The Eighth Prince brought Old Taijun She, Dalang's daughter-in-law Hua Jieyu, Zhou Yunjing, and the maid Yang Paifeng, because Yang Paifeng had the best relationship with the Eighth Sister, and what Yang Paifeng thought about at home was not what the Eighth Sister thought.
The only solution was to bring Yang Paifeng over. Wang Qinruo, Kou Zhun and the others rushed to Cangzhou Fangxiang. Now Mrs. She was also very anxious. She didn't know if Liu Zhiliang was telling lies.
I feel unsure.
Kou Zhun was the same at this time. Now facing the threat of Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao Kingdom and the attitude of Mrs. She, Kou Zhun hesitated for the Song Dynasty.
Kou Zhen lived in Changping Township, Taigu, Taiyuan, then moved to Fengxu, and finally moved to Xiabang, Huazhou. Kou Zhen was born in a famous family, and his distant ancestor Su Chasheng served as a military officer during the reign of King Wu of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Because of his repeated great achievements, he was awarded
He took his official surname as his surname. His father, Kou Xiang, passed the imperial examination in the Kaiyun period of the Later Jin Dynasty. Later, he was appointed to serve in the royal family of the King of Wei and join the army. Due to his repeated meritorious service, he was granted the title of Duke of the State and was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Master Shangshu Ling. Kou Xiang
He was intelligent, diligent and eager to learn. He had already written many excellent poems when he was fourteen. He was able to master "Spring and Autumn" at the age of fifteen.
In the fifth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign (980), 19-year-old Kou Zhen passed the Jinshi examination. When Song Taizong selected Jinshi, he often went to the platform in front of the palace to visit and ask questions in person. Young people were often not accepted. Someone taught Kou Zhen to add his age.
, Kou Su said: "I have just prepared to embark on an official career, how can I deceive Your Majesty?" Later, I passed the exam, was appointed as a judge in Dali, and was sent to Badong, Guizhou as magistrate. After completing my term, he was appointed as magistrate of An County. From then on.
He was successively promoted to the positions of Judge of Salt and Iron, Doctor of the Ministry of Finance and Minister of Yu, and Privy Councilor.
In the second year of Duangong (989), Kou Zhen once made a speech in the palace and boldly gave advice. Because his loyal words were offensive to his ears, Song Taizong could not listen to them. He left the Dragon Throne angrily and wanted to return to the inner palace. Kou Zhen grabbed Song Taizong's hand.
Afterwards, Song Taizong admired Kou Ni very much and said happily: "I got Kou Ni, just like Tang Taizong got Wei Zheng."
Kou Ni was famous for his uprightness and resourcefulness among the officials of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. In the early years of Chunhua, the Northern Song Dynasty court dealt with two bribery cases. Wang Huai, who had serious cases, and had stolen tens of millions of dollars, was dismissed from his post. Soon after,
Kou Zhen was reinstated to his original position; but Zuji, who had a less serious crime, was sentenced to death. Kou Zhen knew that this was Wang Huai's brother, who was involved in political affairs, and was responsible for Wang Miao, so he felt resentful and unjust.
A severe drought occurred in the spring of the second year of Chunhua (991). Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty summoned his ministers to inquire about the pros and cons of current affairs. Most of the ministers believed that it was caused by the number of days, but Kou Zhen said: "It is said in "Hong Fan" that the relationship between heaven and man is
, respond to each other like shadows and echoes, the drought is because the punishment is unfair." Song Taizong was very angry, got up and returned to the palace. After a while, he summoned Kou Zhen to ask about the unfair punishment, Kou Zhen said
"I hope to summon the officials from the second government, so I will tell you." The emperor ordered to summon the officials from the second government, and Kou Zhen said: "Not long ago, both Zu Ji and Wang Huai broke the law and accepted bribes. Zu Ji accepted less bribes but
Wang Huai was beheaded because he was Wang Mi's younger brother who was involved in politics. He received tens of millions of dollars and was only punished with a stick, but he was still reinstated. Isn't this unfair?" Song Taizong asked Wang Mi about this matter, and Wang Mi kowtowed.
After apologizing, Song Taizong severely criticized Wang Mi and knew that Kou Ni could be used. He immediately appointed Kou Ni as Zuo Jianyi doctor and deputy privy envoy. He was changed to Tongzhiyuan and began to directly participate in the military and state affairs of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Kou Zhen had a serious disagreement with Zhang Xun in the Privy Council. One day, Kou Zhen and Wen Zhongshu went out together. On the road, they met a madman who greeted his horse and shouted "Long live." Zuo Jinwu, Wang Bin and Zhang Xun had always been friends.
