Chapter 66: Hydraulic age

　　 "Hydraulic forging hammer?"
　　 Chen Qi said in surprise that he had never heard of these two words.
　　 But he has become accustomed to Xiao Ming constantly creating these magical machines in the Equipment Department, which is a kind of satisfaction for him.
　　 Xiao Ming nodded, he found a chair to sit down, gave Chen Qi a seat, and then told Chen Qi about the knowledge of plate armor and hydraulic forging hammer.
　　 Plate armor, which appeared in the 16th century and was eliminated by firearms, has always been controversial in history, and the debate about the strongest armor has never stopped.
　　 But Xiao Ming believes that war will only eliminate backward armor.
　　 In the West in the long Middle Ages, after countless wars, the knights in the West finally chose plate armor, which can only show that the cost performance of plate armor is much higher than other armors.
　　 And after the Middle Ages, the emergence of hydraulic forging hammers made mass production of plate armor possible.
　　 The term forging has appeared since the concept of steel. The so-called electric hammering is the forging of steel. The more forging, the better the quality of steel.
　　 So there is a saying that one hundred steel is made, and this all requires forging. Simply put, it is to repeatedly beat the iron with a sledgehammer, so that the quality of the iron continues to rise.
　　 But this way of manpowering sledgehammers made the production of armor and weapons very efficient, so hydraulic forging hammers appeared for the first time in the West, and some scholars believe that this is the beginning of Western military technology catching up with the East.
　　 Now Xiao Ming is preparing to replicate the hydraulic forging hammer.
Before the emergence of the steam engine, he had to use hydraulic power to lay the prototype of the industrial foundation, because he needed hydraulic forging hammers to make metal materials of sufficient strength and at the same time to increase the production of lathes and other machinery. At present, Xiao Ming only has a few types of lathes. .
　　 This is far from his expectations.
　　 In general, he needs water power to store various supplies, materials, high-strength knives, etc. for making steam engines.
　　Xiao Ming was talking about Chen Qi getting more and more excited. The slow forging work of the craftsman made him unable to cope with the ever-larger steel orders. Now the machine designed by Xiao Ming has completely solved his problem.
　　 "His Royal Highness, if a hydraulic forging hammer is produced, it can at least increase the forging by 30 times." Chen Qi said excitedly.
　　 "No, it is forty times." Xiao Ming said. He checked the information and found that the hydraulic forging hammer directly increased the blacksmith's work efficiency by forty times. This hydraulic forging hammer can complete hundreds of strikes in one minute.
　　 But the only disadvantage of the hydraulic forging hammer is the unstable power, after all, the water flow is unstable, but even so, it is enough for him to use at this stage.
After a detailed explanation, Chen Qi basically remembered the manufacturing method of hydraulic forging hammers. In fact, the power of hydraulic machinery is basically universal, which is similar to the Niu Li rollover. As long as it rotates, it can generate power, gears, and bearings. These things are very different. Poor, just the work pieces are different.
　　 So Chen Qi, who has successfully made Niu Li Dumper, is not a difficult job.
　　 Moreover, he observed during this period and came to a conclusion that the ancients were definitely not stupid, and their cleverness was not inferior to the moderns. The only flaw was their lack of education and knowledge.
　　 In their familiar fields, it is better to not lose to modern people in poetry, writing, painting, and even strategy.
　　 As the saying goes, you can see through at one point, and the ancients now almost have someone click it, and he plays this role.
Realizing the importance of hydraulic forging hammers, Chen Qi focused on manufacturing hydraulic forging hammers. Thanks to the cheap processing of lathes, the manufacture of hydraulic forging hammers went smoothly. But even so, the first hydraulic forging hammers had to It will take a month to assemble, because the composition of the hydraulic forging hammer is still very complicated.
　　 Xiao Ming believes in Chen Qi's abilities very much. Naturally, this matter is entrusted to Chen Qi. When Chen Qi doesn't understand, he will come to the school to ask him, and the two will discuss it together.
　　 During this period, he taught the school normally, but he asked Lu Tong and others to start the first chemical production, extracting alkali from plant ash.
　　 This job was originally the work of the servants and the equipment department in the royal palace, but now Xiao Ming has completely separated this matter to refine the industrial system.
　　 Moreover, during this period, soap production workshops have sprung up in Qingzhou, and the demand for alkali has greatly increased. This is the reason why he produced the alkali alone.
　　 Otherwise, he would really be annoyed by the merchant who came to buy alkali.
　　 "Thank you, Your Highness."
　　 Another batch of alkali was shipped out from the palace, and the merchant who bought the alkali was smiling, but it was painful.
　　Because alkali is too expensive, they basically account for more than half of the cost of soap production. If they sell the soap, they can only make a couple of silver.
　　 "Hey, if we can learn the production of this alkali, wouldn't we make a fortune?"
　　 Gradually walking away, a businessman said to another businessman.
　　 "Study? How to learn? This alkali is said to be no longer produced in the workshop area. It is only produced in the courtyard next to the palace. Not everyone can approach that place."
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　　 "Don't think about it, these people are accompanied by guards every time they go out, and it is impossible for outsiders to approach."
　　 "Hey..." The businessman sighed.
　　 At this time, Pang Yukun passed in front of the two businessmen and couldn't help but sneer when he heard the words.
　　 entered the palace, he saw Xiao Ming and first repeated the conversation of the outside businessman to Xiao Ming.
　　 "The tricks of these merchants are very clear to the king. In addition to this method, they also deliberately reselled slaves to Liang Dahai, wanting these slaves to mix into the workshop area, huh, they look down on me too much, they just let them in and out."
　　 Pang Yukun said: "I reminded His Royal Highness about this matter, not to talk about craftsmanship, but now that Qingzhou is getting more and more mixed, it's time for your Royal Highness to establish his own secret guard."
　　 Xiao Ming's expression flickered, and he said, "It's not that this king doesn't want it, but that there is no suitable candidate."
　　 The secret guard in Pang Yukun's mouth is actually an institution similar to Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty, that is, a modern intelligence system. Without these people, Xiao Ming means that Dayu is blind and knows nothing.
　　 For example, the horse smuggling case revealed by the Wang family, he didn't know anything beforehand.
　　 Pang Yukun thought of this, and he thought he was stimulated by it.
　　 "His Royal Highness, I'm here for this purpose. The next official thinks that someone must be of interest to you." Pang Yukun said with a smile.
Xiao Ming remembered Pang Yukun's need to find talents for himself. He said: "Pang Changshi has a suitable candidate? Who is it~EbookFREE.me~Welcome to read it, the latest, fastest and hottest serial. Works are all at ~EbookFREE.me~ mobile phone users please go to read.