Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2517 The Power of Steam
Since the day when human beings have intelligence, they have been full of fear and worship for the irresistible force of nature.

Star shifting, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, earthquake and tsunami... Human beings realize how small they are in front of the mighty power of nature. While trembling, they also endow these natural phenomena with personification and deduce endless gods to set off their own insignificance and fragility. .

These irresistible forces in the universe seem to be controlled and manipulated only by the gods hidden in invisible places. How can mortals override them?

All eyes were focused on the emperor, and naturally they all saw the ugly steam engine.No one knows what it is, but when the fire in the boiler gradually ignites, the cold water in the water tank gradually boils, and a trace of steam overflows. Feel wrong.

It seems that there is a mysterious force that is constantly struggling, hoping to get rid of some shackles and rush out of the cage.

There is no instrument to measure the pressure. The craftsman decisively opened the valve after the water in the water tank was completely boiled and released enough steam pressure based on the experience summed up after countless boilers exploded due to excessive pressure.

In an instant, the violent steam rushed out of the water tank, and thousands of horses and horses rushed into the steam engine, and slammed into the piston along the air intake, violently pushing the piston to move.

The piston was driven by powerful energy to make a reciprocating motion, and then the exhaust gas was released from the exhaust pipe, turned into a stream of white gas along the chimney, and rushed straight into the sky, making a low humming sound.

Everyone was startled.

The ministers who were close could see it clearly and understood that it might be the steam released after the water in the water tank was boiled, but they never thought that the steam with enough volume would be so powerful. Driven by the steam, the gears on the steam engine turned faster and faster, each of them turned pale and at a loss.

After a kettle of water boils, the lid can be opened, but after a tank of water boils, the steam produced is as strong as a few strong horses, a few bullocks...

When the gears were running faster, the craftsman standing on the steam engine moved a wrench violently, as if starting a certain device, and saw the whole steam engine and the water tank moved violently, and then the wheels at the bottom began to slow down. Turning, it began to move forward slowly.

Everyone was stunned.

There are no horses, no bullocks, no manpower, and even the Kunming Pond is tens of hundreds of feet away, and there is no power of water flow to borrow. Even under such circumstances, there is no steam engine like a small cart at all. Any power-assisted drive that can be seen by the naked eye will start to slowly move forward along the iron bars buried on the ground.

The exhaust gas released from the chimney is like a sledgehammer hitting people's heads fiercely, completely subverting everyone's cognition.

What kind of power is driving this thing forward?

The crowd of onlookers "boomed" and almost ran away. Fortunately, there were too many soldiers around to maintain order. Under continuous pressure, the situation stabilized a little.

In fact, even the soldiers themselves felt terrified...

His Majesty Li Er stood among the heavy guards, his eyes staring like copper bells. He has always boasted that he is intelligent, and his insights on everything are accurate enough, but the only power that can be associated with it is the steam after the water tank boils. ...But, that's just boiling water. Countless people have seen it countless times since they were young, but who would have imagined that it's just the steam after boiling water, which can produce such great power?
Is this really just a very common phenomenon, or is there a god controlling all of this behind the scenes? !

His Majesty Li Er, who has always been calm and calm, thinks that everything in this world is under his control, has once again given birth to the confusion and fear that everything in front of him is out of control, and even completely surpassed all his life experience. .

People are always in awe of the unknown.

He first looked at Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, Yuming and others who looked excited and flushed. Going beyond the ordinary, exploring the most original power between heaven and earth, and facing such an unimaginable situation, he naturally behaved extremely excitedly.

Maybe... is it really this machine that can control the power of the five elements?

His Majesty Li Er is not willing to believe it, because he feels that the so-called power of the five elements is the most mysterious energy between heaven and earth, how can it be controlled by an extremely ugly iron lump like this?
But what he saw in front of him surpassed all previous cognitions. He couldn't explain the occurrence of this situation.

His Majesty Li Er put his trembling hands in his sleeves, looked at Fang Jun not far away, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, suppressed his throat, and tried his best not to tremble in his voice: "What is the principle of this thing?"

