Li Zhi got married, and newlywed Yan'er and Cui He were inseparable, and they were not separated for a honeymoon. In March, the peach blossoms bloomed, the thick cotton-padded jacket was taken off, and Li Zhi returned to work.
Li Zhi first went to the rifle workshop to check it out.
Li Zhi asked his second uncle Li Dao to manage the rifle workshop, and he managed it well. It has been seven months since the rifle workshop mass-produced Mini rifles. In these seven months, more than 60 gunsmiths have produced more than 400 Mini rifles.
.Not only that, most of the 130 blacksmiths who were apprentices have also left their jobs and produced the first batch of 127 qualified rifles.
After the new craftsmen started working, their monthly money changed from two taels to three taels. Three taels of reward for each rifle made went to the old craftsman, and the remaining seven taels went to himself. In total, he had three taels a month.
Qian's monthly salary can be regarded as a rare high salary. Now that they are making money, the new gunsmiths are very excited and work very hard. Not to mention the old craftsmen, the monthly salary plus silver reward is four or two six per month.
Qian, in this era, is considered a wealthy family, and they work very hard.
These craftsmen produce one mini rifle every month. Each rifle has been tested with four times the gunpowder before leaving the factory, and the quality is very reliable. Li Zhi used these rifles to equip four companies of 500 people, and let the company soldiers go to the shooting range every day
Go on shooting training and strive to become a qualified rifleman as quickly as possible.
Other troops who did not receive rifles continued to train in fighting, formation and field training.
Li Zhi went to the artillery workshop to check again.
In the past two months, the artillery workshop's exploration of making iron-core copper-bodied cannons has achieved initial results. The gunsmiths have mastered the trick of casting two metals together, and the six-pound cannon requested by Li Zhi has been initially cast. The nine-hundred-pound experiment
Not to mention the sex artillery, it was fully qualified after inspection. A qualified long cannon of 800 kilograms was also cast. After firing for a hundred rounds intermittently, no cracks were found, and it was one hundred kilograms lighter than the Mining light long cannon of this era.
However, the gunsmiths felt that the potential of the iron-core copper-bodied cannon could still be tapped, and they planned to further reduce the thickness of the barrel and reduce the weight of the gun. However, they were too anxious to eat hot tofu, so they built two experimental six-pound cannons of 500 kilograms and 550 kilograms.
After it was cast, the barrel exploded, almost injuring someone. The gunsmiths didn't know what the thickness limit of the barrel was, so they could only explore step by step.
But it is estimated that it will not be long before the gunsmiths can figure out the most suitable parameters for the iron-core copper-body six-pound long gun. The five gunsmiths are very much looking forward to the day when the parameters of the new artillery can be found, and hope that Li Zhi will be able to find out the parameters for the new gun.
Restore their identity as craftsmen.
Li Zhi told the gunsmiths to pay attention to safety and left the artillery workshop.
The production capacity of the soap workshop has been increased after Xu Mince placed additional orders. Now there are 150 workers working in the soap workshop in Fanjiazhuang City. However, last month Cui Wending placed an additional order of 50,000 yuan per month, so Li Zhi simply added another order.
Fifty workers were recruited, bringing the total number to 200. The production capacity of the new fifty workers far exceeded Cui Wending's demand, and the extra soap was sold directly by Li Zhi.
The textile factory is operating normally under Zheng Yuan's management, and there is no problem. The cement workshop is supplying cement to the masons normally, and there is no problem.
After checking around and confirming that all lines were operating normally, Li Zhi began to develop new industries.
What Li Zhi wants to do this time is glass.
As an industrial designer, Li Zhi has certainly learned about the glass industry, which is a commonly used product for people's livelihood, and is very clear about the detailed theoretical production methods of glass. Now that Fanjiazhuang has been initially completed, various industries can be safely placed in Fanjiazhuang. Li Zhi
I was ready to take out the glass.
The first thing you need to consider when building a glass workshop is to build a crucible furnace. To make glass, you need to heat the raw materials mixed with soda ash, limestone, and quartz to 15,501,600 degrees. An ordinary furnace will definitely not work. It requires specialized talents to build a special furnace and hold the raw materials.
The crucible also requires professional talents to make.
In this era, the most common people who used high-temperature fired products were porcelain craftsmen. Li Zhi planned to find several porcelain craftsmen to make glass for himself.
Li Zhi inquired for a while in Tianjin Wei City and found out that there were porcelain makers in Qingzhou County, a hundred and fifty miles south, so he took his servants and rode to Qingzhou County in person. When he arrived in Qingzhou County, Li Zhi asked about it.
After a while, I learned that there was a village called Liu Village in this county where all the people in the village were porcelain makers, and among them the Cai family was the best at making blue and white porcelain.
Li Zhi paid for someone to lead the way and found the Cai family in Liucun.
