my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 349

Chapter 349

Seeing Zhang Anshi's appearance, Zhu Di's face sank, and his lips pursed into a straight line.

After a pause, Zhu Di said, "Speak up if you have something to say."

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, the thirteen Taibao, no, this Xu and others are indeed not messing around. I can use the head as a guarantee."

Zhang Anshi felt confident.

After all, there are some things, if a layman, it is impossible to tell the details.

Now that Xu Jingchang has told the details, the only possibility is one, and that is that there are really results.

It will be easy to handle with results.

But Zhu Di didn't know, he frowned at this moment and said: "Why, you also want to cover for them?"

Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "Of course I dare not cover up for them, I just speak out."

Zhu Di: "..."

It is really fresh to say the four words of righteousness and righteousness from Zhang Anshi's mouth.

But Zhang Anshi looked determined, calm and relaxed.

Zhu Di said: "Okay, I will listen to your words of righteousness."

So Zhang Anshi said: "The minister speaks out of righteousness, not just by talking about it, I implore your majesty, follow me to see the real thing."

"Real object?"

Seeing Zhang Anshi's calm look, Zhu Di began to ponder in his heart at this moment, without showing any expression, he just said: "Everyone is here, let's take a look."

At that moment, a group of people set off to go deep into the high wall.

The area here is very large, even if it is a horse race, it will take some time.

But I saw... some places have already laid tracks.

When Zhang Anshi saw this track, he understood it in his heart, so he became more determined.

So he pointed to Xu Jingchang and asked him, "How did you solve it?"

Xu Jingchang scratched his head and said, "There are many problems. The craftsmen have been thinking about this thing as early as three or four years ago, but they know that its principle is easy, but the finished products made after that are not satisfactory, because many materials and things None of them passed the test. Later... everyone discovered that the rubber seal was the best, and they directly cooperated with the craftsmen in the steel workshop to make many special components, but there were still many problems. Not to mention other things, this spring alone was enough. After several months of pondering by dozens of craftsmen, it was still difficult to overcome. Fortunately, Meng Wen thought of a solution... But later, everyone found that the exhaust of the cylinder and the ventilation of the boiler were very troublesome. .”

He looked at Zhang Anshi, and continued: "Brother-in-law, in the compendium you wrote, there are principles, principles, and the general structure is correct. But the problem is that when you really do it, you find that there are too many difficulties in it. Not to mention other things... The ventilation problem of the boiler has cost a lot of manpower and material resources, and many craftsmen are helpless. But later, I suddenly thought of a solution, which is to simply use two cylinders to solve the problem, except In addition... to improve the chimney..."

"However, the problem with the cylinder has been solved, but this thing is too bulky. We laid the track according to the method, but this track...is a big trouble. Fortunately...we read the book of my brother-in-law, which contains details Explained the principle of friction, so... I tried my best to work hard on the wheels and tracks. Only by making them smoother can the problem of power be solved. In this regard, Xu Zhengye is in charge. He is responsible for steel and machinery. I am interested, so I experiment with a group of people in a special steel workshop every day."

"As for me, hehe..." He smiled and continued: "Meng Wen and I only think about how to increase the power. How can it be so easy to increase the power? Our boilers and cylinders are bigger , the heavier the car body, the more cumbersome the car body, the greater the power, but the increase in its own weight, the power does not rise but falls. Finally...we are determined to make a fuss about the cylinder and the boiler."

He talked eloquently: "The problem of the cylinder... was solved later, it was rubber, the rubber thing, the sealing performance is really good, the tools used to make pistons and airtight cylinders are simply blessed by nature, after only using rubber, this The power brought by the cylinder has increased by at least seventy to eighty percent."

"Of course, the problem with the boiler is also very big. Didn't my brother-in-law always emphasize boiling water in the general outline? The more water is boiled, the more steam, and the more steam, the stronger the power. But how can we boil more water? Then you have to make the fire burn hotter."

"Later, we found two areas that could be improved. One is fuel. In the past, we used ordinary coal, which had many impurities and incomplete combustion, and would cause a lot of heat loss. Therefore, we found many Coal, and even devoted a lot of money to the major coal workshops, asking them to think of ways to improve, and finally chose a kind of coal, and found that it has high heat and more complete combustion, so this aspect has increased a little bit of motivation.

