Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 634 Basic Domain
The development of weapons and ships has been finalized, so what's next?

To be honest, everyone is a little eager to try.

In fact, everyone present was from a technical background, and their specialty was not in the officialdom.

If you want them to be officials, they really can't make a name for themselves.

It would be different if they were asked to develop things. They would definitely be able to develop something that would be passed on to future generations.

Alas, I really made a mistake before and let these professionals manage things.

Their talents are really a bit wasted, and they have been wasted for a few years.

Fortunately, it's not too late to let them do professional research.

Taichang glanced around slightly, then said solemnly: "Weapons and equipment are indeed what we need to focus on now.

Because we have to deal with the European barbarians, we want to make Ming an invincible position.

However, if future development is considered, research in the basic field is the top priority.

So, what is research in the basic field?

To put it simply, what is researched can promote the development of all walks of life.

For example, materials.

Everyone knows about the steel developed by Chang Geng, right?
Have you ever thought about how powerful this steel is?

With steel, can we easily make weapons and equipment such as armor, black iron swords, Aegis ships, and infantry fighting vehicles?
With steel, aren't we building a lot of mining machines that didn't exist before?

With steel, is our steam machine tool processing capability stronger?

With steel, isn't it more convenient and quicker for us to build cities, build houses, build bridges, etc.?
Not to mention daily necessities. With the availability of steel, the kitchen knives, hoes, shovels, shovels, and even nails made by our Daming are much better than others. "

Everyone really never thought that the emergence of steel would drive the development of so many industries, and they all looked at Song Yingxing differently.

Song Yingxing saw that everyone was looking at him with admiration, waved his hands again and again and said: "This is all suggested by the emperor, I just made it after a little trial, it's nothing, it's nothing."

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but smiled slightly: "How about it, Chang Geng, are you interested in being in charge of this material research institute?"

Of course!
Song Yingxing was still a little surprised, why didn't the emperor set up a special research institute to study infantry fighting vehicles, and now he finally understood that the emperor wanted him to study materials.

He nodded repeatedly and said, "Wei Chen must try his best to develop more good materials."

Alas, I'm afraid you won't be able to develop it if there is a material!

Taichang thought for a while, then solemnly said: "Chang Geng, I don't know if you have heard of a material, this material is called aluminum, it is a kind of metal, its color is similar to silver, its hardness is similar to copper, and its weight is similar to ordinary solid wood. "

And this material?

The other properties are fine, metal is almost as heavy as wood, is it possible?

Song Yingxing thought about it for a while, then slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have never heard of this kind of thing called aluminum."

Sure enough, I haven't heard of it, which is troublesome.

This aluminum seems to be quite difficult to smelt, and there seems to be no such thing as aluminum ore.

Taichang couldn't remember anything with aluminum in it.

He thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "You know, alum?"

This thing is actually harmful, because alum contains aluminum, and long-term consumption is not good for your health. This is common medical knowledge, and he finally remembered it.

Of course, Song Yingxing knows about alum. When the noodles of fried dough sticks are fermented, alum needs to be added to make them swell up.

He nodded without hesitation: "This humble minister knows."

Taichang then explained: "Aluminium is contained in alum, you can think of a way to see if you can smelt it out. However, you have to be mentally prepared, aluminum is very difficult to smelt out."

He wanted to mention something about electrolytic aluminum, but he thought about it and forgot it.

Because electricity is too dangerous, not many people know about it at the moment, and he doesn't know what electrolytic aluminum is.

If Song Yingxing recklessly missed the test and was electrocuted to death, the loss would be great.

Minerals are really Song Yingxing's specialty. He thought for a while and then asked: "Your Majesty, alum is not a mineral, but alum stone is a mineral. Alum is made from alum stone. When we smelt aluminum, should we use alum or alum? What about the alum stone?"

Taichang shook his head helplessly and said: "I don't know about this either, you can try it.

Metals are not only gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, there are many, many, and the properties of various metals are different from alloys made of commonly used metals such as iron and aluminum.

We can divide metals into two categories, one is commonly used metals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and aluminum, and the other is rare metals such as lithium, titanium, platinum, tungsten, and radium.

In the future, you may recruit more people to find ways to refine various metals and manufacture various alloys. This is the general development direction of materials. "

What?
Lee Taibai Ulay!
When Song Yingxing heard this, he was really overwhelmed by thunder.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, is the metal named Li Taibai you are talking about named after an immortal poet? What is Wu Lei?"

Uh, Li Taibai?
Well, this is a misunderstanding.

