Daming Military Empire

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After testing the trolley, it’s time to test the track flatbed. The machining workshop is full of stone slabs. It’s not easy to bury the iron bars. He just dug two shallow pits on the dirt road outside to bury the iron bars. The ground is almost flat, and then the large flatbed cart is pushed onto the iron bars, and then the gun barrels are added to it.

It is easy to push a barrel by one person;

It is still very easy to push two barrels by one person;

It is still very easy to push the three barrels by one person;

When it reaches five, it will be a bit strenuous for one person to push;
When it reaches ten, it will be quite strenuous for one person to push, but it can still be pushed!
If you add more, you have to push it with two people, but when you add it to twenty, two people can still push it!
This thing is simply too convenient. Song Yingxing decided to bury all the main workshop roads and the connecting passages between workshops on the tracks. Make a few of these large vehicles, so that the parts transfer efficiency of the entire factory has been increased by more than ten times. !

The next day, he rushed to the emperor to report the situation, praised the flatbed car, and finally summed it up: the emperor is really a god.

Zhu Cijiong just wanted to roll his eyes when he heard that. He asked Song Yingxing to try out the track flat car to let him think about steam power. This guy didn't think in this direction at all. He just thought that the track flat car saved manpower and time.

What is so magical about this is that the friction is different. Wooden wheels must have friction with stone ground, and the heavier the thing, the greater the friction. The friction between the iron wheel and the iron track is almost negligible. , as long as the track is not pressed and deformed, the friction will not increase, and it will be natural and easy to push, which is rare and strange.

Seeing that this guy couldn't think of an idea at all, Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to remind: "What if you add four wheels in the middle of the flatbed, and then use pistons to push these four wheels?"

Song Yingxing's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and then dimmed again. He said what he thought was the most critical question: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being presumptuous. In that case, the steam pipe can't be connected. When the car moves, the pipe for sending steam It's broken."

Zhu Cijiong shook his head, and encouraged him loudly: "To invent something new, you have to make bold guesses and carefully verify. You can't think according to common sense, you have to think boldly. Don't be afraid of thinking wrong, just be afraid of not being able to think."

Song Yingxing heard the words, and said in an incredible tone: "Your Majesty, you don't mean to put the boiler on the car, do you? For such a big thing, how big a car do you have to build?"

Finally thinking about the right direction, Zhu Cijiong said excitedly: "How big it is, it can't be bigger than my Qianqing Palace, right? It doesn't matter if it's bigger, and it's not impossible to do it."

Song Yingxing thought about it for a while, and it was indeed not that big. It must be made, but he hesitated to ask about the weight: "Your Majesty, wouldn't the wheel be as big as a water basin? Wouldn't the iron bar be as big as a water basin?" Do you have thick thighs?"

That's right, Zhu Cijiong said excitedly: "Yes, yes, just make it that big, can't it?"

Song Yingxing was taken aback when he heard the words, and gradually his eyes finally brightened again, and they became brighter and brighter. Yes, who stipulated that it is not allowed to make it so big, you can make it as big as you want, as long as it can be used, he is excited He asked, "Your Majesty, is it okay to put both the coal cart and the water cart on it?"

Zhu Cijiong encouraged excitedly: "Yes."

Song Yingxing then asked excitedly: "Your Majesty, is it okay to build an iron house on it?"

Zhu Cijiong nodded affirmatively, "No problem."

Song Yingxing thought about it carefully, and there were no more problems. This was like moving the entire steam-burning house up, so there was no problem.

So he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, that humble minister will retire first."

Zhu Cijiong suppressed the excitement in his heart, and solemnly instructed: "Well, you must pay attention to safety. I will check it after it is done, and you can start it again."

Safety?People who have never even seen a car before naturally don't know that driving may cause a car accident, so Song Yingxing felt a little baffled by the emperor's instructions, but he didn't think too much about it. Now his mind is full of flatbed cars that can move by themselves. How can I think about other things.

After he returned to Wanggong Factory, he immediately gathered dozens of students who liked to design small things, took out charcoal pencils and large paper and drew a sketch the size of a table, then pointed to the sketch and began to assign tasks:
Some of you make twelve wheels for me, first make them two feet in size and about three inches in thickness;
You guys make some steel bars for me, and the thickness and height are three inches, one five feet, and twenty first;
Some of you go to the boiler factory to have a look, and make a new one according to the smallest boiler;

Some of you go to the machine tool to have a look, find the largest machine tool and double the size of the piston on it, and make two sets of pistons and connecting rods;

You guys make a coal car
After all the simple things were allocated, he himself started to design the connecting parts in the middle, and he couldn't stop from the beginning. He even seldom took care of the factory, and handed it over to those students with management talents. Basically, I just sit for a whole day, and sometimes I even forget to eat, and I don’t feel like going to sleep anymore, so I just draw pictures there, like a demon.

More people means more strength. In less than ten days, all the wheels, tracks, boilers, pistons, coal trucks, water trucks, etc. were all finished. Song Yingxing also almost made the connecting parts. The components were transported to the site where the artillery was tested, and then the track was buried in the ground and assembled on the track.

