Chapter Twenty-Four: Developing Tools Ruby's Birthday

After agreeing with Chen Yufeng and others to go north as soon as possible, Zhang Zhimu felt that there were some things that he had to explain to Li Yunhe and Lu Bingyi before leaving.

As soon as he went to work in the morning, Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin to send someone to invite Lu Bingyi and Li Yunhe.

As soon as Li Yunhe, who arrived first, came in, he said before he sat down: "Mr. Zhang, I will put rubber wheels on your cars when you go north this time, so that you can also enjoy happiness." ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't expect to have a rubber wheel so soon, and asked: "There will be a rubber wheel so soon, don't you let me do an experiment for you?" ”

Li Yunhe was very dissatisfied and said: "Look at you, I am kind enough to let you enjoy the happiness, but you still don't appreciate it." It's been a long time since our rubber wagons have been pulling guests back and forth between the kiln and Xiurong. Besides, I've got spare tires on your cars, so you don't have to worry about the road. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that with rubber tires and steel springs, the comfort of the carriage could be greatly improved, and the transportation capacity of the same car could also be improved a lot. Zhang Zhimu said: "I still heard it, it was the first time for us to run a long distance with a rubber wheel. It's okay, I'll show you the lead, and when we come back, all of your passenger carriages can be replaced with rubber wheels. At that time, Yang Jing's carriage had to squeeze his head. ”

Li Yunhe laughed and said, "Haha, Yang Jing said the same thing." This time, Yang Jing will personally go north with you, and I will send a team to follow you, and if there is anything on the way, you can deal with it directly. Our modified passenger carriage has two wheels on the left and two wheels on the left and two in the front, so that a rubber-wheeled carriage has six wheels. From now on, our passenger cars will be called six-wheeled carriages. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, let the "Kiln Gang Weekly" publicize this matter. I think in the future, we will be engaged in cars, at least we will have a wheel. ”

At this moment, Li Yunhe heard something new from Zhang Zhimu's mouth again, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Zhang, what car are you talking about?" Is it a car that is going to engage in a steam engine. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that he had talked too much, and replied: "What kind of brain do you have, what are we doing with railways when steam can drive cars?" Suppose your steam engine can fit into a car, it needs to have that kind of road surface. ”

"And what kind of car are you talking about?"

Zhang Zhimu said: "After I come back, I will tell you the principle of gasoline and diesel engines driven by gasoline and diesel. Don't ask, I told you that gasoline and diesel are different oils that are distilled from coal tar. If gasoline and diesel are used instead of steam engines, they will be small in size and have a lot of power, and we will also use them to make the power of the car. ”

Li Yunhe said: "No wonder, you have been letting you keep the coal tar, it is of such a use." Won't horses be useless after that? ”

"Sooner or later, horses will be eliminated, but in some places, the roads are not good, and horses are still needed." Zhang Zhimu replied.

Zhang Zhimu just felt that he had a special relationship with Li Yunhe, and when he was with him, he didn't need to hide anything, and he was very relaxed.

After Lu Bingyi came in, Zhang Zhimu stopped chatting with Li Yunhe.

After pouring a cup of tea for Mr. Lu Bingyi, Zhang Zhimu said, "I want to go north once in the past few days." There are a few things I want to explain to you. The speed of our kiln development is too fast, and we don't have time to think carefully about some things. But I've seen some problems this time. Although some parts of our kiln have developed by leaps and bounds from the steam power stage to the electric power stage. However, many of our working methods and ways of working are still in the stage of manual work. The first thing, let's talk about our grain loading and unloading, in Huai'an and Lingshui wharves, bulk grain is loaded and unloaded from the ship in baskets. Not to mention the low efficiency, the waste of food is also staggering. I think we now have rubber sheets that can be used for conveyor belts. And the conveyor belts can be relayed to each other. That's the case. The efficiency is much improved, and the labor intensity of workers can also be greatly improved. As he spoke, Zhang Zhimu handed a few schematic diagrams of the conveyor belt to Li Yunhe and Lu Bingyi.