After a pause, Xu Jingchang finally said: "All in all, this year, we have encountered no less than 40 problems. Some problems are big, and some problems are easy to solve, so we split up and divided into many groups. Push forward, if we, the Thirteenth Taibao, and the hundreds of skilled craftsmen in this research institute can't solve it, we will find a way to ask for advice from the mechanical workshops, steel workshops, and coal workshops outside. There are also many people there. They are all knowledgeable, and know that if we send someone to ask for advice, once we can solve it, we will be willing to give money, so...the various workshops are also willing to help, brother-in-law, don't underestimate those workshops, there are also capable people in each workshop , Sometimes we can't solve the problem even if we think about it, they may just look at it and know where the problem is."

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but sigh after hearing what this guy said so logically: "You guys...as expected..."

Xu Jingchang stared blankly at Zhang Anshi: "What?"

Zhang Anshi's face twitched, and he thought to himself, sure enough... there must be no problem with IQ, it's just that it's not used in the right place.

The most important thing is that people are locked inside and isolated from the world all at once. The only thing that can get rid of them every day is all kinds of weird things in the workshop.

Once an interest is born, it is difficult not to concentrate on it.

Furthermore, their mentality is fundamentally different from other craftsmen. Many craftsmen are just making a living, and there are always various troubles at home.

And these guys are heartless, not to mention...the family doesn't need them to worry about them at all. To be honest, only others should worry about them.

When other people do research, they may still be thinking about budget and money issues. After all... no one dares to sell everything and go for a big bet on something that may have no profit at all.

That's why... Although Zhang Anshi had already been in the library, he tried his best to write down many popular science books that he could remember, and many people would check them out, but at most they only solved some minor problems in production or life.

And guys like Xu Jingchang... Once I think I like this thing, I want to give it a try. As for how much money they will spend, they don't know how much they will spend, and they don't care too much about it at all.

Even the craftsmen of the Military Industry Research Institute are often more sensitive to funding when they conduct research. It’s not that Zhang Anshi is reluctant to pay, but that normal people will inevitably start to worry subconsciously when they think of a project that costs so much. What if the research went wrong, or ended up being futile.

But people like Xu Jingchang...they just don't care about it.

Anyway, there is a big wrong to give money.

Even if the big injustice is not given, it doesn't matter, if it doesn't work, I will do it myself.

So Zhang Anshi looked at him straightly and said, "Did you spend a lot of money on this?"

"It didn't cost much, brother-in-law..." Xu Jingchang grinned and said, "Someone calculated it, but it cost more than 40 taels of silver..."

Zhang Anshi's face turned blue and red all of a sudden.

Although he knew that he was the one who was wronged, it could be seen that Xu Jingchang looked indifferent, but it still made Zhang Anshi a little bit defensive.

Zhang Anshi breathed out silently, laughed dryly, patted his head and said, "Well... I'll take a good look at it later, I hope this thing... it's really useful."

The implication is that if it doesn't work, you are dead.

A railroad track like a long dragon, in this large venue, has several large circles, winding like a long snake, and it is seven or eight miles long.

Zhang Anshi and Xu Jingchang led the way, while Zhu Di followed behind on horseback, like a prisoner.

Naturally, he also heard Zhang Anshi and Xu Jingchang say some weird things, but...he didn't understand.

At the end of the railroad track is a huge work shed.

The mighty civil servants and military generals behind looked at this place, only felt strange, and looked around curiously.

This place, how should I put it... gives off an...uncomfortable feeling.

Meng Shan, the Marquis of Baoding, grabbed Meng Wen's ear all the way, and almost lifted Meng Wen by the ear.

Meng Wen was in pain, so he had to tilt his head all the way, and said in his mouth: "Oh, father, take it easy, father... When will the retribution of grievances... Father... I won't give you a pension in the future..."

Finally entered the huge work shed.

Immediately... In the depths of the railroad track, a huge steel beast was lying on the railroad track.

This thing is as tall as a person, and it is like a lump of iron, with a chimney protruding from it.

Zhu Di looked at it and couldn't help being speechless.

Xu Jingchang's face showed a bit of complacency, and he said cheerfully: "Don't look at it like an iron lump, in fact, in order to reduce weight, hardwood is used in all places that can be used, and hollowed out in places that can be hollowed out. In fact, it is not heavy. , just over 900 kilograms."

"More than 900 catties..."

Do you have any misunderstanding about the word heavy?This is not heavy?

Looking at this thing, Zhang Anshi's eyes lit up a little, and he felt very kind.

He couldn't help laughing, stepped forward, looked at this, touched this.

This is a steam locomotive, it looks like... a bit like it.

This thing... Actually, the manufacturing principle is not difficult at all, and even anyone who has studied physics in junior high school in future generations can probably know it.