Song Yingxing led dozens of students to dress up and modify them, non-stop day and night, and after five days, he forced everything to match.

Although he was dizzy and busy, he still hadn't forgotten the emperor's order. As soon as the car was installed, he immediately ran to the palace to inform Zhu Cijiong to come and check it out.

Zhu Cijiong didn't expect that he could make a steam locomotive in half a month. Looking at his sunken eye sockets and stubble all over his face, you can tell that this guy must be working on it without sleep or food.Zhu Cijiong originally wanted him to rest for a day before trying again, but judging by his extremely excited expression, he might not be able to fall asleep if he didn’t try it today. There is no way, so let’s try it. He wants to watch it himself. See what the first train that Daming made looked like, and whether it would be able to move.

In order to save time, Zhu Cijiong didn't put on a big ceremonial ceremony, but asked Cao Huachun to bring dozens of Jinyiwei and Dongchang masters, and then hurried to Wang Gongchang in an ordinary eight-carrying sedan chair.

When he saw Song Yingxing's masterpiece, his heart was a little confused. First of all, he must be excited. This is the first train in Ming Dynasty and even in the world. It would be a lie to say that he was not excited; then he felt a little strange that Song Yingxing was actually on it. A tin house was built, still in Chinese style, and even the eaves, doors and windows are similar to ordinary civilian houses!

Zhu Cijiong could only comfort himself in his heart: "Well, don't care about the appearance, as long as you can move."

He whispered something in Cao Huachun's ear, and then walked towards the train.

At this time, dozens of students were excitedly judging around the locomotive. Suddenly, two rows of people came up from behind and pulled them aside politely. He covered his mouth in fright and dared not speak out.

Just kidding, the ones who pull them are the generals of Jinyiwei and the fans of Dongchang. They are all stupid people who don't care about killing or burying them. If you scold them, you want to die!

At this time, a ten-year-old boy walked slowly from the middle of the human wall formed by Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi. Since Song Yingxing did not dare to reveal the emperor's whereabouts, he did not tell these students that the emperor was coming. I didn't know that this child was the emperor, but he just stood there with his head shrunk and didn't dare to move, but a sharp-eyed student accidentally glanced at it, five-clawed golden dragon!

He hurriedly pulled the classmate next to him, then knelt down on the ground and shouted: "The grassroots see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Only now did the students realize that the five-clawed golden dragon and the dragon robe, this is the emperor!They hurriedly knelt down and shouted in unison: "The grass people see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Zhu Cijiong still attaches great importance to these students, maybe there will be a few great inventors among them, he raised his hand kindly and said: "Everyone get up, I just came to see, you are all good, you can help Chang Geng so much I'm very pleased to make the train out soon."

Only then did everyone get up gratefully, bowed their heads and stood there, for fear of bumping into the holy car.

Zhu Cijiong came to the train and took a closer look. The boiler, steam engine and tender were nothing to look at. He believed that what Song Yingxing made must be fine. What he mainly looked at was the running parts of the frame.

He looked down for a while, and immediately found a problem. Damn, I forgot to mention the brake system. The ancient horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws don't have brake problems, so Song Yingxing didn't think about adding brakes at all.

How to do it?It must be too late to add it right away, and it will take at least a day or two to make it, so he had to ask Song Yingxing next to him to get some carts of sand and soil to fall on the first half of the track, and use a mound brake method to prevent The locomotive ran off the track.

While transporting the sand, Zhu Cijiong carefully explained to Song Yingxing what the brake system was and how to do it. Song Yingxing's forehead broke out in cold sweat, and he didn't know what the consequences would be if such a heavy thing rushed out.

When the first half of the track was buried by sand, Zhu Cijiong immediately said excitedly: "Chang Geng, it's time to start."

Song Yingxing couldn't wait a long time ago, and after a hasty salute, he greeted a few students to get on the locomotive, turned on the boiler and ignited it.

Soon, the locomotive sounded "woo hoo", which means the water is boiling.

Song Yingxing looked at Zhu Cijiong with his head, Zhu Cijiong nodded firmly, and then Song Yingxing turned around and opened the steam valve without hesitation.

"Crack, crack, crack." The four sets of push wheels in the middle slowly rotated, and with the rotation of the push wheels, the train finally started to move. Zhu Cijiong jumped up happily, success, success, the first in the world A train was born!

Before he had time to celebrate, he found that the train started to speed up, which is okay, the track is only 100 meters long, and this acceleration will rush out, so he hurriedly shouted: "Chang Geng, hurry up, hurry up!" Drop the valve."

Hearing the voice, Song Yingxing quickly turned off the valve, and then looked ahead nervously. Fortunately, the train didn't have much inertia just after moving, and it stopped after advancing about ten meters on the sand-buried track.

As soon as the train stopped, Song Yingxing immediately opened the door and jumped down, stumbled and ran to Zhu Cijiong, saluted hurriedly, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, we have succeeded, we have succeeded."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't hide his excitement, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha, good, you guys are doing a good job, everyone will be rewarded, everyone will be rewarded."

(End of this chapter)