Chapter 1386 Military System

In March, the official construction of various roads began, and Su You pulled Shen Kuo and Zhang Tianshi and plunged into Yinfeng Prison.

Yinfeng Jian is the silver city in later generations, with chlorine metallurgy and hydrometallurgy, the gold, silver and copper output here is abundant.

The technical conditions here are also the best, and the gun and ammunition research and development base in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty is here.

It's a unit that doesn't run bad for money.

Standard rails, convex rails, matching cast iron wheels, and fifth-generation steam engines have all been produced, and the development of locomotives is actually only a step away.

Shen Kuo and Su You worked very hard, but the little heavenly master was a little impatient: "Isn't it important to organize the Taoist treasures in Dunhuang?" Why do you have to use a steam engine to haul goods? Or pull it by land? Can't you use so many horses in Ningxia? ”

Su You said: "Horses are greatly affected by the weather, and the cost is also high, no objection is allowed, now I am fighting with Zhao Zongyou, he wants to move the steam engine to the Kuizhou type, used to safely cross the equatorial windless belt, I want to build a train that can run with a steam engine on the ground, the goal is to be able to carry forty tons of goods, one hundred and fifty miles back and forth in a day." And the cost of transportation is some coal and water. ”

Shen Kuo said: "The South China Sea has used the railway, now we have a certain amount of research on power measurement, rail viscosity, traction viscosity, and adhesive weight, and the marine steam engine has developed to a certain extent. ”

Then he took out a drawing: "Guogong has drawn the rough model." ”

Zhang Xiangzhong took the drawings: "Who is this demon?" How can there still be a face? ”

Su You couldn't help but blush: "That face was added by the naughty side of the flat can." ”

Not at all, this is specially painted by Su You based on the Thomas Train!

In Shuzhong in later generations, twenty kilometers west of Qianwei County, there is a fun experience project - Jiayang Train.

With a total length of 20 kilometers, a gauge of 762 mm, six tunnels, an arc of 109 sections, and a maximum slope of 36‰, the Bashi Railway is known as the "living fossil of the industrial revolution".

The small locomotive running on it is very similar to the locomotive in the cartoon "Thomas Train", which attracts countless tourists to experience it with their children.

Su You has also been there, and the scene of the small train shuttling in the cauliflower field during the rape blossom season has indeed left a deep impression on him.

There was also a locomotive tour project in the station, and when he went, there happened to be a summer camp for children, and the summer camp also invited a retired engineer from the Chengdu Railway Bureau to be a docent.

So when the old engineer explained the structure and operation principle of the steam train to the children, Su You was also interested in listening to it.

This locomotive was drawn based on that.

However, he could only draw a large prototype.

But the big prototype of light, in Shen Kuo's eyes, this picture is a priceless treasure.

For example, the horizontal boiler has a tall chimney, and the coal consumption of the boiler can be roughly seen from the large chimney.

This shows that the boiler is the kind of multi-tube boiler invented by Shi Fu, and the chimney forms a negative pressure with the combustion chamber, and the horizontal boiler is heated by hot gas.

There is also a protruding box-mounted object above the boiler, which is obviously the steam purification and drying device, and then the structure of the locomotive running part is in the lower part, indicating that there is also a steam pipe to the bottom of the locomotive to drive the cylinder.

There are also countless highlights in the walking part, such as from the connecting rod part, two pairs of which are obviously driving wheels, and the small wheels in front of the driving wheels are obviously playing a guiding role, and the rear several pairs of driven wheels are its sharing of pressure and helping to turn.

The whole part is more complex than the oil well lifter, but it is actually simpler than the textile machine, and the horizontal movement of the cylinder shaft is generally converted into a circular motion.

However, because it is much larger, it provides more driving force, and it is also very difficult to design.

But the working principle has been clarified, the big construction has also come out, and the rest is a matter of detailed design.

Polytechnic is a model that assists in design, and many designs and calculations can be made in advance.

Su You selected the science and engineering talents of Yinfeng Jian to form the "Steam Power Locomotive Interest Society", with a total of thirty or forty people, all of whom were elites.

At the same time, the Lanzhou Iron Works began to manufacture steel rails.

