Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 231

Zhao Wen looked at the horrified Song Yingxing, pointed to the workshop with the tightly closed door, and said slowly, "The steam engine is inside, follow me in."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he opened the door of the workshop and walked inside.

Song Yingxing stood outside the gate and kept looking inside.

Sun Yuanhua patted Song Yingxing on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't you want to see what a steam engine is? Now that you're here, why don't you go in?"

Song Yingxing glanced at the extremely busy workers in the workshop, and said to Sun Yuanhua, "The sound is a bit loud. I've never seen anything so loud, so I was a little dazed for a while."

"Haha, I was about the same as you when I first started. Don't look at the noise of this steam engine, but this thing is really a treasure. Let's go, I will keep this steam engine. After you see it, you will be surprised."

Sun Yuanhua laughed, looked at Song Yingxing, and then walked into the workshop.

Song Yingxing followed closely behind Sun Yuanhua and headed for the workshop.

At this time, Zhao Wen had already arrived at the workshop.

I saw countless workers building various parts of the steam engine in their respective positions.

Now the workers in the workshop are basically familiar with their jobs, so when building parts, the speed is much faster than when they first started.

"My lord!" A workshop manager watched Zhao Wen walk in, and hurriedly wiped off the sweat from his brow and greeted Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "How is the progress now? How many units have been manufactured?"

"My lord, five steam engines have been manufactured and stored in the temporary warehouse outside the workshop. Now we are building the sixth one, and it is estimated that it will be completed in three or four days." The steward was shirtless, with sweat on his body. It kept flowing.

Although this workshop has several huge windows, the temperature inside is still very high.

Not long after Zhao Wen walked in, sweat broke out on his body.

Because the machines in the workshop are driven by the steam engine, and the steam engine needs to be fired, the temperature in the workshop is naturally a little higher.

It was also fortunate that the steam engine was not placed directly in the workshop, otherwise, the workshop would be too hot to accommodate people.

Zhao Wen wiped off the sweat from his head, looked at the busy workers, and said slowly: "Not bad, this progress is not bad."

"Is this a steam engine?" Song Yingxing saw a huge gear on the wall in the center of the workshop. This gear was connected to several small gears, and the pinion was connected to the connecting rod, and the power was transmitted to each workbench through the connecting rod. .

On a huge workbench, driven by gears, a huge iron hammer kept beating an iron plate.

Every time the hammer strikes, it makes a deafening sound.

Song Yingxing looked at the hammer that kept rising and falling, and said with horror: "This thing is really unbelievable. There is such a thing in this world."

Zhao Wen turned around, looked at Song Yingxing, and said slowly: "This is just the power transmitted by the steam engine. The real steam engine is not in the workshop, but in the small house next to the workshop. If you want to see it, I can take you there now."

Song Yingxing took out a booklet and a charcoal pencil from his pocket. He looked at the scene in front of him and said, "My lord, can I draw these things? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really can't believe it There are such horrible things.

If this thing is used to forge weapons, the speed of forging weapons is simply too terrifying. "

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing with a serious face, and said, "Anyway, this is not an important matter. Since you want to paint, then paint."

The connecting rods and gears that transmit power in the workshop are just a combination of simple machinery. These things are the most basic things for Zhao Wen, so it doesn't matter if Song Yingxing draws them.

As soon as Song Yingxing heard that he could draw, the charcoal in his hand immediately began to outline on the booklet.

Zhao Wen walked to Song Yingxing's side, looked at the picture he drew on the pamphlet, and couldn't help thinking: "Song Yingxing is indeed a professional. It took only a moment to outline the subject."

Song Yingxing's drawing speed was very fast, and it didn't take long to draw all the gears and transmission devices in the workshop on the pamphlet.

Song Yingxing looked at the drawings on the brochure, and couldn't help nodding his head in praise: "This transmission device is really exquisite, it takes a lot of wisdom to make such an exquisite transmission device. I'm afraid no one can beat the transmission device." Yu Gong lost the class."

Sun Yuanhua stood beside Song Yingxing, laughed and said, "This man is far away in the sky, but he is close in front of us, and he was made by adults."

"What? It was made by adults? This is too incredible!" Song Yingxing put the booklet into his arms and looked at Zhao Wen in shock.

