Lin Xi asked, "Do you think you can do it?" ”

Song Qing furrowed his brows and said hesitantly, "I remember that you have a lot of drawings." ”

Lin Xi said: "There are not a lot of them, mainly balloon balloons, balloon rings, hanging baskets, fierce fire oil heaters, blowers, and hanging basket nets. ”

Song Qing said:

"Actually, my dad gave us the job at that time, but he didn't ask for it, so we didn't do it with our hearts.

Let's talk about the simplicity first, the hanging basket is an ordinary thing, we can find someone to make it up, bamboo or wicker can be, we have bamboo on the boat, there are not many wicker, this is not difficult.

Then the blower, we have the bellows, you said that the circle mouth of this airbag has more than four feet, I think, you can only re-do the bellows, push and pull the bellows to do two, so that there are more people who work, two can be pumped and pulled, let the air go in, in fact, there is a way, that is, directly use wood to make a ring mouth cover, cover the balloon ring mouth, so that the air supply with the bellows is very secure, and then open a round mouth on it, if you want to heat it with fierce oil, put the hot air from this opening.

Also, we have a boiler on the ship, and we can directly use the ring mouth cover to blow the hot gas of the boiler into it, and the bellows are not as good as it. ”

Lin Xi once again felt that the Song Dynasty was open-minded and technologically advanced, a young man in his twenties, who had not yet graduated from college, although there were wonderful and gorgeous, but most of them were still messing around, falling in love, and eating their parents. So Lin Xi blurted out: "Good idea." ”

Song Qing was encouraged, extremely happy, and even more energetic, pointing to the drawings and saying:

"The flamethrower of the fierce fire oil, we originally had a fierce fire oil tank, but it was squeezing out the fierce fire oil, and our airbag couldn't do this, so it would all burn.

We discussed this matter yesterday, and we felt that the size you gave was a little bit, the fire should be big, the strength should be fierce, but the flame should be short, so we felt that we couldn't spray the oil out, we had to use a bellows to heat and spray the fire out. Then there must be a big fire plate, and the coppersmith is not good at it, but the rabbit cub of Liu Bajia is very good at it, and he can do it better than his father. He did make a thing, we tried it, and the fire was quite big, but it was too oil-intensive, and his father scolded him for being a loser and beat him up. ”

Lin Xi heard the "rabbit cub" at first thought it was scolding, but looking at Song Qing's appearance, it didn't look like he was scolding, and then he reacted, this should be a nickname, and then, he heard that a sample had been made, what a talent, just with some rough drawings and purpose requirements, he could draw inferences and create his own things...... Then, just waiting for Song Qing to say the following, the result is gone, what kind of rhythm is this? Beat up, that's the result?

Lin Xi looked at Song Qing, Song Qing also looked at Lin Xi, after two or three breaths, Song Qing couldn't help it a little, and stammered and asked, "That, Venerable Master, I also think it's too much to eat...... It's really quite oil-intensive...... The fire was also quite high, and at that time, it ruffled the hair of three or four people, and there was a burning smell...... Why don't you beat him up? ”

Lin Xi decided to give up arguing, and there was no point in arguing with ducks, so Lin Xi said, "You can beat him...... Hmmm"

Lin Xi found that this sentence must not be quite right, it seems that people's inertia is really powerful, he adjusted his thinking, and then said: "His things are ready, take them and take a look." In this way, bring all the things you have made and take a look. ”

Song Qing felt as if he knew what Lin Xi wanted, jumped up happily, and ran away.

Taking advantage of the vacancy, Lin Xi climbed up to the lookout again, and the top head and the top were eating cakes, chatting on the lookout, and when they saw Lin Xi climbing up, they consciously gave up a position and saluted Lin Xi: "Master, what are your commands?" ”

He said happily: "Master, I see that the fighting in the east is quite fierce, and there are no less than eighty or ninety pillars of smoke, that is, at least eighty or ninety large ships are on fire, maybe one hundred or ninety ships." ”

Lin Xi said: "Go to Guo Yijiao's head and call him up and let him take a look." ”

Shao Ding responded, slid down the mast, and called Guo Yi, Guo Yi was not hypocritical, climbed up to the lookout in three times and two times, Lin Xi said directly to Guo Yi: "Guo Yi Jiaotou, look at our situation, what is the surrounding situation." ”

Guo Yi looked around in all directions, bowed to Lin Xi, and said: "If you go back to the Venerable Master, the three loach boats around us can burn at least one person for an hour, but now it is high tide, and it will be time to fall tide in a while, so we will float back to the mouth of the South China Sea."