In March, Su You began to inspect the states again, especially the five states of the Silk Road, Zhangye City, Wuwei City, Helan Fort, Wulahai City, and Black Mountain Fort.

The castle is a mixed structure of reinforced concrete and masonry, and because of the high-precision artillery, the moat is far from the castle, which is three miles.

Between the moat and the castle was a field of wheat for farming, and there were ditches of prefabricated cement panels around the star-shaped castle, which could also be used as trenches and communication trenches in times of war.

The city is mountain-shaped, not only defended by the outermost city wall, but also the layout of the city is more like a multi-layered birthday cake built against the mountain.

The artillery is at the top, able to get the best protection and the longest range.

Such a city is quite terrifying, there are water sources inside and outside the city, fertile fields, workshops, and huge granaries, grass warehouses, arsenals, and barracks in the city.

Wuyuan City and Jiuyuan City are even more huge, and the two are in Wuyuan, directly turning the land between the two rivers into a huge support base.

In addition to the old canals of the Han and Tang dynasties, there are also seven river canals, according to the experience of local farmers, ice water, peach blossom water, April water, Fushui, autumn water, and winter water for irrigation.

Among them, the water is fertile, and the irrigation effect is the best, followed by autumn water, and spring water is the worst.

In winter, when the water is clear, it is used to wash the channel and carry out dredging.

The mouth of the diversion canal is adapted to local conditions.

Located at the mouth of the upstream canal, due to the high water level of the river, in order to avoid directly entering the ice skate, only "poured water" is diverted;

If the mouth of the canal located downstream, a diversion dam needs to be added as in Dujiangyan;

The mouth of the canal in the middle can be located downstream of the concave bank.

If all these canals are built, theoretically 90 million acres of arable land, pasture land, and forest land can be obtained, that is, 900,000 hectares, which is equivalent to two Zhejiang roads!

Of course, this is only the area, the actual output because of crop rotation, the acres of arable land that year are only equivalent to the two Zhejiang roads, plus the suitable cultivation time, and the yield, in fact, only less than half of the two Zhejiang roads.

However, there is no substitute here, because here, horses!

Since the restoration of the Lingyang Canal in the late Han Dynasty, wheat was planted in the west of the canal, and horses were herded in the east of the canal, and now thousands of hectares of cultivated land have been developed.

When Su You patrolled here, the 30,000 elites of the new army were training and synthesizing.

Su You brought the second batch of goods, as well as farm tools and military weapons.

Chong Yi saw the lively scene of transportation on the river beach, and said to Su You: "Guogong, I will accompany you to inspect the new army here?" ”

Su You said with a smile: "There is no need for military affairs, I am here to accept the city, send it to the people, and look at the progress of your tuntian and horse herding, how many foals are pregnant now?" ”

"Then I'll take Guogong around." Chongyi sandwiched the horse's belly and led the way first: "Wait until next year, we can get eight thousand." ”

Su You also beat his horse to keep up: "It's too hard here, you have to provide food for the soldiers, even if you compare it with the wartime supply, it's no problem for me to support you in three ways." ”

Chongyi said: "I will pay close attention to training, but if the soldiers have not fought for a long time, they will definitely slack off." ”

Su You thought for a while: "Wang Xianggong's method of placing generals only solves part of the problem, and it belongs to the headache doctor." ”

"Let the generals be in charge of the locality, from recruitment to the formation of the army, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will repeat the situation of the late Tang Dynasty."

"On the contrary, it is the system of Taizu, although there are also problems, but I think it is more suitable for the new army."

"The so-called generals do not know the soldiers, but the quality of the soldiers themselves, and there is too much difference between different places."

"If all of them are like the new army, they have a unified command, a unified system, a unified establishment, a unified discipline, and a unified training. Let each general, no matter which army he takes, not much difference in his combat power, still exist this problem? ”

And the so-called soldiers do not know the generals, the same problem, if the generals have been trained by the Royal Military Academy, have the same background, the same education, in command, organization, planning, discipline, all adopt the same management style. Let all the soldiers be managed and promoted under a unified and coordinated system, where do the soldiers still need 'knowing the generals'? Isn't it enough to obey orders and resolutely complete combat missions? ”

Chongyi nodded: "I've been focusing on collaboration for this time, but in fact, the purpose is for this." ”