Zhu Yunwen has been busy these past few days, and no one knows what he's been busy with, including Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Qingzhu.
After all, they didn't dare to disturb Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yunwen didn't explicitly tell them either.
However, they all knew that Zhu Yunwen never spent too much time tinkering with useless things. Since he spent so much time on it, it must be something very important.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Qingzhu were very much looking forward to seeing if Zhu Yunwen could create something amazing again.
Sure enough, a few days later, Zhu Yunwen received a gas-fired steam engine made of steel, which had been prepared for him by the Ministry of Works.
After assembling the steam engine, Zhu Yunwen looked at his masterpiece and smiled incredulously.
He never imagined he possessed such abilities. Of course, this was also thanks to his current status and position.
For example, it was the same feeling he had when he first imagined making guns and cannons.
It would be incredibly difficult for an ordinary person to make something like this.
Even if you know a lot.
Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen was not an ordinary citizen; he was the grandson of the Ming Emperor. The only difficulty for him in obtaining this item was collecting the necessary materials.
There is a department that allows him to direct his ideas and bring them to life.
The imperial court was able to provide him with such resources, so after he designed and drew up the sketches for his Qi engine, the Ministry of Works was able to quickly manufacture it for him.
Looking at the assembled coal-fired steam engine in front of him, Zhu Yunwen couldn't wait to have someone bring him coal.
Water was then added to the steamer, coal was lit underneath, and the steam vent of the steamer was connected to the steam engine's inlet.
As the steamer slowly heats up, the steam inside continuously emerges and is transferred from the vent to the steam engine's inlet.
As more and more steam was generated, the piston inside the steam engine was gradually filled with true energy on the left, pushing the piston to the right.
When the piston reaches the right side, a connecting rod pulls a small device at the intake port, blocking the left intake port and exposing the right intake port.
The steam outlet on the left was not completely blocked; only the steam inlet was blocked, allowing the steam coming out of the steam inlet to enter the right side of the piston.
The air intake on the left side of the piston is exposed, allowing the steam inside to leak out directly.
Then, because steam was injected into the right side of the piston, it began to push to the left.
In this way, steam enters from the left side, and steam exits from the right side.
Then steam enters from the right side and exits from the left side.
In this way, the piston begins to move left and right, driving the thick connecting rod back and forth continuously, creating a power source.
As the fire grew larger and the steam increased, the amount of steam entering the steam engine also increased and increased rapidly.
The piston moved back and forth faster and faster.
And it makes a hissing sound.
Seeing that the speed was getting faster and faster, Zhu Yunwen quickly adjusted a small valve at the steam vent on the top of the steamer to reduce the amount of steam entering the steam engine.
Excess steam is discharged directly to the outside from the other side of the valve.
This control system allows for the control of the amount of steam entering the steam engine.
This is used to control the piston speed of the steam engine.
This is similar to a throttle mechanism, controlling the speed.
Everything went very smoothly, and Zhu Yunwen showed an excited smile.
The immediate need is to transmit the power from the back-and-forth movement of the piston rod to the wheels.
This is relatively simple; all you need to do is add a bearing that can move up and down on the connecting rod.
The bearing is connected to a connecting rod, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected to a wheel.
With the piston moving forward and backward, the other connecting rod can move back and forth and up and down.
Then, fix this connecting rod to the edge of the wheel, and the wheel will start to rotate.
Zhu Yunwen had seen trains since he was a child, and the wheels of a train were connected by such connecting rods.
Therefore, he knew very well how to make it, so he quickly drew the design and then had the Ministry of Works make it.
After it was made, Zhu Yunwen had a larger tricycle brought over, and then installed the relatively small coal-fired steam engine on the back of the tricycle.
They then attached the coupling to the tricycle wheel and tried it again.
The moment he started the engine, the wheels began to move slowly.
The tricycle then slowly moved forward.
Zhu Yunwen slowly controlled the steam coming out of the steamer, increasing the amount of steam, which made the piston move faster and faster, and the wheel turn faster and faster.
The tricycle quickly started moving.
When Zhu Yunwen sat on the tricycle, without actually starting it, but instead carrying a small steam engine, and quickly started running around the courtyard of the East Palace, all the palace maids and eunuchs around him were shocked.
They could hardly believe their eyes. After all, the fact that Zhu Yunwen could make tricycles and bicycles, which were powered by human pedaling, had already shocked them.
But now, good heavens, this is even more incredible! It doesn't need anyone to climb it anymore; how come it just starts running by itself?
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