I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 45 I want to repair the railway!
Under Zhu Youjian's "blind command", the research and development progress of the steam turbine was accelerated a lot. In just a few hours, more than [-] lathes with single function but high precision were designed and manufactured.

Song Yingxing supervised the battle on the spot, redesigned all parts, produced them at any time, and adjusted them at any time, striving to achieve "excellence".

He, the king of science, issued a military order, striving to complete the final assembly within twelve hours.

Daming's first real "steam turbine" is coming soon!
Under Wei Zhongxian's service, Zhu Youjian drank and had fun in another small attic, quietly studying his "character panel".

After the winter, the work-for-relief projects in various places stopped working, and the government's various money and food expenditures were greatly reduced, and the growth rate of his "prodigal value" also slowed down a lot, which made him very uncomfortable.

However, when he thought of the first steam engine in the Ming Dynasty, he became excited again.

Steam locomotives, railroad construction, mining, steamships... Just pick out a big project, and it will cost a lot of money!
Just tossing about it is a huge amount of 'prodigal value'.

'After the steam turbine was invented, where should it be used first? '

'Agriculture, water conservancy, mining, shipbuilding, smelting, Jiangnan textile... Which field can it be applied to get more prodigal value? '

Zhu Youjian pondered and pondered over and over again, with a weird smile on his face.

Wei Zhongxian watched with horror.

Once the idiot emperor's expression appears, it means that he wants to prodigal again...

"Zhongxian, where is the largest coal mine in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Youjian asked thoughtfully.

"Long live Lord, our Daming's coal is mainly concentrated in Shenmu in Shaanxi, Datong in Shanxi, and Mentougou in the western suburbs of the capital." Wei Zhongxian asked with a smile: "Long live, do you want to use this steam turbine first for mining? Digging for coal?"

Zhu Youjian smiled and didn't speak.

Just mining and digging, if you don't want to transport it out, it's useless!

Moreover, the question of how to improve mining machinery and efficiency should be left to Song Yingxing, Xu Guangqi and others. I am here to prodigal, not to mine...

"If you want to get rich, build roads first, Zhongxian, let's build roads first."

"Datong is only about [-] miles away from the capital. Find a way to build a railway. The speed of the steam turbine locomotive is about [-] to [-] miles per hour. There is no problem going back and forth day and night."

"The current population of our Great Ming capital is one million. It is estimated that in the next two to three years, it will double or twice. We can't cut down the nearby mountains and forests, can we?"

While thinking about it, Zhu Youjian pinched a brush, painted and calculated on the rice paper, with a well-thought-out look, which made Wei Zhongxian slander endlessly.

A five-hundred-mile road, you can repair it as soon as you say it?

What about silver?
If you don't have millions of silver, what a fuck!

"By the way, how much is Daming's pig iron and wrought iron storage now? When I ascended the throne, the internal inventory seemed to be less than 900 million catties, which is too outrageous;
Take out all the stocks to build the railway, first find a way to build it to the Pingshuo Open-pit Coal Mine in Datong Prefecture, I have decided! "

Zhu Youjian felt happy, held the brush, and tremblingly drew the "Schematic Diagram of Railroad Laying" on the rice paper. The strokes were clumsy, like a dog crawling.

Wei Zhongxian lamented in his heart, and felt that the burden on his shoulders seemed to be tens of thousands of catties heavier.

"Long Live Lord, the iron ore smelting in Daming is very little directly controlled by the imperial court, and most of them are smelted by private businesses. Therefore, the iron stored in the internal warehouse is less than 700 million catties..."

Zhu Youjian heard that Wei Zhongxian was complaining.

Euphemistically complained to him, the idiot emperor, that the internal inventory was too low, and if he wanted to lay some kind of "railway", the imperial court had to pay for it.

And after dealing with the famine in several northern provinces last winter, the national treasury has been emptied long ago, almost like a dog licked it.

"Zhongxian, if you want to do big things, how can you always think about money?" Zhu Youjian shook his head and smiled, "You have to find a way to accomplish big things without spending money. This is called pattern!"

Wei Zhongxian said with a flattering smile: "This servant is extremely stupid, how could he come up with such a clever plan..."

"Okay, okay, you old man, don't be humble," Zhu Youjian kicked Wei Zhongxian in disgust, "Let the people from Shangshan Supervisor come over and cook a decent work meal for the big guy."

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "You don't need to order from the Lord Long Live, the servants have already settled down, and we can celebrate after Song Yingxing's steam turbine is assembled!"

Zhu Youjian laughed, feeling really comfortable.

……

So, two hours later, it was already midnight.

Song Yingxing finally staggered up to the small attic, shouting loudly: "Long live, long live, it's done!"

Zhu Youjian smiled lightly, stepped forward, and patted Song Yingxing's shoulder vigorously.

As a result...Song Yingxing fell to the ground with one slap.

"Ahem, my hands are too strong..." Zhu Youjian blushed, and quickly helped Song Yingxing up, apologizing endlessly.

He has been promoted several levels in a row, and his power is a bit big.

"Long live, it's done. Daming's first steam turbine has passed the test!" Song Yingxing was as excited as a child, with wet eyes.

"Song Aiqing really lived up to my expectations!" Zhu Youjian was also overjoyed, and turned his head to Wei Zhongxian and said: "Serve the wine and food, and celebrate the achievements of the King of Science in the Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian responded and went away with a sad face.

Zhu Youjian and Song Yingxing came to the previous hall, and when they greeted the door, they saw a tall and mighty "steam turbine". whistling.

The corners of Zhu Youjian's eyes were moist.

Because, at the moment of entering the door, Zhu Youjian's "prodigal value" soared by more than 4 points!

The steam turbine, the world's first real steam turbine, was born in Daming...

……

Zhu You checked his mind, walked slowly to the steam turbine, checked its operation carefully, and nodded secretly.

To be honest, Song Yingxing's steam turbine was a bit beyond his expectation.

'It is much more advanced than the famous Newcomen machine! '

During the design process, Song Yingxing actually considered the heat loss of the cylinder when expanding the gas and condensing water, and adopted a more advanced separate condensation system, which is already very close to the level of a Watt steam engine.

Moreover, this steam engine also adopted measures such as installing a heat insulation layer outside the cylinder and lubricating the piston with grease, which greatly improved work efficiency and reduced steam consumption, thereby achieving the effect of saving coal.

In addition, Song Yingxing and his students also used the flywheel principle to solve the problem of the stability of the steam engine at one time, and installed a parallel linkage structure similar to a gear lever and a variable speed throttle valve to manually control the speed of the steam engine...

Simply incredible.

If this thing is further refined and equipped with gearboxes, turbocharging and other means, it will be a high-end steam engine!

No, I have to repair the railway quickly.

'Tsk tsk, you can borrow chickens to lay eggs again... Ahem, you can make money again! '

(End of this chapter)