Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 473

[Chapter 473 Power]

“Your Highness, the steam engine exploded…”

Scratching his head, Wang Chong blushed a little.

During this period, the King of Yan and the soldiers of Yanzhou fought bloody battles, once again defeating Beidi’s plan to go south.

He has not been idle, and has been busy with the task entrusted to him by King Yan before the war, to develop a compound steam engine.

According to King Yan’s drawings, he asked his father to free up five hydraulic boring machines for him, and cast five solid steel columns with a diameter of one and a half meters and a length of one meter.

It took a month for the hydraulic boring machine to cut the five steel columns into a barrel-like structure.

Immediately afterwards, he and the trainees polished the cylinder plugs by themselves, and manufactured connecting rods and other parts needed for compound steam engines.

After experiencing air leakage, deformation, and other problems, four steam engines were eliminated.

Finally, a complete compound steam engine was built.

At this time, the battle in Yanzhou also came to an end.

Originally, he wanted to experiment a few times.

If the steam engine can run normally for more than half a day without failure, he will come to announce the good news to King Yan.

But I didn’t expect that there was a problem with the slide valve rod, and the slide valve was not pulled open, so the high-pressure steam in the cylinder was not discharged, and it swelled like a balloon and exploded.

Thinking of this, he told King Yan about the cause and effect.

“Hahaha…” Zhao Xu laughed, he didn’t mean to blame Wang Chong and the others for this accident.

The biggest concern is whether the explosion hurt anyone.

If something is broken, it can be rebuilt, but if Wang Chong is gone, the loss will be great.

Therefore, he said: “As long as you are all right, you should be more careful in the future. As for failure, this is a common occurrence in technological exploration, so there is no need to feel guilty.” As

he spoke, he walked into the physics laboratory.

Wang Chong and the others asked Gongcao officials to build a new laboratory for them.

It is a small one-storey house with a cement red brick structure.

After letting Wang Chong take the lead in physics, he gave Wang Chong some authority, including applying for money from the government office and asking the government office to provide them with convenience.

At this time, the small bungalow was in a mess.

Something like an iron bucket was completely deformed and lay horizontally on the ground.

Connecting rods, crankshafts, flywheels and other parts of the steam engine are also scattered everywhere.

“Have you figured out the reason why the sliding valve stem failed?” Zhao Xu asked.

With the end of the Northern Expedition and the long border, the war will only be concentrated in Yanzhou.

And relying on Yanshan, Yanguan and the fleet, he is confident that he will not let a Beidi soldier enter Yanzhou.

Therefore, even if Bei Di intends to rely on his strong national power to fight a war of attrition with him, it will not affect Yanzhou in the short term, but it will be troublesome in the long run.

The only way to solve this problem is to use the knowledge in his head to raise Yanzhou’s technical level and productivity level one step further.

There is no doubt that the steam engine is the answer to all problems.

It is also the key for Yanzhou to enter the gate of the first industrial revolution.

why?

The height of the development of human civilization is closely related to the driving force.

From primitive society to modern society, it has experienced four stages: manpower, water power, steam power, and electric power.

The leap in each stage will greatly improve the technical level and productivity.

One person operating a machine can even compare the workload of hundreds or thousands of people in a day.

It is foreseeable that as long as the steam engine is put into use in Yanzhou, it will greatly alleviate the problem of labor shortage in Yanzhou.

Even if more young and strong are recruited to join the army, it will not cause great damage to Yanzhou’s production.

After all, with the steam engine, women’s productivity will also be liberated.

The mechanical weaving that accompanied the steam engine was a woman’s world.

“I found it. The connection between the slide valve rod and the flywheel was loose. Just in time for the guard student to urinate, so…” Wang Chong turned his head and glared at the student behind him.

The student immediately shrugged his head down.

“So, there is basically no problem with this compound steam engine?”

“Yes, Your Highness, there are five steam engines, and this is the only one left.” Wang Chong looked smug.

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction.

In his view, the main difficulty of the steam engine was to bore the cylinder.

As long as there is no problem with the sealing of the cylinder, most of the problems of the steam engine are solved.

In the final analysis, the steam engine is equivalent to the modern kettle with a spout.

The main body of the kettle is equivalent to a cylinder, and the lid on the spout is equivalent to a slide valve.

Bet on the spout, the lid of the pot will be lifted by the steam, which is equivalent to the cylinder plug of the steam engine being pushed out by the steam and moving outward.

At this time, loosen the spout to let the excess steam escape, and the lid will fall, which is equivalent to the inward movement of the cylinder plug.

Thus, the reciprocating motion of the steam engine was born, which is also the origin of the name of the compound steam engine.

As for the role of the connecting rod, crankshaft, and flywheel, these three things are actually to convert linear motion into wheel motion.

The connecting rod is a rod-mounted iron piece with round holes at both ends.

A flywheel is a wheel that is equivalent to a wheel.

The crankshaft is the most important of the three things. It can convert the force from the connecting rod into torque and make the flywheel rotate.

It is a continuous short metal bar roughly in the shape of an N.

“Well, the next task for you is to get the steam engine out of the laboratory and teach craftsmen how to produce it.” Zhao Xu couldn’t help being a little excited.

Speaking of which, this battle has been fought for two or three months.

It is indeed good that Wang Chong was able to build a qualified steam engine during this period of time.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Wang Chong replied loudly.

The test results of the steam engine during this period made him fully realize the horror of the steam engine.

At present, the hydraulic drilling machines and hydraulic boring machines in the soldiers and workshops can already replace ten or even hundreds with one.

If they were replaced with steam power, he couldn’t imagine what the efficiency of the military division and workshop would be like?

A group of people are talking.

At this time, there was another messy sound, and then Wang Ying appeared nervously.

Seeing that Wang Chong was still fine, he was relieved.

Seeing that King Yan was also there, he immediately came over to salute.

“Wang Chong is fine, just put your heart in your stomach.” Zhao Xu said to Wang Ying.

Wang Ying said calmly, “I just came here to see. If he is killed, I can collect his body.”

“Father, why don’t you expect me at all.” Wang Chong’s face turned green when he heard it.

Wang Ying said seriously: “What’s wrong with this statement? Research and development is like soldiers fighting on the battlefield. If anything happens, they will be shrouded in horse leather like soldiers. Why be hypocritical.”

Zhao Xu knew Wang Ying and knew that he was not a man who beat around the bush.

When he said that, he was speaking the truth.

Both father and son are keeping the vows they made to themselves.

Thinking of this, he patted Wang Ying’s shoulder, and Wang Chong’s shoulder.

Let Wang Chong go back to clean up the mess, he and Wang Ying went out alone.

“Wang Chong has done a good job. The steam engine has a clue. Next, the military department and the workshop will benefit from the steam engine. But before that, I have a very important matter for you. You and the craftsmen will explore it first.” Zhao Xu said.

Once this matter is done, he will beat Beidi very hard.

Yanzhou will be more stable from now on, and it will be easier for the fleet to tear open the sea trade.

(end of this chapter)