Lu Bingyi and Li Yunhe quickly understood what Zhang Zhimu meant. Li Yunhe said: "This thing is a good thing, and it is not difficult. We're going to do this when we go back, and a lot of us want to take a group to do something. A lot of people think they're amazing, and I'm just going to arrange something for them. ”

Lu Bingyi nodded and didn't speak.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I looked at the construction site where we built the building, and all the building materials were still carried by people, which was inefficient and the workers were tired. We can use a winch to lift building materials. I have also seen that in some places, people are used to lift heavy objects by pulling them on pulleys, but I think the efficiency is still low. We use an electric winch to lift a lot of heavy things at a time by lifting the car with a pulley. When designing this thing, the main consideration is security measures, and it is not difficult, but it can improve the efficiency a lot. ”

Lu Bingyi looked at Zhang Zhimu and handed over the picture and said, "Yunhe, you have to get this thing out first." We'll be using it right away, and it's so much more convenient to have this guy. You can engage in two kinds of power, electric and non-electric can use steam power. ”

"You also have to make this kind of crane dual-power driven." After speaking, Zhang Zhimu handed over the drawings of a shore-based crane and introduced: "This kind of crane can be used not only for building buildings, but also for building on a fixed wharf for loading and unloading goods on the ship." ”

After looking at the crane, Lu Bingyi said: "This kind of crane can not only improve the efficiency of loading and unloading, but also some large goods that could not be loaded and unloaded in the past." Especially when we build ships in the future, this thing will be even more useful. ”

Li Yunhe's brain is more active, he said: "Mr. Zhang, we are designing a small crane now, and we can design a larger gas heavy machine in the future." At that time, we can also lift those small boats at once. ”

After introducing these things, Zhang Zhimu introduced them to some small tools, such as hand-held electric hammers, electric drills, electric saws, grinding wheels, etc., as well as expansion bolts suitable for cement construction.

Lu Bingyi said with emotion: "Mr. Zhang, although the things you introduced are all small things, but after we get these small things, our working methods and efficiency will change a lot. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is called 'If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools'." We can also encourage everyone to work together on inventions, and if you have any good ideas, let them come forward. If we do, we have to reward them so that everyone is motivated and things are easier. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "Mr. Zhang's suggestion is good, let's go back and publicize it." By the way, when you talked about the second exam this year, don't forget, a lot of workers are waiting. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Look, we forgot about it. You have to hurry up on this matter, don't delay, and don't wait for me. I think we need to set up an education committee to take care of school and personal training and so on. If no one takes care of everything, many things will be delayed. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "I'll arrange this." ”

Li Yunhe said: "I'll arrange those mechanical equipment. ”

When the two left. Zai suddenly added to Li Yunhe: "By the way, you tell those few who are engaged in clocks, their kind of table clock can be produced." But now they need to make a small clock that they can carry on their bodies, and they must have a metal case. ”

As soon as they came back, Yang Yulin also followed into the house. Zhang Zhimu said: "Come and rub the leader's shoulders." ”

Yang Yulin said: "Beautiful you." Hey, there's a treat tonight, so come with me. ”

Zhang Zhimu deliberately said: "That's not good, I also want to be honest and honest, and I will never eat please." ”

"It's Xiao Hongyu, didn't she just get a new house? It's her birthday again, so we're invited to be a guest. She said she wanted to show off her cooking skills. Hasn't the little red jade been thinking about you all the time? After Yang Yulin finished speaking, Zhang Zhimu felt that these words sounded a little awkward.

"Hey, I'm weird, you know that people are worried about your man, and you still want to take your man to their house as a guest?"

Yang Yulin smiled and said: "I admire Xiao Hongyu for this, she is openly and boldly." But I know she can't squeeze me out of your heart, and she doesn't dare. If I don't take you there, I'll be a little angry. ”

Yang Yulin said confidently and a little domineering, Zhang Zhimu likes Yang Yulin, she is very angry. Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, come over and let me hug me, and I'll go with you." ”

Of course Yang Yulin was willing, but after a while, Yang Yulin pushed Zhang Zhimu away and said, "Come on, let's go home and talk about it, you are full of people here, see which day people will see it, what should you do." ”

Zhang Zhimu asked, "What gifts do we bring?" ”

"I've got all the gifts ready, don't worry about it, just come with me then." Yang Yulin finished speaking and wanted to go out.

