PNB Chapter 185 I treat you as a brother.
Chapter 185 I treat you as a brother.
"not good."
Wei Caiqin pushed Ye Kun and said with a smile: "We are brothers now. You can stay when we are no longer brothers."
"Okay then, I'll talk to you."
Ye Kun rubbed his face.
You are so ashamed. People treat you as a brother, but you want to...
So Ye Kun sat there obediently, holding Wei Caiqin's hand, and chatted until midnight before leaving.
On this day, Ye Kun was working as a blacksmith and carpenter, and was sweating all over. It was not appropriate for him to get too close to Wei Caiqin.
I went home, took a shower, and went to bed.
After breakfast the next day, Wei Caiqin sent her follower to deliver a letter to Ye Kun, telling him that she was in Lao He's laboratory, playing with Tian Tian, and asked Ye Kun to take care of government affairs.
Because the system was sound and Ye Kun had nothing to do, he went to the laboratory and studied the production of bearings with Lao He.
To improve transportation and processing and manufacturing capabilities, the most important thing now is bearings.
Due to the limitations of steelmaking technology, Ye Kun is currently unable to produce ball bearings and can only design cylindrical bearings.
The material is still bronze.
The bronze chariot buried with Qin Shihuang used simple bearing technology, which is estimated to be around four hundred years old.
So if you think about it, the technology of cylindrical bearings can still be mastered, but it just does not have the high precision of the industrial era.
The bearing drawings were drawn a month ago.
Moreover, Lao He also made wooden bearing samples and asked the craftsmen to experiment with the processing.
Today we gathered together the master mold makers, carpenters, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, silversmiths and coppersmiths to study, install and debug together.
The inner and outer rings and rollers of the bearings are all cast in bronze and then finely polished.
The retainer is made of steel and can only be rubbed by the blacksmith's hands.
The seal is difficult to get, so the retainer also serves as the seal. Wax the gap directly and then apply the resin and butter mixture.
In order to ensure the precision of the roller, Ye Kun also designed and produced the first generation of vernier calipers and feeler gauges, made a small balance, and carefully screened the accessories.
I selected the best materials from a large pile and spent a morning finally assembling four bearings.
Ye Kun tried it, but was still not satisfied with its precision.
Moreover, the wear resistance of bronze is still unclear and depends on the results of use.
Old He was very happy and said with a smile: "Master Ye, with this thing, the wood processed on the sawing machine should be more precise."
"This is just garbage. It's a far cry from what I want." Ye Kun shook his head and smiled.
"But it is definitely better than the original one for carriages, spinning wheels and sawing machines. Everyone, continue production according to the procedure just now. Produce a batch of the several sizes and models I gave you. When the steelmaking technology is improved in the future, we can replace them with steel bearings and start mass production."
The craftsmen nodded in unison.
Ye Kun drew another blueprint and told the goldsmith:
"Make me a high-standard feeler gauge using one, two, and three taels of gold and silver, hammer them into gold foil, and then cut them into long strips and bring them to me."
Stack twenty pieces of gold foil together, measure the thickness, use a scale to select the piece with the middle weight, and divide it by twenty to get the thickness of a single feeler gauge.
With vernier calipers and feeler gauges, we have an intuitive reference standard when producing precision parts.
The craftsmen determined their respective tasks and went to work.
The cook also prepared lunch and invited everyone to eat.
Wei Caiqin came over with Tiantian and said with a smile: "Master Ye, I like Tiantian. Can you take Tiantian back to Jingzhou?"
Lao He waved his hands hurriedly: "No, Mr. Qin, Tiantian needs to help me record a lot of things, and she can't leave."
Until now, Lao He still doesn't know that Wei Caiqin is a woman.
Because Lao He is obsessed with scientific research and design, he is not interested in foreign affairs.
Ye Kun shrugged: "If Lao He doesn't agree, I can't do anything. There are so many beauties in Jingzhou. Mr. Qin, go back and organize a beauty pageant. I guarantee you'll find someone prettier than Tiantian."
Wei Caiqin rolled her eyes in anger: "This young master does not want to take Tiantian as a concubine, but to be friends with her."
Tian Tian knew that Wei Caiqin was a woman dressed as a man, so she covered her mouth and laughed:
"Mr. Qin, my parents are not in good health and I need to take care of them. I will serve you when you come next time."
"Okay, let's eat first."
Wei Caiqin sat down to drink and glared at Ye Kun again: "Stingy guy!"
Ye Kun raised his glass to apologize: "Brother, why don't you take me back with you? I will serve you for the rest of my life. I can serve you tea and water, and make the bed."
