Chapter 663 News from Youye (Seeking votes and subscriptions)
In late August of the first year of Jianyuan, at the dock of Weishan County in the evening.
"Ah, ah wow"
Luo Cheng wore a red silk bellyband with the word "Fu" embroidered by his mother, a black gauze hat on his head to protect the sun, and sat on Luo Chong's arm with his chubby little butt. He put one hand around Luo Chong's neck and pointed at the lighthouse in front of him with one hand, shouting excitedly.
Because Luo Chong has been too busy, his wife and children at home can't see him usually. In addition, the cotton trial planting project that Xiaodie was personally responsible for this year was successful, so she and Zhan Ying brought the children to find him. They came to Weishan County to report the results of the trial planting of cotton to Luo Chong. In fact, they just wanted to come and see because they hadn't seen them for several months. Besides, the two children are now more than eight months old. If the protective measures are taken, it's not a bad thing to go out for a walk.
Seeing the arrival of the children and his wife, Luo Chong was also very happy. He didn't hate taking care of children, but because the Han tribe was in a period of rapid development, he really couldn't spare the time to be a professional dad.
"Oh, you like lighthouses so much? I'll make one for you when you get back, and let you play with it."
Luo Chong happily rubbed his son's chubby little butt, feeling satisfied, which made Luo Cheng giggle and drool all over Luo Chong. Xiaodie was waiting by his side, and quickly wiped his son's mouth with a handkerchief. Zhan Ying, who was standing by, was holding the sleeping Luo Lan in his arms. The five of them were rarely together.
"This kid is quite heavy. It must be tiring to hold him all day long, right?" Luo Chong coaxed his son who was eating his fingers in his arms while chatting with his mother Xiaodie.
"My son is quite heavy, but I have to hold him anyway. Don't worry, I remember what you said. You can't let the child crawl on the ground, can't take dirty things randomly, can't go out barefoot, can't eat cold things, and can't let them play with livestock and poultry." When Xiaodie heard Luo Chong ask this, she immediately recited Luo Chong's previous instructions.
Luo Chong nodded, and lifted the chubby son in his arms up high and teased him for a while, which made Luo Cheng laugh.
Although he was always busy running around before, he was very concerned about the growth of his own flesh and blood after the birth of the two children, so he told Xiaodie a lot of things that must not be done when taking care of children.
There is no way. The medical conditions in this era are too poor, or it can be said that there is no medical care at all. So if you want to survive, you should not think about how to cure the disease, but how to prevent yourself from getting sick. Maintaining the body and preventing diseases are the top priorities, and the same
is true for taking care of children. Luo Chong couldn't stand the rough free-range model in the tribe. Although it is the law of natural selection, but because you let your child play in cold water and cause diarrhea and eventually die, this is obviously the parents' fault.
It's not an exaggeration, it's just that reality. In an era where catching a cold and having diarrhea can kill people, sitting naked on a cool mat is not allowed in Luo Chong's place. Not to mention how high the infant mortality rate was in ancient times, even after the founding of the People's Republic of China in modern times, the infant mortality rate of children was no less than 30%. This is still an understatement. It was only after the medical conditions matured that the infant mortality rate dropped. Even so, he still couldn't stand the habit of raising children in rural areas.
Children who can't talk or walk are thrown on the ground and crawl around, and they spend the whole day with the chickens and ducks at home. They even pick up chicken shit from the ground and stuff it into their mouths. It's simply unbearable to watch. What's more, chickens and ducks are aggressive. What if they go crazy and peck the child's eyes blind? If such a child can grow up safely, then Luo Chong can only say that he is lucky.
He may not be able to control other places now, but in his own home, on his own children, these bad habits must not exist. He doesn't want to dig a grave for his son and daughter.
"The child will become heavier and stronger, and it will not be good to hold him all day. I will make a few strollers for you when I come back. You can put the child in and push him. Anyway, you are not going far. It will be no problem to go around the main road in our city." Luo Chong said while holding the little Luo Cheng who was still twisting in his arms.
Xiao Die and Zhan Ying just smiled and said nothing. As Luo Chong's women, they can be said to be some of the people who know their husbands best. They know that Luo Chong has many ideas and often comes up with all kinds of new things, so they don't think Luo Chong is bragging. They just said simply, "It's all up to your husband."