Zhang Zhimu said: "You wait, you send someone to the academy laboratory to find Qingfengzi, and say that I need some MSG." He sent someone yesterday to say that MSG was successful. I guess they still have some left. And go to Lu Qi and them, I asked their carpenter to make a few guitars, also called six-stringed instruments, to bring them back to me. ”

This time, the kiln gang divided the house and gave Liu Banzhu and Xiao Hongyu a set of independent buildings each, and no one in the kiln gang had any opinions on this. They all feel that Liu Banzhu, especially Xiao Hongyu, should live in the best house, because Xiao Hongyu is now the pride of the kiln people.

Xiaohong's single-building courtyard, although not as big as Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng, is not small, with 300 square meters. Xiao Hongyu has put a lot of effort into her own house. Very characterful of their own decoration. Yang Yulin was a little sour and somewhat jealous when she mentioned it. Later, Zhang Zhimu comforted her and said: "Xiao Hongyu doesn't want to do anything except sing, just to study how to clean up her own little things, you look at you, I don't care about this side of the office, you have to take care of it." You also have to train female soldiers, how can you have time to compare this with Xiao Hongyu. ”

In this way, Yang Yulin's heart was a little smoother.

Originally, Xiaohong wanted to invite her master and father-in-law, Liu Banzhu, to come and live with her, but Liu Banzhu disagreed. Xiao Hongyu asked several sisters in the troupe to come and live together.

Tonight, Xiao Hongyu also invited several main actors from the troupe to come over with Liu Banzhu. Because Zhang Zhimu and Yang Yulin came over, Xiao Hongyu felt very face-saving.

Since the weather was good, Xiao Hongyu put the table in the middle of the courtyard, so that two calcium carbide lamps were lit, and the courtyard was very bright.

When Yang Yulin came, she went into the house to help Xiao Hongyu's sisters. Liu Banzhu and the actors of those troupes talked with Zhang Zhimu about preparing to rehearse a few new plays.

Liu Banzhu said: "We are in such good conditions now, we can't just perform "Tang Guifei" and a few old plays, we have to arrange a few more new plays. ”

Zhang Zhimu also said: "Yes, you can also expand some personnel and get a few more sets of people." Class Master Liu, I also think that you should forget that you are a class master, we can also recruit some other drama genres and establish some other drama troupes, so as to enrich our performances. Soon our electric lights will reach the practical stage, our performance conditions will be better, and the stage effect will be a higher level. Our performance ability must also keep up, there are more and more people coming and going in our kiln, and everyone watches a play in the kiln, which is a terrible thing. ”

Liu said, "Okay, Mr. Zhang." It seems that I also need to open my mind and not just stare at our small troupe. We also have to make good use of our theater, otherwise it would be a pity to leave him idle. ”

This is Xiao Hongyu's dish, but it is served the same. The dishes were set up on two tables, one for men and one for women.

The first batch of glass wine glasses produced by Yaogang, Xiao Hongyu bought a set, and today it is paired with her daughter's red wine, which looks very beautiful. It also shows the taste of the hostess.

Zhang Zhimu took out a small bottle, handed it to Xiao Hongyu and said, "Xiao Hongyu, you put the things here in the soup in a while, so that everyone can taste it, what's the difference?" ”

Xiao Hongyu Gege smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, I didn't offend you without you, why did you drug my guests?" ”

Zhang Zhimu was also amused by Xiao Hongyu, and said: "It seems that you don't feel at ease with me, I asked you to put some good things in the dish, and you still don't appreciate it." ”

In fact, Xiao Hongyu didn't know there, she knew very well that Zhang Zhimu must have a reason for what he did, and he was deliberately teasing.

Xiao Hongyu said, "Dead or alive, I'll do as you say." ”

When the dishes were almost served, everyone was polite, and after saying some auspicious words, they began to drink and eat.

