Chapter 21 Abacus comes out
Looking at the sign hanging, Wu Ji couldn't help but feel excited and clenched his right hand tightly into a fist.
"Military industry, military industry, is arms! I finally have an arms company!" Wu Ji kept screaming in his heart.
In this era, arms companies were absolutely fresh, and even the military weapons surveillance of the Song Dynasty could not be compared with it. You should know that the arms that Wu Ji wanted to produce were modern colors and had a certain level of modern technology.
As for nuclear bombs, aircraft, tanks, cannons, Wu Ji asked himself that he could not produce them at the technical level. However, it is definitely not a problem to make some bombs. Bombs were a brand new weapon for the Song Dynasty. Even the most rustic bombs had broad prospects in the Song Dynasty and would definitely be popular. If Wu Ji had operated well, it might have promoted changes in the Song Dynasty's national destiny.
The Song-Liao War lasted for hundreds of years, and the Song Dynasty was at a disadvantage. If the Song army equipped a large number of bombs, its combat power would be greatly improved and it would have the upper hand. It would be impossible to defeat the Liao Kingdom!
The more Wu Ji thought about this prospect, the more wonderful it became. He couldn't help but look hot and he wanted to create a bomb immediately.
However, I only then did the sign be put on. There was not a single word of the eight characters, and it still took some hard work.
However, everything was difficult at the beginning. Wu Ji hung up the sign and the arms company had been established. The subsequent things would be much easier!
"Boss, what is military industry?" Zhang Daniu asked with his neck tilted, looking confused.
"Well, you will know about it in the future. Well, let's do something else." Wu Ji knew that Zhang Daniu hadn't read many books, so it was still a bit difficult to explain the meaning of the word "Military Engineering" to him clearly. At least it would take a lot of saliva, so he couldn't help but change the topic.
"Ah! Boss, are you going to do a wooden job?" Zhang Daniu suddenly remembered that Wu Ji had asked him if he would have a wooden job.
"Yes!" Wu Ji nodded and said, "Master Zhang, please help me make a wooden job. Let's go inside."
The two of them came to the inner room. Zhang Daniu found an axe and a saw, looked at Wu Ji, and asked, "Boss, what are you doing? What are you?"
"No! The thing I want to make is called abacus!" Wu Ji knew that Zhang Daniu didn't know what abacus was, so he explained to him: "Abacus is not complicated, it is composed of a frame, some wooden sticks, and round abacus beads. That's it!"
While talking, he gestured and told him in detail, vivid and detailed. A sketch seemed to look like a picture. Zhang Daniu understood a lot, and his big eyes were full of confusion: "Boss, what is the use of this thing?"
"This is a calculation tool, which is easier to use than a calculation sheet! With this thing, it is much easier and more convenient to calculate!" Wu Ji briefly explained to Zhang Daniu.
Niu and Yang believed in their seniority and made things difficult for Wu Ji. After getting so many account books, they thought that Wu Ji would not be able to complete it within seven days no matter what. However, they did not know that there was a calculation tool called abacus in later generations. This thing is not complicated to make, and a carpenter could handle it.
The calculation speed of the abacus is many times that of the calculation. If the abacus is made, it would be very easy for Wu Ji to calculate the two stacks of accounts. Therefore, when the two of them were making things difficult for him, Wu Ji didn't care at all.
For others, it may be a difficult thing, but for Wu Ji, it is not difficult at all. Who said Wu Ji can do abacus?
"It's easier to use than the calculation sheet? Really?" Zhang Daniu was a little unbelievable.
Calculation was the most important calculation tool at that time. Before abacus was replaced, it played an extremely important role. The ancients knew this. It was hard for Zhang Daniu to believe that abacus was easier to use than calculation.
"Of course!" Wu Ji would not have any doubts about this.
At present, Wu Ji guided Zhang Daniu to do the abacus. I have to say that Zhang Daniu's wooden work is really good. He made aquarium beads under his skillful hands. They were round and very smooth. Although the smoothness did not reach the level of not rough hands, it was very good to do it by hand to the current level. Wu Ji admired it very much.
Zhang Daniu was not lazy in his work, and he kept busy with work. Sweat came out of his forehead, and he blew it across his sleeves, and then he continued to work.
With his efforts, more and more abacus beads were made, put together, and the boss was a bunch of them.
"Brother Ji, what is military industry?" At this moment, Wu Jian's voice came from behind.
Wu Ji looked back and saw that Wu Jian had sweat on his face, and he was a little breathless, but he looked confused. He started asking as soon as he met.
Yang Xiuxiu, who followed in, was also a little breathless. Like Wu Jian, she looked at Wu Ji with a confused look on her face, looking forward to Wu Ji's answer.
