Great Song Pirate

Chapter 378
In the first month of the sixth year of Xuanhe, the army of the Jin Kingdom approached the border of the Xixia Kingdom, and Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Dynasty, suddenly became a mess. Previously, Emperor Chongzong Li Qianshun resisted all opinions and chose to be pro-Liao during the Jin-Liao War, and was defeated by the Liao Kingdom. Afterwards, he welcomed Emperor Tianzuo and fled to the border of Xixia Kingdom, and let the remnants of Emperor Tianzuo's Liao army cultivate in the Jinsu army, but he didn't expect to incur the wrath of the Jurchen. If Emperor Tianzuo is released, otherwise Xixia will be aggressively attacked.

This incident immediately caused panic in the Xixia court. Everyone in Xixia knew that with the current national strength of Xixia, they were absolutely no match for the Jin people, not to mention that the relationship between Xixia and Song Dynasty had always been tense, and Song and Jin were now in an alliance. If the Kingdom of Jin sent troops to Xixia on a large scale, it is possible that Song Dynasty would also raise troops to attack Xixia at the same time, and attack Xixia twice. I am afraid that Xixia will be in danger.

Li Qianshun, Emperor Chongzong of Xixia, had no choice but to urgently recruit ministers to discuss the matter. Li Qianshun sadly saw that the backer of Emperor Tianzuo had completely lost his role. After deliberation among the ministers, a consensus was finally reached. Under coercion, Li Qianshun had to change his previous attitude and decided to surrender to Jin Guo.

At the end of the first month of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Li Qianshun formally decided to send envoys to the Kingdom of Jin to declare himself a vassal to the Kingdom of Jin. Since then, Emperor Tianzuo lost his last place to recuperate. The complete destruction of the Liao Kingdom finally came, but it seems that Tianzuo Before the emperor's spirit was exhausted, Yelu Dashi, an important minister of the Liao Kingdom who had been captured by the Jin people before, escaped from the Jin army's camp and took the remnants to find Emperor Tianzuo. The soldier, and later got the lost soldiers of Weimoge from Yinshan Shi, and his power has recovered somewhat. This can be regarded as his last chance for Emperor Tianzuo!

But Xu Yi didn't care about Emperor Tianzuo's affairs at this time. After the new year was over, he sent away the brothers from all over the place, and he plunged into the heavy affairs again. Just after the new year, he immediately Peng Shitou was found, and the Japanese and some Koreans sent by Shuimao and Fang Shu were shipped, and shipped together to the place where Peng Shitou discovered gold and copper mines, and sent three hundred elite soldiers to Peng Shitou. Let him take these slaves to the sea and drive directly to the mine, camp there, and start mining a large number of copper mines and gold mines there. Peng Shitou excitedly took the men handed over to him by Xu Yi, and loaded a large number of tools After that, he drove to the mine in a mighty way. From being a guard to the commander who now controls hundreds of soldiers and thousands of slaves, Peng Shitou can be regarded as a step up to the sky. For Xu Yi's trust, Peng Shitou is naturally grateful , this time he also called several craftsmen familiar with copper smelting to go to the mine to help him mine the two kinds of ores. Xu Yi gave him the green light for this and ordered Jia Qian to provide him with all the convenience as possible. With the copper mine, Xu Yi can be said to have exhausted all his abilities. What kind of results can be obtained depends on Peng Shitou's ability!
After arranging Peng Shitou's affairs, he immediately turned his energy to Qin Huzi. He followed Qin Huzi and a group of craftsmen lying in a large workshop all day long, playing with a large machine. With hard work, the steel rolling mill designed by Xu Yi years ago has been basically completed, and Tang Youcheng and a group of carpenters have built a large waterwheel on the stream east of Jilongzhai after several months. Now they have entered In the final stage of debugging.

This original hydraulic rolling mill has been assembled and is undergoing final debugging under the guidance of Xu Yi. Due to technical problems, many places still need to be polished and modified. The complicated transmission and speed change gears are a headache for them. Next, he simply hugged the bedroll and plunged into the shed, spent the whole day with these craftsmen, listed the various problems encountered one by one, and then solved them one by one.

Thinking that he, the great commander of the Fubo Army, actually ate and lived with these craftsmen, soaking in the shed all day long, these craftsmen were all moved, and each of them showed their housekeeping skills and followed desperately. Xu Yi kept busy around the rolling mill.

