1825 My New Daming

Chapter 58 The Plenary Meeting of the Military Division

The bicycle that Zhuge Weijiu sent to "pull the horse away" is actually an open electric carriage.

This electric carriage looks like a four-wheeled carriage, and it is really equipped with two draft horses.However, the two draft horses generally do not pull the cart until the lead-acid battery is exhausted.At this time, the battery is generally used to drive the motor, the motor drives the vehicle, and the horse is pulled away by the vehicle.

After the battery that drives the motor runs out of power, it's time for the two draft horses to pull the cart—it's a hybrid, and it's really fun!
The person in charge of driving is Zhuge Weijiu's grandson, Zhuge Weili of Wei's generation, nicknamed Shaoxuan.Just looking at his name, he is a very "powerful" young man, and he looks very energetic, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a big forehead inherited from the Zhuge family.He is only in his early twenties this year and has just graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. He has no interest in joining the army or politics, let alone doing business to make money. He is only interested in tinkering with machinery.This "hybrid" electric carriage was invented by him and a few like-minded classmates.

Zhuge Weidao sat in this electric carriage, blowing the breeze on the west mountain while watching the pleasant scenery on both sides of the road, really enjoyed it.

"One hundred and eight uncles," Zhuge Weili, who is not a few years younger than Zhuge Weidao, was still talking to Zhuge Weidao while holding the steering wheel while driving, "My father said that when you count your fingers, you think this electric carriage There is no market prospect?"

Zhuge Weidao, who has become the "uncle" of the grandparents, heard this question, and he really couldn't laugh or cry, "Shaoxuan, isn't that obvious? You spend a lot of time pulling horses and horse-drawn carts? You can't use horses directly. OK?"

"How hard is that horse?" Zhuge Weili's thoughts are still very clear, "Can't you let the horse rest for a while? It's a long distance today, so I let the horse pull the horse." On the west mountain in the car, the car and the horse are changed after going up the mountain. If you run a short distance, you don’t need a horse at all, and the battery is enough.”

It turned out that this time Zhuge Weili used the horse-drawn cart first, and then used the cart to pull the horse. Going up the mountain consumes a lot of energy, and the battery supply is not enough, so it is hard work.

"Shaoxuan," Zhuge Wei said with a smile, "Have you ever thought about replacing batteries and motors with internal combustion engines that burn oil?"

"Of course I've thought about it," Zhuge Weili replied, "I also have a gasoline locomotive with a [-]-rpm gasoline engine, but that gasoline engine always leaks oil. I accidentally caught fire last month, and now It hasn't been repaired yet. This gasoline car is obviously not as good as an electric carriage!"

Zhuge Weidao was noncommittal, but only asked: "Is there anyone else making this kind of gasoline car or battery car?"

"Yes!" Zhuge Weili said with a smile, "Many engineers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places are working on gasoline vehicles and battery vehicles, and even my family is not the only one working on these. There are more people using gas cars. Among them, steam cars are progressing the fastest, and steam trolley buses are already in trial operation in Shanghai, and they may replace trams and become the main model of urban public transportation.”

At this time, Daming already had trams, underground trams (subway) and elevated trams (light rail).

Really advanced!

Among them, trams have become popular, and cities of a certain size in the Ming Dynasty either already have them or are laying tracks.Of course, trams already existed in Beijing, and there was a tram stop near Goulan Hutong, where Zhuge Wei Taoist family lived.

There are not many subways and light rails, only real metropolises have them.And Beijing's first subway has not yet been completed, and it is currently under construction in the business district outside Chaoyangmen.However, both the first and second light rail lines have been completed, which are called "inner ring line" and "outer ring line" respectively, with a total length of about eighty miles.

These two subways are built on the inner and outer city walls of Beijing. The railway is built between the inner and outer city walls and the moat, and the 76 gate towers in the inner and outer cities have been converted into light rail stations.

