Lord of the House: Chapter 73 Corner lights
Back at the thatched cottage, except for the guards who were guarding at night, everyone else went back to the house to rest, and lights were lit in the corner towers surrounding the house in the distance.
In particular, the turret near the river bank was built high and steep. The top column was topped and the walls were airy. An oil lamp was as big as an iron pot, and the wick with three strands as thick as a baby's arm was also lit. It was covered with a glass cover. The wind, from a distance, is as bright as a bright moon hanging upstairs around the corner of the house.
If there is an attacking battalion nearby, or a night boat docks, the light watcher on the turret will use a large bronze mirror with a concave surface to focus the light further away.
Standing in front of the thatched cottage, Liu Yue'er pulled out her hand embarrassedly and asked Lin Fu, "Are you hungry? I rubbed the dumplings and cooked them for you?"
"Yeah." Lin Bie nodded, and looked at the moonlit lights on the corner tower in the distance.
The lights in the corner tower were originally the idea of Ge Siyu's father, Ge Fu, the secretary of Jiangning's Ministry of Industry.
After chatting with Ge Fu, I learned that in some ports and some steep gorges along the coasts of East Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, there were sea merchants or fishermen raising funds to build lighthouses. Those who can't afford the lamp oil will save money and burn the fire, but the actual light intensity and distance are limited, and the lighthouse's role in night navigation is not obvious, so the lighthouse came out earlier, but it was not popular.
Ge Fu has made some improvements on the basis of the existing lighthouse. The structure of the giant oil lamp is similar to the kerosene lamp in Lin Bing's memory, except that the oil storage lamp base is made of copper, and the windshield lampshade is a glazed cover, and one side is made of a large lamp. Bronze mirror to reflect light, increasing directional light intensity and distance. However, the original pattern that Ge Fu showed Lin Fu showed that the large bronze mirror was a flat mirror. Lin Fu proposed to make a large concave bronze mirror instead, and specially made a wooden shelf for the concave bronze mirror that could move and adjust the angle.
When the world's craftsmen already knew that the concave mirror has the function of concentrating light, and Lin Fu's words were a little clear, Ge Fu exclaimed, and felt that Lin Fu's small improvement was wonderful. Waiting for a skilled teacher and a skilled craftsman, I can't wait to convince Lin Fu to join him. Lin Fu felt very ashamed, and it was considered that the two of them worked together to tinker with a relatively complete lighthouse plan.
The glazed craftsmen of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry can make glazed glass almost as transparent as glass, but the cost is too high. The glazed cover used in the lighthouse is to save the face of Ge Fu and Ge Siyu and his son. The society collected 122 taels of silver, enough to buy 15 acres of fertile land in Jiangning; the large concave bronze mirror was made by a few mirror craftsmen in Jiangning, and it took nearly a month to grind it completely with experience. Thirty taels of silver. This is secondly, to maintain a certain brightness, it is nothing more than the use of multi-strand wicks with better oil immersion, which naturally consumes more lamp oil. In this world, there is no distinction between lantern oil and cooking oil, and it is slightly more expensive than pork. The giant oil lamp in this corner tower alone costs one tael of silver to burn oil every night, which is enough to hire forty or fifty strong men.
Limited by the light source and reflective materials, the long-distance illumination distance of the lighthouse is naturally far incomparable with the searchlights of later generations, but it can barely illuminate the distant prison island pier. The illumination distance is almost 500 steps. Satisfied.
The lights on the corner towers not only improve the safety of the camp, but also make it possible to start construction at night on and off the embankment. Since Jiyun Club only has the financial resources to build a berth by the river at this time, the construction area is limited, and the labor force cannot be increased indefinitely. It is precisely the shift work that greatly improves the work efficiency.
Looking at the lights of the corner tower in the distance, Lin Fu knew that the money was worth it: not only is it useful at this time, but it will also be of great use after the dock stack is built. The lighthouse can guide the night boat and guide the ship into the port; provide night lighting for the wharf, make it possible to load and unload goods day and night, and improve the efficiency of berth use; it can also prevent river bandits and bandits from sneaking at night; although the effective light distance is limited, but Far away on the north bank of Chaotiandang, you can still clearly see the lights of the corner tower on the river bank here, and it can be used as a communication beacon at critical moments.
Lin Fu returned to the house. Before Liu Yueer cooked the dumplings, he had already helped him light the copper oil lamp in the house. The oil lamp was burning soybean oil, and the house was filled with a faint fragrance of oil.
This copper lamp is also made by the old engineer Ge Fu. It has a ring-shaped copper cover that can be opened and closed. The copper cover can block the wind. The inner side is polished to increase the directional light. The smoke is directed back into the water tray under the base. This copper lamp costs six catties and four taels of copper, and one tael of silver, not counting the workmanship. Naturally, it is not something that ordinary people can use, but it is a lot less expensive than using an oil lamp with a copper base and a glazed cover, and it is also more delicate and practical. Lin Fu held the slightly hot copper oil lamp in his hand and looked at it, thinking to himself: the wisdom of the masters and craftsmen of the world should not be taken lightly by future generations.
"What are you thinking about?" Liu Yue'er brought the boiled dumplings, held Lin Fu in a daze with the copper oil lamp for no reason, and asked curiously.
"The wisdom of the people of the time is admirable." Lin Fu put the copper oil lamp on the record.
