Wei Bao walked out of the brick kiln, "What's the matter?" ”

"Childe, this girl wants to see you." Lin Wenbiao replied.

Wei Bao really didn't hear a woman's voice just now, but saw a girl of 1.7374 meters, tall and big, like a man, if it weren't for the two bulging breasts on his chest, it would be really difficult to distinguish between men and women.

Wei Bao looked up at the girl funny, the current Wei Bao is only more than 1.6 meters, and he has not yet fully developed, but according to the height of Wei Dakang and Huang Ying, Wei Bao is confident that he will grow more than 1.7 meters in the future, and he eats well now, and pays attention to exercise, and he will grow taller scientifically in this life.

Wei Bao doesn't really care about being tall, he is 1.7 meters, and he thinks it's about the same.

The woman is tall, this one-meter-seventy-three-seven-four girl, in front of Wei Bao, now seems to be a whole head taller than him, so Wei Bao has to look up.

"Childe." The girl clasped her fists and saluted. It's a lot like a child of the rivers and lakes.

"Who are you? Who are you in charge? Wei Bao asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”

It can be seen that this girl should not be a native of Jinshanli, and she has a strong Liaodong accent, it is estimated that she should be from outside Guan. The people Wei Bao got from outside, there were very few women, the ratio of men to women was almost more than nine to one, at least 2,800 men among the 3,000 people, and about 200 women, most of whom entered Wei Bao's A with their father and brother.

The girl was about to speak.

Out of the brick kiln came a blacksmith from the Military Industry Bureau, a man Wei Bao had already seen just now.

The man said to Wei Bao: "Son, forgive me, this is my sister, and now she is helping to do some rough work in the big cafeteria." My sister and I both fled from the desert outside the border, and if it hadn't been taken in by my son, we would have froze to death and starved to death. My sister is not sensible and collides with Childe. ”

Wei Bao sighed: "What's your name?" ”

"If you go back to Gongzi, my name is Deng Daliang, and my sister's name is Deng Erxian. That's what she talks to about whomever she talks to. Deng Daliang replied with a fist.

"Deng Daliang was recommended to me by Blacksmith Wang, saying that his skills are very good." Madman Tan said from the side: "I saw that he was clever and willing to work hard, so he was summoned to the Military Industry Bureau." ”

Wei Bao nodded, and looked at the tall girl named Deng Erxian.

"Childe, I heard that there will not be so many people in the big canteen in the future, I will be a blacksmith, and my craftsmanship is no worse than my brother! I would like to ask Childe for permission to work as a blacksmith. Deng Erxian then recommended himself: "I must do it well, I don't need to use labor, just take care of the food." ”

Wei Bao thought it was funny, so he liked the spicy energy of the Northeast girl, this girl had a fight with Fan Xiaolin, smiled and nodded, but did not speak.

"Nonsense, is there a woman doing the work? You just find some rough work to do, my brother is now in the Tan team and his son is appreciating, I have a good errand, and I can't be hungry for you. Deng Daliang was afraid that his sister would say the wrong thing, so he hurriedly pouted. Mainly he was afraid that his son would think that women were unlucky, especially in their business, when his sister knew blacksmith skills, it was because his father did not pass away when he spoiled her, so he let her watch from the sidelines, who knew that his sister was born with spirituality in these things, and he secretly learned all the blacksmith skills.

Deng Erxian heard his brother say this, pouted, and didn't dare to say anything more.

"Who says women can't do things? Didn't your sister say that her craftsmanship was no worse than yours? Wei Bao doesn't care, in the concept of modern people, there is no longer a layer where women can't do things, the reason why he didn't get women over is mainly because he thinks that women in the Ming Dynasty will cook and mend clothes, and they can do less, so they didn't get any women into Benjia.

Deng Erxian was very happy when he heard Wei Bao say this, and continued to say in a loud voice happily: "Childe, I can do anything, my blacksmith work is better than my brother's." ”

Deng Daliang was about to stop his sister from talking, but Gongzi scolded him just now, and now he didn't dare to talk anymore.

