Iron Dynasty

PS: There are still chapters, but they will be later

Steam locomotive?

What? This Lin Wentao is really weird, and I don't know what happened this time.

He dares to say in the court that it must be something very important.

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The officials in the government hall were talking a lot. In their eyes, people like Lin Wentao have always been mysterious and unpredictable, and because these people don't participate in government affairs, they don't pay much attention to Lin Wentao.

The officials did not understand, but Xiao Ming understood. After overcoming the problem of steam engines, Lin Wentao shifted his focus to the use of steam engines.

During this time, Xiao Ming has been in Qingzhou. When he is free, he will go to Lin Wentao's workshop to discuss with him various types of machinery powered by steam engines.

The steam locomotive and steam ship are naturally the focus of the discussion between the two, but it is difficult to build an ironclad ship with a steam engine without a modern shipyard, so he focused on the steam locomotive.

Having lived here for five years, Xiao Ming's deepest impression is that there is too much traffic in this era.

Both military transportation and material transportation are quite slow, and this slow pace severely restricts the development of industry.

Because of the advent of the steam engine, the consumption of industrial materials in Qingzhou has now risen by more than one notch, while the efficiency of transportation has hardly changed.

Therefore, he personally instructed and taught Lin Wentao using technology spar. With sufficient industrial capacity, the steam locomotive was successfully manufactured.

You Aiqings must not understand what a steam locomotive is. Today I will take you to have a look. Xiao Ming said.

Now Qingzhou steam engine and steelmaking technology have completed a leap, which means that Qingzhou can produce all the steel accessories needed by the Western Industrial Revolution.

In this way, the following logical thing is the explosive appearance of various steam machines, and this is what he will do next.

With the fall of King Yan and the gradual stabilization of the north, his desire to establish and improve the industrial system should also be realized step by step.

For this reason, in addition to handling government affairs, Xiao Ming plans to personally participate in the construction of the industrial system, and five years of talent preparation have also allowed him to have a group of available people.

I will obey! said the ministers, who were also very interested in steam locomotives.

Nodding his head, Xiao Ming took the officials and accompanied Lin Wentao to the steam engine workshop.

Your Majesty, this is a steam locomotive. Lin Wentao said excitedly.

At this time, the steam locomotive was parked on a section of 100-meter-long railroad tracks. The moment he saw the front of the locomotive, Xiao Ming suddenly felt a familiar feeling.

Now this thing is a modern steam locomotive, commonly known as a tube car.

In simple terms, this steam locomotive is a side-sleeping steam engine fixed on a wheeled car. The reciprocating motion of the connecting rod crankshaft combined with the flywheel drives the wheels to rotate, allowing the locomotive to move along the rails.

His Royal Highness, this steam locomotive took us half a year. Lin Wentao sighed in his heart. During this time, they researched, produced and assembled day and night.

Now this steam locomotive is finally able to move forward along the rails. Although it is not very fast in his opinion, the future potential is definitely huge.

Isn't this a big tin can? Fiji glanced sideways.

Pang Yukun also nodded, Xiao Ming and Lin Wentao were very excited, but they were confused.

In contemporary times, the world's first steam locomotive was invented by the British George Stephenson in 1814. According to the current level of the West, this kind of thing is estimated to appear in 40 to 50 years.

But now he is the first person to make a steam locomotive. Although this steam locomotive is still a bit rough and simple, it doesn't matter if it is ugly, as long as it can run.

Seeing that many officials were dismissive, Lin Wentao said, This is indeed a big tin can, but it is a big tin that can walk.

Then he did not explain, and directly said to the two craftsmen who were responsible for driving steam locomotives on weekdays; Now the two of you operate the locomotive and show the emperor.

The two nodded and climbed onto the steam locomotive. One of the craftsmen picked up a shovel to add coal to the boiler, while the other craftsman was staring at the steam pressure gauge.

When Lin Wentao was developing the steam engine, he had the craftsman make this pressure gauge, and now it can be applied to the steam locomotive.

In this way, the locomotive driver can judge the pressure in the boiler and adjust the steam pressure.

The rails in the workshop were naturally made by Xiao Ming to Lin Wentao. These rails formed a circle along the wide workshop, so that the locomotive could move in this circle.

But these rails also consumed a lot of his steel, which made him very painful.

But now that he has a steam locomotive, it's all worth it, because in the next step he can build a railway along the mining area, so that coal and iron ore can be continuously transported to Qingzhou.

Uuuuuu...

The steam pressure in the steam locomotive was getting higher and higher. At this time, the craftsman sounded the whistle, and in a hum sound, the steam locomotive moved slowly along the rails.

This scene suddenly shocked the officials, and they kept their distance from the steam locomotive, for fear that this steel monster would hurt people.

Lin Wentao finally laughed when he saw the embarrassed appearance of these officials. Whoever told these officials to not understand anything would point fingers at the steam locomotive.

Hum, hum... The connecting rod of the steam locomotive tilted up and down and moved the wheels through the flywheel and crankshaft. At this time, the heavy wheels finally moved.

As the locomotive moves, the speed of the locomotive gradually increases. In the first lap, the locomotive is like a person walking half as slow, and in the second lap, it is like riding a bicycle.

On the third lap, it was already galloping like a horse.

Under such a huge power, an official's face is very exciting. At this moment, they may be truly convinced by technology from their hearts, and they are no longer sages.

Xiao Ming brought them here this time to let them witness the real power of science and technology, otherwise these officials would hold on to the Confucian classics, and they would not pay attention to science and technology from the bottom of their hearts.

All he wanted was for them to wake up suddenly when they recalled the steel monster from their midnight dreams.

Your Highness, does this steam locomotive work? Lin Wentao said excitedly.

Xiao Ming nodded, this locomotive was designed to pursue the maximum power that can be achieved in Qingzhou at present. After all, the efficiency of the steam engine cannot be improved, nor the speed of the locomotive.

Now Lin Wentao has only improved the Watt steam engine to slightly improve the efficiency of the steam engine, so a locomotive of this level can only be compared with the original locomotive, but this is enough for Xiao Ming.