Capital Datang

ww.x.om Amidst the thunderous roar of machines, Li Yin felt his whole body was boiling with excitement. This is one of the most heavily guarded forbidden places in Dengzhou City, and there are 2000 guards stationed around it all the year round. Anyone would want to To enter here, one must have a warrant from Li Yin or Zhao Fu. If anyone dares to enter without authorization, he will be killed immediately by the soldiers without any sympathy.

The reason why there is such a tight defense here is mainly because this is a steam engine manufacturing factory. After Yifan successfully developed the steam engine, he immediately studied the large-scale manufacturing plan. Now it has begun to bear fruit. The manufacturing factory here occupies an area of ​​​​Thousands of acres, thousands of craftsmen work here, and the power of various machine tools and equipment has also been replaced by steam engines. It was because Li Yin tried to suppress it as much as possible. If he let go of production, it would not be a problem to produce a hundred units a month.

The reason why Li Yin suppressed the production of steam engines is because the use of steam engines has not been popularized yet, and too much production is just a waste. Second, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the current steam engines. Instead of producing these backward steam engines, it is better to invest a lot of energy As for the improvement of the steam engine, it will not be too late to mass-produce the steam engine after the higher power steam engine is developed.

Yifan next to her yawned and stretched her waist. She stayed up late last night to design the blueprints for a new type of steamship, and now she was dragged by Li Yin to visit the steam engine production factory, so she was naturally still awake.And Li Yin looked at Yifan who was thin and thin, especially with two dark circles hanging on his face.His expression was also a little haggard, and he couldn't bear it in his heart at the moment.

"Yifan. Although the matter of the steamship is important, your body is even more important. In the future, you must remember to combine work and rest, and you must not stay up late!" Li Yin shouted seriously, the roar of the surrounding machines was too loud , if you don't yell, even if you crawl next to the other person's ear and say it, the other person will not be able to hear it.Capital Datang 348

When Yifan heard this, he smiled and did not answer, but pointed to the busy people around and said loudly: "Your Highness, look at how the construction here is going. Will it become the most important industrial base of my Tang Dynasty in the future?"

Hearing Yifan's smug tone, Li Yin also laughed and said, "Yifan, the invention of the steam engine will usher in a new era, and your name, Yifan, will also become a milestone. Maybe they don't know who Li Yin is, but if Zhao Yifan is mentioned, everyone will definitely know about it!"

Yifan was taken aback when he heard this, but then he showed a disbelieving expression, thinking that Li Yin was making fun of him.It's a pity that she doesn't know that although Li Yin likes to joke, but this time he is telling the truth, think about that Watt of later generations.Just improving the steam engine has already been listed as the iconic figure of the first industrial revolution, and now Yifan has invented the steam engine from scratch, and this feat is enough to make her famous forever.Even Li Yin can't compare to her.

Seeing that Yifan didn't believe it, Li Yin didn't say much.It is useless to spend more time explaining, and it will naturally prove that his words are correct in the future.

Li Yin walked and watched, and Yifan next to him was also explaining non-stop. This factory already has the atmosphere of a mechanical processing factory of later generations, in which drilling machines, grinding machines and other processing equipment are very complete.In fact, these processing equipment already existed in the Tang Dynasty, but they were all manual in the past, and most of them were made of wood. Now they are all made of steel, and the power is also provided by a steam engine. The processing speed has increased compared to before. Several times, but these equipment are still very crude, compared with the processing equipment of later generations, there is still a long way to go.

After turning around several assembly workshops, Yifan took Li Yin to an independent workshop. The processing equipment in this workshop is mainly a drilling machine, which mainly drills a straight hole in the center of a solid steel rod to form a Very solid steel pipe.This thing seems to be very simple, but it is very troublesome to actually do it. Because of the non-standard processing equipment and the hardness of the drill bit is not enough, the output of this kind of steel pipe is not high, and the scrap rate is astonishing. The success rate of four or five, the other is either the hole is drilled off or the drill bit is broken inside, so it has no choice but to be used as waste.

"Your Highness, is there any use for you to let us drill these small steel pipes?" Yifan asked looking at the piles of waste that were higher than the finished products. What do you want to do with these steel pipes? After all, with the current technology, it is really difficult to make these steel pipes. Those waste materials are the biggest proof.

However, Li Yin smiled mysteriously after hearing this, picked up a finished steel pipe and looked at it in front of his eyes, and found that the drilled hole was straight and smooth, which really met his original requirements, so he said to Yifan in satisfaction: "One Fan, how many of these steel pipes have been produced, have they all been shipped to Perak Island?"

