bullyxtreme Chapter 165 Springs, Cannons and Negotiations
Chapter 165 Springs, Cannons and Negotiations
Magic gun, or rather - the original intention was to make it into a magic rifle, but it couldn't even reach the distance of a magic pistol, but the effect was considerable, so in order to save face it was renamed - magic arm armor.
After this equipment began to be mass-produced and armed, the design of the magic cannon...the magic catapult followed.
It’s more of a cannon than a gun.
That is to say, in chess, the black player's cannon is based on stone, not fire.
In fact, the word "炮" in ancient Chinese originally referred to "火老".
It was not until the emergence of firearms that the word "artillery" gradually began to become synonymous with artillery.
The short history of hot weapons is obviously inconsistent with the history of Chinese chess.
Moreover, if the two sides in the war used catapults and artillery, it would be too bullying. How could it be considered a fair fight between the two armies?
Therefore, for Chinese chess, the original way of writing should be the cannon with the character "石" next to it.
Moreover, aren’t the important features of the catapult that it can travel in a straight line, move without restrictions like a car, and can hit targets from across mountains and only across mountains?
After all, if it were artillery, why would we only be able to choose to shoot at the target from a distance?
As soon as the Red Cannon appeared in history books, there was already a combat method of leveling the cannon for close-range bombardment.
If the cannon in Chinese chess really represents artillery, why is it limited to hitting enemies across a mountain, and cannot crush the enemy in front of it like a chariot?
Let's get back to the topic. Although Abes can't make a magic cannon because the technology is still a little short of the mark, the magic cannon is still no problem.
perhaps……
However, when they started discussing the details, Abes realized how much he had taken things for granted.
How could the teams in Sweet Leaf Town or before Abes be capable of researching siege weapons?
Even if they understand it, it mostly remains on paper.
Therefore, in the end, Abes went to the king's study to look through some information, and then he found the official in the royal capital who was responsible for the production of this type of equipment, and asked him to bring his workers to a meeting.
Perhaps it was because the murderous aura towards the petty nobles had been too strong in the past few days, so that the workers hesitated for a long time and were unwilling to enter the hall used as a meeting room, as if there were five hundred executioners lying in ambush inside.
It took Abes a lot of effort to appease those people who were reluctant to step into the hall because they were worried that their shoes would dirty the floor, or who felt that they would have to kneel down to worship him when they saw him.
It was not until they saw the blacksmiths in Sweetleaf Town casually writing, drawing, and arguing with Abes that these machine workers got used to the meeting and discussion model.
After questioning, Abes also obtained some important information.
"I see... Although they are both catapults, there are still differences in the level of their application."
"That's right, sir. That's the difference between lever and torque."
The other party was explaining while drawing.
"The lever type is relatively simple to manufacture, requiring only iron parts at key locations. Overall, it is a pole whose fulcrum is not exactly in the middle."
The principle of leverage...
Abes didn't say much, but pointed to the short end, which was a large and extremely flowing thing painted by the other party.
"what are these?"
"To answer your Excellency, it is a leash."
There is no doubt that since it is a force lever, it takes a lot of force to drive a large stone to fly out.
Therefore, one end of the long pole is used to place the gun nest for projectiles for throwing, and the other end is connected to several or even dozens of ropes.
"When using it, everyone needs to pull the rope together, and the projectile will fly out."
"It's a good design," Abes nodded, then shook his head, "but it's clear that this application method is not suitable for our current situation."
He currently does not have such a large mobilization capacity. If one machine requires dozens of people, he might as well produce more grenades and magic arm armor.
"I need something a little more subtle."
"Of course, sir. Allow me to introduce the torsion catapult."
While drawing, the other party was also talking, "Its main principle is to use the force storage function of animal tendons, accumulate force and then release it in a concentrated manner to throw stones."
"Look, when it's not in use, it should be leaning like this. When it's needed, first you have to pull the launch rod flat, then lock it with a trigger buckle or something like that, and place the projectile."
"Finally, just open the lock, and boom! It can be launched."
Abes' eyes lit up. The so-called torque type, the core component is animal tendon.
The release of the stored elastic potential energy of these animal tendons can help the long pole of the catapult to flip and swing out.
This is why ox horns and tendons were considered war supplies in ancient times.
In ancient times when there were no springs, such as crossbows and catapults, the application of elastic potential energy was not as simple as it is now.
"That's all."
After the introduction, the other party also made a summary, “The lever type is simple to manufacture, but requires a lot of manpower;
The torque type has much higher precision and strength, and does not require so many people, one person for one machine... no, one person for several machines. It is also relatively time-consuming and labor-intensive to manufacture, and animal tendons are easily damaged when repeatedly stretched and used. "
tendon?
Listening to the difficulties revealed by the other party, Abes just smiled and waved his hand, as if he didn't care about it.
"Isn't it just a little bit of elasticity of animal tendons? What does that count for?"
"If we want to use it, we need to use an elastic force that can pull nine cows and two tigers apart."
"You guys, have some conversation with the steelmaking masters. I just taught them something good."
----------
The knowledge that Abes taught to the blacksmiths of Sweetleaf Town—now it should be called the Royal Capital-Sweetleaf Town Joint Steel Production Organization—was naturally about springs.
It is more of a style than knowledge.
After all, Abesi had determined long ago that the temperatures, materials and proportions of various production processes could not necessarily be replicated according to real-life processes; water could boil but could not drive machinery; and metals and magnets did not produce the electromagnetic induction imagined.
