Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 200
"The big iron mine is the rice bowl of Chaijiazhuang, and it is also the rice bowl of everyone. We eat meat together and drink soup together. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. It has been raining and snowing recently, and the distance is far away. Most of the brothers in Qingzhou are You must stay in the mine and continue to work. However, I know that dozens of you are often from the same village, and you can recommend one person to go back by yourself, and bring back all your wages during this period of time, so that your most worried family members can If you have money to celebrate the New Year, your wife, children, and parents can have a good New Year meal." Chailin said loudly.

Individual emotional miners have tears in their eyes, and this mine is too thoughtful.In fact, everyone has thought that it is impossible to go home for the New Year, because most people have only been here for about a month, and the traffic is not developed these days. It takes three days to walk more than 200 miles, and it is not far to go by horse-drawn carriage. go.

"Thank you for your kindness." Everyone said in unison.

Chai Lin pressed his hands and said: "Brothers who stay in the mine don't have to have any regrets. You can definitely eat white flour, steamed buns and fat meat. It is definitely better than the food and drink when you go back. Let's work with peace of mind. I'll come and see you when the year comes."

"Brothers, work hard." The miners started to work one by one, full of energy.

Bian Xiang, who was in charge of mine safety, came over, and Bian Xiang accompanied Chai Lin to inspect the mine.

Chai Lin pointed to the thousands of bandits working in the barbed wire fence in the north and the captives of the pirates, and said: "These people should be beaten less and treated more. Two months after the beginning of spring, if they behave well, let them come to the south to meet with the miners." Let’s get wages together. Those who don’t want to stay will be driven away without leaving any hidden dangers.”

Bian Xiang said, "Don't worry, brother, I understand what you mean."

Chai Lin asked Bian Xiang with a smile, "You understand what I mean."

Bian Xiang said: "The number of township soldiers is already full, and we can no longer recruit them. Therefore, these thousands of miners are an important reserve force. They usually receive a little training, and if something happens, they change their equipment and become infantry. Therefore, miners will not be deducted from food and drink. , food and clothing are the most basic.”

"It's still Bian Xiang who sees the current situation clearly. There must be drills at least four days a month. While exercising his body, he will also strengthen his ideological education. Together with more than a thousand people from the quarry in the north, I have entrusted it to you. This is not an easy task. Ah." Chailin said.

Bian Xiang clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely complete the task."

Chai Lin originally planned to go to the quarry to have a look. At this time, the soldiers came to report, saying that the water leak on the boat had been solved.

Chai Lin said: "Notify Ruan Xiaoqi to lead a dozen sailors to test the new ship."

When Chailin returned to the pier, he found that the leaking part of Centipede's stern had been reinforced.

Yu Hao said: "When the new ship is built, propeller holes will be reserved, so that it will be more perfect. The rebuilt old ship is made of [-] cm thick wooden boards reinforced from both sides, and made of waterproof swim bladder glue. Reinforce."

Chai Lin nodded and said, "Okay, the craftsmen are all off the ship, and the sailors will come to test the ship soon."

Everyone let go of the boat, and the centipede boat rolled and slid along the log into the port, splashing huge water.

All the other craftsmen went down, but Yu Hao didn't. Yu Hao still has confidence in his shipbuilding skills.

After a while, Ruan Xiaoqi arrived with a dozen sailors.

Seeing the black-smoky centipede boat in front of me, I was a little dazed, and asked, "Brother, is this boat a cooking boat with a stove for cooking?"

Chai Lin said: "This is not a boat for cooking, let's go, get on board."

A group of dozens of people boarded the steam centipede boat without raising the sails or rowing the oars.Chai Lin only arranged for Ruan Xiaoqi to take the helm, and then shouted to the operator of the camel machine in the cabin: "Start."

"Yes."

Pull the decompression valve, the steam horn made a loud noise, which startled everyone, followed by the centipede boat and started to drive slowly. At the beginning, it was still very slow, but soon the boat speeded up, and the speed per hour Almost twenty kilometers.

The sailors panicked, and Chailin said, "Don't be afraid, everyone, this is the steam engine pushing the ship forward."

Everyone looked puzzled, and someone asked, "How does steam generate power?"

"When the water boils, the lid of the kettle can be knocked off. This is the power of steam."

Of course, many people don’t understand, that’s okay, and Chailin is not a physics teacher either.

Ruan Xiaoqi said, "Brother, can you sail against the wind?"

"I don't know about this yet, let's try." Chailin said.

The centipede boat left Dinghai Port with black smoke, sailed to Hailong Island, and turned around from Hailong Island to return to Dinghai Port.

When returning to the voyage, it happened to be against the wind. If this kind of wind is used to shake the oars, it would take at least 20 people to move forward slowly.However, the headwind seemed to have little effect on the centipede ship. The operator of the boiler machine shoveled a few shovels of coal into the boiler, and the power of the steam engine was more powerful. The flywheel made a rhythmic sound, and the centipede ship returned quickly.

Back at the port to stop the boat, Ruan Xiaoqi said, "Brother, I didn't see the oars or sails, how did the boat move?"

Chailin pointed to the stern of the ship and said, "There is a propeller underneath, and the force generated by the rapid rotation of the propeller makes the ship sail."

Although Ruan Xiaoqi had never studied physics, he was very curious and said, "This propeller is so powerful that it can match the power produced by dozens of strong men shaking their hands. I want to go down and have a look."

Dian Zhengnan said: "The sea is so cold, do you dare to go down?"

"What's not to dare."

After speaking, Ruan Xiaoqi took off his clothes and plunged into the icy seawater with only water.

Diving at the stern to get the propeller, Ruan Xiaoqi touched the steel propeller, but didn't understand it, it can only be said to be very miraculous.After swimming around the boat, I didn't find any other power, so I got on the boat.

The sailor helped dry his body, and then wrapped it in a sheepskin jacket.

"Xiao Qi will follow me to the cabin to have a look." Chailin said.

When the group came to the cabin, Chai Lin pointed to the boiler and said, "It's called a boiler. It's actually a big pot for boiling water, but it's better sealed. The one next to it is called a steam engine. The steam from the boiler is sent to the steam engine, and the steam engine It started to move, and when the big flywheel turned, it drove the propeller to rotate. After the propeller turned fast, it generated a huge force, pushing the whole boat away. This is the principle. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you understand it or not. Every steamship has several operators."

"That's good, I really don't understand machinery. But this steamship can be said to be very powerful, with fast speed, coupled with the ram and artillery, there is no need to be afraid of any pirates." Ruan Xiaoqi was happy Say.

Steamships focus on giant ships with cannons, but they have just started, and they have to study step by step from centipede ships, flat-bottomed sand ships, and blessing ships. Shipbuilders need to adapt to new technologies.

Yu Hao was startled suddenly, and asked: "Just now the owner said that every boat, does that mean that the 60-meter-long Dafu boat we are about to start building is also driven by this kind of steam engine?"

"Yes, but the sails should still be kept. Sailing with sails when the wind is downwind is fast and saves fuel. Once the wind direction is bad, turn on the machine and use the machine to sail, which can overcome many inconveniences of sailboats."

"It's just that the machine is probably much heavier than the machine on this little centipede boat, and the chimney will be quite large, so the boat map needs to be changed." Yu Hao said.

　Chinese New Year is coming, I wish all readers a Happy New Year in advance.

　　
　
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