Li Yuankang pulled the carriage and followed behind, while Chen Ze and the eldest girl were strolling in front.
A big event like the opening ceremony is naturally not suitable for a big girl.
There are separate science and art classes at the back, with rolling teaching, one class every day, taking turns.
Wandering around with the big girl.
At first, the eldest girl was still a little uncomfortable with it. Even wearing a hooded coat, she was still quite nervous.
She was afraid that someone would point fingers at her.
Chen Ze kept trying to divert the big girl's attention, so that the big girl wouldn't think about the things that were there and not there.
Under Chen Ze's guidance, the girl's attention... turned increasingly skewed.
As soon as she arrived at the door of a steamed bun shop, the girl stared at the steamer and stopped moving.
"What's wrong? Do you want to eat steamed buns? I'll buy them for you now."
"No." The eldest girl said hurriedly: "The steamer tray looks different. Others use bamboo weaving, but this store uses a pottery steamer tray. It's very strange."
"Uncle, using pottery as a steamer tray ensures airtightness. Is the internal air pressure higher? If the steam can't get out, will it circulate inside? In this way, the steamed buns can be cooked faster? The quality of the meat will also be improved. Will it become more delicious?"
Chen Ze scratched his head: "But...is it possible?"
"When I get home, I can try some experiments!" The big girl murmured hurriedly to herself: "Seriously..."
"Girl, our main task today is to go out and take a walk!" Chen Ze said with a smile: "There will be a lot of time to think about experiments and the like in the future, so just empty your mind and relax now."
"Okay, uncle."
That's what he said, but the big girl looked thoughtful all the way.
Chen Ze was quite dumbfounded by this, but it was hard to say anything.
After all, for the big girl, experimenting is the most fun thing.
She enjoyed it immensely and was thinking about various experiments almost every day.
In the past, the eldest girl's daily job was to help her mother with the housework and then weave. After receiving Chen Ze's support, she still did the housework, but no longer weaved.
Because the two looms at home have been disassembled by the eldest girl and turned into a pile of parts.
The eldest girl was originally a handy person, but now that she got the tools from the neighbor's carpenter, she is almost out of control.
Very hands-on ability.
It was dismantled into parts, but the big girl could put them back together by herself.
He even made some weird little ornaments by himself, although even Chen Ze didn't know what they were for.
Now Lu Zhiping and the Lu family's sister-in-law are basically okay with it, and are even willing to support it.
Chen Zena was naturally more supportive.
Do as you like!
After walking around for a while, he found that the big girl didn't seem too interested in eating and drinking. Chen Ze immediately knew what he should do with the big girl.
He immediately took the eldest girl into the carriage and asked Li Yuankang to go directly to the cement workshop.
Li Yuankang was stunned: "Master, are you taking the big girl to the cement workshop? What are you doing there? There's nothing good to see!"
Let’s just wonder, aren’t the prince and the eldest girl going on a date today?
Why are you going to the cement workshop for this date?
That place is really nothing but water and mud.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Just go. By the way, go around the Huangcaotang and recruit twenty special agents to follow. Safety first!"
"yes."
After returning to the car, Chen Ze said mysteriously to the big girl: "It will definitely be fun to take you to a good place!"
The eldest girl nodded hurriedly.
When he arrived at the cement workshop, Chen Ze did not disturb anyone else, but called Master Lai over and led the way to the river.
Master Lai saw the big girl following Chen Ze. She was beautiful and about the same age as the prince. He guessed that she must be a member of the prince's family. However, the girl did not have her hair tied up. He was confused, but he did not dare to look too much. He hurried in front. Lead the way.
After arriving at the river, Chen Ze immediately led the girl to the turbine waterwheel under construction.
Sure enough, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up when she saw the strange-looking turbine waterwheel, as well as various large gears and bearings standing next to it.
Even when Chen Ze looked at this pile of parts, his heart ached.
Serious steel has not yet been produced, so now we can only try to make it with the raw steel that blacksmiths call it.
The kind used to make weapons.
Casting the mold is easy, but it requires finishing and polishing after casting. This thing can only be done by hand.
Even old craftsmen have turned over a lot of cars.
Even though it is not a high-precision machine, in order to strive for excellence and avoid accidents, the error must be controlled within a very small range to ensure that the teeth must fit perfectly.
The yield rate is... appallingly low.
Basically all the iron in Chen Ze's inventory was put in, and this part was only picked out after testing, and this part is not necessarily guaranteed to run smoothly.
After this back and forth, after recycling, the iron inventory was reduced by 30%.
But in order to verify the practicality of the turbine waterwheel, you must try it no matter how painful it is.
The significance of this thing to these large workshops is no less than that of the steam engine.
The working efficiency of both water milling and water drainage is not high. However, Qingzhou does not have as many waterfalls as Hezhou, so the water energy conversion efficiency is low.
Prior to this, the specific style of the turbine waterwheel was also verified.
A large number of wooden molds were made in various shapes.
Because Chen Ze saw several types of models at the hydropower station, including propeller-shaped ones and bowl-shaped ones, he was not sure which turbine waterwheel would work well, so he simply used wooden molds for experiments first.
The current turbine waterwheel was finalized after a large number of wooden molds were spent on experiments.
Chen Ze asked Master Lai to bring over all the design drawings. There were a thick dozen, with forty or fifty different drawings.
The big girl is definitely interested in these.
Sure enough, when the design drawings were handed over to the big girl, she felt like she had found a treasure and looked through them carefully.
When Chen Ze saw that the big girl was so involved, he simply asked the big girl to find a seat to sit down and watch slowly. He also took a look at the progress of the construction site.
The turbine water tank has almost been excavated. However, there are no steel bars now, so we can only choose bluestone bricks and cement to create a brick-concrete structure. However, the masters are still very motivated and very busy.
Naturally, Chen Ze made a special request to Master Lai.
"Master Lai, when the time comes, tell the iron-making workshop to make a special set of tools using the best raw steel."
Master Lai nodded quickly: "Your Highness, what tool?"
"Vises, wrenches, claw hammers, small hacksaws, etc. I'll draw one for you later and let them follow my pattern."
If you love her, give her a beautiful toolbox!
