Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 208

"Master, according to the master's drawing, we made a revolver and loaded it with five bullets." Geng Gong happily took a revolver and handed it to Chai Lin.

Chai Lin saw that the firecracker was still as big as ever, the same as the original single-handed firecracker, 33 cm long, seamless steel pipe with a caliber of [-] mm and a rifled seamless steel pipe, and it used an all-copper shell.The original loading position has become a circular magazine slot
"The cost of the cartridge case is very expensive, and all that comes out is money, at least a three-wen copper coin." Chai Meng said.

Chai Lin nodded and said, "It's expensive, but it can be remade after recycling. Have you tested it and how far can it go?"

Looking at the large-caliber ammunition, Chailin estimated that it had a long range, strong recoil, and thick smoke.

"There is no test, but I feel that it should be far away." Geng Gong said.

Chai Lin said: "Go with me to the test site and try it out. Others who should work will continue to work, and those who should repair will go home and rest."

"Yes."

A total of two were built, and the three of them rode to the test field in the north of the village. There used to be a pack of tigers and wolves, but now they are so scared that even a bird is rare. After all, training artillery every day, who can bear it.

At a distance of [-] meters, a human-shaped wooden plank was erected, and when Chai Lin shot a gun, he felt a strong force in his wrist, and he almost lost touch without paying attention.

"What the hell are you doing, why is the recoil so strong?" Chailin asked.

Geng Gong said: "There is an old craftsman in the camp. He used to make fireworks at home. He proposed to compress the gunpowder. I didn't expect such a big change."

"Ok."

Seeing that a hole has been punched through the wooden board, followed by the second and third shots, Chai Lin missed five shots before giving up.

Watching the results of the battle, Chailin said: "The firepower is strong, but the accuracy is not good. None of the five rounds hit the target. The place where you aim is the safest. However, it is very good as a short gun."

Next, continue to test, the accuracy of the 50-meter target and the 30-meter target is constantly improving, especially when it is 30 meters, it almost means where to shoot. After all, its barrel is very long, and the 50-centimeter barrel improves its accuracy. a lot.Moreover, the large caliber of [-] millimeters makes it very powerful at close range. Chailin estimates that even a wild boar within [-] meters can be killed in one blow.

It took some more time to test the range, and it can still penetrate the cardboard at a distance of 180 meters, which shows that this firecracker still has suppressive power at a distance of 180 meters. The lethality may be very small, but it can scare people. .

Chai Meng was very happy and said, "Brother, let's mass produce it. As you often say, being poor leads to precise strikes, while being rich means covering firepower. Dozens of people stand in a row, and each one of them is there to bang bang bang. no."

"It's easy to say, but in fact it costs a lot of money. A copper shell costs two cents. Adding manual filling, fighting a war is like fighting for silver. First make [-] pieces for testing, and then make more after they are used." Chai Lin sigh said.

Chai Meng looked imaginative, and said, "Brother, after you've built the firecracker, equip our battalion first, and then we can change the name of our battalion to Shenjiying."

Geng Gong said: "No problem, but the steel pipes, runners, and copper shells must be finished by the owner."

At present, Tiangong No. [-] Battalion does not have any decent machine tools, but there are some hand tools, hand-cranked, pedal tools and so on.

"Okay, I'll send someone over there tomorrow, let's go back." Chai Lin waited for the group to return to the village.

When Chai Lin entered the room, the maid Hongyan came over to take the outer coat and put it away, and prepared the washing water.

Hongyan served two small dishes, a plate of fried bean sprouts with bacon, and a plate of braised Yellow River carp.

Chailin picked up a piece of bacon, which was very sweet, and said, "You made it?"

"Well, how's it going, is it delicious?" Hongyan asked.

"That's right, but you're the factory director now, why are you still cooking?"

Hong Yan said: "There is no caravan to pull goods during the Chinese New Year these few days, so I am not in a hurry. Before, the owner always liked to eat the food I cooked."

