Chapter 1,386 Military System

In March, the official construction of various roads began, and Su You dragged Shen Kuo and Zhang Tianshi into Yinfeng Prison.

Yinfengjian was the Silver City in later generations. With chlorine metallurgy and hydrometallurgy of copper, the output of gold, silver and copper here was abundant.

The technical conditions here are also the best, and the gun and ammunition research and development base in the northwest of the Song Dynasty is here.

This is a unit that is not bad for the money.

Standard rails, convex rails, matching cast iron wheels, and fifth-generation steam engines have all been produced. The development of locomotives is actually just a step away.

Shen Kuo and Su You worked very hard, but the little Tianshi was a little impatient: "It's not important to organize the Taoist Tibetan areas in Dunhuang? Why do you have to use a steam engine to pull goods? Or do you pull it on land? Can't we use so many horses in Ningxia?"

Su You said: "Horses are greatly affected by the weather, and the cost is also high. No objection is allowed. Now I am discussing with Zhao Zongyou. He wants to move the steam engine to the Kuizhou type to safely cross the equator without wind.

"Brother, I want to build a train that can run on the ground using a steam engine. The goal is to be able to carry forty tons of goods and complete a round trip of one hundred and fifty miles in one day. The transportation cost is some coal and water."

Shen Kuo said: "Railways have already been used in the South China Sea. Now we have done some research on power measurement, rail viscosity, traction viscosity, and adhesion weight. The marine steam engine has developed to a certain extent. Our design this time

, it is to reduce the size of the marine steam engine, improve the efficiency, and then move it to the road, which is not too difficult."

Then he took out a drawing: "The Duke has drawn a rough model."

Zhang Xiangzhong took the drawing and asked, "Who is this monster? Why does it still have a face?"

Su You couldn't help but blush: "That face was added by Ping Guan Naughty."

Not at all, this was drawn by Su You based on Thomas the Tank Engine!

In the middle of Shu in later generations, 20 kilometers west of Qianwei County, there was a fun experience project - Jiayang Little Train.

The Bashi Railway has a total length of 20 kilometers, a track gauge of 762 mm, six tunnels, 109 arc sections, and a maximum gradient of 36‰. It is known as the "living fossil of the industrial revolution".

The small locomotive running on it is very similar to the locomotive in the cartoon "Thomas the Tank Engine", which has attracted countless tourists and children to experience it.

Su You has also been there, and during the rapeseed flower blooming season, the scene of the small train traveling through the rapeseed fields really left a deep impression on him.

There is also a locomotive tour program inside the station. When he went there, there happened to be a summer camp for children, and the summer camp also invited a retired engineer from the Chengdu Railway Bureau to be the docent.

So when the old engineer explained the structure and operating principles of the steam train to the children, Su You also listened with interest.

This locomotive was drawn based on that.

However, he could only draw a large prototype.

But in Shen Kuo's eyes, this large prototype alone was a priceless treasure.

For example, a horizontal boiler has a tall chimney, and the coal consumption of the boiler can be roughly seen from the large chimney.

This shows that the boiler is the multi-tube boiler invented by Shi Fu. The chimney and the combustion chamber form a negative pressure, and the horizontal boiler is heated by the thermal gas.

There is also a protruding boxed object above the boiler, which is obviously a steam purification and drying device, and the structure of the locomotive's traveling part is at the bottom, indicating that there is a steam pipe connected to the bottom of the locomotive to drive the cylinder.

There are also countless bright spots in the walking part. For example, you can see from the connecting rod part that two pairs of them are obviously driving wheels, and the small wheel in front of the driving wheel obviously plays a guiding role, while the pairs of driven wheels at the back are its share.

pressure, as well as turning assistance.

The whole part is more complicated than the oil lift machine, but it is actually simpler than the textile machine. Overall, it still converts the horizontal motion of the cylinder shaft into circular motion.

However, because it is much larger and provides greater driving force, it is also very difficult to design.

But the working principle has been clarified, the large structure has been revealed, and the rest is a matter of detailed design.

Science and engineering are auxiliary design models, and many designs and calculations can be made in advance and drawings made.

Su You selected engineering talents from Yinfeng Supervision to form the "Steam Power Locomotive Interest Society". There were thirty or forty people in total, all of whom were elites.

