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Wenshan Yishu was built on the site of Wuchang Gongyuan, just like its name, Yishu since its inception both highlight the "righteousness", most of the students in Yishu are Wuchang orphans, these students and Yishu receive education, but what they learn is not traditional Chinese culture, but Western culture, and because of this, Wenshan Yishu does not read poetry and scriptures for being blamed by some people. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even in the mouth of Zeng Guofan, the governor of Jiangxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this Wenshan Yishu can be described as "spreading the evil art of the West and destroying the Holy Religion in the end", and as for the word Wenshan from Wen Tianxiang, it was ignored by outsiders intentionally or unintentionally.

However, despite this, Wenshan Yishu, with the support of Han Du, did not hesitate to promote Western studies and spread Western science, and the students of Yishu Middle School also studied foreign languages and other Western knowledge all day long.

"Steam engine!"

In the past few days, every day Huang Tao would have all kinds of thoughts in his mind, and in the end everything focused on the steam engine.

In front of him, there was a pile of papers, those were sketches he had drawn with a pencil, and it was a sketch of an idea. Many times, many inventions are just a flash of inspiration, just like in the past, he would always look at every book in the library related to the steam engine, which was both English and French, and even in his English, he could not fully grasp the meaning, but that did not stop him from studying the steam engine. To be precise, it is to study the principle of the steam engine through those drawings and the model of the steam engine in the school.

It took him half a month to figure out the doorway and understand the feasibility behind that flash of inspiration. Huang Tao, who had been drawing sketches for a long time in front of his desk, looked up at the window, the sunset was red, and it was very beautiful, but he felt sore, and stood up with grinning teeth.

He had been lying there all afternoon. According to the ideas that came to my mind, I drew the structure of the steam engine one by one. This is a new type of steam engine.

In the past few days, Huang Tao's mind has been occupied by this steam engine, the appearance of the steam engine running, constantly emerging in front of his eyes, what he thinks about every day is how the steam engine operates, how to maximize the steam energy.

“…… The steam is expanded three times in the high-pressure, medium-pressure, and low-pressure cylinders, so that the steam that was originally only used once can be used three times...... But is it possible? Will anyone laugh at themselves for wishful thinking? How is it possible to use the same steam three times? But since Arthur Woolf has proven to be viable?"

Thinking of seeing the double-expansion engine (1) invented by the British engineer William Williammaught in the school library more than ten years ago, Huang Tao felt more and more that that flash of inspiration was extremely feasible.

Whether it is Arthur Woolf's invention of the composite twin-cylinder steam engine or the 1845-William Expansion steam engine, their idea is to use steam twice, but their steam engine structure has not changed much, in fact, the biggest problem with William Woolf's invention of the double-cylinder steam engine is that they only think of the use of steam, but do not think of the further use of another key equipment, that is, the use of the propeller shaft.

William Mmaught's invention of the propeller shaft is just a very ordinary round shaft, which is not much different from Watt's improved steam engine, which makes his double expander improve the efficiency of steam to a certain extent, but it has not given full play to the efficiency of steam, and it has been fully utilized twice, even three times, or four times. In order to solve this problem, the principle is very simple, the crankshaft, through which the up and down reciprocating motion becomes a cyclic rotating motion, so as to make full use of every work of steam.

"Is it that simple......

Looking at the crankshaft in front of him, Huang Tao smirked, and the rotation of the crankshaft appeared in his mind again, after that moment of inspiration, he could no longer forget all this, and it was that moment of inspiration that made him find to improve the efficiency of steam utilization.

The improved efficiency of steam utilization means that ships can sail farther with less coal, so as to achieve more economical cruising, although many ships have now installed steam engines, but the steam engine is only auxiliary equipment, when sailing on the sea, the ship is still powered by sails, because the steam machine consumes too much coal, which is not economical, and the coal in the coal bunker can not meet the needs of navigation.

"If this idea really works, coal can be saved by at least half, and then the steamship will be able to use coal completely when the ship is sailing at sea......"