This world is just a collection of similar things that are similar in appearance but totally different in interior.
This also means that when it comes to the means of production such as quenching and annealing, Abes can only tell others that their function is to eliminate and restore toughness, but the specific temperature and process can only remain silent.
Since it is not possible to apply it mechanically, these specific things can only be left to the masters of the steel plant to explore on their own.
But fortunately, the round shape of the spring and its ability to store elastic potential energy still exist.
This made Abes feel that the science and engineering knowledge he had learned was still somewhat useful.
As for them, making springs is not a problem at all as they already have assembly lines and a steady output of steel.
The first thing they need to do is to produce wire rope.
Then, just pass the wire rope through the channel and roll it into a coil, and the basic part of the spring is ready.
Next, further processing is required based on where the spring needs to be used and in which direction the elastic force is required.
For example, the most common spring is the tension spring, which naturally has hooks at both ends to facilitate hooking on the stretched object.
Torsion springs and compression springs are also common in industry and on machines.
Among them, the torsion spring resists the change of angle;
The compression spring is exactly the opposite of the tension spring. It has a large gap and strong rigidity, and is prevented from being compressed, rather than being densely arranged in circles like the tension spring.
After arriving at the steel plant for communication and witnessing batches of tension springs falling from the end of the assembly line into the product boxes, the workers in charge of equipment production all hurriedly came to Abes and begged for mercy.
"Don't kill me! Sir, don't kill me!"
Although Abes was a little confused at first, he finally understood what the other party meant after the other party explained with tears in his eyes.
It turns out that these steel springs not only have a much greater elasticity than animal tendons, but also don’t last as long as animal tendons do. They don’t need much maintenance. Maintenance is a joke. Don’t you see how many springs there are in this box? New ones keep coming out.
Seeing this scene, they thought that as soon as the lord in front of them finished making the new catapult, he would kill them all to prevent the technology from leaking out.
After all, this output...seems like there's absolutely no need to keep them for maintenance.
After understanding what they meant, Abes felt angry and amused.
What’s funny is that just by demonstrating technology and productivity, the other party actually felt that they were going to be silenced.
What makes people angry is, of course, that in this huge land of the North, which is like a mental hospital, there are countless technological innovations that have been buried under the earth in such a cruel way by those in power.
He looked at the panicked workers and felt a surge of pity in his heart.
"Don't worry, I have no intention of killing anyone. It's just a spring. Even if this technology is leaked out, it will be useless."
The rest of the people don’t have magic blast furnaces, which means they don’t have much steel production, which is not enough to make armor and weapons, let alone springs?
In addition, the rest of the people don’t have magic engines, so naturally they can’t create a highly automated production line like the one in front of them.
Do you rub the steel wire by hand and then wind it into a circle manually?
Then Abes could only bow and say that his perseverance was commendable.
"So, don't worry, after you finish producing the catapult, nothing will happen. Not only that, I have more ideas and research and development waiting for you ahead."
"A future of continuous innovation and progress is waiting for you."
In a civilized modern world, these people would definitely be high-level technical talents in weapons, and would be highly sought after wherever they go.
How is it possible that they would just discard a new type of catapult when it has just been developed? There are so many technological lines behind it, and Abes is still eagerly hoping to replicate it?
“Besides, the magic cannon, or rather the magic artillery… springs and catapults alone are not enough, they still can’t replicate it.”
Abes turned sideways, and what appeared in front of the catapult workers was a row of iron balls with latch structures. Their size was probably larger than a human head.
----------
After a large number of magic arm armors and magic cannons were produced and the corresponding training had begun steadily, Abes finally received a meeting request from the Lord of Slime City.
Looking at the letter with beautiful cursive characters in front of him, Abes casually handed it to Kronos beside him.
"What do you think? We could have sent someone over the next day after the fall of the capital to inform them that we wanted to talk."
"In the end, it took more than a week to reply to a letter. Is that reasonable?"
Seeing the ancient hero in front of her looking a little angry, the girl from the Mels family felt a little funny, but then she explained.
"Since we were able to take over the capital, a city of soft mud is naturally a piece of cake. Therefore, there is no need to discuss the issue of sovereignty. What we need to discuss is nothing more than the issue of ownership."
"Originally, you were planning to take action at any time..."
Seeing that his thoughts were exposed, Abes nodded embarrassedly, "Originally, if this letter of talks had not been delivered to me, I was going to use the Mud City to train the magic arm armor and the newly organized artillery."
"Look," Abes said as he showed Kronos a notice he had prepared long ago, "[If you don't intend to surrender voluntarily before the winter wheat matures, then we will choose to make you surrender passively the day after the letter arrives - it will be deemed to have been delivered when the sun rises on the third day after the letter is sent]."
As he was reciting, Abes himself could hardly hold back.
The two looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
Afterwards, the notice was placed back in the center of the table, next to the letter from the Lord of Sludge City.
"But now the other party is asking for a talk. What do you mean?" The silver-haired girl looked at Abes again. She wanted to know what the adult in front of her was thinking in his golden eyes.
Abes showed a strange smile on his face. "Let's talk if we can. Even if a city with walls not as high as my Fury jump wants to play tricks, even if it wants to talk, how much can it pull? If it can't be done militarily, it's useless for him to talk."
"Whether it's a one-on-one meeting or a Hongmen Banquet, I'll accept it."
Kronos blinked his eyes. Apart from telling two anecdotes that he had never heard of, the brave man in front of him still maintained his usual bravery and wisdom.
So she said.
"it is good."