Chapter 82 Loom (please subscribe!)
I only see these three blue passives:
[Blue Passive—Zhaza Makes the Machine: When making a wooden loom, the woodworking skill is temporarily increased by 1 level. ]
[Blue Passive - Ink Attack: When making wooden siege engines, the carpentry skill is temporarily increased by 1 level. ]
[Blue Passive - Wooden Ox and Flow Horse: When making wooden vehicles, the carpentry skill is temporarily increased by 1 level. 】
These three skills are all blue skills, and they all made Su Ze drool.
The skill level is temporarily increased by 1 level, which is a very powerful passive verb bar.
Each skill level increase provides a huge improvement.
Taking this carpentry as an example, there are two main aspects of improvement.
One is the improvement of the production level. Woodworking level 1 can make chopsticks, but the bamboo chopsticks made by Su Ze at level 1 are crooked, and the two chopsticks are not close together at all.
But the wooden chopsticks made at Level 4 are already straight and smooth, no worse than the bamboo chopsticks sold in the county.
Another aspect is that you can get more blueprints by increasing your level.
Level 1 carpenters can only make simple daily necessities such as tables and chairs, while level 4 can make complex carpentry tasks such as cabinets and furniture.
Now that Su Ze has been promoted to Level 5, he can already make transmission wooden machinery such as waterwheels, windmills and spinning wheels.
Su Ze looked at the three blue passives this time, and the first thing he eliminated was the second one.
Siege machinery requires level 10 carpenters to make. Not only does it require a lot of time to gain experience, but more importantly, what era is it now? It’s already the sixteenth century! Who wants to use wooden siege engines?
There are Hongyi cannons for sale in Yuegang, so what’s the point of using carpentry skills to make siege engines?
What Su Ze is struggling with right now is the two skills "Zhaza makes machines" and "Wooden cows and horses flow".
The textile machine is a good thing! The Jenny spinning machine is generally considered to be the beginning of the first industrial revolution. The spinning machine equipped with a flying shuttle greatly improved the efficiency of cotton spinning and was eight times more efficient than the old spinning wheel!
Moreover, it is easy to buy cotton in Fujian. With textile machines, Changningwei can add a big and profitable industry.
Before the Ming Dynasty, the main domestic clothing materials were linen and silk.
The poor wore linen and the rich wore silk. Cotton was widely introduced to the Yangtze River region after Huang Daopo invented the spinning wheel and cotton seed removal technology at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The rise of Songjiang Prefecture was closely related to the cotton textile industry. has a huge relationship with the rise of
Cotton is also grown in Fujian. In the Yuan Dynasty, a cotton promotion department was established in Fujian to promote cotton cultivation.
There is also a local cotton textile industry in Fujian, but it is not as competitive as Songjiang Prefecture. Only a small amount is circulated in Fujian, and the people call it "homespun cloth".
Moreover, Fujian is close to the sea. As long as the sea route is open, it is easy to buy cotton in Fujian.
This was also a period of great development for cotton fabrics, and Su Ze now had "chemical engineering" skills. If he could develop dye technology, this would be a huge moneymaker.
The skill of "wooden cow, flowing horse" is also very important.
After reaching Level 5, Su Ze already had blueprints for making ordinary wooden carriages and small fishing boats in his mind, but to be able to participate in the manufacture of a 200-material warship like the Changning Guard that went to sea, he needed Level 10 carpenters.
To make a larger warship, a carpenter of level 15 or above is required.
"Temporarily increasing the carpentry skill by one level" allows Su Ze to participate in the construction of a 200-material sea ship at Level 9, and allows him to participate in the construction of a 500-material war ship at Level 14. This can save a lot of experience. time!
After much deliberation, Su Ze finally chose the skill "Zhaza Flirting".
The reason is naturally very simple. Changning Guard itself has shipwrights, and what restricts the development of Changning Guard warships is not the lack of technology, but the lack of money and materials.
Nowadays, Changning Weili, a 200-material blessing ship, consumes an astonishing number of materials every year for maintenance. Materials such as sails need to be uniformly allocated by the court.
Moreover, shipbuilding also requires a large amount of seasoned wood. Even if Su Zekong had shipbuilding skills, it would be useless without these materials.
In contrast, things like textile machines are a good way to lead Changning Wei to get rich as quickly as possible.
"Choose 'Zhaza Make Machine'!"
The production drawings of the wooden loom came into Su Ze's mind. In fact, the structure of Jenny's loom is not too complicated, and it can be made with the materials Changning Wei currently has at hand.
[Remaining freedom points: 2]
Looking at the two freedom points, Su Ze fell into confusion again.
Nowadays, the current situation is turbulent, and these two attribute points are quite critical.
Su Ze also hesitated whether to continue adding it to strength or add it to other attributes.
