Chapter 770 Iron Horse Type 1 Steam Engine
Tang Yao, who was also in the academy, had just finished a day of medical book compilation work and was pushing his bicycle to go home. But when he passed by the academy's stable, he saw a guard with a long sword on his waist brushing Luo Chong's horse there, so he walked over curiously and asked.
"Why is Luo Chong's horse still here? Hasn't he gone home yet?"
"Ah, envoy, our leader went to the research institute to inspect the work today. It seems that he is not going back today." The guard put down the brush in his hand, bowed to Tang Yao and said, both parties are very familiar with each other, because Tang Yao has always lived in Luo Chong's house.
"Is that so? Then I'll go see him." Tang Yao nodded curiously and rode his bicycle to the research institute in the corner of the academy.
Luo Chong had set up a research institute in the college of Xuefu County, saying that it was for the convenience of participating in the research and development of something. Tang Yao had known about this for a long time, but she was not interested in those iron-making things, so she had never visited it. Now she happened to be free, and Luo Chong happened to be there, and the matter was so serious that he refused to go home for dinner. She was also very curious, so she was ready to find out.
When she arrived at the periphery of the institute, she saw a circle of Luo Chong's Jinwu guards standing there from a distance, and at the door of the large warehouse a little inside, there was a sign of the Han Tribe Power Research Institute. Although she had known the name for a long time, she had never understood what this power research institute was researching.
When she came closer, a guard leader immediately bowed to her and said, "Envoy, are you here to see our leader?"
"Well, I saw his horse was still outside, and I heard that he was here, so I came to see if he had eaten?" Tang Yao asked as she got off the bicycle.
"No, the leader has just asked someone to order the college cafeteria to cook, and the leader said that he will eat here today." The guard leader answered, holding the handle of the knife at his waist.
"Oh, can I go in and take a look?"
"Here, I'll take you in." The guard thought for a moment and agreed.
So Tang Yao parked her bicycle and followed the guard to the warehouse. It was already very dark, but there were dozens of calcium carbide lamps hanging inside and outside the institute, illuminating the place as if it were daytime. From a distance, a group of people could be seen busy there. Luo Chong was also standing in the crowd, surrounded by something with the group of people.
Luo Chong had already noticed Tang Yao coming over. It was really that her dress with a white background and yellow gauze was too conspicuous among the group of red-clothed guards and blue-clothed craftsmen. It was hard not to notice her.
"Why are you here?" Luo Chong asked first.
"I saw that you didn't go home, so I came to see. Did you encounter any problems?" Tang Yao also came over and looked at the group of people and the strange machine surrounded in the middle and said.
"The problem has been solved. Tonight is the day to produce results, so I didn't go back." Luo Chong explained.
"Oh." Tang Yao responded, and then carefully looked at the somewhat dirty research and development site.
More than 30 people were busy, some surrounded the machine, holding wrenches and sockets and other tools, and some were checking the data of various parts with drawings and calipers. Some were running back and forth and shouting, and from time to time they brought some things like threaded nails.
These people were very young, the oldest was only in his early thirties, and the youngest was only in their teens. Most of them were calculators holding drawings. Their clothes were dirty, and their hair was simply tied on top of their heads with a hairband. The black iron ash and grease were soaked with fingerprints, and some craftsmen had black and white smears on their faces, but these people had one thing in common, that is, their eyes were very energetic and they worked very hard.
In fact, what Tang Yao didn't know was that among the more than 30 people present, there was no commoner, all of them had titles, and the most powerful master craftsman had a title of level six, which was higher than some newly promoted county governors, but they thought that working was a hindrance, let alone wearing a crown, not even a hairpin, just looking at the appearance, it was completely like a low-level craftsman in the Han tribe.
Look at the strange-looking machine they are surrounding, it doesn't look as big as an eight-immortal table, there is a big iron stove next to it, someone is still adding coal and water to it from time to time, and on the other side is a dark iron wheel, connected to several iron rods with joints, and on the other end is a gray iron bucket, and there is an iron rod sticking out of one end of the iron bucket, the whole thing is just an iron lump, and no one knows what it is used for.
Just looking at the appearance, the wheel and the connecting rod put together look like a spinning machine, but there are many things with this structure in the Han tribe, not just spinning machines, many things are wheel and connecting rod structure. Judging from experience, she thinks that it might be to rotate the big wheel and then drive the connecting rod to do something. She didn't see the specific function, so she asked curiously.
"Luo Chong, what is this they made?"
"Hehe, a machine that can change the world. We call it the Iron Horse Type 1 steam engine. Oh, and the one over there, that one is called Iron Bull. Don't you think they are beautiful?" Luo Chong smiled and pointed at the two steam engines in the warehouse.
Tang Yao looked in the direction of Luo Chong's finger, and saw that the thing Luo Chong called Iron Bull looked basically the same as the one in front of her, except that the iron barrel on it was thicker than the iron barrel in front of her, and there was not much difference in other aspects.
This thing is black, either oil or coal ash, made of all iron, very heavy, how beautiful is it? No matter how beautiful it is, it is better than me?
"Steam engine?" She asked puzzled.
"Well, a steam engine is actually a type of external combustion engine, which is specially used to replace cattle, horses, livestock, manpower, wind power, and water power to help with work. As long as the water in this stove boils, it can help us work."
"Work? No livestock, no people, no wind, and no water, so what does it rely on to rotate?" Tang Yao said with some disbelief.
"It relies on the heat emitted by the flame. Heat is also a kind of power, and it is a power that can be truly controlled by people. As long as we have this machine, we can use it to do many things that we couldn't do before." Luo Chong said quite complacently.
"Oh? What can it do?" Tang Yao didn't understand this thing either, but considering that Luo Chong had made so many good things in the past, she didn't dare to completely deny Luo Chong's words.
"It can do a lot. It can pump water to irrigate farmland, replace dozens of weaving women who weave day and night, and drive the millstone to run quickly. One day, it can even be installed on a car. It doesn't need cattle and horses. As long as you keep adding coal to it, it can pull the cart and keep running."
Tang Yao was stunned by Luo Chong's words, but she couldn't believe that this black iron lump in front of her could really do all these. If this thing can do everything, what do people do? Just keep adding coal to it?
At this time, the group of researchers surrounding the machine threw their tools to the ground and said excitedly.
"Chief, the Iron Horse Type 1 has been assembled and can be tested."
"Okay, let's try it." Luo Chong also nodded excitedly.
(End of this chapter)
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