In fact, this kind of thing is also expected by Xu Yi. After all, the complexity of this rolling machine is definitely far beyond their current level of craftsmanship. He has once again surpassed the times, and it is reasonable to encounter these difficulties. It turns out that Qin Huzi's three-month plan to complete it was obviously not successfully achieved, but Xu Yi was actually quite satisfied with the current situation. The precision of the casting was not up to the mark, so they could only repair it by grinding the details. Just such a group of craftsmen played the style of ants gnawing bones, and leaned on the file little by little to trim the huge rolling mill little by little, and slowly assembled it together.

After seeing the rolling mill gradually taking shape, Xu Yi's mood began to improve. After the first month, the rolling mill was finally assembled with the efforts of everyone. Finally, the rolling mill and the waterwheel were linked together. With the rotation of the water wheel, the gears and bearings of the rolling mill began to creak under the lubrication of a large amount of essential oil, and the huge rolls also began to rotate.

Thunderous cheers immediately erupted in the workshop, and the craftsmen who participated in the trial production of the rolling mill almost shed tears. They knew how much hardship and suffering they had suffered these days. Until then, only they know how much sweat and blood they sweated and how much blood they shed from rough blanks, polished and smoothed by their hands. When he got up, even Xu Yi himself couldn't help but sigh, let alone those craftsmen who suffered so much for this!With the roar of the machine turning in the whole work shed, cheers came and went, people surrounded Xu Yi, lifted them up and threw them into the sky forcefully, expressing their respect for Xu Yi in this way, at this time they were no longer What is the status of high and low.

After everyone cheered for a while, Xu Yi raised his hand to let everyone put him down, bowed and gave a deep salute to the craftsmen around him, and then said loudly: "Xu is the happiest day today, looking at us It took so much effort to finally complete the assembly of this rolling mill. Everyone has worked day and night these days and finally has a good result. Xu is here to say thank you to everyone today! Please accept Xu's thanks! "

Xu Yi's worship made everyone here feel like tears filled their eyes. People are not afraid of being tired when doing things, but they are afraid that others will not see them. After Xu Yi's worship, everyone feels that all the hard work during this period It's all worth it!The craftsmen feel that they have nothing to say when they follow the lord who knows the hard work of his subordinates to do things like this!Everyone bowed down and returned the salute to Xu Yi, which made Xu Yi busy for a while, and persuaded everyone to get up from the ground.

Looking at the squeaky rolling mill, Xu Yi led everyone to carefully inspect the parts everywhere. He was not at ease until he confirmed that the various transmission parts were indeed in normal operation. The rattling sound is not very pleasant, indicating that there is still a problem with the clearance of some parts of the rolling mill, and the operation is not very smooth, but with their current level of craftsmanship, it can be turned quite well!

Several craftsmen brought over a steel bar that had already been prepared, Xu Yi nodded, Qin Huzi rolled up his arms and sleeves and went into battle in person, and put the steel bar into the feeding port, the rolling machine immediately vibrated, and everyone looked nervously at the first At the exit of a rolling roll, Xu Yi's nervous forehead was dripping with sweat. He was afraid that the rolling machine would not be able to withstand the pressure, and if it collapsed on the spot, their hard work in the past few months would be completely useless. , not only he was nervous, but everyone present held their breath, staring at the boss, staring at the first roll. Driven by the waterwheel, the rolling mill was vibrating non-stop, and the rolls did not stop. Still driven by the gear set, it continued to rotate slowly and powerfully, and a flattened thick steel plate gradually appeared in front of everyone.

"Aha! Come out! Come out!..." A group of people stood in front of the rolling mill like children and shouted loudly.

Xu Yi heaved a long sigh of relief. This result did not waste so much of his energy and time. Because of the construction of this rolling mill, he almost gave up all his time. Now even Yingchun, who has not interfered with his rest, has to be given to him. His face was turned, if the rolling mill was not put into operation, then his long-term efforts would have been in vain. Fortunately, the rolling mill was very successful, and finally rolled the steel bars into steel plates. At last, he lived up to everyone's expectations. Now he can go back and have a good time. Get some sleep!
The rolled steel plate is introduced into the next roll along the slideway, and then rolled. After the third roll passes, the steel plate has reached the thickness required by Xu Yi, one meter wide A steel plate about two meters long was smoothly rolled out. A group of people stroked the still hot steel plate as if they were watching their own children. There is no need to mention the joy. They finally produced the Fubo Army. Even the world's first cold-rolled steel plate announced the birth of a brand-new machine in this world.

