The morning sunshine is always beautiful. When Tang Mo opened his eyes, the warm sunshine was shining on his feet through the turbid glass.
He sat up from the bed and stretched. The busyness of the past few days made him feel like he was working back then. It was a fulfilling and wonderful experience that was rewarding every day.
Yesterday, through several experiments, he had mastered the correct method of manufacturing smokeless gunpowder. At least he was very proficient in the preparation process in a laboratory environment.
However, it will actually take some time to produce this kind of thing on a large scale. Because although he worked as a hands-off shopkeeper for a day yesterday, the production of steam engine parts actually did not stop at all.
Since a few days ago, Roger, Matthews and others, who got the drawings, have been busy day and night.
Tang Mo estimated that almost all the parts should be manufactured in the past few days. As long as they are assembled according to the drawings, he can start mass production of parts for various firearms.
In fact, without electricity, it is impossible for machine tools to perform cutting tasks perfectly. Therefore, most of the work still requires the support of workers, but in key steps, machinery saves a lot of manpower and stabilizes quality.
After almost no K1 gun was produced for several days in a row, Tiger's face became ugly. Yesterday, he found Tang Mo and expressed his dissatisfaction to Tang Mo.
But this poor officer knew nothing about weapons production and manufacturing, so he really didn't know what Tang Mo was doing. The final result was that Tang Mo sent this loyal officer away with only a few words.
Anyway, there were soldiers belonging to the Earl standing at the door, and the remaining gold coins were also kept in Tiger's hands, so he was not worried about Tang Mo just running away with the supplies and money.
These days, although Tang Mo has not produced a K1 fast gun, Tang Mo has been busy in the workshop and has not seen any slack, so Tiger can only wait and wait for Tang Mo. The promised miracle appears.
The principle of a steam engine is actually very simple, it is just a process of boiling water. But it’s complicated. At least in the hundred years since the birth of the steam engine, it has been improved countless times.
This thing is indeed very complicated, but for Tang Mo who can query all the internal structure assembly methods, it is actually not too complicated.
Tang Mo couldn't develop the most advanced steam engine in one go, but he could skip the previous immature designs and start directly with mature designs.
Sometimes, these designs are improved through the accumulation of experience and are not a technological leap. Therefore, Tang Mo can use existing materials and technologies to make a small leap forward.
He washed his face, walked out of his house, and then saw Matthews leading a few workers and, together with Old Roger, installing the huge machine that was almost five meters long.
In order to reduce problems caused by parts errors, the first steam engine built by Tang Mo was still very large. There was no way, he had to ensure the output strength of this machine so that it could directly participate in the work.
This is completely different from the experimental model, because this machine cannot just rotate, it must run stably and maintain a large enough power output. After all, Tang Mo was counting on it to drill into the barrel of the gun!
"According to the drawing, the long screw should be installed here!" With a pencil clamped on his ear, Old Roger lowered his head and marked a part where it should probably be, and compared it with the drawing.
Matthews held the drawing in his hand, looked down at the assembly sequence marked by Tang Mo, and then looked up at the parts held by Old Roger, seeming to compare their positions.
Then, he nodded, pointed to the specially marked screw with length annotation on the drawing, and asked, "Where is that screw? Where did you put it just now?"
"Damn it, find that screw! Hurry up!" Several workers immediately panicked. They rummaged nervously as they rummaged through the trays containing screws and other parts.
Roger also used his other hand to rummage through one of his pockets. While rummaging through it, he yawned and complained: "I'm so sleepy now that I can't open my eyes. You actually asked me to find screws? Damn it!"
"Shut up! I found it!" Matthews found the already processed screw in his pocket and yelled in a low voice.
"Quick, screw it on!" Roger didn't bother to correct Matthews' tone. He took the screw, and then realized that he didn't seem to have the tools to screw it in his hand.