But the fire will at least cover us for half an hour to an hour.

Looking to the east, it is very complicated, as if the more you fight, the bigger the battle. ”

Lin Xi asked: "Isn't it good for us to start a big war?" ”

Guo Yi said: "On the whole, of course, there are many benefits. If it's all gone, we'll be in no danger. But the chances of it all spelling out are very small.

If the Song soldiers were defeated, the puppet yuan might rush to the beach and land, and at that time, the puppet yuan on the west bank would organize cavalry and infantry and transport them to Yashan. We'll be discovered.

If the puppet yuan is defeated, they will have to return to repair, and they will also find us.

If the fight is stalemate, the warships they originally used to patrol the border should be pressed, and then we have the best chance. ”

Lin Xi asked, "How can you know what state they are in?" ”

Guo Yi said: "This is not easy to judge, it involves decision-making." ”

Lin Xi said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it"

Guo Yi said: "I think it is more likely to be stalemate. ”

Lin Xi asked, "Why?" ”

Guo Yi said: "If you look at the direction of the west bank, it turns out that they have a few coastal defense battalions patrolling the border, which can be seen on the top of Yashan, and the boat can only be seen when it is close, so the general lookout post may not be very clear, but if you can stand on the top of Yashan, you can have a panoramic view, in fact, we occupy Yashan, and the advantage is also quite large." Hey, just.

Forget it, let's not talk about it.

Venerable Master, you see, is it our west coast, there are not many people patrolling the sea on the west coast, and most of them are asthmatic, and the biggest one is only a loach boat, and there is not a single car or ship, anyway, there is no more as far as the eye can see.

Moreover, these patrol battalions patrolling the sea are very slow and lazy.

It is natural that they are guarding the border, have low military achievements, and are not highly motivated.

If they want to take credit, they have to drive the ship to the line of fire, and their big ships are gone, which shows that they are very relieved to patrol the line.

It's already early (note: 1 to 3 p.m.), and in less than two hours, it will be dark.

This kind of fire attack and then jump gang fighting, each ship takes at least an hour, can it be cleared up or not, if they are equal in strength, break through the three layers of defense, in order to the end, plus landing, there are still three hours to end the battle, it is amazing.

At that time, it was going to be dark, and the night battle, whether it was a land battle or a naval battle, there was almost nothing that could be done on either side, so they must retreat for a while, wait until dawn, and then come to fight. ”

Lin Xi was very surprised when he heard Guo Yitiao's analysis, and asked unconsciously: "Guo Jiaotou, what is your background?" ”

Guo Yi smiled bitterly: "I was in charge, but I followed the wrong person at that time, those officials, let us be on duty, and then took the opportunity to run, I was going to be killed, but a few old people interceded, and later made a cannon head." ”

Lin Xi said: "That's the case. You relax, now, survive your life before you have a chance. Go on. ”

Guo Yi said, "Venerable Xie Lin is forgiving. I think our biggest opportunity is to hide in the three loach boats that have already been lit with fireworks, wait for it to get dark, and after dark, act on the opportunity. ”

Lin Xi said: "How to act when the opportunity arises? ”

Guo Yi said: "I have to run for my life first."

If the Song soldiers win, we return to the Song army camp, after all, we saved the queen mother, and the emperor is also on the ship, going back must be merit or merit, or merit and demerit are offset, we have other combat effectiveness, and we can also improve the overall combat effectiveness of the Song army.

If the Song soldiers are defeated, after dark, we can flee from the sea to the south, and continue to the south, we can avoid Meng Yuan and find another opportunity.

If the pseudo-yuan wins and lands, we can only abscond at night, and we can flee wherever we can, and then we will talk about the future. ”

Lin Xi asked: "Is it possible for us to attack the Mengyuan flagship?" ”

Guo Yi looked at it seriously:

"The pseudo-yuan flagship is a little far away from us, and besides, there are eight or nine ships around it, how can we sneak in?

If you don't sneak in, but rush straight in, it is estimated that you will be killed before you reach the edge.

