Chapter 44 Huang Laowai "I'm just casually asking, asking."
Ivanov blinked and ran away again.
Not long after, the three of them had arrived at the gate of the courtyard.
When the soldiers on guard saw that the governor was coming in person, they quickly pushed the door open, and then sent someone to run in and notify the leader of the workshop, Huang Laowai, to come out to greet him.
Zhu Bayi was anxious, pushed aside the centurion who was opening the way for him, and strode inside.
After walking only a few steps, Huang Laowai ran out sweating profusely.
He wiped a few handfuls of his big black hands on his clothes, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said in a frightened voice: "I'm the official." , I am an incompetent official, please come to such a dirty place yourself, my lord, it is a capital crime, a capital crime."
"Stop pretending, you damn sinner.
Stand up quickly."
Zhu Bayi bent down and pulled Huang Laowai up from the ground.
"You are not tired, but I am still tired.
Didn't I tell you before?
See you.
Don’t kneel down to me.
I hate this, and don’t think of yourself as an official.”
"I've forgotten, I've forgotten.
Death penalty, death penalty."
Upon hearing this, Huang Laowai was so frightened that he quickly fell to the ground again.
Zhu Bayi was a butcher who killed pigs.
He supported the other party with a slight effort of his arm.
Then he frowned and yelled loudly: "Stand still, don't act like you have no bones.
I need a master craftsman here, not a slave."
"Oh, yes, yes" Huang Laowai couldn't kneel down anymore, so he had to respond with a trembling voice.
At the same time, his eyes kept glancing at Xu Hongsan's face, hoping that the latter would remind him what rank this "great master craftsman" was, and whether he had been promoted or demoted compared to his current official position of general workshop manager.
It was also the first time that Xu Hongsan heard the term "Master Craftsman" and could not provide him with any help.
He had no choice but to glance at Zhu Ba11's armpit, hinting at the true purpose of the Governor's trip.
Huang Laowai took a secret look and felt somewhat confident.
After hesitating for a moment, he reported in a low voice: "To the Governor, recently, the workshop has been busy making iron mines, so the drilling of holes in the iron rods has been delayed again.
So far, Only three pieces have been drilled out, and the inner wall is being polished with sand and stones equipped with iron rods.
It is estimated that the first finished piece will be ready in about ten days."
"I got it."
Zhu Ba11 basically had no hope of making a gun barrel by drilling holes in an iron rod.
So I didn't feel too upset when Huang Laowai said it was not completed.
He nodded and continued to ask: "Can you make bronze?
Yes, that's right."
After thinking about it, he took out the Great Light Order given to him by Mr.
Su that day from his waist pocket, and handed it to Huang Laowai, "This is the kind of thing."
How could a blacksmith in this era not know that Bronze Huang Laowai immediately took the Great Light Order with both hands and looked at the sun carefully.
After counting, he returned it with a smile: "Does the governor want to imitate this bronze medal?
Or cast a bell, a tripod, or a mirror, or money for the house, or something like that?"
"Is there any difference?"
Zhu Bayi was confused by the question and asked hesitantly.
"Of course" when he mentioned smelting copper and iron, the philistine feeling in Huang Laowai disappeared, and his crooked back straightened up unknowingly, "If copper is mixed with lead, tin and other substances, it can be called bronze." .
But there is a lot of knowledge about how to mix it and how much to mix it into.
If you want to make a mirror, you have to make it white.
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At least half of the tin must be mixed in.
If the bell or tripod is cast, it must be mixed with 15%.
The bronze produced in this way is actually orange-yellow, looks not much different from brass, and is much stronger than brass.
"If you want to make axle sleeves, they need to be tough and wear-resistant, and 40% tin and 50% lead is best."
"If you want to make money, it's five copper and five lead.
It looks good and is strong.
It will definitely be spent, and most people won't be able to tell it's fake."
Other craftsmen also put down their work and gathered around, chatting.
He spoke eloquently.
In this era, being a coppersmith is far more profitable than being a blacksmith, so everyone knows the techniques related to copper smelting by heart.
Zhu Bayi was very happy after hearing this.
He quickly took out the box under his arm, opened it, and handed the copper gun inside to Huang Laowai, "If you were asked to follow the pattern of a gourd and a ladle to cast a fire gun, how long would it take you to make it?"
"This" Huang Laowai took the gun and watched it carefully and repeatedly.
It took a long time before he blushed and apologized in a low voice, "I would like to report to the Commander-in-Chief, I can't do this, and I can't do it so delicately.
This is made by the Ordnance Supervisor of the Capital City, and it contains the best in the country."
Craftsmen are selected from craftsmen all over the country every few decades.
Those who are not good at learning are not selected."
"Oh" Zhu Ba11 nodded, not feeling disappointed at all.
Compared with the weapons supervisor of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, his general workshop can only be regarded as a township enterprise.
A township enterprise that has just been established for less than half a year will certainly not have the same technical strength reserves as a large state-owned enterprise that has existed for decades.
Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded again, and discussed with Huang Laowai in a low voice, "If I want you to make a large one, it won't be as delicate as this one.
Enlarge it.
Let's enlarge it three times, or even bigger.
Don't pursue it either.
It looks good, but it must be strong.
You can't make it explode if you add a little too much gunpowder.
You have to find a few people to work together to make it.
