Can this thing change the whole world?

Zhang Juzheng and others expressed serious doubts, the carriage is still a car when it is pushed by this, and the wheel is still a boat when it is pushed by this, how can this world change?

They subconsciously thought that this thing was just like the waterwheel and windmill, although it could be applied, but the scope of application was not very wide, at most it was just to improve the original thing, and it was really a bit exaggerated to say that it would change the whole world.

At this time, the manpower is not very expensive, the wind and water power are even free, who would be bored to use such a complicated thing to push a cart, or row a boat, you must know that this thing is made of copper, there is so much copper, in exchange for money, hire someone to push a cart and row a boat, why bother to build this thing?

They didn't know the benefits of this steam piston, and Yang Cong naturally knew that if they could apply this thing to various fields, it would be amazing.

For example, in the manufacture of guns, although there are manual drilling machines and grinders, the efficiency of making guns is still very low, hundreds of people can only make a few hundred guns or a dozen or more than a thousand pounds of giant cannons a month, this efficiency is enough to deal with the Tartars and the Japanese Invaders, if it is against the European powers that also have muskets and artillery, it will not work.

A ship has hundreds of cannons, a fleet is thousands of cannons, if the number of artillery is not as large as others, once encountered, it will be a catastrophe, and at the current speed of artillery, if you want to build thousands of cannons, you are afraid of decades!

Daming may have decades to wait, but Yang Cong couldn't wait so long, he said directly to Wang Xuan: "Sir, how do you feel about replacing this manual drilling machine?" ”

What do you think?

Not so good!

To be honest, even Wang Xuan felt that this thing was a bit impractical, you know, it was just such a simple steam piston, but he took a group of craftsmen and disciples to work hard for nearly a month to get it.

This thing is so difficult to get, and it has to be airtight and flexible, it almost costs human life!

When Wang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but say euphemistically: "This, there is no need, the manual drilling machine is very good to use, just recruit a strong laborer to shake there, how good, if you change this, you have to find someone to stand there to open and close the valve, and the speed is definitely not fast for anyone to shake, isn't it asking for trouble?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Cong looked at the steam piston under the small wooden frame, couldn't help but pat his forehead, and said embarrassedly: "Oh, I forgot one thing, this is just the simplest sample, if you want to use it for power, you have to improve it and let him move by himself." ”

Can this thing move on its own?

Wang Xuan couldn't help but look at Yang Cong with surprise on his face, and Zhang Juzheng and the others also pricked up their ears and listened to Yang Cong's next words.

Yang Cong thought about it, then walked to the valve, and gestured with his hand: "Look, this is the upper intake valve, this is the upper outlet valve, this is the lower intake valve, and this is the lower exit valve." If the air is inlet below and the air is out above, the connecting rod will be pushed up, and the connecting rod will be retracted if the air is inlet above and the air is out below. If we can unify the air intakes of these direct valves onto a rectangular bar, and then attach the rectangular bar to the connecting rod of this piston. In this way, if the connecting rod is pushed up, the air will be inlet from the top, and the air will be withdrawn from the bottom, and the connecting rod will immediately retract; When the connecting rod is retracted, the air is inlet from the bottom and the air is released from the top, and the connecting rod will immediately go up, so that as long as the piston is steamed, the connecting rod will continue to move up and down by itself. ”

Wang Xuan listened carefully to the explanation, and thought about it seriously, and after a while, he exhaled and sighed: "Qingfeng, you are really a god, you can think of such a complex thing!" ”

Where did he come up with this thing, there will be ready-made good in the future, he just read it from the book, Yang Cong hurriedly said modestly: "Where, where, this thing is not complicated, but Mr. didn't think of it." ”

Wang Xuan then sighed and said: "It's not very complicated for you to say, but it's more troublesome to do, you know, we have been busy for nearly a month to make such a simple piston, and the piston with linkage valve you said, I'm afraid it will take a month to make it with our proficiency." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, there is time, as long as it can be done." ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Qingfeng, why do you bother to make this thing, is this thing really as powerful as you say?" ”

Yang Cong nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course, sir, the speed of this thing can be adjusted, if it is fast, it can even be so fast that your eyes can't see clearly, you think, if we replace the drilling machine and the grinding machine with this push, how fast it is." People can't turn so fast, and people get tired, but this thing is tireless, as long as there is enough steam, it can keep moving. ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he fell into deep thought again.

If this thing can really be as fast as Yang Cong said, even his eyes can't see clearly, and he can keep turning around, then it will be amazing.

Although the manual drilling machine at this time is convenient, but after all, manpower is limited, even if the strength of the person, even if the person is tired, even if it turns for about a quarter of an hour, the hands and feet will be weak, a day can turn on an hour, then it is the top power, other times, most of the people are resting.

If this thing can make the drilling machine rotate continuously, even if the speed is only as fast as a human rotation, the efficiency can be increased by nearly ten times, and if its speed can be two times faster than that of a human rotation, the efficiency will be increased by about twenty times!

This guy, if all the drilling machines are replaced with this, how can it be!

However, there is another problem, if all manual drilling machines are replaced with this one, I am afraid that they will not be able to replace it in a few years, because it will take them a month to make such a set of pistons.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Qingfeng, this thing is easy to use, the problem is too troublesome to do, if you want to replace all the manual drilling machines with this, I'm afraid it will take more than ten years!" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head again and again: "No, no, no, it doesn't take so long, don't you think this piston is slow to make, it doesn't matter, we can make a set of equipment to produce this kind of piston, when the time comes, not to say more, it is not a problem to make more than ten sets a day, so that we don't need half a year to replace all drilling machines and grinding machines with this push." ”

Wang Xuan thought about it carefully, yes, this thing is not easy to build mainly because there is no suitable equipment, if there is suitable equipment, this thing is still relatively fast.

At this time, he had already developed a strong interest in Yang Cong's ideas, and his efficiency had increased dozens of times, which he would not have dared to think of if he had changed it before.

Now that this biggest problem has been solved, what he didn't say was naturally made, he nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, we'll be busy for another month, and we will make your samples first." ”

With that, he beckoned his students and a group of craftsmen to get busy.

Seeing this, Yang Cong had no choice but to take a few students back to his home.

These people, once they get busy, they will forget to sleep and eat, and they will probably be forgotten by others when they stand here!

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