighing hundreds of kilograms placed in front of him.
"Lieutenant, this is the 'circle blade' we have built in the past few days. Can you see if it is usable?" Yang Wenjing reported with a flattering smile.
Professor Miao stepped forward and looked at the round iron objects with a '1' shape at the bottom. He stretched out his hand to grab one and used all his strength with both hands before he could barely lift it!
"Good stuff!" Professor Miao slowly put it down and praised it with paws.
Then he touched the surface of the circular blade. The smooth and cold texture made him sure that this object was made of fine iron or even fine steel!
Naturally, Miao Tuo knew in his heart, where did the raw materials for these dozen circular blades come from?
Nine times out of ten, they either stole the steel from the Armory Supervisor, or simply melted the weapons of the Divine Guard and made them.
Qiu Ba from the Forbidden Army are the most skilled at doing this kind of thing.
No one can care about it, and no one will care about it!
For the Imperial Guard in Beijing, as long as they are loyal and obey orders, it is enough.
Everything else is just small sections!
Yang Wenjing led Professor Miao with a smile and continued to inspect other things.
Ropes, wooden frames...
There is also the huge bamboo that has been hollowed out and reinforced with hemp ropes.
In just a few days, these people were completely ready.
This surprised Professor Miao - it should be noted that even the elite of the Western Army may not have such efficiency and speed!
All I can say is that you really have to specialize in the art!
"Lieutenant! A certain gentleman has also been invited to look for water veins..." Yang Wenjing took Miao Professor for inspection and said, "Gentlemen, we have found several places where we can get water in the military camp."
place……"
"Can we start the verification?"
Professor Miao nodded.
So, under his gaze, the entire Divine Guards barracks started to operate quickly, efficiently and orderly like a machine.
Everyone knows their role.
Everyone from top to bottom also cooperates very well.
In just half an hour, they had already completed all the preparations for digging the well at a selected water vein site in the military camp.
…
When the God Guards began to dig wells in their home barracks.
Some merchants who often came to the military camp to do business immediately discovered that these Qiu Ba people were making new arrangements.
Therefore, with the mentality that if you are idle, you should just watch the excitement. These traders crowded into the soldiers who were watching the well digging.
They then saw that in a place in the Forbidden Army camp, the officers and soldiers of the Divine Guards had set up a large wooden frame.
On the big wooden shelf, there is a sturdy wooden board like a seesaw, and a rope is tied to the other side, and something is hanging below the rope.
A dozen or so Imperial Guards stood on the wooden side of the large wooden frame.
They took turns stepping forward in groups, stepping on the wooden board.
As the board was stepped on, it bounced back again.
The things hanging from the rope are also constantly making up and down movements.
"What are they doing?" someone asked.
"I don't know!" These merchants all observed curiously.
But the imperial guards of the Divine Guard didn't care at all about the opinions of these merchants.
Everyone was blushing.
Yang Wenjing and others even licked their tongues and tightly edited the drawings in their hands.
They knew that they had mastered another craft - digging wells!
This is a craft that can lead to wealth and even promotion.
Since I set up the big wooden frame according to the drawings in the morning and started drilling, the iron drill has penetrated two entire large rocks and drilled down more than a foot!
At this rate, it would probably only take a few days to drill a well that can produce water even in the dry season.
"When Xu Xi was guarding Yongle City, if this method had been used, Yongle City would not have fallen!" Professor Miao couldn't help but sigh as he looked at it.
Professor Miao certainly knew that the reason Yongle City fell was because there was no water source on the mountain where the city was located.
When the Western bandits discovered this situation, they sent people to cut off Yongle City's key water access channel, cutting off the water source for the defenders.
Ten or twenty thousand people had no water to drink. They were extremely thirsty and had to face the constant siege of the Western bandit army. In the end, the entire army was exhausted and could no longer hold on.
If there were several wells in Yongle City at that time.
It is simply impossible for the Western bandits to break through Yongle City so quickly, and Yongle City will definitely be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive.
This was also Xu Xi's biggest mistake when the court later reviewed the failure of Yongle City - actually building Yongle City on a mountain with no water source!
Isn't this the same strategic mistake as Ma Su's street guarding pavilion back then?
Fortunately, Xu Xi claims to know soldiers, but he doesn't even understand this!
The officers and soldiers of the Divine Guards were too lazy to care about Xu Xi and Yongle City.
Now in their eyes, there are only countless copper coins.
Not only is every inch of land in Bianjing City valuable, but wells are even more precious.
This is because the city of Bianjing was affected by the sediment in the Bianhe River. There is also a city buried under this city - Bianjing of the Tang Dynasty, which is now buried under its feet.
Therefore, if you want to dig a well to collect water, you must first dig through the sediment layer and reach the bedrock layer.
Therefore, every well in the past was a masterpiece of the right time, place and people.
But now, with this technology, things are different.
Steel drill bits can effortlessly penetrate soft sand, and iron drills can also be used to break rocks that were considered daunting in the past and were basically abandoned.
In addition, the wooden walls are continuously lowered to reinforce the well walls, and the mud tubes are used to absorb silt and rock debris.
Therefore, the well can be dug as deep as possible!
The only drawback may be that the speed will slow down after hitting four or five feet.
At the same time, the wellhead will become smaller and smaller, eventually only being as big as a drill bit—about two fists.
But, what does this matter?
As long as you dig deep enough, the water will naturally come out.
This is an expensive artesian well!
"From now on, everyone's drinking water will be guaranteed... Hahaha..." The officers laughed heartily.
Owning a well in Bianjing City is an important bargaining chip when discussing marriage.
They have seen the broad market prospects!
By the afternoon of that day, the iron drill had reached a depth of two feet, and water began to flow from the well.
This greatly inspired the entire Divine Guard Army.
On the third day, the drill bit reached a depth of four feet underground, and the water in the well continued to gush out.
The entire Divine Guard army was overjoyed.
Immediately, he began to build related equipment and rolled them out in his military camp and living quarters.
Dozens of wells were started at the same time.
This incident caused a sensation throughout Bianjing!
Both Bianjing Xinbao and Bianjing Yibao reported this incident.
So, the people of the Divine Guard finally knew where their well-drilling technology came from?
The salt workers in Fushunjian in Shu used this method to drill through dozens of feet of bedrock to obtain brine from the ground for making salt.
Several scholar-officials from the Shu region personally verified the accuracy of the news after personally seeing the well-drilling technology of the Divine Guards.
At this time, time has come to the end of December in the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
The eighth year of Yuanfeng has come to an end, the Chou Year is over, and the Bingyin Year is approaching.
The next day, Gengyin (the first day of the first lunar month of spring).
The two palaces officially issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty, taking the Yuan of Yuanfeng, using the blessing of Jiayou, and changing it to Yuanyou.
However, before that, a set of procedures were followed as usual - sending the chief minister to the northern suburbs to offer sacrifices to heaven, in order to obtain 'God's order to change the Yuan Dynasty'.
Pretend that Yuanyou's new year is a gift from God, not the wishes of the ministers and the two palaces.
This chapter has been completed!