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Chapter 804 Remember not to rest on your laurels
"I believe that you have all experienced the power generated by steam." Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile, scanning the senior officials of Ming Dynasty, "But have you ever thought about whether this power can be used as we let him use it?" place?"

Hearing this question, all the courtiers looked at a loss, can this strength be used where it is intended to be used?how is this possible?Even Xu Guangqi looked suspicious.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. When he said this to the craftsmen here before, his reaction was better than theirs!If they want to come up with something, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them!

So, without waiting for the minister to answer, he gave an example: "For example, use this strength to lift heavy objects, use it as a hammer to forge things, or use it as a horse-drawn cart, or row a boat..."

Hearing the emperor's words, Wen Tiren and the others looked incredulous. How is this possible?Your majesty, can you stop talking so wildly and unrealistically?

"...It sounds impossible, right?" Emperor Chongzhen expected that they would think so, and asked suddenly, which made these courtiers feel quite embarrassed for a while.With their comprehension, when they hear this, they can naturally hear that the emperor must have a way to achieve it, but they can't figure out how to achieve it!
"Your Majesty, I may know it!" Xu Guangqi was overwhelmed with surprise, and finally said, "It's like a waterwheel. The power of falling water drives the waterwheel. This is the power of steam, or it can also drive the waterwheel!"

Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect someone to understand what he meant. Seeing that it was Xu Guangqi, he thought of his good farming work, and probably dealt with water trucks often, so he thought of it, not bad!
So, he nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, the key to this steam engine is how to transform this force into other forces in a stable and safe manner."

Speaking of which, he no longer gave lessons to these seventeenth-century people, pointing to the huge steam engine and said: "The steam engine that you see is the one that I asked some of their best craftsmen to use again and again." Improvements, for several months, can be said to be completely handmade. However, I am still not satisfied, because this steam engine still has a lot to be improved, and the efficiency of energy conversion is too low. Many places have not yet reached application requirements, and the cost is too high!"

He said so many shortcomings, but he had a smile on his face, letting these courtiers understand that the emperor is probably still proud of himself.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he gestured to the craftsmen with his hands, and he himself turned to the Ming courtiers in the courtyard and said: "Next, I will let them demonstrate to Qing."

After hearing this, Wen Tiren and the others watched the craftsmen get busy with some curiosity.They were found to be boiling water.Because they watched the experiment of the wine pot before, they already knew about it, and watched it with great interest.

After the steam came out for a long time, Wen Tiren and the others saw nothing else but a large iron block connected to the steam engine being pulled up, then smashed down, pulled up, and smashed down again...

During this period, no one pulled the iron block, it just lit the fire.As the emperor said, the force generated by the steam is to pull that big piece of iron, once and for all.

It's really strange that it really has to be done!Wen Tiren and the others were surprised, but then they became puzzled, but what's the use?

Or knowing that they would think so, the craftsmen didn't stop, and pulled another anvil under it.Someone else brought a red-hot iron rod and put it on the anvil, let the iron block fall down and hit the red-hot iron rod one after another.

At this point in the demonstration, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand to make them retreat, and at the same time the steam engine turned off, and he turned to look at these courtiers and said: "This has many shortcomings, for example, the control of strength, you can't control it as much as you want, you can't Control the strength as you like, just like a blacksmith hammering with his own hands."

Speaking of this, his face suddenly became a little more serious, and with majesty, he said loudly: "Don't underestimate that this is just a substitute for the blacksmith's beating. It seems a bit insignificant, but what I want to tell you is that what I just said The expressions of strength mentioned above are all achievable. Just imagine for yourself, once in the future, when what I just said can really be realized, how much change will happen?"

As soon as Wen Tiren heard it, a picture immediately appeared in his mind: a big cart, the driver no longer drove the horse, but burned firewood in front, and then the cart drove forward...

This picture was so beautiful that he couldn't imagine it.The other courtiers probably thought about it for a while, with different expressions on their faces.Anyway, the surprise they showed was far from what Emperor Chongzhen expected.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to add: "I can tell you that I will continue to improve the steam engine. In the future, the carriages pulled by this steam engine can be several times or even dozens of times the size of the current horse-drawn carriages. Also, A ship powered by this steam engine, as long as it has enough fuel, will no longer be affected by the wind, so you can sail whenever you want..."

He just cited these two examples, Wen Tiren and the others finally showed the surprise that Emperor Chongzhen expected.This kind of earth-shaking change, if they are not surprised, it will be strange!

Xu Guangqi was the first to recover, and confirmed excitedly: "Your Majesty, can this steam engine really pull more than ten times the carriage?"

"Well, ten times is still estimated by me!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at him, nodded and said, "After improvement in the future, I believe that even if it is fully loaded, it will not be a problem to pull more than ten cars at a time. ! At that time, the goods and people traveling from south to north can all be pulled by this steam engine day and night.”

If using a horse-drawn horse, there is a limit to the load, and the horse has to rest and eat feed, which is very expensive, but this steam engine only eats wood and coal. If it is really possible, Xu Guangqi thought along this line of thought, and immediately Just stunned.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that he had achieved his own effect, and said with a smile: "I said this is a peerless treasure for Daming and for my people, shouldn't it be an exaggeration?"

"Your Majesty, this is truly a peerless treasure, definitely a peerless treasure!" Cao Huachun was the first to respond again.

In fact, the steam engine is the source of power for the industrial revolution, and there are still many applications that have not been mentioned.But now it is enough, Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said: "The reason why I showed you this steam engine is to let you know something in advance. Our Ming Dynasty will change with each passing day, and you must keep up with the pace. Don't rest on your laurels. , only for the immediate benefit!"

(End of this chapter)