"I like to eat now, but it's a pity that I don't have time to eat. I finally took a break today and went to experiment with new weapons. You should sit down and eat together." Chailin said.

Hongyan was a little hesitant. Although he is now in charge of the daily chemical factory with hundreds of workers, he is the maid of the Chai family after all.

Chai Lin said: "Whether it is appropriate or not, I go to the iron mine and eat with the miners on the construction site."

"Okay then, I'll be bold, and I'll get the wine for the owner." Hong Yan said, fetching a jar of Cangzhou wine for Chailin, a two-jin black ceramic jar, a cork stopper, and red wine wrapped around it. cloth.

"Why don't I remember this wine, do you have it at home?" Chailin asked.

Hongyan said: "The owner of the village doesn't remember a lot of things after he hurt his head. This is the rice wine that the owner used to drink most. The Cangzhou wine brewed by our village is very sweet."

Hongyan poured a cup for Chailin, and Chailin tasted it, it was delicious.

Chai Lin said, "You are 23 this year."

"Yes, old girl."

"It's not too young. Have you noticed that I've been working so hard these past few months?" Chailin asked.

Hong Yan nodded. The former owner of the estate mostly drank and befriended some heroes, but in the past few months, he was busy building various workshops, developing agriculture and animal husbandry, and training rural soldiers.

"Our Chai family is now the bastard on the chopping board. If you stretch your head out, you will still be cut down. We will have to let the officials clean it up a few years ago." Chai Lin said.

Hongyan just took a bite of the carp and almost burst out laughing.

"Master, can you change this metaphor." Hong Yan said.

Chai Lin said: "Well, now we are fat fish on the chopping board. If we don't want to be slaughtered, we can only become stronger. That's why I'm so busy and work so hard. I just want us to live a better life and live a better life." You have strength. I understand your thoughts. I have been my personal servant girl since I was 17 years old and have been taking care of me. I know all of this."

"Master, I have no idea. Although you value me very much, I have never forgotten that I am a maid." Hong Yan said.

Chai Lin said: "I can't promise you too much, I can only give you the status of a concubine."

"Master, me." Hong Yan didn't know what to say for a while.

Chai Lin said: "Why? Not happy? You can't help but you are not happy. The most important factories in Chaijiazhuang have been handed over to you, and you can marry someone else."

Hongyan's face was as red as a pomegranate, and she hurriedly said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see if the rice cake is ready."

Chai Lin shook his head: "This girl is really interesting."

The rice wine tasted really good, and Chai Lin couldn't help coveting a few cups, but he was also tired, and fell asleep when he went to bed, feeling in a daze that a beautiful woman had come, he had nothing to say all night, and when he woke up at dawn, he found that he was still sleeping alone.

Chailin twisted his waist, his back ached.I hurriedly dressed and went to the backyard to use the metal factory to process fifty rifled steel pipes, runners and other accessories, a total of fifty sets, and arranged for people to send them to the first battalion of Tiangong.

Chai Lin called the soldiers who were on duty today and said, "Look at the log, what are the important arrangements for today."

"Today, Tiangong Second Battalion set up a grain processing factory to replace the original mill, and at the same time experimented with straw crushers. The second thing is to go to the bluestone quarry to check the mining of stone materials."

The camel machine drives the grinder instead of the donkey pulling the mill. Although it seems that there is not much change, it is actually a big step for mankind.

It turned out that the mill had 15 people, [-] donkeys, and [-] stone mills.Now the workers and the stone mill are still there, but the donkey has gone to plow the land.

The mill is directly under the responsibility of Lao Liang, who shoulders the two major tasks of processing food grains and feed grains. Today, Lao Liang has been watching here to build a new mill.

Considering that grain dust is likely to cause an explosion, a ceiling erected by pillars was used and a simple wall was built between the pot machine and the pulverizer to block the dust.

The transmission belt, which is easy to hurt people, is also equipped with a protective cover, and the outer side of the high-speed rotating flywheel is equipped with barbed wire. At the same time, there are signs of danger. Chailin checked it and found nothing wrong.

