Great Tang Southern Emperor

So Li Zhen guessed that since Locke was trying to obtain the formula, it made no sense for him not to need the equipment. After all, with the formula and no related equipment, he still couldn't make anything.

"Your Highness, the concubine will retire first." Wu Meiniang left immediately when she heard that it was business.

"Ah."

"What's the result?" After sending Wu Meiniang away, Li Zhen looked towards the sea: "Luo Lin didn't neglect his duty, did he?"

Seeing Li Zhen's expression, Xue Rengui asked curiously, "Your subordinates haven't read it yet, but His Highness doesn't seem to be worried about the safety of this batch of equipment?"

"What is there to worry about?" Li Zhen smiled a little: "Such an important industrial equipment, do you think I didn't take precautions? Otherwise, Locke was not the first batch of people who attacked our industrial equipment, but why didn't he Can people get it? In other words, someone got it, but why didn’t they produce qualified products?”

"Yeah...why is that?" Xue Rengui also thought about it. Datang Industry has been established for more than ten years, and even cannons and other ammunition have been stolen, so why no one has stolen the equipment for producing cannons?People who can steal cannons from the arsenal are naturally not too stupid. There is no reason why they don't understand the chicken-and-egg principle?

"Hehehe, it's not that no one steals equipment, but that even if they do, it's useless." Li Zhenyun said lightly, "Brother Rengui, I'm not as good as you when it comes to marching and deploying troops, but when it comes to industrial matters , you are still far behind me."

"What Your Highness said is true, but this subordinate still doesn't understand." Xue Rengui looked modest and asked for advice.

"It's very simple. Every piece of equipment is composed of many parts." He took out a hexagonal screw from his pocket and turned it upside down in his hand. After attracting Xue Rengui's attention, Li Zhencai continued: "These parts have different functions. , some are not important, just like this screw, it just plays a fixed role. There are hundreds of such screws on a machine, and there is basically no problem if one is missing.

However, some accessories are very important, such as bearings, which are the most important parts of the machine, and are responsible for connecting the various parts of the machine. It can be said that they are the joints of the machine. The components are connected, without this, even the precious machine can only become a pile of scrap iron, useless. "

"So..." Xue Rengui probably understood Li Zhen's meaning: "Your Highness, have you removed all the bearings of the machines?"

"That's right, you should have noticed that in our fleet, all the other ships are full of people. There is only one ship 'Tianhai', except for the crew, there are only big boxes one by one..."

Xue Rengui finally understood: "The bearings are installed in there?"

"Yes, there are bearings in there. Before I left, I ordered someone to remove all the bearings." Li Zhen nodded with a smile: "As long as the bearings are in our hands, Locke will take all the bearings away." The machines are all stolen, and it is doomed to be a waste of effort."

Xue Rengui's worries did not subside, and he asked again: "But what if Locke and the others imitate the bearing?"

"What do you think the bearing is?" Li Zhen asked back: "Is it the porcelain fired in the kiln? You can have as much as you want? You can burn it however you want? Even if there is a little error, it's okay?

Bearings are the most critical parts linking the operation of the entire machine. The steel used to manufacture bearings must have high and uniform hardness and wear resistance, as well as a high elastic limit. The content and distribution, the distribution of carbides and other requirements are very strict, and it is one of the most stringent steel grades in all steel production.

Even if there is a formula for this kind of steel, the steel factory may not be able to successfully smelt a furnace in a month. Locke and the others don't have a formula, and they will never even think about refining such steel in their lifetime.

What's more, what if they are given materials to make?Bearing processing is one of the most difficult processes in all fields. First of all, the quality of bearing steel is first-class. Without suitable tools, it is impossible to process steel into shape.

Moreover, there are many shapes of bearings. If they are not given blueprints, they can only rely on their groping. In other words, they will never try to figure it out in their entire lives.

The most important thing is that the bearings connect the major parts of the machine, and the precision requirements are very high. It is necessary to ensure that the size of each ball must be exactly the same, and there should be no slight error. Tell me, there is no standardized production process , how do they make fully qualified bearings? "

"But……"

"I know what you want to say." Interrupting Xue Rengui, Li Zhen said again: "Aren't you just worried that Locke can crack all these crafts? After all, they have the support of public losers. As the oldest craftsman family , It just takes time to develop bearings."

"Yes, this is what this subordinate wants to ask."

Li Zhen smiled lightly and said, "Hehehe...Brother Rengui, how could I not think of the problems you can think of? We have been together for more than ten years. You should know my character. When have you met me? Do things only as a layer of insurance?"

Xue Rengui's eyes lit up, and he guessed: "Your Highness is saying that you have left behind in other places?"

"Of course, after all, your worries are justified. Don't be afraid of [-], just in case. If Locke really researches the bearing processing technology, then our machinery will really fall into their hands. " Li Zhen said.

Although this is unlikely, all the machines are a production line, without any link, no matter how powerful the Gongshu family is, without blueprints, they want to produce thousands of pieces with completely different sizes and specifications in a short period of time. Qualified bearings are completely impossible—even if this kind of thing is placed in the future generations with advanced industries, the possibility is not very high.But this is possible after all, so Li Zhen made a second insurance.

"That's right." Xue Rengui nodded knowingly. Of course, Li Zhen's character would not do such a thing. Although he seems to take risks every time, he is actually fully prepared every time.