Luo Chong thought more about this incident. Baby strollers, toddler strollers, and walkers are not something that only appeared in modern times. When plastic products have not completely occupied people's lives, various strollers made of rattan and bamboo have already appeared. Luo Chong himself sat in that kind of bamboo stroller when he was a child. It is not difficult to make it.
Now, he doesn't care much about this, but is thinking about whether to use the existing conditions to come up with a more advanced means of transportation, such as bicycles, pedal tricycles and other portable vehicles.
One can be used for commuting, and even bicycles can be used to build the postal system of the Han Dynasty. The other tricycle is a light load-carrying tool for hawkers and farmers. It can be used to sell goods or collect grain and work in the fields. After all, although cattle, horses and donkeys are good, they are not cheap. The cost of raising a large animal is not low. Overall, the cost-effectiveness is completely incomparable with tricycles. Even if tricycles also need maintenance, it is definitely not as expensive as raising animals.
From a technical point of view, there seems to be no problem. First of all, there is the problem of steel production. As long as the coke plant can be officially put into production, Xingang County will be able to produce endless steel immediately. As for the industrialized rolling mill to produce seamless steel pipes, this is still a bit difficult for the time being, but it is not impossible to knock steel pipes by hand. It is nothing more than a problem of labor cost, but it can also create a large number of jobs for the Han tribe accordingly, which can be regarded as a mixture of pros and cons.
As for the springs needed for car manufacturing, the Han tribe had already made them. The main technology of the shuttle loom is actually the spring. The other is the chain, which is produced by stamping technology. The Han tribe can stamp coins, so this is not a problem. The most critical welding technology, with the emergence of calcium carbide and the birth of acetylene gas welding, metal welding technology has also been quickly conquered.
The remaining hollow rubber tires, this aspect is not unsolvable with the official development of Eucommia ulmoides. With more time and resources, Luo Chong believes that the laboratory will have no problem making tires.
The last item is the valve core and the pump. With the rubber seal, this is not a problem. Although Luo Chong has never made the valve core, he understands the principle. He has seen pigs walk even if he has not eaten pork. That thing is actually a rubber tube with relatively large elasticity on the outside of the hollow steel needle, and then the rubber elasticity of the valve core is used to achieve unidirectional ventilation. When pressurized, the gas will push the rubber sleeve open. After loosening, the internal air pressure of the tire will block the rubber and press hard on the vent.
An air pump can actually be seen as a standing miniature bellows, except that the two-way air outlet of the bellows has been changed to a one-way air outlet. In principle, its technological level is lower than that of a wooden bellows, and its manufacturing process is a little more difficult than that of a wooden bellows.
After solving the above problems, it is not difficult for the Han tribe to make bicycles or even tricycles. With the current technological level of the Han tribe, Luo Chong is confident that he can make these two artifacts within a year.
Or to exaggerate a little, pure wooden parts can also be assembled into a bicycle, but it is more of a toy and has no practical value, but it is definitely true that a pure wooden bicycle can still be ridden, because he has seen foreign technical geeks make bicycles with wood and bamboo on the Internet before, and even chains and gears are made of wood, which is not very difficult.
However, there is no rush for this for the time being, and you can take your time to accumulate a group of mature craftsmen and technology first. Luo Chong plans to let his children ride a small bicycle when they are three or four years old.
Although the original intention of making bicycles may be just to coax children, he has no burden in his heart. What's wrong with me using the resources of the whole country to coax children to be happy? Besides, he can also improve the scientific and technological level of the Han tribe in the process and develop products to improve people's livelihood. Moreover, the entire Han tribe will be passed on to Xiao Luocheng in the future. In order to educate his children to advocate science, he feels it is necessary to let this child grow up and improve his interest in high technology from an early age. As the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, how can he do without a long-term vision?
He took his children and wife to play at the dock for a while, and let them see the lighthouse he had made in the past few months, as well as various glassware and lighting fixtures. Then Luo Chong took them to dinner and told them about his idea of changing his home.
The leader's headquarters of Weishan County, well, is actually a yard where Luo Chong temporarily settled. In the bedroom at the east end, a glass-covered calcium carbide lamp hanging on the wall emits a dazzling yellow light, illuminating the entire bedroom, which is no worse than modern electric lights. Acetylene gas lamps are so domineering.
"This light is so bright."
Zhan Ying couldn't help but sigh. She suddenly felt that being chosen as a saint by the tribe to be used for human sacrifice might not be a bad thing. It was because she met Luo Chong by chance. Now she has such a wonderful life, which is much happier than the nomadic farming life in the sticky tribe. In addition, there are so many good things in the Han tribe that outsiders can't get.