"Have you ever touched the firefire?" Wei Bao asked Deng Erxian with great interest.

"Fire? Yes, I will, I will do artillery battles. Deng Erxian replied.

"Well, you will be in the Military Industry Department in the future, and you will work with your brother!" Wei Bao smiled: "You are the official person of our Heaven and Earth Firm. ”

Deng Daliang and Deng Erxian were overjoyed when they heard this, and their eyes turned red when they were excited, and they worshiped Xie Weibao together.

Wei Bao smiled and asked them to get up, and said to Lin Wenbiao: "Remember to go back and say to Steward Luo, in the future, in our Heaven and Earth firm, women are the same as men, as long as they have the ability and are willing to do things, they are not allowed to be treated lower than men." ”

Lin Wenbiao hurriedly stood upright, bowed slightly and said, "Yes, son, remember, I'll tell Steward Luo later." ”

Everyone looked at Deng Erxian in shock, and they couldn't help but look at Wei Gongzi, surprised, they didn't expect that here, women could work like men, and they could do this kind of 'technical' work.

This is a 'big thing' in the Ming Dynasty, but here in Wei Bao, it is also a fluttering sentence, this is the benefit of having your own 'territory', in this armor, Wei Bao is the sky!

"Also, you go and arrange it now, go to Warship Bay to build a house, as the station of the Military Industry Bureau, this place is too conspicuous." Wei Bao leaned on Lin Wenbiao's side and said, "Let them move over as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Childe, I'll do it immediately!" Lin Wenbiao hurriedly replied softly. Knowing that Gunship Bay was the place where Childe stored the 'big ship', they were not used to calling that huge iron ship a warship.

After this episode, Wei Bao continued to go in, letting everyone do things while he talked about the smokeless fire.

Historically, the smokeless flame was first invented in 1884 by the French chemist and engineer P. Viely.

Invented in 1845 by Schönbein, nitrocellulose was very unstable and had several explosions in powder magazines.

Vieri developed it into a gelatinous substance, pressed it into sheets, cut it into strips, dried and hardened, and made the first smokeless fire. This invention is of great significance.

It is also the most critical step in the production process.

After the smokeless fire is burned, there is no residue, no or only a small amount of smoke, but it can make the firing range, ballistic straightness and shooting accuracy of the projectile have been born and provide the conditions for ammunition.

The heavy machine gun invented by Maxim was of practical value precisely because of the use of smokeless fire.

The explosion of explosives is the explosion phenomenon when the propagation speed of the chemical reaction zone in the explosive is greater than the sound velocity in the explosive, and it is a typical form of energy release of explosives.

After using smokeless fire, it can not only enhance the power of dozens of times, but also increase stability, and save materials, which is much more cost-effective than black fire.

Wei Bao knew that he was going to inspect the progress of the fire buds today, so on the first day, he had already copied a copy of the materials of the three 'keen crossing giant brothers' on the production of smokeless fire buds, and recorded the production process of the three people in detail for reference.

"You're going to make the Black Fire Flame Fry while developing the smokeless Fire Flame I mentioned!" Wei Bao felt a little enthusiastic, regardless of whether he had the ability to develop guns, bullets, cannons, and shells, just with or without fireworks, at least he could already provide a solid guarantee for simple defensive weapons such as mines, explosives, and grenades: "Steward Dong, you can pick three or four people to do this." ”

"Yes, Childe." Dong Huojin saw that Gongzi trusted him so much, had just appointed himself as a manager, and put himself in charge of the research and development of this kind of 'powerful' fire blade, he felt that his blood was burning, and his old black face became more and more serious.

"Qian Kexue, Zheng Ergou, and the two brothers and sisters of the Deng family. Is Childe okay? Dong Huojin asked.