The water in the boiler has boiled to a boil and the pressure is up to standard.

Hu Youcai started the first grinder to grind sorghum.With the rapid rotation of the grinder, the workers slowly add grain to the hopper according to the training requirements.

There are three pulverizers in the grain processing workshop, all of which are medium-sized machines, and the large hoppers can hold dozens of catties of grain.

Lao Liang was still not used to it. The original donkey mill was replaced by this strange machine in an instant.

"It's not that I don't understand, it's that the world is changing fast." Lao Liang sighed.

"Old Liang doesn't need to sigh, whether it is a donkey mill or a grinder, his principle is the same, that is, to grind the grain, but there is a lot of dust here, and the workers need to cover their mouths and noses during long-term work to prevent the flour from entering Only in the lungs." Chailin said.

Lao Liang said: "Good owner, the production has already been arranged. I just don't know how much grain this machine can grind in an hour?"

"It's no problem to powder two thousand catties an hour, and you can work eight hours a day, and the workers work in two shifts," Chai Lin said.

After Lao Liang did the math, this is incredible. One machine can process [-] catties of grain a day, and three machines can process [-] catties of grain, which is too cruel. People can't use such a large output.

"I just don't know how much the crushing machine costs. If the cost is low, then why don't we buy wheat from nearby large households and sell the flour after fine processing. In addition to earning free bran, there are also profits." Lao Liang saw this at a glance. business opportunity.

"We in Cangzhou are rich in wheat, so we don't need to buy it locally. The local purchase is enough for us to process. As for the cost of the pulverizer, the cost of the pulverizer is not high. A pot camel machine can only consume more than 300 catties of coal in eight hours. If you want to save, you can use it. Some hard miscellaneous wood, branches and shrubs are fine. I think it’s okay to process grain, buy it, process it, and leave the sale to the caravan.” Chailin said.

Old Liang said happily: "Okay, so our farm is not bad for bran. I'll test the flour extraction rate of a hundred catties of wheat. It doesn't need to be too fine, just finer than stone mill."

A pulverizer was quickly stopped to clean up the inner hall.I prepared two hundred catties of last year's wheat, and slowly put it into the grinder, and it was crushed and processed after a while.

It is generally crushed and not particularly fine, but this kind of flour is much better than that made by stone mills. It is much better for making dumplings and steamed buns.In the weighing test, the scoring rate is 80.00%, that is, 81 catties per [-] catties of powder.Eighteen catties of bran are obtained, and almost one catty is lost.The price of wheat flour is twice as expensive as that of wheat, so the profit is huge, and bran can be earned for nothing.

The matter of the grain processing factory was settled in this way, and Chai Lin and Hu Youcai came to Tiangong No. [-] Camp to experiment with the straw grinder.

This machine was manufactured by Chailin according to Hu Youcai's design. Its feature is that the feeding port is on the side, and the feeding port is deep, which can effectively prevent injuries to hands.The crushing chamber is large, and the crushing hammers are many and strong. It is driven by a potted machine with a larger size, which is about [-] horsepower.

The boiler has already been fired, and it is waiting to be turned on.

The machine beeped and idling for a while and everything was fine.Hu Youcai picked up a bundle of reeds and slowly put them into the hopper. The dust was flying, and after a while it turned into fine grass powder and came out from the discharge port.

Chai Lin looked at it and was very satisfied, but whether this kind of reed shredder is not suitable for soaking and beating depends on what the paper maker says, after all, Chai Lin is not proficient in papermaking.

The amount of crushing is almost two thousand catties per hour. The machine is powerful and fierce, but the safety of operation is very important. Once an accident occurs, it is impossible to save it.

Chai Lin saw that it was getting late, and the sun was already past noon. He spent a lot of time discussing with Lao Liang about the grain processing plant, and had lunch.

"Prepare the carriage, and rush to the quarry immediately." Chailin remembered that he had important things to do at the quarry, because it was the sixth day of the lunar new year, and many construction sites were about to start.

　The New Year bell is ringing, update a chapter.Happy new year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)