Heavenly workshop, blacksmith shop.

Hey, hey~~~

Eight wrestlers were carrying a big stone and were struggling forward, and Lu Zhi followed behind, pondering what to do with this piece of star iron.

Yes, the stone-shaped star iron of the royal treasury was transported, but how to deal with it made it difficult for Lu Zhi.

"You've worked hard, just put it down." Thinking is thinking, you can't tire down the soldiers, this thing is such a big piece, these people are still useful.

"Come on, don't be stunned, go to tea!" Lu Zhi greeted him, and the stunned blacksmiths gathered around, and a few apprentices naturally went to serve tea and pour water.

"Fourth son, what kind of material is this? It's weird and strange to look at. ”

There are blacksmiths who touch it, and there are those who directly use a sledgehammer to test the color, and after a few hammers, I heard him exclaim, "Oh, this is strong enough, there is no mark at all." ”

"It should be a kind of extraterrestrial meteoric iron, and it is said to be called star iron." Lu Zhi squinted his eyes and circled around for most of the time, "The big guys have come up with ideas to see how to cook it." ”

"Extraterrestrial meteorite?" When the blacksmiths heard it, they said, "That's a good thing, you have to think about it." ”

In the eyes of the blacksmith, this is something that many people have never seen in their lives, and there is no doubt about the treasure, "Since it is meteoric iron, it should be found when it is such a big iron lump, and it will be difficult to do." ”

"Master, what's so hard about this? Melted directly. An apprentice spoke as he handed over tea.

Lu Zhi slammed his fists, "That's what I said, no matter how precious it is, it's iron, so let's melt it." ”

"That's right." "What the fourth prince said is right." I said so, but I always felt that I didn't play some tricks, as if something was missing.

Lu Zhi also felt that maybe he should take a bath and change his clothes, and then put on the pillar incense, so that he would be worthy of this piece of star iron.

The sense of ritual is very important, so a group of people are busy, first worshipping, and then throwing it into the stove.

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But he said that Lu Jian's side didn't use it for a day, so he changed a new version of the drawings, and as a master of this, he came to simplify the complex.

The overall design is composed of two parts, a water wheel, and then a fixed hammer head, similar to the lever device of the oilfield kowtow machine.

It's also simple to make, Lu Zhi hasn't been engaged in water wheel irrigation before, Lu Jian directly brought someone to take it and use it, and added a coaxial gear on the basis of this water wheel.

As the water wheel rotates, the gear also rotates, and this rotation is used to move one end of the lever to achieve the purpose of hammering the other end of the lever.

The best part is that the gears are made like scimitars, with a curvature, and every time you turn a tooth, you flip a lever.

This process, to put it bluntly, is actually the use of a water wheel to convert water power into mechanical kinetic energy, Lu Jian doesn't understand the truth in this, but this does not delay his production.

Sure enough, in less than three days, his experiment was a great success, and the first hydraulic forging hammer was completed.

Boom~~~

The water flow drives the water wheel, and every time the water wheel turns, the hammer head strikes ten times, although it can't do any precision operation, but it is not a problem to use it for preliminary rough forging.

Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry rushed to the news when he heard the news, and fell in love with it at a glance, and the old man was also not convinced of the old, and he went up to operate as fierce as a tiger, and he actually wanted to fight a standard long knife.

One thing to say, Yang Shangshu is really old, and he hasn't been to work for a long time, so he only made a very rough iron bar in the end.

Even so, it already made him very excited, and the old man jumped up and down, "Okay, this is good, this is labor-saving." ”

Yang Shangshu is so old, he can do some blacksmith work with the help of a hydraulic forging hammer, let alone those young men, it must be even more problematic.

"Lu Shilang, this time you have made a great contribution!" Yang Shangshu looked at Lu Jian, his eyes were full of affirmation.

"Don't dare, don't dare, this is all the king's wisdom." Lu Jian arched his hand, and didn't dare to say anything else, it was right to praise Wang Yingming.

It's not that Lu Zhi didn't tell Lu Jian anything, the most important of which is that no matter what happens, as long as it's good and positive, you praise the leader.

Hey, let's just say now, you can boast, like King Yue is far-sighted, Yang Shangshu has planned properly.

Then he put his position low, saying that the subordinate officials just acted according to orders, and they just made a move, and the reason why they succeeded was because of the ability of the superiors, which was stained with the light of the bigwigs.

This way, this way, will definitely please the officials.

Facts have proved that what Lu Zhi said is right, isn't it, Yang Shangshu also hurriedly arched his hand in the direction of the palace, "The king is wise, wise!" ”

A wave of rainbow farts in the air, Yang Shangshu and Lu Jian began to think about the use of the forging hammer in the water.

"Your equipment still needs to be improved, and at present, it can't be used to forge weapons." Yang Shangshu looked at the iron bar he had beaten out, and was a little embarrassed.

"Yes, Xia Guan also thinks it's almost funny, but this should be just right for use in the mine to crush ore." Now is the time to build a large number of weapons to support the front line, and ore crushing is a top priority.

Yang Shangshu nodded violently, "Yes, this idea is very good, well, and then it is okay to eat rice." ”

This rice is the process of shelling the beaten millet, the husk is the rice bran, and the remaining rice grains are the white rice we eat.

The tool for pounding rice is a bit like a medicine pot, with a mallet and a container, and the mallet is used to smash the millet and smash the rice bran off.

If you think about it, the hydraulic forging hammer is fully competent.

The two members of the Ministry of Engineering proceeded from the actual situation, extended it through, and quickly came up with a series of ways to use it.

By the way, the folds handed to King Yue are also already being discussed, and in the past two days, I will ensure that I will listen to the heavens.

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In the early dynasties, a piece of work caused an uproar.

A new type of instrument is mentioned in the recital, which is relatively professional, and even if it is said, the king of Yue and the civil and military officials can't understand it, so this recital emphasizes a detail - it is Yang Shangshu who operates the instrument to make ironware, a bad old man.

This reflects the advantages of hydraulic forging hammers, which can greatly save manpower.

You think, as long as you use this, the old man can make swords, that is, there is no need for the young man to pick up a sledgehammer.

For areas where the labor force is not rich, the efficiency improvement and cost advantage brought by it are unparalleled, especially now, Dayue is at war, and manpower is even more scarce.

Finally, there is also an idea of Lu Zhi on the fold, if the hydraulic forging hammer is popularized, the production cost of armor will be reduced, and it may even be reduced to the extent that ordinary soldiers can afford it.

In that way, the tall armor is not exclusive to nobles and generals, and an iron army is in front of them.