One Piece of Song Dynasty

Two days later, Li Xin and Liu Fa took Zhai Jin and his son and their tribe to Xinghan Island on the ship. net

When the fleet arrived at the Xinghan City Pier, Zhai Liang exclaimed: "Father, it turns out there is a big city being built here, and there are so many people."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Yes, this is the reason why my lord dared to raise the flag of rebellion. My father was also shocked when he first came here."

Zhai Liang asked: "How many people are there now?"

Zhai Jin replied: "When my father first came here, there were about people. Now including our tribe, there are about people, and it will continue to increase in the future."

When the fleet docked, everyone began to disembark. Liu Yi and several Confucian scholars began to preach policies and register household registrations to everyone.

Li Xin handed the three telescopes to Liu Fa and said: "General Liu, this is a gift from someone to you, General Zhai and General Niu. You can take a look. This thing is called a telescope. It can see things in the distance clearly."

Liu Fa tried it and said: "This thing is good. If you put it on the battlefield, you can see the battlefield clearly from a distance and observe the terrain. Do you only have these three? You should equip the army with more."

Li Xin replied: "There are only these few for the time being, but the workshop is still continuing to make them. It is not easy to make this thing. I hope you can keep it well. General Niu will trouble General Liu to hand it over to him."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "Okay, lord, a certain family knows. Net"

Li Xin said: "General Liu, please go to the military camp. Let's go look elsewhere first."

Liu Fa clasped his fists and said, "Okay, then, my lord, let's go."

After Li Xin left, Zhai Jin and his son pushed Liu Fa towards the military camp.

Zhai Jin asked: "General, who is this General Niu?"

Liu Fa replied: "Last time you came in a hurry and I didn't introduce you to General Niu. His name is Niu Gao. He is from Lushan County, Ruzhou. He started to follow the lord a year ago. He was once a hunter and had excellent martial arts and archery skills." Yes, he is very strong. Before a certain family came, he was in charge of the training of soldiers. Now General Niu is temporarily serving as a battalion commander in the army."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Well, a certain family knows about it. I wonder what the character of General Niu is like?"

Liu Fa said: "General Niu is a forthright person and easy to get along with. You should get along well with General Niu in the future."

Zhai Jin cupped his fists and said, "Yes, General, someone knows."

Liu Fa thought for a while and said: "At present, our army is small in number and establishment. We only have three battalions for the time being. Zhai Jin, you can be a battalion commander first. A certain family can also serve as a battalion commander. My nephew, you can be a battalion commander first." Dutou, if you perform well in training in the future, a certain family will promote you to battalion commander."

Zhai Jin and his son clasped their fists and said: "Yes, General. 35xs"

Li Xin found the carpenter Old Man Feng and was ready to see how the two ship models were doing.

Li Xin asked: "Uncle Feng, are the models of the two ships ready?"

Old man Feng replied: "I've made one. Please wait a moment. I'll show it to you right now."

After waiting for a short while, Old Man Feng brought out a model of a ship. Li Xin knew at a glance that it was a model of a three-masted light Galen ship that he had drawn. It had two decks, and the wall panels on the lower deck were connected through. Ten gun ports were opened each.

Li Xin looked at the model and gestured and said: "Uncle Feng, please put a pair of wooden boards on the front and back of the bottom of the boat, just like fish wings."

What Li Xin is talking about is actually a stabilizer fin, which is used to keep ships sailing stably. This is a technology of the later twentieth century. In the era of wooden sailboats, it was common for ships to capsize when sailing on the sea. With stabilizers, It can reduce the shaking of the ship when sailing at sea, avoid the occurrence of capsizing to the greatest extent, and also improve the work efficiency of sailors.

Old man Feng replied: "Okay, Master, I understand."

Li Xin added: "The other ship should do the same."

Old man Feng nodded and said, "Yes, Master."

Fin stabilizers are more effective for ships with faster speeds. Clipper boats are very fast. With stabilizers, they can sail quickly and steadily.

Two days later, Old Man Feng completed the transformation of the model. Li Xin took the model of the light Galen ship to the shipyard. The shipyard was completed after two months of construction.

Li Xin found Old Man Liu, the manager of the shipyard: "Uncle Liu, can this shipyard start building new ships?"

Old Man Liu replied: "Okay, what kind of ship does the master want to build?"

Li Xin handed the ship model to Old Man Liu: "Uncle Liu, look at this model. Can you try to build a new ship based on this model?"

Old man Liu looked at the model and said, "Yes, yes. I wonder how big a new ship the owner wants to build?"

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "The new ship can carry five thousand stones."

Old Man Liu replied: "Yes, Master, I understand. I don't know the use of having so many small windows on both sides of the ship. The lower wall panels are still connected."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, there is something special that needs to be placed on the lower deck. Uncle Liu, just follow this model."

Old Man Liu nodded and said: "Okay, Master, I understand."

Old man Liu took the ship model back to the shipyard and began to lead the shipwrights to research and build new ships. Li Xin was going to find a blacksmith. The small blast furnace could no longer delay the iron and steel making. Once there were ships and sailors, it was time to launch artillery. Appeared.

Among Li Xin's own blacksmiths, Old Man Zhang was the best, and Li Xin planned to put him in charge of steelmaking and artillery building.

Li Xin found the old man Zhang, the blacksmith: "Uncle Zhang, someone plans to let you be the steward of the steel workshop. What do you think?"

Old man Zhang said: "Little old man, listen to the master. We will do whatever the master asks us to do."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, you first organize the blacksmiths to build several furnaces in the southeast of the city. Here are the drawings of the furnaces. After the furnaces are built, they will start making iron and steel. There is another way to make steel. You see. Look, we will make steel according to this method when the time comes. As for the fuel for making iron and steel, do not use charcoal. I will provide it to you when the time comes."

The steelmaking method that Li Xin handed over to Zhang Laohan is the Suzhou Steel Method, which is developed from the steel pouring method. Wrought iron is used as the feed iron, which is placed in the furnace, and the pig iron plate is placed at the furnace mouth. When the furnace temperature rises, At about degrees, when the pig iron plate begins to melt, use tongs to hold the pig iron plate and move it left and right, and constantly turn the iron material to make the iron material evenly pour into the pig iron liquid; in this way, a good carburization effect can be produced , and can produce violent oxidation to separate iron and slag, producing steel with less slag and uniform composition.

With the Su Steel Method, good steel can be refined, and the quality of weapons such as Modao can be greatly improved, not to mention the construction of artillery and muskets.

However, to make good steel, you need good fuel to provide high temperatures. Charcoal cannot be used. Coke can only be used to make iron and steel. However, in order to make coke, the coal must be heated to high temperatures while being isolated from the air. For combustion, local coking methods are also possible, but the amount of coke produced is small and the air is polluted.