Chapter XXXVIII After walking for another hour, Fang Yiai couldn't help it, pointed to something and asked, "Your Highness, forgive me for talking too much."
What the hell is pulling behind this car, it's so heavy?
” But the grain and grass truck he was riding in was different from other cars, only a few bags of grain and grass were placed on it, and the weight was very light, even if he and Du He were added, it was only more than 200 catties.
But such a light car is actually heavier than the rest of the cars that escorted hundreds of catties of grain and grass between walking, so it can only be that strange thing that slows down the speed of the car.
It turned out that although the car didn't have much on it, it was holding a strange-looking thing in the back.
It looks black, it should be made of steel, there are two wheels underneath, and there is a long pipe in front, thicker than the thigh, like a big chimney, looking at the rut marks on the ground, it is half a foot deep, I am afraid that it is not less than a thousand catties, no wonder it is not fast.
"This thing is not simple, the name is Cannon, and the nickname is the God of War.
As for the power, you'll know it when you get to the battlefield.
Li Zhen sold a pass, and did not go into detail, it is impossible to convince people just to introduce the artillery, or pull it to the battlefield and slip around, and they will know when the time comes.
Speaking of which, this gun is not simple, this is a breech gun, and it is a rifled gun, which is much more advanced than the early front-loading smoothbore gun, and Li Zhen also spent a lot of effort to finally get one.
In fact, this kind of cannon is not very troublesome in terms of design, Li Zhen is also a top student of science and engineering, although he can't design the most advanced artillery, but the breech gun of the late nineteenth century is still no problem.
There is only one thing that bothers him from beginning to end, that is, materials, although Li Zhen already has a blast furnace and has successfully smelted steel, but the steel smelted by the blast furnace is just ordinary crude steel, it is okay to make some good blades, but it is definitely not good to use it to make cannons.
It's not that the higher alloy steel can't be refined, the question is whether there are other elements at this time?
At this time, even aluminum can't be smelted, let alone tungsten, manganese, vanadium, titanium and zinc.
At this time, the metal is generally only gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, and mercury, plus a mercury, of which lead and mercury are mainly used for Taoist alchemy.
This is also Li Zhen's previous life was too focused on mechanical design, not very proficient in materials science, in fact, he is not to blame, the society in later generations is so developed, each person has a different division of labor, learning machinery as long as you are familiar with the performance of various materials is enough, who will specifically learn how these materials are smelted?
Therefore, Li Zhen can only smelt a little steel, and he is not very proficient in the later process of steel, or an old craftsman saw that the cannons he made were always blown up, so he suggested that he do some heat treatment processes, such as quenching or something......
Li Zhen then remembered that steel is not just smelted, and later heat treatment is the key to increasing the strength of the material.
However, for the post-processing, Li Zhen is not very clear, only knows that heat treatment is roughly divided into normalizing, annealing, tempering, quenching, etc., as for how to make qualified cannon steel, but I don't know.
After handing over what he knew to the craftsmen, Li Zhen didn't care, thinking that the craftsmen might take several years to make qualified steel, who knew that ten days before Li Zhen set out on the expedition, the Thousand Hammer Workshop (the name of Li Zhen's own steel workshop) came to tell Li Zhen that qualified steel had been refined.
Li Zhen was very excited, rewarded the craftsmen, and then began to cast the cannon, because the accessories had already been made, and even the molds of important parts such as the bolt and the barrel were also made with the lost wax method, just waiting for the steel, so after the steel was qualified, Li Zhen successfully assembled the cannon together, and gave a majestic name - Thor No. 1.
It's a pity that Li Zhen just finished building the artillery, and it was time for him to go on the expedition, and he didn't even have time to test the artillery.
However, I think the performance should not be too bad, Li Zhen borrowed from the design of many early classic guns in later generations, and added his own understanding, even if the cannon was put in World War I, it was enough, and now I am worried about whether the material is not good.
In addition, there is security, which is what Li Zhen is most worried about, but at this time, in the face of his friends, Li Zhen will not admit defeat, and directly crowns the cannon with the title of God of War.
"God of War?
Is it that exaggerated?
"Fang Yiai doesn't believe it, and Du He and Xue Rengui don't believe it very much.
"Yes, if an object can be called the god of war, then what should we call it as Chief Manager Li?"
Du He still has a lot of respect for Li Jing, and in his heart, only Li Jing is worthy of being called the god of war, what qualifications does an object have?
Li Zhen didn't want to say more: "Don't believe it, this cannon is an artifact that can dominate future wars, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a god of war."
Forget it, I just told you that I didn't understand, and when the time came to show you on the battlefield, you would know.
Don't talk about this, there is still a period of time before Jinyang, I'll sleep for a while. ” "Boom."
After saying this, Li Zhen closed the window.
"Oh, get the four-wheeled carriage out, it's really the greatest invention I made in the Tang Dynasty, I'll give myself a thumbs up."
Lying on the sofa, Li Zhen stretched comfortably and gave herself a thumbs up.
Li Zhen's carriage is the same as Li Shimin and the eldest grandson in terms of specifications (since Li Shimin had a new car, the eldest grandson also took one away from Li Zhen's hand, then Concubine Yan, and then Li Yuan......
The carriage is the same, only slightly smaller and with a different carving, and the rest is the same.
This four-wheeled carriage is good, not only is the stability far more than the two-wheeled, and the space is huge, with their own figure, even if it is enough to turn their heels, and the interior of the carriage is gorgeous, not only put a whole set of sofas, but also a separate bed, but also designed a separate bathroom.
There are also two mezzanine layers on the wall of the carriage, the outermost mezzanine is placed in the steel plate, so don't look at the carriage is wooden, in fact, the defense ability is not bad at all, the second mezzanine is hollow, you can put ice cubes to cool down in summer, and you can change it to a fireplace for heating in winter - this is simply an ancient version of the RV, in fact, Li Zhen designed his carriage according to the function of the RV of later generations.
Lying on the sofa, Li Zhen slept beautifully wrapped in fox fur, and when she woke up, the sun was about to set, and the team had already come to the outside of Jinyang City, and the officials of Jinyang had been waiting for a long time.
After casually meeting a few officials, greeting them a few words, and having a reception banquet, Li Zhen lived in the Jinyang Palace (Li Zhen is the prince and is qualified to live in the palace, as long as he does not live in the main hall).