Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 869, Selling Hot Steam Cultivator

At the Beijing Machinery Research Institute, Zhu Houzhao brought Liu Jin to his own laboratory. Here, he has a research team with more than [-] people to help and study the machine that Zhu Houzhao wants to study.

"Old Liu, look, this is the steam cultivator I researched, it is very powerful and domineering, I will give it a very awesome name, called the general cultivator!"

Zhu Houzhao pointed to a steam cultivator parked in the open space and introduced it to Liu Jin very proudly.

"..."

Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said about the general cultivating machine, Liu Jin was speechless immediately, but still observed carefully with interest.

The entire steam tillage machine is naturally far from some later generations of tillage machines, but some prototypes can still be seen. The core is still a steam engine, with a special large plow behind it. The steam engine drives forward and drags the plow to plow the land.

At the same time, the design of the steam engine is similar to that of the later steam engines, and the structure is basically the same. A large boiler is added with a piston, and the piston works to generate power.

"It's amazing. Look at this plow. There are six plow faces, which is equivalent to six plows plowing the land at the same time. That is to say, the current steam engine is not powerful. Otherwise, you can add more plow faces to it. Cultivate more land."

Zhu Houzhao knocked on the plow of the tidy tiller and introduced it very proudly.

"How much power can the largest steam engine have now?"

As soon as Liu Jin heard it, he asked quickly.

The loss of steam engines is actually very serious, and the thrust generated by steam is actually quite limited, far inferior to internal combustion engines and electric motors.

But in this era, this steam engine is definitely the most advanced and awesome existence, but power is still very important.

If the power is not strong enough, its practicality will be greatly limited. For example, steam trains and ships must be driven by high-power steam engines.

In addition, this steam cultivator actually needs a high-horsepower steam engine to drive it. Plowing the land is a laborious job, especially if you want to plow the land deeply, you need a lot of horsepower.

"Now the biggest steam engine is capable of twelve horsepower."

Upon hearing the news, Ren Siheng who hurried over hurriedly replied.

He is a subsidiary of the Jingcheng Machinery Factory, and he is also the person in charge of the Jingcheng Machinery Research Institute. Now his main work and energy are devoted to the research, improvement, application, and promotion of steam engines.

"Twelve horsepower is pretty good."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately nodded slightly. Twelve horsepower, this power can be said to be very powerful.

"Increasing the power of a steam engine is not difficult, but the real difficulty is stability and reliability. The stability and reliability of the steam engine we have produced still needs to be improved."

"In addition, the conversion efficiency between the steam engine power is too low, which is also a direction we need to continuously improve in the future, and the conversion between the mechanical power is also the same."

When it comes to steam engines, Ren Siheng has endless things to say. He is an expert in this field and has been studying steam engines for a long time. He is very familiar with the situation of steam engines.

"Take your time, don't rush~"

"Slow work and meticulous work, the key is to summarize more, discover more, explore more, find out the deficiencies, and constantly experiment with new methods to solve these deficiencies. Over time, we can always create more and more powerful machine."

Liu Jin smiled and encouraged.

The research of machines and the progress of science are actually the same. It takes years and generations of people to explore and explore continuously to make progress, and then slowly accumulate and develop, and finally usher in a leap-forward development and breakthrough.

"I heard that this steam cultivator is starting to sell well?"

Then Liu Jin changed the topic to the big sale of steam cultivators.

"Yes, the steam cultivator researched by His Highness is very popular now, and the orders are full. Our Jingcheng Machinery Factory can't produce it."

Ren Siheng nodded and said: "In the beginning, it was very difficult to sell our steam cultivator. No one was willing to spend more than a hundred taels of silver to buy our steam cultivator."

"Later, we thought of some ways, held some promotional activities, and also rented out some cultivating machines for people to use at the land price."

"The effect is very good. After everyone has seen the power and magic of the steam tillage machine, there will be a lot of people ordering the steam tillage machine from us."

"Especially in our North Zhili and Liaodong areas, we have received more than [-] orders for North Zhili alone, and at the same time, there are thousands of orders for Liaodong."

"However, in Daming South, the sales are very poor, and it can't be sold at all."

"The sales in North Zhili and Liaodong are booming, but the south can't sell at all?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately frowned and thought carefully.
"Have you investigated the reason for this?"

