Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Don't praise me too much, otherwise I will be proud.
Well, I can only put forward some immature opinions on steam engines.
You should follow them first, especially for applications on ships. , I thought about it.
In fact, if we use a steamboat, it may cost less than a train, and we have many rivers, so it should be very convenient.”
Sun Yuanhua said with a bitter face: "Now the speed of steam locomotives is enough, but there are too few rails.
After recruiting a new group of people to build the railway last time, the steel production has not been able to keep up.
We are now sending people to explore everywhere. , Let’s see where there are iron ore deposits.”
Zhu Youxiao recalled high school geography.
Several iron mines in China are in Liaodong.
There is no way to mine them now.
Except for Qian'an Iron Stone, it seems that there is an iron mine in Daye, Hubei that is very good.
Because it is open-pit, mining is easy.
He tried to ask: "Do you know there is Daye?"
Sun Yuanhua replied: "I know, south of the Yangtze River, the copper mines there are good, but the output of iron ore does not seem to be large."
Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
It wouldn't be easy to explain if he wasn't called by this name.
He smiled confidently and said: "There is a large amount of iron ore here, and it is shallowly buried and easy to mine.
Build an iron factory here.
Factory minister, you can send someone to do it.
In addition, the iron ore in Qian'an can be Increase the amount of mining, there is a lot of iron ore in it Yes, using rails to mine is to lay the rails into the pit, and use steel ropes to pull the trolleys out to transport the ore.
Sun Qing, you are responsible for the manufacturing, so you won't worry about the lack of iron ore.
After two years, the construction will be completed.
After becoming a slave, there will be more iron ore.”
Sun Yuanhua patted his head and said: "I'm so stupid, I didn't think of using the train for mining.
Your Majesty, without your words, I might not have thought of it in ten years."
Zhu Youxiao was completely immune to Sun Yuanhua's flattery and said: "Don't talk about it left and right.
Have you encountered any problems in the development of steamships?"
Sun Yuanhua said with a grimace: "Your Majesty, we have tried the propeller you mentioned.
It is much better than the paddle wheel, but the speed is still too slow."
Zhu Youxiao asked: "How much is the speed?"
Sun Yuanhua said shamefully: "It's less than ten miles in an hour."
Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "Be specific, why didn't you say less than a hundred miles an hour?"
Sun Yuanhua said: "It's more than eight miles an hour.
It's only one-sixth of that of a train."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Take me to see it quickly."
A group of people came to the river.
The boat used for testing was a wooden boat about thirty feet long.
The sail had been lowered and it was bare and ugly.
Sun Yuanhua said to a graduate student beside the boat: "Sign up the fire, sail the boat, and measure the speed."
After a long wait, the steamship finally started sailing.
Everyone followed the steamboat on the shore.
Sun Yuanhua looked at his pocket watch and the signs on the shore.
Half an hour later, he said to Zhu Youxiao in frustration: "Your Majesty, it's still only nine miles in an hour."
Zhu Youxiao laughed loudly and said: "Sun Qing, you gave me a surprise.
The speed of nine miles an hour is already very good.
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Don't compare it with a steam locomotive."
Sun Yuanhua said in confusion: "Your Majesty, this speed is too slow and impractical, so I have never dared to report it to Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "You raise a flag to let them dock."
After the steamship docked, Zhu You, a student at the Proofreading Research Institute, asked: "Is coal consumption high?"
The student replied: "Your Majesty, if the ship is empty, the one hundred stones of coal in the coal bunker can be used continuously for twenty hours.
Of course, the steam engine will not be able to be used for such a long time."
Zhu Youxiao calculated in his mind that it cost five stones of coal an hour, which shouldn't be too much, and there was room for improvement in the shape of the boat.
Of course, because it was sailing along the current, the speed should be less than nine miles, but it was eight miles.
It’s not that it’s unacceptable.
He asked: "What is the velocity of the water?"
Sun Yuanhua knew that the emperor had seen through that he was sailing along the current, so he bravely replied: "One mile per hour."
Zhu Youxiao asked the student: "What is your name?
Are you responsible for the steam engine here?"
The student replied: "Your Majesty, student Zhu Zhiyu, the student is responsible for operating the steam engine on this ship.
Master Sun has asked the student to temporarily serve as the captain of this ship."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "It turns out to be my family.
Okay, you build a new ship.
It's best to use steel.
Use a pointed end instead of a flat end.
This can reduce the resistance of the water.
Then you can put the The steam engine will be transferred to the new ship and the ship's speed will be tested.
If the speed reaches ten miles per hour, mass production can begin."
Sun Yuanhua still didn't quite understand that the speed of ten miles could not be compared with that of a train.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao asked him: "Sun Qing, the speed of a steamship is much lower than that of a train.
It is only ten miles an hour, but it can reach two hundred and forty miles in one day, and two thousand four hundred miles in ten days.
In this way It is true that the speed of trains is not as fast as that of trains, but they do not need railroad tracks and consume less.
You can haul a lot of things.
You think it only takes about ten days for the fruits and grains from the south to reach the capital from the sea, so why do we have to worry about grain transportation?
Besides, we still have a lot of inland rivers and canals.
If we transport things from Sichuan, If so, would you say is it more convenient by train or steamship?”
Sun Yuanhua realized: "Your Majesty, I only thought about the speed, but did not consider other aspects.
I am ashamed."
Zhu Youxiao said: "This is normal.
I appreciate your behavior.
People who think too much cannot focus on one thing.
You can work on your invention with peace of mind.
This kind of thing is most suitable for you."
Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty, I often feel that there are too many things in the Ordnance Bureau.
I just want to concentrate on inventions, so it is better to let others take charge of the Ordnance Bureau."
Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said: "No, we can't let laymen manage experts.
It's better to be managed by people who know the business.
At most, we can assign you a few assistants to help you share the burden.
The three of you, each bring two This way, you can reduce your workload and bring out new people to take over your class in the future.
However, you need to carefully examine this candidate, and don't let in some people who don't do business and just want to be an official. " Sun Yuanhua said: "This minister knows it well, but Your Majesty, the students from the institute all come to the Ordnance Bureau for internship because they like to invent and create.
In their opinion, studying things to gain knowledge is much more interesting than being an official and making a fortune."
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Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Haha, don't think too highly of people.
The reason why they think it is meaningless to become an official and make a fortune is just because they have not tasted the taste of power and wealth
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