"Young Master, Mr. Mo and Miss Mo are here~! Oh, Yan Gongzi is here too! ”

Around Shen Shi, Song Xiaosi led Mo Huai and Mo Lingwei to Li Zexuan's office in the workshop, and the magic was that Mo Lingwei was still followed by Yan Shaoning.

"Mountain Chief, I heard that you asked us for something?"

Mo Huai arched his hand and said.

Li Zexuan hurriedly beckoned: "Mr. Mo, Miss Mo, please take a seat, I came to you this time because I plan to let our workshop start a new round of technological innovation, which involves a lot of aspects, and I need your help!" ”

"Technological innovation? That little... Why didn't you call me, mountain chief? ”

When Yan Shaoning heard this, he was a little dissatisfied.

Li Zexuan said angrily: "I didn't call you, didn't you come over yourself?" If I call Miss Mo, doesn't that mean I call you too? ”

"Hey! That's what I said..."

Yan Shaoning couldn't help but be happy, but Mo Lingwei blushed and twisted Yan Shaoning's arm hatefully.

"Ahem!"

Mo Huai's eyes are so keen, how can he not be aware of the small movements of these two people? He suddenly turned dark, coughed heavily, and said: "Mountain Chief, if there is anything that needs to be done by our father and daughter, just say it directly, Mo Mou must do his best!" ”

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Let's sit down first!" Let's sit down and talk slowly! ”

A few people sat around a glass coffee table as they said, thanks to Li Zexuan's office, which was large enough, even if there were seven or eight people, it didn't seem crowded. After everyone sat down, Li Zexuan took out a few drawings, spread them out, and said in a deep voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, at present, we not only have dams, but also waterwheels, which are used to irrigate farmland and power machines. The next thing we need to do is to build a hydraulic stamping machine, which is the drawing of a hydraulic stamping machine.

After the stamping machine is done, it is necessary to transform the waterwheel into a power equipment that can be docked with the stamping machine, which is nothing more than adding some crank connecting rods for transmission, after the transformation, the stamping machine can be docked with the waterwheel, driven by the waterwheel, it can replace manpower, and the steel is repeatedly forged, and its impact force is almost the same every time, for precision forging, the efficiency of this thing is by no means comparable to human power! ”

Mo Huai looked at the drawings carefully, and after a while, he nodded and said: "Mountain Chief, there is no problem with the stamping machine tool and the waterwheel transformation, these two things are wrapped up in the old man!" ”

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "I also have this intention, this Bahe Dam Mr. Mo has been involved from beginning to end, and now the hydraulic machine tool is presided over by you, which is the most suitable!" Everyone in the workshop will do their best to help you in this matter! ”

"Thank you, Chief!"

Mo Huai arched his hand and said.

Li Zexuan smiled, and then said: "Brother Zhang, after this hydraulic stamping machine is completed, you will take all the blacksmiths in the workshop to produce the plate armor I handed over to you, such plate armor, at least five thousand sets!" ”

At the beginning, Li Er talked to him, saying that he wanted to expand the Xuanjia Army, from the original 3,000 people to 5,000 people, and the expanded Xuanjia Army would also update the ordnance equipment, and these ordnance equipment must all be supplied by the Strange Pavilion Workshop, and it must be made of vanadium steel!

"Five... Five thousand sets? Master Hou, I heard you right, right? ”

Zhang Hongsheng's body trembled, and he almost didn't fall off the chair, he opened his mouth wide and said with a shocked expression.

The rest of the people in the office also looked at Li Zexuan with shocked expressions, obviously everyone was shocked by the news that Li Zexuan was going to build five thousand sets of armor.

"Mountain Chief, what are you going to do with so much armor? If someone finds out, then..."

After the shock, Mo Huai asked with a worried expression.

Unauthorized manufacture of ordnance is a capital offense!

Li Zexuan said lightly: "Mr. Mo doesn't need to panic, this is a task assigned by His Majesty, and it is not a violation of the law!" ”

When Mo Huai heard this, he felt a little relieved.