Forget it, save it temporarily and order it again when needed.
After shutting down the system, Su Ze began to think about Changning Wei.
It seems that he will also be involved in the musket trade tonight. Su Ze wants to ask Zhang Haihu and the Japanese pirates if they can get cotton.
The rain in the south came and went quickly. By the evening, the wind and rain had subsided. After dark, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing the faint and bright starlight.
Su Ze and Zhu Qi stood on the temporary dock, with Changning Guard's soldiers behind them. It was about to be the delivery date agreed with Haihou'er.
Last time, a lantern was hung on the bow of the small boat. It swayed with the waves in the night, and the boat gradually came to the shore. The lantern reflected the sharp-mouthed face of the sea monkey.
Haihou'er and his group of Japanese pirates still think that Zhu Qi is the leader. He raised his hands and said to Zhu Qi: "Master Qi!" Zhu
Qi returned the favor, and Haihou'er said with a playful smile: "Master Qi's business is getting bigger and bigger. , Even bird guns are being sold!"
After the boat docked, a few strong men from the army stepped onto the boat and moved three baskets off the boat.
The dark barrel reflected silver light in the night. When Su Ze was doing research with his mentor, he had only seen unearthed cultural relics. This was the first time he saw a brand-new gun.
After moving the things onto the dock, Su Ze picked up a blunderbuss in the basket.
These blunderbuss were of different lengths and even different models. I don’t know where Zhang Haihu got them.
However, Su Ze is not an official purchaser and does not care about the origin of this batch of goods. In this era, there is no mature factory production process and there is no such thing as quality control. Even the muskets produced from the same batch of goods may be of different lengths. One, this is a normal phenomenon.
This gun is about 1.5 meters long, and even someone as tall as Su Ze needs both hands to pick it up.
Judging from the length, this batch should be imported goods.
After the Battle of Shuangyu Island, the Ming Dynasty also began to imitate bird muskets on its own. However, the bird muskets of the Ming Dynasty had shorter barrel lengths, smaller powder charges, and generally did not have shoulder butts.
As for why the muskets of the Ming Dynasty did this, according to Instructor Su Ze, it should be because of the backward iron smelting technology. In order to prevent the chamber from exploding, Ming craftsmen did not dare to make muskets with a larger amount of medicine.
In order to save materials, naturally there is no need for such a long gun barrel, and because the charge is small, the recoil is naturally small, so there is no need for a shoulder butt. Later, when Qi Jiguang was equipping the Qi Army with bird guns, he did not like the bird guns issued by the Daming Firearms Bureau, and preferred the "Japanese guns" and "foreign guns" seized from the Japanese pirates.
Some local regiments even made their own muskets, and the quality was better than those produced by the imperial court.
The appearance and structure of the blunderbuss are much the same as those of modern rifles, with a wooden shoulder stock, a long barrel, front and rear sights, and even a trigger.
However, the current percussive mercury-fulminating gunpowder has not yet been invented, so what is held on the trigger is a slow-burning match rope. When fighting is needed, the match rope is lit. Once the trigger is pulled, the match rope will be pressed into the gunpowder port. Ignite the powder in the barrel.
The explosion and expansion of the gunpowder will push the lead bullet out of the muzzle, hitting the enemy.
From this point of view, Zhang Haihu's price of one or two taels of silver for a gun can be regarded as a reasonable price.
Haihou'er glanced at Su Ze, but his eyes were still on Zhu Qi.
"Master Qi, Master Hu has spent a lot of effort on this product."
Zhu Qi followed what Su Ze taught him and said quickly: "Then I'll trouble Master Hu more. I'll have to trouble Master Hu more in the future." It's gone!"
Haihou'er sighed and said: "After completing your deal, we will retreat to the open sea. I don't know when we will see you next time."
Zhu Qi was surprised and quickly asked:
"Why is this? ? Mr. Hu wants to withdraw from Nanpi Island?"
Nanpi Island is a living island with fresh water. It is a large island that can accommodate a thousand people. Zhang Haihu has been operating on this island for a long time, and he even gave up if he said he gave up.
Haihou'er said with a bitter face: "Master Tiger doesn't want to give up this foundation, but monk Mingshan has gathered troops at sea to lure the real Japanese to attack eastern Zhejiang, echoing the uprising of ancestor Luo Fu in Jiangxi. King Lu is also gathering The soldiers are going to invade Fujian again."
After saying this, Hai Hou'er glanced at Zhu Qi meaningfully, and then at the Changning Guardsmen behind Zhu Qi.
The soldiers of Changning Guard showed complex expressions such as shock, horror, and hatred.
All this was seen by Su Ze. He looked at Zhu Qi again and saw Zhu Qi's face turned pale.
Zhu Qi asked tremblingly: "Is the Deer King really coming?"