Despite what he said, for Huang Tao, the biggest advantage of this steam engine is that it can generate more electricity with less coal, which means that the cost of using electric lights will naturally be lower, and it will naturally be popularized to thousands of households.

Just generators...... Thinking of another thing, Huang Tao's brows couldn't help frowning, although this matter didn't need him to worry, because for the generator, the principal already had his plan, but after seeing the electric light, Huang Tao naturally hoped that the electric light could be popularized one day earlier, and the generator was the foundation of whether it could be used.

"I don't know how the headmaster's progress is now......

I didn't even know that someone had come in, and when I turned around, I saw Zheng Guohua and Yao Zhiyi, who were in the same dormitory, looking at him in a daze, thinking that he was hysterical.

"Huang Tao, what are you muttering here? These days? Isn't it really a foul of will? ”

The jokes of friends made Huang Tao embarrassed:

"When are you...... Coming in? ”

"I came in early, and as soon as I came in, I saw you walking around alone, and I was talking to myself, so I didn't dare to interrupt you."

Yao Zhiyi's words made Huang Tao scratch his head and didn't know what to say. Seeing this, Zheng Guohua hurriedly walked up:

"I didn't see you before and knew that you must be thinking about things here alone, so I helped you bring the meal and eat together.?"

"Ah, uh-huh, thank you Guohua."

Seeing that Zheng Guo had relieved me by himself, Huang Tao hurriedly stepped forward and sat down at the table with them, although the food in the school was not rich, but he could eat meat every day, which was right for Yao Zhiyi's appetite, he immediately buried his head in eating:

"Well, today's little chicken is well burned, well, this bamboo shoot is also very fragrant......"

Yao Zhiyi was eating happily, and when he heard Zheng Guohua sigh, he looked up and saw him holding a bowl but was stunned, and he didn't eat. "What's the matter, why don't you eat it?"

Huang Tao looked at Zheng Guohua and asked, this is not like him.

"Did you hear that?"

"What?"

"I heard that the list of overseas students has come down."

Huang Tao couldn't help but be stunned, somewhat understood, and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"You're thinking about staying abroad, aren't you? Why don't you want to go? ”

Don't want to go, it's a joke.

Unlike people from the outside world, who regard the West as a ghost, for the students who are familiar with Wenshan, whether from books or from the mouths of professors, they know that the West is actually not a barbaric land as people say.

On the contrary, there is also a civilization that has surpassed China in many ways. Industrial machines such as steam engines, ships, trains, etc., have long been widely used there.

From ancient times to the present, young people have always been easily tempted by new things from the outside world, and the same is true for the students of Wenshan Yishuli. After all, for these fifteen or sixteen-year-old young people, the crystallization of modern industrial civilization is more attractive than the poetry and books of saints. Not to mention the exotic atmosphere.

Under this expectation, they naturally longed for me to study in the West. What's more, in this righteousness, there is also the inscription of Han Du.

"Break the old bad habits and seek knowledge in the world!"

You can learn from the West, studying abroad is the most promising choice now, after returning from studying abroad, it will be reused by all aspects, so people are not willing to miss the opportunity.

But not everyone can have this opportunity, after all, each international student needs to spend 1,000 taels of silver per year. This year, there are only 200 people in the number of places in Wenshan Yishu, who have as many as 1,000 people.

"If nothing else, you're definitely on the list."

The reason why Zheng Guohua is so sure is very simple, Huang Tao is Han Du's assistant!

That's just it, that's enough!

Now Zheng Guohua and Shunzhi are a little envious and jealous of Huang Tao. Envy his luck and take advantage of his opportunities.

Perhaps among all his classmates, his grades were not the best, nor was he the smartest, but he was the luckiest. Sometimes that's all it takes.

Some words made Huang Tao's mind sink slightly. He knows why he has himself.

Not because of his studies, but because he was Handu's assistant. There are dozens of assistants like him in the entire school, and there is no doubt that as long as their studies are okay, they will definitely get the opportunity to go abroad to study abroad.

But going abroad is not the only opportunity, in addition to studying abroad, they can also enter the factory, study with engineers from various countries, and can also enter the governor's palace and become an official.