Li Zexuan looked at Zhang Hongsheng again and said, "Brother Zhang, these five thousand sets of plate armor are not for you to build alone, you just need to teach other craftsmen how to forge them!" ”

Zhang Hongsheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Master Hou, I didn't mean that, I'm just worried about five thousand sets of armor, and the steel required is extremely amazing, and the workshop is afraid that it will be unbearable!" Especially vanadium steel, this thing is so rare, isn't it a waste to use it to make armor? ”

Li Zexuan couldn't help but smile and said: "You don't have to worry about this, Benhou now has iron mines, coal mines, and vanadium mines, and besides, the iron mines of the eldest grandson's family can also support our workshop, even if you build another 5,000 sets of plate armor, Benhou can withstand it!" ”

The Northern Turks are the real henchmen of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zexuan is now a big family in the Tang Dynasty, and the family lives very happily, he resolutely does not allow the Turks to destroy his current good life, as long as he can get rid of the Turks, what does he get by paying a little steel?

Li Er's strategy is undoubtedly extremely wise, in the vast prairie, the role of infantry is very limited, only the cavalry with strong mobility can gallop on the grassland, in order to achieve a surprising victory, the Xuanjia Army is the trump card of the Tang Dynasty cavalry trump card, Li Zexuan wants to let the five thousand Xuanjia Army, incarnate into five thousand Iron Man, in the Turkic people's nest, rampant, invincible!

At that time, the revamped Xuanjia Army will surprise everyone in the world!

Zhang Hongsheng can be regarded as understanding the true essence of the Strange Pavilion Workshop now, he hugged his fists and said: "That is the case, then Zhang Mou will definitely go all out at that time, lead all the blacksmiths in the workshop, and use the shortest time to build 5,000 sets of plate armor for Hou Ye!" ”

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "That's very good!" Before the hydraulic stamping machine tool was made, Brother Zhang could first take the blacksmith to build 5,000 horse lances, all of which must be made of vanadium steel! On top of that, build a batch of horseshoes! ”

The weapons used by the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty are generally horse lances, this thing is longer than the sword, and it is most convenient to stab people in the hand when the war horse charges, if it is made of vanadium steel, it can undoubtedly increase its sharpness, and in the face of those Turkic soldiers wearing simple leather armor, it is simply chopping melons and vegetables!

As for the horseshoe, after the big white horsehoe at his house was injured last year, he nailed the big white horseshoe, but it has not been promoted, because there was a lack of iron at that time!

According to academic research, in the world, the horseshoe first appeared in ancient Rome, about the first century BC, this kind of horseshoe or copper or iron, the shape conforms to the lower part of the horse's hoof, but it is not the same as it is now, in addition to using short nails, it also needs to be tied with leather, a bit similar to the "Roman shoes" worn by ancient Roman soldiers, so it is also called "horse sandals".

In the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang in China, there is a "nail horseshoe map", which is on the wall of Cave 302 built in the 4th year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui Dynasty (584 AD). From the picture, a horse stands, tied to a tree, a person stands behind it, holding the horse's right hind limb, so that the hoof flips upward, and the hoof is painted with an oval hoof, as if the palm is about to be released.

Therefore, some people speculate that China had horseshoes in the Sui Dynasty, but this statement has been supported by a lack of archaeological evidence, and according to Zhao Rushi, a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, in his book "Zhufan Zhi", it was recorded that the horses of the Great Food Kingdom "used iron as shoes", which was 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, no horseshoe was found in the Central Plains, and it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that horseshoes began to be used on a large scale! As for why there is a "nail horseshoe picture" of the Sui Dynasty in the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, only God knows!

"Horseshoe? What is this? ”

Zhang Hongsheng couldn't help but wonder.

Li Zexuan took out a drawing and explained: "It is the shoes worn by the horse to prevent the horse's paw from cracking due to long-term wear and tear, which can greatly reduce the loss of horses' ass!" If you don't understand it, you can go and see the big white horse in Benhou's house later, the horseshoe on its four hooves has been installed for almost a year! ”

Zhang Hongsheng reacted and said happily: "Put shoes on the horse? Master Hou, this is a good way! In the past, Zhang didn't know how many horses he had seen crippled because of cracked horses' feet, but with this horseshoe, he could well prevent horsehoe strain! ”

Everyone was also amazed, and Yan Shaoning couldn't help but say:

"Tsk! Why didn't I notice that your big white was wearing shoes before? ”

Li Zexuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "That's your blindness~!" ”

"Flutter!"

Mo Lingwei couldn't help laughing, but when she saw Mo Huai's face pale, she quickly stopped laughing.

"Oh! That's right! In addition to the horseshoe, when the time comes, you can make a batch of horse armor, which does not need to be too thick, and can resist ordinary swords! ”

Li Zexuan looked at Zhang Hongsheng and said again.

