"Moved!"
"It's really moving!"
The craftsmen present all shouted excitedly.
In their eyes, it is simply unbelievable that such a big thing made of iron can move without using oxen or horses.
But the locomotive is indeed moving.
And the speed is getting faster and faster!
"Hahaha, okay!"
"Where's my horse!"
Zhang Qi laughed loudly, and if he could move, that meant half the battle, and the rest depended on the service life.
Behind Zhang Qi, the personal guards led his cross-country horse over.
Zhang Qi got on his horse and took the iron trumpet from Hu Ling's hand.
"drive!"
Zhang Qi chased him forward.
Hu Ling and others naturally followed suit.
Billowing white smoke drifted toward the back of the car.
Ayan in the cab was even more excited.
It feels like driving a top-notch war horse, and no one can stand up to him.
Big is good.
Big is beautiful.
Bigness is justice!
In the excitement, Ayan didn't notice at all. The speed of the train he was driving was getting faster and faster, and the white smoke behind the train almost became a line.
"Why are you laughing! Relieve stress!"
A loud shout awakened Ayan from her drunken state.
That is your Majesty's voice.
The person hasn't come to his senses yet, but his body has already formed a conditioned reflex, and his right hand pulls down one of the several levers on the side.
The locomotive let out a deflated sound.
呲呲呲——
Then the speed slowly slowed down and returned to what it was at the beginning.
Off-road right away.
Zhang Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
The speed of the train just now has reached twenty kilometers per hour, which is forty miles.
Although it was still not fast, the place they were in was not in the wilderness at the moment, and the space was limited.
At present, there is no obstacle clearer installed in front of the locomotive. Once it collides with the wall, they will have to wait for some time to install one.
waste time.
"Okay, release the pressure and brake. The locomotive is fine. Let's continue the experiment on the trial installation track outside the city."
"promise!"
Holding the tin trumpet, Zhang Qi's voice clearly reached Ayan's ears.
He closed the boiler port, pulled the pressure release lever all the way, and then lowered the brake lever.
The wheels stopped rolling and the steam train stopped steadily.
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
After getting off the train, the first thing Ayan did was to plead guilty. As a personal guard, it is taboo to get carried away.
"I'll spare you once, but I'll punish you if you do it again next time!"
Zhang Qi didn't pay too much attention. He was like this when he got his driver's license and drove for the first time in his previous life. Man, can you understand.
There was the sound of horse hooves behind them.
Hu Ling and other guards rushed over.
"how?"
Zhang Qi raised his eyebrows at Hu Ling, with a hint of showoff in his eyes.
"Your Majesty is wise."
Hu Ling quickly accepted.
"Hahaha, yes, the train can move and the speed is not slow. This means that external processes can be used for production. The previous assembly workshop will continue to be retained and will be used as a steam engine assembly factory in the future."
"Hu Ling, arrange for people to work and produce steam engines. This thing is not only used as a car, it is of great use. The water forging workshop in Liaoning can replace the power source!"
"promise!"
Hu Ling took the order.
Zhang Qi waved to the soldiers and guards again.
"Find some packhorses and drag this thing to the trial installation track outside the city. The experiment needs to continue."
"promise!"
"Ayan, you can go too. You will still be responsible for the subsequent experiments on the train."
Zhang Qi looked at Ayan beside him.
The latter was stunned for a moment, then nodded with great joy.
"promise!"
Then he quickly ran to work with his colleagues.
Zhang Qi looked at A Yan's back and smiled, then pinched the horse's belly, and the cross-country horse took him back to his house in Shanhai City with ease.
"The matter of the steam engine is done. It is enough for more than 500 scholars to keep a few and continue to work hard. The remaining people will fill in the two projects of gunpowder and generators."
"It's time to speed up the gunpowder aspect. There are only a dozen or so people. It has been more than ten years. The black powder is still in the initial stage and is barely usable."
After getting off his horse, Zhang Qi sat in the garden pavilion of the residence, and the maid in the mansion made tea for him.
While sipping tea, Zhang Qi was thinking about things.
Steam engines, generators, gunpowder.
These three things are Zhang Qi's three major scientific research projects in the world of riding and slashing.
Now that the steam engine has been completed, the next step is to modify, optimize and other trivial matters.
After all, Zhang Qi also knew that the internal combustion engine was the way to go, and the steam engine was just the stepping stone that needed to be taken forward.
Got paper and pen.
Zhang Qi began to write and draw on paper.
"The school can set up new subjects. Talents need to be cultivated. Later, scholars from the world of riding and slashing will need to compile steam engine theories and use them for teaching."
"Weapons equipped with gunpowder should also be produced and tested. With the current quality of powder, guns are out of the question. Cannons are king."
"Thick, durable, and the barrel of the original cannon is easy to handle, as an artilleryman."
As he wrote, Zhang Qi began to think.
"The training of armored soldiers is a miracle. Ballistics is a required course for them, and they can seamlessly transfer to other professions. Then"
"Well, it's time to reform the military camp night school. Directly establish a military school to train special professional arms. It is also beneficial to study cultural courses for middle and high-level generals."
"dynamo"
"I still don't realize it's useful for the moment. It's just a waste of lighting. There's also a problem with electric energy conversion. This is not something that can be used directly after completing one task. It's troublesome."
Although he knows that electricity is very important, Zhang Qizhen can't think of what to do with it after generating electricity. Lighting up lights may be the most straightforward.
But with electricity, light cannot be used for lighting, and as far as the current situation is concerned, using electricity for lighting is not as convenient and cost-effective as directly using grease.
Electricity storage, electricity application, and electricity transformation are all things that need to be studied step by step.
After thinking hard for a while, he really couldn't think of anything, so Zhang Qi temporarily put the phone aside.
"Then let's focus on gunpowder. Black gunpowder is ready to be prepared, but there are still some problems with the quality of the powder and it needs to continue to be optimized."
"Granular gunpowder is actually simpler. If I remember correctly, it can be solved with egg whites. And isn't there that saying, add some sugar to the big Ivan. You can try it when you have time."
"Forging a cannon, well, that's it."
Zhang Qi left a final note on the paper, listing gunpowder optimization and cannon casting as new projects in the world of riding and slashing.
"Uh-"
Zhang Qi stretched his waist and looked outside the pavilion. The sky was getting darker. It seemed that he had been writing here for a long time.
"When you concentrate, time really goes faster. Eat, eat, and after dinner think about cannon-making related matters."
"When casting a cannon, there will definitely be no problem if you use the casting method."
"Haha, Liu Che, Liu Che, this time"
"Times have really changed!"
(End of chapter)
