The Imperial College is inclusive and encourages innovation and risk-taking. Any student can propose what he or she wants to study and then apply for the Imperial College's wine-making, department, or professorships.
As long as it is approved by a professor or a dean, you can get at least 100 yuan of research funds and allocate a laboratory at a different time.
If it is jointly approved by the dean, the director, or the priest, the research funding will start at five hundred dollars. Of course, this kind of research usually requires the supervision and full participation of the professor. The professor is only responsible for evaluating the progress, controlling expenses, and providing assistance. It will not interfere with student supervision research.
Because of the atmosphere and mechanism of the Imperial College, many lunatics were created.
For example, Guo Jiale was Gongshuqiao's very proud disciple. When no professor was willing to write a name for him, Gongshuqiao tried his best to persuade him to get the qualification for the experiment. This guy lived up to Gongshuqiao's expectations and "refined stone gallbladder" in the Tang Dynasty. Improved on the basis of "Essence Method", the preparation of high-concentration sulfuric acid was achieved.
It's just that this guy is too restless and behaves very erratically.
In addition to the madman Guo Jiale, there are also three life-threatening supervisors in the Craftsman Academy.
A man named Song Duanduan, Duanduan means sincere, but this guy is simply working towards the end of his family. He has two iron balls of different sizes hanging around his waist. He is not afraid of hurting him even if they are dangling. younger brother.
Song Duanduan climbed up to a high place and threw it around every day. Damn it, if the professor hadn't shouted a few times, he would have killed anyone passing by. He also stared at Baiyun Canggu all day long, for most of the day, and didn't even do his homework, but he still got an excellent score in the assessment.
His catchphrase is: Why do I fall to the ground after jumping?
Song Duanduan was relatively restrained, throwing iron balls, bricks, feathers and paper at most, but Meng Baicheng was really in danger of losing his life. In order to accurately measure the temperature, especially what temperature can burn materials and what temperature is half-melted, this guy The temperature was too high, and he actually asked people to drill into the boiler in his clothes...
This guy cherishes his life, but he can't play with other people's lives. Of the dozen or so people who originally followed him, only three are left now.
There is also Hu Qiyi who wants to stay in the sky all day long. This guy is not in Jinling City. Judging from the wind direction today, it is normal for him to drift to Da Liuqiu.
Tao Zengguang sighed and looked at Hu Yuancheng: "The times are progressing, and the younger generations are terrible. Sooner or later, we will be replaced by them. And your son Shulin also did very well in the summer exam this year. I think it won't take three years for him to enter the second grade." It’s time for artillery fire.”
Hu Yuancheng was overjoyed. His son was indeed a good person. Although he was not as good as Guo Jiale, Song Duanduan and others, he was still ranked within twenty people in the Craftsman Academy. What's more, his most specialized thing was firearms, and in The Craftsman Academy does not involve firearms manufacturing.
"Old Dean Gongshu is here."
Zhao Yuan shouted, and Tao Zengguang, Wu Yuan and others quickly straightened their clothes, stood up, and stepped forward to greet him and salute.
Gongshuqiao sat on the chair and did not get up. He said with a kind face, "I'm old. It takes too much energy to get up at once, so I won't salute you. Everyone is here, right?"
Zhang Ju looked at the crowd, then at the people in the second courtyard, lowered his head and said to Gong Shuqiao, "Guo Jiale is not here."….
Tao Zengguang stepped forward and explained, not forgetting to complain: "He came here just now and said that he had completed the inspection and there were no problems, and then he went back. Old Dean Gongshu, you are a very arrogant disciple. How dare you Just call us idiots."
Gongshu Qiao looked at Tao Zengguang. It was obvious that he was complaining, but there was no anger on his face. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Guo Jiale is just like the swordsman Li Bai. Sometimes he doesn't show respect to others and is used to being wild and unruly. You all can't help but smile." He is a well-known big shot, there is no need to be angry with him."
Zhao Yuan clicked his tongue twice: "Old Dean, what would you do if it wasn't Guo Jiale who said we were idiots, but Zhou Chang?"
Gongshu Qiao glared: "Then break his legs!"
Zhou Chang, who was delivering Qiao's cart to the public, felt aggrieved. He leaned over and said, "Sir, you are too partial. Why is it that he has nothing to do, but I want to help him get a leg up?"
Zhou Chang can be regarded as Gongshu Qiao's great disciple. During the initial development of steam engines, this person made great efforts and solved many problems. He also optimized every generation of steam engines.
An important participant in improvements and the first use of steam engines on ships, he was Gong Shuqiao's deputy.
It can be said that although Zhou Chang is only an ungraduated supervisor at the Craftsman Academy, his abilities have already surpassed those of some professors. He is also responsible for the training of the supervisors at the Craftsman Academy, and is the recognized successor of Gongshu Qiao in the Craftsman Academy.
Gongshu Qiao looked sideways at Zhou Chang and explained: "Guo Jiale is arrogant by nature. Saying a few uninhibited words shows his temperament. The unintentional words are harmless and can be forgiven. But you are well-educated, honest, and steady in your actions. You dare to speak If you say something like this, you must have a bad mind. You don't know how to respect teachers and teach, so your legs should be broken." Zhou Chang said with a smile: "Then sir, please take care of us for ten or twenty more years, so as to prevent a few bad people from appearing in this group of people. You who respect your teacher, how about I hand you a bamboo stick when the time comes?"
