After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 363 The Birth of the Steam Turbine Textile Machine

Ordnance Bureau.

"Let's let you have a better understanding today." This is what Zhu Yuanzhang said to the officials before he came, and then he brought all the civil and military officials to the Military Weapons Bureau to watch the completed steam turbine textile machine.

At this time, there was already a textile machine outside the Weapons Bureau, and more than a dozen craftsmen stood neatly beside the new machine.

Steam turbine textile machines include spinning pendants, spinning wheels, spindles, pedals...

The structure is similar to the traditional textile machine, but it is a whole body iron structure.

Among them, there are [-] spindles for spinning, which means that it is a textile machine in a large workshop, not a household textile machine.Ordinary household textile machines use up to five spindles, which belong to the small category.

The textile industry in Daming is the most developed in the Jiangnan area, which does not mean that there are no spinning and weaving in other areas.

On the contrary, there are textile industries in almost every province, but the scale is far less than that of Jiangnan. It belongs to small family production and can meet their own needs.Moreover, the technology is not as good as that of Jiangnan, where spun yarn cannot be spun.

Different from traditional looms, this 'iron guy' is equipped with a shiny iron bump.

There is also an iron pipe leading to the boiler room.

Although it is relatively crude, with Daming's craftsmanship, it is already commendable to achieve this level.

"I've seen this kind of large-scale looms, almost all of them are found in the textile workshops in Jiangnan." An official from Jiangnan said to his colleagues next to him, "However, the looms in Jiangnan are all made of wood. made."

"Could it be that the new type of textile machine that the emperor showed us is just to change wood into iron?" asked the official next to it.

"Changing wood into iron is too heavy and inconvenient to transport. It is completely unnecessary." Another person said, "And it is easy to rust when exposed to water, and it is easy to pollute the silk thread."

"You don't understand that." Li Shan said long, "Now I, Daming, have learned blast furnace steelmaking technology, and the steel produced basically will not rust."

"Why haven't I heard of blast furnace steelmaking technology, is it taught by that person again?" Jiangnan officials asked hastily.

Li Shanchang didn't answer when he heard the words.

"It's not just about changing wood into iron." Another Jiangnan official said, "The official has personally been to the textile workshop in Jiangnan. Although the looms inside are similar to this loom, there are still big differences. Yes, for example, that iron lump, and that iron pipe."

These Jiangnan officials are usually high-ranking. Although they were born in Jiangnan, not many have actually been to textile workshops and understand the structure of textile machines.

Jiangnan weaving does not necessarily know about textile machines.

"Your Majesty, can we start?" Guan Ling, a craftsman next to him, asked.

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

The craftsmen in charge got the will and began to direct the craftsmen to operate.

Smoke rose from the boiler room, and craftsmen began to boil water.The hearth of the boiler was burning red, and the craftsman with a big arm and a round waist was bare-chested and threw coal into it shovel by shovel.The craftsman in charge of the ancient style next to him began to pull the blower vigorously, and the coal in the stove burned blazingly, and the temperature rose rapidly. "Increase the fire!" "Increase the blowing force!" "No!"

In less than half an hour, with a barking sound, white water mist emerged.

The water is boiled, and the water vapor with strong heat energy is introduced into the steam turbine from the pipe.

The steam is converted into powerful kinetic energy through the change of air pressure in the steam turbine.

"Woooooo!"

The pulley of the steam turbine rotated rapidly, at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.This group of ancients didn't know how to control the temperature, so they increased everything to the maximum and maximized the power of the steam turbine.

"Crunch!" "Crunch!"

Drive the textile machine to start spinning automatically.

At this moment, the civil and military ministers fell into a dead silence.

"Can this thing work automatically without anyone operating it?"

"Could it be that there are invisible little ghosts to help?"

"It's so weird!"

In the ancient cognition of the crowd, someone must exert force to make things move.But now the weaving machine can weave automatically without anyone operating it.

This can't help but make some people suspect that there are ghosts or gods who are invisible and operating this machine.

According to the ancient folklore, Miss Conch also secretly came out to help him wash and cook after the young man left. I never heard that Miss Conch helped him wash and cook in front of his face.

The machine moved by itself, which caused a strong shock in the hearts of the crowd.

"Start spinning!" said the craftsman in charge.

Soon, several skilled weaving women sat on the workstations and began to skillfully extract silk threads and weave them into cloth.

"This weaving efficiency is hundreds of times that of manual labor!"

"The amount of work done by dozens of workers in a day can be done by this machine in a short while!"

"And it doesn't require manpower. It's not tiring to do this kind of work all day."

……

The ministers talked a lot.

"It's not some gods operating the machine, let alone little ghosts helping." After hearing the ministers' comments, Zhu Yuanzhang popularized science to the crowd, "This is called technology! Using steam as power and converting it into mechanical energy."

"We are using the steam from boiling water to do things for us, not some fairy or spirit."

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, how can water vapor do things for us?" A minister asked.

"Why not? The wind can move things, but we still can't see them. Could it be that the wind blows the clothes away, also made by gods?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Using the power of water vapor and using the wind of nature is the same reason."

"Steam can push the lid of the pot, which is also powerful. It's just that everyone thought that the force of steam to push the lid of the pot was very small, and its role was ignored by everyone."

"This is the so-called one leaf blinding Mount Tai."

"So it is!" The officials suddenly realized.

Seeing that the ministers looked like they had never seen the world, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt the joy of Qin Yu's teaching in remote areas at this moment-bringing advanced satisfaction to backward areas.

"But the force of water vapor is to push upwards, while the spinning machine moves back and forth..." At this time, another courtier raised a question.

"This involves mechanical movement." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Our princes know this kind of knowledge, because they have been studying with Mr. Qin for a long time, and our culture is not high. Although we have a lot of contacts with Mr. Qin, But I have not yet realized the mystery of mechanical movement."

"This is a knowledge comparable to that of a god!"

"Isn't letting the loom weave by itself the same as helping the gods?"

"Such knowledge is comparable to a god!"

All the officials were envious. The prince and princess of Daming could learn the knowledge of immortals from Mr. Qin, but their descendants and family members did not have that opportunity.

(End of this chapter)