Fang Jun said: "As your Majesty has seen, it is the water in the water tank that boils and turns into steam, and the steam drives the entire locomotive forward."

This is no mystery.

After the steam engine is successfully developed, it will be put into application sooner or later, and it is impossible to keep it from the world, otherwise there will be no meaning of research and development.

It is not a secret to drive a locomotive with steam, as long as you observe carefully, you will be able to understand it sooner or later.

The secret of the steam engine does not lie in its driving principle, nor in its operation mode. It is too primitive and too simple. There are definitely many smart people in this world, and they cannot hide it from the world. The reason why it was manufactured in the Tang Dynasty is that the level of technology involved is actually very low.

The real secret lies in the material used to cast the entire steam engine, and the material that prevents the steam from leaking and produces a better seal.

Right now, Datang's smelting technology is absolutely unrivaled in the world, more than 500 years ahead of the entire era. If others don't get the secret recipe for smelting, they won't be able to smelt materials suitable for steam engines, and they will never be able to manufacture steam engines.Even if one can be imitated according to the principle, it only needs the boiler pressure to reach a certain strength, and the only end is bursting.

And the material that makes the entire steam engine more sealed... No one knows that the Eucommia trees all over the Qinling Mountains can extract natural rubber, let alone the extraction method.

As long as these two technologies are monopolized, the steam engine will never be imitated by others.

Even after the research and development of the steam engine was introduced into the academy, the continuous and huge capital investment will inevitably make the speed of research and development greatly increase. When the steam engines are imitated by those countries in the world that drink blood, maybe Datang will even manufacture the internal combustion engine...

His Majesty Li Er didn't know this, and he didn't consider the aspect of secrecy. He just couldn't understand it, let alone accept it: "It's just the water in the water tank. Everyone knows that it boils and turns into steam. How can it produce such a great power? "

While he was speaking, the steam engine was gradually accelerating under the action of the steam, driving forward along the laid rails.

Wherever he went, the people were shocked and surprised, and exclaimed again and again.

The old man of the Yuming family, who participated in the whole process of steam engine development, stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why people in the world think that the power of steam is not so great is that people see this phenomenon more often in kettles. How much water can be contained in the kettle, and how much steam can be produced by boiling? When the kettle is enlarged by a hundred times and a thousand times, the water contained in it will increase by a hundred times and a thousand times, and the steam after boiling will naturally increase a hundred times and a thousand times. Originally only The steam that can lift the lid of the pot, if it is superimposed arbitrarily, it is enough to shake the mountains and overwhelm the rivers and seas!"

When speaking, even facing the emperor, there is a kind of pride that cannot be concealed.

When I first developed the steam engine, I had the same doubts as His Majesty Li Er. It was Fang Jun who explained the principle to him, and then he suddenly woke up and realized.

Maybe everyone can understand the truth, but to realize it, the hard work he went through during this period was completely completed by him under the theoretical guidance of Fang Jun, and he participated in the whole process.

This kind of shocking machine came out through his own hands, even if it was all Fang Jun's whimsical idea, it was enough for him to be proud.

His Majesty Li Er felt that he understood, but he still couldn't accept it.

Water boils and boils, this is the truth that everyone has known for thousands of years, but why no one has ever thought of developing a machine based on this, so that it can be hundreds of times, thousand times or even ten thousand times better than steam to open the lid? the power of?
The steam engine gradually went away amidst the roar, but the crowd gathered under the mountain gate and beside the Kunming Pool had already cheered like boiling water in a water tank, and the crowd was like a wave.

His Majesty Li Er looked back at the mountain gate on the hillside, and finally understood Fang Jun's intention of making such a steam engine during the opening ceremony.

He wants to tell all the students and the people of the world that the knowledge that this academy will teach in the future is not only related to the collection of classics and history, medical calculations and military books, but also the ability to control the power of the five elements!
When one day, all the students graduating from this academy can reach this level, what kind of feedback will they give to the empire?By that time, the empire's economy, academics, and military...will reach a level that will shock the world?

His Majesty Li Er was at a loss and was quite at a loss.

At that time, the empire may have already become an omnipotent monster, devouring the world and sweeping some...

(End of this chapter)