"Hongsheng, how is the progress of the new batch of armor~?"
After leaving the scientific research base of the "Killer Project", Li Zexuan came to the steelmaking plant. At this time, Zhang Hongsheng was instructing the craftsmen to move things, so he went up to meet Zhang Hongsheng and asked when Zhang Hongsheng was free.
"Master Hou, are you here~?"
Zhang Hongsheng heard the sound and turned around quickly. He first wiped the sweat on his forehead and then replied with a smile: "Hui Lord, you came at the right time today. The five thousand sets of boards you gave me earlier The armor, the vanadium steel horse armor, and the vanadium steel horse armor have all been made today. At this moment, the craftsmen are taking the workers to transport the armor from the riverside workshop here! Tomorrow, tomorrow the Marquis should be able to bring it People are here to transport this batch of soldiers and armor to the military camp~!"
"It's all finished~?"
Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows, with a look of shock on his face. In just over a month, the workshop had completed the production of five thousand sets of plate armor, horse armor and horse armor. This speed can be regarded as a miracle!
Of course, the reason for such a fast speed is mainly because the workshop has invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to produce this batch of armor equipment!
First of all, in order to produce the armor for so many years, the workshop has invested nearly 3,000 craftsmen, not counting civilians among them; secondly, Ke Shiqing is based in the land of Bashu and continuously transports vanadium ore to the workshop. , providing a solid material foundation for the production of armored equipment; finally, and most importantly, in order to produce new equipment, the workshop specially developed hydraulic stamping machine tools, replacing manpower with machines, which naturally greatly accelerated the production of armored equipment. The speed of building equipment!
"Yes! Lord Marquis! If you don't believe it, you can come here tomorrow to count the numbers!"
Zhang Hongsheng's face turned solemn and he cupped his fists.
Li Zexuan waved his hands quickly and said: "No, no, no! I am not disbelieving, I am just a little surprised! Being able to complete such an arduous task in such a short period of time shows that Hongsheng you are not only highly skilled, but also have outstanding leadership abilities. ah!"
Hearing this, Zhang Hongsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He scratched his head and laughed loudly and said: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis, for being able to create five thousand sets of armor and equipment so quickly. Zhang would never dare to think about it in the past. The reason why it can be completed is mainly due to the large number of craftsmen in our workshop, and the hydraulic stamping machine tool you built earlier, Mr. Hou, played a vital role! All this is the result of everyone working day and night and sweating like rain. , it doesn’t have much to do with Zhang~!”
Li Zexuan patted Zhang Hongsheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hongsheng, you are so humble! It is enough to show your ability if you can make these thousands of craftsmen work together and twist them into a rope~! Haha! With these new weapons and armors, The strength of the imperial court must be stronger than before~!"
Zhang Hongsheng stared at this and said in surprise: "Master Hou, is it possible that there has been a war in the imperial court recently~?"
This guy usually just immersed himself in blacksmithing, so naturally he had not heard about the recent tension between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. In addition, ordinary people did not know the specific time when the war between the imperial court and the Turks started. Only civil and military officials knew the approximate time. That’s all!
Li Zexuan looked solemn, nodded, and said: "Yes! Yes! This war is related to the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty~!"
Zhang Hongsheng's eyes flashed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Is it related to the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty? Could it be that the Tang Dynasty is about to go to war with the Turks?"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and finally nodded: "Almost!"
Zhang Hongsheng took a deep breath and murmured: "Alas! If I had known this, Zhang should have led the craftsmen to complete this batch of armors more quickly. If this delayed the war opportunity, I would have died. ah!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Hongsheng, you don't have to blame yourself, your speed has exceeded my expectations! If the speed is any faster, it may be difficult to guarantee the quality! Haha! The next morning, I will lead people Come and take these five thousand sets of armor!"
Now that all the armor has been built, he should leave for the Xuanjia Army camp!
"Okay! Zhang is waiting for the Marquis to come over at any time!"
Zhang Hongsheng cupped his hands and said.
"Well! Go and do your work! I will go somewhere else!"
With the Bingjia matter now over, Li Zexuan planned to leave the steelmaking plant.
Zhang Hongsheng responded: "Yes! Mr. Hou~!"
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After leaving the steelmaking plant, Li Zexuan came to the office building of the workshop and found Uncle Fu who was reading a newspaper in the office.
Uncle Fu is now old and his physical strength is not as good as before. After lunch every day, he usually takes a lunch break for more than half an hour. At this time, he has just woken up and is in a state of mental fatigue. I can read the newspaper and refresh myself!
"Fu Bo!"
The office door was unlocked, so Li Zexuan pushed the door open and walked in. When he saw Uncle Fu sitting on the chair, he quickly stepped forward and said hello.