Xiao Hongyu spent a lot of effort on this meal, her dishes were all Huaiyang dishes, and she spent a lot of energy in order to prepare the ingredients. Fortunately, Xiao Hongyu's reputation is too great. What the market really can't buy, she can get some when she comes to that restaurant. As soon as those restaurants heard that Xiao Hongyu was going to treat them to cook their own food, they all hurriedly took them out, and when they turned around, they were afraid that others would not know, and they had to say everywhere, "Oh, Xiao Hongyu still went to our restaurant to get something." That glory made other restaurants blush.

That's it, Xiao Hongyu is still very modest and said, the food here is not complete, and some things are not fresh and can't be made, so everyone can eat them. Liu said: "Xiao Hongyu's godmother is a master cook, and since she was a child, Xiao Hongyu has followed her godmother to cook, and she is a good dish." ”

When the dishes came up one by one, Liu Banzhu introduced them one by one, "This is loquat shrimp, braised four treasures, potsticker pheasant, net oil pheasant, three silk swallow vegetables, crab roe lion head, steamed carp (no Anhui fish), mussel stir-fried bamboo shoots, meat, sesame sauce mixed with kidney slices." ”

Many of these dishes Zhang Zhimu has never heard of, and the soup on the end is even more exquisite, called "clear soup money squid".

According to the introduction of Liu Banzhu one by one, this banquet is to prepare things, and it will take a lot of time.

When it was time to get hot, everyone drank a little bit and praised it, saying, "It's so delicious." ”

To tell the truth, Zhang Zhimu is a northerner, and the taste is too heavy, and he feels that the soup is very fragrant and delicious, very light, but he can't taste anything up and down. Zhang Zhimu even felt that MSG should not be used to destroy this hot natural harmony.

When Xiao Hongyu asked Zhang Zhimu how much MSG he needed, Zhang Zhimu even felt that he should stop putting MSG. However, in order to let everyone appreciate the magic of MSG, let Xiao Hongyu put some less in the soup on his table.

After putting MSG, everyone didn't dare to drink it again. Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "I'll taste it." ”

Maybe it's because he hasn't eaten MSG for a long time, Zhang Zhimu feels that the soup is a lot fresher all of a sudden. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhang Zhimu made a joke, and suddenly tilted his head and slumped on the chair. This startled everyone, Zhang Zhimu knew that the joke couldn't be too big, so he sat up straight and laughed and said, "Haha, don't be afraid." Let's try the soup quickly, if you don't drink it, you will regret dying. ”

Everyone also laughed and began to taste the soup that had been spared MSG. Xiao Hongyu watched everyone taste the soup, and they were full of praise, and said, "Okay, I'll go back and put some on our table." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The amount you put is a little less than that." ”

Just as Zhang Zhimu expected, MSG won everyone's approval.

Zhang Zhimu explained: "In fact, a lot of the things we eat are delicious, and the things in MSG are working. Now that we've extracted it, we can turn the white water into chicken broth. ”

Xiao Hongyu said: "It seems that we have another thing in the kiln gang that can make a lot of money." ”

Xiao Hongyu's opinion was unanimously agreed by everyone, and Zhang Zhimu also expressed his appreciation for Xiao Hongyu's reaction.

After the banquet was withdrawn, Xiao Hongyu served Longjing tea to everyone.

With the help of wine, Zhang Zhimu said to Xiao Hongyu: "Today is your birthday, there is nothing to give, I will give you a guitar as a gift today." ”

Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin to hand the things to Xiao Hongyu, while saying, "Thank you!" Ruby opened the red silk that wrapped her guitar.

Although Xiao Hongyu grew up in the troupe, she has never seen such an instrument. Asked Master Liu: "Master, have you ever seen such a musical instrument?" ”

Liu said, "I haven't seen it." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This instrument is called a guitar, also called a six-stringed instrument. Actually, it's very easy to play. ”

When Zhang Zhimu was studying in college, his classmates had several "compulsory" courses, that is, guitar, dancing, bridge, and Go.

