Ma Qing's time at Weishan Lake was the best time of his life.

Here, he touched the door of the future world, and it could even be said that he pushed it open with his own hands.

The first single-expansion steam engine in this time and space was built by him and Wu Xiaomei little by little.

This steam engine did not use any of the materials that Qin Mu pulled back from later generations, and all the parts were all locally made.

Because of this, they have encountered countless problems.

Ma Qing and Wu Xiaomei both saw the steam engine in later generations. But that thing, a 21st century product, design and craftsmanship, is completely unattainable in this plane.

Qin Mu asked them to build a steam engine in this time and space, and naturally knew that it was impossible to imitate a steam engine in the twenty-first century.

Therefore, the drawings he gave to the two of them were designed from the ground up by Director Jiang, which was in line with the level of alien low-end manufacturing - and far exceeded the three-no product he had saved in Liao.

If it was at the level of the steam crossbow, Qin Mu wouldn't want the two of them to make it, and he would get started himself.

Although Ma Qing was a master craftsman, he would make saddles, leather boots, bows and arrows, not the steam engines of later generations.

This thing, let alone done, he can't even look at the drawings.

Fortunately, there is Wu Xiaomei by her side. Wu Xiaomei is under Qin Mu's careful education - of course, there is no match, Qin Mu does not have so much time to accompany Wu Xiaomei to study, he did not come to the Great Song Dynasty to be a confidant big brother to guide his sister in the college entrance examination.

Wu Xiaomei has successfully developed into a crooked talent. She has a high level of attainment in engineering, but she is far behind in science. Qin Mu didn't plan to let her engage in theoretical research, as long as she could work.

At least she can read the drawings and figure out the principles.

She has theory, Ma Qing has hands-on ability, this combination of old and young has gone through a lot of hardships, and finally came up with the first local version of the steam engine in the Great Song Dynasty.

This steam engine is actually the design level of the 21st century, and in Qin Mu's opinion, it has far surpassed the level of the steam engine during World War I.

Ma Qing recalls the hardships along the way, and always sighs.

When he first got started, he was surrounded by problems. If nothing else, that sealing problem alone is very difficult to solve.

Some seals of steam engines were made of rubber in later generations. But the Great Song Dynasty has no rubber. Qin Mu wanted this steam engine as a mass production model, so naturally he couldn't get rubber parts from later generations, and he had to rely on his own production in this time and space.

What can I do?

Director Jiang had already predicted this situation, so the solution for Qin Mu was to use "packing".

However, packing is just a sealing method, and what materials are used, Director Jiang doesn't know the specific situation of Qin Mu, an alien, so he can't provide more suggestions.

So Ma Qing and Wu Xiaomei had no choice but to experiment with the same material. Qin Mu couldn't help it in this regard.

In fact, with Edison's cleverness, when he made the filament of a light bulb, he could only experiment with the same thing. There are even materials that are simply nonsense in hindsight. In the end, he used more than 6,000 kinds of materials, and after more than 7,000 experiments, he finally found that cotton thread could be used as a filament, and the filament was burned out after 45 hours of brightness.

Later, Edison found that the use of bamboo filament as a filament worked very well, the filament was durable, and the bulb could be lit for 1200 hours, after which electric lights began to enter ordinary people's homes.

No matter how good Ma Qing is, he will not be better than Edison. So he can only experiment honestly.

After unremitting efforts and a little bit of good luck, he tried dozens of materials, and after nearly 100 experiments, he finally made a reliable sealing material.

In the process of manufacturing this steam engine, similar problems arose one after another, all relying on the belief that the two would win—they knew that they would be able to do it after seeing the steam engine, and worked hard to finally make a qualified product.

Of course, limited to the scarcity of steel, there is only one sample at the moment. But this was enough to satisfy Qin Mu.

Qin Mu was in a hurry to go to Li Guojian to take office, but no matter how anxious he was, he also had to come to Weishan Lake to have a look. This is his coal base, and it is also a way to go to Liguojian to cross Weishan Lake.

Seeing that the first steam engine made in the Great Song Dynasty could run smoothly, Qin Mu was overjoyed.

It's a great event!

The invention of the steam engine can be said to have opened the prelude to the Industrial Revolution. Without the steam engine, there would have been no Industrial Revolution. The significance of the steam engine cannot be overstated.

He got an unknown number of steam engines. But this kind of thing pulled from later generations is simply not likely to bring about the industrial revolution. Qin Mu knew this very well.

If the industrial revolution is carried out on the basis of these machines, it will be like making an elephant stand on a nail and dance, it is simply impossible.

Therefore, the steam engine must be able to be mass-produced in this time and space.

