Chapter 18 Zhou General Soldiers Heart-to-Heart Fenhe Bridge

Just after the fifteenth, there is another good news in Yaogang. Sister-in-law Xu gave birth to a fat son to Chen Yufeng. Now everyone was happy, and they had to let Chen Yufeng have a treat.

Chen Yufeng also knew that everyone just wanted to take the opportunity to have a good time, because it was still freezing, and everyone was in the kiln. Chen Yufeng arranged a banquet at the Yaogang Hotel to invite everyone. Except for Zhang Zhimu, these people in Yaogang are not good at drinking, and everyone likes them. Zhou Yuji returned to Yaogang to celebrate the Spring Festival and was reluctant to return to Ningwuguan, he heard about it, so how could he miss the opportunity and come over.

The banquet didn't come up, and Zhou Yuji, who was sitting next to Zhang Zhimu, said to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhang Dongjia, this time you have settled down in Dongshengzhou and Baotou, I am the second line there, and I don't want to feed so many soldiers, and it is a matter of not fighting to raise so many people to eat." Our soldiers eat two meals a day, and there is no guarantee that they are all dry. I'd like to ask you to help me arrange some veterans as well. You can help Jiang Zhuzhou General Bing, and you won't see me outside, right? ”

"Didn't say that, how many soldiers do you still need us to arrange?"

"It's my worry that there are more than 5,000 soldiers who are too old," Zhou Yuji said, "but I can still give you 5,000 years of strong soldiers." ”

Chen Yufeng took over and said: "Your good soldiers, there are not many of us who can be qualified. ”

"Oh, we can't compare to you. We can't eat there, and we want to recruit good soldiers, which is impossible. To tell the truth, our veterans heard that Jiang Jiao and their veterans followed you kiln gang people to open up wasteland outside the gate, not to mention that they were officials, there were cars and horses in a year, and they would divide the land in the future, and they all came to beg me to say that they had never died as soldiers all their lives, please help them, tell you, and arrange a place for them. They don't want to die in the barracks, they all hope to earn some money so that they can go back to their hometown. Zhou Yuji couldn't go on.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Zhou, go back and tell the brothers. Some people think that veterans are a burden and don't want to ask for them, but we kiln gang people think they are all treasures. Their perennial military career has made them organized and disciplined, and they will find ways to solve problems when they encounter them. We need experienced veterans like this to lead the migrants who are clearing the wasteland. During this time, we also found that most of the veterans cherished such opportunities very much and performed very well. With them, our newcomers have a backbone. In peacetime, you can serve in the army when you are in civil war. ”

Ouyang He said: "Last year, we went out to fight, and our immigrant team with veterans as the backbone can really be used as an army sometimes. That's why they were given a horse each before they arrived for a year. That's because they're all at war. ”

"Great, I was thinking about how to tell you about this throughout the Chinese New Year, and my wife said I was useless. She said it directly! ”

Zhou Yuji's words caused everyone to laugh.

Yan Boju over there was already happy in his heart, and when he and Zhang Zhimu looked at each other, Zhang Zhimu understood what he meant. Now Yan Boju and Yang Jing have been thinking about pulling out some of the policemen from those who have been sent to various places and preparing to arrange them to go to Shaanxi, because they have experience in working as policemen. I'm still worried that there aren't enough people. Zhou Yuji helped a lot today. Experienced policemen drawn from various localities can be supplemented with newly recruited policemen, and these experienced policemen can be upgraded by one level, and they can be assigned to Shaanxi by matching them with new policemen.

Zhou Yuji's soldiers can be picked and used directly as police. Those who are really old can let them go to the wasteland and farm.

Zhang Zhimu asked Zhou Yuji: "General Zhou, you have all laid off the army, what will you do once the imperial court transfers troops?" ”

"If you don't give us food, why should you transfer us?" Zhou Yuji shook his head and said, "Alas! You don't know, all the general soldiers have to raise more soldiers, and it is impossible to fight a war by raising soldiers completely according to the quota given by the imperial court. Therefore, it is difficult for all armies to pay their soldiers in full accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, because one soldier has to feed two or more people with silver, and give the silver to others to drink the northwest wind? This is a way to deal with the war that there is no way to go. In peacetime, there is no war, there are few soldiers, and there are many places, so they can eat empty salaries. However, the border passes are different, and they must be ready for war at any time, and they must raise more troops. Now that you are in the front, our Biguan, Ningwu, and Yanmen passes have become a veritable second line, and Li Zicheng and the Mongols in the north are all dealt with by you, so I don't need to raise so many more soldiers, lest everyone starve together. As for the transfer of troops by the imperial court, we will keep some soldiers. Even the imperial court could not transfer all the soldiers according to the staff, and those things were easy to deal with. If it weren't for the fact that in order to deal with the imperial court, we would have left a few hundred people to watch at one pass, and the rest of the soldiers would not be needed. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Zhou Yuji was telling the truth, and felt that the soldiers that Zhou Yuji was raising now were indeed meaningless, and said: "General Zhou, I won't tell you, we have already replenished the army. When the army training is finished, we will send troops to suppress the thieves as the emperor said. However, we can't raise a large number of soldiers, so we are going to arrange for the police to maintain those places that have been defeated, and we will pick out some of your soldiers for Yan Bo to use as policemen, which is the best profession for those soldiers who are no longer suitable for fighting and have been soldiers all their lives. I think this is also an opportunity, and you can cut as many troops as you can. Otherwise, there may not be such a good opportunity in the future. ”

