After the factory owner Zhu Shou finished reporting the accounts, Zhu Shun couldn't help but sigh in his heart, sure enough, he has a specialization in the art industry.

The third uncle, who has been a tooth man for decades, is much better at doing business than Chen Qu, who can only improve machinery, not counting the twenty-seven steam engines of the Song family, and his income has skyrocketed by at least five times.

After the factory owner Zhu Shou finished reporting the accounts, he remembered one thing, and his expression suddenly became a little serious: "Shun'er, the production speed of our Machinery Bureau is too slow, you have to think of a way." ”

"It takes a group of craftsmen three months to build a steam engine, and a steam factory a month to build one."

"Even if it is a water-powered Zhu's spinning machine made entirely of wood, a group of craftsmen can only build five spindles a month, and the semi-metal 300-spindle spinning machine is even slower, only one a month."

"These spinning machines and looms are the big ones, as long as the speed of building them keeps up, he can earn 20,000 taels of silver a month."

This situation has long been expected by Zhu Shun, a new type of machinery wants to be mass-produced, not to say that it can be invented, but the upstream and downstream conditions need to be met.

Before the invention of industrial machine tools, the output of various flours and cloths would rise explosively.

However, the output of the new machinery that produces these products is not too high, because there is a lack of industrial machine tools to build these new machines.

After Zhu Shun thoroughly perfected the second-generation steam engine, the next step was to study these industrial machine tools.

As long as the industrial machine is invented, all kinds of new machinery built by the Beiping Machinery Bureau will also have explosive growth like potato flour and Shuntian large cloth.

Understanding the income of the Beiping Machinery Bureau, the sky gradually darkened.

Some of the craftsmen went home for dinner after work, and the ones who lived far away from their homes lived in the Beiping Machinery Bureau and made some food by themselves.

Zhu Shun stood up and prepared to go home for dinner with the third uncle, the new house with green bricks and green tiles had been built, and he hadn't gone back yet.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, an explosion was heard from the south.

Zhu Shou, the owner of the factory, ran out in a panic, and there was a group of panicked craftsmen outside: "What's wrong, what's going on." ”

When Zhu Shun heard this explosion, it didn't look like the sound of gunpowder exploding, so he knew what was going on.

After all, it is coming, and it should be the explosion of the steam engine in someone's steam factory.

Zhu Shun walked out of the General Bureau of Machinery in Beiping, and the stewards outside the door all fled with their heads in their hands, running for their lives on the empty plains.

Zhu Shun walked along the dirt road in front of the door towards the south, and the four palanquin men pulled out their Yanling knives and carefully guarded the surroundings.

Next to the Yongding River, more than a dozen spinning factories have sprung up, most of which are water-powered spinning factories, and only three use steam engines.

Two steam factories were built recently, so there should be no problems, and the remaining one is the first one.

That is, it was sold to the steam factory outside Lu Yuanwai.

The Beiping Machinery Bureau was not close or far from the first steam factory, and it took less than half a column of incense to come to the steam factory.

After the explosion.

Many spinning workers gathered in front of the steam factory, and all of them were driven away by Lu Yuanwai, leaving him and a few family members, armed with smoothbore guns, on guard all around.

Zhu Shun walked over and asked the question he was most concerned about: "Outside Lu Yuan, is anyone injured?" ”

Not long after Lu Yuanwai bought the steam factory, an explosion occurred, and it was obvious that there was a problem with the steam factory, so he found a wronged boss to take over.

Lu Yuanwai didn't have the slightest annoyance, and said with a heavy face: "The spinning women just finished working, and no one was injured. ”

"It's just that if the steam engine explosion spreads, I'm afraid it will have an impact on the Beiping Machinery Bureau, but don't worry, sir, I will find someone to take responsibility."

"Let's just say that the person in charge of the boiler room fell asleep, and when he woke up, he used the bird gun as firewood and threw it into the boiler and there was an explosion."

It's all at this time, and Lu Yuanwai is still thinking about Zhu Shun.

Zhu Shun arched his hand and remembered it in his heart: "Thank you Lu Yuanwai, Lu Yuanwai rest assured, I will arrange someone to build another steam factory for Lu Yuanwai as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Shou, the owner of the factory, also followed, but he didn't see the situation clearly.

Zhu Shun told him to stop what they were doing and make every effort to transform the steam engines until all thirty steam engines were installed with centrifugal governors.

With a centrifugal governor it should last a while, but to solve this problem once and for all, another part is needed.

Relief valve.

With the safety valve, the improvement work of the second-generation steam engine is basically nearing completion.

Fortunately, there was an explosion at night today, and if it was daytime and the steam factory was full of workers, it would be a big problem.

There is a high probability that dozens of people will die, and that is dozens of families.

Let's not talk about whether the Donglin Party will make a fuss about this, so many people have died, and whoever changes it will have a bad conscience.

The invention of the safety valve is imminent.

Zhu Shun sat on the blue silk Hunan embroidered sedan chair, immediately returned to the hall of Beijing Normal University, and called four disciples to study the safety valve together.

Experimental Courtyard 0 has returned to its former roaring scene.

One thing is different, there is a nine-foot-tall tower man at the door.

Except for a few disciples, the tower man would not let anyone in, and he could go over if he wanted to, if he could beat him.

Every time a meal is served, it must be put into a small bowl, and after tasting it yourself, it will be confirmed that it is non-toxic before it is served in person.

Cold dew season.

It is true that there is great strength in numbers, and after the joint research of the five masters and apprentices, three of them are world-class geniuses and one is an Einstein-level genius.

Under the leadership of Zhu Shun, a strategic scientist, he finally developed a heavy hammer lever safety valve that completely solved the explosion problem.

Use a hammer and lever to balance the forces on the disc.

According to the lever principle, a weight with a small mass can be used to obtain sufficient pressure to regulate the opening pressure of the safety valve.

When the steam pressure in the cylinder is too large, the hammer will automatically open the safety valve under the action of the steam engine and discharge the excessive steam pressure.

When the steam pressure is normal, the hammer will be in a normal state, and the opening pressure will not be enough to open the safety valve.

The steam engine was functioning normally.

After the joint research of the master and apprentice, in the past few months, not only the pressure valve has been developed, but also the throttle valve, pressure gauge, oil-lubricated piston, and planetary gear system.

Zhu Shun and the four disciples stood in the No. 0 experimental courtyard, staring at the steam engine in front of them, the white gas was steaming, and the sound was roaring.

From time to time, the safety valve discharges excess steam from the cylinder, so that the pressure gauge on the steam engine falls back to the normal standard.

Crankshaft connecting rod system, separating condenser, spool valve distribution mechanism, cylinder peripheral insulation layer, centrifugal governor, safety valve, throttle valve, pressure gauge, oil-lubricated piston, planetary gear system.

The various mechanical parts on the steam engine, under the action of steam, work together.

Staggered and orderly.

The second generation of steam engines was thoroughly perfected and successful.

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