Haihou'er also said in a low voice: "It's absolutely true. Captain Haifeng has sent an envoy to inform my Lord Tiger. Is this still false?
" The monkey glanced at Zhu Qi meaningfully again and said, "Master Qi, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse for you to join Chang Ning Wei at this time." Su Ze lowered his head to
check the musket while thinking carefully about the conversation between the two.
The captain of Haifeng is Wang Zhi, the great pirate who Zhang Haihu and his group have taken refuge in. With Level 5 history coming into play, Monk Mingshan should be another group of great pirates who oppose Wang Zhi, that is, Xu Feng, the leader of the plundering faction.
Xu Feng once became a monk when he was young and poor. Later, he called himself Monk Mingshan at sea. The deer king may be the leader of a Japanese pirate gang under Xu Feng.
In this way, the plundering pirates of Xu Feng's faction are about to take action. The Lu King wants to lead his troops to plunder Fujian. As a trade faction, Zhang Haihu knows that he cannot defeat these guys, so he voluntarily abandoned his base, Nanpi Island, and evacuated to the open sea. .
Sure enough, a storm was coming, but Su Ze was thinking about another question: why was the civil unrest in Luofu, Shanxi not recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty?
If the Luo Fu people colluded with the big Japanese pirate Xu Feng, it would have caused a great chaos in the southeast, which logically should be recorded in history.
But Su Ze carefully recalled the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty in his mind, and there was no such record.
However, in the 33rd year of Jiajing, Japanese pirates did invade eastern Zhejiang and occupied Ningbo and Putuo for a time. The imperial court ordered Yu Dayou to attack Ningbo. Yu Dayou suffered a major defeat as soon as he entered the army and was almost dismissed from his post and investigated by the imperial court.
Later, Yu Dayou fought steadily, and it was not easy to stabilize the situation and regain Ningbo.
In this way, Liu Feng did lead the Japanese pirates to attack eastern Zhejiang, but eastern Zhejiang is connected to Jiangxi. If Luo Fu and Liu Feng really colluded, why is there no record of rebellion in Jiangxi?
Could it be that Luo Fu in Jiangxi was quickly put down and therefore failed to respond to Liu Feng's actions?
After much deliberation, it seems that there is only one possibility. After all, the Ming Dynasty still has some stamina. There are constant factional disputes in the court, but there is still order in the court. The generals include Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang. These are all famous generals in the world, and they can still give The Ming Dynasty continued to live.
The trade route that was finally established with Zhang Haihu was about to be cut off like this.
And seeing how Zhang Haihu was so afraid of this deer king, he must also be a relatively powerful Japanese pirate in the nearby area.
After Su Ze checked all the muskets, he said to Haihou'er:
"Master Qi, these muskets are fine."
Zhu Qi already looked a little frightened.
Haihou'er secretly despised him. This guy was really just a salt man. He was so frightened when he heard the name of King Lu.
Haihou'er glanced at Su Ze again, but Zhu Qi, the younger brother, had no change in his expression and looked like a talented person.
Zhang Haihu and the others are no longer able to protect themselves. Now that they want to evacuate from Nanpi Island, they no longer need to recruit talents.
Haihou'er was a little regretful. He had just made a few business deals with Changning Wei, and now he was leaving. He didn't know when he would return to Nanpi Island next time, and he didn't know how many of these old customers would be left.
In particular, the Changning Guard was the most active in fighting Japanese pirates on weekdays, and was a thorn in the side of the predatory Japanese pirates. Maybe this time the Japanese invaders invaded the southeast, and the Changning Guard would be destroyed.
Over the years, countless guard stations have been captured and massacred by Japanese pirates, including the David Station with 5,000 people, and the Changning Guard Station with only a hundred households. Under this general trend, there is no way to resist.
Su Ze raised his hand to Haihou'er and said, "Master Monkey, how many cannons are there with Master Tiger?"
Haihou'er looked at Zhu Qi, and he also saw that Su Ze was a person who could make the decision, and he said:
" The most I can sell to you is fifty."
"Do you have both powder and lead bullets?"
"There are also ten thousand rounds of powder and lead bullets."
Ten thousand rounds, on average, a blunderbuss costs 200 Fa, if you include the loss of practice, this is simply not enough.
However, Su Ze couldn't be picky. He immediately said, "Can you sell them all to us?"
Haihou'er thought for a while, he was going to evacuate overseas anyway, so it would be better to sell these muskets to Zhu Qi and the others.
Su Ze asked again: "Does Mr. Hu still have any goods that are inconvenient to handle? We, the Seventh Master, also want them."
Now that he was about to leave, Haihou'er said directly: "Last time, the Seventh Master asked for 300 kilograms of Cochin candy. , and there is also a batch of cotton that was originally going to be shipped to Songjiang Prefecture."
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