Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 60 Surprise is a Little Train

The next day.

[Countdown to return: 309 days, 14 hours, 32 minutes and 19 seconds]

Today is September 10th.

After entering October, the climate in Yingtian completely broke away from the last sliver of summer heat, the weather began to become cooler obviously, and people began to add clothes to their bodies.

Cao Wei was no exception. He put on a black short robe and followed Yan Zhenzhi to the western suburbs of Yingtian Mansion early.

This is the junction of Yingtian Imperial City, Jiangning County, and Shangyuan County. It is sparsely populated. Looking around, there is only a small soil slope lying in the distance.

"How is it? This place is clean enough." Yan Zhen said to Cao Wei with his hips akimbo.

When the court came down today, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a task to Yan Zhenzhi: lead someone to choose a place for Cao Wei for his research and development.

After that, Yan Zhenzhi found Cao Wei and took him around to choose a site.

And Cao Wei also gave full play to his beeping and rambunctious characteristics, either too small or too noisy, he ran all the way to the empty land in the western suburbs of Yingtianfu, and finally nodded in satisfaction.

"Here...it's okay."

"Okay, then I'll call people to start the work." Yan Zhenzhi has a work-oriented temperament and does what he says.

After he left, Cao Wei continued to wait here, sighing in his heart that for the country of Daming, Lao Zhu is really a good comrade!

No matter how big or small, everything is taken care of, you can be called a model worker!

It's just that for some unknown reason, Zhu Yuanzhang still hasn't established a crown prince until now, as if he completely forgot about it.

Cao Wei even vaguely guessed in his heart whether the Kongming Lantern, gear set and pulley, and steam engine he created caused some kind of butterfly effect...

What will Daming develop into in the future...

But obviously these are not things that Cao Wei is qualified to care about at this time, and no matter how much he thinks about it, it is all in vain!

In less than a quarter of an hour, Yan Zhenzhi came back with Wu Yangyang, including Song Ping and others who had worked with Cao Wei before, and there were even more unfamiliar faces.

They are all the people who came to build Cao Wei's research and development place...

As for the construction of houses, the Ministry of Industry had these builders familiar with the road, and when the materials were ready, they started to work in full swing, and Song Ping and other craftsmen started.

The Ministry of Industry personnel naturally relied on the drawings for construction. Judging from the scale of the drawings in Yan Zhenzhi's hand, this project was not too small, covering an area of ​​five or six Cao Wei's courtyards!

Cao Wei looked at the busy workers, squatted aside and asked Yan Zhenzhi: "How long will it take to complete the project?"

Yan Zhenzhi made a rough calculation in his mind, "Less than ten days."

The workers he brought this time, excluding Song Ping and others, totaled nearly a hundred and ten. Ten days was still a safer time.

"That should be enough..." Cao Wei nodded silently.

Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday is October 10st. He must complete what he should do before then and present it to Zhu Yuanzhang as a birthday gift.

Daming’s first small train, look forward to it!

Cao Wei was already thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang's shocked expression when he saw the model train he made running on the ground.

Yan Zhen looked at Cao Wei with a smirk on his face and became curious again.

He squatted down next to Cao Wei, "Brother Cao, what is the surprise you mentioned before for His Majesty?"

"You really want to know?" Cao Wei glanced at him.

Yan Zhenzhi nodded seriously.

"Okay, then I'll talk to you." Cao Wei relaxed his posture, and sat on the newly pulled wood beside him. Yan Zhenzhi was busy with his affairs, and he didn't feel like he couldn't explain it.

"Does the carriage man know?" Cao Wei asked a question first.

Yan Zhenzhi's face became dissatisfied...

He felt that Cao Wei was joking with him. How could he not know about the carriage?

"know."

Cao Wei grinned and gave him a very sure look, which made Yan Zhen feel like he was laughing at him.

"The horse-drawn carriage is our most important way of travel at this time. Without a horse-drawn carriage, people cannot migrate or travel far. Even marching and fighting, without a horse-drawn carriage, there is no way to provide food and supplies." Cao Wei talked eloquently, but Yan Zhen directly But I think what he said is nonsense.

"So...Old Yan, have you ever thought about how to correct the disadvantages of the carriage?"