This was something he was looking forward to day and night, but now it suddenly became a reality, and Qin Mu immediately decided not to go to Li Guojian to take up his post first. stopped at the Weishan Lake Coal Mine to celebrate Ma Qing and Wu Xiaomei.

The steam engine was not made by a blacksmith with a hammer.

At least when Qin Mu made that steam crossbow, he borrowed the wisdom of local craftsmen to make a clay fan.

Ma Qing is much more skilled than the craftsmen of the Liao Kingdom. He built a number of auxiliary facilities for the manufacture of this steam engine. For example, coke oven steelmaking was made by him.

This is also a technique that Qin Mu taught him in advance. It's just that this is a coal mine, not an iron mine, and he can't get much iron ore, so this steelmaking furnace is relatively small—barely enough for him.

Now Qin Mu wants to celebrate Ma Qing's achievements, and Ma Qing just takes this opportunity to have a good talk with Qin Mu.

It's not about money, it's about development. Money has long been out of Ma Qing's eyes. Not to mention that Qin Mu's salary to him is high enough, even if Qin Mu doesn't give him a salary, he will do everything he can - just give him food.

Because he clearly knows that he is a young man and is building the foundation of a new world, and he wants to leave a name in history.

This single-expansion steam mechanism was made, and the next step was to build a multi-expansion steam engine.

Ma Qing has long learned to read drawings now.

He knew that this single-expansion steam engine and the multi-expansion steam engine were much worse in efficiency.

Because the steam in the cylinder of a single-expansion steam engine is released after only one cylinder, a lot of energy is wasted.

The multi-expansion steam engine is to let this steam continue to enter the next cylinder, and then enter the next cylinder. In the end, there is almost no energy wasted.

If you still want to press, you can also hang a steam turbine behind the steam engine. But this is more high-end, Ma Qing doesn't dare to think about it yet.

He has now mastered all the technology and manufacturing process of the single-expansion steam engine, and is ready for mass production. Then, as an ideal horse engineer - this is the name given to him by Qin Mu, Ma Qing must set out to build a more advanced steam engine.

This is also what Qin Mu urgently needs, because the multi-expansion steam engine can be used as the power of large ships - Qin Mu will definitely build his own navy.

"Young Master Qin, there is no need for the celebration party." Ma Qing couldn't suppress the excitement on his face, it was really rare to see Qin Mu, Young Master Qin couldn't appear in the coal mine for a few days all year round: "It's just that I have something I want to talk to you about Young Master Qin." ”

"Horseman, you say." Qin Mu is not hypocritical. If you don't hold a celebration party, you won't do it, and it's a waste of time. Giving Ma Qing enough remuneration and a superior working environment is the best reward.

"Think of a name for this steam engine."

Qin Mu was right when he thought about it, how could the first local steam engine in the Great Song Dynasty not have a name? The word "victory" instantly came to his mind.

But then I think about it, I seem to have named too many things after victory, and even cigarettes have a victory card.

"Let's call it Daystar."

"Good. Good name. Ma Qing nodded again and again. His steam engine is worthy of these three words - to open a new tomorrow.

"Ma Gong, that's what you're going to say?" Qin Mu felt strange. Looking at Ma Qing's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, it shouldn't be for such a trivial matter as naming the steam engine.

"That's not it. Young Master Qin, I have something to talk to you about. Ma Qing began to speak a little stiffly.

At this time, in the office of the director of Weishan Lake, Duan Huisi was cooking a pot of fresh meat and egg soup, serving it in a fine porcelain bowl and serving it to the inside.

Tong Han, the former contractor of Wujiazhuang, is no longer what he used to be.

Migrate qi and nourish the body. Now he can no longer see the rustic spirit of a farmer, nor the official atmosphere of a Great Song Dynasty official, but a taste that makes Duan Huisi indescribable.

If Qin Mu saw it, he would understand that this was the image of the director of a township enterprise in the eighties in the later generations - he was almost carrying an artificial leather bag.

Tong Hantong, the factory director, finally lived up to his name.

Under his management, everything is on the right track. Not to mention the production of the first line, even various management institutions have also been improved.

For example, the finance department, the personnel department, the security department, and so on. This was all designed by Qin Mu a long time ago, and Tong Han had already implemented them one by one.

Not only that, but he, the factory director, also has a secretary. Duan Huisi is his secretary.

Director Tong was very satisfied with Secretary Duan. First of all, she is a woman, a beautiful woman, and she is not too old or too young, just right.

This is suitable, naturally it is suitable for the director of Tong Han.

Director Tong has seven out of forty this year, and Duan Niangzi has two out of thirty, how appropriate this is.

