The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 138
It is much more convenient for the top leader in the county to do anything, and no one will sing against him.

The current county magistrate, military and government officials are all in charge, and they are basically talking about it.

When Runtu was in the capital, he recruited two people from the Ministry of Industry.

Get their families too.

Used to make guns.

The wages given are enough, and they naturally agree to come over.

The status of the workers is very low and so is the money.

The workers of the Ministry of Industry are not officials, but ordinary workers with relatively high skills.

Runtu met the two of them, "You two made guns in the capital. I brought you to the south of the Yangtze River to build an arsenal and make guns. Tell me about it."

Be a little more concealed.

But there must be movement in the arsenal.

At that time, Jiashan County will be built like a fortress.

"Wrought iron hot forging, take wrought iron sheet and knock it into a long stick with holes in various ways, heat weld the joint, drill the ignition hole at the predetermined position, then process the inner bore to the required size, and finally seal it with a screw structure The end of the barrel."

"The way of hot forging the iron sheet is a long rectangular iron sheet. This iron sheet is calculated in advance. The width is exactly the size of a gun barrel, the length is just a little longer than the required barrel length, and the thickness is exactly the size of the gun barrel. The thickness of the pipe, of course, the actual operation of the actual use of iron must be based on experience, to reserve processing space and processing loss. Knock and roll up, weld the interface, continue to knock, knock out a long tube with holes that basically meets the length standard, and bore it on a simple machine tool Repair the inner bore, drill the fire door at the proper position according to the design, and process the exterior."

"The key is the machine tool, which needs to be purchased from foreigners."

"The barrel is more troublesome, the positioning error of the core is a problem, there must be a stick in the middle of the casting to form the hole in the middle, when casting, the upper part is a little bit off, and the lower part has a large error. Casting defects, air holes in long tube casting, loose structure, etc. It is very difficult to solve. White cast iron is extremely difficult to process, so there is no way to carry out secondary processing on the inner bore, the internal error of the barrel is too large, and the performance is low. We can only hope for good luck when it is cast once."

Making a cannon is even a little easier than making a gun.In fact, casting guns also had similar problems, so casting guns had a very high scrap rate at that time, and a little carelessness could give you sea bowl-sized trachoma, and the gun bore and gun body were not in a straight line.Moreover, under the same design caliber, there is a huge gap between the gun and the gun caliber. If you want to unify the specifications of the shells, you must consider these errors, and then you will find that the diameters of the practical shells at that time and the actual bores are very different.

Lack of high-precision machine tools.

Seamed iron pipes will explode the chamber, and if something happens in the arsenal, it will be a big problem and people will die.

Machine tools are required.

Jiashan County is next to Shanghai Beach.

Runtu made a trip in person, went there directly, and contacted the Germans.

Directly spent a lot of money to order a set of the most advanced complete sets of equipment for manufacturing Lianzhu Mauser guns and Krupp mountain guns from Germany.

The money earned would have been spent all at once.

Foreigners in Germany also like tea, silk, and grain.

I used half of the money and half of the items to place an order.

As long as you have money, you can buy guns and everything.

I also got the drawings of their guns directly.

Find a piece of land and start building a factory.

Now that he is the county magistrate, it is too convenient to deal with land.

Use the spatial ability to build a house and lay the foundation.

Soon a factory was built.

Guns require steel.

Mine is required.

This is another nuisance.

Without mines, you can only buy them elsewhere.

Iron ore is turned into molten iron through steelmaking, and then made into steel billets, and then made into steel plates after the slabs are available.

There is no mine.

But Runtu found a steel knife and put it directly into the space.

With a thought, the steel knife began to shatter, deform and reshape.

In a few seconds it becomes a steel pipe.

see this situation.

With the ability of space, there is no need to build any arsenal, and guns can be manufactured directly in the space.

The trigger, bullet, barrel, and these accessories were made for him according to the drawings.

I found those two workers, and showed them the steel pipe fittings and the drawings.

Runtu is not sure whether the things made in his own space will have any bad effects.

"Let's take a look, can these accessories work?"

The worker looked at the gun barrel and was very surprised that it fit perfectly. He was still thinking about how a precise machine tool could make such a good steel pipe.