Taichang was quite embarrassed and said: "I'm talking about a single metal, Lithium is the metal with an inside and outside, and Taibai Ulei is all words with metal.

These metals are rare and uncommon, but many can be alloyed with common metals such as iron and aluminum.

I don't mean to ask you to extract these rare metals immediately, I just tell you that there are not only metals that we commonly use or common in this world, but also many uncommon metals.

Moreover, if these metals are alloyed with common metals such as iron and aluminum, they have unexpected miraculous effects.

For example, some aluminum alloys can be as hard as iron, but they are still as heavy as solid wood.

For another example, some ferroalloys are developed that can really cut iron like mud.

You can try all of these. "

Song Yingxing heard the words, thought about it carefully, then nodded slowly and said: "I understand."

Well, this is finally explained.

Taichang then solemnly said: "The research in the basic field is not limited to materials, but also power.

For example, steam power.

You should all know the wide application of steam engines now.

However, the application of this steam engine is not limited to this.

This also requires a special person to study, Liang Fu, you will be in charge of the steam power research institute. "

It turned out that the emperor wanted me to study steam engines.

Wang Zheng thought for a while, and then asked carefully, "Your Majesty, what direction do you think the steam engine should be researched?"

Taichang thought for a while, and then said: "Of course, this depends on the needs. You can start with several aspects of the application of the steam engine.

For example, continue to study in Dali and make a steam engine with greater power, so that the speed of trains and ships can be increased.

Another example is to study in Xiaoli and make an exquisite small steam engine, so that it can be used in the hot air balloon developed by Yaoguang. "

Hearing this, Wang Zheng nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Jun Hou, how is your research on oil refining, and what have you extracted?"

Shen Yunpei was quite ashamed when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty, I have also extracted the gasoline, kerosene and paraffin you mentioned, and the rest seems to be left with black oily residue."

No, the refined oil is asphalt!

Asphalt doesn't seem like oil residue, does it?

Taichang was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "You mean the last thing burnt?"

Shen Yunpei nodded again and again and said: "Yes, if it keeps burning, it will become mushy."

What should I do if I get confused?

Plastic seems to be extracted from petroleum.

Taichang actually wanted Shen Yunpei to find a way to extract plastic, which is also a very useful material.

Especially now that Fang Yizhi has started to study electricity, plastic is even more important.

The problem is that when people burn to the back, it burns. Not only is there no plastic, but there is no asphalt.

Why is this so?
Burnt must be high temperature.

Why didn't later generations burn when refining oil?

By the way, boiling point!
The key to oil refining is to gasify and separate the various components inside.

Boiling point is the most important point.

And decompression can lower the boiling point.

In this way, the temperature of the gasification of the petroleum extract is low, and it will not burn.

Thinking of this, Taichang suggested: "You can make a set of sealed things, pour the oil that has been refined from gasoline and diesel into it, and then find a way to pump out the gas inside, and then heat it up."

Uh, does that work?
Shen Yunpei was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, Wei Chen will try it later."

By the way, there is also a thermometer.

Now that there is glass and mercury, it can be used as a thermometer.

Taichang added another point: "You have to make something to measure the temperature."

Uh, how to do this?
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunpei asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how do you measure the temperature?"

Taichang explained in detail: "This is actually very simple. You should know that things will expand when heated, and the same is true for mercury. If you put a little mercury in a small glass tube and put it close to the hot thing, will the surface of the mercury expand? go up?"

Shen Yunpei thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, how small is the glass tube to see a little mercury rising?"

No, there is a ball under the thermometer.

Taichang said embarrassingly: "Add a glass ball under the glass tube, so that there is too much mercury, and the expansion will be obvious. You can try it, let the water into the water and calculate [-] degrees, and then divide the degree equally from top to bottom."

Hearing this, Shen Yunpei couldn't help but suddenly said: "I understand."

But then he said in a daze: "Your Majesty, the glass seems to crack when the temperature is high. The temperature was not low when Weichen refined oil. The glass ball and the glass tube will probably crack as soon as they come into contact with each other." gone."

Uh, this.

Taichang thought for a while, then simply said vaguely: "The mercury thermometer I mentioned is just an example, I am telling you that temperature can be measured.

As for how to measure high temperature, you can use other materials.

Other materials do not expand or deform when heated.

As long as you carefully observe the expansion or deformation of these things, can't you make a thermometer for measuring high temperature? "

Shen Yunpei thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "I understand."

Do you understand?

I don't even know if I understand it or not!

Ok.

You are worthy of a genius!
(End of this chapter)