Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 682 Do you want to develop a steam truck?
Zhang Zhidong's family was poor, and he and his brother Zhang Zhixi went to school together and studied hard since childhood.

In the 15th year of Shunzhi (1658), Zhang Zhixi passed the Jinshi examination.

Zhang Zhidong was recommended by his hometown in the tenth year of Kangxi (1672), and he was a Jinshi in the next year.

Zhang Zhidong does not follow the trend in life, he is upright by nature, dares to speak up and advise, has good governance ability, and is not corrupt and perverts the law, so he can be regarded as an upright official.

Therefore, after the new Ming Dynasty swept the world, he was retained and became the governor of Jiangxi step by step.

But he has a shortcoming that he can't accept new things because he doesn't understand old things.

Just like today, he would rather use a scythe than experience a steam harvester.

"Have you ever wondered, if there are steam harvesters, there will be no need for so many farmers in the world, and where will the farmers go?"

It's not that Zhang Zhidong doesn't understand the harvester, nor is it that he doesn't understand the people, he has his own unique insights!
So he scolded the civil servant of Nanchang Mansion who told him to admit his mistake.

The civil servants of Nanchang Mansion were also questioned. This is an unsolvable problem.

Farmers and workers are being replaced by machines. This is a trend, but it comes with pain.

It's not that Zhang Zhidong is sympathetic to the people, he is sympathetic to the people in his own way.

Sometimes, there are different opinions, and one side is not necessarily wrong.

He held up the sickle and tried hard to cut the rice, but he still felt that he couldn't cut it!

It seemed that his sickle was rusted, and the sickle was also against him. He pushed hard angrily, and the whole person sat down in the field again, and immediately kicked the dirt.

I wanted to wipe it off, but I was old and weak, and I couldn't get up all of a sudden.

Zhang Zhidong simply lay down in the rice field and laid it out for 5 minutes!

He looked at himself again, the long sleeves became tattered, the long gown was disheveled, and even the long hair and beard were messed up.

Stretching out his hands, there were already air bubbles on them. When he pressed lightly, he immediately cried out in pain.

Some embarrassment.

"Is the old man really wrong?"

Look at the emperor again, driving a steam harvester. After a busy morning, the five acres of rice fields are only a little bit left, and the work will be over soon!

Many courtiers from the Nanchang Mansion have already rushed over. There is no doubt that they are going to use a harvester to harvest the rice. This makes them old guys use a sickle to harvest the rice. It is really not a human thing.

Their attitude of admitting their mistakes was very correct, and they all expressed their position to the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, Chen Yonghua: In the future, they will definitely promote steam machines, and they will never hinder the development of Ming Dynasty!
"You guys, it's really worrying, go to the side and wait, I'll see what His Majesty has to say!"

"Ugh!"

Zhang Zhidong on the other side sighed, looked at his rice field, and simply sat down and quit.

On a rice field near him, the officials of Nanchang Mansion are similar at this moment. Sitting on it, people are extremely embarrassed!

Looking at Zhu Kezang and the important officials of the court who were using the steam harvester, they also waited eagerly, wanting to wait to use the harvester to harvest rice.

"call!"

"It's over."

Chen Yonghua controlled the harvester to harvest the last bit of rice, feeling a little unsatisfied, feeling that the time was too short, and he still wanted to harvest a few more acres.

Zhu Kezang on the other side looked at the steam harvester and wondered whether Daming should continue to accumulate steam engine technology or further invent the internal combustion engine.

This will allow the car to show up sooner!
After all, Daming's road system has become more and more perfect now, and the conditions for the appearance of cars are ripe.

There are too many disadvantages of steam cars!
Historically, in 1769, Frenchman NJ Junew manufactured the world's first steam-driven three-wheeled vehicle.

In 1804, Towedick designed and manufactured a steam car, which also pulled ten tons of goods and traveled 15.7 kilometers on the railway.

In 1831, Gold Swatch Le of the United States put a steam car into transport, and there was a regular transport service between Gerstia and Cherottenham 15 kilometers away. The whole journey takes about 45 minutes.

Because the steam car itself is bulky and heavy, and the steam car is hot and dirty, in order to improve this kind of engine, in 1800, Etilly Reynolds made an engine that was different from the steam engine whose fuel was burned externally, allowing the fuel to burn in the The internal combustion of the engine, people later called this type of engine an internal combustion engine!
However, it will be a long time before the internal combustion engine will be applied.

Instead, steam trucks were all the rage for a while.

In 1906, the British company Alley & McLellan developed a steam truck called the "Sentinel".

Due to the continuous burning of boilers, at least two people are required on a truck, one for driving and one for burning coal.

After the coal is burned, the water in the water tank is heated to 165°C, and then turned into steam to provide power, which generates power five times higher than that of gasoline vehicles at that time, and the speed can even reach 5 kilometers per hour!
However, due to the limited water tank of the truck, it can only carry about 48 kilometers of water at a time.

Therefore, the driver must always pay attention to ponds or streams, fire hydrants, and even mangers and other places where water can be taken along the way. Only after replenishing water and coal can they continue to walk.

The parking method of this kind of truck is also very interesting. After arriving at the destination, the driver drains the remaining steam in the boiler, and then knocks on the iron plate at the bottom of the truck to let all the charcoal fall on the ground. Without the power source, the car will naturally It was completely turned off.

But don't look at the troublesome operation of this kind of truck. From the 30s to the 50s, Huaxia also used charcoal trucks like this.

Should he exchange blueprints for steam cars first, or should he study internal combustion engines in one step? This is a question Zhu Kezang is considering. Now that he has more brilliant points, he can be a bit extravagant!
"Prime Minister, what does Your Majesty say, can you lend me this steam harvester?"

When the ministers of Nanchang Mansion saw that Chen Yonghua had completed the work, they immediately greeted him with hurried smiles.

"Your Majesty sees that you have a heart of repentance, so let you use it as a license."

Chen Yonghua is very generous, remembering bitterness and thinking sweet, as long as the goal is achieved.

Gu Cheng, a fifth-rank member of the official department, was also on the scene. He was very sharp-eyed, and he saw Zhang Zhidong who was resting at a glance.

In the "Jiangxi Evening News", Gu Cheng also heard about the minister clamoring for the new study of the ingenious silver technology, but Gu Cheng remembered the content clearly!

Since you think new learning is useless, and the machines invented will make people lazy and make migrant workers unemployed, then don’t even think about using these harvesters, and go slowly to harvest wheat!
Xin Daming is still too free!
Otherwise, these civil servants would not dare to Meng Lang like this. You must know that the Emperor Zhu Kezang is standing behind the Academy of Science and Gewu Zhizhi.

Thinking of this, Gu Cheng came to Jiangxi Governor's side with a smile all over his face.

"Master Zhang, are you basically not moving?"

Looking at the rice fields harvested by Zhang Zhidong, Gu Cheng said with a smile.

"The old man is old and has more energy than energy. He is not as good as you young people. Naturally, he should cut less."

Seeing Gu Cheng approaching, Zhang Zhidong rubbed his beard that had just been smoothed and said.

"It's okay!"

"Master Zhang is a very hardworking person. It has been said in the newspapers that people should not be lazy and should be diligent. He must be a role model for us."

"I think Mr. Zhang is such a noble and hard-working person, he definitely doesn't know how to use a steam harvester."

"Right, Master Zhang?"

(End of this chapter)