Steel Dynasty - Chapter 447

[Chapter 447 Newcomen Steam Engine (5th update)]

The two of them walked along the hard road of Qingzhou City towards the workshop area. Along the way, Rhodes was watched like an animal.

Leading Rhodes, the two of them arrived at the workshop area, where craftsmen were building a new workshop.

There was a pile of cement, sand, and stones next to the building being built. Xiao Ming brought Rhode over. The craftsmen immediately stopped what they were doing and stood aside respectfully. Xiao Ming stepped forward, grabbed a handful of cement, and said to Rhode : “This is cement, mixed with water, sand and gravel. Several things are mixed together. After three or four days, the hardness will be the same as the road surface just now.”

Rhodes looked at the flour-like thing, a little unbelievable. He then looked at a few craftsmen who were mixing concrete, “This road is so hard, do you rely on it?”

“Yes, don’t underestimate it, don’t think that only you in Europe have such magical things.” As he said, Xiao Ming went to the place where the concrete was mixed and picked up a few solidified hard blocks and returned to Rhodes. “Try it. This is a cement block that has not solidified for a long time. It is not hard enough, but after a few days, even a sword will be very strong.” It’s hard to cut.”

Rhode took it and used a lot of strength to crush the cement block into powder, feeling horrified in his heart.

He once thought that Dayu was just a backward civilization, and even if the King of Qi had flintlocks and artillery, he was just learning from Europe, but now everything is wrong.

It’s incredible that there are things here that are not available in Europe.

This cement was just a sideshow. Xiao Ming knew that what Rhodes wanted to see was not people’s livelihood things like cement, so he brought Rhodes to the Qingzhou Army.

After seeing the equipment and training of the Qingzhou Army again, Rhodes felt bad. His body was shaking when walking in the military camp. Lu Fei and others seemed to be training even harder to scare Rhodes.

After that, Xiao Ming took Rhodes to the Equipment Department. The military workshop looked at Qingzhou’s military industry base as if it were a quick glance. After seeing these things, Rhodes felt like a defeated rooster.

“Ambassador Rhodes, how is my Qingzhou?” Xiao Ming asked with a smile after walking a few places.

Rhodes’ smile was a little forced, and he said: “His Highness is beyond my expectation. After I go back, I will talk to Earl Claire about the issue of Ryukyu Island.”

Xiao Ming nodded, and he saw from Rhodes’s expression that Knowing that Rhodes was shocked.

The reason why he took Rhodes to visit these places was to defeat the enemy without fighting. Now that the attitude of the Dutch had softened, if they were frightened, Ryukyu could be taken back without a fight.

As if he was stimulated, Rhodes had no plans to stay in Qingzhou. He had a gloomy look on his face and didn’t know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming said: “Ambassador Rhodes, it’s almost time to eat, why not go to the palace to have dinner.”

“No, I think I have to rush back.”

“Okay then.” Xiao Ming said, he was Nor do I want to entertain the arrogant Dutch.

Rhodes declined the invitation and went to Dengzhou under the protection of the police officer that day, preparing to rush back to Ryukyu.

After watching Rhodes leave, Xiao Ming turned around and prepared to go back, when he saw Liang Yubin coming towards him on horseback.

When he arrived in front of Xiao Ming, Liang Yubin said excitedly: “Your Highness, Lin Wentao has built a pumping steam engine.”

“Pumping steam engine?” Xiao Ming was startled when he heard this. It couldn’t be a Newcomen steam engine, right?

Thinking of this, he immediately went to Bowen College with Liang Yubin.

When he arrived at Bowen College, Liang Yubin directly led Xiao Ming to the laboratory of the School of Physics.

At this time, the laboratory was surrounded by students from the college, and everyone was paying attention to the new things Lin Wentao had come up with.

“Not bad!”

The steam engine in front of Xiao Ming was just a simple steam engine model, not a full-size steam engine.

This steam engine consists of two parts. One is a conical boiler, which is part of the steam engine, and the other part is connected through a connecting rod to pump water. At this time, the connecting rod continuously moves back and forth to allow the other half to pump the water in the tank. Pull it up.

The successful development of the steam engine made the students at the college excited. Lin Wentao was filled with tears. After the last explosion, he finally developed the Newcomen steam engine.

Although this kind of steam engine can only be used to lift water and is not a true compound steam engine, it is the progress of Qingzhou and the School of Physics.

“Wen Tao, you have done a great job!” Xiao Ming patted Du Zhiping on the shoulder.

So far, this steam engine is undoubtedly the most difficult. After all, this is a leap from scratch to a complex instrument like a steam engine.

Lin Wentao not only wanted to solve the steam problem but also the connecting rod problem. He said, “Tell me, what reward do you want?”

Lin Wentao said at this time: “Your Highness, I don’t want any reward. This Newcomen steam engine is just the most powerful engine.” A basic steam engine. Please reward me after I make the compound steam engine.”

Xiao Ming nodded. He was very satisfied. Now Lin Wentao has changed from studying steam engines for the title to loving science itself. He said: ” Okay, I promise you.”

Although Lin Wentao didn’t want anything this time, Xiao Ming still rewarded him with one thousand taels of silver. He wanted to show other students that as long as they work hard, everything is possible.

The basic model of the Newcomen steam engine was successfully developed. Xiao Ming immediately asked Lin Wentao to study the construction of a Newcomen steam water pump for the mine. Based on the current number of Xiao Ming’s mines, more than thirty water pumps are needed at a time. In this way, the mine The market can be dug further down.

After all, many minerals in his fiefdom are deep mines. Once the mines are flooded, construction cannot be done. Now that the Newcomen steam engine is available, he can increase the efficiency of the mines many times.

However, at this time, the Newcomen steam engine was only the most primitive steam engine, and it consumed a lot of coal, so it was only suitable for use in mines.

The New Year is coming soon, Xiao Ming did not expect Bowen College to give him such a surprise at this time.

He planned to put the construction of the Newcomen steam engine on the agenda, and at the same time asked the Equipment Department to cooperate with Lin Wentao to build a real steam engine. After all, what Lin Wentao was experimenting with now was just a small model he made, and the real restoration still required the cooperation of a large number of craftsmen.

After praising Lin Wentao and others, Xiao Ming returned to the palace excitedly. Although the Newcomen steam engine was the simplest steam engine, it was through continuous improvement of this steam engine that the later steam engine became the Watt steam engine.

Science is not achieved overnight, but requires exploration step by step. Now that Lin Wentao has found the way to a steam engine, he believes that it will not take long for him to develop a real steam engine.

(End of chapter)