Everyone in the R&D Institute knew that Li Tianyang would come to visit and inspect in the next few days, but under the leadership of Chengcai, the dean of the research madness, in addition to the few administrative personnel who specialized in dealing with external problems, there were only a few accountants in charge of the financial power of the R&D Institute.

"Leave one person to lead the way, everyone else is gone, I'll just come and have a look!"

The weather in March, in Dayuan Island, is not cold, although it is ten in the morning, but Li Tianyang, who has been riding for about two miles, has a layer of fine sweat on his head, and he said unfinished.

Compared with horseback riding, although riding a bicycle does not have the feeling of galloping, it can make Li Tianyang reminisce about the feeling of the afterlife, which is unknown to others.

After getting Li Tianyang's order, several other people returned to their posts, leaving only an accountant named Wu Zhe, who was the head of the accounting team of the R&D Institute.

"What is the production of this bicycle, and can it be mass-produced?"

Li Tianyang kicked up the footpegs that played a fixed role on the rear wheels, put them on the side of the road, and asked Wu Zhelai with interest.

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult, now our Dean Chen Cai is already a devil for making money, but all the research that can make money, he has sent it to Qi Xintang in one go, wanting to exchange it for more research funds."

"If this bicycle key can be mass-produced, I'm afraid Dean Chen Cai would have already exchanged it for silver money!"

After staying in the R&D institute for a long time and dealing with Dean Chen Cai for a long time, Wu Zhe already has a good understanding of the personality of this top boss, so although he is not very clear about the production process of this bicycle, he can judge the answer to Li Tianyang's question from the character of Dean Chen Cai alone.

Of course, the dean Chen Cai in his mouth is actually Li Tianyang's brother-in-law, the research madman whose nickname is Chengcai.

"Oh!"

Li Tianyang was stunned, although Hongmen now has Da'an Town, a town that focuses on animal husbandry, its development is also good, but compared with the need to use grain, pasture to feed livestock, which only requires manpower bicycles, if it can be mass-produced, for the common people, it is an extremely convenient means of transportation.

"How's the research on the steam engine going?"

Li Tianyang waited on the road for a while, until the guards around him rushed to his side panting, and after resting for a while, he asked Wu Zhe to lead the way to find Chengcai and them.

"I heard that the prototype of the fifth-generation steam engine has been out for half a month, and this model has been working non-stop since its completion, and I heard that there is no problem at all, so it should be considered a success!"

Regarding Li Tianyang's concern about the research and development of the steam engine, although Wu Zhe is the leader of the knowledge accounting group, but only Li Tianyang has issued no restrictions on the expenditure of this project, he naturally knows how much he attaches importance to it, so Wu Zhe may not pay much attention to other things, but in this matter, he is a little more careful.

"That's a good feeling, if you can really use the improved steam engine in your daily life, I'm afraid you will find a new era!!"

Li Tianyang is extremely excited, Hongmen has developed so far, and there are fewer and fewer things that can really attract his attention all the time, but the steam engine, since its first-generation prototype appeared in front of Li Tianyang, it has been paid attention to by Li Tianyang all the time, even if he is in a distant place, Li Tianyang has never stopped understanding it.

In the depths of the valley, before entering the central area of the test site, Li Tianyang had already heard the rhythmic roar of steel "boom, boom ......" in the distance, as well as a scene of black smoke mixed with pale white.

It wasn't until he walked into the test site that Li Tianyang saw a steel tool with a dark metallic luster, as well as the roar and smoky smell emanating from the steel tool's body.

Beside this steel tool, Li Tianyang's brother-in-law Chengcai was leading people around it, seriously and seriously checking the operation of the steel tool.

“……”

Li Tianyang did not disturb their work, but quietly approached them, followed them and carefully looked at the opportunity of the future industrial revolution that he had high hopes for.

Compared with the first generation of steam engines that Li Tianyang saw last time, the design of the fifth generation of steam engines that Li Tianyang saw this time is obviously more reasonable, and its components are more and more complex.

The biggest change is the huge difference in size, the previous first generation of steam engines except for its chimney, all of them are ordinary houses three stories high, about three feet wide, the whole side is like a behemoth, although it can also carry out piston movement, but to be honest, just because of the sealing problem caused by the leakage of steam everywhere, it makes the first generation of steam engine seem like a defective product.

However, this time, the so-called fifth-generation steam engine has a compact and exquisite overall structure, and the design has solved the problem of steam leakage.

In terms of size, the overall volume of the fifth-generation steam engine is only less than one-fifth of the first-generation steam engine, and the steel tool displayed in front of Li Tianyang is only the size of a car.

At one end of the steam engine, from time to time, auxiliary workers will send a shovel of coal into the combustion port of the steam engine, and under the blazing flame, the piston movement inside the steam engine will begin to be consistent, driving the gears and bearings outside the machine to operate.

Because of the limited space, the experiment of the power of the experimental steam engine was applied to a loading and unloading equipment, and the modified loading and unloading equipment was connected to a strong rope and a variety of goods weighing thousands of catties.

The work of the steam engine drove the rope at one end to be pulled, and then slowly lifted up thousands of pounds of goods, and then slowly lowered it under the operation of Chengcai, and began to experiment with its maximum power over and over again.

It wasn't until the experiment came to an end, that a cargo weighing nearly five tons, barely moved a few times under the work of the steam engine, but suddenly stuck, and the steam engine slammed and ran irregularly, so they quickly stopped the experiment, for fear that there would be serious consequences if it was a few minutes late.

At this time, Chengcai suddenly looked back and saw Li Tianyang and a few people behind them, the two looked at each other and smiled, and finished greeting each other.

(End of chapter)