Secondly, on the basis of age and appearance, Duan Huisi is a rare woman who is literate in this time and space. Not only can she read, but she can also write.

This helped Director Tong a lot. He was born as a farmer, but he was a farmer with a lively heart, so he seized various learning opportunities and learned a lot of words. But he couldn't write.

This defect didn't matter when he was a contract foreman in Wujiazhuang, but when it came to managing several factories in Wujiazhuang, it was already very difficult.

It's just that Tong Han is already in his forties, and it's really difficult to learn to write again. He has a weak heart.

Now in the Weishanhu Coal Mine, this defect is becoming more and more obvious, even to the point that it cannot work properly.

Director Tong's superior supervisor is not Qin Mu, but Zhe Meiluan. Zhe Meiluan has so much time to call Tong Han over to arrange everything, usually paperwork.

In this way, Tong Han is very much in need of a pen that can help him write.

He knew that this position, Young Master Qin had a design - the entire coal mine was built by Qin Mu, and Tong Han knew that he needed a secretary.

But who will be the secretary? In the end, under the recommendation of the Duan patriarch, Duan Huisi became Tong Han's secretary.

This is also the shrewdness of Patriarch Duan. He saw that Qin Mu's subordinates had many women working, so he recommended Duan Huisi as a woman to Tong Han, otherwise how would he dare to push the woman out. Da Song has no female staff.

Duan Huisi is very satisfied with this position. Not only is the salary high, but the work is easy. The point is, to have it!

This is what she has not received in more than 30 years of life.

Her experience is a bit similar to Wu Xiaomei, and she also learned to read and write from her elders. It's just that the person she married was relatively poor and couldn't support the family business, which led to her family being bullied in the village.

Duan Huisi is a strong person, in order to change this situation, he asked for the Duan patriarch's door.

After being cared for by Patriarch Duan, her family's life improved. However, the improvement is only a slight improvement, at most it is not bullied by the villagers, but the economy has not improved.

It wasn't until she sat on the throne of secretary in the office of the director of the Weishan Lake Coal Mine that her life changed dramatically.

The Weishanhu Coal Mine has now become a behemoth within a few hundred miles, and I don't know how many people eat here every day.

And the person who manages all this is the director of Tong Hantong, the man who is holding a spoon and feeding the soup one bite at a time.

It's not that Tong Han won't eat by himself if he has a broken arm, but Duan Huisi likes to feed him like this, and Director Tong naturally laughs at it. Who doesn't love beauty?

This made Secretary Duan a vague second-in-command in the coal mine. There are many things that are more useful to beg her than to beg Tonghan.

Duan Huisi didn't expect that he would have such a day at all. Her heart was beautiful to heaven. She knew that all this was given to her by Director Tong, so she served this man more carefully.

For example, this bowl of soup was specially boiled for the factory director.

The soup stove is still a rarity. This is a small iron stove made by Ma Qing casually, and it was given to Secretary Duan as a gift, just to exchange it for a little convenience.

And what Ma Qing and Qin Mu said was also Secretary Duan's problem.

Don't look at Duan Huisi's literacy, but she is still a country woman at all. She didn't know the real situation of the Weishanhu Coal Mine at all, so she didn't know what Ma Qing was doing.

Anyway, in her opinion, Ma Qing always asks Director Tong for this and that, and she wants it all day long. But he didn't do himself any good except for such a small iron stove.

It's just too much to take yourself seriously.

If you don't give him some color, how do you know how powerful the old lady is.

Ma Qing often because of Secretary Duan's obstruction, he couldn't see Tong Han at all.

This made the engineer extremely annoyed.

However, this factory has a strict management system, even though Ma Qing and Tong Han have a little friendship - the two have known each other in Wujiazhuang, but it is inconvenient to talk about personal relations here.

Besides, what he does is official business, and he wants to go through official correspondence, wouldn't it be a complete mess to just say a word and do it casually. At this point, Ma Qing and Tong Han had to abide by the rules set by Qin Mu.

As a result, this rule, which was here with Secretary Duan, was stuck in the neck.

Qin Mu listened to Ma Qing's narration, and the more he listened, the more incredible he felt.

Why is it that the industrial revolution has just begun, and it is said that it has just reached the era of the steam engine, but the management of this coal mine has already rushed to the seventies and eighties of the later generations.

As far as the of Director Tong and Secretary Duan is concerned, at least it was only popular in the era of internal combustion engines.

This style of painting is seriously out of tune, which makes Qin Mu speechless.

Director Tong, Director Tong, your development speed is too fast, I can't catch up with your rhythm.

If you develop and develop, you are going to let me do what you do.