"It's a great thing, they can leave the army and have a public meal, they never dreamed that there would be such an opportunity." Zhou Yuji said, "Then you will arrange another 5,000 people for me." ”

Yan Boju was even happier when he heard Zhou Yuji say this, squeezed his little eyes and said, "General Zhou Bing, don't get me all those crooked melons and cracked dates." We also need that when the police go out in the kiln, we also need that, the image that Zhimu said. ”

"Hahaha!"

After everyone finished laughing, Zhang Zhimu said to Li Yan: "I suggest that when you enroll students in the School of Commerce and Law this year, you should add a major, which is called the criminal investigation major." Specialized in training human resources to solve various cases. We can invite all kinds of people with reconnaissance skills to come and give lectures. Uncle Chen, they can also tell them some secrets of the rivers and lakes. ”

Li Yan clapped his hands and said: "Yes, yes, our old masters who are engaged in law also said that there are really some masters in the imperial court who are very capable of detecting, and there are also many books that record all kinds of strange cases. I tried to find a way to get them to invite those experienced crime solvers to come and give lectures to the students. Solving the case requires all kinds of knowledge, and we can also ask the masters of our kiln to give them lectures according to their needs, at least let them have medical knowledge, physical and chemical knowledge. I've read some books during this time, and I really feel enlightened. ”

Zhang Zhimu also wanted to teach them to collect fingerprints, but he didn't say anything about it, but said to Lu Chengxiang: "Mr. Lu, you should also add a major, which is called the auditing major." In layman's terms, it is also called the audit profession, but it is of a professional nature. ”

"Eun! Mr. Zhang is right. It's too much to say that this is an audit. The big shopkeeper and the account office will be a little tired, but it depends on the person's virtue. If it's not good, you'll use this cat to do something bad. I think it's too timely for us to open this major. Our stall is getting bigger and bigger, and in the future, we will have to rely on an audit team to manage the inspections. I can also ask some experts to tell them how to do tricks on the accounts. Lu Chengxiang was also very excited when he said it.

"Huh! I said, Lao Lu, aren't you a master? Yan Boju began to joke about Lu Chengxiang.

"I, I don't have to be bored. But no one dared to play with me. Hehe! Lu Chengxiang said with a smile.

Zhou Yuji took advantage of the happiness of all the leaders in Yaogang and said: "Mr. Zhang, I took the train to kill Hukou. I think their two megawatt generator is good, can you give us one too, we want electricity too. With electricity, we can also go back and listen to the radio, and light up the lights at night. Although we have no silver, we have all coal, and we can exchange it with you. ”

"Can you also take Madame back?" Chen Yufeng joked with him.

Zhang Zhimu said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, our power plant in Niutou is about to generate electricity." We also have to send electricity to Baode through your Ningwu Pass, and then the wires will pass through your Ningwu Pass. You use electricity and you'll be able to solve it. We are preparing to build a large-scale aluminium plant in Baode, and we carried out preliminary design last year, and large-scale construction will start in the middle of this year. ”

"That's great. But what kind of factory do you say you want to build? Of course Zhou Yuji didn't know.

Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to explain to him what aluminum is, the use of aluminum, and so on.

Ouyang He said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, I think our two-megawatt generator set is very mature. It's better to mass produce. We need to connect everything into one grid, but we can't do it yet. However, if a place can solve the coal problem, the power plant can quickly solve the electricity problem, which is also a good way. ”

"Now, Yangzhou, Kill Hukou, and soon Dongshengzhou, Baotou, and Kaiyuan Xinhe are all using two-megawatt generators. Datong and Zhangjiakou can't transport the equipment now, and if they can transport it, they will have to do it, and the strength of the equipment to be transported to kill Hukou is too great. You can't afford to do that anymore. However, it shows that our equipment is very useful, and I also agree to produce some for use first. The places where we hit down, there are some important ones, and we can get on one as soon as possible. Lu Chengxiang said, "Besides, Yangzhou is finished." Other places will soon follow. Our equipment is ready for silver. ”

"I also think it's practical to have a device like ours. I arranged for Li Yunhe to do this. Zhang Zhimu said.