In fact, compared to Liuyang, many of their classmates are already working in factories and government offices, and in fact, if they can, Fuzhong is even eager to stuff all of them into factories or government offices.

After all, whether it is factory production or government work, there is a need for a large number of technicians and officials who understand Western culture. It can be said that the employment of people in the house now is to make the best use of things and make the best use of talents.

"I don't want to go to the West......"

When he said this, Huang Tao didn't notice that his tone seemed to be very relaxed, and even his mood became happy.

"What?"

looked at his friends in surprise, whether it was Zheng Guohua or Yao Zhiyi, they all looked at him with surprised eyes.

What is he saying?

"Huang Tao, you're crazy, you don't know that if you can enter a Western university now, it will be equivalent to entering the Guozijian!"

is even a level higher than the inter-supervisor of the country, just like the uncle of the country, who just came back from France, he served as the head of the military industry of the Ministry of Industry and the general office of the arsenal.

Although he has the identity of an uncle, if she hadn't studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Crafts in Paris, I am afraid she would not have been so reused.

According to the grade of a civil official, this is a high-ranking official from the second grade!

Although they cannot be the same after returning home from abroad, they will definitely be reused, and they are by no means comparable to those who stay in China.

Studying abroad means a future!

"Don't think about it, otherwise how can you be worthy of your dead parents!"

The students of Wenshan Yishu had a very similar experience, their parents were killed or plundered by the Taipings, and now in order to persuade Huang Tao, Yao Zhiyi even brought out Huang Tao's dead parents.

"It's good to study abroad, but it's not the only option."

Huang Tao shook his head, if it weren't for the changes in the past few days, maybe he wouldn't have thought about it like this. During his time as Han Du's experimental assistant, he was always under Han Du's whimsical sitting, and Han Du also influenced him.

It's like now he has all kinds of thoughts in his head, and now he wants to make and invent the things in those thoughts.

Are the images in my mind just cranky thoughts?

At first, Huang Tao had doubts like this, but the principle of the three-expansion steam engine made him believe that this was by no means a cranky idea, and the study of steam heat made him understand that it was completely feasible, and most of the inventions of human beings were a flash of inspiration.

Compared with studying in the UK, Huang Tao now prefers to stay in Wuchang, in the factory in Wuchang, to make his own inventions, as for learning, whether in the factory or Handu, you can continue to study.

"I want to go into the factory first, where I can learn more and learn from the engineers in the factory."

Huang Tao's words immediately made Zheng Guohua a little excited.

"You're really crazy, do you know if you're going to study abroad. What will you miss? ”

What you miss is an unprecedented opportunity. Because there will be more and more international students in the future, maybe four or five hundred people will study abroad next year, because there is not only one Wenshan Yishu in the Governor's Mansion now, and when they come back from abroad, there may be thousands or even tens of thousands of international students studying abroad.

"I know I'll regret it if I leave now."

Yes, now is not the time to leave Wuchang, which will not only affect his invention and research, but also affect his studies. It will even affect him as a witness to witness Handu's invention.

Like electric lights, which they don't know yet, will there be electric lights in Europe?

Maybe it's not bad to go to the electric light factory, since Hantu has now invented the electric light, he will definitely not be satisfied with producing in a handicraft workshop like now, and will definitely set up a factory in the future. If I can seize the opportunity, I may become a technician in this factory, and then I can use my salary to carry out that research.

That's right, it's to go to the electric light factory!

Suddenly, as if a door was opened, Huang Tao found his own place. Just when Huang Tao found his position, there was an excited shout outside the door.

"Navy, Navy defeated the Yankees in Zero Ding Yang."

(1) The prototype of the multi-expansion steam engine as early as 1781, Jonathan? Invented by Hornbrower, the patent is a two-cylinder composite reciprocating beam steam engine (high and low pressure twin cylinders). In 1804 the British engineer Arthur Woolf invented, the high-pressure composite engine (twin-cylinder). 1845–William Mmaught invented the double-expansion steam engine on the basis of the first two. (To be continued.) )