Daming Crazy Emperor

Time flies, and it is September in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the capital of Daming is in the high and refreshing autumn, but the Shenwu City is already chilly, as if it has entered late autumn.

In less than two months, this place will enter the freezing period, and the boilers and pipes for heating have not been built yet, so Taichang can't help but secretly anxious.

If there is no heating here in winter, it will be a real disaster. Not only will people suffer, but livestock will also suffer.

The problem is, he can't hurry to rush people.

After all, this thing cannot be made with a single sentence, at least there must be a factory building and a foundry workshop, and these cannot be built in a day or two.

On this day, Song Yingxing finally ran over and said with a happy face, "Your Majesty, the first batch of heating boilers and pipes have been cast."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being overjoyed and said, "Let's go and have a look."

After finishing speaking, he recruited Yuan Keli and Zhu Cihong, and followed Song Yingxing all the way to the foundry.

At this moment, the large-scale greenhouses and thermal insulation passages in Shenwu City are almost completed, the only thing missing is the boiler and pipes.

Soon, everyone came to the huge foundry.

This foundry is really big, there are four foundry workshops that are tens of feet long, and the sand field inside is full of more than ten boats of fine sand, and the load capacity of an armed merchant ship is over one million catties.

In other words, these four workshops are filled with nearly 2000 million catties of fine sand.

Also, the clay used for modeling has specially transformed hundreds of wooden chariots, which are constantly being pulled in.

Taichang was not very familiar with casting, and he knew nothing about building large-scale foundries, so he never came to disturb other people's construction.

This is his first time here.

When he walked into the workshop, he couldn't help being shocked by the sight in front of him.

My God, so many melting pots, such a big sand field!
To be honest, it was the first time he had seen so many furnaces and sand fields. Compared with this place, the workshop for casting artillery was a bit childish.

At this moment, Shatian seems to be flat, and there are no clues at all. The row of huge furnaces seems to have stopped, and there is no fire at all. There are quite a lot of people in the workshop, but there is no such scene as imagined. .

Everyone lined up neatly in front of Sha Tian. As soon as he showed his face, the people in the workshop clasped their hands and said in unison: "See the emperor."

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help crying and laughing: "Everyone, what should you do, you don't need to wait for me."

Song Yingxing heard the words, quickly waved his hands and said loudly: "Excavate."

Hearing this, the people in the workshop quickly picked up the shovels and hoes beside them, and dug into the flat sandy field.

Soon, round clay embryos were exposed inside.

The size of these clay embryos is not the same. Some clay embryos in the sand fields are only more than one foot square, while some clay embryos in the sand fields are as large as Zhang Xu square.

Taichang could tell at a glance that the ones with a radius of more than one foot should be pipes, and the ones with a radius of more than ten feet should be boiler fittings.

However, because of the clay embryo, he didn't know what the boiler fittings and pipes inside looked like.

Soon, a clay embryo of a pipe was dug out, and then the clay embryo was carried to a platform for cleaning the clay shell.

The old craftsman who stood on the platform and waited for a while picked up the hammer without hesitation, and smashed it hard at the clay embryo.

Uh, don't be in such a hurry, right?

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised and said: "Chang Geng, what if the pipe inside is damaged by smashing like this?"

Song Yingxing said to himself: "If it is broken, it will prove to be a defective product. If it is not cast well, it will have to be recast.

Your Majesty, rest assured, according to the strength we designed, this pipe will not be broken, at least not with such a small hammer. "

Uh, okay.

When Taichang heard the words, he didn't say anything more.

The old master seemed to be particularly violent. After the clay embryo outside was smashed, he even picked up a pointed iron rod and stabbed the inside of the pipe violently.

If this is a gun barrel, it will probably be useless after a few pokes.

But the steam pipe doesn't matter, even if there are a few small holes in it, it won't matter.

Although Taichang's eyelids twitched when he saw it, he didn't say anything.

Soon, the clay inside the pipe was also poked out by the master craftsman.

Immediately afterwards, the old master picked up a special iron brush and brushed vigorously.

After a while, he brushed the entire pipe thoroughly.

At this time, a lot of steam pipes have been dug out, and the row of platforms dedicated to cleaning the clay molds have all been dried up.

However, Taichang couldn't help but walk to the cleaned steam pipe and take a closer look.

The things molded from this clay are relatively delicate. Although the surface is not so smooth, there are no potholes. If you don't need to think about the appearance, you can basically use it with some anti-rust paint on the surface.

However, this thickness seems a bit insufficient.

Taichang pinched the connecting part with his hands, and felt that the thing was only a little thick at most.

He couldn't help asking, "Is this too thin?"

Song Yingxing still said confidently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the half-foot military cauldron is only half thick, this one is one cent thick and strong enough."

Well, enough of your talking and that should be fine.

Taichang took a closer look, and then asked: "How to solve the problem of sealing?"

Although the boilers and pipes used for heating do not have much sealing requirements, the air leakage should not be too severe.

If the air leaks too much, the steam will probably leak out within a few feet in the pipe.

His requirement is to transmit the steam at least several tens of feet away.

Song Yingxing quickly pointed to the joints and introduced: "We use a one-inch-thick rubber plate for sealing. Six screws can be attached to each joint. As long as the screws are tightened firmly, there should be no air leakage."

