The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 288 Steam Engine Locomotive
new steam engine.

The same volume, six times the efficiency of the original steam engine!
On the basis of increasing the efficiency by six times, the required fuel is saved by a full three times!
Although both are called steam engines, there is already an epoch-making difference in terms of power and consumption, and they are fundamentally different.

According to the British.

The technology of this steam engine is mature, and it can make the areas outside the coal area have the conditions to use the steam engine.

According to the saying that the rest of the Western countries imitated the first industrial revolution in Britain, from failure to success.

The breakthrough in the new steam engine technology has allowed the use of steam engines in areas that do not produce coal, so they succeeded.

The development of the entire industrialization is inseparable from the steam engine.

The industrialization of Beiping began with the invention of the steam engine for pumping water.

Tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty did not know the importance of the steam engine, and they did not even know the changes that had taken place in Beiping.

But in Peiping, many people know the importance of the steam engine.

As an epoch-making breakthrough of the steam engine, the Technology News has a special supplementary issue, which reports separately on the role of the steam engine, as well as gratifying achievements and expectations for the future.

China Heavy Industry headquarters and factories in various industries have sent people to pay attention and learn about the latest steam engines.

The Miyun division was led by the big shopkeeper, and a group came to the headquarters to visit the new steam engine.

Zhu Gaochi in Daning couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing the news, his expression of excitement couldn't stop.

train.

It's finally about to show up.

With the development of the railway, the railway carriage, which originally promoted social productivity, has become an obstacle to transportation.

Not only does it limit the running speed of the railway, but also the horses needed to support the railway carriages and maintenance expenses are the largest expenditure items of the railway system.

More importantly, raising so many horses not only occupied military resources, but also consumed a lot of food.

When the three-province railway is successfully opened, the required horses will have to be multiplied several times, and the required expenditure will immediately make the railway transportation system suffer a large loss.

"Congratulations to the Technology Division for its victory. This time, the results are undoubtedly the best and most dazzling!"

"The new steam engine is not only the luck of China Heavy Industry, but I would like to call it the pride of the whole Chinese nation!"

"All R&D personnel, your achievements will definitely be firmly remembered by history and by the people!"

"Calling on everyone to learn the spirit of the Technology Division, overcome obstacles on the road of scientific research, never stop, and make great strides forward!"

"The support of the Technology Department, China Heavy Industry, the system of China Heavy Industry, and even the whole society will continue unswervingly!"

Zhu Gaochi's unreserved attitude was published in the technical newspaper and life newspaper without changing a word.

All relevant people in Peking looked sideways at him, and even those who didn't care about the new steam engine couldn't help being curious.

Even the people on the land often heard these news during this period, and were curious about what it was.

Zhu Gaochi was unable to leave Daning because of his responsibilities.

But he let Zhou Shifeng, Xiao Jiu, Han Youchang and other technicians come to Daning as quickly as possible.

China Heavy Industry is still using the old technology, and even many technologies have just begun to be used, and have not paid back.

An example is the steam engine used in the construction of water tanks.

"There are no hard and fast rules on whether to use new steam engines in each factory area or to keep the old steam engines, but the principle of changing what can be maintained!"

Zhu Gaochi instructed.

Although there are no statistics for the Miyun subdivision and headquarters factory area, plus factories in various places, it is conservatively estimated that there are thousands of units.

New steam engine parts were added, and so were their costs.

If all of them are replaced, the cost will be calculated in terms of 10 taels of silver according to the market price.

Not counting the steam engines used in the coal mines.

China Heavy Industry does not aim at profit, and in the process of development, it relies on the social resource allocation model.

A complete system chain cycle.

The entire China Heavy Industry and China Heavy Industry system, as well as the external upstream and downstream production chains, have an infinite value system that cannot be converted into gold and silver.

A few 10 taels of silver is nothing compared to the social resources created by China Heavy Industry, but it is different if it is used alone.

in other words.

The difference between turnover and cash.

However, it is not real money that takes out several 10 taels of silver, and uses food stamps. As long as the system is kept in normal operation, the excessive issuance of food stamps will not be excessive, and will not affect major consequences.

Zhou Shifeng echoed: "With the support of the young prince, the subordinates have no worries."

In Zhou Shifeng's position, even if he doesn't participate in politics, he can't avoid it, so he needs to think twice.

"Shopping for a new steam engine will increase the current expenditure, but in the long run, it will save resources and waste."

"For example, the cutting tool production factory in Miyun District has used more efficient technology to save production costs and increase production."

"Not only has the production situation that was originally maintained at a loss, but it has also turned into a slight surplus, so the little prince's proposal is correct."

Zhu Gaochi was very satisfied with Zhou Shifeng's statement.