At the same time, Lanzhou Iron Works began manufacturing rails.

In March, Suyou began to inspect various states again, especially the five Silk Road states, Zhangye City, Wuwei City, Helan Fort, Wulahai City, and Heishan Fort.

The castle is a composite structure of reinforced concrete and masonry. Because it is equipped with high-precision artillery, the moat is far away from the castle, as long as three miles.

Between the moat and the castle is a wheat field used for farming. There are trenches with cement prefabricated panels surrounding the star-shaped castle on the wheat field. These trenches can also be used as trenches and traffic trenches during war.

The big city is in the shape of a mountain. It is not only defended by the outermost city wall, but the layout of the city is more like a multi-layered birthday cake built on the mountain.

Artillery at the top can get the best protection and the longest range.

Such a city is quite terrifying. There are water sources, fertile fields, and workshops both inside and outside the city. There are huge granaries, grass warehouses, arsenals, and barracks in the city.

Wuyuan City and Jiuyuan City are even bigger. The two are in Wuyuan, which directly turns the area surrounded by two rivers into a huge support base.

In addition to the old canals of the Han and Tang dynasties, there are also seven canals planned. Based on the experience of local farmers, ice water, peach blossom water, April water, Fu water, autumn water and winter water are used for irrigation.

Among them, latent water is fertile and has the best irrigation effect, autumn water is the second best, and spring water is the worst.

When the water is clear in winter, it is used to flush channels and desilt.

The mouth of the diversion canal is adapted to local conditions.

At the mouth of the canal located upstream, due to the high water level, only "reverse water" is diverted to avoid directly facing the ice slip;

At the mouth of the canal located downstream, a diversion dam needs to be added like Dujiangyan;

The middle canal mouth can be located downstream of the concave bank.

If all these canals are built, theoretically, 90 million acres of cultivated land, pasture land, and forest land can be obtained, which is 900,000 hectares, equivalent to two Zhejiang roads!

Of course, this is just the area. Due to crop rotation, the actual output was only equivalent to Liangzhe Road in terms of acres of arable land. Coupled with the length of time suitable for farming and the output, it was actually less than half of Liangzhe Road.

However, this place is also irreplaceable, because horses are born here!

Since the Lingyang Canal was restored in the Han Dynasty, wheat was planted in the west of the canal and horses were herded in the east of the canal. Nowadays, thousands of hectares of cultivated land have been opened up.

When Su You inspected here, 30,000 elite new troops were training and synthesizing.

Su You brought the second batch of goods, as well as agricultural tools and weapons.

Zhong Yi saw the lively scene of transportation on the river beach and said to Su You: "My lord, should I accompany you to inspect the new army here?"

Su You smiled and said: "There is no need for military affairs. I am just here to inspect the city and give it to you for adoption. In addition, I want to see the progress of your farming and horse herding. How many mares are pregnant now?"

"Then I'll take the Duke for a walk." Zhong Yi clamped his horse's belly and led the way: "By next year, we can get eight thousand."

Su You also followed suit: "It's too hard here, and the food for the soldiers must be provided well. Even if it is compared with the wartime supply, it will be no problem for me to support you in three ways."

Zhong Yi said: "I will pay close attention to training, but if the soldiers have not been in battle for a long time, they will definitely slack off."

Su You thought for a while: "Wang Xianggong's method of setting up generals only solved part of the problem. It is just a headache."

"Let the generals take full responsibility at the local level, from recruitment to formation of the army. If you don't pay attention, the situation in the late Tang Dynasty will be repeated."

"On the contrary, Taizu's system has its problems, but I think it is more suitable for the new army."

"The so-called generals don't know the soldiers because the quality of the soldiers themselves varies greatly from place to place."

"If everything is like the New Army, with unified command, unified system, unified organization, unified discipline and unified training. Let each general, no matter which army he takes over, have similar combat capabilities. This problem

, still exists?”

"The so-called soldiers don't know the generals. It's the same problem. If the generals have been trained by the Royal Military Academy, have the same background, the same education, and adopt the same management methods in terms of command, organization, planning, and discipline. Let all

All officers and soldiers are managed and promoted under a unified and coordinated system, so why do soldiers need to 'know generals'? Isn't it just to obey orders and resolutely complete combat missions?"
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