Wei Caiqin chuckled: "I will take you back and hand you over to Lord Wei. I will let you become a eunuch and serve others for the rest of your life."
Ye Kun said without hesitation: "As long as I can serve you and stay by your side, I don't care. I am a eunuch!"
He Tiantian knew that Ye Kun and Wei Caiqin were flirting, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
After lunch, Wei Caiqin was about to leave.
Ye Kun held Wei Caiqin's hand and said, "In two days, I will send an envoy to Jingzhou to apologize to Lord Wei. If Lord Wei is no longer angry, I will go to Jingzhou to see you again."
Wei Caiqin nodded and smiled: "My father is soft-hearted. If you send more messengers and say some good words, my father will forgive you."
"Silly girl, your father has forgiven me, otherwise, he would not have let you come to me."
Ye Kun smiled: "Lord Wei is just being cold to me for the sake of face. Besides, your father's agreement to let you come is equivalent to agreeing to our marriage."
Wei Caiqin's face was full of spring, and she smiled and said, "You wish for it. I came here as the young master of Qin Caiwei, not as the third young lady."
"For Lord Wei, it's all the same."
Ye Kun was reluctant to leave: "Take care on your way and wait for me."
"I'll wait for you, take care of yourself too."
Wei Caiqin's eyes were a little red.
Ye Kun gave her a tricycle and the generator, and personally led the troops to escort her twenty miles away to the riverside, where he watched Wei Caiqin get on the boat.
Wei Caiqin came with the Jingzhou caravan, and there were hundreds of people traveling with them, so Ye Kun was relieved.
This section of waterway is the territory of Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu. Not far after Tianmen City is the territory of Jingzhou.
After returning to the county magistrate's mansion, Ye Kun called Zhuge Feng and asked him to go on a diplomatic mission to Jingzhou.
Zhuge Feng accepted the order and frowned again:
"Master Ye, I see that you are indulging in tricks and gimmicks all day long, hanging around in various workshops without any ambition. I'm afraid it's not a blessing for the people of Dongba County."
Another trick!
"Who said I don't have ambition?"
Ye Kun sighed, "Mr. Zhuge, you don't know that all my unique skills are in preparation for Yuanzhi. The plows, water wheels, and various hydraulic workshops I made are all for production so that I can store food and grass."
Zhuge Feng smiled and said, "Then why did Lord Ye make fireworks? Why did he send people to raise pigeons in large numbers?"
Ye Kun rolled his eyes. "Fireworks are used as signal flares. Fireworks can be carried with you, which is better than immovable beacon towers, right? Raising pigeons is also for war preparations. I can't tell you the specific usage now."
Zhuge Feng thought for a moment and said, "Well, I won't ask any more questions. I'll wait and see Master Ye perform Yuanzhi."
Ye Kun nodded: "Don't worry, I will never let you down."
After sending Zhuge Feng away, Ye Kun went to the firearms factory to make wooden-handled grenades.
There is no technical difficulty in using black powder-driven grenades.
It requires manual ignition.
Ye Kun had seen a movie in his previous life called "The Great Wall", which tells the story of the ancient defenders of the Great Wall fighting against the monster Taotie.
The Great Wall guards inside also ignited their firearms manually. Everyone wore a fire starter on their wrist, which was shaped like a watch.
When using a firearm, open the top cover of the fire starter and use the charcoal hidden inside to light the fire.
Ye Kun designed a similar fire starter, a small bronze cylinder that can be worn on the wrist. Inside is a piece of charcoal as thick as a little finger. After lighting the charcoal, push the lid up, just like sealing a stove. When using it, just open the lid.
Considering that charcoal fire is hot, putting a small piece of cowhide underneath is the perfect solution.
The grenade was again cast in bronze with a simple pre-broken groove.
However, due to problems with the casting process, the weight of the grenade body seriously exceeded the standard, the amount of explosives was insufficient, and the power... was very touching, almost like a large-sized door-opening cannon.
It would be difficult to expect this thing to kill people, especially when facing heavy infantry equipped with full armor.
But it can scare the enemy!
Let’s make the opening cannon first, and then we can gradually improve it later.
After installing three grenades, Ye Kun took Lao He to the military training ground to conduct experiments.
All the senior military commanders and students of the Military Affairs Hall, assemble.
Ye Kun raised the grenade and said, "Everyone, today I will introduce to you a newly designed weapon..."
Zhao Biao, the former tiger-hunting captain of Guanjia Village, was training his troops in the barracks and said with a smile, "Brother, isn't this just a hammer? How can it be considered the latest weapon?"