Daming Military Empire

Chapter 476 Development Direction
How to say about the concept of the car, the progress of this research and development is really unpredictable, maybe with luck, a genius in this field appeared in Daming, and it will be completed in a few years, maybe it will develop slowly, and it will take more than ten years or even decades to develop the engine. developed.

Now Daming’s demand for cars is not very urgent, so Zhu Cijiong has set a long-term goal, that is, the tires and frame can be made within five years, and the speed can be considered after driving.

As for the person in charge of the project, Wang Zheng seems to be very interested in this. Zhu Cijiong simply handed it over to him. The reward is 10 million taels, and the follow-up progress will be discussed at that time.

What I want to say next is really a bit ahead of schedule, so on the third day, at the beginning, Zhu Cijiong said very solemnly: "It is very difficult to do what I will say next, but everything, if you can Doing it will be of great benefit to Daming, so don't be afraid of difficulties, as long as you can succeed, it will not be too late for decades or even hundreds of years!"

When the people below heard this, they were stunned. What is it? It's so difficult, and it takes decades or even hundreds of years to study it!

Zhu Cijiong carefully recalled the guns of later generations, then looked into the distance, and said with hope: "You may not know that, in fact, there is not only one kind of gunpowder, but also gunpowder that is more powerful than black powder. For example, the current gunpowder Guns can only be ignited by an open flame, but there is a kind of gunpowder that will explode when it is directly hit; also, the current gunpowder, once exploded, will form a large smoke, which takes a long time to disperse, which seriously hinders People's sight, in fact, there is also a kind of gunpowder, after the explosion, the smoke is so small that it will basically not block people's sight, all of which require us to research and develop."

These are even more difficult for people in the Ming Dynasty to understand. Besides black gunpowder, are there other gunpowder?

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong explained the characteristics, production methods and functions of thunder mercury, nitroglycerin, smokeless gunpowder and even TNT based on his own memory.

For example, thunder mercury is a good detonating material. With thunder mercury, there is no need for flint to ignite. It can be detonated by direct impact. Bullets and shells can be made into the appearance of later generations. Make an ignition cap behind. The gunpowder can be ignited directly by striking the firing pin, and the bullets and shells are fired, and the development of guns will produce leapfrog progress.

Of course, all of these require long-term experimental accumulation, and may even be life-threatening. Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and finally handed over this project to the more stable Bi Maokang, and strictly prohibited him from participating in the experiment.

He has also made strict regulations on the experimenters and the experiment site. Necessary protective measures must be taken, and isolation should be implemented. One person has one laboratory, and try to avoid affecting others.

The rewards for these are high. It is basic to invest 10 taels a year, and reward 100 million taels if successful, and there is no limit for the number of years.

Next, Zhu Cijiong proposed the idea of ​​a wired telephone, which is even more illusory. Thunder mercury, nitroglycerin, smokeless gunpowder, TNT and black powder are used as references. The wired telephone is simply a fantasy. You can talk over a distance of thousands of miles, and Clairvoyance and Shunfeng Ear are not so powerful!

However, it seems that when Zhu Cijiong said this, Xu Fuyuan actually showed a strong interest. Since someone is willing to study it, it is naturally the best. Zhu Cijiong directly designated Xu Fuyuan as the project leader of the wired phone, and also invested 10 taels a year. There is no time limit, and as long as the achievements are made, the entire project team will be rewarded with 100 million taels every ten years.

For this, it cannot be said that after success, several million taels or even tens of millions of taels will be rewarded directly, because this is indeed very difficult, and it is very likely that a generation of researchers will not be able to research it. Can't get it, so Zhu Cijiong specially set up a ten-year award.

Zhu Cijiong didn't make a draft of the next thing, he just said what came to his mind.

For example, he thought of the voltage from the wired telephone. He dared not pass high-voltage electricity into the telephone, otherwise he would electrocute someone accidentally. How to change the voltage is very simple. A transformer is just two sets of connected coils. , this is not very difficult.

From the transformer, he thought of the electric welding machine again. Low voltage, high current, and a short circuit will produce horrible high temperature. The difficulty is still the production of welding rods.

There are so many types of welding electrodes in later generations, and it is impossible for Zhu Cijiong to remember what the raw materials of each welding electrode are. Fortunately, since ancient times, there have been many welding materials, but generally the things that need to be welded are It is too troublesome to throw it into the furnace with the welding materials to heat them together, and it is too troublesome, and it is powerless for welding between long welds and large objects. With electric welding machines, these will not be a problem. .

That is to say, the development of welding electrodes is not impossible for people at this time. There are many ready-made materials since ancient times. As long as you try slowly, you will always succeed.

Since the electric welding machine is related to electricity, in the end, Zhu Cijiong handed over the project to Xia Yunyi. According to everyone's description, it seems that the welding rod is not very difficult, so he set the research and development cycle of the electric welding machine to five years, which is also every year Invest 10 taels, and directly reward the project team with 100 million taels after success.

With such a batch of projects settled, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Sun Yuanhua, Xu Fuyuan, and Xia Yunyi all have goals, and if they succeed, they will all receive huge rewards. It seems that only Song Yingxing has no specific projects in charge of.

This definitely won't work, Song Yingxing is definitely one of the best when it comes to inventions, but, by mistake, all the projects that Zhu Cijiong can think of are assigned to other people, leaving Song Yingxing with nothing to do, what should we do?

We must find a project for him, not for anything else, just to reward him for his contributions to Daming over the years, he must be paid enough.

For this reason, Zhu Cijiong racked his brains, thought for a long time, and finally thought of a good project.

On the last day of the seminar, Zhu Cijiong didn't talk about anything or draw anything, but asked directly: "Do you know what Menghuoyou is?"

Naturally, many people know about Menghuoyou, because there are records about Menghuoyou as early as the Han Dynasty, and there are even more detailed records about Menghuoyou in "Mengxi Bi Tan" written by Shen Kuo in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Song Yingxing is the most knowledgeable about these things. He coughed directly, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have read about fierce fire oil in many books. The color of fierce fire oil is like ink, and the fireworks are fierce. Since the Han Dynasty, Some people in the middle of Shu mined it and used it to boil salt."

Zhu Cijiong nodded in relief and said, "Well, it's this thing. Because it is mined from stones, "Mengxi Bi Tan" also named it oil, and it will be called oil in the future. In fact, this oil is burned directly. Wrong, as long as it is heated to a certain temperature, it will separate many things. Among them, there is oil as pure as water, which can be used as lamp oil for common people; there is white wax, which can also be used as lighting at night; and There is a black sticky residue that can be used to pave roads. Of course, there are many other oils, such as gasoline that emits like steamed wine and evaporates. It is up to you to slowly experiment and conclude.”

The refining of this oil was tailor-made for Song Yingxing. As expected, he showed great interest. Zhu Cijiong handed over this project to him without hesitation, and offered him a reward. A kind of oil, reward 10 million taels! "

So far, the vigorous seminar has come to a successful conclusion. Zhu Cijiong has proposed many things. Of course, he does not want Bi Maokang and others to develop all these things within a few years. He just specifies the direction for Daming's technological development. , as long as you follow these directions, Daming will definitely reach the top of the world!

(End of this chapter)