"Master, Mr. Mo and Miss Mo are here~! Oh, Mr. Yan is here too!"
Around the time of registration, Song Xiaosi led Mo Huai and Mo Lingwei to Li Zexuan's office in the workshop. Miraculously, Mo Lingwei was followed by Yan Shaoning. Li Zexuan looked at it in amazement and secretly thought that Yan Shaoning had already taken care of him. Is my father-in-law Mo Huai?
"Captain, I heard that you have something to tell us?"
Mo Huai cupped his hands and said.
Li Zexuan hurriedly greeted: "Mr. Mo, Miss Mo, please sit down. I'm asking you to come here this time because I plan to start a new round of technological innovation in our workshop, which involves many aspects, and I need your help!" "
"Technological innovation? Then why didn't you call me... Mr. Shanzhang?"
Yan Shaoning was a little dissatisfied when he heard this.
Li Zexuan said angrily: "I didn't call you, so didn't you come here yourself? If I called Miss Mo, wouldn't it be equivalent to calling you too?"
"Hey! That's what I said..."
Yan Shaoning couldn't help but feel happy, but Mo Lingwei blushed and twisted Yan Shaoning's arm bitterly.
"Ahem!"
Mo Huai's eyes are so sharp, how could he not notice the little moves of these two people? His face suddenly darkened, he coughed heavily, and said, "Chief, if there is anything we need to do, father and daughter, just say it directly, and Mo will do his best!"
Li Zexuan nodded and said: "Everyone, please sit down first! Let's sit down and talk slowly!"
Several people sat down around a glass coffee table as instructed. Fortunately, Li Zexuan's office was big enough, even if seven or eight people were seated, it wouldn't seem crowded. After everyone sat down, Li Zexuan took out a few drawings, spread them out, and said in a deep voice:
"Everyone, now we not only have dams, but also waterwheels. In addition to irrigating farmland, this waterwheel can also provide power for machines. I don't need to say this. You should all understand it. Next, we must first What we are doing is to build a hydraulic stamping machine. This is the blueprint of a hydraulic stamping machine.
After the stamping machine is completed, the waterwheel needs to be transformed into a power equipment that can be connected with the stamping machine. This is nothing more than adding some crank connecting rods for transmission. After the transformation, the stamping machine can be connected with the waterwheel. Driven by a car, it can replace manpower and repeatedly forge steel, and its impact force is almost the same every time. For precision forging, the performance of this thing is definitely not comparable to that of manpower! "
Mo Huai looked at the drawings carefully. After a while, he nodded and said: "Shan Chief, there is no problem with the stamping machine tool and the modification of the waterwheel. I will take care of these two things!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "That's what I meant. Mr. Mo of Bahe Dam has been involved in it from beginning to end. Now you are in charge of the hydraulic machine tool. That is the most suitable! Everyone in the workshop will understand this matter." I will fully assist you!”
"Thank you, Chief!"
Mo Huai cupped his hands and said.
Li Ze Thousands of sets!”
When Li Er talked to him, he said that he wanted to expand the Xuanjia Army from the original 3,000 to 5,000. After the expansion, the Xuanjia Army would also need to update its ordnance and equipment, and all of these ordnance and equipment must be made by Qiqi. Supplied by Ge Workshop, and must be made of vanadium steel!
"Five...five thousand sets? Lord Marquis, did I hear that correctly?"
Zhang Hongsheng's body trembled and he almost fell off the chair. He opened his mouth wide and said with a look of shock.
The rest of the people in the office also looked at Li Zexuan in shock. Everyone was obviously shocked by the news that Li Zexuan was going to build five thousand sets of armor.
"Chief, what are you doing with so many armors? If someone discovers it, then..."
After the shock, Mo Huai asked with a worried look.
Being good at making weapons is a capital crime!
Li Zexuan said calmly: "Mr. Mo, there is no need to panic. This is a task assigned by His Majesty. It is not considered a violation of the law!"
After hearing this, Mo Huai felt a little at ease.
Li Zexuan looked at Zhang Hongsheng again and said, "Brother Zhang, you are not allowed to make these five thousand sets of plate armor by yourself. You only need to teach other craftsmen how to forge them!"
Zhang Hongsheng waved his hands quickly and said: "Master Hou, that's not what I meant. I'm just worried that the amount of steel required for five thousand sets of armor is extremely staggering, and the workshop may not be able to bear it! Especially vanadium steel, which is so rare, is used Isn’t it a waste to make armor?”