Well, Zhang Xun asked him to report the matter to Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. Kou Zhen quoted Wen Zhongshu as a witness, and Zhang Xun asked Wang Bin to present the report alone. He spoke very harshly and accused each other of each other's shortcomings. Song Taizong was very angry and demoted Zhang Xun.
Kou Zuo was also removed from office and appointed as the prefect of Qingzhou.
But at this time, Song Taizong could no longer do without Kou Ni. After Kou Ni went to Qingzhou, Song Taizong was unhappy and often asked about Kou Ni's situation in Qingzhou. The next year, Kou Ni was recalled to the capital and became the governor of political affairs.
In the first year of Zhidao (995), it was added to Shizhong.
At that time, Song Taizong had been in power for a long time and had not established a crown prince. This matter has always been a headache for Song Taizong. Because after Song Taizu died, his son Dezhao failed to succeed, Song Taizong practiced Zuo as the emperor's younger brother, and
There is also the mystery of the death of Song Taizu: the sound of candle shadow and axe, which means that Song Taizong was suspected of killing his brother to seize the throne. Therefore, when Song Taizong passed the throne, he faced two choices: to establish his own son, or to establish Taizu's son.
.At that time, most ministers kept silent about the matter of establishing a crown prince. Minister Feng Zheng once petitioned to establish a crown prince, but was demoted to Lingnan by Taizong. From then on, few people in the government and the public dared to discuss the matter.
Kou Zhen had just returned from Qingzhou and went to see Song Taizong. Song Taizong was suffering from foot disease at the time. After Kou Zhen saw the injury, he asked affectionately: "Why did you just come back to Beijing now?" Song Taizong felt a little sorry.
Then Song Taizong asked Kou Zhen who should be appointed as the crown prince. Kou Zhen had already guessed Song Taizong's purpose of summoning him this time, and he already had a plan in mind, but he did not directly answer Song Taizong's question.
The statue of Kou Ni said: "When choosing a king for the world, you should not discuss with the concubines, eunuchs, or close ministers; you should choose the one who is popular and be the crown prince." Song Taizong lowered his head and thought for a long time, and turned away those around him.
, asked softly: "How is King Xiang?" Kou Zhen was secretly happy, so he followed suit and said: "There is no better son than a father. Since your majesty thinks that King Xiang is suitable, please make a decision." The next day, Song Taizong announced that Zhao Heng, King of Xiang,
He was named Kaifeng Yin, changed his title to King Shou, and was later established as Crown Prince.
Song Taizong and the prince came back from visiting the ancestral temple. People in the capital crowded on both sides of the road and were beaming, vying to see the prince. At this time, someone in the crowd shouted "Young Emperor". After hearing this, Song Taizong was very unhappy and asked Kou Ni: "
If the hearts of the people turn to the crown prince, where will I be placed?" Kou Zhen repeatedly congratulated him and said, "The crown prince chosen by your majesty is deeply popular, which is a blessing to the country." Song Taizong suddenly realized that he rewarded Kou Zhen with a drink and got drunk. After that, the Song Dynasty
Taizong relied more on Kou Ni. Someone presented a treasure to Song Taizong: a Tongtian rhinoceros. Song Taizong had him process it into two rhinoceros belts, one for his own use and the other as a gift to Kou Ni.
In the third year of Zhidao (997), Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty passed away, and Prince Zhao Heng succeeded him as Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty.
It is difficult to do it alone.
The Eighth Prince and his entourage came to Cangzhou, and the magistrate of Cangzhou came out to greet the Eighth Prince and his entourage. Cangzhou relied on the influence of Tianjing New City. This year, Cangzhou also experienced earth-shaking changes under the influence of Tianjing New City. Cangzhou City also nearly doubled in size.
The population has doubled as before. Businessmen are also predicting that Tianjing New City is not a city of the Song Dynasty after all. Everyone is still a little worried. This will actually promote the development of Cangzhou's economy. The most important thing is that Yang Peng actually built the road all the way to
The east gate of Cangzhou. This brings great convenience to travel from Cangzhou to Tianjing New City.
When those businessmen had money, they bought cement, bricks, and steel in Tianjing New City and began to build villas in Cangzhou according to the plan of Tianjing New City. Now all the east new cities in Cangzhou are villa areas for those businessmen, and the Cangzhou County Magistrate also
All the streets in Cangzhou were built with cement roads, which Yang Peng gave to the magistrate of Cangzhou for free. It took some labor to build the roads. Now Cangzhou is also a unique new city in the Song Dynasty. The magistrate of Cangzhou is also considered a good official, and Yang Peng
The relationship is still good.