"My lord, it can be done. As long as the accessories are complete, it can be assembled."

Now Runtu can be sure.

His spatial ability is ridiculously strong.

Can beat many factories.

Like those handicraft products, in their own space, the production speed of products is very fast.

Not only light handicrafts, but now even heavy industry.

But raw materials are currently lacking.

Without raw materials, your own space cannot be made out of thin air.

It is those plants that can produce continuously. As long as one is planted, there will be seeds, and then there will be a continuous flow of things.

When the time agreed with the Germans came, Runtu went to Shanghai Bund again.

very close.

The machine tool equipment was shipped by sea, and it took almost a month to arrive.

When no one was around, Runtu directly put the machine tool into the space.

Two complete sets of equipment.

Very heavy.

If it is transported by manpower, the parts must be disassembled and transported.

It's very complicated and troublesome.

At that time, the steel plant, cement plant and so on will have to be done.

If there is a lack of raw materials, they rely on water gangs to transport them.

There is also import.

The raw materials of cement are limestone, clay, iron ore, coal and so on.

Runtu didn't know whether Jiashan County had these raw materials.

Thinking about it, even if there is an estimate, it will not be too much.

Making cement is much easier than making guns.

The raw materials are calcined at high temperature, ground together, and mixed in proportion to become cement.

At present, we need to set up more factories.

Jiashan County is also considered a large county with a population of 30 million.

After all, I gave so much money in the capital, and the official department gave me a fat vacancy, Fei County.

Even so, there are still many who are not full.

If you want to be richer, you need to provide more jobs and build more factories.

Runtu thought about turning Jiashan County into a modern city.

It is best to attract the people around you.

There is not much money in the county government, very little.

They were all swept away by the previous county magistrate.

Good thing it's not debt.

Runtu thought about it, making money can't just rely on his own space.

What is needed is that all walks of life in the county can rise.That is the real strength.

A lot of new people have been recruited, talents from all walks of life.

The previous team is still there, and they were replaced in no time.

If you want to build roads, there is no cement for the time being, but you can build bluestone roads.even stronger.

Immediately went to the county magistrate and asked for a map of Jiashan County.

Looking at the map, Runtu drew a few routes.

"To get rich, build roads first. The houses of the common people in this county need to be demolished, and they need to be resettled."

"Master Xian, I'm afraid this will not happen overnight. The money, the storeroom is out of money. Not only the money, but also the food in the storehouse. The road construction requires the people's husband, and the people's husband has to be provided with food to some extent."

The second-in-command looked at Runtu and felt that the magistrate was too unreliable, so he figured it out.

At such a young age, he probably hasn't experienced anything, but he can't mess around.

The current team is more than 200 people.

Do a good job to distribute more than 200 guns.

In a county, more than 200 people are still a little less.

At least there must be thousands of people, a regiment-level organizational system, so that it can almost protect the county town.

Still need to continue to expand.

The key is weapons, and the arsenal must be built as soon as possible.

If it doesn't work in a short time, then you can only find foreigners to buy it.

half a month later.

Contacted the people from Caobang, and delivered all kinds of raw materials.

Jiashan County has few raw materials.

The surrounding county towns and farther places can be gathered together.

There is also the matter of recruiting people.

There are more and more people, and Runtu has more confidence.

Doing business is more blatant.

Especially food.

The boats passing through Caobang are transported out one by one.

And tea.

Once the raw materials are shipped back, cement plants and steel plants can be set up.

With the steel factory, the arsenal can also operate.

pharmaceutical factory.

silk factory.

In the past month, many factories have been opened.

All those who had no jobs in the county were brought to the factory.

These factories can solve the employment problem of tens of thousands of people.

All kinds of machines are started.

Even some machines do not need to be purchased from foreigners. With steel, better quality and more sophisticated machines can be manufactured in space.

Runtu also promulgated a notice that the people in the county will be exempted from land tax for ten years, and traders will be exempted from tax for two years.

As soon as this announcement came out, all the people were excited and couldn't believe it was true.

Taxes are heavy.

If there is no tax, you can eat a lot more rice.

Everyone shouted that Runtu is the master of Qingtian.