"The bamboo stick is not enough, I need a big stick."
Gongshu cleverly replied, making everyone laugh.
It's just that Tao Zengguang, Zhao Yuan and others laughed a little sadly. After all, Gongshuqiao was too old and had not had a good rest after being seriously ill. No one knew how long he could survive.
Gong Shuqiao gasped a little and raised his hand: "If Guo Jiale is not there, then he is not here. Let's arrange a test. Thirty rounds of such tests will be arranged. Only when there is no problem at all can the court watch the ceremony. Your Majesty can watch the ceremony."
Zhou Chang pushed Gong Shuqiao and led everyone towards the steam engine garage. The door slowly moved to both sides, revealing the spacious warehouse inside.
In the warehouse, there are eight steam locomotives, four of which have completed all assembly, and the remaining four have not yet been completed. A huge iron hook hangs from the roof, and the hook is connected to the hanging platform through a twisted steel wire rope. There is a large steam engine there, which is enough to support the hoisting of the steam locomotive head. Although the whole process is very cumbersome and requires a lot of manual labor. Auxiliary, but it does realize the transportation of large objects.
To the east of the warehouse, a long steam locomotive has landed on the track. The rows of large iron wheels that have been wiped shiny are like feet, steadily supporting the steam locomotive above.
Tao Zengguang, Hu Yuancheng, Zhao Yuan and others came forward to check it out, and they were all shocked and proud of what they saw.
This can be said to be the gathering of the wisdom of the Imperial Academy, no, the best craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. It is the great achievement of the Imperial Academy's innovation for more than ten years. It is a behemoth that emerged with the strong support of the imperial court and the emperor! ….
Zhou Chang couldn't help but proudly said: "This train is equipped with steam locomotives at both ends as the source of traction. The steam locomotives are all the latest models, with strong power, excellent performance, low failure rate and easy maintenance. There are five carriages in the middle. Three of the carriages are closed, each with two doors, and can be accessed by ladders. Each carriage has 60 fixed seats. If the seats are removed, it can accommodate at least 200 people."
"The remaining two carriages are not capped, but are equipped with rain felt and other shelters. They can carry all kinds of goods, including grain, coal, iron ore, and even steam locomotives! The number of carriages can be increased or decreased as needed. As for the maximum number of carriages that can be driven How many goods, how many people, and what speed? Although we have preliminary calculations, we still need to get the actual data."
"Testing and inspection, the distance is set to three hundred steps, first no-load test, observe whether the steam engine power is sufficient, whether the locomotive wheels and tracks are derailed, observe whether the turns are normal, whether there are any problems with the U-turn, and during the parking process, the space between the carriages Whether there will be an adverse collision, as well as metal materials, tracks..."
Tao Zengguang, Zhao Yuan and others nodded repeatedly.
It is right to conduct the no-load test first, and no one can say whether problems will arise when the steam locomotive is moved to the track for the first time.
Wu Yuan looked at the track outside and saw a curvature on the track a hundred steps away. He couldn't help but ask: "How did you solve the turning problem? During the ten-year military parade, the emperor could only travel straight on the steam locomotive. Now it has been moved to the track. Come on, this steam locomotive doesn’t have a steering wheel, how can it turn?”
Gongshu Qiao chuckled, squinting and said, "Turning is indeed an extremely difficult problem. The Craftsman Academy has been studying this for half a year without making any progress. After the emperor learned about it, he just ordered people to carefully observe how the carriage turned. Later, the Craftsman It was found that when the carriage turns, the distance and trajectory of the two wheels are different, one moves more and the other moves less."
Seeing that Gongshu Qiao was tired from talking, Zhou Chang took over the words:
"Later, the craftsmen improved the track based on this. Within the turning range, the contact between the wheels and the rails was not the same. On one side, the wheels ran more and on the other side, they ran less. Even if they rotated the same number of turns, As long as the inner wheel rolls less than the outer wheel, it can turn."
Wu Yuan exclaimed: "Learning is true among the people. Many common things we do actually contain wisdom in solving problems."
Zhang Ju also said from the side: "It's not just about turning. There are also switches in front. As long as the switches are pulled, the entire motorcycle can enter the Jubao Gate."
Tao Zengguang and others took a look and saw that it was getting late, so they shouted: "Now that we are all ready, let's get into position and prepare for the first no-load test on the track."
Gongshuqiao nodded slightly and waved his hand, and more than 40 people from the Craftsman Academy dispersed. Some climbed onto the steam locomotive, some walked to the carriage, some squatted beside the steam engine to observe the wheels and tracks, and some ran away to make preparations along the way.
Zhang Ju took out the gong and handed it to Tao Zengguang, Hu Yuancheng and others. The people from the Craftsman Academy used whistles to indicate the discovery of problems. Tao Zengguang and others were responsible for judging the seriousness of the problem and deciding whether to pass it. The gong was struck to interrupt the test and stop the locomotive.
"Let's warm up."
Gong Shuqiao leaned on the back of his chair, looking at the front of the steam locomotive slowly emitting white mist, and said slowly: "Dr. Dai, look, how happy it is to live longer..."
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