Wei Bao handed the cheat sheet that recorded the process of making smokeless fire to Dong Huojin, and said with a smile: "Here you have the final say, don't ask me, if you have anything to say to me in the future, if you can't find me, you can tell Lin Wenbiao." ”

"Yes, Childe." Dong Huojin hurriedly agreed, and asked, "Childe, when will you go to the mountains to blow up coal?" ”

Madman Tan had already told them that it was best to put it at night, but he didn't say what day it would be, Dong Huojin secretly thought that he was already in charge now, so he asked Gongzi directly.

Wei Bao thought for a moment and said, "The sooner the better!" "When the coal is blown up, it has to be mined, cement and bricks have to be burned, and the project of digging the foundation of the city wall has to be rushed, and the time is too rushed!

"Then let's try it tonight, shall we?" Dong Huojin said: "Try a few more points, see where there is more coal, and blow up more tomorrow." ”

"Good!" Wei Bao was very satisfied with Dong Huojin's attitude, felt that this man was very clever, listened positively, and secretly thought that he had found the right person.

"What time is it? Is Childe coming? Dong Huojin asked, "I'll go and step on it later." ”

Wei Bao thought for a moment: "It's the second half of the night." He hesitated whether he wanted to come, and paused for more than ten seconds before saying, "In the second half of the night, I will come over in person!" ”

If it weren't for the fact that this matter was too important, Wei Bao wouldn't have planned to participate in it personally, which was the first explosion in the world!

Dong Huojin saw the glint of hope in Childe's eyes, and said solemnly: "Childe, please rest assured, we will definitely be able to blow up coal!" ”

Wei Bao nodded and didn't say anything more, what he wanted to see was the result, not to listen to these rhetoric, but he was still very appreciative of Dong Huojin's positive attitude.

Madman Tan smiled slightly, seeing that Wei Gongzi admired Dong Huojin a little, and was also happy for Dong Huojin. Dong Huojin has been in Lao Linzi for more than ten years, and he has a lot of experience, but he is not good at fighting, he is good at tinkering with fire, and making an iron tool, these things have little effect in the Liuzi Gang after all, so he has not been promoted, and now he is under Wei Gongzi, and he has found a place to use.

Madman Tan and a group of followers around Wei Bao suddenly found that it seemed that no matter who they were, as long as they were people with special skills and expertise, as long as they were here with Gongzi, they would definitely find something suitable for them to do.

Wei Bao not only watched, but also followed, learning from them to make leads, learning from them to mix, more and more I felt that the ancient people were smart, especially after asking, only to know that no one here was literate.

"You must all be literate, describe the production process in words, and learn to draw, not only to know how to do it, but also to grasp the principle and study the principle." Wei Bao said: "This is not only convenient for your own research and development, but also convenient for teaching others, so that future people can have experience to follow." Industrial production, whether it is civilian industry, military industry, or heavy industry, is a very rigorous thing. No, maybe yes, maybe not. ”

Everyone felt that what Wei Bao said was very reasonable.

"But Childe, where can you read? Shall we go to a private school? Deng Erxian asked.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, and said to Dong Huojin, "Steward Lin has someone in his hand, you go back and tell him, find a literate gentleman to come to you, and let him come with you!" ”

"Yes, Childe." Dong Huojin replied.

Wei Bao thought about it and denied it again: "Forget it, it's still a few days, I'll arrange it myself!" ”

"Yes, Childe." Dong Huojin agreed again, wondering why the son changed his mind so quickly.

Wei Bao didn't change his mind, but thought that the education system hadn't been picked up yet, and there was still a problem with words, so he didn't plan to implement traditional characters here, but simplified characters, starting with that "Book of Law"! You still need to find time to get out the simple teaching materials before you can start education.

Wei Bao stayed with the group for a while before leaving, and his mood was much better, and he believed that as long as he got the fire out and blew up the coal, he would soon be able to embark on the fast track of building basic industries.

