Seeing Shisanlang holding a helmet and hanging his whole body out, Du Zhongxiao felt a little strange. The iron armor in his impression was all smooth and as smooth as silver. But the iron armor he made was gray and looked a little rustic. I wonder if it was less process than others, why didn’t it feel like it was shining? Could it be that the European plate armor is plated with nickel? It’s not easy to plate nickel on this head.

When he arrived, Shisanlang sang aloud with his hands and put on his helmet.

The few people were amazed at Shisanlang who looked like an iron tower. The iron armor that Song Qi mentioned was made up of iron pieces nowadays, but not this kind of iron armor that was like an iron man. If you wrap your whole body with iron, can you still move?

After hearing the questions from several people, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's difficult now. All the iron armors in this body must be flexible and there must be no obstacles in the joints everywhere. Now it's just roughly this, and you have to think carefully about the details."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao said, "Shisanlang, dance for a while and give the guys a look."

Shisanlang responded with his hands, took an iron stick from the side, took a few steps back, and danced according to the popular gun stick routine at this time.

The four of them looked at Shisanlang's dance stick and opened their eyes wide. Liu Zhi even opened his mouth. They were surprised. One reason was that this set of iron armor would not affect his actions. Shisanlang's movements were scheming. Another reason was that Shisanlang's divine power was surprised. He was afraid that it would not be dozens of kilograms of iron armor. In addition, it also cost tens of kilograms of iron rod, and he also had 10 or 20 kilograms. He actually ran like flying.

In fact, this set of iron armor is not as flexible as it looks. Shisanlang's movements are very rigid, a little dull, and many of them are not in place. Although it is made of multiple pieces, it still cannot adapt to the human joints. Many improvements need to be made next.

The European plate armor seen in the movie is, most of the remaining products are fine, and the copied ones are improved according to the imagination of later generations, and it is not exactly what it is in history. The plate armor used in large quantities is not as beautiful as in film and television works. The joints require exquisite design and superb craftsmanship. The set of plate armor made by Du Zhongxiao is compared with the best plate armor in film and television works in his impression, and is extremely exquisite. The connections are drilled and copper rivets are applied, and then connected with steel shafts. It is both smooth and convenient to replace, which is a high level.

The problem now is that the components are not designed reasonably and they are interfering with their operation. This is specially made for Shisanlang's body. If general plate armor is produced in large quantities, it will definitely not be so perfect because of the differences in body shapes of people, and their movements will still be limited.

The weight is too heavy because the steel plate Du Zhongxiao used is too thick, nearly twice the thickness of the current heavy armor piece, and the result is heavier than the iron armor. Slowly test the process and the destructive power of the bow and crossbow, and the thickness can be reduced.

The heavy armor of the Song Dynasty was generally 40 to 60 kilograms, with the heaviest infantry and the archers slightly lower. As for the heavy armor of the cavalry, of course, it should be lighter. Don’t think that the Song Dynasty’s army wears this heavy armor, which is worn by the elites of the imperial guards, and most of the troops cannot use it. When it comes to the physical condition of soldiers, there is a standard that is to be approved for armor, which is the basic condition for being selected into the elite army, and the number is not large. Du Zhongxiao once had a physical examination of the wing army who went to the Iron Supervision Bureau, and less than one ten of them could wear armor and charge into the battle. Less than one in fifty people were able to wear iron armor to charge.

The imperial guards were selected from one layer. Every time, they sent eunuchs and military officers to the local area and selected suitable people as soldiers to be promoted to the imperial guards. After entering the imperial guards, they were promoted to the Fourth Army and the squads according to their physical conditions and archery and horse skills. The emperor performed martial arts and appointed them as small officers at all levels.

Just looking at physical conditions and equipment, against the Fourth Army of the Supreme Army, other troops were crushed. Even against the Khitan and Dangxiang, they were not opponents of the Fourth Army of the Imperial Army. Most of the defeats of the Song army were not due to head-on battles.

Du Zhongxiao made iron armor more because of the romantic feelings in his impression, rather than practicality. The iron supervisor and the field affairs are carefully selected from tens of thousands of troops now, and it would be great to pick out a thousand people who could wear iron armor. With the horses and let them be cavalry, even a small team could not be gathered.