"Where is the screwdriver? Where did the screwdriver go?" Then, there was another burst of excitement. Everyone started looking for screwdrivers again, and the sound of rummaging for parts could be heard.
"I said, Mr. Roger, why are you so nervous?" A worker asked with a smile while moving an iron plate that served as the casing of the steam engine.
Not to mention Roger, Matthews was also very nervous at this time. He never thought that he was making such a huge thing. At first, he thought it was just a small device similar to a machine tool.
Who would have thought that with a bunch of parts, coupled with huge torsion bars, bearings and other parts, the thing in front of you would be so huge?
It’s no wonder that they have no imagination, because these major large parts were completed in the casting workshop next door. They have never seen it, and naturally they have no intuitive concept of the machinery to be built.
When the workers in the foundry shop connected the parts that they had finally produced after spending a lot of steel, what finally appeared in front of everyone was such a huge thing.
Even if it hasn't been able to rotate yet, its size can already give everyone a huge sense of oppression.
Compared to objects of this era, this thing was so big that it made the workers who made it feel very nervous.
Impact is something that leaps bring to people. There is no buffer, no cover. Once it is presented to people, it is naturally shocking.
If at the beginning, Tang Mo just made a small teapot, boiled water and showed everyone the beating lid... Then he would study a small model, a small handicraft about two feet long, and make it move for everyone to see... Then we will make a large test object that can drive a loom, and analyze the principle for everyone... Finally, we will take out such a big thing calmly, and everyone will definitely not be so nervous.
But now, he directly took out such a huge machine, which of course would make everyone uncomfortable. You know, although there is a steam engine in this era, that thing is just a... toy.
In terms of thrust, the steam engines of this era could only rotate on their own and could not provide continuous power. So that thing is still an experimental product, just a concept.
At this moment, the huge thing in front of Tang Mo is not a test object for performance. It can really provide surging power and can rewrite the production of this era!
Roger pointed at the huge machine in front of him, which was connected to a drill press with a chain, and said, "Can I not be nervous? See for yourself, how could I have imagined that we are actually building such a big thing! "
"What does it do?" The worker also felt that having such a big metal thing in the workshop was a bit... a bit too scary.
Look at this thing. There are several dials about the size of a palm on it. The pointer on it points to the 0 position. I don’t know what they are for.
Although this thing looks weird, you can still tell the clues from some details: A few days ago, the workshop owner Tang Mo opened an opening in the back of this room and erected a huge chimney.
In addition, there is a combustion chamber under this machine for burning things, so people coming from the smelting workshop can tell at a glance that this thing also burns coal.
Anyway, some people guessed that this was a device for burning things, but with those huge mobile mechanisms, everyone was a little confused: In fact, everyone knew that if they wanted to fully understand what this thing did, they only had to wait for Tang You can tell when Mo starts using it.
Roger finally found the screwdriver, and after tightening the part, he took another part from Matthews: "I don't know, but the boss thinks this thing is very important."
"Stop talking and work hard!" Matthews has a very serious attitude when he works.
Roger asked him at this moment: "I said, you dwarves... all have such a big beard?"
"When you were working, even if you had a little bit of respect for the old man, your skills wouldn't be so bad!" Matthews blew his beard and glared angrily, shouting angrily.
Roger, who wanted to reply to him and continued to tease him, looked up and saw Tang Mo walking over. He smiled sheepishly: "Boss! Are you awake?"
"Yes, I'm awake." Tang Mo walked to the side of the old dwarf Matthews, looked up at the eight-story steam engine, and asked Matthews: "Been busy all night?"
"Almost, this thing is a big guy." Matthews rubbed his oil-stained hands on his clothes and handed the oil-stained drawing to Tang Mo: "We did it as you said. It took a simple lever to barely get this thing installed.”
He was now looking forward to this thing moving, so even when he was talking, he couldn't help but look at the big guy next to him: "You have spent so much high-quality steel, won't you fail in the end?"
