In a few moments, a drawing was drawn on the paper, a diagram of the construction of the still.

The still is roughly divided into two parts, one is the distillation pot, and the function of the distillation pot is to heat the original liquor into steam. The other is a condenser, and the function of the condenser is to condense the steam into liquid wine.

The collection container is not included here, and only a simple container is needed.

The principle of distiller distillation is actually very simple: because the boiling point of alcohol is lower than that of water, so in the liquor mixture, the higher the alcohol content, the lower its boiling point will be, so in the process of heating, the alcohol first evaporates into the condenser by the sealed pipe, and the steam meets the condensation to form liquor, so as to achieve the effect of separating and concentrating alcohol.

Just as Li Zhi was looking at the drawings on the table and thinking, there was a sudden soft knock on the door.

"Your Highness, Zhao Jiujiang, director of the Foundry Bureau, asks to see you." The little guy outside the door.

After Li Zhi heard this, he didn't think much about it and let the little guy lead Zhao Jiujiang into the house.

"Your Highness..."Zhao Jiujiang came in and bowed slightly.

"I don't know, Director Zhao still needs to come to the door in person, didn't this king let you be fully responsible for the development of the machine now?" Li Zhi asked with a slight glance.

Li Zhiwei was a little unhappy with Zhao Jiujiang's unauthorized departure.

Zhao Jiujiang said in fear, "Your Highness, that's the case, Feng Chen, the head of the forging workshop today, reported to me that the plate armor forged for the Shenwu Army has now found some problems. ”

"Huh? What's the problem? Li Zhi asked hurriedly.

In fact, it is also Li Zhi's fault, because about the Shenwu Army's plate armor, Li Zhi has not asked since the arrangement, although he has not asked, but Li Zhi still cares about the plate armor, because the plate armor is related to the absolute combat effectiveness of the Shenwu Army in the future, but for a while, Li Zhi didn't think that anything would go wrong, and looked at Zhao Jiujiang in a daze.

"That's the case, Your Highness, Feng Chen reported that the craftsmen found that the progress of plate armor forging was a little slow, although according to His Highness's assembly line operation method, the efficiency was slightly improved, but at the current progress, it may not be able to fully equip the whole army at that time."

Li Zhi suddenly realized, secretly blamed himself, he didn't expect this reason, in the ancient times of low productivity and efficiency, everything was made by hand, and the plate armor, although compared to the chain mail made of a large number of fine metal rings and the scale armor and the armor made of small metal sheets, the plate armor was forged from large plates of metal.

Although the plate armor is made of large plates of metal, there are advantages and disadvantages, different from the scale armor, the structure of the plate armor is complex, the plate armor structure is simple, so the number of forged parts will be much less than the scale armor, the plate armor needs to forge the parts, but the parts that need to be forged are small, but the parts are very large, forging, it is very difficult, so the output is not very high.

After thinking for a while, Li Zhi found a very suitable thing from the crystallization of civilization, which could not only be used to improve the efficiency of forging plate armor, but also used in the subsequent production of distiller iron sheets and subsequent industrial development.

"With a hydraulic forging hammer, the forging efficiency can be greatly improved!"

"Hydraulic hammer?" Zhao Jiujiang asked suspiciously.

Li Zhi simply explained, "Uh... It is to use a stream of water to turn the wheels, which drives a hammer and strikes it repeatedly. ”

As soon as Li Zhigang finished speaking, Zhao Jiujiang immediately reacted and said, "Isn't this the water mill?" Now you can see people everywhere using this thing to make rice. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, "That's right, the basic principle is similar, but the mechanical structure of the hydraulic forging hammer is more complicated", Li Zhi simply told him some of the structure of the hydraulic forging hammer, and then said: "You go and arrange, find a larger water mill on the Wei River, I will simply improve it, let you see the power of the hydraulic forging hammer."

Seeing this, Zhao Jiujiang immediately retired, and hurriedly went down to make arrangements, still having some expectations in his heart, and was very curious about what new things His Highness could come up with.

When Zhao Jiujiang retreated, Li Zhi began to spread out the paper and draw a picture on it, for Li Zhi, who has the crystallization of civilization, how could a simple hydraulic crankshaft connecting rod system be difficult for him.

First determine the size of the water wheel, and then carefully plan the approximate size of the forging hammer, and then design a set of transmission mechanism for a while, with the speed of this set of water wheels, the design forging speed is not low, more than 240 times per minute, basically one second can be forged four times, so that such a high speed also benefits from the high-quality steel of the Foundry Bureau, because a large amount of steel is used on the hydraulic forging hammer mechanism, and the quality of the gear is much better, so it has been greatly improved than the number of civil water hammer strikes.

After the drawings were drawn, Li Zhi ordered the little servant to prepare the carriage and horses, went to Zhao Jiujiang's location, handed over the drawings to Zhao Jiujiang, first explained the meaning of the various marks on the drawings, and then roughly talked about some precautions.

Zhao Jiujiang found a place, eagerly spread out the drawings, and looked at the incredible and ingenious mechanical transmission parts on the drawings, which made Zhao Jiujiang dumbfounded, but he didn't expect this thing to be more efficient than the water mill.

I took a few drawings and looked at them several times, but I still couldn't help but be amazed, and I was amazed in my heart, this highness is really surprising.

After eating the drawings thoroughly, Zhao Jiujiang instructed the craftsmen to enter the site, and then sent people to draw the required materials, such as crankshafts and gear sets, which need to be processed, with the drawings, and then ordered people to send them to the Casting Bureau for manufacturing, and the Weihe River began to build a shed, and the prototype of a hydraulic forging hammer in the shed is slowly emerging.

The people by the Wei River pointed to the shack and pointed and discussed.

"What are you doing?"

"I don't know.. I don't know what the people don't know what to do by the river, they all shake their heads.

Li Zhi has been watching from the sidelines, watching the craftsmen work in an orderly manner under the command of Zhao Jiujiang, and from time to time Li Zhi also pointed out one or two, putting forward some areas that need to be improved, so it was not until the evening that Li Zhi left the Wei River and returned to the palace.

Back to the palace, Li Zhi was too tired and went straight back to the room to sleep, by the way, Zhang Qingci said to Li Zhi yesterday, there is something important to go to the capital, what is the specific Li Zhi does not know, only know that his father Zhang Zizhong also took leave to go, Li Zhi should go back to his hometown to do business, but worried about his safety, or sent the palace guards to go together.

Li Zhi, who was alone again, didn't say anything all night...

Following... Li Zhi slept until noon, and then got up from the bed with difficulty.

Just as Li Zhi was sitting at the table in a daze, a familiar voice came from outside the house.

"Your Highness... I'm back.."

"Zhou Man?" Li Zhi came back to his senses... Let it in.

After Zhou Man came in, he bowed down and said excitedly, "Your Highness, live up to expectations, the quilt factory has been set up in accordance with Your Highness's requirements, a large number of textile machines have also entered the site according to Your Highness's requirements, and a large number of textile workers recruited from all over the country are also in place, and Your Highness sent a few days ago for the clothing, I also brought a sample for Your Highness's reference" After speaking, he took out a few boxes from behind him.

Li Zhi opened them separately, and what was contained inside was a set of gray-black high-collared clothes and a pair of black leather boots.

Looking at the ready-to-wear clothes in his hand, Li Zhi was very satisfied and said happily, "Great! ”