Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 708 How Fast is the Machine Logging

Taichang waited for several days, and finally the machines for felling trees arrived.

There is no way, this thing is too heavy, and the decks of ordinary ships cannot bear it. The officials of the Ministry of Industry rushed to work, and added a lot of iron plates and steel supports to the upper and lower decks of several armed merchant ships. Ten machines specially used for felling trees were brought over.

These machines even have to use special steel frame boards when they get off the ship, and the docks must be supported by steel frames and then covered with iron boards, otherwise, the brackets and wooden boards on the docks will not be able to support them at all.

Taichang held up his binoculars and looked at the busy scene on the pier, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

It seems that ships have to be specially designed and built to transport such heavy machinery and equipment, otherwise, it would be too troublesome to transport infantry fighting vehicles, mining machines, and logging machines.

This kind of machine specially used for felling trees is actually not complicated, that is, the original big iron wheel used for mining is replaced by a large sawing disc, and then an iron frame about two feet high is installed in front of the machine. .

The saw disc is installed under the iron frame, and above it is a circular gear lever.

The whole machine is equivalent to installing such a special iron frame, and everything else is borrowed from the original mining machine structure.

So, how efficient is this machine for cutting trees and logging?
Taichang deliberately picked a big tree about three feet thick and more than ten feet tall near the pier, and ordered the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Industry to direct the tree-cutting machine to drive there for a try.

If this kind of tree is cut by hand, it will probably take at least half a day. Moreover, whether it is with a saw or an axe, it is dangerous.

Because it is difficult to control the falling direction of the tree by manpower, if one is not careful, the tree will fall crookedly, and it may kill people.

This kind of machine that specializes in cutting trees and logging is different. Once the arc-shaped gear lever on the iron frame is pushed up, it is basically impossible for the tree to fall towards the machine, and it is unlikely to fall to both sides. Under normal circumstances It must have fallen forward.

The cutting speed of this machine is astonishingly fast. When the large saw disc with a diameter of Zhangxu below is opened, the trunk is almost like tofu.

The tree-cutting machine just drove past at the slowest speed, and the tree was cut and knocked down almost in the blink of an eye.

Taichang was startled by this speed.

The saw disc must be made of black iron, it is extremely sharp, otherwise it would not be so fast.

This is simply like driving a bulldozer, just push it over.

The problem, it seems that this is not enough.

Holding up the binoculars, Taichang took a closer look at the structure of the machine, and couldn't help frowning again.

This is troublesome, and there are still many functions that have not been designed.

Cutting down trees is not so simple. After the tree is cut down, the branches and leaves have to be removed, and large trees with a thickness of more than one foot have to be sawed into pieces. Otherwise, dozens of people may not be able to drag them.

If designed properly, these functions can actually be solved by a machine that cuts trees.

After all, this machine is equipped with a boiler, so it is definitely no problem to drive a few more saw wheels.

As long as a pair of saw wheels that can be adjusted horizontally and vertically are installed next to it, the branches can basically be moved back and forth to clean up the branches.

It is simpler to saw the tree into sections, and just add a saw wheel to cut across.

Even, a flatbed trailer can be hung on the back of this machine, and a hoist can be added. The trailer only needs to be equipped with more rubber tires to prevent it from sinking into the soil. The hoist is used to hoist the stumps on the trailer.

In this way, after the tree is cut, it can be directly hoisted onto the trailer and taken away.

Of course, these functions do not mean that they can be realized. After all, there is no factory here, and nothing can be processed.

Taichang could only follow these ideas in detail to the officials from the Ministry of Industry who came with the machine, and ordered him to continue to improve after returning.

Of course, although this machine needs to be improved, at least the most time-consuming and dangerous tree-cutting function can replace manual work.

As for removing branches and leaves and sawing the tree into pieces, including pulling the stump away, these can be done manually first.

Fortunately, there are a lot of people here, as long as the work is properly divided and everyone cooperates, the speed should not be affected too much.

Taichang stared at the fallen tree and thought for a while, then said loudly: "Zi Ru, send someone to gather all the leading generals."

At this moment, the wharf has almost been expanded, and the dangerous animals in this jungle are almost cleaned up. The soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion and the young and strong North American Indian tribes are all fine. A group of generals are also sitting in the military camp, and the gathering speed is still quickly.

Not long after, Zhang Yuanfang, Ma Xianglin, Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming, Wang Chong, Su Feng and other leading generals rushed over one after another.