The man in front of him couldn't help but be able to fight wars, and he could make cement, and now he could make such an ingenious teleportation device.

Any one of these three is enough for others to study for a lifetime.

Song Yingxing took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and said to Zhao Wen, "I originally thought that I dare not say that there is no one before or after this aspect, but in this area of ​​Ming Dynasty, I should be one of the best. But I will see you today." My lord, I realized that I was a frog in a well, very short-sighted."

Song Yingxing cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong as he spoke, then bent down and bowed to Zhao Wengong.

Song Yingxing had never convinced many people in his life, but now he admired Zhao Wen from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Wen hurriedly supported Song Yingxing, and said anxiously: "Mr. Song, I really can't be such a big gift, get up quickly, get up quickly."

"As the saying goes, there is a specialization in art, and there is a priority in learning. You don't need to belittle yourself so much. In the future, with your ability, you will definitely achieve a lot." Zhao Wen pulled Song Yingxing up, and said earnestly.

"Brother Song, don't you want to see the steam engine? Now the steam engine is in the next room." Sun Yuanhua looked at Song Yingxing who was pulled up by Zhao Wen, and said slowly.

"Come with me." Zhao Wen said, and then walked in through a small door of the workshop with Song Yingxing.

This small door is the passage between the workshop and the house.

This passage is made for the convenience of entry and exit.

When Song Yingxing came to the room where the steam engine was placed, the puzzled expression on his face became more serious.

I saw a huge water tank-like thing held in mid-air by several extremely strong iron frames, and there was a fire under the iron frames.

And the workers next to them kept adding coal to the fire.

Heat waves billowed throughout the room, and sparks jumped out of the fire from time to time.

Song Yingxing pointed to the boiler and looked at Zhao Wen, "Is this the steam engine you told me about?"

"It's just the boiler of the steam engine, it's part of the steam engine.

This steam engine is mainly composed of a boiler, a cylinder, pipes connecting the boiler and the cylinder, and a transmission device.

What was in the workshop just now was the transmission.And here is where the power comes in. "

Zhao Wen pointed to the cylinder close to the wall, and explained to Song Yingxing: "This thing is the cylinder, and this cylinder is connected to a huge gear.

The one I saw in the workshop just now is the gear on the cylinder. In order to run better, the wall between the gear and the cylinder was directly pierced by me. "

"But how does this work?" Song Yingxing looked at the water vapor constantly escaping from the top of the cylinder, and asked suspiciously.

"There are two sub-pipes on the top of the cylinder, and the sub-pipes are respectively connected to the top and bottom of the cylinder. The sub-pipes are directly connected to the boiler through the main pipe.

The water vapor generated in the boiler will pass through the pipes connected to the cylinder, first of all, the sub-pipes above the cylinder, which will press the piston in the cylinder down.

When the piston is pressed down, the one-way valve at the top of the cylinder will open. At this time, the valve of the upper pipeline will be closed, and the valve of the lower pipeline will be opened.

At this time, the piston in the cylinder will be pressed upwards under the action of water vapor.

When the piston reaches the highest point, the one-way valve under the cylinder will open, and the valve in the sub-pipe will close.

The water vapor under the cylinder will be discharged, the upper one-way valve is closed, the sub-pipe valve is opened, and the piston will move downward under the force of water vapor.

The piston is connected to the connecting rod, and the connecting rod is connected to the gear, so that the gear will turn when it goes round and round. "

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing and explained in detail.

In fact, the steam engine is not difficult. Song Yingxing listened to Zhao Wen's explanation. Although he couldn't understand the nouns that came from later generations, he got a rough idea.

"Pistons, one-way valves and connecting rods, what are these things? I can understand the gears and cylinders you mentioned earlier, but I can't understand the pistons and one-way valves."

These nouns are all nouns of later generations. Without a detailed explanation, it would be difficult for people of this era to understand the meaning of these nouns.

"This piston is..."

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who looked puzzled, and slowly explained.

After a while, Song Yingxing's face showed a sudden enlightenment expression. He looked at the non-stop steam engine in front of him, and said loudly: "So, so it is. Who made this steam engine? It's so delicate, and it can make such a delicate Even if Gongshu Pan is still alive, he might not be able to create a person who is not a thing."

