The Archery Club that Yan Liqiang wanted to set up was right at the foot of Baizhang Mountain. The entire Archery Club covered an area of nearly 300 hectares, which was quite large.
Yan Liqiang originally thought that he had to buy the land of the Archery Club, but when he came back this time, he found out that it was the Pingxi County Magistrate who simply waved his hand and allocated the land at the foot of Baizhang Mountain to the Archery Club free of charge.
Ganzhou is a border state and a place where many battles have been fought, so the government will give many special preferential treatments to private institutions such as martial arts schools that can train talents and warriors. Given Yan Liqiang's current relationship with Lei Sitong and "Uncle Lei", Pingxi County Magistrate Wang Jianbei gave a piece of wasteland on the Baizhang Mountain to Yan Liqiang to run a Kyudo Club. It was just a matter of words, and no one could find any fault with it.
Although the Kyudo Club occupies a large area, most of it is a large and spacious horse farm and archery range leveled according to Yan Liqiang's requirements. There are not many actual buildings. Therefore, compared with the construction in Liuhe Town, the Kyudo Club has to be completed first.
The news that Yan Liqiang was going to set up a Kyudo Club had already spread throughout Ganzhou and the entire Northwest. During the past six months that Yan Liqiang had been practicing, countless people had come to join the club. According to Yan Liqiang's schedule, the Kyudo Club would officially recruit students on August 1st.
According to the construction progress of the Kyudo Club, all the buildings of the Kyudo Club will be completed before July 1st. The remaining month is the preparation period. The reason why Yan Liqiang chose August 1st as the official opening date of the Kyudo Club is very simple. That is because in Yan Liqiang's heart, these two words together represent honor, responsibility, mission, and the aura of an invincible god of war. This can be regarded as a small wish and expectation in Yan Liqiang's heart.
After returning from the Kyudo Club, the morning passed by.
After lunch, Yan Liqiang called Lu Wenbin to his study.
The study room in the Yan family compound is only used by Yan Liqiang.
Lu Wenbin knew that Yan Liqiang called him to the study to tell him what he had said in the morning. He felt both nervous and excited. Because of Yan Liqiang's great reputation, Lu Wenbin knew that Yan Liqiang was not joking about the business that could make a lot of money. Thinking of his hard work and dedication in Qinghe County in the past six months, in addition to excitement and nervousness, Lu Wenbin had an indescribable complex feeling of finally being appreciated and recognized.
"Would you please sit down for a moment? I'll show you something."
"Please do as you please, sir!"
Yan Liqiang asked Lu Wenbin to sit and wait for a while, while he took out the sharpened charcoal pencils and paper that he had asked Yu Qing to prepare from the drawer of the study. Then, in front of Lu Wenbin, he spread the paper on the table and quickly began to draw something on the paper with the charcoal pencils.
Yan Liqiang was very quick. In less than three minutes, he put down the charcoal pencil and handed the paper to Lu Wenbin.
When Lu Wenbin took the paper and looked at it, his eyes widened. There were several things drawn on the paper that he had never seen before. One thing seemed a bit like a series of connected wheels, and another thing was a triangular bracket. Lu Wenbin looked at it over and over again, but had no idea what Yan Liqiang had drawn on the paper and what its function was.
"Sir, this... what is this?" Lu Wenbin looked at Yan Liqiang awkwardly. Even though he always prided himself on being smart, in front of Yan Liqiang, especially knowing all of Yan Liqiang's "glorious deeds", Lu Wenbin still felt a little guilty about his IQ.
"This is something I came up with after walking around the construction site with you today!" Yan Liqiang smiled, "You can call it a pulley block!"
"What's this... this pulley set for?"
"Did you see those craftsmen helping to carry the stones today?"
"I see!" Lu Wenbin nodded.
"With this pulley system, craftsmen and artisans will no longer have to work so hard to move heavy objects such as stones. As long as a rope is put through the pulley system, an ordinary person can lift the stone that we saw today that required four or five people to move..."
"Ah, sir, are you saying that this pulley system can make people extremely strong?" Lu Wenbin's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Yan Liqiang with an incredulous look. If Yan Liqiang hadn't said this, he would probably have laughed exaggeratedly.
“It’s not about making people extremely powerful…” Yan Liqiang shook his head.
"Could it be possible to make the boulder lighter?" Lu Wenbin's facial expression was dull.
"It won't make the boulder any lighter!"
"So how can one person use this thing to lift a huge rock that previously required four or five people to move?"
Yan Liqiang scratched his head. He really didn't know how to explain the principle of the pulley system to someone who had almost no knowledge of physics. He didn't have the time to go through a junior high school physics class with an old man. After thinking about it, he could only say in general terms, "The principle behind this is probably the same as when we use a wooden stick to pry up a stone on the ground. A person cannot move a stone on the ground by his own strength, but if he uses a wooden stick to find a fulcrum on the ground to pry it, he can make the stone move..."
"But it's just a wheel and a rope. There's no stick, no fulcrum, and it's not on the ground!" Lu Wenbin still looked confused.
"Well, you can slowly understand this thing!" Yan Liqiang pretended to be unfathomable. "Take this thing I drew to the blacksmith workshop and ask them to make it according to the drawing. You will know after trying it. As for the tripod, it is a movable wooden frame. It can be placed firmly on the ground when opened, and can be folded up and placed on the carriage when not in use. You can give it to the carpenters among the craftsmen and ask them to make it according to the size of the drawing above, and then put it on the ground. Then fix the pulley group they have made under the triangular wooden frame, and then they can help the craftsmen on the construction site to move the boulders on the cart, or put the boulders in the trenches of the foundation. The efficiency of the construction site will be greatly improved..."
"Okay, don't worry sir, I'll arrange it right away!" Lu Wenbin said, and couldn't help wanting to stand up.
"Hahaha, no hurry, no hurry. I called you here this time because there is something important. I want to talk to you about what I told you this morning!" Yan Liqiang smiled and asked Lu Wenbin to sit down.
"I don't know... I don't know what the young master wants me to do?" Lu Wenbin asked awkwardly.
"After looking at the construction site in Liuhe Town today, I found that you can actually gather a group of workers and form a construction group. You can be the manager of that construction group!"
"Ah, the Construction Group?" Lu Wenbin was confused because he had never heard of this term before. "Hey, does this group build houses for people?"
"Almost the same, but it has to be more professional. Not only do you have professional manpower, but you also have professional tools and professional materials. As long as you can make it work, you will definitely make a lot of money in the future. It will be easy to make a name for yourself in Ganzhou and even the entire northwest!"
Lu Wenbin swallowed his saliva and asked carefully, "Then...what does the young master need me to do now?"
"I heard you say this morning that many craftsmen from Pingxi County have brought their people to Liuhe Town. You should first pay attention to which people are available on the construction sites in Liuhe Town. Then, go and see which brick kilns and craftsmen in Pingxi County are good at making large bricks. Buy a brick kiln first. It will be of great use in the future..."
(End of this chapter)