Zhu Gaochi needs someone like Zhou Shifeng to be the big treasurer of China Heavy Industry, not only to ensure the comfort of China Heavy Industry's system, but also to fully implement his plan.

"New steam engines must be put into production as soon as possible, and more resources must be invested in the improvement of various models."

"And join more industries, such as the railway transportation industry, which can also use steam engines as power, so that railway carriages can be replaced by trains!"

Xiao Jiu's eyes lit up.

That's why he likes to stay with the little prince.

The little prince always has some unconstrained ideas that shock people.

Xiao Jiu's mind was running fast, thinking about the possibility of applying the steam engine to the railway, and comparing the efficiency and practicality of the new steam engine, it seemed not difficult!
With the rapid development of China Heavy Industry, many technicians have never met Zhu Gaochi face to face.

Han Youchang and other technicians had long heard of the little prince's talent as a craftsman, and it was true when they met now.

Some people have proposed using a steam engine as a power source and applying it to railways, but the original steam engine can't achieve the effect.

So this idea has long since been mentioned.

There is even a new steam engine, no one has thought about it before, but the little prince was the first to bring it up.

……

The original steam engine is not as efficient as the new steam engine, but it is no problem to develop various ideas and production chains using various factories.

In the following time, the technical department and the factory staff went all out to improve the new steam engine.

In terms of this technology, technicians such as Xiao Jiu and Han Youchang began to study how to apply steam engines to railways.

The technology of transmission components and even the technology of carriages are reserved, and the horsepower is removed and replaced with a steam engine.

The first thing to solve was the crank-link mechanism widely used in the factory, which was selected and applied to the train wheels.

Then there's the transmission.

After various experiments, the first steam locomotive with a single cylinder and a large flywheel, pulling five carriages, was tested at Beiping Railway Station.

Invited by China Heavy Industries, Zhu Di came to the platform to watch in person.

China Heavy Industry was flattered.

Zhou Shifeng, Xu Ning, Yan Zhongzheng, the general manager of the Miyun Division, and other important figures from China Heavy Industry came to join in the show.

"This new steam engine, the boss's evaluation in the technology newspaper and the life newspaper, I have all read it. It is the first time I see the boss so excited."

Zhu Di spoke very kindly.

The people around bowed their heads respectfully.

Zhu Di is here, and the leaders of Peiping will naturally also come.

The left and right chief ministers of the chief secretary, as well as the officials of the capital, were in conflict with the former inspector and China Heavy Industry, but the officials below came, as well as some generals in Peiping.

The trial run of the first train is no longer an ordinary operation, and it has caused a lot of pressure on many people, for fear of accidents.

"There have been many machines that can rotate without manpower since ancient times, but machines that can rotate without relying on natural forces, like steam engines, are indeed new things."

Yan Dun organized the Great Land Reclamation Project in Beiping two years ago and used a lot of pumping steam engines, which he has already accepted.

Standing beside Zhu Di, he said with a smile, "Although I'm used to it, it's really unimaginable to be able to pull the carriage."

"let's start."

Zhu Di said with a smile.

Following Zhu Di's order, many people were busy for it.

The first steam engine locomotive was very simple and primitive. It looked like an iron frame without any aesthetic feeling.

The first train driver, more nervous than hard, was sweating and shoveled coal into the boiler and started to burn the boiler.

When the steam engine started to run, he and his colleagues stepped on the handbrake together.

"Crack... rub."

The train moved, but it was very slow, much slower than the railway carriage starting, and one couldn't help wondering whether the train could run.

People in the stands stared at the train on the railway.

Five carriages were filled with coal mines, which was the heaviest carrying capacity on the railway, three times more than the coal mines transported by horse-drawn carriages in the past.

The locomotive steamed white, like a monster of a machine.

It got faster and faster, and the noise it made became louder and louder.

Its speed gradually increased from five kilometers per hour to eight kilometers per hour, and began to exceed ten kilometers per hour.

Ordinary horses normally have a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, and the important thing is that they cannot run for a long time.

The speed of the world's first train is eight kilometers per hour.

However, the importance and devotion before the emergence of the two, as well as the resources available and the technology reserved are not the same.

At last.

The speed of the first train in Peiping was fixed at [-] miles per hour.

A short horseback ride can catch up to the train.

But the meaning of this, everyone present exclaimed, even Zhu Di's face was moved.

He finally understood why his eldest son looked at steam engines so much.

For example, Daning to Peiping is nearly a thousand miles away.

Then using a railway carriage, there is no need to change horses, no need to maintain physical strength, and it can reach 720 miles a day and night.

Depart from Beiping in the morning and arrive in Daning at noon the next day.

Travel thousands of miles a day.

The real journey is thousands of miles a day, and it is normalized.

Zhu Di couldn't help touching his chin.

Steam engine locomotive, in modern times, the general speed is 120 miles per hour.

(End of this chapter)