Steel Dynasty - Chapter 59

[Chapter 59 Technical Traps]

Rolling bearings are generally used in rotating parts, which can greatly reduce the friction of rotation.

The use of rolling bearings in ox-powered turnovers can naturally save a lot of effort for cattle. In this way, only two oxen are needed to pull a water-powered turnover that originally required four cows.

The invention of rolling bearings dates back to the seventeenth century in his time. The most important component of rolling bearings is steel balls, and the outer ring of the bearing is relatively simple.

But even so, Xiao Ming is now unable to ask craftsmen to manufacture high-precision rolling bearings. His method of manufacturing steel balls only uses the lowest-end free fall motion.

This method is to let the molten steel fall freely. During the falling process, the molten steel will naturally form a spherical shape like water. Below the molten steel is cooling water, and the molten steel falls into it and is rapidly cooled into steel balls.

The steel balls produced by this method are of different sizes and have different surfaces. The next step is the processing of the grinder to grind the steel balls into spheres of the same size.

Now Xiao Ming uses this kind of bearing on the Niuli rollover, so that the rollover has an irreplaceable accessory, so that no one can copy it at will.

Because he was also planning to use the power of oxen to turn over the cart and sell it to the businessmen who opened the mines.

In this era, water in the mines is the biggest headache for miners, and hydraulic rollovers can not only irrigate farmland, but also pump water out of the mines.

As Pang Yukun issued a decree asking all states and counties to send skilled craftsmen to Qingzhou to study, news of Niu Li’s overturn gradually spread.

The always shrewd businessman would not ignore this news. In fact, it was because Xiao Ming was tinkering with things one after another.

Nowadays, businessmen are very concerned about any disturbance in Qingzhou and hope to seize business opportunities before others.

Of course, Xiao Ming didn’t hide it, and directly asked the equipment department to roll the Niu Li truck and place it next to his field for live demonstration.

“Your Highness, this water tanker is really good. The water pumped in one day can be equal to the water pumped in the previous ten days.”

Naturally, the first people to learn the news were the local wealthy families in Qingzhou. Wang Shijie and others found the water tanker in just one day. location.

Moreover, this boy was very cunning, and he even brought a servant with him, but Xiao Ming only took one look and knew that this man must be the top carpenter of the Wang family.

Because he could tell just from the person’s rough palms and the surprised expression on the water wheel.

“Wrong, at least twelve days.” Xiao Mingconfidently said that although this kind of cow-powered overturn still uses cow power, its power is basically equivalent to a modern small electric water pump.

If the cattle are constantly replaced and working continuously, the amount of irrigation will be considerable.

Qin Mu has returned from Chang’an. This time Wei Qing and Sun Dong have also arrived, and only the four self-proclaimed ones have arrived.

Since the influx of a large number of out-of-town businessmen in Qingzhou, the four of them have become more attentive to Xiao Ming. Now they are like followers all day long, always trying to get in front of Xiao Mingman when they have nothing to do.

“Twelve days!” Qin Mu exclaimed, looking hard at the structure of the overturned car and making a mental note.

The same goes for Sun Dong and Wei Qing. Xiao Ming squeezed a lot of money out of the four companies auctioned by the Chamber of Commerce this time.

Now they all want to save as much as they can, and unlike soap, this overturn is obvious here.

Xiao Ming smiled secretly and did not reveal it. He couldn’t hide the fact that the car had overturned. Now he could only say that if others could create it, he would have no choice but to admit it.

If he cannot make it, he will make a profit.

Using the Patent Department, he can control that no one dares to imitate within the fiefdom, but he has no control over other parts of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

The four of them looked at each other for a while, chatted with Xiao Ming for a while, and then went back.

“Your Highness, these four people are obviously stealing lessons.” Luluo said with disdain.

Xiao Ming smiled lightly and said: “Hey, just study secretly. It’s not certain whether you can succeed in learning.”

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the fields by the Xiaoqing River. Lu Fei’s winter recruitment had ended, and there were five thousand recruits. Three thousand remained in Qingzhou, and the rest were distributed to other states and counties.

Because he had received one million taels of silver, Lu Fei was very excited and did not stop recruiting troops in the spring. He discussed with Lu Fei and prepared to recruit another 5,000 people, so that the army in the fiefdom would be controlled to 13,000 people.

If Qingzhou has sufficient food next year, it will consider continuing to recruit troops.

Among the new recruits, Xiao Ming asked Lu Fei to try his best to select some fishermen from the coast.

Naval construction does not happen overnight, just finding the direction in the sea is a problem.

The so-called navigation in this era basically means that ships go along the mainland so as not to lose their way. Xiao Ming selected this group of people specifically to cultivate a generation of people who know how to sail.

Now his plan is being realized step by step according to the plan, such as the construction of the Corps. Now on his property, new soldiers are pulling cattle to reclaim the land, and hundreds of cattle are busy pulling plows.

In other uncultivated areas of Qingzhou, Lu Fei and his soldiers were also busy reclaiming land.

In order to allow the construction corps to farm quickly, Xiao Ming equipped the corps with the best farming tools this time. Not to mention sufficient cattle, this was also the first time that the power of the cattle was delivered to the army in a timely manner.

He was counting on the fiefdom’s granary to be replenished in the coming year.

Luluo followed Xiao Ming’s gaze and said with a smile: “Your Highness, this is the first time I have seen soldiers like this.”

Xiao Ming knocked Luluo on the head, “Follow me, this is the first time you have seen this kind of soldiers.” Do you still have a lot of things? “

After walking around the cultivated land, Xiao Ming checked the reclamation situation, and then headed towards Qingzhou City with Luluo.

At this time, there is still snow on both sides of the official road leading to Qingzhou, and the coldness of winter has not faded away, but spring is not far away, and it will be a season full of hope.

Just like his fiefdom, it is a place full of hope.

After two or three months of busy work, he has come up with a lot of products that are not available in Chongqing. These products are also expanding their influence and bringing him continuous profits.

But the road ahead was uncertain, and he did not dare to relax at all.

Born in a royal family, sometimes you can’t help yourself. If you don’t move forward, there will be an abyss behind you.

Entering Qingzhou City, Xiao Ming smiled at the constant flow of businessmen from other places. Now he had at least taken the first step. Next, he would attract more businessmen to buy land and build workshops in Qingzhou.

Then the goods produced from Qingzhou were continuously transported to various parts of the Chongqing Kingdom, bringing huge profits.

In order to achieve this goal, he also needs to come up with more products that attract merchants.

Perfume, soap, and liquor are just the lowest end in Xiao Ming’s eyes. Niu Liquan has a little bit of technology content, and countless technologies in the technology library are still waiting for him to turn into actual products here.

But now Xiao Ming realized a problem, that is, his fiefdom was seriously lacking in technical talents, and Pang Yukun set a good precedent by asking various states and counties to send craftsmen to learn.

Now is the time to reserve technical talents to expand production scale. This group of technical talents will be born from slaves, because these are the people he can control most easily at present.

(End of chapter)