I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 65 Improving the production speed of crossbows
Chapter 064

In Ninghai City, the left inner courtyard of the garrison yamen, and the left side room, this is a five-room house, which is actually a counting house.

The decoration in the counting room is divided into two completely different styles. One of the rooms is Yang Yunniang's bedroom. She saw that Cheng Shijie didn't think about her, so she brought Xiao Jiaxin to the inner courtyard to live here.This bedroom and the suite outside, the two houses are about fifty square meters.

But she is exquisitely furnished, with a living room, bedroom, study, and bathroom.The floor is covered with white tiles, which is delicate and warm.But the other three wing rooms are arranged as a spacious office, and the floor is made of gold bricks, which is a kind of golden tiles, very hard, and it is also an ideal material for the decoration of rich and powerful families, but it is more expensive.

The furniture is made of mahogany or pineapple wood, elegant and atmospheric.

At this time, there were more than a dozen accountants sitting in the accountant. These accountants were very afraid of Yang Yunniang, the accountant. They secretly feared, held their breath, and stared nervously at the tall table.

"Clap clap..."

Yang Yunniang's fingers quickly dialed the abacus, and the fingers flying up and down almost formed an afterimage on the abacus.For arithmetic and accounting, Yang Yunniang has an amazing talent.Now, Ninghai City has dozens of factories, and there are more than [-] people in the Ninghai Navy's military pay, food and clothing expenses.

All the flowing water is pretty amazing.In addition to the accountants from various factories, there are hundreds of people in total. Yang Yunniang assigned the corresponding dates to the accounts made by these accountants, and checked the account books of more than a dozen accountants every day.

These ten or so accountants are veterans in bookkeeping and accounting. Although they don't need them to do these accounts for a month, they still need a few days to do such a large amount.However, the problem is that Yang Yunniang can calculate the amount of calculations that they have spent several days without sleep and rest in just a quarter of an hour.

Such efficiency is a bit scary.

Although Yang Yunniang was born in the rivers and lakes, but he was born in a family of merchants, and he has grasped the abacus since the beginning of the week. She is extremely talented in numbers.Later, when her family was in decline, she was taken in by her master Feng Sanniang, and she was even the successor of the mantle.It's just a pity that her master, who has been shrewd all his life, fell into love.Her master met Zhou Shichen, but was deceived into nothing.

Just when Yang Yunniang finished calculating all the accounts, she fixed her sharp eyes on an accountant, and then threw the account book in his face: "27 taels of silver, go back and find it, I know you made a mistake unintentionally, Let's not be an example!"

All the accountants hurriedly retreated in fright.

Yang Yunniang stretched and was about to go to bed.

Cheng Anning came over and said, "Yunniang, foster father fell asleep in the bathroom!"

Yang Yunniang looked up at Cheng Anning and said: "This is not acceptable, if the garrison master catches a cold, it will be a big trouble, you go and call Qiaoer over!"

"Her? Why her?"

"Little hooves, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. If you don't let Qiaoer come over, can you lift the guard?"

Jin Qiaoer happened to be walking outside Yang Yunniang's room at this time, she sighed and said, "Yunniang, is this strength a sin?"

"Not guilty, but those who can do more work!"

Yang Yunniang looked at Jin Qiaoer's chest and muttered, "I don't know what to eat to grow so big."

Jin Qiaoer said displeased: "You know how to bully me!"

"Hmph, I'm giving you a chance. If you don't want to, I won't force you!"

Yang Yunniang stroked Jin Qiaoer's face and said, "You can go back to Dengzhou, to your Jin family."

"you……"

"You take five taels of silver a month, and you have been wronged?"

It is a pity that the event that Yang Yuniang imagined did not happen.In fact, Cheng Shijie didn't sleep deeply. When the footsteps sounded, Cheng Shijie had already woken up.

Asking Jin Qiaoer to pass him the bath towel, Cheng Shijie put on the bath towel and returned to the bedroom.

Cheng Shijie is not stupid, and knows what these women mean, but the problem is that he understands all these things. In later generations, girls like uncles, and Cheng Shijie also has a friend who has been wandering outside all the time, only falling in love and not getting married. One after another.

When I got married last year, the bride was actually a 22-year-old girl. His friend was 14 years older than the bride. However, he was an uncle in the eyes of girls. He is middle-aged, has a car and a house, and his income is not low. Quality, taste, you can follow to enjoy life.

Cheng Shijie knew himself, he had a wife, a son and a daughter, and once he did it some days, there was no turning back.

Paper can't hold fire, unless he wants his wife and children to be separated.

There was no dream all night, and in the morning, he woke up to the screams of whipping Zhang Huairen.

Every morning, afternoon and evening, beating Zhang Huairen has become a daily routine. Although it is not too heavy, thirty lashes a day, but it makes Zhang Huairen want to die. The problem is, even if he wants to die, he can't die.

Every day someone looks at him, wants to commit suicide or self-harm, and is soon to be beaten more seriously.