Taichang pointed to the fallen tree in the distance and said, "Xianglin, do you know how to cut down trees?"

Of course they will, they will also make siege equipment, these are the necessary skills for leading generals when fighting with cold weapons.

Ma Xianglin nodded without hesitation and said, "Your Majesty, we will do this."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said decisively: "The soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion are divided into three groups and take turns to go to battle, and follow the machine to deal with the felled trees.

Xianglin, you led 3 people to take turns to clean up the branches and leaves on the tree trunk.

Yi Ming, you led 3 people to go up in turns to saw the big tree into Zhang Xu length.

Gongming, you led 3 horses to take turns to pull tree trunks and stumps.

There can't be so many people crowded around this machine. You just need to send 1000 people to follow each machine. Ten machines are 1 people each, divided into three shifts.

In addition, you must pay attention to safety. After the tree is brought down, you should not rush up, wait until you are sure it is safe. "

Hearing this, Ma Xianglin, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming clapped their hands together and said: "I will understand at the end."

Taichang then ordered: "Yuan Fang, Wang Chong, Su Feng, please cooperate to move all the Indian tribal civilians in this jungle to the port near the port by water and land, pay attention to arrange accommodation and food, Su Feng, you let the 1 men under your command live on the boat, and leave the tents for them to use."

Zhang Yuanfang, Wang Chong and Su Feng hurriedly clasped their hands together and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang immediately waved his hand decisively and said: "Okay, Xianglin, you go up and have a try first, prepare your tools, and discuss with the soldiers who operate the machine how to cooperate, and then officially start work tomorrow. Yuanfang, today you will take the first one in the west. All the Indian tribes between the tributary and the second tributary have migrated out, and it is estimated that the trees in this area will be cut down tomorrow."

All the generals hurriedly cupped their hands and said that they obeyed the order, and then bowed to leave.

Immediately afterwards, Taichang ordered someone to take out the map and set it up in front of him, looked at it carefully for a while, and then called the official of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of directing the machine to cut down trees and explained in detail.

Although the machine is powerful in cutting down trees, it cannot be cut down randomly, because there are more than ten tributaries in this forest, and these machines cannot drive the river.

They can only direct the machine to cut down the trees between the first tributary and the second tributary from south to north, and then cut down the trees between the second tributary and the third tributary from north to south.

After the trees between the second tributary and the third tributary were cut down, they had to turn around and go back to the place where there was no tributary in the north, and then cut down the trees between the third tributary and the fourth tributary from north to south. .

This is roughly the process of tree felling. Taichang didn't know how fast it was, so he could only let everyone try it first.

Early the next morning, ten huge machines and [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion lined up in an area nearly ten miles wide, ready to start work.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo", a whistle sounded, and ten tree-cutting machines started almost simultaneously.

"Crackling", there was a sound, and ten big trees were brought down almost at the same time.

However, the tree-cutting machine did not move forward at this time, because there were felled trees in front of it, and it was difficult for the machine to drive past.

The ten machines fell backward almost at the same time, then turned around on the spot, moved towards the east in unison, then turned around again, and pushed towards the tree in the north with a click, and ten trees responded again And pour.

At this time, the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion have not yet stepped forward, because the emperor has confessed that they must pay attention to safety, and it is still a bit dangerous to stand by the side when the machine is cutting down trees and making a U-turn.

Moreover, they don't need to worry, the speed of cutting trees by one machine, thousands of people can still catch up with the cleaning.

They waited for nearly a quarter of an hour, until the machine had advanced five or sixty feet horizontally to the east, and they could no longer threaten them when cutting trees and turning around. Pull the saw to cut the big tree into pieces, and then drag the sawn stumps to the open space in the south.

There are 3000 people behind each machine, and there are actually only about ten trees, large and small, within a range of fifty or sixty feet. They are still very fast in cleaning up.

They finished cleaning up here, and the machine just cut down the remaining trees within a range of fifty or sixty feet, and slowly drove back.

Immediately afterwards, they swarmed up again, cleaning up with a click.

At this speed, one hour can roughly advance half a mile, and even six hours a day can advance three miles.

The north-south width of this area is roughly fifty miles.

In other words, it will take nearly 20 days to cut down all the trees between the first tributary and the second tributary, and it will take at least a year to cut down all the trees between more than ten tributaries!
(End of this chapter)