The bicycle sent by Zhuge Weijiu that can "pull a horse" is actually an open electric carriage.
This electric carriage looks similar to a four-wheel carriage, and it is actually equipped with two draft horses. However, the two draft horses generally have no power to pull the cart until the lead-acid battery is exhausted. At this time, the battery is usually used to drive the motor, the motor drives the vehicle, and the horse is pulled by the vehicle.
After the battery that drives the motor runs out of power, it’s time for the two draft horses to pull the cart – this is a hybrid, and it’s really fun!
The person in charge of driving is Zhuge Weijiu's grandson, Zhuge Weili, whose nickname is Wei, whose pseudonym is Shaoxuan. As soon as you look at his name, you can tell that he is a very "powerful" young man, and he looks very energetic, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, plus a large forehead inherited from the Zhuge family. He is only in his early twenties and has just graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. He has no interest in joining the military or politics, let alone making money in business. He is only interested in tinkering with machinery. This "hybrid" electric car was invented by him and several like-minded classmates.
Zhuge Weidao was sitting on this electric carriage, blowing the breeze from the Western Mountains and looking at the pleasant scenery on both sides of the road. He really enjoyed it.
"Uncle One Hundred and Eighth," Zhuge Weili, who was a few years younger than Zhuge Weidao, was holding the steering wheel and driving while still talking to Zhuge Weidao, "My father said that if you count with your fingers, you will feel that this electric carriage No market prospects?”
Zhuge Weidao, who has become a grandfather's "uncle", was really dumbfounded when he heard this question, "Shaoxuan, isn't this obvious? How much trouble does it take for you to pull a cart or a horse? You can't just use a horse." That’s it?”
"How hard is it for the horses?" Zhuge Weili's thoughts were still very clear. "Those who pull horses or pull carts, can't they let the horses rest? Today is a long run, so I let the horses pull them. On the west side of the mountain, the car is replaced by a horse after going up the mountain. If you are running a short distance, you don't need a horse at all, just use the battery."
It turns out that this time Zhuge Weili asked the horse to pull the cart first, and then used the cart to pull the horse. Going up the mountain consumes a lot of energy and the battery supply is not available, so he had to work hard for a while.
"Shaoxuan," Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "have you ever thought about replacing batteries and motors with oil-burning internal combustion engines?"
"Of course I have thought about it," Zhuge Weili replied, "I also have a gasoline locomotive equipped with a 1,200-rpm gasoline engine, but that gasoline engine always leaks oil. It accidentally caught fire last month, and now It hasn’t been repaired yet. This gasoline car is obviously not as good as an electric car!”
Zhuge Weidao was noncommittal and just asked: "Is anyone else working on this kind of gasoline or battery cars?"
"Yes!" Zhuge Weili smiled and said, "There are many engineers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places working on oil trucks and battery cars. Even in my family, I am not the only one working on these. In addition, we are working on steam cars, Gas cars carry more people. Among them, steam cars are making the fastest progress, and steam trolleybuses are already in trial operation in Shanghai. They might be able to replace trams and become the main model of urban public transportation."
At this time, Daming already had trams, underground trams (subways) and elevated trams (light rail).
It’s really advanced!
Among them, trams have become popular, and cities of a certain size in Daming either already have them or are laying tracks. Of course, Beijing has long had trams, and there is a tram station near Goulan Hutong where Zhuge Wei lived as a Taoist.
Subways and light rail are rare and only found in true metropolitan areas. Beijing's first subway has not yet been completed, and is now under construction in the business district outside Chaoyangmen. But the first and second light rail lines have been built, called the "Inner Ring City Line" and the "Outer Ring City Line" respectively, with a total length of almost 80 miles.
These two subways were built based on the inner and outer city walls of Beijing. The railway is built between the inner and outer city walls and the moat. The seventy-six gate towers inside and outside the city have been converted into light rail stations.
