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第一百二十八章 船匠

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“是,大人!”

“刘师傅,这几天过的可好?“刘成突然转过身,向旁边的一人笑道。

“好,好,每天都能饭,还了衣服穿,请大夫来给老人孩子看病,大人您真是活菩萨呀!“这个刘成口中的“刘师傅”便是几天前那群饿的半死的船匠中为的那个,也许是吃了几天饱饭的缘故,他的脸色比那天好看了不少。只见其生的骨架粗大,手长脚大,看上去竟然比身高178厘米的刘成还高出大半个头来,只是平日里总是佝偻着背。无论见到谁脸上都露出讨好的笑容来。此时的他身上穿了件不合身的胖袄(明朝士兵常穿的服装),手足都露出大半截来,看上去颇有些滑稽。只见其有些扭捏的笑道:“大人,俺一个手艺人,哪里当得起大人您说师傅两个字。折寿了,折寿了。”

“手艺人怎么了!“刘成笑了起来:”不怕你笑话,我从军之前也是个手艺人,只是不是造船的,是盖房子的。“

“那敢情好!”刘师傅笑道:“不过看您这长相,方面大耳,倒像是个当官的!”

刘成见那刘师傅此时不再像刚才那么紧张,便又询问了几句他的生平家世,才知道他姓刘名祖德,本是陕西蓝田人。因为家中人多地少,十三四岁便跟着长辈出来做活计寻口饭吃,在当地的几个船厂都做过,木工、放线、麻作、石灰作、铁作都做的不错,太平时日也能混个肚圆,可自从崇祯二年之后,船厂的生意就一日不如一日,去年一股杆子把东家一起绑了去,那东家倾家荡产才换了条性命回来,回来后二话不说立马就关门走人。其他几家船厂也是如此。他们这些手艺人都是做一天吃一天的,手里也没有积蓄,若非刘成收容,只怕也就是这几天的事情了。

“那你为何不去其他地方呢?比如河南或者山西。有手艺混口饭吃总不难吧?”

“哎,大人您是不知道咱们手艺人的难处呀!”说到这里,刘祖德也已经动了感情,抹了抹眼角叹道:“眼下里到处路上都不太平,咱们拖家带口的又没有路引,随便路上哪个人看咱们不顺眼就能用绳子一捆拿去送官。二话不说就是几十大板下去,没有银子便丢进牢房里等死。人离乡贱呀!不是活不下去,谁肯丢下祖宗坟墓去其他地方呀!”

面对刘祖德的倾诉,刘成没有回答只是默默的点了点头,对于绝大部分明末的陕西农民来说其实不存在什么正确的选择——留在家里是死、出门逃荒是死、造反是死、不造反还是死。生活对于这些勤劳朴实的人们是如此的残酷,虽然刘成的心肠早已被这个严酷的时代锤炼的与铁石一般,此时心中也不禁感觉到一阵阵酸楚。

“幸好祖宗保佑,总算是遇到了您!”刘祖德笑了起来:“给饭吃,给衣穿,还把老人孩子都找回来了,咱们这些受苦人虽然没不识字,但也是有人心的,干活不卖力气的,就算您容他,下了地里祖宗也容不得他!”

“那就好,在我这里只要肯干活,就不用担心挨饿!“刘成笑道:”虽然你们签的的是卖身契,但也不是死契,只要你们干满七年,本官就还你们自由之身!“

“那敢情好!“刘祖德笑了起来,旋即他收起笑容,害怕刘成以为他们有想要逃走的意思:“其实给大人这么善心的东家干一辈子活也没啥不好,起码不用再被大户、士绅们欺压,也用不着服劳役了。只是小子们还小,总想着过上独门立户的日子,不知道世事艰难,还请大人见谅!”

“这有什么好见谅的!”刘成笑了起来:“只要是人,又有哪个愿意屈身给别人做奴才的?年轻人有志气是好事情!其实我这么做也不全是为了心善,人要是做了奴才,就算是一等一的英雄好汉也,一身本事也去了七八成了,与那寻常的庸人没啥区别!要来又有何用?”

“大人说的是!”刘祖德听了刘成一席话,茅塞顿开:“俺小时候有个堂兄弟,本是个出挑的好汉子,可家里穷没有法子去给吴举人家当了家奴,三年下来就完全变了一个人,简直都认不出来了。”

刘成与刘祖德两人正说的入巷,站在大堤上的敏敏却已经耐不住性子,娇嗔道:“刘成,你与那船匠说完了没有,若是没有其他事情就赶快回府,替我看看昨日的作业有没有差错!“

“就快完了,就快完了!“刘成赶忙笑道:”我与船匠有些事情,要不你先回去等等,我这边事情一完就马上回去。“

“哼!你是不是暗中有什么打算?”敏敏冷笑了一声,猛的一夹马肚子从一丈多高的河堤上冲了下来,绕着刘成与刘祖德转了两圈,突然虚劈了一下马鞭:“你休想撇开我,你去哪儿我也去哪儿!”

“好,好,我去哪儿你就去哪儿!”刘成不由得苦笑了起来,敏感的他已经注意到堤坝上的亲兵们脸上都露出了奇怪的笑容,但对于这个美丽而又任性的蒙古少女他也没有什么办法。他转过头对刘祖德道:“若是让你开始造船,你需要什么东西?“

“禀告大人,若只是为了浮桥,那就非常简单了!“刘祖德转过身指了指铁牛旁边的一大片河滩地:”在这儿搭个几个茅棚存放工具和材料,再搭两个灶台烧水吃饭就行了。“

“这么容易?“刘成闻言一愣:”不用修船坞吗?“

“若只是为了造浮桥,做几十个木格就好了,哪里需要船坞!“刘祖德笑着解释了起来,原来在当时黄河两岸人民有一种特殊的渡河工具——木罂,即用几十个口小底大的陶罐放置在木格之中,用绳索固定,在将陶罐口封闭严实。相比起普通的木筏,木罂的浮力要大得多,而且无需粗大的木材。传说中楚汉战争时期,韩信想要攻打位于河东的魏王豹,魏王豹以重兵扼守蒲津渡口,并将船只全部都集中到对岸去。韩信得知后就在蒲津渡的陕西一侧虚张声势,同时领重兵从上游夏阳用木罂渡过黄河,攻破了安邑,大破魏军。木罂虽然在操纵性、航、抗风浪方面都不如船只,但作为浮桥的底座却很合适,成本低廉、浮力大,不容易被破坏,即使有几个陶罐损坏了也很容易更替。(未完待续。)

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