Chapter 710 The Retirement Life of the County Marquis
It has been snowing heavily in Guanzhong for three days. The sky was gloomy that day, and there were three more pandas at home.
Xiao Qingqing likes this short creature with a round tail.
Before going to the class, she told Xiong Er and Xiong Three not to bully the three new little pandas.
The ancients had many names for this kind of creature. The Book of Songs mentions white scorpions, but I don't know if the white scorpions referred to refer to them.
There are many records about pandas in the classics of the Central Plains, and their traces span the entire dynasty of the Central Plains.
They are not like the brown bears at home who can eat soup and rice. Zhang Yang feeds them fruits, vegetables or leaves from the greenhouse, but they eat deliciously.
There are also bamboos in Guanzhong, and there is a small bamboo forest to the south of Lishan Mountain.
His daughter had already sat firmly on the back of the bear. Zhang Yang took her down the mountain and said, "Let's plant a bamboo forest in Lishan Mountain in the future."
"Would you like to feed the three new bears some bamboo?"
"Well, you can't always keep them at home. You have to let them adapt to the environment."
Xiao Qingqing also imitated her father's example, and unknowingly she also had this habit. Youdao means that what a parent is like, so is a child.
The sight of father and daughter going down the mountain together is very interesting.
Although little Qingqing was raised by this bear, he looks more and more like his parents in his words and deeds.
Walking down the mountain, Xiao Qingqing huddled in the cold wind and said, "Dad, I don't want to learn medicine."
"You don't need to be proficient in medical skills, just learn some common sense about medicine."
"I don't like Doctor Sun either."
My daughter is a little stubborn.
Zhang Yang said patiently: "Mr. Sun is very busy recently and has no time to teach you medical skills. You don't need to learn them for these two days."
When she arrived at Li Jing's house, Xiao Qingqing sensiblely went to practice boxing and kicking with Hongfu Girl. Her short legs followed Hongfu Girl's movements to practice kicking. Hongfu Girl asked her to put her legs on the wooden frame to pull her legs.
Opening the muscles and bones is a bit like learning to do ballet leg presses.
The weather was getting cold, so General Li Jing also put on Lishan’s unique cotton-padded clothes.
He also watched the big one and the small one practicing their fists and kicks, and when he spoke, he kept spitting out white mist in the cold air.
"Have the firearms been cast?"
When Zhang Yang heard the general's question, he leaned his back against the wall and looked at his daughter and replied: "It will take some time, general, don't worry."
Li Jing also watched Xiao Qingqing's movements, "This little kid has a good talent, but women don't actually learn martial arts."
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Let her learn. Her mother has given her a lot of expectations. If she learns well, she can use it in fighting and self-defense in the future. If she doesn't learn well, it will be regarded as a talent."
"Well, you are very tolerant of your children."
"Her mother is very strict with her, I have to give her some tolerance."
After sitting at General Li Jing's house for an hour, Xiao Qingqing's classes here were over.
Zhang Yang asked his daughter to say goodbye to Li Jing and his wife, and then took her to Mr. Ouyang Xun's house to learn calligraphy.
"Dad, I want to eat barbecue."
"No, I've already eaten this month."
As soon as she finished speaking, she looked unhappy, and Zhang Yang whispered: "That's it, I'll ask your uncle King Wei to send it."
"good!"
"Don't let your mother know."
"Um!"
He sent his daughter to Ouyang Xun's house and asked her to learn calligraphy from this master calligrapher, and then asked Li Tai's bodyguard to pass the message.
Not long after, Li Tai brought two skewers of mutton to her niece.
Zhang Yang finished one of the bunches first and left one for his daughter, "If your sister finds out, she will be punished."
Li Tai scratched his head and said distressedly: "Sister Huang is too harsh on Xiao Qingqing."
Little Qingqing has been deeply favored by the Emperor since she was born. In addition, she has a huge family fortune, the best care, and the most favored status. Her teacher is a first-class figure in various fields. This baby's future future is limitless.
Zhang Yang looked at Li Tai's expression again and wondered if he had been negligent before. He always felt that the fat man looked better after he got married.
The weight loss effect is still not obvious as always. I insist on losing weight verbally, but my behavior is as greedy as ever.
Li Tai whispered: "Brother-in-law, have you heard about it?"
"Well, what did you hear?"
"This year Yu Shinan submitted his resignation again, and my father agreed."
"Really?" Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I remember this isn't the first time Mr. Yu Shinan has resigned."
Li Tai glanced around and whispered: "It's just that there have been some other noises in the court recently."
"Mr. Yu Shinan is already at this age. Is there anything wrong with him resigning?"