For the guitar, Zhang Zhimu worked hard in school. Seeing that everyone was very happy today, Zhang Zhimu said: "Today I will use the guitar to help you have fun." ”

When everyone heard Zhang Zhimu say this, they all applauded and cheered and welcomed.

Zhang Zhimu hasn't touched the guitar for a long time, but when Yang Yulin asked people to take the guitar, he simply played it.

took the guitar, and in everyone's eyes, Zhang Zhimu plucked the strings a few times and tuned the strings. The sound quality of this sheep gut is very good, especially the carpenters know that it is a piano made for Zhang Zhimu, and they deliberately chose to make it of aged sandalwood, and the sound of the guitar is pure and penetrating. At that time, as soon as I got it in my hand, I thought it was a good piano.

After Zhang Zhimu moved his fingers, a song "Romance of Love" flowed out of his fingers. At this time, the bright moon was at the head, and everyone was slightly drunk, and the emotions were strong. Emotions soon melted into the sound of the piano. When Zhang Zhimu played the song, everyone didn't react. It took a while for everyone to come and applaud.

Xiao Hongyu was a little excited and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang would have such a hand." No wonder I was so fascinated by Sister Yulin that I couldn't do it at the beginning. ”

Yang Yulin made a gesture to hit Xiao Hongyu, but Xiao Hongyu turned around and left. In fact, Yang Yulin had never heard Zhang Zhimu play the piano, but when she saw Zhang Zhimu showing her hand in front of everyone, she also felt that her face was bright.

Many of the people here today are pianists, and they can hear that Zhang Zhimu's piano skills are not enough to reach home, but the tunes and techniques he plays have never been seen before. That kind of expressiveness is very special, and I have never seen it before.

Zhang Zhimu said to several pianists, I still have something to ask you today, I still have a few guitars there, I think for such a guitar, I will tell you a little bit of skill I know, you will not be difficult to master. Actually, this guitar is very suitable for playing and singing by yourself, I think after you learn it, go to our academy to teach those students, and I will have people make more guitars for the students. I see that our students' lives are too monotonous and not a little bit energetic, and this is not good. Several pianists and Class Master Liu agreed.

Then Zhang Zhimu played and sang a lot of tunes to himself. are all those old popular songs when he was in school, and playing the guitar Zhang Zhimu seems to have returned to the era when he was in school, and he is very involved in playing and singing.

Like "Grandma's Penghu Bay", "Sequoia Tree", "Orchid Grass", "Late", "Pray", "Dad's Straw Shoes", "Childhood", "Olive Tree", "Autumn Cicada", "Ridge Walking".

Zhang Zhimu sang these tunes one after another, and he felt very happy, and he hadn't been so happy for a long time. The people who listened were also drunk. Although they are all engaged in opera, they have heard such songs there. However, some of the lyrics are too straightforward, which makes many people feel a little blushing.

Seeing that everyone was not yet happy, but the time couldn't be too late, Zhang Zhimu said: "I'll play another song for everyone, and we'll disperse." We'll get together again in the future. ”

Of course, everyone would like to listen to another one. Zhang Zhimu played and sang a song "Green Island Serenade".

This song is also what Zhang Zhimu has always liked, not only the tune is beautiful, but the lyrics are also well written.

Zhang Zhimu didn't see it, when he sang "Let my singing voice blow open your curtains with the breeze, and let my heartfelt feelings continue to confide in you with the flowing water", Xiao Hongyu's eyes were full of tears and quietly wiped them away by herself.

Everyone enjoyed an exquisite feast tonight, and also enjoyed an incomparable spiritual feast. are reluctant to leave. Before leaving, Liu said: "Mr. Zhang, you can take the time to sing these songs to us, and we will write them down with the score for everyone to share." ”

Zhang Zhimu happily agreed, promising to write down the tune with everyone when he came back from the north.

The kiln gang people are acting steadily according to their own arrangements, and Li Zicheng can finally take a breath. Chasing Sun Chuanting's rout, Li Zicheng and his generals had already begun to study how to take Shaanxi.

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Mechanics of Materials, Theoretical Mechanics, Elastic Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".