The Cai family's house was very large, occupying a large area of land in the middle of Liu Village. It was a large courtyard with a single family. Li Zhi stood outside the yard and looked around, and saw several clay stoves erected inside, which were probably the Cai family's.
Stove for making porcelain.
Li Zhi handed over his name card at the door, and a Cai family member ran out and took Li Zhi to the main hall.
Before Li Zhi entered the main hall, he saw a young man kneeling on the floor of the hall, kneeling there with his back straightened proudly.
There were three old men standing in front of the young man. One of them looked very angry and kicked the young man on the shoulder.
"I'll beat you to death, you traitor!"
The young man was kicked to the ground, then stubbornly got up, knelt on the blue brick floor and said loudly: "Dad! Cui'er and I really love each other!"
The old man's face turned red with anger, and he said loudly: "Our Cai family is also a big family in Liucun, but you have set your sights on such a poor merchant's daughter who is so poor that the family can't take the blame! You don't even want to kiss me if I tell you. You want me
Are you mad?"
The young man on the ground said loudly: "Tui'er and I have already worshiped Heaven and Earth privately, and she is already my wife! I will never marry her again in this life!"
"I ask you again, do you listen to me and marry the daughter of the Han family?"
The young man straightened his neck and said loudly: "I only have Cui'er as my wife in this life!"
The old man was so angry that he kicked the young man in the chest again and cursed loudly: "Get out of the Cai family! We in the Cai family don't have a traitor like you!"
The young man got up and knelt on the ground, raised his head and looked at the old man, and said tremblingly: "Dad! If you drive me out, I will starve to death!"
The old man shouted loudly: "I raised you for eighteen years and taught you to make porcelain for ten years! Is this how you repay me? You make me unable to hold my head up even in the village! You also know that people need to eat? Don't you have Cui?
Son? Go to her house to find her!" After saying this, the old man shouted with all his strength: "Get out! We don't have a member like you in the Cai family!"
The young man lowered his head, slowly got up, and walked out the door with his head lowered. He and Li Zhi, who was standing watching the excitement, passed by each other without raising their heads.
Li Zhi stood aside and watched the excitement, knowing that his children wanted to make their own decisions about their own marriage, which angered his father. He secretly thought that the parents of Ming Dynasty were really powerful. Fortunately, his parents did not object to his marriage to Cui He, otherwise he would have
We really can't get married.
After the Cai family's parents stood in the second hall to calm down, Li Zhi followed the boy into the main room.
When the parents of the Cai family saw Li Zhi's official uniform, they put away their anger and saluted and said: "The official is here, and it's hard to welcome him from afar!"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "No courtesy."
The head of the Cai family asked Li Zhi to take a seat, and asked Li Zhi to sit on the main seat while he accompanied him. He also asked the servant to bring tea.
Li Zhi took a sip of tea and went straight to the topic: "I wonder how much profit Cai Gong makes in a year by running this porcelain workshop?"
The head of the Cai family was a little embarrassed when he saw the official asking about his income. He thought about it and said, "The six members of the Cai family make porcelain, and in addition to food and clothing, they also make more than a hundred taels of profit a year."
Unexpectedly, the Cai family's annual profits are quite high. Counting the expenses of six people, the Cai family has an income of at least 150 taels of silver a year. If other people's incomes are high, you will need more money to poach people.
Li Zhi felt a little sad in his heart, but said calmly: "I will pay you two hundred and fifty-two years to hire six of you to go to Fanjiazhuang to do things for me. How about that?"
The head of the Cai family was stunned and asked: "Fanjiazhuang? What do you want to burn?"
Li Zhi said: "I want to make a special kind of transparent porcelain, which I have never seen before. I need some manpower!"
The head of the Cai family shook his head and said: "My lord, please forgive me for not being respectful, but our Cai family has been making porcelain for seven generations. It is an industry that has been around for hundreds of years. We are not willing to leave Liu Village and lose this industry!"
The head of the Cai family refused to work for him. Li Zhi took a breath and said, "I am willing to pay three hundred taels of silver. Each of the six members of the Cai family will give fifty taels per year. How about it? Mr. Cai will consider it."
But the head of the Cai family still stubbornly said: "Even if the official pays a thousand taels of silver, the common people are not willing to give up their ancestral property!"
Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this and said, "If Mr. Cai thinks about it again, who can't get along with Yinzi?"
The head of the Cai family had just kicked his son out of the house and was in a very bad mood. He said, "My lord, please forgive Xiaomin for being stupid. Xiaomin and his family will not agree to this matter no matter what!"
Li Zhi finally said helplessly: "Then how about I invite one of the six of you, just one person?"
The head of the Cai family said arrogantly: "The six of us can only support one cellar. Without one person, the property cannot support it!"
Li Zhi was shocked by the old-fashionedness of the owner and took a helpless breath.
Thanks to the 200 from Cesium Hydroxide and the 100 from Lansi Road.