If it weren't for some information, there was a warship, if it was just a crossing giant with nothing, Wei Bao really didn't dare to imagine that he was in Daming, how could he get ahead.

When Wei Bao returned to his house, Fan Xiaolin was not there, Fan Xiaolin now works mainly in a few warehouses, she had no choice but to get an office place, and it can only be in the largest warehouse, otherwise it is inconvenient for others to find her, there are too many people looking for her every day, otherwise they will have to go to Wei Bao's residence.

Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya were busy transcribing the Book of Law that Wei Bao had given them.

The reason why it is casually called a "Book of Law", instead of a certain law, a certain law, is so as not to attract suspicion, how he loves his own territory in his own territory, others have no right to ask, as long as it is not except for the Ming law.

Now this "Book of Law" is the basis for the behavior of this small 'society' and small 'country' built by Wei Bao.

When the two of them saw Wei Bao coming back, they looked up together, and Xu Rui said: "Childe, it just so happens that you are back, there are a lot of words, I don't recognize them, no, at least ninety percent of the words I don't recognize, I can probably guess what it means." I thought I had almost all the words, and I knew them all when I read the four books and five classics of Childe. ”

Wei Bao saw that Xu Rui was aggrieved, and smiled slightly, he knew that Xu Rui was very smart, but he was taught and learned by someone in the Qinglou about the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he was already extremely talented in three or four years of kung fu.

"It's not that you don't recognize it, but most of the words are simplified." Wei Bao replied.

"Simplified?" Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya spoke almost in unison.

Wei Bao nodded and smiled, "What's wrong?" I invented it, and in the future, all of us here will learn simplified words! ”

Wei Bao has thought about this problem in advance, and his people will learn simplified characters in the future, and there will be estrangement from other places in the Ming Dynasty, which he is not worried about, because he does not plan to expand within the Ming Dynasty, even if he expands the territory of power, he also selects smart and capable people from his subordinates.

He is mainly to speed up the literacy of all people, with the fastest way to improve the literacy rate, from the perspective of efficiency and cost, the world is so big, Wei Bao's insight comes from three hundred years later, looking at the whole world and a broader historical time and space. Simplifying the word is a barrier to the expansion of the sphere of influence within the Ming Dynasty, but it is definitely more helpful for popularizing men outside the Ming Dynasty and improving the literacy rate of the people below.

Wei Bao believes that words are tools, efficiency is demand, and simplification is necessary and inevitable.

Chinese characters were created to record the Chinese language, and there is no other script that can compare to Chinese characters in recording the Chinese language.

Traditional Chinese characters are indeed slightly conducive to understanding part of the content of ancient books, and they are also more aesthetic in calligraphy, but this is a higher-level demand, Wei Bao feels that as a hobby, 99.99% of the people under him are illiterate, so don't embarrass them.

Simplified characters do have some irrationalities, and there are quite a few, but on the whole, there is a great sense of progress from traditional Chinese characters to simplified Chinese characters.

Simplified Chinese characters are more scientific and simple, and if the cost of literacy is raised too high, it is not necessary.

Moreover, many of the problems that exist in Chinese characters, most of which have a long history and have existed for a long time, are often not the problems of simplified characters themselves. Some words are not the meaning of the form, nor the shape and sound, the historical legacy is to be written like that, and the convention is conventional, which has nothing to do with whether it is simplified or not.

Chinese characters have developed for thousands of years, from oracle bone inscriptions to simplified characters, and have undergone many changes, and Chinese characters, as a kind of script, are the most beautiful characters in the world. But words are first and foremost a tool for recording language.

As a tool, it must have its practicality, simplicity and efficiency are the most important, and the responsibility of carrying culture is not its main responsibility.

The poems and songs of the written record, the classics of the articles, whether they are complicated or simple, to read, to understand, is important, to protect the ancient monuments and ancient books is even more important, simplifying the text, not to say simplifying the ancient books and monuments.

