Huo Guang carefully looked at the steel war horse in front of him. This was the first mechanical creature he owned. Although its body could not be called a thousand-mile horse, it was also the highest-grade horse that Ganfu could find in this county.
Because mechanical creatures have to build their bodies according to the creatures themselves, theoretically they will choose taller and stronger war horses to build them. No one wants their mount to be much worse in appearance than others, and it will easily lose its prestige.
Huo Guang can't waste this steel horse. It will be difficult for him to get a second one in a short time. Gan Fu is about to leave, and there is still a long way to go before he can build it. If he destroys this steel horse, he will only
When the time comes, I can ask Huo Qubing for one.
Walking around the steel horse, he determined that the areas that could be changed were the skin and legs, because it looked like Ganfu had already been changed, and the skin had to be changed.
The ready-made solution, dragon scale armor, is actually pretty good. It's impressive, allows for a wide range of movement, and doesn't weaken the defense at all.
Huo Guang also wanted to consider lightweighting, but based on his previous experience of riding a steel war horse, it was enough to be used without too many changes in a short period of time due to its high performance.
So he planned to put most of his energy into modifying the legs.
Huo Guang started drawing on the ground with black charcoal, while Qiuxiang watched from the side.
I saw that Huo Guang drew a horse and drew wheels under the horse's legs, intending to turn the movement of the horse's legs into connecting rods to connect the wheels, so that riding a horse would be like driving a car.
Qiuxiang asked curiously: "Master, why do you need to wear wheels?"
"Wouldn't it be more comfortable to sit on a horse like this? Riding a steel horse is too bumpy."
Qiuxiang said doubtfully: "Master, don't you think riding in a carriage is more uncomfortable than riding a horse?"
"Why do you say that?"
"When I was young, my father took me to the ranch. I knew how to ride a horse. Although I learned to ride a horse for a long time, I could adapt to riding a horse after learning. However, I had to ride a carriage with my mother a lot of time. It was very bumpy and I couldn't adapt to it.
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Huo Guang slapped his forehead and suddenly realized that the roads in this era were not good, and the wheels had no tires, so the unevenness and discomfort of the road would be directly transmitted to the inside of the car.
In the city, the road is relatively smooth, which is not a big problem, but when you go outside the city, the quality of the road is difficult to determine.
This plan was directly rejected and modifications started.
Since horse legs and wheels cannot be added, Huo Guang thought of another possibility.
Car suspension system.
Although there is no way to copy them all, at least shock absorption should be possible.
The most critical part of the shock absorber is the spring. The spring requires spring steel, and the iron itself is not that elastic.
Excluding trace elements, pig iron and wrought iron are usually distinguished based on their carbon content. The carbon content of pig iron is greater than 2%, while the carbon content of wrought iron is less than 0.05%, and those in between are usually
Call it steel.
The iron extracted by Huo Guang and others using Qi is almost composed of pure iron elements and is all wrought iron.
It is difficult to determine whether the quenching is good or bad just by relying on the last step of quenching, so the iron sheet of the steel horse is so easy to tear because the carbon content is too little and the strength is not enough.
Wrought iron is soft and not very strong. Although pig iron is high in strength, it is too brittle, so steel with an intermediate value is best, and various alloy steels have different uses. The best spring steel is alloy steel.
one of.
Nowadays, the smelting technology of the Han Dynasty is not high. Although scholars can control things, Huo Guang has never tried to directly control a single element.
If you haven’t tried it before, give it a try. Huo Guang asked Qiuxiang to bring over some coal, which also contained carbon elements.
Huo Guang had gone to learn about carbon before because he was very curious about this element. It has many magical allotropes, such as hard diamond, soft graphite, and magical graphene. The same element can appear like this.
The many different forms of expression are indeed very magical.
Huo Guang wrote the word carbon, waved his hand, and the energy flow surged. With the energy flow, the carbon element was stripped out of the coal.
"Okay." Huo Guang said with joy on his face. He didn't expect that his first attempt would go so smoothly.
As the carbon element was added, the two were mixed, and Huo Guang carefully controlled it.
In the past, it was said that the carbon content in the iron was continuously reduced when making steel. Unexpectedly, Huo Guang now had to increase the carbon content. He didn't know what would happen next.
When the two were mixed and finally cooled with water, a banging sound was heard, and Huo Guang eagerly came to his refined steel.
However, Huo Guang did not have a standard for identifying the performance of this steel. He just held it from left to right and looked at it, thinking that it should be a success.
Simply refine the spring directly.
Because molten iron can be used to shape it at will, the spring takes shape quickly after adding carbon. The spring refined this time is larger, allowing it to better test its performance.
After feeling the spring and seeing that its toughness and hardness were up to standard, Huo Guang began to think about modifications.
Purely to improve comfort, Huo Guang installed small springs on the horseshoes, and then added horseshoes underneath to reduce the impact between the horse itself and the ground. The cushioning also reduces wear and damage to the horse itself.
In addition, a slightly larger spring is installed under the saddle to play a buffering role.
The horse itself was too precious to Huo Guang now, so Huo Guang didn't dare to make a drastic attempt. He thought of another way, modifying the carriage, and he could just operate the rest of the carriage by himself.
Finally, the family's coachman can come in handy.
"Qiuxiang, call the driver at home."
The coachman Zhang Tie came back soon. Now the Huo Mansion doesn't even have a coach. He is a coachman who has so much free time that he has to do all the cleaning work. He has to be given an extra penny. It's really cool, but Huo Zhongru just doesn't agree to fire him.
, how can a wealthy family not have a driver?
"Master, what can I do for you?"
"I want to buy a carriage. Tomorrow you take me to the car dealer to choose one."
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Tie immediately said cheerfully: "Sir, before you buy a car, you have to buy a horse. If you don't have a horse, and you buy a car without knowing the size and strength of the horse, it's easy to mismatch it."
Huo Guang pointed to the steel horse: "Who said we don't have horses?"
The groom Zhang Tie looked at the steel horse in surprise: "Sir, do you mean to use it to pull a cart?"
"Why not?"
"It's good enough, but I've never used this thing, Mr. Master. I don't know how to use it. Besides, others have steel horses and they ride them on the streets to show off. There are only a few people who use them to pull carts."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm just using it to pull a cart. Take me to choose a carriage tomorrow to see if it can work."
"Of course it can be done. Don't worry, sir, I will negotiate the price for you."
Huo Guang was also a little tired today, so he lay down on the rocking chair and fell asleep without realizing it. When he woke up, Huo Zhongru was carrying him back to the room.
"You're awake. Wait a minute and go to bed. You're such a big boy. Qiuxiang can't carry you. I have to carry you. Don't fall asleep outside or you'll catch a cold."
Unable to see Huo Zhongru's expression, he suddenly said: "Ah Guang, how do you know the symbol of the Bronze Empire?"
"What is the Bronze Empire?"
"It's the pattern you carved on the horse's back."
Huo Guang had nothing to do before and carved the pattern of the Sanxingdui Golden Mask on horseback.
"Father, do you recognize him?"
"I don't know, I don't know. I just heard someone mentioned it. I thought it was strange and I erased it for you."