Now Zhang Huairen has changed, seeing Cheng Shijie no longer dare to be arrogant, except that he wants to be added.

Even the honest Chen Guodong couldn't bear to watch this scene: "Master Guard, how did that guy offend you? Killing people is nothing but nods, give him a good time!"

Cheng Shijie did not explain to Chen Guodong.

Chen Guodong had no choice but to ask Cheng Shi to inquire.

"He, calling him a beast is an insult to beasts!"

Cheng Shi said angrily: "You don't know that there are as many as 100 corpses dug up outside Zhangjiazhuang alone, and there are even more than a dozen corpses that are still in the tragic state before they died. No bone in their bodies is complete... ..."

Before Cheng Shi could finish speaking, Chen Guodong grabbed the whip from Cheng Shi's hand and whipped it towards Zhang Huairen.

Chen Guodong's strength was great, and he was full of hatred, Zhang Huairen was directly pumped out.

"Wake him up!"

This era is different from the later generations. The houses of the later generations are made of reinforced concrete, which cannot be constructed in winter. However, many houses in the late Ming Dynasty are made of wood, which does not hinder construction in winter.

New houses are being built every day throughout Ninghai City, especially outside the city. After Cheng Shijie planned the outer city, this place became a construction site.

As for the city wall without even a shadow, those merchants are not worried, because they all know that the Ning Navy has strong combat effectiveness and strict military discipline, and they can live in peace with their merchants. As long as they pay taxes, they guarantee that no one will come to make trouble.Especially the business atmosphere here is good, there is no harassment from hooligans, and the military households are also rich.

In Ninghai City, as long as you have hands and feet, as long as your hands are not afraid of fatigue, you can easily earn money to support your family, and your small life is very nourishing.

The military households have money and the ability to earn money, so their spending power naturally increases. Just like the mutton soup restaurant near Xiaonanmen, a bowl of mutton soup and two noodles for seven cents can be sold for at least For three hundred bowls of mutton or haggis soup, the gross profit is four taels of silver, which is more than ten taels of silver in a month.

Of course, they need to pay taxes, and the net profit can be as much as ten taels of silver. The owner of the sheep soup restaurant made money and took a concubine.

In fact, ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty wanted to take concubines, and it was very strict. Unless they were nobles and scholars, they had to buy a false title of Yuanwai or Yuanwailang. concubine.

Now, no one cares about it.Those businessmen are full of wives and concubines, and no one will bother.

Cheng Shijie came to the factory of Jianu Bureau and found that a large number of crossbows had been produced here.

"The beef tendon problem is solved?"

"solved!"

"How to solve it?"

When Cheng Shijie asked this question, he felt a little stupid. There are already more than a thousand businessmen and their buddies stationed in Ninghai City. Businessmen only pursue profits. can buy.

Sure enough, as Cheng Shijie expected, the beef tendons brought in by outside merchants were all processed, and they were very good as crossbow strings.

Cheng Shijie picked up a finished crossbow machine. The structure was not very complicated. The bow arm was three feet three feet long and painted black. It looked inconspicuous, but the materials used were quite sufficient.He kicked on one foot and pulled it hard. Good guy, it's so strong, it's almost impossible to pull it away!
You must know that Cheng Shijie's strength is already very good.

However, he found that this old craftsman, who looked weak, pulled the crossbow away with a hey, and then handed the crossbow to Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie leveled the crossbow, half-kneeled on the ground, and aimed with squinted eyes.

In the later generations, the principle of three points and one line is known to elementary school students, but in this era, it is the professional skill of professional soldiers.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's posture, the craftsman took out two short crossbow bolts and handed them over. Cheng Shijie took the arrows and looked at them. The arrows were one foot and eight inches long, about 56 centimeters.There are finely crafted wooden feathers at the end of the arrow, but there is no arrowhead.

Cheng Shijie put the arrow into the chute, raised the crossbow slantly, aimed at the far wall and pulled the trigger, only to hear a metallic trembling sound, and a strong force hit him backwards, making his body tremble slightly. In a flash, the short arrow shot out, and it was firmly nailed into the wall, about two inches deep!
Chen Guodong has rich experience, he looked at it and said: "Master Garrison, this crossbow is not bad, it must have a range of more than 220 paces... [-] paces!"

The crossbow arm of the crossbow machine is made by forging manually, but there is no way to cast it directly, so the production speed is a problem.

Cheng Shijie was very concerned about the production speed and asked: "This crossbow is very good, how much can you make in a day?"

"If there are enough materials, we can make sixty ones a day!"

The crossbowsmith said excitedly: "We have already made 260 pieces, and with the addition of today's ones, we can break through [-] pieces!"

Sixty in one day, six hundred in ten days, and two thousand in one month.There is still not enough time.

"Can you hurry up!"

"Then we need to add people!"

"There is no problem with people, you can recruit, and strive to break through [-] per day!"

Cheng Shijie is very urgent now, he doesn't have much time now.

(End of this chapter)