Chapter 59 The prototype of the river gang

Zhang Zaonan smiled and said: "Master, you are laughing at me again, how can I understand this?"

Su You then read: "Twenty-seven double beds, totaling eight guan and one hundred guan; fifty-four sets of bedding, totaling three guan and 2,400 guan; fifty-four sets of new winter clothes, totaling thirty guan;

One large bedroom with two rooms; one classroom with two rooms; all kinds of stationery, paper and pens, three rooms..."

After reading all the items, Zhang Zao almost burst into tears.

He was the leader of the business group, and he had always wanted to be the accountant, but Su You threw out a bill. Not only was the previous account not paid, but the hole was even bigger, and the deficit was heading towards Baiguan!

After Zhang San finished selling the fish and cleaning the fish, he heard this and pulled Liu Si from the infrastructure team over and said, "Young master, how many of these things can we do by ourselves? The expenditure is too scary..."

Su You said: "Although the expenses are scary, with these, my friends can live like human beings. Don't worry, we will have all these things in place soon! Brother Chaowa and I will go into the city together, and we will

Go to the Shijia Blacksmith Shop first and pay him back ten guan of money!"

After entering the city, several people split up and Su You came to Shijia Iron Square.

Today I have to do a big thing, casting an iron pot.

The mold for the iron pot was turned out using a model and has already been made.

It’s similar to how Su You asked the children to make clay pot models, but the casserole was made upside down and the iron pot mold was turned over, and it was many times bigger.

The sand mold is divided into a base and an upper mold. It is made by mixing, pressing and drying mortar, fine sand, graphite and borax.

There is a pot-shaped round pit on the base, and the bottom of the upper mold is a small raised hemisphere.

The base is placed on the ground, and the upper model is hoisted on a huge horizontal wooden lever.

Shi Tong's apprentice kept brushing the upper mold and base with a slurry of soot mixed with borax to prevent the iron pot from adhering to the model.

With graphite crucible and coke, the work of melting molten iron is actually very simple.

After the molten iron was melted, Shi Tong poured a spoonful of molten iron into the base, then directed his apprentices to move the lever, move the upper mold to the top of the base, and slowly lower it.

The upper mold is very heavy, weighing several hundred kilograms, and it fits tightly with the base as soon as it is put down.

After a while, Shi Tong asked his apprentices to lift up the upper mold. He couldn't help laughing when he saw it: "With the guidance of the master, there is nothing impossible!"

Su You smiled and said: "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and fix the pot!"

The iron pot is not necessarily perfect. There may be gaps and holes on it, which need to be repaired by pouring iron juice on it while it is still red-hot.

Shi Tong smiled and said: "It's just a little effort, Master, don't worry."

After the repair was completed, after the pot cooled down, Shi Tong asked his apprentices to take it out and inspect it, and then handed it over to another group of apprentices to polish off the burrs on the corners and make the inside and outside smooth.

Next, the mold continued to be painted, and the other mold started casting again.

After a while, two huge silver iron pots with a bluish-gray color were placed in front of Su You.

Shi Tong was inexplicably excited: "What a big pot! This is my Meizhou, ah no, this is the biggest pot in my Silu! This is good! Your forged iron pot is so small, it took me and two apprentices a day

, now this is simply a business of murder and arson, hahahaha..."

Thinking of how the iron pots would continue to come out of the mold in the future, Shi Tong was so happy that he almost burst into tears.

Su You smiled and said: "Every technological breakthrough can bring about a series of products. A graphite crucible can produce brass and cast iron pots, greatly reducing the difficulty of metal processing."

He looked at the simple bellows beside the stove: "So you and I need to quickly break through the bearing technology, and then there will be a series of products. When more such technologies are accumulated, our products will form a generation gap with others."

, and then others won’t be able to imitate it.”

Touching the thick iron ears of the iron pot with your hands, you can see the technological breakthrough on the one hand, and the excellent craftsmanship of today's craftsmen on the other. These two smooth iron ears are not found on the iron pots of later generations, and it is inconvenient to cut your hands if they are.

Shi Tong agreed wholeheartedly, called his apprentice, and carried the iron pot on his back to deliver it to Su You's charity shed.

Regarding the feather-patterned steel magic sword, Xiao Tianshi has already replied to the letter. He criticized Su You's design for the sword tip being too sharp and losing the harmony of Taoism. Therefore, he changed the drawing again and made the sword thin and agile.

Yes, it is possible, but the angle of the sword tip still maintains the tradition of the magic sword.