"Inexplicable emotion, when will there be no stupid people and no smart people?" Liu Yue'er smiled sweetly and was about to leave with the tray.
"Speak with me." Lin Bie called to her.
"..." Liu Yue'er hesitated for a while, and said with a blushing face, "You really can't bully people." She sat down opposite Lin Fu with the book case in her hands.
Lin Fu looked at Liu Yue'er's blushing and charming face under the lamp, and his heart swayed. If she hadn't said that, she would have been talking to her seriously; listening to her, she immediately took her soft little hand and put it in the palm of her hand. Carefully stroked inside, feel the soul-stirring tenderness and delicacy.
Liu Yue'er was really embarrassed, but she couldn't draw her hands, so she put one hand on the case, her face on her arm, her eyes raised to look at Lin Bie under the lamp, she felt very sweet in her heart, but again I was afraid that Lin Fu would make further demands. On the one hand, although she was rushed back to her parents' house, her husband's family was also somewhat powerful in Shiliang County. She followed someone for no apparent reason. If the Xiao family were to make trouble, there might be a lot of trouble. It is necessary for widows to remarry these days. The husband's family must agree, otherwise, like some female prisoners on the island, they will sue for the crime of rape; on the other hand, they have been keeping themselves clean for these years. Of course, there is no reason to despise themselves. Lin Fu wants to give her an official name. Yue'er had thought about it for a long time, and she didn't care about the status of the concubine, but she couldn't understand it. It's just that Lin Fu has been tied to the prison island and the mouth of the river these days, and has no time to think about other things. Besides, Liu Yueer herself can't take the initiative or suggest anything, she always feels that it will despise herself.
"You sit here..." Lin Fu looked at Liu Yue'er's face lying on the desk, looking very delicate, her transparent white tenderness was slightly crimson, she looked delicate and tender, her hair was like a crow, her ears, The bridge of the nose, the blushing mouth, and the long eyelashes are all beautiful under the lamp. They all say that beautiful women are the most intoxicating wine. Just staring at them like this, I feel a little intoxicated. Lin Fu didn't bully the dark room, but it wasn't that he couldn't help himself. He took Liu Yue'er's hand and wanted her to sit in his arms.
"..." Liu Yue'er's eyes were as clear as a spring, and her eyes flashed, but she gently wanted to pull it back, and said softly, "Yue'er should go back to rest." In the dead of the night, when the quiet moon was hanging alone, her heart was overwhelmed. I also want to hold Lin Fu in my arms, but of course I am afraid that if I indulge Lin Fu, I will not be able to handle it.
Lin Fie can read Liu Yue'er's desire to welcome and refuse, and he can also understand the fear of women in this world when they are exposed to outsiders. In the extreme worry and fear of pregnancy, Lin Fu would not do such a thing. I was afraid that explaining the so-called safe period to Liu Yueer at this time would not work. He grabbed her hand and said, "The female prisoner on the island. I also see the situation; I won't hurt you, but I can't go out to Shiliang right now..."
Nine out of ten female prisoners held on the island are imprisoned for rape. The former prison chief, the book office and others forced the female prisoners to sell themselves in a brothel in Quyang Town. There are even many people who stand up for the petty crimes that are atonement for them with bronzes. Even a contemporary Confucian like Chen Xiyan openly declares that women who commit adultery should be charged into prostitutes to atone for their crimes. In order to prevent widows from disobedience, local people from Shangxiang in some places in Chongzhou County even raised funds to build Jieyitang Halls and imprisoned widows in a centralized manner.
Hearing what Lin Fu said, Liu Yue'er said softly, still uneasy: "You really can't hurt me..." With a blushing face, she sat side by side with Lin Fu, and Lin Fu took the opportunity to pull her into his arms~www.mtlnovel .com~ Liu Yue'er held Lin Bie's thick chest with her hands and struggled for a while, but she sat on his thighs and put it on something like a wooden peg, her pink face was as red as drunk, and she immediately quietly curled up and buried her head. In Lin Bie's arms, he never struggled or said anything.
On the spring night after Jing Zhe, the weather was not too cold, so they put on spring shirts and hugged the beautiful woman in their arms. I could clearly feel the softness of the tender body in the arms and the warm body temperature. Lin Tie was still in this world. The first brother, but it's not that he doesn't understand men and women. Seeing the shyness and **** on Liu Yue'er's face, he also feels more and more that the beauty of the beautiful woman in his arms is uncontrollable. On the smooth hair like a crow, you can feel the tenderness that is rare in the middle of the night, just like the undercurrent of the spring stream and the clear moonlight.
Although Liu Yue'er felt something like a wooden peg sitting under her arm, she was very ashamed, and her heart was numb, but she sat for a while and waited for the uncontrollable passion/desire to ease down, so she felt sweet and refreshing. Shu Yi also felt relieved and didn't worry that Lin Fu would break her reputation. She raised her head in Lin Fu's arms, met his eyes, and said, "You haven't eaten the glutinous rice **** yet..." The porcelain bowl came, took the spoon and scooped the crystal dumplings into Lin Fu's mouth, Lin Fu asked her to eat it too, and she also ate two.
In the second half of the night, the hanging moon in the sky was hidden by the clouds, but the lights of the corner tower were still like a full moon hanging above the treetops, and the light came in from the window. , poor people can't afford lamp oil to work and study at night..."
Lin Fu thought to himself: One or two lamp oil is worth half a catty of rice, really not many ordinary people would be willing to use it.
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