Zhuang Ming, the magistrate of Cangzhou, brought the Eighth Prince and his entourage to the Cangzhou County Government Office. The Eighth Prince said, "I came to Cangzhou a few years ago. I didn't expect that you have developed Cangzhou so well in the past few years. Thank you for your hard work in the past few years." Zhuang Ming
He said, "This is not my fault. The most important thing is that the goods in Tianjing New City are really attractive. That Tianjing New City is not a city in the Song Dynasty. People who go to Tianjing New City to do business all settle in our Cangzhou.
The Tianjing New City also donated hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cement to us, so that we could afford to build roads and expand Cangzhou City."
Kou Zhun said, "Your streets are made of cement. Can't we make this kind of cement?" Zhuang Ming said, "No one here can do it, because no one among us understands it. People in Tianjing New City see the secret recipe."
It was very tight. Last time I killed eleven people who wanted to steal the secret recipe. Because the wages in Tianjing New City were very high, few people did this. If they found out, they would kill them and all their families would be driven out of Tianjing.
In the new city, there is no government anywhere. Yang Peng is the city owner of Tianjing New City. Not to mention that Yang Peng is really good to the people. Now the people who help Yang Peng farm don’t have to pay a penny in land rent. No matter what you farm,
No matter how many fields you harvest, it's all yours, but if you have too much grain, you must sell it to Yang Peng. Private transactions in grain are not allowed. That is a hard-fought condition of Tianjing New City, and there is no reason to say so. Now tens of thousands of people are helping Yang Peng.
Peng farmed, and the Khitans did not dare to take the idea of Tianjing New City. Yang Peng's army was too powerful. The last time the Khitans raided the grass valley and just left Yingzhou, Yang Peng and the others killed a hundred men within a mile.
Only two people in Peng's army were slightly injured, and no one died."
The Eighth Prince said, "They are so powerful. How many people do they have in Tianjing New City now?" Zhuang Ming said, "The total number of people farming for Yang Peng should be nearly 200,000 now, and there are about 80,000 in Tianjing New City."
People, the others are mainly in various villages, and there are ten towns." The Eighth Prince said, "There are so many people, and they can protect them with an army of more than two thousand people." Zhuang Ming said, "That was in the past, now
Their army exceeds 10,000, and their soldiers are paid three taels of silver a month. Now there are no beggars in Cangzhou, Yingzhou, Mozhou, and Youzhou, let alone refugees. They all go to Yang Peng, who now grows two crops a year.
There is no need to worry about food at all. People here also learn from Tianjing New City and have two crops a year. They even send people here to ask us to grow food."
Mrs. She felt relieved. Lin Qing'er really did not just bring a good apprentice, she brought glory to our Yang family. There is also hope that the Yang family's great revenge can be avenged. Yang Paifeng
My heart has already flown to Tianjing New City.
The Eighth Prince said to Wang Qinruo, "Wang Aiqing, write a letter immediately and send it to the officials at full speed, asking the Queen Mother Xiao to come to Yingzhou for hunting. Five thousand people are not enough, so it is best to send ten thousand people here. Just write like this."
The Eighth Prince also felt confident. He felt confident when he saw Cangzhou. Now after listening to the words of Cangzhou County Magistrate Zhuang Ming, he felt even more confident.
The Eighth Prince said to the old lady, "Old lady, when we get to Tianjing New City, I will ask you to intercede in front of Lin Qing'er. Because we are all Han people, I guarantee that I will give your Yang family an explanation for Qilang's matter. This is yours."
Just don’t worry.”
Mrs. She said, "Eighth Prince, don't worry, Qing'er is also a reasonable person, and Yang Peng is also Qing'er's apprentice. He will definitely take the master's words seriously, and he will fight against the Khitans from them on."
That just explains the problem, but when you get to Tianjing New City, just don’t be aggressive."
Yang Peng returned to Tianjing New City. Yang Peng checked various industries again. After confirming that there were no problems, he began to invest in the development of modified rolling bearings. Bearings are indispensable for industrial production and can greatly reduce the rotation of mechanical joints.
Friction can improve the operating efficiency of machinery and enhance the stability of mechanical operation. Without bearings, modern machinery would not be able to be manufactured at all. This is just because Yang Peng's current bearing method is too simple and not large-scale.
