Chapter 301 The efficiency of blacksmithing has been greatly improved
The lathe is the "industrial mother machine". Even if it is very simple, it can greatly improve the work efficiency of craftsmen.
Rurik recognized the historical trend in Europe. In that dimension, several serious plagues caused a large loss of European population. Tens of millions of people died, and those who survived still had to struggle to survive. Because a large number of prime-age workers were affected by the disease.
If they die, the remaining people will have the capital to negotiate with the employer.
In this way, Europeans began to greatly enhance the mechanical knowledge they learned from the technology of building towering defensive castles. They turned their knowledge into new mechanical tools to enhance their production efficiency. The mills that were supposed to be animal-powered and human-powered became
Waterwheels and windmills.
Especially the steel and steel industries in Germany and Milan, because of the existence of hydraulic forging, their efficiency has been greatly improved, becoming the material basis for the war situation of a large number of plate armor knights.
It can be said that the Rus tribe under Rurik faced a very similar situation.
As a leader who has attracted much attention and is bound to make a difference, Rurik must find ways to improve the strength of the tribe. The population of the tribe is indeed growing, and a large number of foreign women have been married and kidnapped, and almost all of them have the title of "Mother Ross"
identity, a large number of babies are being born at an unprecedented speed.
A large number of children are about to be born, which means that the entire tribe's demand for living supplies will surge dramatically in the next year!
The way Rurik thought of to avoid material shortages was to exchange economic goods for life-saving materials such as food and flax from the south through a trade surplus that would benefit the Rus. Another way was to hope to provide tribal settlements with
Excellent production tools, especially better iron tools for the agricultural-oriented Novorosberg and Novgorod, so that they can collect more food to fill the potential food shortage in the mother city of Rosberg.
After all, the only way to avoid these crises in the long term is to increase productivity!
The huge roulette wheel of the water wheel that keeps spinning is like the wheel of history, which can leave the barbaric backwardness far behind!
Now, the first industrial mother machine has entered the stage of manufacturing core components.
As long as the waterwheel could drive a wooden shaft to rotate, Rurik believed that he would soon be able to build an industrial machine, that is, a wood lathe driven by a waterwheel.
The wood lathe drives a piece of wood to rotate, even if it shakes a little at first. In the end, Rurik will use the "turning tool" in his hand to process it into an unprecedented standard cylinder. This cylinder is not only the first industrial lathe manufacturing industry
It can also replace the previous material, making the hydraulic woodworking lathe more stable in rotation.
Rurik suppressed these thoughts for the time being. He supervised the mercenaries, installing a wooden spoke with a standard diameter of two Stika (196cm) and wooden board nails on the wooden shaft, and using makeshift small nails to make a "wheel"
". There are also paddles on the "wheel" that are half a stika long, making the core of the waterwheel a huge thing with a diameter of three stikas.
It took a lot of labor to install this huge piece, and the unsealed wooden corrugation made moving it less troublesome.
So, does the waterwheel have a bearing system? It actually does.
In fact, Kawei took out his hammer, and at the very beginning, he hammered the wooden shaft with a ring of wrought iron that was easy to shape.
The ball bearing system is good, but it cannot be made. No matter how good the roller bearing is, it cannot be made.
Rurik had no choice. Based on the principle of being forced to make do, he used the so-called "sliding bearings" of wrought iron with huge tolerances. Compared with the wear and tear of wood, wrought iron is more wear-resistant.
.In order to reduce its friction, Rurik had to pour grease into the hard contact bearings.
The wooden shaft of the waterwheel was temporarily locked firmly, and it was placed on a wooden platform on the carved wooden floor. Three additional iron rings were hammered on the bearing, and each iron ring also had a large polished bulge.
It is a kind of "pick".
The plectrum that rotates with the wooden shaft can continuously move the wooden stick of the hammer, just like the principle of a seesaw. The heavy hammer is raised high and suddenly lowered, completing a forging.
Things are developing as Rurik hoped.
On the sixth day, a simple wooden shelter was installed on the waterwheel by the waterway. Now, Rurik could finally say that his plan had come true!
The waterwheel is a success! Let’s take a look at its strength!
Fortunately, the sky was beautiful during this period. There was only a very weak drizzle in the area for a while, and the weather cleared up quickly after the rain. The weather did not interfere with all the actions of the Russians, so the construction of the waterwheel went very smoothly.
Rurik was glad that he had not encountered any trouble. Now the pine wood bearing of the waterwheel he longed for was already spinning squeakingly.
