Wu Shigong is now slowly entering the harvest period, and has more money in his hands. So, in addition to leaving some silver around as a backup, Wu Shigong wants to deposit all the money in the bank.
However, as soon as Wu Shigong's idea was put forward, he was opposed by Zhu Yun. Zhu Yun believed that the money my uncle had should be used to buy land and collect rent. It would be fine to buy a shop and collect rent. Even if my uncle didn't want to buy these, then that would be fine.
This money should be hidden in the bank of the Xue Mansion. Anyway, the bank of the Xue Mansion is large, and the little money left by my uncle will not take up much space. The Xue Mansion has a big business, is it possible that my uncle is still afraid that the Xue Mansion will swallow this money?
Money? So you want to deposit it in a bank?
Wu Shigong had no way to argue clearly with Zhu Yun, a little maid with deep-rooted small-farmer ideas. As a modern person, the benefits of depositing money in banks are deeply rooted in Wu Shigong's heart. Seeing Wu Shigong's insistence, Zhu Yun came out again.
She came up with an idea. She asked Wu Shigong to put the money in Xue Mansion's pawn shop to use it for usury (that is, loan sharking). Although the reputation was a bit unpleasant, it was better than depositing it in a bank and the income was high.
Oh? This made Wu Shigong interested. After understanding the situation, Wu Shigong handed all the money to Zhuyun for specific operations. However, Wu Shigong set a rule: 30% of the silver must be deposited in the bank, and 70% of the silver must be deposited in the bank.
Take it to the pawn shop and put the usury money.
After that, the shopkeeper of the bank went to Xue Mansion in person to handle the procedures for depositing money. After getting the banknotes, Wu Shigong asked the shopkeeper: Can these banknotes be redeemed in other places? The shopkeeper replied to Wu Shigong: How many people are there in their bank?
It was issued by a joint stock company. Therefore, there are semicolons in several large states along the Grand Canal, and the end point is Nanjing. This bank note can be redeemed in those semicolons. Wu Shigong thought to himself: No
Come to think of it, finance in the Ming Dynasty was quite developed.
Yang Goudan also sent over the prepared daggers and sabers one after another, and Wu Shigong also paid the silver in batches according to the agreed price. At this time, Yang Goudan brought the first fire blunderbuss and hand blunderbuss.
The samples were also prepared. After hearing the news, Wu Shigong took the guards of the Xue Mansion to Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop to test the fire gun.
Arriving at Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Wu Shigong hadn't bought the bullets for these muskets yet. After hearing Wu Shigong's question, Yang Goudan waved his hand with a smile and said: No need. He took out a piece
The lead block is heated in a crucible to turn the lead block into lead water, and then the lead water is poured into a mold. After the lead water cools, round bullets are poured out of the mold.
Before use, just use sandpaper to polish the bullet smooth.
Yang Goudan told Wu Shigong: These lead blocks are not valuable. When the time comes, Yang Goudan will send a batch to Wu Shigong, along with some crucibles and molds. Yang Goudan also told Wu Shigong: On the battlefield, as long as the collected lead can be used
Even if the bullet is deformed, you can still make a bullet by turning the bullet into lead water and pouring it into a mold. Of course, if the situation is special, you can use iron bullets or stone bullets in the fire gun, but
Those bullets take a lot of effort, and it doesn't take much effort to make lead bullets.
This also opened Wu Shigong's eyes. In modern times, if a gun has no bullets, it becomes a lump of iron. But in the Ming Dynasty, it was so easy to make bullets for firecrackers. It was almost without any difficulty.
Then it was time to try the fire blunderbuss. It would definitely not work in a blacksmith's workshop. This was still the capital city. So Wu Shigong and his party and Yang Goudan took the fire blunderbuss and hand blunderbuss to the outside of the city to train the guards of the gambling house.
In Zhuangzi.
When the gambling house guards saw Wu Shigong coming to test the fire cannon, they all helped set up the target, and then gathered around to watch the test firing of the fire cannon. Xue Yong knew how to fire the fire cannon, so Xue Yong became the test shooter.
