When Gao Fangping pushed the door and entered the study, the unkempt Tao Zhiming threw himself on the ground, found something in those scattered notes and drawings, and then said without raising his head: "Is the old man crazy again, tell him that I will go to see him later." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Gao Fangping couldn't find a place to sit after looking at it, so he could only stand and say: "Since Jiangzhou, nearly two years have passed, tell me about the steam engine?" ”

Tao Zhiming looked up and saw that the Great Demon King was coming, and hurriedly got up to salute: "I've met Xianggong, let's go out and talk, these things are inconvenient to move, otherwise I will have to straighten them out again." ”

came out of the outer hall and sat down, brought tea and drank it, and Tao Zhiming began to talk endlessly.

It's also thrilling to hear. In fact, when Gao Fangping left Jiangzhou, he was busy grabbing power and hatred in Bei 1 Beijing, and when he was busy throwing himself into the national war, it was not easy for them to ship engineering institutes.

Less than a year after hearing that the progress had been deepened, the first generation of steam engines exploded during the test run, and many on-site technicians died. As for small accidents, all kinds of moths, small frictions, there are even more and more, and there are new situations almost every month.

Speaking of which, these things are not Gao Fangping's specialty, his eyes are black, and Gao Fangping doesn't know what to do at all, but he just told them the final results and assumptions of the Engineering Institute, and then gave them financial support, and let them solve it themselves.

But there is only one problem of tightness, and now that there is no rubber available, they have tried almost everything, and many things are practiced while doing it, and they are brainstorming at the same time. Fish gelatin and other strange things were used, and finally he and Han Yi decided on an asbestos alternative.

Every detail, every process, how to meet the requirements of Gao Fangping, these are completely unfamiliar fields for them, just a piston ring technology, the manpower, material resources and brain power consumed on it, all blood and tears, the accumulation of all resources, completely rely on the tried.

If the piston ring is bounced over the steel, the cylinder will eat deeper, although the final efficiency can be improved, but with the current materials and technology, the cylinder will be worn excessively and scrapped too quickly.

This is the same as the Shenwu cannon developed at that time, in order to save copper, although it can rely on new materials to prevent explosions, it is relatively low-cost to produce Shenwu cannon. However, because the barrel of the new material is too rigid, even if lead bullets are used, the shell still "can't eat" the barrel, that is to say, it cannot be completely fit to achieve air tightness, although it reduces the wear of the barrel and makes each cannon in the Great Song Dynasty the most economical, but at the expense of range and power.

And so on, these are countless problems waiting to be tackled.

After chatting for a long time, Tao Zhiming said with a sigh: "Fortunately, the most difficult time has passed. In fact, to put it mildly, the test run of the second-generation steam engine was also completed eight months ago, and at that time, my old man had not yet had an accident, and Xiangye, you were still waiting for the strategic opportunity in the grassland, and there was no battle of the Baichi grassland that would determine the national fortune. ”

Gao Fangping couldn't help but sigh: "It's already the second generation of test runs?" The result? ”

Tao Zhiming said: "In the second generation, it turns out that my plan is still adopted, and it can be done comprehensively, Han Yi's plan is too extreme, and it is not too mature under the existing process and material technology." So as early as eight months, after the verification of the second-generation turbine, he and I carried out unified integration and set up a joint project team to tackle the problems in a unified way. We are ashamed that it took nearly two years and wasted a lot of manpower and material resources to initially set the general direction of future research and development. ”

After a pause, Tao Zhiming said: "The conclusion can be said that now we already have a steam engine, if there is a special need, it can barely be used, but it is the same as the Shenwu cannon, there is no cost-effectiveness ratio for the time being, and it cannot be commercialized as you envisioned for the time being." It is still in the research and development stage, the cost is too outrageous, and the running time of the machine is not enough, the wear is relatively serious, and the output power is still not enough. ”

"In other words, the current thermal efficiency cannot be used for trains for the time being. In terms of kinetic energy measurement, we apply what you are accustomed to saying 'thrust-to-weight ratio', with the current thermal efficiency utilization, if you want to promote the kind of train weighing 100 tons you envision, the power unit assembly will have to be dozens of tons, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is too low, and the gains outweigh the losses. If we want to forcibly improve the thermal efficiency and output power, with the technology and experience we have now, we can adjust it, but because the lubrication problem is still not well solved, we will face the most serious mechanical wear and even face explosion accidents. ”

Gao Fangping was stunned when he heard it.

Tao Zhiming smiled again: "Duo Erniang's third-generation new materials have also been released, and I Han Yi and I have made a lot of preparations for this, so the third-generation engine scheme that can solve more problems is already in the demonstration stage, which is the drawings and notes you just saw, but ......"

At this point, his face turned embarrassed.

"Go on." Gao Fangping Road.

