The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 355

The steam engine is loaded on the big ship.

There are many design drawings, and even Zhu Gaochi provided a few simple drawings, which only have a shape.

In Zhu Gaochi's drawings.

The steam engine is installed in the cabin, driving the propeller under the sea surface, and there are several rows of gun ports on both sides of the hull.

Several technical supervisors of the Jinzhou Shipping Department found Zhu Gaochi with a look of embarrassment.

"The drawing provided by the little prince, with our current technology, has too many problems that need to be solved one by one. I'm afraid it can be formed in a short time."

"What's the biggest problem?" Zhu Gaochi asked curiously.

"Lack of motivation."

Zhu Gaochi didn't say anything more.

Since the development of the steam engine, technical reserves are still needed in order to have higher horsepower efficiency.

In fact, although the Watt steam engine solved many shortcomings of the Newcomen steam engine, it still had great limitations.

The original steam engine consumed 27 jin of coal per horsepower, so it could only be used as a mine pump.

Only mining areas can afford it, because coal is cheap for them.

Then came the Watt steam engine, which consumed about ten catties per horsepower.

At this stage.

In fact, the steam engines used in Peiping were mainly used in factories and large infrastructure projects, and the folks and small workshops could not afford them.

Moreover, the efficiency of the Watt steam engine is limited, that is, the upper limit of horses is not high.

Ships are different.

It requires compact and bulky parts, and a lot of energy is consumed in the process. In addition to the required horsepower, at least a thousand horses are required to make the propeller perform cost-effectively.

This is also the difference between a paddle steam ship and a propeller steam ship.

Zhu Gaochi understands the principle of the steam engine, but the specific process is unknown, which requires the efforts of craftsmen.

He now knew that a more advanced steam engine, such as a turbo steam engine, was needed to solve this problem.

But Zhu Gaochi didn't understand the difference between a turbo steam engine and a Watt steam engine, or even the changes in appearance.

So he has no way of pointing out.

This is one of the reasons why Zhu Gaochi tried to avoid affecting the research of craftsmen.

One is to have confidence in Chinese craftsmen, and the other is to have confidence in the Chinese model. The most important thing is that although the few people in front of him did not say anything, Zhu Gaochi has already guessed the hidden complaints in their hearts.

If it weren't for the "advanced" blueprints provided by themselves, they would have to invest in research first and spend a lot of resources on research and development. In fact, the steam engine ship had already been put into production.

Economic development requires a process, and research and practical application also require a process of accumulating technology.

Zhu Gaochi didn't say much, and asked directly: "What do you think is the most mature blueprint?"

Several technicians took out the blueprints in the briefcase. They came here to make comments, to make the little prince change his mind and allow their design.

Their blueprints, big ships with huge wheels on either side.

"This is the ship technology of the Song Dynasty. It is called a wheeled ship. The wheeled ship was developed by the Song Dynasty based on the technology of the wheeled ship of the Tang Dynasty."

Drawings are tiled onto the worktop.

Technicians have the highest status in the China Heavy Industry system. After a few years, with the attention of the little prince, they are more casual.

Zhu Gaochi leaned over, and the others pointed to the drawings and introduced them in detail.

"There are leaves on the wheels. In the past, manpower was used to step on them. Traditional devices were used to rotate the leaves of the wheels to form the power of the ship."

"The largest wheeled ship has a maximum of 24 wheels. This is due to the limitation of manpower. Now that there are better steam engines, we only keep three wheels on each side, that is, six wheels."

"The middle of the ship is the chimney, the front and rear are huge sails, and the wind and steam power are combined."

"The bottom uses watertight cabin technology, which is also the ship technology of the Song Dynasty."

Zhu Gaochi nodded from time to time.

Watertight cabin technology is unique to ancient China.

The bottom of the ship is divided into separate compartments. No matter where the bottom of the ship leaks, as long as the watertight compartment where it is located is closed, seawater will be prevented from pouring into the remaining compartments.

The requirements of this technology are very high, one of which is airtightness, which cannot be bypassed. If the airtightness is not high, it will not be able to block water.

This mature technology in the Song Dynasty was introduced back to the West by Marco Polo in the Yuan Dynasty.

However, limited by the technical level of the West at that time, this technology has not been practically used, and it was not researched by the West until the end of the [-]th century and the beginning of the [-]th century.

Bentham, the British inventor of watertight cabin technology, wrote in his paper in 1795, "This is Chinese."

There are not many honest people like him. After all, this will greatly damage his achievements. Everyone knows the importance of the name of the imitator and the name of the first inventor.

"It's just that the steam engine on board will bring some disadvantages, such as affecting the cargo capacity of the ship." The technician reminded.

"Compared with the dynamics, it's still cost-effective." Zhu Gaochi pointed out the key.

Long-distance sea transportation requires the help of wind.

However, the wind is uncontrollable, which is the most difficult reason for shipping. It is normal to ship once a year. Sea-going ships need to wait for the wind at the dock for a long time, often for two to three months.

With the steam engine supplementary power is completely different.