The county magistrate couldn't understand.Immediately found Runtu: "Xianzun, this is all tax-free, what about the court's tax? If you can't pay the tax, your official position is unstable. The current granary has only a shallow floor, and it is impossible to meet the court's requirements. "

Runtu: "Now go and look at the granary."

Recently, there have been several more factories in the county, and they are in full swing.

It's just that it's not in the name of Runtu, but the newly recruited people are in charge of the factory.

Runtu seldom went there, just grasping the general direction.

"My lord, I know you love the people like a child, but this step can't be too big."

I still feel that Runtu is just fooling around.

Runtu: "Master Zhao, go and see the granary first."

This county magistrate is Runtu's deputy, an eighth-rank official, appointed by the court.

Changing someone else is just a matter of Runtu's words.

His words are a little more troublesome.

During this month, Runtu felt that the county magistrate was okay, so he got used to it slowly and used it first.

He went to the granary.

Push open the door.

As a result, I saw a mountain of rice inside, and many of them were packed in sacks.

Can't believe my eyes.

He knew exactly what was going on in the granary a month ago.

After all, when the new county magistrate took office, he, the second-in-command, investigated and counted the situation in the county.

Such a big change in one month.

When I got closer, I opened a sack, which contained white rice.

He was stunned.

I have inquired about the current Runtu, and I know that he is from Shaoxing and is still doing business.

I wondered if it was Runtu who filled the granary with his own money.

The arsenal hasn't been built yet.

However, a new batch of weapons from Shanghai Beach was brought over.

Just next to Shanghai Beach, the transportation is more convenient now.

A total of five hundred guns.

With these things.

Immediate staff expansion.

Expand the guard to 800 people.

Gui Laoqi took people to carry out demolition.

According to the route planned by Runtu, there are quite a few houses to be demolished.

One of them is unwilling to move.

Is a nail household, relatively tough.

Gui Laoqi didn't want to be tough, after all, his boss was very kind to the common people.

He didn't dare to mess around.

Immediately told Runtu what happened here.

Road construction is also Runtu's plan.

Don't talk about nail households.

Even if the family's ancestral grave is there, it has to be moved for him.

There are still more than ten years before the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

In the past ten years or so, the county will be developed stronger than the cities in the West.

With space ability, Runtu is very confident.

Various accessories can be made.

After the road is repaired, there are blueprints, cars and so on, and Runtu can build them.

Gui Laoqi: "My lord, there is a family who is unwilling to move. The house is on the route you planned."

Now there are 800 people, all with foreign guns.

A small county town can still have opponents.This surprised Runtu a little.

Perhaps what has been implemented in the past two months has been a benevolent government, and it seems that it still needs to be established.

Runtu: "Check it out, are there any bandits around?"

"There is one place, four NO.50 people."

Bandits are rampant now, basically every county has bandits.

The bandits here only looked like seven or eight guns.

Most of the bandits are poor, and it's impossible for everyone to have a gun.

An average of four or five people can have a gun, which is considered very good.

Runtu: "Take the five hundred brothers and pull out the bandit dens, and bring back those who can be captured alive."

On the same day, Gui Laoqi took 500 people out.

Ten times the number of people, the equipment is still excellent.

Very fast.

In less than half an hour, most of the bandits were killed and injured, and the rest surrendered.

Bring the dead bodies and captives to the city.

The commotion was so loud that basically everyone in the city knew about it.

Very smooth.

"Boss, what about the captured people?"

"The people in Heifengzhai are notorious, they are all killed."

Immediately push everyone to the vegetable market.

More than 20 were tied up and kneeled in two rows.

Gui Laoqi arranged for more than 20 people to beheaded.

"Be more courageous. If you cut it down, the head will fall to the ground. Don't hesitate, if you don't cut it off with the knife, you will feel even more uncomfortable."

Try to let the people under your hands see the blood.

With the advantages of numbers and weapons, it is relatively simple to kill a group of bandits.

Soon, the vegetable market was full of people.

I found some quicklime and sprinkled the body on the body. The picture was simple and cremated.

Very happy.

These bandits are doing no good in Jiashan County.

Everyone in the county knew about Runtu's methods.

Killed so many people in one day.

After all, it is a good thing, more people think it is better to kill.

(End of this chapter)