"Yo~! Master, are you here? Sit down! Sit down~!"
When Uncle Fu heard Li Zexuan's voice, he was immediately shaken. He quickly put down the newspaper, stood up and said.
"Haha! Uncle Fu, how is your health lately?"
Li Zexuan followed his instructions and sat opposite Uncle Fu, and then he asked with concern on his face.
"Haha! Thank you for your concern, young master. My old body is still in good condition!"
Uncle Fu responded with a smile, and finally asked: "Master, why are you here today?"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and said: "There's nothing special. I just came here to see how the batch of armor and equipment was being made. In addition, I will be leaving Lantian County for a while soon. I have something that I need help from Uncle Fu. I’ll arrange for someone to do it!”
Fu Bo suddenly became interested and asked: "Master, what's the matter? Just tell me!"
At this time, Li Zexuan took out a large stack of rice paper from his sleeve and spread it on the desk in front of Uncle Fu. He saw that it was covered with dense lines. Obviously, these were all engineering drawings!
Uncle Fu narrowed his eyes and said subconsciously: "Haha! It seems that the young master is going to create another novel thing!"
"It is indeed a new thing, but this new thing will be the most complicated thing our Qiquge Workshop has made since its establishment~!"
Li Zexuan nodded, pointed to the top drawing, and said: "This thing will be the "mother of industry" of the Tang Dynasty. I call it a machine tool. With it, the industry of the Tang Dynasty will take off completely~ !”
"The most complicated thing? The mother of industry? Machine tools~?"
Uncle Fu was stunned by Li Zexuan's words. Finally, he couldn't help but ask: "Master, is the machine tool you mentioned the same thing as the hydraulic stamping machine tool by the Bahe River~ ?”
Li Zexuan shook his head and said: "Of course not! The hydraulic stamping machines on the Bahe River are mainly used for forging iron tools, but the machine tools I mentioned can be used to cut, grind, and boring to produce standard parts of all regular shapes. ! With it, we can build more sophisticated machines and produce more products! Fu Bo, you see, these first ten drawings depict a boring machine, which can... "
A machine tool is a machine that processes metal blanks into machine parts. It is a machine that makes machines, so it is also called a "work machine" or a "machine tool". It is customary to call it a machine tool!
In fact, Li Zexuan has wanted to build machine tools for a long time. No one understands the importance of this thing to industry better than him. But before, he was busy with many things and really had no time to do it. Now that he is about to go to the military camp, he has no time to do it, but He had to give this thing to Uncle Forbes before going to the military camp! Because the conditions for making machine tools are now almost mature!
As for these machine tool drawings, he stayed up late at night to draw them. They include a boring machine, a lathe, a milling machine and a grinder. The boring machine is based on the precision barrel boring machine invented by the British Wilkinson in 1774; the lathe is based on the lathe created by the British Maudsley in 1797 that can realize motorized feeding and turning threads. The drawings drawn; the milling machine is a copy of the horizontal milling machine made by the American Whitney in 1818; the grinder is a copy of the universal cylindrical grinder made in the United States in 1876!
With Li Zexuan's current mental strength, he can actually build a more advanced machine tool model in his mind, such as the five-axis linkage CNC machine tools commonly used in modern society. He can draw the mechanical structure diagram, but he can't draw it. how is it? Without a solid industrial and information foundation, even if there were drawings, Datang would not be able to build such advanced machine tools now!
The machine tools drawn on his drawings all have a common feature, that is, they are all driven by steam engines. These are all products of the first industrial revolution. If all four kinds of machine tools could be built, Datang's Industry will definitely take off completely on this basis. By then, it will not only be able to quickly produce various industrial products and industrial production machines, but even advanced industrial products such as muskets and cannons. By then, Datang will have become a truly The world's industrial power, it is no exaggeration to say that it is invincible in the world!
It took Li Zexuan about half an hour to explain to Uncle Fu roughly what he had drawn on the more than 40 drawings in his hand. Uncle Fu was so shocked that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. Li Zexuan waited for a while and then continued. :
"Uncle Fu, these drawings are very important. They are not only related to whether our workshop can make money in the future, but also related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty. Once they fall into the hands of foreigners, our Tang Dynasty will be completely in danger. So please do not pass it on to others for viewing!"
Uncle Fu finally came to his senses at this time. He hurriedly said: "Of course these old people understand that it is just such an important thing. How can you leave it to the old people for safekeeping, young master? I am old now, and I have old arms and legs. I am afraid it will be difficult for me to do it." Master, you have completed your mission! Master, you should give these drawings to someone who can protect them!"
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