After drinking for a while, Zhou Yuji asked in Zhang Zhimu's ear: "Mr. Zhang, can I ask, where is your next goal?" ”

"It is possible in both directions in Henan and Shaanxi. It's not settled yet, but most of us tend to Henan. Zhang Zhimu didn't tell the truth, because there was no need for the target to be exposed too early. This goal is known only to a few high-level officials in the kiln gang.

Zhou Yuji said tentatively: "Zhang Dongjia, if you want to take down Shanxi and Henan, I will hand over all my soldiers to you." I don't care about the affairs of the court. ”

Zhou Yuji's words were already too clear, Zhang Zhimu said: "Not now, the soldiers are still with you, if there is any difficulty, you can speak." Also, try not to let Mrs. Zhou go out and wear our Yaogang military uniform. lest the court know about it and get into trouble. It is best for you to stay here now, and do not move lightly. You can rest assured that something between us. At any point, we all exchanged our lives for friendship. What we think about it when we say something to you. ”

Zhou Yuji nodded and said: "Just have Zhang Dongjia's words." ”

After the Fen River was civilized, when Zhang Zhimu sent Fan Song away, he repeatedly instructed him not to develop armed forces in Sulu, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the king of the east.

This time, Fan Song not only brought back a lot of newly produced goods, but also brought back ten people from Li Zhi and five people from Shi Tao's navy. Fan Song also brought back a lot of pistols. This stuff is very useful to them.

Li Zhi's men brought two high-power radios and a lot of accessories, as well as a battery generator. Fan Song also brought back a few radios with shortwave function. According to Fan Song's idea, he wanted to bring back a set of two-megawatt generators, but Zhang Zhimu did not agree, because he brought a set of generators and a set of people to maintain the generators.

Lu Chengxiang and Li Zhi personally sent Fan Song and them to Lingshui Wharf.

Zhang Zhimu left the Yaogang dock and went straight to Yangchang's laboratory. Yangchang said that their oscilloscope was easy to use, and asked Zhang Zhimu to come over and take a look. The significance of the successful development of the oscilloscope is too great, and Zhang Zhimu can't help but go over.

Sure enough, the waveform displayed by Yangchang's newly made oscilloscope was already very stable. Zhang Zhimu was very happy to see it. Yang Chang said excitedly: "We use an oscilloscope to display the waveform of the voice call, and we can see the clipping distortion at a glance. It's just wonderful. ”

"I'll tell you, with an oscilloscope, you'll be more powerful. The next step is to develop to the high frequency band, and your oscilloscopes will also be dual-tracking and multi-tracking. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Mr. Zhang, are the double traces you talking about two signal displays?" Yang Chang asked.

"Yes, I'll tell you a few words, and you'll understand. You can use the two signals through the electronic switch, quickly switch, alternate display, use the afterglow of the oscilloscope and the visual persistence of the human eye, you can see the two signals. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oh, that's it, I thought I needed two electron gun systems." Yangchang, like his brothers, breathed a sigh of relief. It's much simpler to do that.

Zhang Zhimu said: "It is very useful to be able to display two signals at the same time. Let's just put it simply. When our generator is connected to the grid, we need to synchronize the frequency and phase of the generator and the grid, so we can look at the waveform of two signals in one oscilloscope. Isn't it? ”

When Zhang Zhimu returned to the office, Yang Qinglian said, "Li Yunhe and Director Duan Jingzhong are waiting for you in the reception room." ”

The two of them came together, and Zhang Zhimu really didn't remember what was wrong. Entering the reception room, Zhang Zhimu saw Li Yunhe and Duan Jingzhong talking in a row.

"What are you talking about, so happy?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

The two saw Zhang Zhimu come in and stood up. Li Yunhe said: "Mr. Zhang's reception room is much better than the previous office. ”

"Aren't you all moving into a new office?"

As soon as Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, Yang Qinglian ran to the door of the reception room and shouted: "Mr. Zhang, emergency call!" ”

Looking at Yang Qinglian's expression, Zhang Zhimu knew that there was something urgent, "You wait for me a while!" After speaking, Zhang Zhimu hurriedly walked to the office, picked up the phone, and Ouyang He's voice came, "Is it Mr. Zhang?" ”

"It's me!"

"Mr. Zhang, there is an emergency to inform you, General Ningde and Li Zicheng Dashun Army are fighting."

"What! Did they fight? Zhang Zhimu's head was hot, and he knew that now was not the time to do it.