Sun Yuanhua pointed to Zhao Wen, coughed twice, and said slowly: "This steam engine is still made by adults."

"What? This steam engine was made by adults again? How is this possible?" Song Yingxing pointed at Zhao Wen, his face full of shock.

"Mr. Song, don't be so surprised. This is just something I imagined when I saw the lid of the teapot being overturned by water vapor when boiling water. I didn't expect this thing to be successful." Zhao Wen waved his hand and said calmly .

Song Yingxing turned around the boiler, his eyes fixed on the boiler.

The coals burning violently under the boiler made the room extremely hot.

Not long after, Song Yingxing was dripping with sweat.

He wiped off the sweat from his brow, and his eyes kept scanning the boilers, pipes and cylinders.

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing, but didn't bother, letting him watch.

Zhao Wen called Sun Yuanhua over and said to him, "You stay here with Mr. Song, I'll go out for a while."

"Yes, my lord." Sun Yuanhua cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then followed behind Song Yingxing.

Zhao Wen looked at the two of them, then walked out.

Zhao Wen walked out of the workshop and asked someone to find the manager of the ironworks.

A moment later, a man over forty years old with dimples on his face came over.

"grown ups!"

This man's name was Mo Tiesheng, and his family used to be a craftsman in Xuan Town, who worked full-time in making iron.For ironmaking, he has some skills.

Mo Tiesheng looked at Zhao Wen, and bowed respectfully.

Zhao Wen waved his hands and said slowly, "Get up, how much steel can be produced in the ironworks in a month, and how much pig iron can be produced?"

"Returning to my lord, there are now a total of ten steelmaking blast furnaces in the ironworks that have been transformed by you, and five ordinary ironmaking furnaces for making pig iron.

These blast furnaces produce steel or iron every four days, and the weight of each blast furnace is about [-] catties.

The steel produced today is stored in the warehouse according to your instructions, except for the manufacture of armor and weapons. "The steward said slowly.

Hearing what the steward said, Zhao Wen secretly calculated in his mind, "There are fifteen blast furnaces for one furnace in four days, that means more than 1 jin of steel in four days. That month is nearly 8 jin of steel. The unit of the future generation is more than 40 tons of steel. The steel produced in this month is not as much as the output of a single iron furnace in a large steel factory in the future."

After all, this era is not as good as later generations, and the output of iron-smelting furnaces is severely limited.

"It seems that the output of this steel is still a bit low!" Zhao Wen squeezed his chin, looking at the extremely busy workers in the ironworks, with a melancholy look on his face.

Zhao Wen originally thought of making a miniaturized steam engine, and then connecting all the large and small cities in the entire Xuanzhen town with railways, and then making a steam locomotive.

But now it seems that the iron and steel needed by the railway alone cannot be met, so what's the point of this.

Although the railway cannot be manufactured, the steam locomotive can be manufactured first. After the iron furnace is expanded again and the amount of steel is sufficient, the railway plan can be implemented.

After returning to the General Military Mansion, Zhao Wen directly called Liu Wenzhong, Zhang Helang, and Sun Yuanhua into the study.

Zhao Wen looked at the two people sitting in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "I want to form a large caravan to sell the cement, glass and other goods produced in our Xuan Town, please show me a charter .

Our banks will also be established in various cities, and strive to cover the entire major cities in northern Daming first.

Moreover, from Xuanzhen to all the roads in Xuanzhen, and even the fortresses of each government, I will use cement roads to connect them.

Give me a detailed plan and budget. "

After the Jin merchants were eradicated, although Zhao Wen also took over many caravans that originally belonged to the Shanxi merchants, these caravans were still too few for Zhao Wen.

As for the connection of various government fortresses in Xuanzhen, this was decided by Zhao Wen a long time ago, but the time was not ripe at that time.

It is unrealistic to connect with railways now, but it can be easily realized with cement.

"My lord, the matter of a large caravan is easy to handle. It is estimated that it will be fully established in ten days. Now there is a very urgent matter in front of us. If we don't handle it properly, it may cause disaster." Liu Wenzhong frowned. Frowning, said in a deep voice.

"What's urgent?" Zhao Wen frowned and looked at Liu Wenzhong.

(End of this chapter)