Steel Dynasty - Chapter 300

[Chapter 300 Put into production]

In the Equipment Department, craftsmen surrounded Xiao Ming.

Production orders were issued one after another from Xiao Ming’s mouth. This craftsman is responsible for forging the main spring and supervises five hundred craftsmen for forging. That craftsman is responsible for striking iron and supervises four hundred people for production.

There are 500 craftsmen responsible for assembly and 700 craftsmen responsible for the production of gun stocks.

“You should keep in mind the size of your own spare parts now, and then forge them according to unified size standards. All parts with large errors will be discarded and shall not be handed over to the assembly craftsmen. If the size deviation in the production of spare parts exceeds a hundred If you get five points, you can only be punished according to the rules of the workshop.”

There was a hint of warning in Xiao Ming’s voice. He has always been extremely strict with production. There are too many fake and shoddy products in the future. This is an industry. It’s a cancer.

Therefore, from the industrial point of view, he strictly created a rigorous spirit in craftsmanship.

When it comes to production, there is no such thing as carelessness, only excellence.

The bolt and stock were put into production, and the only remaining problem was the barrel.

Zhang Liu has not been idle in the past month, and has been preparing knives. Compared with the gun machine, this technical difficulty is equally difficult, so Xiao Ming had to personally participate in this work.

This month, the Equipment Department has reserved some tungsten powder. Because of the original carbon reduction method, the tungsten powder reduced each time always contains too many impurities. In the end, it had to be screened to obtain relatively fine tungsten powder, which was very difficult. rare.

In modern times, Xiao Ming’s method is a huge waste, but for him, this waste is worth it, because he doesn’t need too many knives now, he only needs to meet the needs of Qingzhou, and each kind of knives At most, about 500 of each kind.

After all, the number of lathes in hydraulic lathe workshops today is only this number. Any more is a waste. We can just wait for the number of lathes to be increased and prepare them accordingly.

Song Changping and others left, and Xiao Ming went to the backyard of the Equipment Department, where the craftsmen were polishing knives.

After failing more than a dozen times, Xiao Ming gradually understood that the process of compressing tungsten powder and calcining tungsten steel was currently not possible in Qingzhou.

The most important thing is that firstly, the mining volume of tungsten cannot keep up, and secondly, the amount of tungsten powder extracted is also very scarce. The current reserve of tungsten powder is only about two kilograms.

However, he couldn’t produce many tungsten steel knives at all, so he decided to settle for the next best thing.

A few days ago, Zhang Liu was asked to add a small amount of tungsten powder and chromium powder when smelting steel, and refined an alloy that was harder than the current Qingzhou steel.

This carbide was also called tungsten ferro-tungsten in later generations and was also one of the candidate materials for knives.

This kind of cemented carbide adds tungsten as an additive to the steel. The amount is generally small. It is dissolved in the steel in trace amounts in the molten iron. Because of its low solubility, it can only be added in a small amount.

As a result, the production of cutting tools suddenly cleared the air and got back on track.

Zhang Liu and his craftsmen also successfully produced the “tungsten steel” of this era.

“Your Highness, the cutting tools of the boring machine and the milling machine are running smoothly, but the drill bit is very difficult to polish. However, after struggling for so long, two pieces were polished. Please take a look, Your Highness.”

Zhang Liu was holding two pieces in his hands .

Bring over the drill press tool.

The successful refining of tungsten steel is followed by the production of knives, which is consistent.

Holding the tool, Xiao Ming glanced at the hand grinder. This was the grinder he thought was the most suitable in Dayu after looking through information these days.

This kind of grinder is purely manual. It is generally made of two parallel wooden sticks with a grinding wheel in the middle. An iron rod is passed through the middle of the grinding wheel and fixed.

The iron rod extends out of the wooden stick, and there is something like a bicycle pedal on the outside.

This kind of mountain wheel machine can be hand-cranked, or it can be pedaled by one person on the bicycle.

As a result, the grinding wheel will rotate.

Touching the newly ground twist drill bit, Xiao Ming said: “How long did it take to grind this drill bit?”

“A whole day.” Zhang Liu sighed: “Boring machine tools and milling machine tools are easy, but this total It’s easy to break.”

Xiao Ming nodded, this is normal, because the knife is about hardness. It is hard and brittle, so it is easy to break.

He said: “Add more people. At the end of this month, we will provide at least a hundred drill bits to the hydraulic lathe workshop. This flintlock gun is just missing its barrel.”

Zhang Liu nodded, “Yes, Your Highness, I will allocate some right away.” Skilled craftsmen came to sharpen the knives.”

After a month of working day and night, Xiao Ming finally saw the hope of the flintlock gun.

It’s just that there isn’t much time left for him. The barbarians in the north are eyeing him, and the Japanese country in the east also has evil intentions.

He must race against time to consolidate his fiefdom.

After handing the drill bit to Zhang Liu, Xiao Ming said: “Give as many as you grind out.”

Then he went to find Chen Wenlong and asked Chen Wenlong to go to the steel workshop during this time to keep an eye on the production of steel bars.

And he also told him the dimensions of the steel to be produced.

Nowadays, flintlock guns are produced one after another. He has been waiting for the tungsten mine for so long, and he doesn’t want to wait any longer.

Xiao Ming was in a particularly good mood after leaving the Equipment Department, and the air seemed to become fresher at this moment.

The science and technology of Great Chongqing has lagged far behind this era. Starting from artillery, he started to catch up step by step.

Now that the second hot weapon had appeared, he finally felt a little more at ease, because he was always worried that one day someone would suddenly point a flintlock gun at his head.

Going to the palace, Xiao Ming was in a good mood and was about to discuss with Lu Luo to customize a military uniform for himself. When he arrived at the door, he saw Wang Xuan.

At this time, Wang Xuan’s face was pale, his arm was bandaged, and he was very fragile.

“What’s going on!” Xiao Ming frowned instantly.

Wang Xuan looked a little tired and said, “Your Highness, please tell me in the main hall.” While speaking, Wang Xuan looked around.

Xiao Ming nodded. Wang Xuan was always extremely cautious in handling matters, and he was probably worried about the news leaking at this time.

When the two arrived at the main hall, Xiao Ming asked, “What happened?”

“We were betrayed and our identities were exposed on the grassland. If we hadn’t met Colonel Lei Ming, I might not have been able to come back.” Wang Xuan said.

Then he recalled: “Since the last time we discovered that the barbarians were forging artillery, our secret guards sent many groups of people disguised as businessmen to sneak into Shengdu. This time, the secret guards came to report that they had found the test firing range of the barbarian artillery, so The official decided to go and find out in person. We did see the barbarian artillery on the outskirts of Shengdu, but the appearance of the barbarian artillery was a little different from ours in Qingzhou. Their artillery was yellow and green, and the barrel was thick and long. It’s four to five meters,” Wang Xuan said.

Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes when he heard this. The artillery described by Wang Xuan was a bit like the Urban artillery in history.

(End of chapter)