As a city owner and product designer, Yang Peng has basic skills in bearing production. Yang Peng has understood the principles of bearings from the beginning, and has also looked up some simple methods of making bearings, and now he is just using them. Yang Peng has been making
The gunsmith apprentices selected ten blacksmiths who were good at processing steel tools. They selected the ten most honest people and called them to stand in a specially built workshop. The workshop was divided into ten rooms, each
Every room has a furnace for forging iron and burning steel.
Yang Peng first educated them on the confidentiality regulations: "I'm looking for you to make a new thing. After this thing is made, your monthly income will be increased to three taels per month, and your three meals will remain the same." After hearing Yang Peng's words, the craftsmen
They are all very excited. Is the city lord going to do something new again? This time I have found myself, and I am going to make a fortune!
Yang Peng excited the craftsmen for a while, and then said slowly: "But I will give you a high salary, but I want you to strictly keep the secret. If I find out that anyone leaks the secret of producing this thing, it will be a death penalty!" He looked at it coldly for ten times.
Looking at the blacksmith, Yang Peng said: "The thirteen traitors in the glass workshop are a precedent. You don't want to make the same mistake again, right?"
The ten craftsmen were not happy for a while, but they were frightened and nervous by the words of the city lord. Wu Tietou, who was chosen as the head craftsman, quickly replied: "Can the city lord still not trust me, Wu Tietou? It's just a knife on my neck.
, I won’t leak any secrets!” The other craftsmen also replied: “Sir, we are all honest blacksmiths and we will not leak secrets!” “Sir, we all do things honestly and will not leak secrets.”
Yang Peng nodded and said: "This new workshop implements a joint sitting system. If one person leaks secrets, ten people will be punished together! The person who leaks secrets will be beheaded, and the others will also have to deduct a year's wages. So if you see other people stealing secrets, all of you will be punished.
Go up and stop it and report it!" Wu Tietou patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir, I, Wu Tietou, will be the first to get in trouble with anyone who steals secrets!"
Yang Peng looked at the blacksmiths and saw that they were all serious and shocked, and then said: "The thing I want to make is called a bearing! I want to make eight steel balls from good steel, polish them and round them. Then
We also need to cast two steel rings, one large and one small. Leave two tracks for the steel balls, one inside and one outside. Then let the eight steel balls rotate on the tracks of the steel ring. Finally, make two iron sheets.
The cage fixes these steel balls inside the steel ring so that they do not collide. You also know that we have the best steel factory here, and Da Song does not have the ability to make such good steel."
Hearing Yang Peng's words, the ten blacksmiths were a little confused. They had never seen rolling bearings, and they didn't know what Yang Peng was talking about. Yang Peng began to teach them one by one. Yang Peng divided the bearing production into five
Process. The first process is to make two steel rings, one large and one small. The second process is to cut the steel rod into small sections as the raw material for making balls. The third step is to heat the ball raw material, and then use a high-temperature soft
The ball raw material is placed on a steel mold and beaten, and a small section of steel rod is beaten into a ball. The fourth step is to use a good porcelain clay grinding wheel and a fine steel grinding disc to grind the ball, eliminate burrs, and polish the steel ball. The last process is to use iron sheet
Two cages clamp the balls on both sides and fix the steel balls to the predetermined position of the track.
Yang Peng divided the ten craftsmen into five groups to operate different processes. Yang Peng asked the craftsmen to only focus on their own processes and not to understand or inquire about other people's operations. Then Yang Peng took out the drawings he drew and gave them to each process.
After five groups of craftsmen looked at the drawings, the ten craftsmen had some idea of what they should do.
Yang Peng guided the craftsmen step by step in building the bearings from beginning to end. The first step was to cast the steel ring, which was simple. Use sand to make a mold and pour molten steel into it. However, in order to reduce the pores and honeycombs on the steel parts, Yang Peng asked the blacksmiths to
The cast steel ring is used to make an iron mold, and then the iron mold is used to cast the steel ring.
Then, a round steel rod is heated until soft, and then placed on a simple cutter to cut out a small section of steel material as the raw material of the ball. Put the raw material of the ball in a bucket and heat it in a furnace.
After it is red hot, take out the raw materials one by one and place them on a steel block with a semicircular hole. Use a steel stick with a semicircular hole on the head to press it against the ball raw material. Use a hammer to hammer the steel stick.
Extrude the raw material into a ball shape.