Regarding horse armor, leather horse armor has appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and in the Three Kingdoms, a full set of horse armor began to appear, and this thing does not need to be given drawings at all, Li Zexuan believes that with Zhang Hongsheng's knowledge, it will definitely be able to be made.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp, vanadium steel plate armor, vanadium steel horse lance, horseshoe, horse armor, Li Zexuan is planning to build a super steel cavalry armed to the teeth?

They believe that such a terrifying cavalry, even if the Turkic cavalry encounters it, will feel a headache, because this is an invincible cavalry that has done both attack and defense to the extreme!

"Goo-dong!"

Even if Zhang Hongsheng was stupid, he understood that Li Zexuan was going to have a big vote at this time, he swallowed his saliva and replied with difficulty: "Yes!" Master Hou! ”

Li Zexuan nodded, he took out the Wind Chasing Sword, handed it to Zhang Hongsheng, and said, "Okay, there will be nothing to explain to you next, you can take this Wind Chasing Sword first!" ”

Zhang Hongsheng looked surprised, this time he didn't dare to take it with one hand, but took it with both hands, and then bowed to Li Zexuan and said, "Thank you Lord Hou for your trust!" Three days later, Zhang Mou will return this wind-chasing sword to Zhao, and Zhang will go down! ”

"Hmm!"

Li Zexuan nodded and snorted.

In other words, he is not worried about Zhang Hongsheng running away with a sword, after all, Zhang Yajiu's reputation is in control there, and if he can run, the monk can't run the temple, right?

"Mr. Wang, Miss Mo, although the generator of the hydropower station can operate normally, the coil inside is not pure copper, which will greatly affect the power generation efficiency of the generator, so I plan to build a second-generation generator and upgrade the existing generator with a high-purity copper core!"

After Zhang Hongsheng left, Li Zexuan looked at Wang Ji and Mo Lingwei and spoke.

"High-purity copper cores? Mountain chief, there are inevitably impurities in this copper, how should we purify it? ”

Wang Ji frowned and asked.

Mo Lingwei also set her eyes on Li Zexuan, although she is good at physics, but chemistry is definitely not weak, after all, smart people learn everything quickly, she has read the "Chemistry" textbook of the academy 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 from blister copper and obtain high-purity brass! The specific steps are also very simple, use a coarse copper sheet as the anode, use sulfuric acid and bile alum aqueous solution as the electrolyte, energize, the copper on the anode dissolves down and enters the solution, and the copper in the solution precipitates on the cathode.

In this process, in addition to copper, there will be impurities such as iron and zinc in the blister copper hanging on the anode, because the metal activity of iron and zinc is stronger than that of copper, so it can replace the copper in the electrolyte and precipitate copper at the cathode; When the activity of the metal is lower than that of copper, it cannot be dissolved and anode mud is formed, so that the metal copper precipitated on the cathode is of high purity. ”

"I see! The old man understood! ”

Wang Ji pondered for a moment, nodded and smiled.

Li Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's fine!" An electrolysis workshop needs to be opened up in the workshop as soon as possible to be dedicated to copper refining! ”

"Yes! Mountain Chief! ”

Wang Ji replied.

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 a motor!" ”

"Electric motors? What is Electric Motor? ”

Mo Lingwei wondered.

Li Zexuan took out a thick stack of drawings and said: "The generator uses the principle of magnetism, and this motor uses the principle of magnetism, and the general process is that the energized coil will produce a rotating magnetic field and act on the rotor to form a magnetoelectric power rotation torque, which will rotate non-stop!" The details are very clear in these drawings, if Miss Mo has any doubts, you can always come and ask me. ”

Mo Lingwei said happily: "Okay! Mountain Chief! ”

"Huh! Mountain Chief, Wei'er is just a daughter's family, you let her do so many things alone, can you bear it? ”

Yan Shaoning, who was on the side, couldn't help but complain at this time.

Mo Lingwei glared at Yan Shaoning and said, "Hmph! This is my own volition, you are not allowed to blame the mountain chief! ”

Li Zexuan couldn't help but laugh: "Haha! Shaoning! If you can't bear it, you can help Miss Mo more! You two are now colleagues and deserve to help each other! ”

With that, he glanced at Mo Huai quietly, who had a tense face and couldn't see joy or anger at all. Li Zexuan couldn't help muttering in his heart: Did this Yan Shaoning finish Mohuai?

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