Zhu Cijiong often sighed that it would be great if there were computers and printers in this era.

If there are these two things, he can draw out the drawings in his mind, mark them, and post them. With Bi Maokang and his friends' current abilities, he will definitely be able to make things quickly.

But, unfortunately, there were no these two things in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, it is impossible to develop these two things based on the existing technical level.

Therefore, he could only gather everyone together, draw and explain carefully, so that they could fully figure out what it was, and then draw the drawings to do it themselves.

After explaining for a long time, the problem of displacement and sealing cabin was finally explained clearly, but this only solved the problem of excessive mass of the armored warship and did not involve the specific production link.

Next, he will separate the entire development of the armored warship and leave it to the specific person to take responsibility, so that the armored warship can be truly made.

Which part should I talk about first?

Zhu Cijiu thought about it for a while and decided to start with the simplest.

If you want to talk about the simplest of all the links of the iron armored warships, or all the equipment and materials needed to be used, then steel plates are the ones.

The steel plate can be mass-produced, but marine steel plates are just slightly different in materials, and the material formula and system also provide them.

Zhu Cijiong said to Song Yingxing directly: "Chang Geng, I will write you a few steel formulas later. You will use these steels when you make iron armored warships."

This is naturally simple for Song Yingxing. He can develop it slowly even without a recipe. Moreover, there are recipes now, just try to make them. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Weichen understands."

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijing asked Xu Fuyuan again: "Fuzhai, have you seen the hanging hoist?"

That thing is everywhere now, and Xu Fuyuan naturally saw it. He nodded quickly and said, "Go back to the emperor, I have seen it."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and then mentioned, "Think about it, if you change the chain into a wire rope made of thin steel wire and then use a motor to drive the wire rope up and down, will it be more powerful and more trouble-free?"

When Xu Fuyuan heard this, he thought about it, and then bowed excitedly: "The Emperor is wise."

Zhu Cijiu shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll draw a sketch for you, you can make this thing as soon as possible."

After saying that, he picked up the brush and drew a sketch of the electric hoist and handed it to Xu Fuyuan.

Next, Zhu Cijing drew a sketch of a core pulling rivet and a riveting gun, and pointed to the sketch and said to Wang Zheng: "Liangfu, this is called a rivet, and this is called a riveting gun. The usage is to make a movement as big as a rivet on two iron plates, then stuff the rivet in, and then use the riveting gun to pull the core of the rivet. In this way, the head of the rivet will be deformed and the two iron plates will be tightly riveted together. Do you understand?"

This is actually not complicated, it is just a conceivable issue. As long as you think about it, it is not difficult to do it.

Wang Zheng looked at it with interest for a while, then nodded and said, "Return to the emperor, the empress understand."

Zhu Cijiu nodded, handed the sketch to him, and instructed: "This iron-armored warship must be used as well, so you can make it quickly."

Wang Zheng hurriedly bowed and said, "There is a good minister who obeys the order."

It seems that all the simple things have been explained, but the next thing is quite complicated, but one thing should be made soon, and this thing is the welding machine.

It is not that the principle of the welding machine is simple, nor that the welding machine is easy to develop. It is mainly because he had handed over this project to Xia Yunyi for research and development four years ago. Moreover, the difficulty of the welding machine is not that the welding machine itself, but the production of the welding rod.

He believed that after so many years, Xia Yunyi should have made the welding machine long ago. As for the welding rod, the system provided a detailed formula and production method this time. He just handed it over to Xia Yunyi, and I believe that this thing will be made soon.

Thinking of this, he asked Xia Yunyi directly: "Yi Zhong, how is the development of the electric welding machine?"

When Xia Yunyi heard this, he said in shame: "The emperor forgives the crime. Weichen has already made the welding machine. The main reason is that this welding rod is too difficult to make. Weichen tried many kinds of materials, but the welding effect was not very good."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and comforted: "It's good that the welding machine is made. I have already thought of the materials and methods of making the welding rod. After the meeting is held later, I will write it to you."

Xia Yunyi was naturally surprised when she heard this, and thanked her repeatedly, and the problem of the welding machine was solved.

Next, the issue of the production of iron armored warships is left. This is a huge project and needs to be introduced step by step. It is probably not finished in a few days. However, the iron armored warship is actually covered with a layer of iron armor outside the wooden warship. The wooden warship has been produced in energy for a long time in the Ming Dynasty, so he does not need to give too much introduction. It is just that the overall structure and how to cover the iron armor need to be introduced in detail.

Zhu Cijing thought about it, then picked up the brush and drew it. This time he drew in detail. The entire hull structure was drawn, and some dimensions were marked. After the drawing, he directly said to Bi Maokang: "Meng Hou, look, this is the general structure of the iron armored battleship. The interior is actually similar to the wooden battleship, but it is just a layer of sealed cabin. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Bi Maokang looked carefully at the sketch drawn by Zhu Cijiu, and then nodded and said, "Return to the emperor, the empress understand."

Zhu Cijiu nodded, took another blank paper and drew it. This time he was still drawing a warship, but judging from the marked size, the volume seemed to be larger than the iron armored battleship, and there were no gun doors on both sides, but there were many artillery on the deck.

After the painting, he said to Bi Maokang again: "Meng Hou, look, this is another kind of iron armored warship called iron armored cruiser. The structure is simpler than that of iron armored battleships. It is mainly used to hit enemy warships. Do you understand?"

In later generations, the main function of cruisers is of course not to hit enemy warships. Everyone is a knot, and if they hit each other, they will die together!

However, cruisers are more suitable for collision at this time, because the warships produced by the Anti-Habsburg Alliance are all wooden warships. They use armored warships with quality and hardness far exceed those of wooden warships. They will definitely fall apart when they hit. In addition, the cruisers are basically super cannons, and they are in the front and back directions. They can also concentrate firepower bombardment while crashing into enemy ships, which is especially suitable for frontal hardships. Therefore, Zhu Cijiong said it was used for collisions, which is correct.

This structure is relatively simpler than the iron armored battleship. Bi Maokang naturally understood it at a glance. He nodded quickly and said, "Return to the emperor, I understand."

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijing explained to him in detail how to coat the iron sheet on the outside of the warship and how to make and install the corners. It took nearly half an hour to finish.
Chapter completed!