"Yes, we have done some investigations. Most of the land in North Zhili and Liaodong is plain, which is very suitable for farming with steam tillers. Moreover, because they are all planted with wheat, the fields are all dry."

"In addition, there is another very important reason, that is, because of the development of the Beijing-Tianjin area on the North Zhili side, a large number of people from the rural areas of the North Zhili area have poured into the factories, workshops, commercial firms, etc. in the Beijing-Tianjin area. work."

"Therefore, no one has plowed the fields of those landlords and rich people before, and the appearance of the steam cultivator also gave them the hope of cultivating the land again."

"As for the Liaodong area, it is because the land is vast and sparsely populated, and every household occupies a large field. The appearance of the steam tiller can greatly facilitate them to cultivate the field and reclaim wasteland, so the sales are very strong."

"It's different in the south. The south is full of paddy fields, and in most areas, the fields are very small, which is not suitable for the work of our steam tiller."

Ren Siheng nodded and said, it is obvious that he has worked hard on this aspect.

"That's it~"

When Liu Jin heard it, he immediately understood.

This is because people in Beizhili have gone to work in factories and workshops, and no one is farming. After all, after a year of hard farming, they still can’t get enough to eat. After a year, the income is much more than that of farming, so who wants to farm.

The landlords have no one to grow their land, so they can't panic, they still have to find a way to grow something, and the appearance of the steam tiller just caters to this demand.

Moreover, these landlords in Beizhili are all rich people. A steam cultivator with more than one hundred taels of silver is very expensive for ordinary people, but for them, it is a trivial matter.

Therefore, in Beizhili, the sales of steam cultivators are the best.

As for Liaodong, it is because the land in Liaodong is sparsely populated, and everyone has a lot of fields, which cannot be cultivated by manpower. The appearance of steam tillage machines also greatly saves manpower and allows them to reclaim more fields. Come out, sales will naturally be good.

"Your side will send a batch of steam engines to the Hezhong area in the Western Regions, and another batch of steam engines to Australia and Gold Island, where the land is also sparsely populated, and they will definitely sell well."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin said to Ren Siheng.

The land on the Golden Continent is definitely more suitable for large-scale mechanized farming, and the mechanical agriculture of later generations of bald eagles is notoriously powerful.

Immigrants in the Hezhong area have just migrated there, and it is time to reclaim the land. With this steam engine cultivator, it will definitely save manpower and time, and reclaim more fields.

"Yes~"

When Ren Siheng heard this, he quickly nodded and wrote it down.

Then he thought for a while and said, "Actually, the sales of steam-engine tillage machines are not the most popular. What are really the most popular are our steam spinning machines and steam looms."

"Because the efficiency of our steam spinning machine and steam loom is much faster than that of the old spinning machine and loom, and it is not subject to geographical restrictions, it has been welcomed by textile mills and textile workshops as soon as it was launched. I like it, and the order has been queued for several years.”

"Steam spinning machines and steam looms are popular. This is expected. The key is that we can produce thousands of steam machine products at once. Can we guarantee the stability of the products and how to ensure the rapid repair of faulty products? Make repairs."

When Liu Jin heard this, he also nodded slightly, which was something that had been expected for a long time.

The steam engine is definitely the most popular and the first to be used in the field of textiles. In this era, the most important thing people consume is cloth.

Such a huge population of Ming Dynasty needs an extremely large amount of cloth every year, especially as the living standards of the people of Ming Dynasty get higher and higher, the demand for the sales of this cloth is getting bigger and bigger. In addition, there is a wider overseas market .

The textile industry has long sought faster, better and more efficient machines, and steam-powered looms and spinning machines are sure to be popular.

"This is indeed a very headache for us at present, because the stability of our machine is not high, it often breaks down, and it is very troublesome to repair, so we are also struggling with how to solve this problem."

When Ren Siheng heard this, he also nodded solemnly.

The appearance of the steam engine has brought us great power and at the same time brought new tests. The stability of the steam engine is an urgent problem to be solved. At the same time, if something goes wrong, how to repair it quickly is also an important issue.

In order to solve these problems, Ren Siheng led the entire research team to do a lot of research, which damaged the brain cells. So far, they still haven't found a good way to solve these problems.

PS: To solve this problem, it seems to be industrialized and standardized production~
(End of this chapter)