"If it's just Mr. Yu Shinan who wants to resign, then that's it. It's just because something else happened before he resigned this time. A memorial to the Xu family's wanton acquisition of tea mountains in Jiangnan East Road has been sent to the court."
"So this time some people are talking about whether Mr. Yu Shinan's resignation is related to the tea dispute between the prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River."
Mr. Yu Shinan is also a member of a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. It is really unclear if he is taken advantage of by someone with intentions.
Zhang Yang glanced at the courtyard and saw Xiao Qingqing holding a pen and writing. He was imitating Mr. Ouyang Xun's way of using the pen, writing stroke by stroke.
This is the best calligraphy teacher. I don’t expect my daughter to learn how well. She only needs to learn how to write beautiful and neat calligraphy.
Zhang Yang felt that retirement life was approaching for him, so he took his daughter to class and was busy with affairs at Taifu Temple in his spare time.
After my daughter's half-hour calligraphy class was over, it was time to go home for lunch. The afternoon was all her own. Her daughter was still young, so there was no need to put too much pressure on her.
Zhang Yang handed her the kebab in his hand, "This is from your uncle King Wei."
Xiao Qingqing happily took the mutton skewers and chewed them in her mouth.
Zhang Yang whispered: "After eating, go back to the mountain."
Xiao Qingqing couldn't help but nod, and finished the skewer of mutton in a few mouthfuls.
I only left a bunch for her and left some to eat at home.
She cleverly wiped her mouth clean and let the little bear take her up the mountain.
At this moment, on the mountain, Xiao Wu, Xiao Hui, and Li Lizhi were still practicing riding and shooting.
I heard Aunt Yang say that when they draw the bow, their arms do not have so much strength, which limits the accuracy and range.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Yang thought of the current structure of the bows and arrows of the Tang Dynasty. After lunch, he looked at the bows and arrows they used when they were practicing riding and shooting.
After trying to pull the bow and arrow apart, Zhang Yang nodded slightly, with a direction for improvement in mind.
In addition to taking his daughter to school, Zhang Yang is busy working in the workshop these days.
Today is the winter solstice. Li Yue sat by the Huaqing Pool and waited for noon. As soon as noon arrived, he recorded the sunshine angle and calculated the calendar based on the night's stars.
The studies of the younger brothers and sisters on Lishan Mountain were also left to Xiaohui and Xiaowu, and the couple were busy with their own affairs.
It took Zhang Yang half a month to make two bearings. Due to the manufacturing precision, Lishan's bearing style was based on his own improvements.
The internal rolling elements are not steel balls but cylinders polished from fine iron, which can be used after applying some tung oil.
Three bearings of different sizes are the key to connecting the steam engine and the lathe.
In fact, it is not difficult to cast the bearing. It is rare to achieve the roundness of the rolling elements inside the flywheel ring.
"Is this also the key to Lishan production?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Don't think this thing is not complicated, I spent a lot of iron on this component."
Zhang Yang placed these five bearings of different sizes on the table and looked at the drawings.
In a certain sense, Li Tai's understanding of the transmission device is good, but he mostly uses linear rotation. According to the transmission principle, as the lever is lengthened, the force on the rear end will be greater.
If the lever is lengthened twice, the force on the rear end will be doubled, and the operating efficiency will be doubled. If the lever is only lengthened to improve operating efficiency, according to the law of conservation, the force will not increase for no reason. When the force reaches the rear end lathe, the force exerted
The operating radius is reduced by half.
This is the same as the principle of the flywheel lathe I use now. Every time I step on the coil, the coil rotates one circle, but the flywheel only turns half a circle. Repeated pedaling will make the flywheel rotate faster, thus doing work under the inertia of centrifugal force.
Reach the speed you want and do some cutting and grinding work.
When another heavy snow fell on the winter solstice, cheers came from the factory. The steam engine was connected to the lathe, and the semi-automatic mechanization of the entire factory took a big step forward.
And on this day, Li Tai invited Yan Liben to come and observe.
As Li Tai's father-in-law and Li Shan's potential partner in the future, Li Tai explained to him many of the principles used in the factory.
Yan Liben looked at the assembly line in front of him. He manually wound the cotton thread on the lathe line and put it into the lathe. The steam engine roared and turned the connecting rod to drive the lathe to rotate.
For this old craftsman, it was the first time he had seen such a complicated assembly line, various rivets, springs, and newly made bearings, all of which he had never seen before.
Yan Liben found the oldest craftsman here.