Not to mention, she doesn’t seem to be spinning very slowly, but her power is amazing!
The three raised plectrums on the wooden shaft correspond to the three blacksmith benches in the wooden carving. These blacksmith benches use chromium iron hammers and chromium iron platforms, which are smelted and forged from local ores.
During the entire construction process of the waterwheel, a large number of people from the settlement came to watch. They didn't know what it was for a while. Finally, when the onlookers saw it with their own eyes, the strange hammer started to automatically forge, and they suddenly felt that this was
It is a kind of divine power that causes a large number of people to stop the work at hand and rush out.
Kawei and Rurik were standing inside the waterwheel filled with the smell of rosin, and the three blacksmith stations were already in full operation!
Because the most time-consuming work is to forge the sponge iron into iron sheets, and the sponge iron of chromium iron is in a harder state, the blacksmith must work harder.
The powerful power of the waterwheel drives the three hammers to work tirelessly. Also, because the hammers are fixed with pins, by pulling out the pins, the hammers can be removed at once, so Kawei can still control it accurately.
The number of blacksmith benches started.
"Hey! It's great. As long as I hold the tongs, it will keep forging for me. Rurik, you are really a genius."
Kawei's praise has already made Rurik's ears prick, "Forget it, I am indeed a god, you don't need to praise me anymore. Just forging sponge iron does not require you to come forward personally and leave it to the mercenaries.
Or those boys."
"They? They are only eight or nine years old."
"Don't worry, they can just forge this. My Kamne, absolutely can do it! The other mercenaries should devote themselves to more important work."
Kawei also wanted to continue having fun in hydraulic forging. He thought that his and Rurik's purpose was to make more tools, and the final plastic hammering work was his priority.
Finally on the seventh day, the waterwheel forging workshop had been completed. Kamnier and his ten fellow blacksmiths took over the most basic work of forging sponge iron into nails. The transmission of the waterwheel continued,
Unless it enters the dry season or the water inlet of the small river is artificially closed during the winter. It keeps rotating so that workers can keep forging.
We are all human beings. Even in this era, many people are aware of the "infinite beating" power of waterwheels. Some people think of pounding wheat to make flour, and others think of pounding bones to make bone meal, and even use the purchased wheat flour to make bone meal.
The flax stalk is beaten until it becomes fluffy.
For now, this waterwheel is dedicated to metal forging.
As for Kawei, his job became to further plasticize the iron ingots into tools. The chrome-iron axes that people needed most finally began to be mass-produced in an astonishing amount compared to the past.
On only the eighth day, that is, the entire second day after the waterwheel was put into use, Kawei made as many as fifty chromium iron axes that could be used directly by inserting wooden sticks. They only underwent quenching heat treatment.
, it has not been carburized at all. However, as a logging tool, it is completely qualified!
As for the mercenaries, Rurik arranged for them to smelt sponge iron and then take the sponge iron out of the hot furnace.
The Kewen people were not idle either, and those who knew how to make charcoal were immediately organized. They opened charcoal-making workshops in the settlements. As charcoal blocks began to be mass-produced, the fuel shortage problem for large stoves and multiple small stoves gradually increased.
Got long-lasting relief.
Time, quietly entered June, and the castle of Aylon-Olava finally became what Rurik hoped it would look like.
She is a city that exists for steel smelting. Its positioning is completely consistent with the Finnish city Kemi built here in another dimension, and its economic status for a country is completely consistent.
Some Kewen men were also ordered by Kawei to participate in the final forging. The Kewen people began to make the axes and spearheads they needed according to their own preferences. Compared with the beginning, the skills of these people gradually improved, at least in Mechasta
It seems that my tribe suddenly has more than ten blacksmiths!
Mechasta saw that the Russians were still building more hydraulic forging workshops. A month had passed, and now the shortage of production tools had miraculously disappeared, and there was even a growing surplus.
As the "city lord" of the settlement that has been granted power, Mechasta unexpectedly faced a problem - the master Rurik's iron production efficiency increased, but his own efficiency in transporting and mining the ore lagged behind!
By early June, Rurik already had as many as 300 chromium iron axes on hand that had only been quenched. Even without the "expression carburizing process", they were still very strong.
Rurik finally began to use it as a reward for the fishermen who transported the catch. He set the price of the ax at ten silver coins. It can be said that the price is not high, but its super cost-effectiveness makes the fishermen flock to it.