"You guys have a good harvest?" Wu Ji saw the two of them looking a little tired, and he knew that they had bought a lot of raw materials.
"Yeah!" Yang Xiuxiu tapped her head lightly.
"Brother Ji, I don't have much credit for it, and there is a lot of inventory in the pharmacy. We bought a lot of saltpeter and sulfur. We haven't bought charcoal yet. If we buy charcoal again, we won't get it back." Wu Jian was busy explaining the process.
Saltpeter and sulfur are all medicines, so if you want to buy them, you will naturally go to a pharmacy. These two things were used in a large amount of medicinal materials at that time, so there was no need to be surprised to see that there were too many inventory.
When Wu Ji saw that it was full of two large bags, dozens of kilograms, so many bombs were needed. I received so many raw materials at once, and this was a good start. Wu Ji was very happy.
"Brother Ji, you haven't told me what military industry is?" Wu Jian is a studious child. He will not stop if he doesn't understand it.
"Military industry, to put it simply, is to make weapons, such as swords, guns, bows and arrows." Wu Ji explained to them very briefly.
"Military industry is making weapons?" Zhang Daniu had a little understanding, and then he was worried, saying, "Boss, this is absolutely impossible, it is impossible! This can only be done by the court. If the court does not allow it, it is a serious crime! You will be sentenced to a great prison!"
He became more and more frightened: "Before the peace talks with Liaogou, we people danced swords and guns, bent bows and archers, practiced boxing and martial arts, and the court encouraged us. At that time, if we were doing military industry, the court not only did not blame us, but also encouraged the making of powerful weapons. Since the peace talks with Liaogou, the court has not allowed the people to make weapons. If they catch them, it would be a serious crime to behead them!"
The peace talk he mentioned refers to the "Chanyuan Alliance". Before the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song and Liao wars continued, and the Song Dynasty could not defeat the Liao Kingdom and could not maintain peace in the north. The people in the north lived in dire straits and had to practice fist and foot, and practice the art of riding and archery in order to protect themselves.
If this continues, the people in the north will be strong and martial arts will become a trend.
Since the Chanyuan Alliance, there have been wars between the Song and Liao dynasties, but they are much better than before. Relatively speaking, the Song and Liao dynasties entered a period of peaceful coexistence. Therefore, the Song Dynasty was worried that the people in the north were tough and difficult to control, so it began to strictly control the manufacturing of weapons.
When he said this, Yang Xiuxiu and Wu Jian were also worried and nervous.
"It's okay!" Wu Ji didn't care and said with a smile: "I don't have this kind of weapon in the Song Dynasty. It's not a bow, arrow, sword, and gun. Even if the court wants to deal with it strictly, it's impossible."
The Song Dynasty had never heard of bombs and was not banned. Even if the Song Dynasty did not allow Wu Ji to produce it, there was no basis.
"Really?" Zhang Daniu was old and was a city man, and had more knowledge than Yang Xiuxiu and Wu Jian. He immediately came up with an idea: "Boss, if you really want to do it, you can make good friends with the army. If you can do it in the name of the army, then it will be foolproof! Boss, you don't know that it is legitimate to do business with the army. As long as it is beneficial, they will do it, such as swords and guns, bows and arrows, brothels and brothels!"
"Ah!" Wu Ji was very surprised. He never expected that Song Jun would do such a thing.
"It's true! It's true!" Zhang Daniu was very sure.
"If you can get the military's name, you can not only make arms legitimately, but also promote arms trading. Bombs must be sold to the military to get the most income. You have to find an opportunity to build relationships in this matter!" Wu Ji made up his mind.
Wu Jian and Yang Xiuxiu Ming knew what the arms were. They were satisfied. Wu Ji arranged for them to boil the salt. Yang Xiuxiu had done this. With her, Wu Ji didn't have to be distracted and did the calculations with peace of mind.
The abacus beads have been almost done, so I can make some wooden sticks, make a frame, and assemble them. It is not difficult for Zhang Daniu, who has a good wooden work. It is almost late at night and the abacus is finally ready.
"Bang!" Wu Ji held it in his hand, and a sense of familiarity that seemed familiar to me came up. He couldn't help but feel a little excited. The abacus had not been used for many years. He waved his right hand and tweaked the abacus, making a crisp sound.
"One to one, two to two, three to three..." Wu Ji recited the abacus formula and quickly moved the abacus beads.
"Tomorrow, I will open your eyes!" As Wu Ji continued to pull the beads, he became more and more skillful and yawned: "I'm sleepy, sleepy! Master Zhang, rest!"
"Boss, what do you want me to cast?" Wu Ji was already sleepy and had a fight with double eyelids, but Zhang Daniu was full of energy.
Chapter completed!