In mid-April, Zhu Shun completed the construction of the steam engine, and the first thing he did when he came back was to find a few kiln workers from the cement factory to renovate the Newcomen steam engine.

The steam engine was built for several months, but it was not retrofitted to the Jenny loom, and one of the reasons for replacing water power with steam power was that no way to overcome the flue gas was found.

Jenny's loom is placed in a closed workshop, and the combustion of coal produces a large amount of sulfide gas, which are harmful gases that can easily poison the spinning woman.

Zhu Shun visited the round kiln of the Zhu Cement Factory and got the inspiration to transform the coal-burning kiln into a round kiln exhaust method, using a long chimney to exhaust the sulfide gas.

All the steam engines in the steam workshop were used to pump water, and there were no ready-made steam engines to test for the time being, so Zhu Shun first asked several potters from the cement factory to build a miniature version of the round kiln.

After three days of construction, Zhu Shun asked several kiln workers to go back and continue to burn cement, took out an iron shovel and shoveled a shovel of coal, and filled it into the kiln.

Zhu Shun put down the shovel and looked intently at the kiln on the embankment, and after the flames slowly burned, the smoke was really discharged from the chimney behind.

Zhu Shun couldn't help but smile and began to summarize himself: "The problem of sulfide gas has been solved for the time being, and the next thing is how to change the movement of the steam engine." ”

The movement mode of the Newcomen steam engine is up and down, and it can only do up and down movement.

But the runner of the Jenny spinning machine, whether it is hydroelectric or hand-cranked, is a rotational motion.

Not only Jenny's spinning machine, but also Wang Gongju's hydraulic drilling machine, and Song's flying shuttle loom, if you want to change the power source, you have to use gears to drive and then rotate it.

Therefore, this mode of movement should be changed, as long as the up and down reciprocating motion can be changed into rotary motion, the gear can be driven and become the power source.

It was a qualitative leap for industrial power, the steam engine could really be put into use, and the first industrial revolution officially began.

But how to change linear motion into rotational motion is a big problem, Zhu Shun was thinking about this problem as early as a few months ago when the Newcomen steam engine was born, but unfortunately he has no clue.

Unable to figure it out for the time being, Zhu Shun was going to go out for a walk and try to see if he could solve the exhaust problem like seeing a round kiln, and get inspiration to solve the problem of exercise in other places.

Zhu Shun rode a little donkey to the Beiping Machinery Bureau to see how many steam engine parts the fitters had built.

Zhu Shun currently has three things to do, the first is to find a way to make money, the second is to solve the rotational motion of the steam engine, and the third is to find a way to recruit a group of talents.

The strange thing is that the news has been released for half a month, and no one has come to participate in the test.

Along the dusty dirt road, I came to the door of the Beiping Machinery Bureau, and on the bare plain in front of the door, I don't know when there were a few more square pavilions with four corners.

The red lacquered columns, with gold paintings on the beams at the top, look full of the rich atmosphere of the hairpin family.

Zhu Shun stepped down from the little donkey, and a bunch of stewards rushed out in the square pavilions on both sides, and hurriedly came over to say hello.

"Ambassador Zhu, the younger one is the steward of the Imperial Envoy Feng of the Imperial Inspectorate, may I ask when the ambassador will sell the Ming Dragon King.... That one... Steam engine. ”

"Get out of the way, Mr. Zhu, I am the steward of the Xiangcheng Uncle's Mansion, and my uncle is willing to pay four hundred taels of silver to buy a Daming steam engine."

"Uncle Xiangcheng? Oh, Mr. Zhu is the housekeeper of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, and my Marquis is willing to pay four hundred and fifty taels. ”

Zhu Shun ignored the stewards of these dignitaries and dignitaries, led the little donkey into the Beiping Machinery Bureau, crossed the threshold, and the two junior fitters who were responsible for opening the door closed the door with a 'bang'.

Zhu Shun recently had no time to manage the Beiping Machinery Bureau, and Zhang Tao went to Xi'an Mansion again, so Chen Qu, who had been with him when he was still a craftsman, was temporarily promoted to an engineer and was responsible for managing thirty fitters.

There are a total of six senior fitters, Chen Qu is the youngest, and several other senior fitters are definitely not convinced, so Zhu Shun asked them to build egg-shaped cylinders and speak with real skills.

Chen Qu is also angry, and does not live up to Zhu Shun's expectations of him, although he is younger than the other five senior fitters, he is more precise than them, and it also convinces the five senior fitters.

Chen Qu is a down-to-earth person, a person who is willing to work hard to study technology, and several other senior fitters at noon went to find a place to take a nap.

He alone took his junior fitters and intermediate fitters, and also made parts for steam engines in the craftsman's workshop, and taught the skills to others without concealment.

Chen Qu grew up with hardships since he was a child, he knew too well the pain of having no food to eat, and he didn't have the slightest idea of learning the apprentice to starve his master to death, and just wanted his junior fitters and intermediate fitters to become senior fitters as soon as possible, so that they could earn more silver.

"Sir." "Sir." "Sir."

Chen Qu was concentrating on building a piston cylinder, and he didn't see that Zhu Shun had already walked behind him, and waited until the fitters under him greeted him, and Chen Qu reacted.

Chen Qu put down the vice in his hand and saluted respectfully: "I've seen the master." ”

Zhu Shun picked up the semi-finished product created by Chen Qu, carefully observed it for a few days, and said with a faint smile: "Chen Qu, you can now, the craftsmanship is getting better and better, better than the craftsmanship of my master." ”

When the junior fitters and intermediate fitters heard a master, their eyes immediately changed when they looked at Chen Qu, thinking that Chen Tou was really low-key, and he didn't say anything about this relationship.

Chen Qu was able to enter Wang Gong's factory because Zhu Shun saw that he was pitiful, and he had to go to the dock to carry a big bag to support his five younger brothers and sisters at a young age, so he simply said a few good words to Zhang Tao and let him enter Wang Gong's factory.

After entering Wang Gong's factory, he was down-to-earth and capable, and Zhu Shun taught him a lot of things, which can be regarded as half a master.

If others have this kind of relationship, they would like to publicize it everywhere, so that everyone knows that Zhu Shun is his master, but Chen Qu didn't say a word.

If Zhu Shun hadn't taken the initiative to say it today, it is estimated that Chen Qu would never have said it in his life.

Chen Qu grinned, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Master, after my research these days, I have made a discovery. ”

Zhu Shun put down the piston cylinder in his hand and looked over.

Chen Qu took out a ruler and began to measure the piston cylinder: "Master, the diameter of our piston cylinder is 30.48 centimeters, and the real pumping volume is 91 catties." ”

"A few days ago, I suddenly thought that if the piston cylinder was expanded, would it be possible to increase the pumping capacity, so I made an attempt with clay."

"After many attempts, it was found that expanding the diameter of the piston cylinder could not actually increase the pumping volume."

"Of course, it's also possible that the diameter of the piston cylinder is wrong, because I'm only enlarged to 31 centimeters."

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