Master Jiang said: "The county magistrate of Lishan is Xiao Zhang. I noticed the clues about his craftsmanship when I first saw him seven years ago. Maybe other people will not strive for advancement if they have higher craftsmanship. Xiao Zhang
But I want to create these.”
Rather than listening to Li Tai's introduction, Yan Liben was more willing to listen to Master Jiang's story, "Senior, with all due respect, the workmanship of the cloth produced by such an assembly line is all the same, which goes against the purpose of craftsmanship."
Master Jiang smiled and said: "Don't you talented people always say that people who disagree should not work together?"
"Old man, I haven't read any books, but I know what the people need. What Lishan wants to make is just cloth. These cloths are cheap but can be supplied to thousands of households. The old man also heard that the military wanted to buy them several times but was rejected.
Because Lishan’s productivity is not enough.”
"How much cloth can one person weave with one needle? Strive for excellence is the ideal of craftsmanship, but is it really correct to just pursue the level of craftsmanship in workmanship and weaving without seeking flexibility? How many years have passed since Luban Gongshu?
It’s hard to see clever things again.”
"If more people are willing to buy Lishan cloth, then they deserve Zhang Xiaozi's wealth. This is the choice of the world, isn't it? Lishan casting is not to please the emperor, not for the selfish interests of the powerful, he spends all his manpower and material resources
It is used for the production of Lishan and for the needs of the people."
Yan Liben frowned and glanced at the assembly line again, with all kinds of thoughts in his heart, feeling lonely and helpless.
By feeding coal and stone to the steam engine, Lishan can weave these silk threads into cloth through the operation of the steam engine. This is how rolls of smooth wool cloth are produced. Wool cloth is very thick and rough, but it is also suitable for heating.
It is not as silky as silk, nor is it as light and thin as silk. Thick cloth is cheap and can also keep you warm.
Li Tai held a roll of cloth and said with a smile: "The assembly line designed by my previous brother-in-law was based on the current appearance. When our factory becomes more spacious, we can produce more cloth."
Facing his father-in-law, Li Tai enthusiastically described everything here, and even talked about his understanding of electromagnetism these days.
Yan Liben only understood half of what he heard. As one of the top craftsmen's families in the Tang Dynasty, there were things in Lishan that he couldn't understand.
Master Jiang whispered: "According to previous experience, craftsmen have been standing still for a long time. If we can accept Lishan's casting experience, the old man will think that it will be another world."
These words echoed in Yan Liben's mind. Yan Liben still had doubts in his heart about whether Lishan's road was the right way.
He met his daughter with King Wei and asked many questions before he left Lishan with peace of mind and returned to Chang'an to continue supervising the construction of Taiye Pool.
At the other end of Lishan Mountain, there was an explosion.
Li Jing was very curious about these small firecrackers before, but now he was playing with these bamboo firecrackers and watching them explode, causing rubble to explode.
This scene seemed very surprising before, but now that I have seen it too much, I find it boring.
He looked at Zhang Yang, who was lighting the fuse to explode the firecrackers, and mentioned the words he had asked countless times in Lishan, and whispered: "When can I see real firearms?"
Zhang Yang covered his ears as the firecrackers exploded again.
Hongfunu and Li Yue were watching this scene not far away. Xiao Qingqing was not too surprised when watching the firecrackers. She sat on the back of the bear and covered the big bear's ears. There were three pandas on the big bear's back.
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The two families were relaxing by the bamboo forest of Lishan Mountain, and they took General Li Jing to get acquainted with Lishan Mountain.
Li Jing has been waiting for the firearm for two months, entering Lishan Mountain in late autumn and now in the cold winter.
"General, please wait a little longer."
Li Jing lit a firecracker in his hand, threw it far away and watched it explode, "Wouldn't it be better if you made a bigger firecracker?"
"There are many little creatures hibernating on Lishan Mountain. It's not good to disturb them."
Li Jing looked sideways at the bear. The bear was so strong and big that it was half as tall as a man lying on the ground.
Zhang Yang explained: "My daughter refused to let this bear hibernate and dragged it out of the house. It has already accepted its fate."
Li Jing hesitated to speak, but sat down to drink tea. There was still some snow on the mountain, and the scenery here was beautiful.
The emperor did not come to Lishan to spend the winter, which made Lishan have an easy time in this winter.
"I heard that after the defeat of Goguryeo, there were many disputes between the court and the central government about governance."
"Please, General, please don't talk about the affairs of the imperial court. I am now the Minister of Taifu Temple. I don't want to ask about these important matters. How about we live our retirement life well?"
Zhang Yang put the firecracker in Li Jing's hand and said excitedly: "Come on! Let's blow it up. It's so fun."