Well, the one-inch-thick rubber plate does not leak much air after it is compressed by screws.

Taichang nodded slightly, then looked in the direction of Shatian.

At this moment, several large clay molds with a radius of about ten feet have been dug out, and a group of strong men are inserting wooden squares with thick arms.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking: "Shouldn't there be a need to hang a gourd for such a big thing?"

Song Yingxing quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this thing only looks big, but it's actually not heavy. A section of the boiler only weighs three to four hundred catties. It must be no problem for a dozen people to lift it up.

It would be a waste of time to hang gourds, and it would be better to use people to carry them quickly. "

Is the boiler still a piece?

Taichang couldn't help being dumbfounded as he watched the boiler parts being cleaned out, which were about half a foot high.

Isn't this the enlarged pipeline?
Seeing this, Song Yingxing quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is the middle part, the bottom part is like a big iron pot, and the top part has joints for connecting steam pipes and water inlets.

In this way, it can be assembled according to the situation.

If there are not many people, it will be three sections. If there are more people, add one section in the middle.

Anyway, this thing is equivalent to a large kettle for boiling water. There are no special requirements, and it’s okay to make it into pieces. As long as a rubber plate is added in the middle to seal it, there will be no air leakage. "

All right, you can do it if you say so.

Taichang is good at this, he never doubts other people's professionalism.

It's not like some small bosses in the later generations, who obviously don't understand, but always doubt other professionals, and even rely on their status as the boss to let other professionals do what they want, messing around.

Taichang never doubted other people's professionalism, even if he had hundreds of years of experience, he only focused on raising points, and when people understood, he let them do it freely, and never interfered randomly.

The people in the workshop had been busy for less than half an hour, and the three components of a boiler were almost cleaned up.

Song Yingxing quickly ordered people to carry the three components to a large iron frame outside, and brought all the prepared screws and rubber plates, and then began to assemble them.

It would be very convenient to assemble this thing in three parts, as long as there is a special iron base to support it, and there are a few iron shelves for the master next to it.

Dozens of strong men worked hard for less than half an hour, and a large boiler with a height of more than one foot and a diameter of about one foot was assembled.

Song Yingxing quickly ordered people to add about half of the boiler water, and then lit the firewood to burn it fiercely.

At this time, the outlets of the connecting pipes on both sides of the boiler were sealed by iron plates, and the water inlet on the top was also sealed with rubber. The only air outlet was a small pipe with a siren on it.

In other words, as long as the whistle that represents the steam pressure reaches a certain level can sound, it proves that there is nothing wrong with the boiler.

Taichang was extremely nervous, as if he was afraid that once the water boiled, air would leak everywhere or even spray water, but Song Yingxing was not worried at all, and his face was full of confidence.

Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour later, the whistle above began to whistle.

This is actually a protection device.

If the whistle comes to mind, it proves that the steam pressure in the boiler has reached a certain level, and the fire cannot be fired at this time.

Of course, this is the case where the steam pipes are not connected at both ends.

If a one-foot-thick steam pipe is connected at both ends, it is impossible for the steam pressure inside to reach the level that blows the whistle.

The effect of this boiler is still very good, at least a little better than Taichang imagined.

When he saw that the whistle had sounded and there was no leak, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, let's do this.

How many boilers can be produced in one day if we work at full capacity? "

Song Yingxing thought for a while, and then explained in detail: "Your Majesty, we are just making a trial at the moment, so we made a set of standard molds.

Even if it is fully started now, only one workshop can be put into production.

According to the speed at which they are building clay molds, an average of five such boilers can be produced in one workshop.

However, this standard mold is made of hardwood, which is relatively simple to machine.

Weichen reckoned that it would be no problem to make one set a day.

That is to say, after about four or five days, the production capacity here will reach the maximum, and about [-] such boilers can be produced in a day. "

Twenty units a day, [-] units a month, and [-] units in two months.

This speed is actually not slow.

Question, the population here is almost reaching one million right now, and it will definitely exceed one million next month.

Moreover, it will be frozen in less than two months, and it will take time to transport and assemble the boiler.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then asked: "I don't think there are many people in the workshop. Is there no third shift at the moment?"

Song Yingxing nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, there is only one group of people in each workshop at this moment."

Hearing this, Taichang said without hesitation: "Recruit more people, install large electric lights in the workshop, let them work in three shifts, and produce at least forty such boilers a day. Is there any problem?"

Song Yingxing cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "No problem, Your Majesty."

Immediately afterwards, Taichang and Song Yingxing discussed the order of installing the boilers.

Logically speaking, Shenwu City should be installed first.

After all, the boiler factory is here, and he, the emperor, is also here.

However, according to the actual situation, it should not be installed here first.

Because the cold air came from the north, the cities along the Arctic Ocean were the first to freeze.

Therefore, the boiler should be installed from the north to the south.

While they were discussing, the officer in charge of telegrams suddenly came over in a hurry, holding up a sealed telegram and reporting: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has an urgent telegram."

Uh, what happened again?

Taichang took the telegram and looked at it, he couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng have actually defeated the Golden Horde and reached the border between Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire!
The Ministry of War asked him for instructions on the next action plan.