"What about foreign countries?" Zhuge Weidao asked about the situation in foreign countries again, "Are there people in foreign countries doing these things?"
"Yes," Zhuge Weili smiled, "There are people in Britain, France, and Prussia who are working on steam vehicles, gas vehicles, battery vehicles, and gasoline vehicles... But their technology is not as advanced as ours.
And I am still more optimistic about battery cars... they make no noise when driving, and there is no smoke. They are very safe and the speed is not bad. Changing the battery is a little more troublesome, but now you can run for twenty or thirty miles once you change the battery. In the future, with the improvement of battery technology, it may be possible to replace the battery only once every thousand miles, which would be convenient! "
Zhuge Weidao nodded repeatedly while listening to Zhuge Weili talking about the benefits of the tram, thinking: "This eldest grandson was born early. If he had been born more than a hundred years later, maybe nothing would happen to Musk. But I think he He is still a talent that can be made, and maybe he can be trained into Zhuge Ford or Zhuge Benz... I will go back and find a simple sketch of a piston engine from the "Aerospace Book" and give it to the 'machine strategist' and ask him to find someone. Let’s get some copies out and give them to the great nephew to try!
If he can develop a car that sells well, then the problem of aircraft engines will be solved! "
Zhuge Weidao had already read the "Book of Aviation". There wasn't much about aerodynamics in it, and the airplane sketches he drew were not very detailed, but he did draw a few relatively detailed drawings of the piston engine for entry-level aircraft—— It seems that King Zhuge Wuzhong has worked on internal combustion engines.
However, Zhuge Weidao couldn't just take the drawings and ask others to make them according to them. He had to use his brain to memorize them and draw them later... The drawings produced in this way could only be used as a reference. .
Fortunately, Daming's machine industry has developed well now, and its design and manufacturing capabilities are not weak. As long as it can give those engineers a reference direction, they should be able to come up with usable products... After all, the internal combustion engine is The difficulty in the initial stage is limited, the correct direction of development is the key!
Just when he was thinking about coming up with some drawings, Zhuge Weili had already driven his electric carriage into Longzhong Village and stopped outside the mysterious building.
"Uncle One Hundred and Eighth, I can only send you here." Zhuge Weili raised his hand and pointed at the building, "Only military advisors can come and go freely there. Those of us who have not yet become military advisors must be invited by the military advisors. Only then can you go in.”
As he spoke, Zhuge Weili gave Zhuge Weidao a pass issued by Zhuge Weijiu.
Zhuge Weidao smiled and took the pass and said: "Shaoxuan, young men like us will definitely become a member of the military division one day... At that time, this will be the place where we can guide the country and discuss the world. ”
"Well said!" Zhuge Weili smiled and said, "When the time comes, let's work hard together and let our Ming Dynasty dominate the world!"
Zhuge Weidao nodded approvingly, thinking: "Speaking of high spirits, it has to be our young people!"
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao got off the electric carriage, hugged Zhuge Weili's fist, and strode into the mysterious building that could guide the world.
After Zhuge Weidao walked into the door on the ground floor of the building, a maid immediately greeted him. After looking at his pass, she led him up to the second floor and took him to a closed conference room. An announcement was made: "Mr. Daozi has arrived."
"Let him in!"
Zhuge Yangming's voice came from inside the door.
"Yes." The maid immediately opened the door and made a gesture to invite in.
Of course Zhuge Weidao was not polite and walked in with a quick step. After entering, I discovered that there was a conference room with a long table... and around the long table was "Zhuge Liang" with a feather fan scarf!
Zhuge counted for Tao and found that there were seventeen "Zhuge Liangs" in total, including himself, there were eighteen!
This is a plenary meeting of the military division!
At this time, the door of the conference room had been closed. Zhuge Yangming, who had a good relationship with Zhuge Weidao, smiled and said: "Uncle One Hundred and Eighth... You came just in time. We are discussing your proposal to print What's the strategy for tiring the British!"
