Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 379 378. Electricity
A strong wind howled under a cloudy sky.

The air rich in water vapor has the smell of vegetation and earth.

Zhang Qi stood by the window and took a deep breath.

Behind him, the Taiyuan Branch Director of the Metallurgical Bureau of the Tiangong Division was reporting on official business.

"Your Majesty, the fourteen factories under the jurisdiction of the Taiyuan Thirteen Smelting and Manufacturing Bureau have been completed. Three thousand skilled workers recruited from Liaoning have each led fifteen local apprentices and have begun preliminary operations. It is expected that within three months, Factories belonging to different branches can achieve the average output value of Liaodi factories."

With his hands behind his back, Zhang Qi stood tall and straight. He nodded his head while listening to the report from the director of the Manufacturing Bureau.

"You did a good job. It's a thunderstorm today. Has the lightning strike array been arranged?"

Zhang Qi had a rough idea of ​​what was going on in the factory. There were now tigers, eagles, and eagles stationed around Taiyuan, and the defense force was sufficient, so he set up many large factories in Taiyuan.

Iron smelting, cement calcining, forging, etc.

There is also a new plant for the manufacture of coking coal.

Nowadays, Zhang Qi has many researchers under his command, and he has some insights that are far beyond this era, so the manufacturing of some things needs to be put on the agenda.

Although he is not a professional, he can often make scholars of this era burst out with amazing inspiration and enlightenment with just a few words. This is his advantage.

coking coal.

Whether it is steelmaking or other things, the demand will definitely be large in the future, and coupled with the by-product gas of coking, coal tar has a very good value.

Although the energy of burning coal gas is half that of natural gas, it can still be burned. Even in later generations, the use of gas is still very high.

Coke kerosene has even greater uses. It is an extremely important raw material whether it is used to produce plastics, synthetic fibers, dyes, rubber, medicine, high-temperature-resistant materials, etc. It can also be used to synthesize pesticides, saccharin, dyes, and pharmaceuticals. and other industrial products.

Although the industry under Zhang Qi's rule is still in its infancy, some value can always be made by using some things.

Not to mention that coke kerosene can also be hydrotreated to produce high-performance fuels such as diesel and gasoline. How could Zhang Qi not know the benefits of the latter two things?

This is also the reason why he set up a coking factory in Taiyuan. Zhang Qi can't say much about other places, but in Shanxi, coal mines are not a problem!
After hearing Zhang Qi's question, the director of the Manufacturing Bureau replied respectfully.

"We have already made preparations. There are 14 copper-wrapped iron rods in this lightning strike array. I don't know how many strong magnets will be produced."

"Colleagues from the Research Bureau of the Tiangong Division have conducted experiments many times, but it is still difficult to guarantee the probability of generating a strong magnet every time."

The director of the Smelting Bureau took a careful look at Zhang Qi's back.

"Well, I know about this. No wonder you are waiting. As long as it produces something, it will be sealed and brought back after the rain. I will be of great use."

"promise!"

The purpose of making strong magnets is for generators. Although there are natural magnets in nature, scholars in the world of riding and slashing have tried many times and found them to be not ideal.

So Zhang Qi simply thought about making strong magnets. Having a basic knowledge of physics, he naturally understood the principles of making strong magnets, so whenever the wind masters detected thunderstorms, he would arrange for the Smelting Bureau to Wrap copper wire around an iron rod and stand it high to wait for a lightning strike.

In the past few times, too little iron rods were used, resulting in extremely low productivity of strong magnets. So these few times, he simply had 10,000+ copper-coated iron rods prepared in advance, just waiting to get enough.

Regarding electricity, Zhang Qi also has plans. Now that the success of the railway means that distance is no longer an issue under his rule, then naturally, the importance of communication should also be put on the agenda.

Although he still doesn't know the specifics of communication, in short, modern communication is about electricity.

The first-generation generator has already achieved results in the world of riding and slashing, and what we are doing now is to further improve the generator.

As for the most critical power storage issue in electricity, the answer given by scholars around the world today is lead plate storage and multiple lead plates in series.By packing lead plates and adding distilled water, this can be regarded as the simplest electricity storage device. As for the more profound ones, it will have to wait until the building of physics is built before it can be completed.

Zhang Qi has sown the seeds of culture. He has compiled all the knowledge he has learned into books and taught them to millions of students. In the future, Zhang Qi cannot predict what truths these students will learn from them, but What he knows is that some things cannot be accomplished by one person alone.

Nowadays, the various intellectual buildings in Liaodi can only be considered as projects that have just been established. Even the foundations have not been laid.
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"The big car is coming, the big car is coming!"

Beside the railway, children were playing and running. The adults nearby saw them like this and heard the rumble coming from the distance. They all stepped forward to catch them one by one and gave them a few hard slaps to let them experience a complete childhood. .

"How many times have dad told you! Stay away when the big car comes, don't you understand?"

The children cried loudly, but when the train passed by them, their eyes were fixed on the passing carriage.

"Abba, where is the big car going? Can we also go out to play in the big car in the future?"

The young children were nestled in the arms of adults. After the train passed, they all raised their heads and asked expectantly.

Their parents also watched the train go away. When the car body could no longer be seen, they lowered their heads and smiled.

"There will be opportunities. If you can study hard, you might be able to become a driver of a big car in the future."

"real?!"

The children looked at their parents in surprise.

The parents all smiled and nodded.

"Really, let's go, go home."

"Go home, Dad, I want to ride a big horse."

"Hahaha, okay, the big horse is running."

"Hahaha."

The smoke after the train has not dissipated. Next to the railway, a family is laughing and talking.

Farther away, herds of cattle and sheep spread across this vast grassland.

"There are still five stops to reach Juyanze Station. We expect to arrive within half an hour."

The driving crew at the front of the car passed the news to the rear compartment.

All units of the Long Banner Army received the news.

"All ministries are ordered to prepare supplies and get dressed, and prepare to get off!"

"promise!"

Three days of ordinary life had almost made the bones of these soldiers brittle. Now that they heard that they were about to arrive at the station, every one of them glowed with glory.

In Juyanze, Hu Shui, who had returned here a few steps earlier, also received a notification from the station staff.

Knowing that the friendly forces for this battle were about to arrive, Hu Shui, as Ju Yanze's nominal highest general, was also fully prepared.

After the Long Banner Army arrives at the station and repairs, they will send troops out of Ili to conquer Wusun!

(End of this chapter)