But it is unimaginable to actually create it in this era.

Without the concerted efforts of hundreds of thousands of skilled craftsmen, Zhang Anshi had not proposed a correct direction from the beginning, which almost reduced all the cost of trial and error. Something, almost unimaginable.

Technology itself is developing by leaps and bounds. Of course, for the ancients who had almost no real progress in technology for thousands of years, this may be unimaginable.

But in fact, once certain things start to be unlocked, then... the potential of many smart people begins to be developed on this basis, and now... the appearance of this thing can be regarded as opening a whole new era in Ming Dynasty up.

Zhang Anshi looked at Xu Jingchang excitedly and said, "Can you run?"

"Yes, but it's too slow." Xu Jingchang said very dissatisfied: "That's why...we want to make a fuss about gunpowder and kerosene."

Zhang Anshi wanted to kick him away, so he couldn't help but glared at him and said, "If you haven't learned how to walk, don't think about running, it's a waste of my money..."

Zhu Di's face sank when he heard about the waste of money.

If he didn't make a mistake in his own cognition, it seems that the research institute... seems to have spent money from a business company, and the business company...

Xu Jingchang hurriedly said: "Yes, yes..."

Zhang Anshi was more concerned about another issue, so he asked again: "How much can it hold?"

Xu Jingchang said: "Not many, just five trailers. If there are more, they may not be able to run..."

five...

Less is less, but...

Zhang Anshi said: "The five trailers are fully loaded?"

"Yes."

Zhang Anshi couldn't wait to say: "Go and try."

"Oh."

Xu Jingchang rubbed his hands, eager to try, and then... shouted backwards: "All the Taibao... all the brothers... come to me."

With an order, a group of young people swarmed forward, even Meng Wen took advantage of Meng Shan's unpreparedness, broke away suddenly, and ran away in a hurry.

Zhu Di had already dismounted, Zhang Anshi walked up to Zhu Di with a smile, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Your Majesty...it's terrible, it's terrible..."

Zhu Di didn't know what Zhang An Shile was talking about, but he was in a bad mood right now.

He squeezed his hands and said very sincerely: "Don't tell me, I don't understand what you said, I just want to know, how much money did this thing... cost me?"

Zhang Anshi's face froze, and finally said honestly: "This... this... is actually not much, that is... a few hundred thousand taels..."

Zhu Di: "..."

Zhang Anshi then said again: "However... Your Majesty... Just look at it, and soon Your Majesty will know how powerful this thing is."

As he said that, Zhang Anshi forced himself to stop looking at Zhu Di's obviously unhappy face, and turned around to greet people, moved tables and chairs for the monarchs and ministers, and taught them to pour tea.

It's just that the smell in the shed is not very pleasant, and there is filth everywhere, especially the smell of tung oil, which is even more unbearable.

Everyone held teacups in their hands, but they were not in the mood to drink.

After a while, the boiler started to fire.

There is only one person in the front of the car, and it is Xu Jingchang.

As for the others, only start connecting the trailer at the back.Then, under Zhang Anshi's order, the trailer was loaded with goods.

Zhu Di was confused, but he didn't show his expression.

He became more and more confused...just facing something he didn't understand at all, he was too embarrassed to ask more questions, especially in front of so many people, so...he showed a calm expression, just wanting to know what these guys are going to do. What a name.

As for Yang Rong, Jin Zhongren, etc., the same is probably true.

Who are they? They are the smartest scholars in the world. I won’t say anything about the Wenyuange University Scholars. These people...theoretically, they are the emperor’s secretary. policy.

And Jin Zhong is even more different. He is not only a minister of the Ministry of War, but also a character tester.

But now looking at this thing, he only has a dumbfounded expression.

So the more this time, the more he wants to show a calm look, and he can't wait to show the expression of Zhizhu holding the Lunjin Feather Fan.

The monarchs and ministers were surprisingly quiet.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw that the chimney began to exhaust smoke.

Slowly, the car body began to shake.

Everyone was bluffed for a while, and then Hu Guang smiled: "Haha... I understand this, isn't this just... isn't it just a stove? When I was studying... I saw my mother cooking in the back kitchen. , the same is true, the hearth burns a fire, and the chimney produces smoke."

Everyone nodded, showing a look of finally understanding, and many people relaxed accordingly.

It seems... that's about it. This thing... is simple, looks like a bluff, but its essence... seems to be the same thing.

Zhang Anshi's face turned dark, but he was inconvenient to attack.

at last……

click...

The sudden smoke was suddenly discharged from the front of the steam engine, and the thick smoke was billowing even more.

click... click...