"Disadvantages? What disadvantages?" Yan Zhen was stunned for a moment.

It has been thousands of years since the horse-drawn carriage appeared. Hasn't it always been like this?
Cao Wei laughed and said, "The disadvantage of a carriage is the horse!"

"Horses are used by us to pull carts, but they are flesh and blood after all, and they need to eat and rest. When encountering severe cold weather and rough terrain, there are many inconveniences. What a delay."

"If horses could be replaced by something else that could carry things day and night without interruption, wouldn't it greatly improve the efficiency of travel?"

Yan Zhenzhi's eyes suddenly widened, "You mean...steam engine?!"

Cao Wei's meaning was already obvious, and Yan Zhen had no reason to be unable to react, besides, the steam engine was only successfully developed a few days ago.

"Can the steam engine still work like this?" Yan Zhen exclaimed.

Gear sets, pulleys, steam engines, these things were originally designed by Cao Wei to build official buildings and reduce manpower.

Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Yan Zhenzhi, their thinking is following Cao Wei's actions, and they have a certain solidified thinking. They can't make a turn in such a short period of time. I never thought that the steam engine can be used for other purposes. .

At this moment when Cao Wei said this, Yan Zhenzhi was like enlightened, his mind was opened!
Yup!

Gears can be added to the axle of the carriage, and with the gear set, pulley block and steam engine, a horse-drawn carriage can be built!

The horses need to eat and rest, not the steam engine!All it takes is boiling water!It can provide a steady stream of power!

In this way, expenses are also reduced and efficiency is increased!

Yan Zhen became excited...

This is indeed a big surprise!
"It's doable! It's doable!" He nodded his head heavily with his eyes fascinated.

"Then this cart has no horses, can it still be called a carriage?"

"Since it's driven by fire, just call the train." Cao Wei didn't bother to come up with a new name.

"What a train, what a train! If we can develop a train and present it to His Majesty on his birthday, Your Majesty will be very happy!"

Cao Wei patted Yan Zhen on the shoulder and said, "Old Yan, don't worry, you have helped me so much, I will definitely not forget your contribution this time."

Yan Zhenzhi was immediately moved and looked at Cao Wei with real and complicated eyes.

Cao Wei usually seems out of character, but... he is such a good person!
"If you have any use in the future, just tell me when you come to my brother's place. I, Yan, am bound to do it!"

Cao Wei smiled even brighter. Should we say that ancient people were still very upright sometimes?

After a brief discussion, Yan Zhenzhi left. He still had matters from the Ministry of Works to deal with.

Cao Wei stayed here and became a supervisor.

Time passes day by day...

Fast forward to December 10rd.

[Countdown to return: 302 days, 09 hours, 25 minutes and 47 seconds]

After the day and night hard work of No. [-] workers, let's call it Cao Wei's research and development base, it was finally completed.

Just from the outside, the high walls look very impressive.

But inside... there are houses of all sizes, scattered in twos and threes, nothing worthy of praise.

However, Cao Wei doesn't pay much attention to this aspect. This is just a place where he and Song Pingping can do some research and development, as long as it can meet the basic needs.

The compound occupies a very large area. The open space just after entering the door is forty to fifty square feet, almost equivalent to an acre of land.

Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday was getting closer and closer, and Cao Wei didn't have much time to delay. After the compound was completed and a large number of construction workers left, he led Song Ping and others to start designing how to add a steam engine to the carriage.

First, we need to build a frame...

The frame of the carriage has only two wheels, and after removing the horses, two wheels alone are obviously not feasible, so the built chassis has four wheels, on the contrary, it probably has a model of the car of later generations.

But the process required by the car is too complicated, just a steering problem is enough for Cao Wei to drink a pot, so it is more reliable to go straight to the train with a single machine. The track trots all the way...

Cao Wei had to do the design himself. He locked himself in a small room and started drawing without hearing what was going on outside the window.

It wasn't until noon on the third day that Cao Wei walked out of the house with the drawings under his eyes.

"Let's do it." He handed the blueprint to Song Ping.

Song Ping looked at the bloodshot eyes of Cao Wei and felt deeply how difficult it was for him. He gathered the people and got busy.

(I'm not feeling well today, and there's only one more update, please forgive me.)
(End of this chapter)