"Before I left, I not only took away all the bearings of the machines, but more importantly, I also did another thing." Li Zhenyin said with a smile: "I put all the bearings where the machines were originally installed. Another thing..."

"what?"

"Hey hey... something you are very familiar with... this is it." Li Zhen took out another thing from her bosom.

"Grenade?" Xue Rengui exclaimed, his jaw was about to drop, and it turned out that Li Zhen was holding a black grenade in his hand.

"That's right, and it's still wound up." Li Zhen smiled even more sinisterly: "I can guarantee that as long as they dare to touch these machines, they will be greeted by... Boom..."

"..." Xue Rengui shuddered. Li Zhen was too insidious. He put a grenade in the machine. As long as the enemy moved the machine, it would cause an explosion. But if they didn't move the machine, how would they get rid of the machine? ?

It's a vicious circle...

The question now is...

"What if our people touch the machine?"

"Don't worry, there will be no danger if there is a small bump... If someone really moves the machine, it can only be his own death, and there is nothing I can do about it."

"So that's how it is." Xue Rengui suddenly realized that this is indeed the case. The lightest machine in the warehouse weighs over a thousand kilograms, and ordinary people can't move it at all. Grenade can only be their own court for death.

"But what if the enemy finds our grenade and removes it before moving the machine?" Xue Rengui asked the last question.

"Then you are looking for death." Li Zhen said to himself: "There are two ways to detonate the grenade, one is to detonate while moving, and the other is to detonate when disassembled. There is a special order for the assembly of that batch of equipment. , without assembly drawings, it can only be cracked violently, and once it is cracked violently, it will still detonate the grenade... Jie Jie Jie Jie..."

"..." Xue Rengui shuddered again. He felt that Li Zhen was even more insidious. He set two traps for the enemy, and there was no way out.

Chapter 780 Xue Rengui pleads for mercy

Chapter 143 Xue Rengui Pleads For Mercy

"In this way, plus the reinforcements sent back by Your Highness, this is three defenses, and there should be no problem." Xue Rengui finally heaved a sigh of relief. In addition to removing the bearings and burying the grenade, Li Zhen also went down. The third line of defense, and he knew this third line of defense. After Li Zhen realized Locke's real purpose, he secretly sent two troop carriers to leave the fleet and sail towards Hangzhou. Nearly 1000 people, plus the 3000 left behind in the warehouse, [-] people are enough to face most of the enemies, even if they are lost, they can completely retreat.

"Let's not talk about this, let's get down to business." Li Zhen changed the topic back: "By the way, what is recorded in the information sent by Skynet?"

"My subordinates don't know either, I haven't read it yet." Xue Rengui presented the small bamboo tube that was still sealed with wax.

"Sure enough, the enemy's target is our equipment..."

"Then what happened to our equipment?" Xue Rengui hurriedly asked. Although Li Zhen had set two traps on the equipment in a row, he still didn't want this batch of equipment to have problems. Construction, and Shengsheng evacuated a factory in Chang'an, which means that this batch of equipment is very important to Lingnan. If it is destroyed, then Lingnan will have to wait at least half a year.

What's more, the value of a complete set of industrial mother machine production lines is immeasurable. According to Xue Rengui's guess, if this batch of equipment is sold, this set of equipment alone is enough for the entire Datang army to live beautifully for several years. There is no need for a penny of appropriation from the court.

Continuing to look down, Li Zhen's face suddenly became gloomy.

Xue Rengui knew that things had changed at a glance: "What's wrong? Could it be that there is something wrong with the equipment and was taken away by Cheng Jianxi?"

"There is no problem with the equipment, and the enemy didn't break into the warehouse at all." Li Zhen's face was very ugly: "The enemy is not as many as we imagined. There are only a few thousand people attacking the warehouse. On average, there are only about 100 people in each warehouse. It’s not enough for our people to kill, and all the warehouses are not lost.”

"That would be great." Xue Rengui breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the machine is fine, but noticing that Li Zhen's complexion has not improved, but is getting uglier, he asked, "It's just that this should be a good thing, Your Highness." Why is your face so ugly?"

"The warehouse is fine, but there is something wrong with the camp." Li Zhen handed him the note: "The Youth Army was plotted against, and everyone was given a strong laxative. The boy army suffered heavy losses, nearly 300 people died. If my reinforcements hadn’t arrived in time, I’m afraid their losses would have been even worse—Rollin really deserves to be damned, did he learn all the things he taught him all these years for nothing? ?”

"What?" Xue Rengui's complexion suddenly turned ugly. In his impression, the young army suffered such heavy losses, and all of them were things that would only happen in a big battle. Only in this battle did the Youth Army lose more than 40 people.Then, in the battle of Tianzhu, he brought 200 young men into battle, and then lost more than 300 people when chasing Tianzhu's million-strong army.

Except for these two battles, there were no other battles in which the loss of more than 200 people was lost at one time, and even the loss of more than three digits was rarely seen.

Now that the enemy is no more than [-] people, the boy army has suffered such a big loss. Even if he was bullied before, as the commander, Luo Lin is unforgivable. You must know that every boy army is a high-level talent. In an army, everyone can serve as a lieutenant.It can be said that the painstaking effort and investment Li Zhen spent on them is still higher than that of Wentian Shuyuan, and every death of one of them is extremely distressing.