A total of three or forty bullets were fired before and after Wu Shigong found that the power of this fire gun was not bad, but its accuracy was too poor. Only at a distance of fifty steps (one step in the Ming Dynasty is about one meter and two meters in modern times) could it be fired.
Hitting a target the size of a person. And the accuracy of those handguns is at most thirty steps away. Any further away, and the accuracy is needless to say.
When Wu Shigong raised his question, Xue Yong told him: It was Yang Goudan's skill that could guarantee such an accuracy. If Wu Shigong wanted to improve the accuracy, he would have to reduce the power of the firecrackers and reduce the power of the firecrackers.
The barrel is made thinner.
Wu Shigong thought for a while: He is not making a sniper rifle. There is no place to use these firecrackers now. The purpose of making these firecrackers is to have more weapons for self-defense. The current power and accuracy can be guaranteed.
is enough.
So, he told Yang Goudan that he would make the fire blunderbuss and hand blunderbuss according to their appearance. And, after returning to the blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong readily paid the last payment of silver.
This made Yang Goudan very embarrassed. In the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen was very low, so bullying of craftsmen often happened. When Yang Goudan was working as a blacksmith, he liked to take over the business of powerful children like Wu Shigong.
Because they are generous with their money; and they are also a little afraid of taking the business of these powerful children. Because if these powerful children are picky, they will waste your money without any excuse.
Therefore, when taking over this big business from Wu Shigong, Yang Goudan quoted a high price. He was cautious. If Wu Shigong gave away the 3,500 taels of silver, even if he wasted 500 taels, Yang Goudan would still pay the price.
He could earn more than a hundred taels. But he didn't expect Wu Shigong to be very generous and paid all the money readily. Now Yang Goudan was a little scared. He didn't dare to explain the situation to Wu Shigong, but he was afraid.
If Wu Shigong later finds out that he quoted a high price, he will come to Qiuhou to settle the score.
And Wu Shigong looked at Yang Goudan with modern thinking. In modern times, everyone has great respect for skilled experts. The same is true for Wu Shigong. Even if he later knew that Yang Goudan had killed him this time,
At most, I will gain wisdom after suffering a loss. I will be more careful in my future business dealings with Yang Goudan, but I will never take revenge on Yang Goudan.
After returning to the Yamen, Wu Shigong thought that it would be impossible not to go to the makeup store in the future, so he still had to block the mouth of Xiaojie, the little ancestor, and make her a big rag doll. So Wu Shigong made Xue Yong
Come and ask him to find a tailor with better skills for him.
Xue Yong was quite efficient at work, and he quickly took Wu Shigong to the tailor. But while walking on the road, Wu Shigong became more and more familiar with the road. Finally, Xue Yong took Wu Shigong to Yang Goudan's blacksmith.
The person who came out to greet Wu Shigong in the workshop was indeed Yang Goudan.
Wu Shigong was puzzled: This Xue Yong is too unreliable. I want to find a tailor to make a Pikachu doll, why would he find a blacksmith for me? Could he make a Transformer?
Xue Yong saw the doubt on Wu Shigong's face. He quickly stepped forward and explained to Wu Shigong: Yang Goudan's wife is a very good tailor. If Wu Shigong has any requirements, just tell Yang Goudan.
So that was it. So Wu Shigong drew a cute white rabbit pattern on the paper and told Yang Goudan the size of the big rag doll. After hearing this, Yang Goudan said there was absolutely no problem. And he refused to accept Wu Shigong's.
Money. He said to Wu Shigong: Yang Goudan has made a lot of money by making those weapons. This big rag doll can be regarded as a tribute from Yang Goudan to Wu Shigong.
Of course it would be nice not to pay, and Wu Shigong agreed. When Yang Goudan saw that Wu Shigong had agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief. After Yang Goudan's wife made the big rag doll, Wu Shigong took the doll with him.