Li Ze Hou can bear it!"
The northern Turks are the real serious concern of the Tang Dynasty. Li Zexuan is now considered to have a big business in the Tang Dynasty, and his family is living a very happy life. He is determined not to allow the Turks to destroy his current good life. As long as the Turks can be destroyed If it goes away, what does it matter if he pays some steel?
Li Er's strategy is undoubtedly very wise. In the vast prairie, infantry plays a very limited role. Only highly mobile cavalry can gallop on the grassland and achieve surprise victory. The Xuanjia Army is the ace of the Tang Dynasty cavalry. The ace in the game, Li Zexuan wants these 5,000 Xuanjia troops to transform into 5,000 Iron Man, rampaging and invincible in the lair of the Turks!
At that time, the revamped Xuanjia Army will surprise everyone in the world!
Only then did Zhang Hongsheng understand the true background of Qiquge Workshop. He clasped his fists and said, "In that case, Zhang will go all out and lead all the blacksmiths in the workshop to replace Mr. Hou in the shortest possible time." Build five thousand sets of plate armor!"
Li Zexuan nodded and said: "That's very good! Before the hydraulic stamping machine is built, Brother Zhang can lead the blacksmith to build five thousand horseshoes, all of which must be made of vanadium steel! In addition, there are also Build a batch of horseshoes!”
The weapons used by the cavalry in the Tang Dynasty were generally horse swords. This thing was longer than a sword. It was most convenient to hold it in the hand to stab people when the horse charged. If it was made of vanadium steel, it would undoubtedly increase its sharpness. For those Turkic soldiers wearing simple leather armor, it was just like chopping melons and vegetables!
As for horseshoes, after his big white horse’s hoof was injured last year, he shoed Dabai, but he never popularized it because he was short of iron at that time!
According to academic research, horseshoes first appeared in ancient Rome around the world, around the first century BC. These horseshoes were made of copper or iron and were shaped to fit the lower part of the horse's hoof, but when fixed they were different from now. In addition to using short nails, they also need to be tied with leather, which is somewhat similar to the "Roman shoes" worn by ancient Roman soldiers, so they are also called "horse sandals".
Among the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China, there is a picture of "nailing horseshoes" on the wall of Cave 302 built in the 4th year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (584 AD). From the picture, a horse is standing, tied to a tree, and a person is standing behind it, holding the horse's right hind limb in his hand, turning the hoof upwards. There are oval hoofs painted on the hoofs, as if the palms are about to be released.
Therefore, some people speculate that horseshoes existed in China in the Sui Dynasty. However, this statement has been lack of archaeological evidence to support, and according to Zhao Rushi of the Southern Song Dynasty, in his book "Zhufan Chronicles", it was recorded that horses in the food country "were made of iron." "Shoes", I think it is very novel, which shows that horseshoes were not very popular in the Southern Song Dynasty at that time.
Indeed, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, horseshoes were not found in the Central Plains. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that horseshoes began to be used on a large scale! As for why there is a picture of "nailing horseshoes" from the Sui Dynasty in the murals of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, only God knows!
"Horseshoes? What is this?"
Zhang Hongsheng couldn't help but wonder.
Li Zexuan pulled out a drawing and explained: "They are shoes for horses to prevent the horseshoes from cracking due to long-term wear and tear, and can greatly reduce the loss of horseshoes! The appearance is like this. If you don't understand, you can look at it later. Look at the big white horse in my house, the horseshoes on its hooves have been installed for almost a year!"
Zhang Hongsheng reacted and said happily: "Put shoes on horses? This is a good idea, Mr. Hou! I don't know how many horses Zhang has seen in the past that were disabled due to cracked feet. With these horseshoes, it can very well prevent The horse’s hoof is strained!”
Everyone was amazed and Yan Shaoning couldn't help but said:
"Tsk tsk! Why didn't I notice your Dabai wearing shoes before?"
Li Zexuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "That's because you are blind~!"
"Puch!"
Mo Lingwei couldn't help laughing, but when she saw Mo Huai's expression turned serious, she quickly stopped laughing.
"Oh! That's right! In addition to horseshoes, you will also make a batch of horse armors when the time comes. It doesn't need to be too thick, it just needs to be able to withstand ordinary swords!"
Li Zexuan looked at Zhang Hongsheng and said again.