"That's right, Li Zicheng's Dashun army took advantage of the opportunity of the Yellow River to freeze, secretly crossed the Yellow River near Dongshengzhou, and attacked one of our reclamation and left-behind points, and more than 20 people were killed at that left-behind point. Due to the heavy snowfall, there were no telephones there, and they were only now discovered, presumably killed years ago. General Ning De angrily said that he had to pay for the lives of the brothers in Dashun Army, so he sent a telegram to his family, and took two cavalry regiments across the river to take revenge. We have ordered the cavalry of the two regiments of Dongshengzhou to cross the river to meet General Ningde, and there are too few of them to cross the river. Now we have not been able to contact General Ningde by telegram. However, the two regiments that had just crossed the river to support them telegraphed back that the two garrison camps of the Dashun Army on the other side of the river had been breached, the fire was still smoking, and many soldiers had been killed. They had already gone after Ningde, and they went. ”

"It is estimated that the strength of the Dashun army on the south bank of the Yellow River will not be too much, and their defense line should be the first line of the Great Wall (the famous Ming Great Wall), and it is very likely that the Dashun army crossing the river is acting privately. Tell General Ningde to accept it when he sees it, don't wait for the Yellow River to be civilized, when the Dashun army sends a large army to deal with them, it will be too late for them to come back. Besides, now is not the time for us to do it, so don't affect our plans. If they don't return to the north bank of the Yellow River, Li Zicheng will not give up. Because on the south bank of the Yellow River, it will threaten the safety of their Great Wall at any time. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Chen and I also gave such an order. We're just going to tell you about it. Ouyang He said.

Zhang Zhimu was very dissatisfied with Ningde's recklessness, this was not what a commander on the one side should do. I didn't expect Ningde to be so impulsive at such an age.

Returning to the reception room again, Li Yunhe saw that Zhang Zhimu's face had changed slightly, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

"One of our reclamation sites was attacked by Li Zicheng's Dashun army, and more than 20 people died. The horses, the food, and the food were taken away. General Ningde crossed the river to take revenge. I don't know what the situation is yet. Alas! Zhang Zhimu sighed and said, "Don't talk about theirs." Let's talk about us! ”

"It's okay, Li Zicheng won't deploy too many troops over there, which means that Li Zicheng's soldiers are hungry and can't do something to steal chickens and dogs. Although General Ningde is a little impulsive, he is not a reckless man, he will be measured. It is estimated that he has never been in the war, so he took the opportunity to go out and open meat. If I had these good weapons, I would try them out. Li Yunhe is also very good at enlightening people, but Zhang Zhimu feels that what Li Yunhe said makes sense.

Duan Jingzhong did not participate in the comments on this matter, he was mixed up from officialdom and knew what he should do with his identity. They are different from Li Yunhe, Li Yunhe is not involved in all the company's affairs.

Duan Jingzhong took out a drawing and spread it on the table, and Zhang Zhimu looked up and saw that this was a map of the basin of the Fen River.

Zhang Zhimu understood that they were going to study with him about building a bridge over the Fen River.

Li Yunhe said: "We found a suitable place to build a bridge near the Lilingshui Wharf on the Fen River. The river is narrower, but the current is fast. However, the good thing is that the silt and sand at the bottom of the river are also a little shallow. Taking advantage of the freezing of the river in winter, we spread wood on the ice on the river surface and poured water to freeze it firmly, then set up a drilling rig and drilled under the river, and we drilled a hole every 25 meters across the river. And it was twenty meters apart and a row of holes were drilled. The width of this stretch of water is 150 meters. ”

As he spoke, Li Yunhe pulled out two more drawings. Here are two cross-sections of the river surface, each marked with the dimensions of the river's water, silt, and bedrock depth.

Li Yunhe added: "Each of our boreholes is stopped after drilling two meters into the bedrock. ”

Zhang Zhimu observed: "Although it is the dry season in winter, the deepest depth of this section of water is still eight meters deep, and the average depth of silt is three meters. But the deepest part is not in the middle of the river, but on the side near the west bank. ”

After reading this picture, Zhang Zhimu couldn't help but say: "Great, the location you chose is good, so that Lanxian on the other side of the Fen River and the east of the river will be connected together, especially after the river is our Lingshui Wharf." In my place, let's just build three piers in the water. In this way, we can use two arches with a span of 50 meters and two arches with a span of 25 meters on the water. However, the bridge deck must be high enough for sailboats to pass through. Otherwise, it will affect the shipping and shadow the business of Lingshui Wharf. Hehe! ”

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The Song army occupied Hokkaido, and Yuankou landed on the island of Kyushu. Opening up the Japanese battlefield. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".