Fuxing Island, Power Laboratory.
On the third day when Li Jie came to Fuxing Island, the world's first steam engine was born!
The principle of a steam engine is actually not complicated, and the technical requirements are not as high as imagined. Simply speaking, it is a cylinder and a reversing valve.
The steam pushes the piston to move repeatedly in the cylinder, and drives the flywheel to rotate through the connecting rod, changing the reciprocating motion into circular motion. The flywheel in turn drives the reversing valve, changing the relationship between the intake and exhaust of the piston twice, realizing mechanical Automatically reverse direction to maintain continuous operation of the machine.
Even a simple steam engine has relatively low technical and process requirements. However, considering the technical level of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were no precision machine tools, no welding, and almost all parts were made by hand.
Li Jie had considered this before entering the dungeon. For this reason, he specially found a mechanical dynamics professor and funded him to design a machine for himself that could be built in the Southern Song Dynasty and had excellent reliability and quality. Watt's steam engine six hundred years later.
This project alone cost Li Jie a small million. However, even with a complete process, there were still many detours in the process of manufacturing the steam engine. Although Li Jie could go into battle personally, he was unwilling to do so.
It is true that with his joining, this steam engine can be built faster, but after that, it is impossible to personally go into battle every time when there is a problem. In that case, even if he has the ability to clone himself, he will not be able to do it.
It has been more than a year since the steam engine project was established. The development team has encountered countless problems. The main reason why it took so long is because they were unable to change their thinking at once. It was unimaginable that they could rely entirely on machinery. It replaces human power, and it is something as ethereal as water vapor.
It’s so unbelievable!
This group of people thought Li Jie was making fun of them at first. If Li Jie hadn't forced them to take the first step, they might not have been able to build this steam engine until now.
"My boss, it took four hundred and thirty-one days! Finally, we finally built it! This is the steam engine we built!"
The person who introduced Li Jie was Yin Liang, the team leader of the Dynamics Laboratory. He escaped from Chengdu Fulu. He was born in a wealthy family and was considered a wealthy young man. His family had prepared him to take the imperial examination since he was a child. , Unlike others, Yin Liang has been far more interested in machinery than in classics since he was a child. However, in order not to disappoint his parents, he buried this hobby deep in his heart.
If he hadn't put most of his energy into machinery, Yin Liang would have passed the exam by now. However, the good times did not last long, and everything changed because of a war.
The Mongols attacked his hometown. Yin Liang happened to be on a study tour and escaped. When he returned home again, his parents, wife and children were brutally killed, and all the property in the family was looted. He waited for him to bury his family. Afterwards, before the first seven days, news came.
The Mongols are coming again!
In this way, he followed the refugees all the way to Lin'an Prefecture in a daze. From then on, he vowed to take revenge on Mongolia in his life, even if he had nothing, even if others spoke lightly.
By chance, Yin Liang found the peripheral organization of Tianranju. In addition to some talents that Li Jie had met by chance in recent years, most of the others came from the peripheral organizations of Tianranju and were generally absorbed into Tianranju. People in peripheral organizations either lost their families or their families because of the war, or were forced into desperation by traitors.
Of course, not everyone in the peripheral organization of Tianju can be accepted. Li Jie has formulated a set of strict assessment standards. If he fails to pass the test, then this person will not be able to enter the core of the organization for the rest of his life.
Yin Liang finally entered the core of the organization through layers of screening, and obtained the mechanical knowledge compiled by Li Jie from later generations. His potential seemed to burst out all at once. In just one year, he understood the principle of the steam engine. If he had not Thanks to his promotion, the advent of the steam engine may still be a little later.
The freshly baked steam engines are still a little crude, with a bit of heroism in their roughness, and quite a style of fighting nations in later generations. However, all this is temporary. The most difficult thing in doing anything is to break through from zero to one. As long as you break If zero can become one, then the next thing will fall into place.
Next to the steam engine is a simple lathe made of wood and iron. Although it is still a bit crude, it is a machine tool, at least it is much more convenient than grinding parts by hand.
The manufacturing difficulty of lathes is much simpler than that of steam engines. At present, lathes have been used on a large scale to process some parts within Li Jie's forces. This time the steam engine is completed and a machine tool is placed here, just to prove to everyone that machinery is powerful. strength.
"Here it is, boss!" Yin Liang took the torch passed by others and handed it to Li Jie, "Without your guidance, I would never be able to appreciate the charm of machinery in this life. This lighting ceremony must be done by you. Come!"
Li Jie smiled and nodded, took the torch, walked to the steam engine, and lit the first fire. After a while, the steam filled the cylinder and the piston valve began to move.
Puff puff, the steam engine continuously emits white steam, and the flywheel spins, and the speed becomes faster and faster. Driven by the steam engine, the spindle of the simple lathe begins to rotate rapidly.
Boom!
Waves of cheers erupted at the experimental site, and many craftsmen even cried. It was not easy. Countless days and nights of hard work finally yielded the fruits of victory today.
"It's moving! It's really moving!"
"Really! Yeah! We made it!"
"Oh! Success!"
"Long live! Long live my boss!"
I don't know who suddenly shouted "Long live the club", and then the whole scene was full of voices shouting "long live the club" in an endless stream!
"Long live! Long live my boss!"
"Long live! Long live my boss!"
Although Li Jie knew that day would come sooner or later, it would never be now. He smiled and waved his hand to signal everyone to quiet down.
"Everyone, today is a special day. This moment is worth remembering for a lifetime. This is a small step for us, but it is a giant step for mankind. In the future, everyone present will definitely leave their mark in history!"
Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, Li Jie pointed at the steam engine.
"Because of it! Because of the birth of the steam engine, we have entered a new era. It ended mankind's long-standing dependence on animal power, wind power, and water power! With it! Our development speed will be several times that of the past. Dozens of times!”
"A bright future is waiting for us ahead!"
Everyone at the scene was staring at Li Jie with a look of enthusiasm. Some people even regarded Li Jie as a god. When Li Jie spoke the last word, the scene instantly erupted into thunderous cheers. .