Seeing that Li Yin didn't answer his question, Yifan couldn't help but rolled his eyes at him, but he still replied: "Your Highness, you asked us to produce this kind of steel pipe regardless of cost, so we produced a total of 600 steel pipes during this period of time. There are more than [-] pieces, and they have already been sent to Perak Island.”

Li Yin was overjoyed when he heard that there were more than 4000 steel pipes. Although it is impossible for all of these steel pipes to be made into what he needs, it is estimated that there must be at least a thousand of them. No problem at all.

After visiting the steam engine factory, Li Yin immediately asked Yifan to take him on a steamboat ride.And Yifan also cheered up. After all, this is her hard work, and it is also strongly supported by Li Yin, so I want Li Yin to see it a long time ago.

The steam engine factory was originally located in Ship City, not far from the shipyard where steamships were built. Li Min arrived at the shipyard soon with a sail. Li Yin took a rough look at the passing boats, and found that there were a dozen of them in total, and among the dozen or so boats, he saw the steam boat at a glance.

I saw that this steamship is not very big, about seven feet from head to tail, it is a medium-sized ship, and its shape is similar to that of ordinary Fuchuan, except that the hull is thinner and narrower, and the draft is deeper. In addition, the most special Yes, there is no mast on this ship, and it is even more impossible to have sails, which makes the deck look bare, and this is why Li Yin can tell at a glance that it is a steam ship.

At this time, the two also walked to the pier, and Yifan pointed to the very narrow and long steamboat, and introduced it with a proud expression: "Your Highness, please look, this is the steamboat built by the little girl. I followed your Highness's prompt, Let's take the car and boat as a template, and later we also built a few prototype boats. Although the effect was good, the paddle wheels on the outside were very easy to damage, and the efficiency was not high. Later, Your Highness, you proposed the concept of propellers. After our efforts , finally built this kind of propeller steamship!"

"Quick! Take me up there to have a look!" Li Yin said excitedly. As a later generation, he certainly knows the direction of the ship's development. Before, he asked Yifan to make a paddle ship, and then made this kind of propeller ship. It took a little more detours, but I also accumulated a lot of experience, which is very worthwhile.

The steamboat had already received the news that Li Yin was going to take the boat, so the crew on board had already made preparations. Li Yin's guards went up first to provide safety protection, and then Li Yin and Yifan boarded the boat.And Yifan turned into a guide again, and took Li Yin to visit the whole ship, even the boiler room in the cabin.

After the visit, Li Yin immediately sent people to set sail and prepare to go out to sea on a steamboat. The destination was set on Perak Island. He just happened to have many things to go to the island to deal with.

Seeing Li Yin's excited look, Yifan also showed a satisfied smile. Following her order, the steamboat that had already been on fire uttered a flute, attracting people in the shipyard to look this way , and at the same time there was excitement in their eyes, they all knew the strange ship on the pier without sails, and even many craftsmen participated in the construction of this ship, although these craftsmen did not know the The meaning of a strange ship, but as a shipbuilder's instinct, they vaguely felt that the ship was a miracle born in their own hands.

Amidst the higher-pitched siren sound, the steamboat under Li Yin's feet finally started to move, and Li Yin on the boat also clearly felt the roar of the steam engine turning under his feet, and then the whole ship trembled suddenly, and then began to slow down. Move forward slowly.Capital Datang 348

Seeing that the ship really started to speed up slowly without using sails or oars, Li Yin just nodded in satisfaction, but the guards of the palace who came with him all widened their eyes, holding hands one by one. Hilt was fully on guard, as if this was the only way to give them a sense of security.

Seeing the nervous guards around him, Li Yin couldn't help laughing, and after telling them to relax, he walked to the bow with Yifan, feeling the speed of the steamboat under his feet getting faster and faster. Being left far behind by them made Li Yin even more excited. At the same time, he had already begun to plan to build a shipyard that actually produced steamships, but this shipyard would no longer be built in Dengzhou, but in On the land that he really mastered.

Perak Island is located ten miles away from the original navy camp, not very far from the Ship City, coupled with the speed of the steamship, it arrived here very quickly.Yifan has also been to Perak Island before, but because the island is too confidential, she can only operate around the periphery of the island, and she has no right to enter the real core area.

When their ship approached the only military port on Perak Island, many warships immediately surrounded Li Yin's ship, and all the huge crossbows and bows on the ship were ready to attack at any time. When Yan stood at the bow, the generals on these warships commanded the warships to leave very respectfully.

As soon as Li Yin's boat arrived at the port, he immediately heard thunder on the island, each sound was like a bolt from the blue, but Li Yin smiled when he heard it. For Perak Island, now it seems that there is a foresight.

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