Culture is the spirit of words, not the words themselves.

After listening to Wei Bao briefly explain his idea, Wang Qiu Yaqi said: "Xiaobao, how many words have you only learned from Brother Chunshi?" You're going to simplify all the words like this, and make up such a big book, and you have to copy it for a month or two, right? Oh my God, where did you get so much time? ”

Wei Bao sweated, and suddenly realized that this problem seemed to be very difficult to explain, and smiled: "If you don't have time, take time, and I'll copy it with you." He also needs to be more familiar with these legal texts that he originally thought were boring. But now Wei Bao feels that these things are not boring at all, because this is his tool to manage the vast group, and when he copied every word, Wei Bao slowly felt proud.

Wang Qiuya smiled, she didn't bother with how Wei Bao recognized so many words, and how she had the kung fu to make such a thick book, she was very happy to copy it with Wei Bao.

Xu Rui is the same, her question is, Wei Bao's "Book of Law" is very beautiful, every word is an average size, it doesn't seem to be handwritten? It doesn't look like it was engraved, I don't know how Wei Gongzi got it, but she is not a talkative person, so she silently put it in her heart and didn't ask.

During this time, Wei Bao has been familiar with most of the traditional Chinese characters, but there are still more than half of the words, there are too many strokes, or can not remember, especially some rare words that are difficult to use, he can't remember, now copy the simplified characters, feel comfortable, if God helps, and very happy.

Wei Bao suddenly realized that people are indeed very happy when they are doing what they are used to and like to do, and he has fully realized the fun of being a giant through time, doing things with a group of people, doing things step by step according to his own blueprint, everything seems to make him so happy.

After dinner, Wei Bao did not continue to copy, in order to rest early, fortunately in the second half of the night to see the coal, he drank some wine at dinner: "I slept, there is something to do at night." ”

Wang Qiuyaqi said: "You went to bed so early today? What's going on at night? ”

"Well, it's going to be a secret! Frying coal. Wei Bao hesitated for a second, but still told Wang Qiuya, Xu Rui and Fan Xiaolin.

"Coal?"

The three girls had doubts in their hearts at the same time.

"What are you doing with coal? What's the use of all that coal? Is it really used to replace burning wood? Last time, I thought you were just talking casually. Fan Xiaolin, who was outspoken, asked.

Wei Bao smiled: "yes, didn't I say that? Coal has many uses, and it costs less than burning wood, as you will learn later. ”

"Where do you have so many fried guns?" Fan Xiaolin asked.

"I have already arranged for someone to do it secretly." Wei Bao laughed.

"There's going to be a lot of movement, right? It's a troublesome thing to alarm the government. Xu Rui said uneasily.

"There was an earthquake, wasn't it an earthquake some time ago? If there is a big disturbance again, others will only think that it is another earthquake, and in the middle of the night, who would dare to run into the mountains? Wei Bao said.

Fan Xiaolin snorted, "Then, I'll go there at night." ”

Although Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya didn't say it, they also looked at Wei Bao with a look of hope.

Wei Bao smiled, "This is not to see the fireworks, what's there to see?" On a cold day, I can't help it, otherwise, sleeping in the bed until the light of day, what's not more beautiful than anything? ”

"Let me go with you, shall you?" Fan Xiaolin said coquettishly.

"Okay, let's go. Let's go to bed early. Wei Bao smiled slightly.

Seeing that Wei Bao agreed, the third daughter hurriedly helped Wei Bao wash up and serve him to rest.

After the third daughter went out, Wei Bao lay on the bed, smoked two cigarettes in a row before his sleepiness swelled up, secretly thinking that if he had known, he should have drunk more wine at night, he suddenly felt that the whole person was very excited, and he had the feeling of taking the college entrance examination at the beginning.

Although no one in the first place will have his current feelings, Wei Bao himself knows very well how important this groundbreaking first explosion tonight is for this period of his life, and secretly prays that everything will go well!