"What about foreign countries?" Zhuge Weidao asked about the situation in foreign countries again, "Does anyone in foreign countries engage in these things?"

"Yes," Zhuge Weili laughed, "There are people in Britain, France, and Prussia who are making steam cars, gas cars, battery cars, and gasoline cars, but their technology is not as advanced as ours.

But I am still more optimistic about the battery car. There is no noise, no smoke, and it is safe and the speed is not bad.It’s just that it’s more troublesome to change the battery, but right now you can run for [-] to [-] miles with one change of battery. With the improvement of battery technology in the future, it may be possible to change the battery only once for a thousand miles, which is convenient! "

Zhuge Weidao nodded repeatedly while listening to Zhuge Weili talking about the benefits of trams, thinking: "This grandson was born early, and if he comes more than 100 years later, there may be nothing wrong with Musk. But I think he is still a Talents that can be made may be cultivated into Zhuge Ford and Zhuge Benz. Looking back, I found a simple sketch of a piston engine from the "Aviation Sky Book" and gave it to the "machine military division", and asked him to find someone to imitate a few sets for the big man. Try it, nephew!

If he can develop a car that sells well, then the aircraft engine problem will be solved! "

Zhuge Weidao has already read the "Book of Aeronautics", and there are not many things about aerodynamics in it, and the sketches of the aircraft are not very detailed, but he has drawn a few more detailed drawings of the piston engine of the entry-level machine—— It seems that King Zhuge Wuzhong has worked on internal combustion engines.

However, Zhuge Weidao couldn't just take the blueprints inside and let people make them according to him. He had to use his brain to memorize them, and then draw them later. The blueprints he made could only be used as a reference.

Fortunately, the machine industry of Ming Dynasty has developed well at present, and its design and manufacturing capabilities are not weak. As long as those engineers can be given a reference direction, they should be able to come up with usable products. After all, the difficulty of internal combustion engines in the initial stage is limited. , the correct direction of development is the key!
Just when he was thinking of drawing some blueprints, Zhuge Weili had already driven his electric carriage into Longzhong Village, and stopped outside the mysterious building.

"Uncle One Hundred and Eight, I can only send you here." Zhuge Weili raised his hand and pointed at the building, "Only military advisers can enter and leave freely there, those of us who haven't become military advisers have to be invited by the military adviser group to go in."

While speaking, Zhuge Weili gave Zhuge Weidao a pass issued by Zhuge Weijiu.

Zhuge Weidao accepted Passenger with a smile and said: "Shaoxuan, young people of my generation will definitely become a member of the military division one day. At that time, this will be the place for us to point out the country and talk about the world."

"Well said!" Zhuge Weili laughed, "When the time comes, let's work hard together and let our family's Daming rule the universe!"

Zhuge nodded approvingly for Dao, and thought: "Speaking of high spirits, it must be us young people!"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao got off the electric carriage, clasped his fists at Zhuge Weili, and strode into the mysterious building that could guide the world.

After Zhuge Weidao entered the gate on the ground floor of the building, a maid greeted him immediately. After seeing his pass, she led him to the second floor and took him to a conference room with the gate closed. An announcement was made: "Mr. Daozi has arrived."

"Let him in!"

Zhuge Yangming's voice came from inside the door.

"Yes." The maid immediately pushed open the door and gestured to come in.

Of course Zhuge Weidao was not polite, he walked in with a stride.After entering, I found that there is a conference room with a long table. Around the long table is a circle of "Zhuge Liang" with feather fans and scarves!

Zhuge counted for the Tao, and there were seventeen "Zhuge Liang" in total, and eighteen together with himself!
This is the plenary meeting of the Military Division!

At this time, the door of the meeting room was closed, and Zhuge Yangming, who had a good relationship with Zhuge Weidao, smiled and said, "Uncle [-], you came just in time, and we are discussing your proposal of 'printing tired English'." Woolen cloth!"

(End of this chapter)