Well, by the way, we have three miles of fire, three miles of fire, we have to calibrate first, this will take at least a quarter of an hour, before launching the fire, at least two quarters of an hour, and it will be close to three miles, and when the three miles of fire is finished, we will be surrounded - this is a suicide festival. ”

When Lin Xi heard this, he laughed: "Guo Jiaotou, don't be too pessimistic, think about it like this, if you sneak in, we are also loach boats, the ship type is the same, the flag, we have so many fireworks, the flag is not complete, is it normal." ”

Guo Jiaotou said: "That's what I said, but what about us entering their inner circle? The clothing and accent of our soldiers are not quite the same as those of the pseudo-yuan, and there is not a single Mengyuan person on our ship, but there must be a Mongolian on every Mengyuan ship. How do we break into their defensive circle? ”

Lin Xi thought for a while and said, "We may be able to build something called a hot air balloon at night, that thing can float in the air, if the vision is not good at night, can we sneak in through the defense circle of the pseudo-yuan, and then snipe the pseudo-yuan flagship from the air?" However, this requires the balloon to be able to carry a lot of weight. ”

Guo Jiaotou said: "Fly to the sky? The Venerable Master laughed. ”

Lin Xi said: "No, have you ever played Kong Ming Lantern?" ”

Guo Jiaotou said: "That thing, which military book doesn't talk about it, arson and message transmission must be used, this is common sense." ”

Lin Xi said: "By magnifying the Kong Ming lantern tens of thousands of times, we will be able to stand on the people and bring fierce fire oil and bombs." ”

Guo Jiaotou took a breath of cold air: "Suddenly realized, suddenly realized...... No, the Kong Ming lantern is magnified dozens of times or possibly, tens of thousands of times, it can't be done. ”

Lin Xi said: "You can do it, let's go, let's go to the deck and take a look." ”

Back on the deck, Song Qing had already brought Liu Tu, the son of the Liu Eight family, over, and a few boys and girls came with him, Song Qing saw Lin Xi coming, and shouted, "I've seen the Venerable Master." Seeing that Liu Tu didn't react again, he kicked Liu Tu: "Hurry up and salute the adults, I don't have any eyes at all." ”

Lin Xi looked at Liu Tu with a smile, this Liu Tu has a pair of provocative ears and sharp-beaked monkey gills, but his arms and fingers are very long, nodding his head and waist, and his shoulders are always shrugged, Liu Tu saw Lin Xi, shrugged his shoulders, first wanted to give up his hand, and then felt that it was inappropriate, his hands swung back and forth twice, and finally he simply threw himself on the ground and made a big salute: "I have seen the Venerable Master, thank you for your appreciation, as small as Liu Tu, you are polite." When he had finished kowtowing, he fell to the ground and did not move.

Lin Xi felt sad for a while, so he squatted down and picked up Liu Tu with his hand: "Liu Tu, a man, a big husband, as long as you do the right thing, walk right, learn carefully, and do diligently, you should have a self-confidence, parents and elders in the family, as long as you are filial, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, they don't understand, it's not their fault, be yourself, create your own value, others can despise you, you can't despise yourself, the kung fu in your hands is practiced, from today on, be a confident and dignified person, okay." ”

Liu Tu was helped up by Lin Xi, he was originally trembling, but when he heard Lin Xi say this slowly, his eyes lit up: "Venerable Master, what you said is true?" ”

Lin Xi said:

"People are unreliable, perhaps because of all kinds of selfish desires and purposes, or because of ignorance and stupidity, to judge or define others, and your enemies will destroy your faith by slandering you, which is called stick killing, or killing you with praise, that is, indefinitely exalting and flaunting your insignificant advantages and even disadvantages, so that you can make yourself go to a dead end.

It is written, "You will know what kind of tree it is by seeing what fruit it bears."

Liu Tu, since you can think independently and make that exquisite thing, it means that you are a person who likes to think, is good at thinking, is good at doing things and creates, you will have great prospects, do your best to be yourself, don't pin your hopes on other people's mouths, they can say hello one moment, and the next moment they can say that you are worthless. Bring hope into your creation, and it will not fail you.

I believe you. ”

Liu Tu trembled, seemed to understand, and then, unexpectedly, Liu Tu knelt down again, kowtowed three times, then stood up, arched his hands to Lin Xi, and said firmly: "Tu remembers the master's teachings, and will not let the master be disgraced." "The temperament of the whole person has changed in an instant.

Lin Xi did not expect that he was only moved by Liu Tu's struggle and pain in his heart, but as a result, Liu Tu was able to be enlightened by this, and a sentence came out of his heart: "If you have the power to do good in your hands, and you cannot shirk it, then you should do it to those who deserve it" (Note: Proverbs 3:27), and then another sentence came out: "Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which one will flourish: sow early, sow late, or both" (Note: Ecclesiastes 11:6) A current of peace and warmth flowed out of his heart, so he smiled and nodded: "Well, let's talk about your hot air balloon with a fierce fire oil heater."

Liu Tu took his heater:

"Venerable Master, I have studied your full set of drawings and uses, and I understand that this Fierce Fire Oil Heater is designed to heat the fire quickly and turn it into hot gas, but try not to leave a long flame as long as possible, because the flame may burn things.