After obtaining the rough balls, use multiple ball screens to screen the balls to remove too large or too small balls. Then use a grinding wheel and grinding disc to deburr and polish the balls. After obtaining smooth balls, temper and heat the balls, and finally pour
Quench in hot oil to increase the hardness of the balls. After the balls are ready, arrange the balls in a row into the outer ring of the bearing. After installing the inner ring of the bearing, slide the balls to different positions. The balls and the inner and outer rings will be
Together, they won't fall off.
Finally, an iron sheet is used as a cage, fixed with steel nails, and the balls are wrapped from both sides so that the eight balls are evenly distributed inside the steel ring without collision and friction. Yang Peng guides different blacksmiths step by step on how to make tools.
Production took fifteen days to make the first rolling bearing of this era. Yang Peng added some oil to the bearing, put the bearing on his hand and turned it hard, and the bearing turned four or five times.
Stopped.
Seeing the final effect of the bearing, the blacksmiths were very surprised. The headsmith Wu Tietou said: "Sir, City Lord, this circle can roll so many times on its own, it is so smooth! Sir, what is this used for?" Yang Peng did not
In answer to Wu Tietou's words, I wonder why this bearing doesn't work well? It can only rotate four or five times? Although this is much better than without a bearing, it is obvious that the bearing designed by Yang Peng should not have such an effect. I thought about it.
Yang Peng thought that the inner and outer rings of the bearing were probably too rough, and the friction coefficient was too high, causing the balls to stop after a few turns.
It seems that the inner and outer ring tracks of the bearing also need to be finely polished. Yang Peng added another process to the entire production - inner and outer ring track polishing - after the steel ring is cast, use a good porcelain clay grinding wheel and a fine steel grinding disc to grind and polish the burrs.
Track. It took another three days, Yang Peng led the blacksmith to make polishing tools and polished the ball track. The bearing was remade and oiled. Yang Peng grabbed it in his hand and turned it hard. The bearing did not work this time.
It stopped, turned and turned for a long time, at least a dozen times, and then slowly stopped.
This kind of bearing can meet the needs of Yang Peng, and Yang Peng is very satisfied. Feeling happy, Yang Peng said loudly: "The bearing is successfully manufactured, and each of the ten craftsmen will be given three taels of silver as a reward!" The craftsmen were overjoyed and shouted loudly one by one.
He said: "My lord, you are so kind!" "Your Majesty, the City Lord is so proud!" "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After completing the trial production of the bearings, the bearing workshop began to mass-produce bearings. There were ten craftsmen in the bearing workshop. These ten craftsmen worked together and could produce ten rolling bearings a day. By June 29, the workshop had already produced
More than a hundred bearings were purchased. These more than a hundred bearings are the treasures of Tianjing New City and must be used in the most critical places. Yang Peng found several carpenters and first equipped these bearings on the ballista, replacing the machine
The original wooden shaft frame of the ballista.
In the past, the mechanical crossbow required a horse to drag it to move. When defending the city, the space on the city wall was narrow and it was difficult for horses to maneuver. It was inconvenient to transfer the crossbow on the city wall. With the bearing, the friction on the crossbow axle was greatly reduced, making the crossbow less convenient.
It is much easier to move. Six machine crossbowmen can pull the 175 kilogram crossbow for short distance movement. Therefore, the crossbow can be quickly transferred on the city wall and support the enemy's main attack side at any time. This
This is a great benefit for city defense.
If the crossbows could not move, the three hundred crossbows would be evenly distributed on the four walls, and less than a hundred could be deployed in each direction. Now that the crossbows can maneuver quickly, they can concentrate the vast majority of the crossbows in the direction of the enemy's main attack.
Design enemies. However, Yang Peng is still worried about city defense. The Khitan people are very ambitious now. Yang Peng can only rest assured if he arranges the Tianjing New City more tightly. In March, he hired a thousand people from nearby to guard the city wall.
Numerous large and small potholes were excavated one to two hundred meters outside. These potholes are two to three meters deep, small ones are ten meters long and wide, and large ones are dozens of meters wide. There are several layers from the outside to the inside, and they are dotted around the outside of the city wall.
.By June, these potholes were all completed.
If the enemy's infantry attacks, these pits will force them to make a detour. Within the range of the flintlock rifle, every additional meter the enemy detours will bear a little more pressure of death. If the enemy builds chariots to attack the city, these pits will force them to take a detour.
Holes can directly stop chariots. Only by filling these gullies can chariots continue to move forward. For infantry who leave their chariots to fill the ravines, the flintlock rifles on the city wall will become their nightmare.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.