Shi Tong looked at Su You anxiously, but Su You smiled slightly: "In business, customers are gods..."

Shi Tong kindly reminded: "Master, this customer is a god..."

Su You rubbed his nose in embarrassment: "In short, their demands come first. At least we have figured out what Brother Zhang is thinking, right? Form is the most important thing, that is, being precise and beautiful, paying attention to the sword outfit, and never mind the practicality.

Sex, then the sword blade will be turned into a clam blade! That’s fine!”

When he was about to go out, he came back again. This apprentice was so naive, Su You reminded him not to just think about making a big pot, but to sell it, as a small pot would be more useful.

After that, he took his disciple carrying the iron pot to the city gate to meet Zhang Zao who was doing the shopping.

A team came, and the leader was the shopkeeper of the Shijia Ceramics Shop: "Young Master Su, there are fifty large vats, a lot of them. They are all made of coarse glaze. By the way, there are also large bamboo ware from Cheng's Grocery Store.

The pot lids are also prepared, and the manager of the Cheng family asked me to bring them to you."

Su You said: "Then I'll trouble the shopkeeper and take him to the Earth Temple."

When they arrived at Tutu Temple, two old soldiers were already waiting here. When they saw Su You, they stood up quickly and said, "Young Master is back. It's been a hard journey."

Su You asked Lao Jun to sit down and drink water first, and then arranged to dig a hole and bury the jars. Half of each jar was buried in the soil, and a bamboo hat was fastened to prevent water from entering.

After placing them neatly, he said goodbye to the shopkeeper, then came over to sit down and poured himself a bowl of water: "Thank you, you two have been waiting for a long time."

The two old soldiers said: "I don't dare. The young master has many things to do in his day, unlike us who just sit around at the gate of the city all day long."

Su You smiled and said: "Actually, I came here today to ask you two about the regulations for working on the dock."

The old army smiled and said: "In this Meishan City, the Jiangqing family is the charter, and then the prefect is the county magistrate. The Kuhaha on the dock, the young master looks up to them with just one glance."

Su You smiled and said: "That's not true. In my eyes, everyone is the same flesh and blood as father and mother. They are pregnant in ten months. Why did I meet the boatman and porter who helped me to rescue me yesterday? What did they say about the Sanjiang River Gang? What's going on?

?”

The old army said: "The young master is really careful. The river gang is also a force, but they are all on the water."

"Under the regulations of the imperial court, all states along the Yangtze River have set up officials, tax supervisors, and warehouse officials. The merchants are not familiar with the place, and it will be troublesome to deal with these people."

"When the government encounters matters such as rent collection, river construction, transportation and transportation, it also needs someone to lead and coordinate. Therefore, the river gang is a bridge between officials, merchants, and industry, and a guild that controls river transportation affairs."

Another old soldier said: "But they all come from a poor background. Although the court talks about scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, the workers here refer to craftsmen, and the river workers are just a bunch of hard-working mud-legged people. To say that you are ranked third is to blame yourself.

Put gold on your face."

"It is a promotion to give the tax superintendent and the custodian who have served well, and give them a hand in their affairs. If they have not served well, it is easy to cancel their errands."

Su You nodded: "What about the boats on the river? Are they also theirs?"

An old soldier laughed loudly: "That is blinding their minds! In our Song Dynasty River Affairs, the material tax is based on the captain, five feet and ten feet is the fixed scale, and then it is reduced in order. One ship of goods is hundreds or more

It costs a thousand guan of silver and a bareboat costs a hundred guan, so how can they afford it?"

Another veteran said: "But they control Lifu Dingkou. Generally speaking, merchants on the river are nice to talk to. If you offend them, it will be troublesome for loading and unloading goods."

The old soldier from before said: "But the old man dares to pat his chest and guarantee that whatever the young master is doing on the pier will not be in the way. Just rely on the charity shed that you advocated and built that stilted beef, that is

I have given them a great favor!"

Su You smiled and said: "It's a small amount of work, but I don't dare to mention it. Speaking of eating just right, I got some mutton and a pair of haggis at Shijiazhuangzi today. I will cook it and give it to the two brothers to try.

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The two old soldiers quickly became polite: "Why are you taking advantage of the young master again!"

Su You said: "Sit down first. There are all children here, but you two are old people. It is necessary to show some courtesy. After a while, the sheep liver will be braised for you two. If you are hungry at night, you can eat something. This food can also cure

If you are night blind, the two guards should eat more often."
Chapter completed!