The research of the Steam Engine Research Institute on the Type B steam engine is progressing smoothly, and Tang Bei promised Fang Nan that most of the problems on the Type B steam engine can be solved by this winter at the latest, and a practical Type B steam engine will be launched.

The practical B-type steam engine was about to be born, and Fang Nan planned to start the research program related to the steam engine in advance, and the steam engine and steam-powered machine tools were both under the responsibility of the steam engine research institute, in addition to the two important research programs of the steam ship and the train, as well as other research programs related to the steam engine but relatively minor.

At present, there are relatively few researchers in the KPA, mainly because of the lack of talents, and the Steam Engine Research Institute has already been able to study the two projects of steam engine and steam power machine tool, and it is impossible to hand over other research plans to the Steam Engine Research Institute.

So Fang Nan planned to send several research plans to Guangzhou University for the teachers and students of Guangzhou University to conduct research.

This year is the second year of the establishment of Guangzhou University, and the students have been studying at Guangzhou University for more than a year, the students are studying, the teachers are also learning, the two sides are making progress together, and there are often researchers from various research institutes who come to give lectures.

The students and teachers are studying, and in fact, they are also thinking about some novelties on their own, such as making a device that can lift heavy objects with less effort.

Once the research and invention of the students and teachers is useful to the People's Army, the People's Army will also give monetary rewards, and if it is not useful to the People's Army but can be used in life, you can contact the businessman and authorize the businessman to produce and sell.

At present, the People's Army has only one very simple patent law, which barely protects the interests of patent owners, and it is expected that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it will enact a patent law with more complete rules, and things will have to be the same.

In more than a year of study, the students and teachers of related mechanical majors have a lot of understanding of machinery, and now Fang Nan will give them the plan to study steamships and trains, and even Fang Nan will go over to guide them, not looking forward to one or two years will be able to study the steam ships and trains that can be put into use, and it is a good thing to speed up the birth time of steam ships and trains.

In addition, even if a practical type B steam engine is brought out, it will take time to come up with a type B steam engine that can be installed on ships and locomotives.

After all, there are still too few researchers, and the only people who can directly study steam engines, steamships, and trains in the entire land of China are those cultivated by the People's Army itself.

Fang Nan could only wait for the People's Army to train batch after batch of talents to speed up the progress of various research projects.

The educational program set by Fang Nan has been proceeding at a rapid pace, and every three years, the number of intellectuals in the areas ruled by the People's Army will double, and after three years, and then three years, the People's Army will not lack talent.

It is not the first time that Fang Nan has come to Guangzhou University, Fang Nan will come to Guangzhou University once or twice a month, and occasionally give lectures to students in person, so that students can know that the talent of the Metropolitan Governor is far from being matched by other teachers at Guangzhou University.

One day in May, Fang Nan came to Guangzhou University to give a lesson to the students, and the students of Guangzhou University were excited when they heard that the Metropolitan Governor was coming to give a class to everyone.

The students like to listen to the lectures of the Metropolitan Governor, who is more knowledgeable and interesting, and more importantly, the Metropolitan Governor will bring them a lot of knowledge that is not even in the textbooks.

There are also many geniuses among the hundreds of students at Guangzhou University, and the textbooks that ordinary students need to study for a year can only be completed in three months or even less when they reach them, and during this period, they inevitably ask teachers for advice on areas they do not understand.

After learning the knowledge of the textbook, they want to learn more knowledge, and they will also practice some of the knowledge in the textbook by themselves.

However, this time many students were about to be disappointed, and Fang Nan only taught classes to students and teachers majoring in mechanical engineering.

In a large classroom, teachers and students majoring in mechanical engineering gathered here, and Fang Nan stood on the podium.

Fang Nan wrote three nouns on the blackboard, which were steam engine, steam engine ship, and steam locomotive.

"We all know the steam engine, which can use the power of steam to make the machinery move, at present, our People's Army is widely used in the A steam engine, we also have a type A steam engine in Guangzhou University, the A type A steam engine is relatively simple, the function is relatively small, mainly combined with the pump for pumping.

Now I will tell you the good news, the B steam engine, which is more complex than the A steam engine, is about to be born, and it will also have much more functions than the A steam engine, for example, we have hydraulic machine tools, and we can use steam power to drive the machine tool in the future.

We can try to install a steam engine on a ship, you can install two large wheels like a waterwheel on both sides of the ship, and use the steam engine to drive the big wheels to rotate, and the ship can move forward without wind or manpower under the action of the steam engine, which is the steam engine ship.

In the same way, we can also press the steam engine to the car, and the car does not need to be pushed by people to pull the horse, and the steam engine can move forward, which can effectively alleviate the situation of our people's army lacking cattle and horses.

It is also possible to connect the steam engine to many things, and use the steam engine to replace manpower, animal power, water power, and so on. ”

Listening to Fang Nan's words and looking at the simple drawings on the blackboard, the eyes of the students and teachers lit up, as if they had imagined the specific appearance of the ship and the train, watching the ship without sails sailing on the sea, and watching the train running on the road without manpower and animal power.

As he spoke, Fang Nan sighed slightly, he told the People's Army about the lack of researchers, there were not enough personnel, and he didn't know how long it would take to study the steam engine ship and steam locomotive, and then Fang Nan turned his attention to the students and teachers in the classroom.

"I wonder if any of you would like to study steam engine ships and steam locomotives?"

As soon as Fang Nan's voice fell, a student immediately stood up and said, "Headmaster, I want to study a steam locomotive. ”

"Headmaster, I want to study a steam engine ship."

Most of the students and teachers in the classroom were interested in steam engine ships and steam locomotives and wanted to conduct research, but Fang Nan did not refuse, but told the students and teachers that after class, they could sign up for the steam engine ship project team and the steam locomotive project team, and researchers from the steam engine research institute would enter the project team to participate in the research.

Of course, the main business of students and teachers is to learn knowledge in class, and then to study steam engine ships and steam locomotives after class, and some teachers and students will study other machinery in the future, but it doesn't matter if they study steam engine ships and steam locomotives now, after all, they don't have any research tasks for the time being, and they are all studying according to their own preferences.