After Shisanlang finished dancing with a set of gun holsters, the four magistrates clapped their hands together, and the journey was wonderful.

Yan Shu said: "Yunjudgment, such good things can be said to be the important weapon of the court. If they are made in detail, they can send a few sets to the capital and offer them to the court."

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "What my husband said is, this should be the case."

Even if this kind of plate armor is mature and well-made, there are not many people under Du Zhongxiao. The iron armor is afraid of being unable to sell it, and the imperial court should use it. With the physical conditions of several elite imperial guards, they can match them with tens of thousands of large orders. The Sanya Imperial Guards are not from the Sansi. If they want to buy iron armor, they have to pay for it.

Shisanlang took off his iron armor and stepped forward to sing. Everyone praised him, and they all said that he was a rare man.

After leaving the iron smelting place, Du Zhongxiao continued to take them around. Not far away, it was the largest factory in the Iron Supervision, where the steam engine was located.

When I walked to a road paved with slag, I turned a corner and heard the roar of the machine. I saw a row of tall brick and tile houses in front of me, pushing the small carts on the tracks. Some transported parts and some transported various slag and debris.

As soon as I entered the gate, I saw two rows of machines inside, and I could not see at first sight. There was a wide road in the middle, with two rails paved with cars constantly passing through. There were two or three people standing in front of each machine, some operating and some learning, and everything was in order.

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it. After a while, he said, "Yun Judgment, what is it doing here?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Go back to my husband, this is a steam engine. Whether it is a train or the place where iron is smelting just now, it must be used. These machines have infinite strength to burn coal. If not, how can they do so many tricks."

Several people walked forward and saw that each machine only processed one part, some were round shafts, some were iron seats, strange shapes and all kinds of things. The parts processed here were not big, and the iron box in front was filled, so they were transported to the next one. The final product was placed in a small cart on the middle track and transported to the place where someone should go.

All the machines here are dedicated and can only complete one process and cannot even adjust the processing size. In this way, the machine tool structure can be as simple as possible, otherwise it will exceed the design and manufacturing level at this time. To make a general machine tool, you can only wait for the distant future.

Such a manufacturing method, let alone a steam engine or a simple machine, requires astronomical costs. Iron and steel supervisors are a beginner, and the labor costs can be ignored. The materials are not money, and the fuel is dug out by yourself, so that they can be so expensive. If you change it, you may not be able to do it even if you give the whole country's strength. Moreover, once the design is finalized, the parts cannot be easily changed. If you move a size, you have to change the machine tool.

Everyone walked in the middle aisle and looked at the busy workers on both sides, feeling confused and had no idea what they were doing. These parts were strange in shape, none of them were the same. How could they tell they were made of steam engines?

There are so many machines here that I can’t even ask what I’ve made on it, I can only watch the fun.

With the roar of the machine, I don’t know how long I walked, but finally reached the end of the house. After leaving the door, the sun shone on my body, the four magistrates breathed a sigh of relief. Just now walking in the middle of the machine, I just felt that I had arrived in another world, which was so shocked that everyone couldn’t speak.

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is also a place to make steam engines in front, but the ones made are all large cast iron items. Let's go in and take a look."

There was nothing to do, and when I got here, I saw the bottom. The four of them followed Du Zhongxiao into the next row of large rooms.

There are also a large number of machines here, but the places just now are different. They are all made of huge castings. Not only are there rails inside, but there are also cranes above the head. From time to time, a big iron guy was rushing through the air.

Anyway, they couldn't understand it, so the four of them didn't look closely, but just walked straight ahead. At the front, there were several furnaces, which were much smaller than the blast furnace I just saw. There were iron ingots on one side, which turned into iron and flowed into the next van, and various parts were cast.

The cast iron parts of the steam engine are made here. After cooling and aging, the machine next to it is processed and transported out. The parts are large and inconvenient to transport, and the machines here are much more complicated than the ones just now. A station often completes several processes. The machine tools are actually the same and the simplest structure. They cannot be adjusted, but they just bring together several machine tools.

Du Zhongxiao saw a few people without asking a word, and was full of doubts. He obviously didn't know what they were doing. He understood in his heart that there was no need to continue reading these. How many people in this world can understand the processing process? What they want to see is not how the things are made, but what the Iron Supervisor has.
Chapter completed!