This is good! A warmer period has arrived, and the fishermen's catches have begun to increase significantly. In order to obtain cost-effective iron tools, the Russian fishermen succumbed to their interests and began to transport supplies to the northern settlements on a large scale.
Thanks to the cooperation of the fishermen, Rurik has basically solved the problem of "insufficient food".
The situation became very delicate. There were too many fishermen transporting the catch and people's appetite was limited. What could Rurik do? They came in exchange for high-quality chromium tools, and Rurik immediately raised the price to an axe.
Twenty silver coins. The fishermen took out their catch or silver coins to complete the purchase.
So in June, Ellon Orava Castle was no longer a big mouth that swallowed gold, and she finally began to generate real economic benefits!
Throughout May, a huge amount of wealth was invested in the construction of new settlements and the initial "heavy industry" of the Russians, which finally began to show its strong vitality in June!
Rurik himself is the master of this mine! The steel squirrel tribe of the Kovin people are the guardians of the mine who obey Rurik's orders.
Their entire tribe has completed the most thorough transformation, and their economic activities have completely changed from simply catching squirrels to an economic model dominated by the steel industry, hunting, fishing, and logging. It is precisely the steel industry that makes these gentle animals
Wealth is also increasing.
Rurik tacitly allowed them to accumulate their own wealth, and Rurik himself harvested more from it.
Ferrochromium and chromium steel tools are being produced at a rate of close to a hundred pieces a day, and the entire settlement has become an ancient steel factory. Looking at Europe in this time and space, excluding the Eastern Roman control area, Rurik's "steel factory"
The current daily production capacity can be called the first.
Ah, in these lousy times, the production of one hundred hand axes per day, which is about the size of an ax head and about the size of a fist, is actually a great achievement.
The people of Kovin who made great contributions received a weak dividend, and it was this bonus that made them no longer have to worry about hunger and cold. The men and women of Kovin were grateful to Rurik, and they found peace in the peace under Rus.
With enough food and clothing, the future will be full of sunshine.
Rurik is also full of hope for the future. He now hopes that the settlement can produce iron tools like crazy, so that during the harvest season, he can exchange for a large amount of food transported by southern merchants to ensure that the thousands of people in the Ross tribe have something to eat.
Year-round oats and rye, and even lots of vegetables.
Oh, there is also a lot of flax. The women of the Rus, the women of Covin, and the women of Ostara. Their dexterous and great hands can weave a lot of flax for the people under the rule of Rus.
The patterned fabrics make everyone warm and comfortable to wear, and they also become beautiful and decent.
Time is rushing towards the summer solstice, and for more than a month, Rurik has been staying at Ayron-Olava Fort.
It is completely different from the situation in early May. After a lot of "pollution" from human activities, the desolate world has become different!
For example, the Kovin people, armed with chromium iron axes, just cut out a relatively narrow road from the settlement to the mine. They had no time to clear the tree roots, and they basically did not clear the thick pine needles on the ground. A road was born anyway.
, which improves the handling efficiency of the teams transporting ore.
Of course, there have been some changes, and reindeer have begun to appear in the transport team.
Some reindeer were transported from Fort Ross. These deer had undergone sufficient training and quickly adapted to their identity. They had leather bags hanging on their bodies, which usually contained two pieces of ore. They were ordered to come by ship.
Deer farmer care and drive.
Still in early June, Niya knew that her son Rurik had been struggling in the north. She stayed in her hometown and heard the messenger sent back by her nephew Arik, reporting that the "Two Hundred Heroes of the Sea" had achieved a great victory, but there was no
Got news about her husband and the Sorgon army.
Her husband Otto is old, and Niya's heart is more and more focused on her baby son.
Finally, she couldn't bear the longing for her only son, coupled with her strong curiosity about the northern settlements. Niya finally boarded the Gould family's cargo ship heading north, and had to deal with a lot of fresh catch.
Stay together. Niya already knows the power of the chrome steel axe, and her son has succeeded, so she needs to find out more!
My mother actually came to visit?!
The messenger who arrived first knelt half down in front of Rurik and reported the matter.
"She's here? Just herself, no other servants?"
The messenger replied: "A few Brythonic maids, but no one else."
"Where's my Rumia?"
"She... the high priest is still teaching her lessons and etiquette. Sir, you know, it will be the summer solstice soon. Maybe you will also return to Roseburg to participate in the sacrifice."
"We'll talk about it later." Rurik shrugged. He welcomed Niya's arrival and let her see the birth of "Iron City". Then he would throw himself into her arms and rub himself in her arms to satisfy the old woman's desire.