fictionpage Chapter 315 The Steam Engine
Chapter 315 The Steam Engine
Chapter 315 The Steam Engine
Imperial Manufacturing.
This is a new department formed by the fusion of the Forging Bureau and the Shipbuilding Bureau. Now the main job is to research new warships.
With his outstanding leadership skills, Su Gu deservedly took the top position.
Now, he is waiting quietly in front of the wide gate, because he heard that His Royal Highness is coming.
Soon, he saw someone approaching from a distance, and his expression brightened: "His Royal Highness!"
Luo Chuan brought Shen Jinming and the others to the gate in a leisurely manner, and said, "How about the combination of boats, hidden weapons, and firearms?"
"Hey, Your Highness, it's only been a few days, and we only have some preliminary ideas."
Su Gu smiled awkwardly, he didn't expect Luo Chuan to attach so much importance to this matter.
Why does the empire want to build ships? Isn’t it good on land? Why go to the sea?
"Give me a copy of your ideas in blueprints, and call the major engineers, and I will take charge of this matter myself."
Luo Chuan didn't blame it, it was very simple, the manufacturing department was only established, and he didn't expect these people to make a name for themselves.
"Yes, Your Highness, please come here, this is our new headquarters."
Su Gu hurriedly signaled to the assistant on the side, and at the same time brought Luo Chuan to a bright hall.
There are many tables and bookshelves here, and there are various blueprints on the tables. Luo Chuan picked up one at random and looked at the contents in front of it.
"I still have an idea."
Luo Chuan nodded slightly, "However, my thinking is still too rigid. I still think about using wood to ride a boat. How can this kind of boat face the attack of spirit beasts?"
"This...His Royal Highness, instead of wood, could it be possible to use steel?"
Su Gu said with a bitter face.
"Yes, just use iron."
"But iron is easy to rust in seawater, and it is very heavy. Even with a big sail, the speed is not as fast as a wooden boat."
Su Gu expressed his opinion.
"Find a way to keep iron from rusting and add power to the ship."
Luo Chuan said indifferently: "This time I came here to assist you, not to mention this, last time I let you get a two-wheeled vehicle, how is it?"
"According to His Royal Highness, it is basically completed, do you want to see it?"
"nature."
Luo Chuan nodded. The two-wheeled vehicle he was talking about was a bicycle, which was one of the things he brought to the public.
This thing is relatively simple, so when making firearms before, let the craftsman do it according to his requirements.
Chains, gears, and skeletons are relatively simple, but the key is that things like rubber are too special.
He is not good at material science, so he can't make rubber here, so he can only let the people below figure out their own way.
In anticipation, Su Gu asked someone to launch a bicycle with real tires.
Luo Chuan's eyes lit up, and he walked over to touch the tire: "What material is this made of? It seems to be very light and has good toughness."
"A special vine, dried and treated, has the elasticity and toughness required by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Su Gu said with a smile: "These two-wheeled vehicles are very labor-saving. We have already produced a horse-drawn carriage and a tricycle with the same wheels. The tricycle can also be ridden by one person, and it is much easier to transport materials."
Luo Chuan rode it for a while, and it was not much different from the car in his previous life. He said with satisfaction: "That's right, let's set up a place to produce two-wheelers and tricycles and sell them to ordinary people. I want to use the money from their sales to gather the power of the empire to produce new cars s things."
"Your Highness, this method is good. There is no need to force taxes, and it can also facilitate the people. But what if someone steals it, this thing is not too complicated."
"Stealing is a matter of time. If someone really figured it out by himself, that is also a talent. You arrange people to support them in making this thing, but we have to take a cut."
Luo Chuan didn't care at all. For him, this thing was just for fun, and shipbuilding was the real business, and he also needed more talents.
Otherwise, steam engines, internal combustion engines, electricity and other things, even if he understands the basic principles, he will not be able to do it.
And these latter things are the key to his ability to conduct naval battles, and also the basis for crossing the sea in the future and attacking the Sun Moon Continent.
"Yes, His Royal Highness." Su Gu showed admiration, this is the royal demeanor.
"Let's not talk about that, let's get down to business now. Have you found any of the special materials that you were asked to investigate on the mainland?"
"Yes, more than a dozen of the special metals His Highness requested were found, and flammable black stones and black liquids were also found in the north."
Su Gu nodded.
"Give it to me and have a look."
Luo Chuan got up abruptly. Compared with the ordinary two-wheeler, he was quite excited this time.
The flammable black stone is the raw coal of the steam engine, while the black liquid is petroleum, and the gasoline and diesel separated from it are the raw material of the internal combustion engine.
He can't figure out the latter for the time being, after all, it involves too many years, but the coal can be used immediately.
Su Gu acted again, and soon someone brought several boxes over. Luo Chuan opened it to observe, and it turned out to be coal and oil.
"I thought not."
Luo Chuan murmured in his heart, pinched the coal and said, "I asked you to use steam to turn the gears, how did you do?"
"This one……"
Su Gu smiled bitterly: "It hasn't succeeded yet."
"Hmph, I've given you all the blueprints, but you still can't get them out?"
It was the first time that Luo Chuan showed that he was not slow. Things like steam engines are much simpler than internal combustion engines. He figured out the general structure. If these guys can't do it, he will naturally have opinions.
"I'm sorry, it's the subordinate's fault."
Su Gu broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly pleaded guilty.
"This is the power I'm going to use to propel the steel ship. Its gears are connected to special paddles, which can replace human power to propel the ship. Do you understand what I'm going to do now?"
Luo Chuan said coldly.
On the boundless sea, if he didn't use the lowest-level steam engine, it would be difficult for him to send a large army to conquer the Sun Moon Continent, and he would not be able to obtain the soul tool technology there.
Therefore, the steam engine must be produced.
"clear."
Su Gu didn't dare to say anything more at the moment.
"Steel anti-rust and steam engine are two things. Immediately use all my strength to do it. I will be responsible for it personally. Within three years, I need a new type of warship that can sail on the sea by itself, over 100 meters in length, and equipped with artillery and hidden weapons. Boat."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Bring me all the information, I want to see your research."
Luo Chuan wanted to see what the problem was, so many people couldn't figure it out.
He reckoned that he would have to stay here for half a month before he could set off for Sea God's Fall.
If he didn't make the key things, even if he went to Sea God Dao to practice for a few years, he wouldn't be able to make new warships.
One day, Luo Chuan browsed through all the relevant information and feedback from craftsmen, and roughly figured out the problem.
There is a problem with the material of one machine, and there are defects in the internal structure of the other.
He can only do it himself, to get this thing that he only knew the basic principles in his previous life, but he has never seen it before. At the same time, he also tries to solve the problem of rust prevention of warships.
(End of this chapter)