"Back to Your Majesty, the three-wheeled field artillery vehicle has been studied for a long time, and the assembly line has been integrated. In the past few days, I have also negotiated with the Ministry of Industry to prepare a large amount of raw materials. If the construction is fully started, five vehicles a day will be enough."
"Today is March 29th. I will give you another half month. You can make as much as possible, but you must ensure the quality!"
"I understand!"
After Wang Zheng responded, Chongzhen said softly: "Wang Aiqing, these three-wheeled field artillery carriages are improved based on the fire platform gun mount in your "Illustrated Description of New Weapons". I studied the steam engine I talked about with you years ago. how's it going?"
Wang Zheng thought for a while, with a look of shame on his face: "Your Majesty, the research has been completed, but it is not ideal. There are three main points.
The first power source is not good. According to Chen et al.'s research, it is mainly because the sealing is not enough, which causes a large amount of water vapor to escape;
The second is that it cannot stop in time, and it takes half a stick of incense to go from start to stop;
Third, the wheels can move, but there is no breakthrough yet in how to carry the carriage. If you want to carry the carriage, you need to load more coal on the train and make the machine bigger.
But if these two things become bigger, they will increase the weight, and the power will not be enough, and then... this will fall into an infinite loop! "
Why……
Chongzhen rubbed his temples. He only knew that the steam engine used water vapor to drive the wheels to rotate. It had pistons, transmission rods, boilers, etc. He didn't know much more.
Unless someone from the engineering field of later generations and someone with extremely strong hands-on ability would really be unable to handle this thing, let alone him, so the steam engine could only be researched by Wang Zheng and others.
After thinking about it, Chongzhen said softly: "Wang Aiqing, any research requires a process, progress through trial and error, especially mechanical research, don't be afraid of waste, don't be afraid of making mistakes, try more.
Don’t rush to use this machine to carry a carriage around. First, consider installing it on a boat and carrying it around. This is relatively simple! "
"I thank you for your trust, Your Majesty!"
Wang Zheng saluted Chongzhen and his party. After hesitating for a moment, he whispered: "Your Majesty, I have an idea about mechanical research. I don't know whether it is realistic or not. If it really exists, maybe we will do a lot less research on various instruments. detour!"
"Oh? Wang Aiqing has an idea, but it doesn't matter!"
"Your Majesty, our Chinese lineage has a long history. All kinds of strange people and strangers emerge in endlessly, and all kinds of amazing things are also common.
Two of the families are extremely famous for their research on instruments, one is the Gongshu family and the other is the Moh family. "
Chongzhen's interest was instantly stupefied by Wang Zheng's words. As far as he knew, those in the entire Ming Dynasty who had in-depth research on machinery were Wang Zheng and Xu Guangqi, and the rest were basically in the Industrial Research Institute and the Firearms Research Institute. .
Is there any technical leader in the entire Ming Dynasty who is better than them?
In the end, Wang Zheng directly told him about Gongshujia and Mohism, which made him a little surprised, but then he fell into deep thought.
Not many people may know the name Gongshujia, but when it comes to Luban, everyone knows it, and Luban's full name is Gongshuban. The government family has inherited a Luban book.
The opening chapter of Lu Ban's book states: If you want to learn this book, you must first have five disadvantages and three deficiencies. Anyone who studies this book will be cursed.
It is said that Zhuge Liang learned some of the Luban books passed down by Gongshu and built transportation tools such as wooden oxen and flowing horses. Then he was cursed and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan.
It is not known whether it is true or false, but among the people, there are many legends about this book, but very few people understand it.
The Mo family is also a family with mechanical skills, famous ones such as the crossbow chariot, the relay machine, the borrowing chariot and so on.
There is an idiom called Zhi Chu and Attack Song, which talks about the struggle between the public losers and the Mohists.
Those who are proficient in the art of mechanism must be proficient in mechanics, at least many things can be understood by analogy.
After thinking about it, Chongzhen frowned slightly: "As far as I know, these two families must have perished in the wars of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!"
"Your Majesty, the big family has been wiped out, that's for sure, but there must be some children who escaped, just invisibly and anonymously.
I have heard a lot of rumors during my travels in the past few years. Among them, in South... there was a strange man named Xu Tianming in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province who built a flying car.
The so-called flying car is shaped like a big bird with wheels underneath and can fly in the sky.
It is said that there is a pedal inside the flying car, and two feet take turns stepping on a specially equipped wooden board. After reaching a certain speed, it can fly up, like a big bird in the air, and then return along the original path. "
I go……
Chongzhen was shocked again by Wang Zheng's words. He was shocked more times in one day than in the past two months.
Does Ming Dynasty still have such awesome technical experts?
Isn't the wooden board that is stepped on in turn the pedal? It hovers like a big bird, isn't it just a simplified version of a glider?
But he expressed doubts that human pedaling can really fly into the sky?
"What does Wang Aiqing mean?"
"I would like to ask your majesty to send the Jinyi Guards to search secretly. If they can find these two families, it will be the best. If they can't find them, they may be able to find some strange people who have in-depth research on the equipment or who have passed down the inheritance. books,
Such as the compass car, the drum car, the wooden man and the wooden magpie, etc., which are also of great help to our mechanical research. "
"Okay, I will let the Jinyi Guards check it out, but don't have too much hope. We still have to solve everything by ourselves!"
"I understand!"
Chongzhen waved his hand, signaling Wang Zheng to leave.
In Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen had his hands behind his back, his brows slightly furrowed, and his face looked thoughtful.
If what Wang Zheng said about the flying car is true, then the flying car can solve many problems, such as returning the same way, which is the problem of steering, and the pedal must use a gear turning device to drive the propeller. These can be used in steam engines. .
This matter must be investigated, and it won't cost much anyway.
After thinking about this, Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen: "My dear friend, you heard everything Wang Aiqing said just now. You go to Li Ruolian and ask him to inform the Jinyi guards everywhere to inquire more.
Then I will go to the cabinet in person and pass on my oral instructions. The date for the expedition of the Northern Army will be the last one selected by Qin Tianjian, April 18th! "
"My slave obeys the order!"
Wang Chengen responded and left quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, Wang Chengen arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion.
"According to His Majesty's oral instructions, the army to attack the slaves in the north will set off at midnight on April 18th!"
Yuan Keli and the other five people were shocked, their eyes flashed, and their faces were full of joy.
Qin Tianjian selected six auspicious days in early March, but because the field artillery carriage was not completed, it was never decided.
Now that the emperor has determined a specific date, that means that the field artillery truck is ready, and it can meet the needs of Hongyi artillery, and then the long-range attack for this battle will be available.
"Come here, hurry up and notify the six ministries to come to Wenyuan Pavilion to discuss matters!"