Your hot air balloon gas circle is only more than four feet, and we all think that it is best to use the boiler steam on our ship to reopen the hot air balloon in the first place, and that gas is also hot gas.

If the hot air tube works, then the balloon's air sac will be in the sky, so that the flame is blown into the balloon gas ring with a fierce oil heater.

I experimented, you can't use a gas pressure tank, it's a fierce fire oil tank, that thing will spray the fierce fire oil on the air bag, and the thing will burn, I made a one-way raft door, just like the inside of the bellows, welded to the edge of the copper tank of fierce fire oil, so that as long as you use the leather to play up and down, there is gas into the tank of fierce fire oil, the tank of fierce fire oil, there is a lid, which is sealed with cowhide and fish glue and the mouth of the jar, seal it tightly, after the seal, the jar makes four copper ribs, and then you can use cow tendon as a rope, Tighten it, if the jar is put down, the fierce fire oil will not flow out of the mouth of the jar.

However, the fierce fire oil is too domineering, and the cowhide and fish gelatin can't last too long, and it is estimated that after using it two or three times, it will have to be re-skinned or re-glued. ”

Lin Xi heard that Liu Tu actually had a sense of safety and regular inspection and replacement of cowhide and fish glue, not only admired, but also clapped his hands: "Good, it is very good to be able to know the unsafe factors of inspection, this must be written on a note, pasted on the side of the jar, and the number and time of use should also be written on it, with carbon strips." ”

Liu Tu heard that Lin Xi was very knowledgeable, and he was so appreciative of the tricks and safety factors that were really used in it, he felt quite a confidant for a while, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for your guidance." ”

At this time, he made a gesture and asked his assistant to start refueling the fierce fire oil jar, the fierce fire oil is contained in the clay pot, the clay pot is opened and the mud seal is opened, and the bucket made of bamboo tube is used to extract it, very similar to the utensils for measuring wine, Lin Xi saw this and knew something, sure enough, in this era, this is how the precious wine is measured, so things like fierce fire oil also need to be measured in this way.

Liu Tu went on to say:

"I see you mentioned that it is more than about 40 catties of fierce fire oil, which is lighter than water, so it needs a capacity of about 50 catties of water, and in addition, it is necessary to let the gas have space to press into, so that it is necessary to make a capacity of 60 to 65 catties of water, so that it is about a foot wide, a foot long, and a two-foot high jar, and such a jar is also easy to take.

There is also the problem of burning fire, I originally wanted to weld a copper pipe under the jar, the copper pipe stretched out to the top, knocked into a flat mouth, the flat mouth is separated by a thin blade, after knocking, half an inch of pipe, knocked into about three inches, as a burning nozzle, three inches below the nozzle, and then weld a one-foot wide, three-inch high oil pan, if after ignition, during the spraying process, there are oil drips down, still in the plate.

Later, I thought about the problem of replacement, and as a result, I closed four of the four oil tanks with simple square lids, and the other one, made a separate oil injection pan, and the copper oil pipe was welded from the middle of the oil injection pan and inserted into the bottom of the oil tank. In this way, as long as you use it, open the lid of the oil tank, connect the oil tank to the jet oil pan, and then tie it with a cowhide rope.

In a hurry, I can only think of this, and I have to do it first so that I can do the experiment.

Finally, how to prevent the fire from burning the gas ring too fiercely, I thought about it for a while, and the foolproof idea is to make a thick net twisted with thin copper wire three feet outside the oil pan and three feet upward, but in this way, it needs to be able to be fixed on the gas ring, so I made a few hooks and added copper dowels. ”

Lin Xi was overjoyed, when he didn't have more knowledge of the petrochemical industry, he made such a jet oil pan almost just by intuition, and coupled with the mandatory physical cooling isolation net, he could successfully complete the goal, what more requirements could there be?

Liu Tu asked the lamps to be assembled, and at the same time said, "Venerable Master, please see, before spraying fire, put a little igniter in the injection oil pan, such as candle oil, put a few wick oil twisters, light the fire, and pull the bellows handle together."

The two little apprentices, according to Liu Tu's operation, soon, a little oil sprayed out, and began to burn under the flame of the oil pan, as the pressure increased, the fine nozzle, the fierce fire oil sprayed out, and a scorching heat wave sprayed out, Liu Tu scolded, and installed the isolation net cover body.

Lin Xi has been engaged in kindergarten for a long time and is extremely sensitive to safety, so he had the heart to see if this Liu Tu understood the safety norms, so he asked: "If this is burned out, how can I change it?" ”