As for horse armor, leather vests had already appeared during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. During the Three Kingdoms period, full-length horse armor began to appear. This thing did not require drawings at all. Li Zexuan believed that with Zhang Hongsheng's knowledge, it could be made.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp. Vanadium steel plate armor, vanadium steel horseshoes, horseshoes, horse armor. Is Li Zexuan planning to build a super steel cavalry armed to the teeth?
They believe that even the Turkic cavalry will have a headache if they encounter such a terrifying cavalry, because this is an invincible cavalry that can attack and defend to the extreme!
"Gudong!"
No matter how stupid Zhang Hongsheng was, he understood at this time that Li Zexuan was going to play a big game. He swallowed and responded with difficulty: "Yes! Lord Marquis!"
Li Zexuan nodded. He took out the Wind-Chasing Sword and handed it to Zhang Hongsheng, saying, "Okay, I have nothing to answer to you now. You can take the Wind-Chasing Sword first!"
Zhang Hongsheng looked surprised. Now he did not dare to pick it up with one hand. Instead, he took it "hard" with both hands. Then he bowed to Li Zexuan and said: "Thank you, Mr. Hou, for your trust! In three days, Zhang will definitely take this chase." The wind sword returns to Zhao intact, Zhang will go down now!"
"Um!"
Li Zexuan nodded and hummed.
By the way, he is not worried about Zhang Hongsheng running away with his sword. After all, Zhang Yajiu's reputation is in charge there. If he can run away, a monk can't run away from the temple, right?
"Mr. Wang, Miss Mo, although the generators in the hydropower station can operate normally, the copper core used in the coils inside is not pure copper. This will greatly affect the power generation efficiency of the generator, so I plan to make a second generation Generator, use high-purity copper core to upgrade existing generators!”
After Zhang Hongsheng left, Li Zexuan looked at Wang Ji and Mo Lingwei and said.
"High-purity copper core? Chief Shan, there are inevitably impurities in this copper. How should we purify it?"
Wang Ji frowned and asked.
Mo Lingwei also set her sights on Li Zexuan. Although she was good at physics, she was definitely not weak in chemistry. After all, smart people can learn anything quickly. She had read the academy's "Chemistry" textbook more than once!
Li Zexuan replied in a deep voice: "Electrolytic refining! Now that we have electricity, we will use electrolytic refining to remove impurities in blister copper and obtain high-purity brass! The specific steps are also very simple. Use blister copper sheets to make The anode uses an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and bile alum as the electrolyte, and when electricity is applied, the copper on the anode dissolves and enters the solution, while the copper in the solution precipitates on the cathode.
During this process, in addition to copper, the blister copper hung on the anode also contains impurities such as iron and zinc. Since iron and zinc are more reactive metals than copper, they can replace the copper in the electrolyte and precipitate copper at the cathode; when When the metal activity is lower than that of copper, it cannot be dissolved and forms anode sludge. In this way, the purity of metallic copper precipitated on the cathode is very high. "
"That's it! I understand!"
Wang Ji thought for a moment, nodded and smiled.
Li Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's great! The workshop needs to open an electrolysis workshop as soon as possible, specifically for refining copper!"
"Yes! Chief Shan!"
Wang Ji responded with his hands raised.
Li Zexuan looked at Mo Lingwei at this time and said: "Miss Mo, in addition to upgrading the generator, I also want you to help me make an electric motor!"
"Electric motor? What is an electric motor?"
Mo Lingwei said doubtfully.
Li Zexuan took out a thick stack of drawings and said: "The generator uses the principle of magnetism to generate electricity, and this motor uses the principle of electricity to generate magnetism. The general process is that the energized coil will generate a rotating magnetic field and act on the rotor. , forming a magneto-electric rotating torque, which will keep rotating! The detailed details are clearly drawn in these drawings. If Miss Mo has any doubts, you can ask me at any time."
Mo Lingwei said happily: "Okay! Chief!"
"Hey! Chief Shan, Weier is just a girl. Can you bear to let her do so many things by herself?"
Yan Shaoning on the side could not help but complain.
Mo Lingwei glared at Yan Shaoning and said, "Huh! This is of my own free will. You can't blame the mountain chief!"
Li Zexuan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Haha! Shaoning! If you can't bear it, help Miss Mo more! You two are colleagues now, so you should help each other!"
After saying that, he glanced at Mo Huai calmly. The latter had a sullen face, showing no emotion or anger at all. Li Zexuan couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Has Yan Shaoning managed to deal with Mo Huai?
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