On the transmission belt, it seemed...something started to move.

The locomotive began to roar hysterically.

then……

The ground seemed to tremble.

At this time, everyone's face was shocked.

Just when everyone was astonished...

The front of the car...with five long strings of trailers behind it...moved.

At first... very slowly, but the movement was very loud, as if the ground was shaking.

At this moment... Zhu Di couldn't help standing up, with a look of shock in his eyes, and then sat back unconsciously.

Jin Zhong couldn't help but said: "Mu Niu Liu Ma, this... is this Zhuge reincarnated?"

Of course, no one paid any heed to his words.

Immediately afterwards, the clicking sound became more and more urgent, the front of the car seemed to be an old cow exhausted, dragging the heavy trailer behind, it actually started to accelerate, and then... grunting, it actually moved forward.

It didn't move fast, maybe even Zhang Anshi could barely catch up to it as long as he walked fast.

It didn't speed up a bit until it got out of the huge work shed.

Probably, that is, the speed of a person trotting.

When everyone saw the moving steel giant go far away, Zhu Di couldn't sit still first, stood up quickly, and then walked out of the work shed quickly.

I saw the place where the smoke was billowing, the steam train like a long dragon, on the track...continue to run, the speed seems to have no signs of speeding up, barely faster than before.

But the victory is that it doesn't seem to be stopping, it just keeps puffing out thick smoke and continues to drive forward along the railroad tracks.

The more everyone looked at it... the more incredible it became.

This thing...it can really run by itself.

Zhu Di was even more dumbfounded. He only felt that he had seen a lot in his life, but he absolutely could not imagine that there was such a strange thing in the world.

Hu Guang was even more confused, his eyes opened wide unconsciously, the stove and the chimney were burning...why did it run away?

Just when everyone was wondering, Zhang Anshi immediately shouted to the people around him: "Quick...quick... calculate the time and see how far you can run in one hour."

In the locomotive, only Xu Jingchang, a big brother, was shoveling coal. No matter how many people there were, not only could it not stand up, but most importantly...it also increased the weight of the train.

Therefore, those Thirteen Taibao who loaded the trailer had already come down.

At this time, Meng Wen said: "It's been a long time ago, one hour... If it is fully loaded, it can probably run thirty miles."

Thirty miles...

One hour is two hours, that is to say, the speed is fifteen miles per hour, and one mile is about 500 meters.

The normal walking speed of an adult is roughly six to seven miles to thirteen or four miles per hour.

This speed should be twice the speed of ordinary people walking.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help complaining: The speed of this thing is not even as good as a bicycle.

But... Zhang Anshi comforted himself.

What's the use of being fast?

Persistence is king!

But Zhu Di and the others were still shocked.

Everyone stood up unconsciously one by one, staring dumbfounded at the steam train that continued to move along the rails.

Everyone didn't make any sound.

For people who have never seen this kind of thing, the psychological shock of this thing is too great, even big enough to make people feel unreal.

Not long after, it made a full circle, and the railway track was essentially a big circle. In the end, the steam train...appeared behind the shed, and then slowly drove into the shed.

Xu Jingchang had obviously mastered the technique of this thing long ago, and started to turn off the engine consciously early on. Finally... the steam train slowly slid in, and then stopped with a rumbling rumble, and the whole shed was billowed with smoke again.

In the midst of the smog, Xu Jingchang jumped down happily, and shouted cheerfully: "How are you, how are you..."

The monarchs and ministers still stared blankly at the scene in front of them without saying a word.

It wasn't until Xu Jingchang came forward from the thick smoke that Zhu Di suddenly woke up.

After all, Zhu Di is a man with vision, the kind of emperor who dares to go to the West, not the kind of person who sticks to the rules.

After a short period of surprise, he suddenly realized something, and then ignored Xu Jingchang, but pointed to the steam train and shouted: "Come here... come here... hurry up and get rid of the steam train in that car." Let me unload all the goods, and let someone take the scale... take the scale... I want to know...how much goods are loaded in this truck, hurry... hurry."

His command woke up those who had been stunned for a long time.

As a result, there was a sudden chaos in the shed.

Zhu Di then said again: "I want an accurate number, and I can't make a mistake in a catty or a tael. If you are a mother, I have hit a ghost today."

Xu Jingchang: "..."

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It's a little uncomfortable, but I'm not sure if I'm positive or not, and I don't dare to go to the hospital for a test, but it's okay, I feel better after taking the medicine, there is still a chapter, Tiger continues to work hard.

(End of this chapter)