Xu Yi didn't go home immediately, but ordered his guards to set up more than a dozen sumptuous banquets outside the work shed. Under the rumbling sound of the rolling mill, Xu Yi held a wine bowl and gave a respectful respect to everyone present. For several bowls of wine, Qin Huzi paid the most on this rolling mill. Knowing that Xu Yi was sincerely thanking them, he was not polite, took the wine bowl and drank it with his neck raised. Everyone raised their bowls to celebrate together. Drinking drippingly and happily, Xu Yi also opened his mouth and drank a lot, so that he couldn't remember when he finally fell down. Li Bo and others hurriedly sent him back home, and he was forced to be killed by Yingchun again. After cursing, Li Bo fled with Daniu and others, and escaped from Xu Yi's mansion to escape the thunderous wrath of Yingchun.

When the steel rolling machine was put into operation, it began to continuously roll steel plates. Although the quality of the steel plates rolled by the current rolling machine is far from being comparable to the cold-rolled steel plates of later generations, for this era , Undoubtedly, it is still a product beyond the times, which greatly saves manpower and material resources. At least the cloth bag armor that Fubo Army could not mass-produce earlier, after the rolling mill was put into operation, it began to be officially put into mass production.

But everything was not smooth sailing. There were still many problems with the rolling mill at the beginning of its operation. Xu Yi had to go to the steel rolling shed to help Qin Huzi and the others solve these problems. From time to time, he had to dismantle it and replace some parts with problematic quality. Fortunately, there were no major problems. Generally speaking, the quality of the rolling mill was acceptable. After a period of debugging, the operation finally stabilized, and the quality of the rolled steel plates was gradually improved. Fortunately, The requirements of the cloth bag armor for this kind of steel plate are not too high. After the rolling machine is put into operation stably, a large number of cut armor pieces will be continuously transported to the sewing workshop of Jilongzhai.

The wives of Yingchun and the others are also completely busy, and the sewing workshop has actually been transferred to a workshop for cloth bag armor. Under the leadership of Yingchun and the others, the female workers here make leather Sewn together with the canvas, and then put these cut nail pieces into the cloth bag that has been sewn. The cloth bag armor is basically completed. After inspection, it enters the warehouse and waits for allocation and distribution.

After solving the problem of the steel plate, Xu Yi immediately tinkered with the stamping machine. Compared with the steel rolling machine, the stamping machine is naturally not a problem, and it does not require too much power. Xu Yi quickly designed a self-weighting machine. Punching machine, the principle of the punching machine he designed is very simple. Using the principle of leverage, a section of the press weighing several tons is pressed down by water pressure, and then the counterweight section is pressed down by its own weight through drainage, and the steel plate is put into the cast iron. In the mold, rigid extrusion is formed, and after cutting off the excess scrap, a helmet is basically formed, and then holes are punched on the helmet, leather lining and buckle belt are installed, and the helmet is completed after painting.

In fact, this kind of self-weight stamping machine has actually been prepared by Xu Yi after designing the steel rolling machine, and it has been put into trial use years ago. Since there are few accessories, there are basically no insurmountable problems. Now rolling steel Once the machine was put into production, this simple stamping machine was immediately put into use, which completely changed the production mode of helmets in this era by casting, and also saved a lot of manpower and material resources. At the same time, this stamping machine was also used to produce cloth bags. The shoulder armor piece of armor simplifies the production process of bag armor again.

Because of the production of these two kinds of machines, the cloth bag armor was able to be put into production in large quantities. The first batch of [-] sets of cloth bag armor was produced in just over half a month, and was sent to Danshui by Xu Yi. The fortress was handed over to Yang Zaixing and equipped for the infantry. Since then, Xu Yi has basically finished his busy work. Regarding the things he did, Xu Yi himself does not know what impact it will bring to this era. In short He knew that these small actions of his once again advanced Song's steel forging technology, which was already ahead of the West, by a lot, and this kind of steel rolling and stamping technology, I am afraid that it will take hundreds of years for Westerners to get rid of their feet, and he It can be regarded as the preliminary construction of the prototype of Fubo Army in the steel forging industry.

(End of this chapter)