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Chapter 328 Na Zheng, please period

On June 12th, the 27th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, it was already past Dafu at this time, and the weather was approaching the beginning of autumn, and there was a little bit of coolness in the morning and evening, but the sun was still scorching in the daytime.

But today there was something unexpected, the clouds covered the scorching sun, and the light rain fell on the ground, dripping and dripping on the ground inside and outside Dushikou Castle.

The official hall of the Adjutant General's Office in Dushikou Castle is not as bright as it used to be, the light is a little dim, and the coolness enters the hall with the "tick-tick" raindrops outside the carved windows.

In the ear room on the west side of the official hall, Zhang Cheng invited Jin Xinpeng, the commander of Kaipingwei, and Yan Qingrong, the commander of the same commander, to have tea. I don't know what to discuss?"

"Haha, this..."

Zhang Cheng laughed, but looked a little embarrassed to open his mouth. He picked up the teapot and poured tea for Jin Xinpeng and Yan Qingrong, and then said: "It's Zhang Cheng's private affairs, but it's a little trivial. The two adults have high morals Everyone, this is why I invite you to discuss with the two adults!"

"Hey, Lord Admiral is the master of my Beilu. Your private affairs are the big affairs of Beilu." Jin Xinpeng is very good at talking.

Yan Qingrong also leaned forward and asked, "Is there anything unresolved by the unknown general, may I make a suggestion?"

Zhang Cheng took a sip of tea, calmed down, and then said a little shyly: "This is indeed my own private matter. My aunt entrusted her cousin, the wife of Mr. Wu Jinkang, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, to work for me in the capital." Talked about a marriage,
She is the eldest lady of Mr. Ji Zhiheng, a bachelor of five ranks in the Hanlin Academy. Now she has issued a letter of appointment, and now she needs to perform the ceremony of accepting the recruitment, and send the letter of ceremony, as well as the dowry money and dowry gift. I just don't know how to do it properly. preparations. "

Jin Xinpeng was drinking tea, and he almost spit out the tea when he heard the words. While putting down the tea cup, he wiped the tea from his chin and beard with his robe sleeve, and looked at Yan Qingrong again.

The two hurriedly got up and congratulated together: "Congratulations to Admiral, congratulations to Admiral!"

Sitting in the chair, Zhang Cheng also waved his hands with a smile and said: "Now this North Road is considered to be stable. The new army drills, ordnance manufacturing, as well as land reclamation and farming, grazing cattle and horses, and mining minerals, etc., I am already I'm exhausted.

But this matter of marriage and marriage is not the director of this general, it really makes me worry a lot! "

"Haha, marrying a wife is one of the four great joys in life, any one of them is inexperienced."

Jin Xinpeng joked after Zhang Cheng said, and all three of them laughed.

"Admiral, if there is no other suitable candidate, let the enlistment matter be handed over to the subordinate officials."

Seeing that Jin Xinpeng took the initiative to take care of this matter, Zhang Cheng was quite surprised, and hurriedly said: "In this way, Mr. Lao Jin will handle this matter for Zhang Cheng, but if you need anything, just let Lin Fangping know, and I will prepare for it." .”

Jin Xinpeng smiled and said: "The admiral is the master of my North Road, and I will prepare everything I need, so I don't need to worry about it anymore. It is said that the ceremony of accepting the levy does not need geese, but it is not for my North Road. It's a trivial matter, but something that must be there."

As he spoke, he got up and bowed down to Zhang Cheng: "It's just that after all these things are ready, I will go to the capital to handle this matter for you. Now come and take a leave of absence with the admiral."

"Yes, yes. Hahaha..."

The three of them laughed again, the atmosphere in the ear room was extremely harmonious, a gust of cool wind blew from the carved window, Zhang Cheng suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, there is one more thing, how to determine the date of the wedding?"

Yan Qingrong brushed his beard and meditated for a moment, then said: "This August is a very good month, but I'm not sure what date it should be."

Without waiting for Zhang Cheng to answer, he said again: "Since Commander Jin envoys the Lord to take care of all matters related to the recruitment, the wedding date will be handed over to the subordinate officials. I will go to the Jade Emperor Temple tomorrow to find a teacher to choose an auspicious date."

"Haha, Mr. Yan is the most acquainted with Master Hu. This matter will be handled by Mr. Yan. When I am ready, I will set off for Beijing. The admiral will handle the recruitment and application period together."

"Hahaha……"

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On June 28th, Chenshi, the sky was bright, and the sun was hanging obliquely on the branches, which was not as dazzling as the previous days.

Two not-so-exquisite but sturdy carriages left the Yong'an Gate in the south of Dushikou Castle, and headed south along the Baihe Valley Road under the escort of more than [-] elite cavalry.

At noon, a group of people arrived at the craftsman camp in Yunzhou. The original Tunbao had almost expanded several times. Stand in a wrong position.

Yunzhou's garrison Chi Yuan had already been waiting at the Carpenter's Camp. He and Kaipingwei's commanding officer, Zhang Cheng's Che Ying, the battalion officer Wei Zhice, headed north to Sheshen Cliff together.

Now Zhang Cheng has been promoted by two ranks compared to the last time he saw him, he has been promoted from guerrilla general to admiral North Road Admiral, which makes him try his best to perform in front of Zhang Cheng.

"General, among the blacksmiths in the fortresses on Shangbei Road, all the blacksmiths who can make bird guns are gathered here. It's okay to say that they are all following the general's orders.
Divide the making of bird guns into several processes, and set up work teams according to the expertise of the craftsmen, and make them separately. After passing the inspection, they will be assembled. The speed is much faster than that of individuals making alone. "Wei Zhice reported to Zhang Cheng the situation of the Carpenter Camp Fire Gun Bureau.

He glanced at Shi Tiegen who was by his side, and continued: "However, the speed of drilling and grinding the gun barrels has reached its limit. Among the artisans brought by the general from the capital, there are quite a few who know how to make firearms.

67 master craftsmen were selected from them, and 24 were also selected from the craftsmen in various castles on Shangbei Road. Even so, 91 gun barrels were drilled and ground in more than a month.
In this way, excluding some unsuccessful ones, about [-] gun barrels per month can still be used, which can greatly delay the progress of bird gun manufacturing. "

Zhang Cheng felt helpless after hearing this. At this time, the key to this bird gun is the barrel. If it is to be fine and not explode, it takes tens of catties of pig iron to hammer out several catties of refined iron to make a barrel, and then use Su Only when the steel drill bit is slowly drilled and ground into a hollow gun barrel can it be regarded as excellent.

He looked up at the sky, looking like he was meditating, but he couldn't understand it. The moment he turned his head, he caught a glimpse of the jade pendant on the waist of Eunuch Li Guofu, the surveillance eunuch.

Zhang Cheng suddenly thought of an idea, and he said to Shi Tiegen: "Master Shi, I thought of carving jade in the south, it seems that I used a pedal-type machine to cut jade, have you ever seen it?"

"Returning to the general, although the little old man has never seen that kind of jade cutting machine, he knows a thing or two. The principle is to use the pedal to transmit the force to the drill bit to cut and polish jade."

Zhang Cheng seemed a little excited, and he asked eagerly, "Can we design a machine like this, first fix the drill bit, and the pedals generate a force, which is then transmitted to the drill bit through this machine to drill and grind the gun barrel?"

(End of this chapter)