Iron Dynasty

Your Majesty, I have to say that this kind of military can is a great invention for the army, because it will greatly reduce the pressure on logistics, and it can support the soldiers to go to fight far away, but the only disadvantage is that the glass bottle is very difficult to transport. Convenient and easy to break.”

Luo Quan in the staff raised his doubts.

Xiao Ming was looking at the sand table topography of the Great Yu Kingdom. He heard that he was a little helpless. In fact, it was not that he was not aware of the disadvantages of glass cans, but at present, the fastest way to get canned food was to produce glass cans, because the attack on Chu was imminent. , something is better than nothing.

While producing glass cans, he did not give up the idea of ​​making metal cans, but it was much more complicated to build a metal can production line than a glass can production line.

That's why he chose to establish a glass canning workshop first. Even if the army no longer purchases glass cans, this workshop can still produce canned fruit and sell it as a commodity to the people.

As for the process of tin cans, it involves the manufacture of tin-plated sheet metal cans, which includes two processes, one is tin plating and the other is metal cans.

To realize the combination of this process requires a combination of chemical and mechanical, because of this, the production of metal cans is probably more than half a year longer than that of glass cans, and he can't wait that long.

Fortunately, this process is not too complicated. There are many tin plating methods, and the simplest method is immersion tin plating.

This method is to immerse the iron sheet in a solution containing tin salts, and deposit a tin coating on the surface of the iron sheet according to the principle of chemical replacement, and tin is non-toxic, so it can be used for storing food. rusted, and this tin-plating process was invented in the early nineteenth century.

In addition to the tin-plating process, there is the canning process, which is much more complicated than tin-plating. The reason why it was handed over to Lin Wentao was to ask him to produce a machine for a rounding machine.

When producing cans, the iron sheet is cut out according to the size of the can, the part of the can body will be rolled in the rounding machine, and it will be curled into a can, and then the bottom and lid of the can are formed and sealed by crimping.

I understand what you mean, but this is the fastest way at the moment. You guys try to use it first, and when the metal cans appear, you will be comfortable. Xiao Ming said.

This time he came to the staff not for the canned food, but to formulate a battle plan against Chu.

Luo Quan's eyes are full of expectations. He attaches great importance to this kind of canned food that can be easily carried. For so many years of marching and fighting, he deeply understands what changes this canned food will bring to the army.

In this case, the old minister is at ease. Luo Quan stroked his beard and laughed.

Then he walked up to Xiao Ming and said, Your Majesty, this minister thinks that we need to do something before attacking Chu.

What's up?

Luo Quan went to the map in the staff, pointed to the barbarians in the north and the Japanese country on the Goryeo Peninsula and said: As far as the old minister knows, the king of Chu has been secretly dealing with the barbarians, and the Cao family has business dealings with the Japanese country. When the army goes south, maybe the barbarians and the Japanese will take the opportunity to attack, so the old minister thought that we must stabilize the border before attacking the state of Chu, and the barbarians have Qi Guangyi watching, and can't turn the big waves, but if the Japanese country takes the opportunity to come?

Xiao Ming nodded, If we attack King Chu, these two hungry wolves won't be able to come and take a bite, but if we attack the wolves first, the country of Chu will definitely not dare to send troops, because that would be a rebellion.

Exactly, this is what the old minister thought. Luo Quan said.

In fact, Xiao Ming had already had the idea of ​​​​cleaning up the Japanese country, but the battle had to be fought one by one. Now that the barbarians have fallen, the Japanese country has become a problem for the north.

After pondering for a while, he said: I will give Yue Yun an order, asking him to block the waters between the Japanese country and Goryeo, cut off the connection between the Japanese pirates army and the mainland, and then let Ye Qingyun destroy it in one fell swoop, after all, there is no food and grass. Supply, they will be disillusioned.

The use of the navy is perfect at this time. Luo Quan reassured.

Xiao Ming looked towards the southern part of Goryeo. He would no longer give the Japanese country the opportunity to initiate a war. In his era, the initiative of the war was in his hands.

After deciding on this matter, Xiao Ming, Luo Quan and a group of staff members discussed a specific combat plan. Then, this plan was sent from the staff department in the name of Xiao Ming and went to Dengzhou and Haicheng City respectively. After the war in the north was over, They each went back to their place of residence.

Three days later, the news arrived at the Dengzhou naval base, and Yue Yun was ordered by Xiao Ming to immediately gather the fleet to prepare for the Japanese waters.

That's great, now we can finally let the Japanese naval navy taste the power of our new type of shells. Yue Yun was full of energy.

He's geared up for battle since the naval fleet has been outfitted with new cannonballs, and the power of the cannonballs makes him confident now that they've used them in pursuit of pirates.

It only takes a few rounds to blow up the pirate's battleship, which is very powerful.

In his opinion, Japanese sailors and pirates are no different. They are no longer afraid of the wolf pack tactics of the pirates, nor are they afraid of the wolf pack tactics of the Japanese country.

At the same time, Xiao Ming's order also arrived at the Haigucheng Camp.

After reading the order, Ye Qingyun stretched and said, Gather 8,000 people, we have to work.

Work? The teachers looked at each other.

Ye Qingyun said: The emperor asked us to take the initiative to provoke a war against the Japanese country, drive the Japanese pirates from the Koryo land back to the mainland, and completely control Koryo.

Everyone immediately became happy when they heard the words, and a division commander said, Commander, are these 8,000 people enough?

With the broken firearms used by the Japanese country, if eight thousand people can't even find trouble, you and I can go home and grow sweet potatoes. Ye Qingyun scolded.

Another person asked: How to provoke?

What reason do you need for provocation, directly beat the Japanese pirates to death, and then occupy the dead wood bridge, which is the only nearby passage to the south of Goryeo.

Everyone nodded, and now this stone bridge across the river is occupied by Japanese pirates, who often use this bridge to invade the boundaries of Goryeo.

In the ancient city of Hai, they often heard incidents of Japanese pirates sneaking over from the opposite side of the river to loot.

Therefore, Ye Qingyun had long held back his anger, and now this imperial decree officially gave him a chance to vent his anger.

Thinking of this, he roared: What are you still doing, now immediately bring your best soldiers and best weapons. This time we want the Japanese pirates to understand what kind of powerful country they have provoked.

A group of war madmen burst into laughter, and they quickly mobilized the elites in the army to prepare to seize the bridge.