Tao Zhiming said: "The project funds originally planned to be spent in three years, Xiangye, don't blame us, I really didn't think about it faster, it had already been used up in advance, and then because my old man had an accident, I returned to Beijing, and the old man didn't want me to leave, so a lot of things I discussed with Han Yi, exchanged drawings and other work, all of which were completed through 800 miles of expedited work, just the express cost of the engineering institute and my family, it was not a small cost." At first, I was careful of being scolded by you, but you know the temper of my old man, he just wants to be like this, he said that he served for the dynasty for decades as a prime minister, and now the Tao family has spent these manpower and material resources due to special circumstances, and you dare not say right or wrong. ”

"......" Gao Fangping was really embarrassed to say, but frowned and said: "I said, the problem of money must be solved, and the available steam engine must be taken out in three years, since the money is not enough, why didn't you tell me in time, and it has been delayed for more than half a year?" ”

Tao Zhiming said in a low voice: "It's true that after I communicated with Shi Jingjie and Li Gang, I also knew the difficulties you faced, so I didn't dare to tell you." I heard that during that period, you also played hatred all over the world for the problem of money, and my father personally said that he owed you a lot of money in the Privy Council and could not solve it, in fact, this is one of the reasons why he is sick and unable to develop his heart. And you can't get money from the Privy Council, on the contrary, because of the national war, you have no money to borrow from the bank, who dares to talk to you about money at that time? We belong to the royal craftsman supervisor, but Minister Zhang Shangying has long been dissatisfied with such a delay in the results and a very huge amount of expenses, so directly from the ministry level, cut off the funding of our engineering institute. At the worst time, Zhang Shangying even wanted to stop the loss and cut the steam engine project. ”

These are the moths that Gao Fangping was most worried about back then, and they are also the reason why Tao Zhiming must be used, although Tao Zhiming is talented, he is not unique, Han Yi who can do it can actually do it, and other team members can also. The reason for using Tao Zhiming is because his father is Tao Jiefu, who can solve some problems in the political bureaucracy to the greatest extent and will not be bullied casually.

Otherwise, in terms of science and technology, the enemy is still in the top three rows, and there will be no benefits in the short term, and the "Senate" will stop losses and cut funds in minutes, and all kinds of those responsible will be investigated, then of course martial arts will be abolished.

At that time, Gao Fangping was trapped in the war and had no time to be distracted to solve the problems of the Engineering Institute, so many problems were solved by themselves, if it weren't for Tao Jiefu's son being the chief of the Engineering Institute, and Lao Tao retiring due to illness, it would not only be as simple as running out of food, the project was definitely cut by Zhang Shangying, and the staffing was disbanded.

At the level of Zhang Shangying, he doesn't need to be a traitor, he will be dissatisfied with Gao Fangping's mother-in-law. Because of the existence of this department, it affects the comprehensive performance of Zhang Shangying, who is judged to be a supervisor, and the money earned by the craftsman supervisor is counted as his performance, so the money, redundancy, and redundancy of officials wasted by the craftsman supervisor are of course also counted on Lao Zhang's head.

So on this issue, it just so happens that Zhang Shangying is not a corrupt official and villain, and he dares not to give Tao Jiefu face, which is why he appeared. If you change to a regular bureaucrat, it will be simple, wrap a red envelope and send some money, and no matter how much the project is wasted, it will be retained.

In principle, Jiangnan Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipbuilding Engineering Institute are one system, and the director is Gao Fangping. But at that time, Gao Fangping didn't ask, and the entire Jiangnan Shipyard was notoriously managed by Shi Jingjie.

So from Shi Jingjie's point of view, he is helping Gao Fangping in charge, although he can use the profits of the shipyard to transfuse Tao Zhiming and them, but he doesn't dare to go too far, just because Shi Jingjie is not a faint official, he has the same mind as Zhang Shangying, and the success of the project cannot see the end, so he is like Gao Fangping in Xixia, come to be "cautious", although the progress is insufficient, but he wants to be undefeated.

These are the reasons why projects are blocked or even stalled.

And the way to stabilize these people is, of course, simple, that is, profit.

It's also good, Gao Fangping himself, plus Ximen Qingguanqi, took the lead, and placed a frantic order for Jiangnan Shipyard, so that Jiangnan Shipyard's profits are good, so that they can attack the east and west, and always maintain a small blood transfusion to the Engineering Institute, so as not to starve them to death for the time being, maintain this complete technical team, and maintain the academic atmosphere.

Otherwise, if Jiangnan Shipyard's profits are not good-looking, let alone Zhang Shangying, Shi Jingjie will dismiss them first.

"Now that I have returned to the court, I will solve all your problems." Now Gao Fangping has set the tone, "Tao Zhiming, it's useless for you to stay in the capital, your father's illness won't be cured in a thousand years, so go back to Jiangzhou, hurry up and take out the third-generation engine that can be used, it is the king's way, I will sign the matter of funding, don't go through Zhang Shangying, go directly to Jiangnan Shipyard, who has an opinion to let him come to me to talk." Don't worry, you will soon see the dawn, I will take the lead in buying the third-generation steam engine, I will buy as many units as you have, and after seeing the profits, everyone will shut up. This is the same situation as I was at the time, no matter how much you question, it's okay, and a win can cure all diseases. ”

Tao Zhiming has no business thinking from the early stage of research and development, and has never thought about who this monster will sell to in the future, this is good, the third generation is still on the drawings, but the big demon king said that he bought as much as he wanted? This is also an affirmation, the first achievement of the Jiangnan Engineering Institute, so Xiao Tao is very happy.

Gao Fangping said: "Including the current second-generation machine, I also buy, you tell the factory department, coordinate with your engineering institute, expand the recruitment and training of workers, and come up with a mass production plan as soon as possible to set up a production line." Then the combination of the steam engine and the big ship was developed. ”