Qi Jiguang was surprised now. Since you can't help with the artillery manufacturing, what do you mean by providing help?
His mind was spinning, and he thought to himself: Could it be that Gao Shidu meant to persuade Mr. Gao Ge or even the emperor to allocate an extra part of our money in Jizhen to develop new artillery? Hmm... That's helping from another aspect, but can he really help with this kind of thing? The court's expenses are not sufficient, not to mention that Mr. Gaoge is currently checking and filling the gaps in all aspects, in order to smooth the court's deficit and plug the loopholes in which some previous allocations were abused. Then it is even more impossible to raise the salary of a certain military town casually - to say the least, even if it really needs to be raised, shouldn't it be raised to Xuanda first? On the one hand, they are directly facing Anda Khan, who is the biggest threat, and on the other hand, they are also the direct descendants of Gaoge Lao. They have not even had the chance to raise their salaries, so how can I, Ji Liao, have any chance?
But Gao Jingshi's words made Qi Jiguang confused, because Gao Jingshi said: "The main focus of this help is the artillery carriage."
"Cannon carriage?" Qi Jiguang was worthy of being Qi Jiguang. He immediately asked: "Gao Shidu is good at building carriages? You mean to create a better artillery carriage as a mobile gun mount for the artillery, so that the artillery can move faster and improve Mobilize and deploy capabilities on the spot?”
"Captain Qi is indeed great, but you are only half right." Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "I do have a way to increase the speed of the artillery carriage, but it requires a very critical part, but that thing requires more than just precision. Steel, and requires very precise manufacturing. In addition, once that thing is manufactured, not only the gun carriage can be used, but many engineering tools can be used, and the effect is far beyond any existing methods."
Qi Jiguang no longer thinks that Gao Pragmatic is a bragging brat. Hearing this, he immediately became serious and asked solemnly: "I wonder what Gao Shidu said?"
"This thing should have never been seen before, and I didn't mention it in the last calligraphy and painting album I gave to Governor Qi." Gao Pingshi took a deep breath, sat up straight, and said, "I named it 'Bearing'. "
"Bearing?" Qi Jiguang frowned. He couldn't figure out what it was even after thinking about it. He couldn't help but find it difficult to speak.
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "Let me draw it for you in a simple way... Gao Mo, bring me a charcoal pencil."
Although Gao Qingshi is different from many time travellers, his calligraphy is quite passable because he has practiced it since he was a child. However, being able to write calligraphy does not mean that he can draw with a calligraphy brush - he has never learned this. On the contrary, he was forced to learn it several times in middle school. It was a sketching class, so when he came this time, he specially prepared a few charcoal pencils that he thought were so crude that he wanted to cry, just for use.
Qi Jiguang did not dare to underestimate Gao Pragmatism, but seriously regarded Gao Pragmatism's "painting". He soon discovered that Gao Pragmatic's painting style was extremely different from the painting styles of previous generations, especially his mastery of shadows of geometric figures. After a complex ring-shaped object was drawn in his hands, it almost looked like a real object. In front of my eyes, the sense of layering is extremely strong.
If Gao pragmatic knew that Qi Jiguang had wandered into this area, he would definitely tell him: This is all pediatrics, just a side skill after practicing sketching and painting eggs. Let's not go off topic.
The final thing Gao pragmatically drew was a ring with an inscribed edge. There was a circle of small beads inside the ring, and the inner layer was another small ring inscribed with the opposite edge of the outer ring.
"This kind can be called a ball bearing." Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Captain Qi, you can imagine that if this thing is installed on the axle, the resistance the vehicle will experience when it is moving is higher than the current one. Much smaller?”
Qi Jiguang did not answer immediately, but stared at Gao Pragmatic's sketch and thought carefully for a while, and then sighed: "Gao Shidu, Qi is truly convinced of your intelligence. Although even a martial artist like me cannot understand the principle of this thing." I can see clearly, but how could there be another such fantastic idea in thousands of years?"
Gao Pragmatic kept a reserved smile on his face, but said in his heart: That's not necessarily true. The Romans had already used bearings, but the metal smelting technology of their time was even worse, so they only produced some wooden products. Later, Leonardo da Vinci, the real genius, came up with new ideas for bearings. Finally, when the level of metal smelting improved, Westerners immediately led the world in this regard. I haven't started sailing yet, and I can't get books like Elements of Geometry, but the ancient Chinese were particularly good at handicrafts, so although things like bearings are complicated, I can design them first, and then rely on the excellent craftsmanship of skilled craftsmen. It's slowly ground out, but... the iron and steel smelting must wait until my steel factory is started. Otherwise, with the current smelting level of the Ming Dynasty, even if the bearings are made, the durability will not meet my requirements at all.
Although Gao Pragmatic was thick-skinned, he couldn't stand Qi Jiguang's constant praise, so he coughed dryly and changed the subject: "Captain Qi, I have already drawn the appearance of this thing, but with the current steel-making technology, even if it is manufactured, it will The results were not as good as I expected, so I bought land in Kaiping and planned to use the iron ore and coal mines near Kaiping to make steel and then start manufacturing it myself."
Qi Jiguang said in surprise: "I know that there are some iron mines near Kaiping, but coal mines... although there seem to be a lot of them, but as far as I know, coal mines are used to make steel, let alone good steel. Gao Shi read you... there are others How?" He originally wanted to say, "I'm afraid you will be disappointed if you do this, Gao Shidu," but suddenly he thought, with a genius like Gao Pragmatic, how could he still not know that good steel cannot be made from coal? Knowing that he still has to do this can only mean one thing: he can solve this problem.
Sure enough, Gao Pragmatic waved his hand: "I can solve this problem, but there is no time to discuss it in detail right now... Let's talk about the second area where the gun carriage can be improved - this time it may be more improved than the bearings on the gun carriage. Directly, because this method can directly improve the combat capability of artillery."
Qi Jiguang was surprised and happy. What surprised him was that Gao Pragmatic didn't know how he developed his brain. Improving the artillery carriage could actually improve the combat capability of the artillery? The artillery carriage itself is just a carrier. What does the modification of the artillery carriage have to do with combat capabilities?
The good news is that if Gao Pragmatic's words are true, then this effect can be immediately enhanced to the existing artillery. Wouldn't it be great?
Without saying a word, Gao Pragmatic picked up the charcoal pen again and started drawing on the paper.
This time, he drew the rest of the gun carriage very briefly, but at the lower front of the gun carriage, he carefully drew a device that Qi Jiguang had never seen before. The thing looked like a pillar, with markings on the pillar There are some words on it, which look like the scales on a ruler, and the top of the cylinder has a longitudinal semi-cylindrical concave shape.
Qi Jiguang looked at it carefully, and suddenly his heart moved, and he blurted out: "The purpose of this thing is to hold up the muzzle of the cannon?"