The dynamic limitations of long-distance sea transport disappear.

"Are there any military drawings?" Zhu Gaochi asked with concern.

"Have."

A technician pulls out new drawings.

"The gun windows on the hull retain the rear part of the ship, cancel the front and middle parts, and install several cannons on the deck at the bow and stern."

Now that there is a steam engine ship, Zhu Gaochi must be the king of firepower, and those traditional maritime tactics will be eliminated.

How to ensure firepower?That is the industrialization of Beiping.

A steam engine ship originally involved dozens of doors, but now half of them have been cancelled, leaving eight doors on each side of the rear half of the hull.

There are three doors at the bow and one door at the stern.

A total of twenty doors.

The number of cannons used on this steam engine ship alone exceeds that of the traditional infantry, and its value can be seen how expensive it is.

It cannot be afforded by an agricultural society.

Even if you buy it, you can't maintain long-term maintenance and training.

But Zhu Gaochi thought it was worth it.

In ancient times, there were hundreds or thousands of warships, large and small. How much manpower was wasted and how much logistics was needed, this is tantamount to a waste of efficiency.

Now one ship is worth a hundred ships, and the efficiency has been increased by more than a hundred times.

As long as there are ten such ships, the entire sea area is invincible.

Run faster than others, fire energy farther than others, more powerful than others, no matter how many boats there are, they are just living targets.

"If you decide to use these drawing schemes, you can do it, but in the process of using them, I hope you can accumulate more technologies to prepare for the next technology replacement."

Zhu Gaochi approved the plan of Jinzhou Shipping Administration.

It marked the manufacture of new warships and entered the actual manufacturing process.

"Today next year, I hope that at least three new warships will be launched." Zhu Gaochi waved his hand, "We need people to give people, we need supplies to give supplies, and we will go all out to solve the goals."

"Yes."

Several technical supervisors assured.

The documents on the side were recorded to form a complete memorandum. The documents will be compiled according to various memos and remind Zhu Gaochi in advance according to the time.

A good memory is not as good as a bad writing.

Nowadays, the increase of things, the span of time and other factors have been determined, which cannot be remembered by Zhu Gaochi with his brain.

Clerks are very important and must be trusted.

And they can have confidentiality and will not spread the information.

Liu Ying's children settled in Guanglu Island. Although they had Zhu Gaochi's approval, they needed Jinzhou's arrangement and management.

These are the memos organized by the paperwork, which are provided and reminded Zhu Gaochi at any time.

There are many such confidential matters.

Therefore, the document room is already the most important red line for keeping secrets. Its scale and importance have increased, and it has not been weakened by the development of China Heavy Industry.

On the day Zhu Gaochi returned to Peiping.

Several articles on reproductive technology were published in the technical newspaper.

"For newborns who are less than a month old, this kind of newborn is extremely prone to premature death, and it is the one with the highest mortality rate."

"However, research has found that as long as they survive this period, the survival rate of such newborns will be higher, and as they age, they will grow up healthily like ordinary children."

"After a lot of research, a life-saving box was invented. Newborns who are less than one month old can be fostered in the life-saving box first. According to the situation, it can be half a month, or a month, or even two months. When the newborn recovers as usual, You can leave the life-saving box."

"For dystocia, birth forceps can be used..."

"Early birth is not good for pregnant women, and late birth is also not good. For pregnant women who are beyond the pregnancy period, if the situation is critical, you can use a prescription based on cassia seeds."

"But cassia seed is both poison and good medicine. For pregnant women, cassia seed is a medicinal material that can kill the fetus. For those pregnant women who are beyond the expected date of delivery, cassia seed can also assist in childbirth. Experienced doctors are needed to prescribe the right medicine."

……

Numerous technologies and knowledge have been discovered and integrated.

People discover it unconsciously.

Fewer infants died among the people.

Not only has people's living standards improved, their physical fitness has also improved, but also because pregnant women have reduced their working hours and so on.

Pregnant women can't stop exercising, but they can't work too much either.

In the original Beiping, pregnant women also had to work, the miscarriage rate was high, and the death rate was also high, and there were many births in those fields.

But this year in Beiping, the baby survival rate has been greatly improved compared with the past.

One plus one is greater than two.

This is the synergy theory.

Beiping's technology newspaper, those contributors who made up stories according to the needs of the newspaper, and countless other reasons contributed to this social status quo.

People in Beiping do more civil affairs, and more people get married. Areas like Jinzhou where there are more men and fewer women are also being solved by China Heavy Industry.

Anyone who pays attention to this aspect will find that there are a lot of newborns in Beiping this year.

The powerful cry of a baby.

From Kaiping to Miyun, from Miyun to Beiping, from Beiping to Daning, from Daning to Jinzhou, it is like a happy world for newborns.

Advanced agricultural technology brings more population in a stable society, which is a common phenomenon in ancient China, and now it is coupled with an advanced industrial system.

Peiping took the lead in entering the era of population surge, and the first wave of baby boom came in this era.

(End of this chapter)