I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36 Song Yingxing, King of Science!
"Song Aiqing wants to make steam turbines?" Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up, and his brows were beaming with joy.

This is simply what you think!

The excavation and transportation of coal and iron ore in the Ming Dynasty were actually quite large-scale, and the smelting technology was even more extraordinary, far beyond Zhu Youjian's imagination.

In his initial imagination, in the Ming Dynasty, iron smelting, casting and other technologies were probably still in the Tang and Song Dynasties...

Unexpectedly, later on, Wei Zhongxian, Song Yingxing and others introduced that Daming's iron smelting technology was very developed. In addition to making various kinds of ordnance for the imperial court every year, even officials smuggled them to Mobei in exchange for local cattle, sheep and horses. profiteering.

"There is coal and iron smelting technology, but unfortunately, the dog system has not rewarded a few blueprints since it rewarded a useless creation from heaven..."

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Song Aiqing, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me directly."

Song Yingxing and other ministers: "..."

There is a fart for asking your idiot emperor!
"Yes, Your Majesty, if there is anything I don't understand in the future, I will definitely ask His Majesty for advice." Song Yingxing has been in the officialdom for a while, and finally learned to speak 'official dialect'.

This made Zhu Youjian very pleased.

Scientists don't know how to talk bureaucratically and talk empty words, and life in the court will be difficult in the future, so how can they help me continue to prosper...

"Let's talk about it first, your initial idea."

For Song Yingxing, a great scientist who can help his prodigal family, Zhu Youjian showed great patience, and smiled with interest:

"If you can design and manufacture a steam turbine, I will directly designate you as the king of science. When you go to court, you can be given a seat. You only need a waist card to enter and leave the palace..."

Wei Zhongxian and the others smiled slightly, thinking that Song Yingxing was fooled into it by the idiot emperor, probably not in 20 years, so don't even think about getting a good night's sleep.

"Your Majesty, this is what I imagined," Song Yingxing took a porcelain pot of warming wine casually, pointed the steaming spout at Zhu Youjian, and said seriously:

"Please look, Your Majesty, the hot air coming out of the spout should be the steam your Majesty mentioned. If I can design something like a windmill, I can use the hot air coming out of the spout. Make the windmill device rotate quickly;
As for how to use the power of this hot air, it is entirely possible to design a set or several sets of gears and transmit them to the axle to drive the wheels to rotate..."

Really worthy of being the great scientist who wrote "Heavenly Creations", Song Yingxing roughly conceived a whole set of operating principles of steam turbines in a short period of time, which surprised Zhu Youjian.

This guy really has some storage in his stomach.

"How long does it take Song Aiqing to design and manufacture the first steam turbine?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile.

According to his rough estimate, this kind of epoch-making invention will take three to five years, right?

"It can be designed and produced in three to five days," Song Yingxing pondered for a while, and said seriously: "If I can't design and produce it, I would rather be cut off by your Majesty!"

As soon as these words came out, Wei Zhongxian, Yang He, Xu Guangqi and others were slightly startled, and hurried forward to intercede for Song Yingxing in advance.

Zhu Youjian waved his hands with a smile, and said gently, "It's okay, it's okay, even if you Song Aiqing made it within three years, I will make you the king of science!"

Song Yingxing knelt down on the ground, solemnly kowtowed a few times, and left the palace muttering something.

Unconsciously, the emperor's banquet has just begun...

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Back at the residence near Prince Xin's Mansion, Song Yingxing called for more than a dozen 'personal disciples' to help him. While thinking, he drew hundreds of blueprints casually for the disciples to forge.

These disciples were all the first batch of students of Daming Academy. Song Yingxing carefully screened and selected more than a dozen of his own disciples.

Some of these disciples love carpentry, some were originally blacksmiths, and some were originally miners;

Even, one of his disciples was a bamboo craftsman, with ingenuity and ingenuity, he made some grasshopper cages and brought them to the market, and he only needed a meal or two to exchange for several taels of broken silver.

These disciples admire the orders of master Song Yingxing from the bottom of their hearts. No matter what weird things he designs, they will try their best to complete them.

In the middle of the night, the disciples brought some 'parts' one after another, and Song Yingxing began to assemble them.

During this process, if any part is found to be unreasonable in design, or needs to be slightly adjusted or modified, it will be dealt with directly.

At dawn, the first 'steam turbine' of the Ming Dynasty was born.

All the parts, except the power core part, were built overnight by two apprentice blacksmiths, and all other parts were temporarily replaced with various kinds of wood.

"Master, what is the name of this machine? What is it used for?"

Seeing that Song Yingxing's eyeballs were bloodshot, with two dark circles on his face, and shouting excitedly around the 'machine', a disciple asked curiously.

"This is the steam turbine designed by His Majesty!"

"Sure enough, it's a whimsical idea, so unpredictable!"

"Your Majesty, you are truly a god!"

Song Yingxing's hair was disheveled, his face was haggard, his thin face was full of ecstasy, and his hands were trembling with excitement.

"Chen Xin'er, hurry up, add water and start a fire!"

Song Yingxing ordered his disciples to light a fire at the bottom of the iron 'boiler' to boil water, intending to test his 'steam turbine' to see if there was anything that needed improvement.

If this Ming scientist knew that according to the normal historical trajectory, the first steam turbine appeared in the West in later generations would be 50 years later, he would probably be even more ecstatic.

'Puff puff puff puff' sounded.

Half an hour later, the water in the iron 'boiler' began to boil, and a stream of powerful water vapor spewed out from a special flat tube like a crane's beak.

Song Yingxing pulled a wooden trigger, and there was a crisp sound of 'pop', and a windmill device was tightly connected to the crane's beak pipe, and began to spin rapidly under the impact of strong water vapor.

Immediately afterwards, Song Yingxing connected a set of gear devices to the fast-rotating windmill device through a wooden trigger to transmit the power of water vapor.

There was a sound of 'hum'.

The entire set of gears suddenly started to rotate, driving more than [-] gears to rotate quickly, making a "buzzing" sound, just like a group of bees suddenly found a bush of roses, and burst out the sound of wings vibrating in surprise. It sounds very pleasant...

After three or four sets of gear transmission, conversion and direction change, the eight wheels at the bottom of the machine, suspended in mid-air, began to be driven and rotated rapidly.

Did this work?
Song Yingxing rubbed his eyes vigorously, but felt that the corners of his eyes were astringent, as if tears were overflowing.

He actually imagined this kind of automatic device driven by external force a long time ago, but what kind of power to use, and how to use and transform this power, all made him daunting.

Song Yingxing's dozen or so disciples looked at the master crying and laughing, and for a moment they didn't know what happened, they looked at each other, and they didn't know how to comfort or persuade the master.

From their point of view, Master's device doesn't seem to have any effect.

Because, just such a small airflow, the power generated by it is too limited, even if it can push a set of wheels, it is useless at all?

Only Song Yingxing knows, next, it's time to solve the 'steam pressure'.

Only when the water vapor in the boiler is transformed by a special device and a stronger force is ejected from the crane's beak, can it drive a large set of clumsy and strong gears, thereby pushing a car weighing several thousand catties The 'steam turbine' of...

"Okay, the test is successful, let's proceed to the next stage of manufacturing!"

Regardless of squinting for a while, Song Yingxing immediately gave orders to his disciples: "Build a real steam turbine within three days!"

(End of this chapter)