Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

After the spark plug was made, Zhao Tianyang wanted to continue his efforts and develop the sealant.

As a result, after waiting for almost a week, he had even prepared the materials needed for the light and heavy machine guns, but the rubber had not yet been delivered.

There was no other way Zhao Tianyang could do without, so he had to take care of other things first.

"Have the design drawings of the hydroelectric power station and the generator been designed?"

Inside the radio factory, Zhao Tianyang found Cheng Mingsheng and asked.

"It's been done a long time ago!"

Cheng Mingsheng asked in surprise: "Why, are we going to start building a hydroelectric power station now?"

"Well, it just happened to be the beginning of spring, and the village chief and his men have nothing to do except planting potatoes. Let's call them over now to repair the hydroelectric power station."

Zhao Tianyang nodded and explained.

It takes at least two months to build a hydropower station, so when it is completed, it will be April.

It doesn't prevent them from growing crops such as corn and sweet potatoes.

"That's fine with me, but who will be managing the radio station during this time?"

Cheng Mingsheng continued to ask.

In order to build the hydroelectric power station, he must put all his attention into it.

The radio factory has no time and energy to manage it.

"Let Comrade Li Yuncai take charge first. Anyway, the workers are now familiar with the production of the radio station, and your absence for a while shouldn't cause any problems!"

Zhao Tianyang answered without hesitation.

Cheng Mingsheng: "That's fine with me. When will the work start?"

"Tomorrow."

Zhao Tianyang thought for a moment and replied, "I will go and inform the village chief today and ask him to recruit workers."

“How many people do you think are appropriate?”

"About 200 people. Although the hydroelectric power station we are building is not big, we are in a tight time frame. More people will help us work in two shifts."

Cheng Mingsheng thought for a moment and said.

"Row."

Zhao Tianyang nodded: "Well, you should send the drawings of the turbine to the ironworks and the arsenal first."

"We can ask them to make any parts that are needed first, so that the turbines can be installed as soon as the hydropower station is completed."

"no problem!"

Cheng Mingsheng nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Zhao Tianyang came to Weng'erlang, borrowed a donkey cart from the guard at the gate, and walked towards Chiyu Village with several soldiers.

Thirty minutes later, in Chiyu Village,

"Chief Zhao, you're here!"

The village chief always smiled whenever he saw Zhao Tianyang, because it meant he could make money again.

"Ah."

Zhao Tianyang nodded: "That's right, didn't I tell you last time that our arsenal is going to build a hydroelectric power station?"

"We are about to start now and need two hundred reliable workers. Do you have any ideas?"

"Of course, the cement plant cannot stop operating during this period."

Zhao Tianyang added another sentence.

"No problem! It's just two hundred people. We can bring them to you tomorrow!"

The village chief agreed without even thinking about it.

The reason why he was so confident was thanks to the basic government system established by the Eighth Route Army here.

He didn't need to investigate and determine whether those villages were reliable. He just needed to see whether there were guerrillas or Eighth Route Army cadres in the village.

It just so happened that all the mountain villages near their village were populated by guerrillas and Eighth Route Army cadres.

He only needs a village and recruit twenty or thirty people. He believes that they will not refuse any opportunity to make money.

As for the young people in their village, they must be working in the cement factory, helping them produce cement!

The task of building a hydropower station can be left to the young people from other villages.

"The wages will be paid with this Fenjiu. Please help me buy it in town when the time comes."

Zhao Tianyang took the box from a soldier and handed it to the village chief.

These Fenjiu liquors are all his stock. When he hires workers in the future, he doesn’t know how to pay the bill.

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

The village chief’s face was as bright as a chrysanthemum with a smile.

This Fenjiu is hard currency. Last time he sold it for a price higher than the price of Fenjiu itself.

"Then it's settled."

Zhao Tianyang looked at the box of Fenjiu reluctantly, then got on the donkey cart and returned to Huangya Cave.

............

The next day, the village chief took two hundred villagers up the mountain as promised.

Under the command of Cheng Mingsheng, they began to clear the debris from the east waterfall and did the preliminary work for building a hydropower station.

Originally, Zhao Tianyang wanted to help, but when he thought about the fact that the skin of the gyroglider had not been solved yet, he had to give up.

He had to solve the skin problem first, otherwise it would be bad if the engine was not put into production but the key skin was not in place.

There are many kinds of skins for gyrogliders, such as aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, carbon fiber, glass fiber, etc.

Of course, there is only one choice in front of Zhao Tianyang, that is fabric, such as nylon, polyester, canvas, etc.

And the only thing Zhao Tianyang can make now is canvas, which is of lower difficulty.

Canvas is usually made of cotton or hemp fiber, which is very friendly to him.

Considering the issue of cost-effectiveness, Zhao Tianyang found Liu Ransheng and asked him to purchase some hemp.

"What kind of hemp do you want to buy, Chief?"

Liu Ransheng asked.

"Marijuana bar!"

Zhao Tianyang thought for a while and said.

Hemp fibers are thick and tough, making them more suitable for use as rotor glider skins than flax and ramie.

"Row."

Liu Ransheng nodded, turned around and prepared to go buy some.

There is a lot of this stuff in Shanxi, and it is much cheaper than the ore he bought before.

After Liu Ransheng left, Zhao Tianyang returned to his room and drew a blueprint of a spinning machine and a loom, then gave them to Li Mutou and asked him to make them as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, Chief. This thing is simple. I can lead my team to make it for you in three days."

After reading the blueprint, Li Mutou patted his chest and made a promise.

In the afternoon, Zhao Tianyang scratched his head as he watched Liu Ransheng pull back a thousand kilograms of hemp rope on a donkey cart.

"Why isn't it hemp? Isn't it more expensive to just buy the hemp string?"

"It's not expensive!"

Liu Ransheng answered honestly: "Section Chief, you don't know that the cheapest thing in Shanxi right now is hemp rope."

"Many landowners are growing this and harvesting the fruits."

"They sold the hemp stalks to merchants at a low price, and the merchants bought them in large quantities and made them into hemp ropes or various fabrics."

"The boss only charged me one dollar for this thousand kilograms of twine."

“This is so cheap!”

Zhao Tianyang muttered, "Maybe I should just buy linen next time."

"What did you say, Chief?"

Liu Ransheng didn't quite hear it.

"Nothing."

Zhao Tianyang shook his head: "Put the twine in the warehouse."

"Then notify Comrade Li Mutou and tell him that he doesn't need to make spinning machines anymore and can just make looms directly."

"oh oh."

Because there was no need to make a spinning machine, Zhao Tianyang received a small human-powered loom the next afternoon.

Afterwards, Zhao Tianyang found an aunt with the best weaving skills among the families of the arsenal workers.

Let her use the plain weave method to weave all the thousand pounds of linen thread into linen cloth.

After finishing the linen issue, Zhao Tianyang began to prepare the coating materials for the canvas.

Without these coating materials, even if the linen is made, it cannot be used as canvas.

Generally speaking, a good canvas needs to be prepared with waterproof coating, fire-proof coating, UV-resistant coating, mildew-proof coating, and wear-resistant coating.

However, due to practical considerations, Zhao Tianyang decided to only make waterproof coating and wear-resistant coating.

Forget about the rest, otherwise the finished product will be too expensive, and it’s better to just buy the canvas.