Yan Zilun turned directly to Lu Daqiang, "Academician Lu, how long does it take to build this steam engine? Our steel plant needs it in large quantities!" Yan Zilun's eyes were filled with anticipation.
"For something as large as this, it will take at least two months." Lu Daqiang took a deep breath and said, "And it is currently used in so many places that it probably won't be your steel plant's turn."
Yan Zilun immediately became anxious: "Why can't it be our turn? Our steel plant is the one who needs it most. Without us producing steel, how could you build this steam engine? Without this steam engine, wouldn't other industries have to wait? So our steel plant is the one who needs it most." The most important thing."
"According to what you said, mining sites are what is most needed." Lu Daqiang was speechless. This thing can theoretically be used in any place, although there are some places where it is bulky and difficult to control. It is easy, but difficult to use, but compared to the current manpower, its effect is too great.
For example, many large mines have no way to mine ore. Human mining is too slow, so many underground mines cannot mine at all. But with this thing, it is different.
"The mining site can be filled with people. Anyway, we are currently making money by casting steel. If one hundred workers are not enough, we will have 10,000. All we need to do is pay them. Then we will pay them according to the iron. But in my steel factory, whether it is iron-making It's still steel-making, our current speed can't keep up with the mining speed, and casting a large number of new steel-making furnaces, the iron-making furnaces are actually too wasteful." Yan Zilun said quickly.
"Why is it wasted? It's not wasted at all. I think the most important thing to build now is to design a production line for producing steam engines." Lu Daqiang said seriously, "Design a production line for steam engines of different specifications. Come, so that these steam engines can be applied to various fields as quickly as possible."
Yan Zilun paused and said, "That's no problem."
"Then there is one more thing I want to discuss with your steel manufacturer." Lu Daqiang said.
"you say."
"One component needed to control the speed of the steam engine is the centrifugal speed regulator. This part requires a special structure, which is a spring. Do you think this kind of spring should be produced by your steel plant, or should we set up a separate department?" Lu Daqiang asked.
"Springs, in fact, with this thing, we can produce springs, especially larger springs. Manual winding is too slow, and the effect after winding is not good. But with this machine driven, winding springs is relatively simple. , and we can quickly temper it after winding." Yan Zilun said.
"The springs we need don't need to be too thick. Of course, different sizes of steam engines require different sizes of springs. But there is a question, can the quality of your steel keep up?" Lu Daqiang looked at Yan Zilun and asked.
"Look over there." Yan Zilun pointed a direction to Lu Daqiang.
Lu Daqiang looked in that direction and found a group of children only twelve or thirteen years old.
"Um? Your Highness doesn't allow the use of child labor, right?" Lu Daqiang was a little confused. The word child labor was nonsense in the Tang Dynasty. Which child among the people didn't help since he was a child? However, His Highness said that some factories that consume more labor are not allowed to use child labor. For children under 16 years old, such as mining, steel plants and other factories.
For example, when Lu Daqiang and others teach apprentices, they have children as young as ten years old, and they have all started practicing since they were young.
"Child labor? That's our engineer! My little ancestor." Yan Zilun was a little helpless.
"Huh?!" Lu Daqiang was dumbfounded. His Highness also invented the word engineer. It is an exclusive term for their craftsmen. Many craftsmen like to use it. It is always better than the previous name. Engineering teachers, listen to it, it is more Nice to hear.
Of course, this title also requires someone to reach the level of a master craftsman to have the strength to be called an engineer. Now you call a bunch of twelve or thirteen-year-old kids engineers? !
"You're not kidding me?" Lu Daqiang was speechless.
"Why am I teasing you? These children are all orphans collected by His Highness from various states and counties in the Tang Dynasty. They have all been studying since they were young. They have been taught according to His Highness's new education methods since they were young, so don't look at them. He is only twelve or thirteen years old, but he is much better than me in physics and chemistry."
"I am also working hard to learn chemistry and physics, but chemistry... is too difficult." Yan Zilun said with a wry smile, "I asked the teachers at the school, and they said that because these children have been exposed to new things since they were exposed, The education method is reading method, and children’s receptive ability is stronger than adults! In fact, these children have been studying for at least six years! They started learning when they were six years old, although they were exposed to physics and chemistry later.”
Yan Zilun lowered his voice later.
"This... His Highness is indeed far-sighted, can they do it?" Lu Daqiang hesitated and asked.
"Why can't it work? Although they haven't finished their studies, they are better than me. I have told the school to give them the opportunity to learn while practicing! They have guided us to improve many measures in the iron-making and steel-making processes. Moreover, good results."
"As for some of what they said, I'm pretending not to hear it now. They told me that there is iron in our body and in our blood... I'm going crazy." Yan Zilun said with a wry smile. .
Lu Daqiang paused for a moment. He was also studying chemistry and physics. He had naturally learned this theory. To be honest, it was hard for Lu Daqiang to imagine it himself, but His Highness said so, so Lu Daqiang believed it. .
He could understand Yan Zilun's inability to understand these feelings. When he first came into contact with them, he thought it was just a fantasy.
"Actually, why don't you chat with those Taoist priests? I can help you clarify your doubts." Lu Daqiang hesitated and said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Yan Zilun was stunned for a moment.
"I only learned this after accidentally chatting with Taoist Master Yuan Tiangang. You see, the Tao Te Ching once said that Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives rise to all things. It also says, 'All things in the world are born from existence, and existence is Yu Wu' said that everything in the world has a common origin."
"This sentence means that the origin of everything in the world is a common one. Do you remember that in physics, it is said that the basis of everything in the world is composed of the same kind of tiny particles that we cannot see. Although I don't understand, But is this the same principle as what I said?"
Lu Daqiang hesitated for a moment and then quickly said, "Look, I am a sage. What he said must have some truth. He also said, 'The world has a beginning, and it is the mother of the world. Once you have its mother, you can know it.'" His son; now that he knows his son, he will return to his mother and live without danger.' Doesn't this mean that as long as we understand this 'one', we will also understand all the things in the world that are born from it? Mastering this 'one' , also controls the world?”
"It makes sense! So His Highness's theory is not random." Yan Zilun's eyes lit up.
"Absolutely. Your Highness has said that technology is developing. You must have seen the magnifying glass. Do you think the surface of the object it magnifies is different from what we see? We can't see this now, but it doesn't It doesn't mean you won't be able to see it in the future, you will definitely be able to see it in the future." Lu Daqiang nodded simply.
"Thank you, Academician Lu, for clarifying my doubts. I will talk to some Taoist priests from our factory another day." Yan Zilun said with great interest. After talking to Lu Daqiang like this, he felt that there was nothing he could not understand.