I will definitely not be stingy with the reward."
"This, this, it should work."
Huang Laowai did not dare to confirm and responded hesitantly, "If you use bronze, it will definitely be less likely to explode than brass.
At worst, double the wall thickness and put a few more sets on the outside.
"Copper Hoop" "When smelting copper, add a little bit of zinc to it, not too much, just about 50%."
Another young craftsman, known as Lian Laohei, stepped forward and reminded loudly, "I used to make copper for wealthy families.
The wine flask with zinc added is stronger than the one without zinc, and it is also more beautiful than before."
"You have to work hard for everything.
Did you get the armor leaves today?"
Huang Lao gave the young craftsman a crooked look and scolded him unhappily.
"Not yet" Lian Lao Hei was so frightened that he shrank his neck and quickly walked away with his head lowered.
"Count him in."
Before he had gone far, Zhu Bayi spoke first and asked the person to stay.
"It takes too much time for you to do it alone.
I am in a hurry this time.
If I can get one more person to participate, I will have one more person."
No matter how many people participate, the first prize is yours.
You can name the others according to their contribution, and I will reward them all."
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"Yes, sir."
Although Huang Laowai was very unhappy, he did not dare to disobey his governor's order, so he had no choice but to agree and allow Lian Laohei to stay with him.
Lest Huang Laowai continue to work alone behind closed doors, Zhu Bayi thought for a while and emphasized again, "Invite a few more people and put other work aside.
According to different formulas, refine several more kinds of copper water.
Then.
They were all made into large fire blunderbuss, and each one was loaded with gunpowder to experiment with.
Whichever one has the most gunpowder and can shoot far without exploding the barrel will be used."
This is a very common scientific research method in the 21st century in another time and space.
Almost anyone on the street knows it.
But for a craftsman like Huang Laowai, who has been passed down from father to son, it is tantamount to opening the door to a new world.
Immediately, the man's eyes shone brightly, "Then, just follow the governor's instructions before we make other things, and follow the governor's method.
Several stalls start working at the same time, whoever does it best will do it quickly. , just use whoever’s method."
"I don't care how you assign work to them in the workshop, but within a month, I hope to see samples."
Zhu Ba11 nodded and decided to put more pressure on Huang Laowai.
In case this guy is like the last time he made a gun barrel, he starts to give up his skills when he encounters difficulties.
"This" Huang Laowai hesitated again and again, and responded bravely, "Captain, I am reporting to the Commander, it's not that I'm unwilling to do my best.
It's that there are too many jobs recently.
The big leaf iron armor you captured on the last battlefield , Su Changshi felt that there were not enough, so he specifically ordered the young man to hurry up and make a batch of iron leaves.
The iron leaves were all strangely shaped and very difficult to beat.
A master and two apprentices worked all day long, but they couldn't get a single one.
Come" "That wasn't struck with a hammer at all."
Ivanov, who had been following Zhu Ba11 and looking around, suddenly interjected, and then shut his mouth tightly.
"If it wasn't struck with a hammer, what would it be?"
Huang Laowai was shocked and stared at Ivanov, as if he wanted to eat the latter alive.
Ivanov knew he had spilled the beans, so he quickly turned his face to the side and waved his hands repeatedly, "I, I don't know.
Anyway, it must not have been smashed with hands.
If you smash it with your hands, you can't do it in a month."
Come up with something.”
"Ivan, tell me everything you know."
Zhu Bayi originally thought that the large iron lotus leaf armor worn by Rakshasa soldiers was similar to the plate armor in later movies but not plate armor.
It was so neat.
It's a bit too much, it doesn't look like a product hammered out in a small workshop.
He glared at Ivanov and shouted an order.
"Yes, sir."
Ivanov did not dare to disobey and explained reluctantly, "This kind of armor is made by water hammer.
Water hammer, do you know, is to build a waterwheel on the riverside, so that The water truck brings up the big hammer, and then hammers it down one by one.
Each hammer can weigh at least 500 kilograms.
The iron block is heated red and placed in the mold and stuffed under the hammer.
It takes just a few breaths.
Break out a piece of armor leaf."
"Draw a picture of what water hammer looks like and let them build it."
Zhu Bayi realized that he had really found a treasure, and immediately slapped Ivanov hard and shouted an order.
"I, I also saw it a few times in the city-state of Florence.
I can only make a rough sketch."
Ivanov grinned and responded reluctantly.
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Seeing Xu Hongsan holding the scabbard in his hand again, he quickly added, "You can draw, but there is no guarantee that what you draw will be the same as it is."
As a person who fused two souls, Zhu Bayi immediately understood how to make Ivanov's painting more consistent with the original.
He smiled and threw out a big sweet date, "Two gold ingots, half As long as you can make a water wheel and a water hammer, one gold ingot will belong to you, and the other one will be divided equally among the participants."
"I paint, I will paint now."
Ivanov immediately jumped up with joy, as if he could not feel the weight of the armor at all.
"Sir, I will stay here today and do water hammering with them.
This is the right place.
If you are facing a river, narrowing the river channel upstream and making the water flow faster will definitely push up the water hammer."
Note 1 Note 1: The original hydraulic forging hammer appeared in the early 14th century, but it was not yet popular.
After Leonardo da Vinci improved it in the mid-fifteenth century, it was widely promoted in Europe
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