On the side of the room near the window, there is a large kang that occupies one wall. In the middle is a square kang table. Luo Chong sits in the main seat, Xiaodie and Zhan Ying sit on each side. Luo Cheng, the bad boy, has fallen asleep, but his sister is different from him. Little Luo Cheng plays during the day and sleeps at night, while his sister Luo Lan is just the opposite. She sleeps during the day and plays at night.
Luo Chong himself was like this when he was a child. According to his mother, he slept during the day and made trouble at night before he was two years old. In fact, he was not making trouble. As long as someone played with him, he was still very good. But adults were busy all day and had no time to stay up late with their children. But if they deliberately corrected him, Luo Chong would get angry, and then all kinds of blisters would appear on his mouth, and he would cry when his mouth hurt when he was feeding.
Because of his own personal experience, he did not ask Zhan Ying to deliberately correct his daughter's habit. When the child grows up, she will correct it by herself. There is no need to force the child to change now. Besides, Luo Chong is not a family that lacks people. Not to mention the maids hired by the family, Xiaodie and Zhan Ying can take turns to rest, so it is not tiring to coax the child at night.
At this time, Luo Lan was sitting on Luo Chong's lap and eating eggs. A baby over eight months old can eat something other than breast milk, as long as no seasoning is added, especially salt. It is not good to consume salt early at the age of breastfeeding. However, Luo Chong did not dare to let her eat too much. He boiled the eggs in plain water and only fed her an egg yolk.
Perhaps because she had not seen her biological father very often, Luo Lan seemed a little shy. She was so honest sitting in Luo Chong's arms that she was unbelievably obedient. She didn't cry or make a scene. She didn't even want to say "ah ah" or laugh. She was born with a princess's aura and was very proud. Her two white and tender little hands kept pulling her red bellyband. She kept looking at Luo Chong with a pair of watery eyes, and her eyelashes were flickering. When Luo Chong looked down at her, she immediately lowered her head to avoid Luo Chong's sight. Her shy little appearance was very cute.
"Our daughter is so well-behaved." Luo Chong laughed happily.
"No, Lan'er is cute and noisy at home. She is even more naughty than her brother. She is just not familiar with you, her husband, and she is a little bit restrained." As her biological mother, Zhan Ying immediately exposed her daughter's disguise. It was not known whether Luo Lan understood it or not. She kicked her legs and turned her head away from her mother. She buried her head in Luo Chong's arms, as if she wanted to hide herself.
Luo Chong smiled and found being a nanny more interesting. However, thinking of the children, he still talked to Xiaodie and Zhan Ying about business.
"I have something to tell you two. The children will grow up in the future. Boys and girls must sleep separately. Moreover, the house we have in Hanyang City is a bit small. There are only two bedrooms and the yard is not big. It will not be enough for two children to play in the future. So I want to move to a bigger house.
The location is still in Hanyang City. Now that Xingang County is on the right track, the metallurgical workshop in Hanyang City is no longer necessary. It is not convenient for burning charcoal or transporting ore, and its efficiency is not as good as Xingang County located on the edge of the mining area. So I plan to demolish the metallurgical workshop in Hanyang City, and the vacant land will be used to build a new yard for us and build a few more rooms. If you like small buildings, it's fine. What do you think?"
"It's all up to my husband." Zhan Ying still said the same old thing. She is quite satisfied now, and she never argues with Xiaodie.
"Wouldn't it be too wasteful? Building a house will require a lot of manpower and material resources?" Xiaodie asked with some concern.
"Don't worry, it won't cost much. The workshop has only been built for a few years, and the blue bricks are strong and durable. We can just use the old bricks to build the house. The only thing we need to spend is the labor cost, and I, your husband, don't lack that little money. I have a lot of income just from selling lamps." Luo Chong analyzed to Xiaodie.
"Oh, then I have no objection if that's the case. Our current home is indeed too small. If you hadn't mentioned this, I would have told you to move to Ruyang County." Xiaodie nodded in agreement.
After finalizing the matter of building a new home, the night passed quickly with the sound of clapping. The next morning, just as Luo Chong got up, a maid came outside to report anxiously, saying that the governor of Weishan County had arrived. The governor of Yunzhi also said that a man named Youye had sent a message, hoping that the leader would take a look.
(End of this chapter)
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