Section 587 Steam locomotives
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Every night with two wives and concubines to accompany him in the boudoir, Wei Xi was so happy that he almost forgot who his surname was.
He taught the children, played games with them, and had a great time with his wives at night.
The house is full of wives and children, the family is happy, the power is in hand, the property is rich, and the husband has nothing more to ask for at this point in life.
He looked for an evening to settle accounts with his two wives and see how much money the family had.
fields, shops, and Dongshen wine in Chang'an and Luoyang;
Cool pastures;
Tonghuang County's wine, grain, cattle, sheep and horses, medicinal materials, soap industry;
tea in Hangzhou; Daye's iron ore mines;
Plus Fengzhou's Xifeng wine, medicinal herbs and minerals.
Tibet's industry.
The king of wine, smelting, soap, tea, grain, etc., it is not an exaggeration to say that they are wealthy.
What's even more gratifying is that they have established an engineering college, a smelting college, an agricultural and livestock college, and a family study, which mainly trains scholars and officers, and produces more and more talents.
At present, it is not easy to rise in society, and Wei Xi cannot interfere in the cultivation of talents (he can never be the chief examiner of the imperial examination), so he can only cultivate himself.
What satisfies Wei Xi is the cultivation of industry and talents, Princess Taiping takes the lead, she is responsible for taking care of business and talent cultivation, and she is really well organized, and she can only admire her family instinct.
And Tang Tian trains the army, she can mobilize omnipotent warriors in the Ganliang Ranch, and use the Great Summoning Technique to invite 50,000 military horses from her mother's family and surrounding tribes, she is a condor shooter, so her main work is to accompany Wei Xi to fight.
Many Khitans sold to her, and Cheng Wuting's family arrived in the Western Regions and would also work for her under her rule, which made Princess Taiping say that Tang Tian took a big advantage!
This is the general of the Tang Dynasty! After cultivating for so many years, it was given to Tang Tian in vain.
Tang Tian is smart and doesn't ridicule each other, thinking that she is taking advantage of her and dominating her husband every day.
In Fengzhou, a large family stayed for a month and a half! It's a kind of fun.
It's a pity that there is no banquet in the world, Princess Taiping returned to the east, Wei Xi went to Liangzhou with Tang Tian and Tang Yumei, and the Twelve Niangs of the Niang family went to Tibet with Jin Yingshu.
The personality of the Twelfth Niang of the Niang family is a little weak, and Jin Yingshu entered Tibet to rectify the housework as her husband's family, and she also brought some good hands to it.
Wei Xi went to Liangzhou mainly for inspection, first, to inspect the Ganliang pasture and cavalry combat; The second is to examine the invention process of the steam locomotive!
Steam locomotive!
The empire could not sustain its rule without steam locomotives, and the chance of death of horses was far greater than the chance of locomotive damage.
Arriving at Tangjiabao in Liangzhou, all the people with heads and faces of the Tang family greeted him and bowed deeply to him, even the head of the family was no exception, even the elders also wanted the same.
Because of his status, his power, and his knowledge!
When the Tang family's first steam locomotive drove off the railroad tracks, everyone was shocked!
If it weren't for Professor Wei Xi, they would never have dreamed that a steam locomotive could use coal to boil the water in the boiler, turning the water into steam, thereby pushing the piston and driving the locomotive to run!
Where the rails are laid, the locomotives can go!
The people of the time were ignorant, even the Tang family was no exception, they believed that Wei Xi was a god descended from heaven!
Otherwise, the Chinese people would have known about the use of "marquee" (using heat to blow the fan to rotate), but they would not be able to transfer this knowledge to the use of steam engines.
If Wei Xi hadn't ordered them in advance, all of them would have knelt down and kowtowed to him, properly.
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On the secret test site of the Tang family, the "clang, clang" sound made by the wheels hitting the rails gradually became clear, which is a unique sound in the driving of steam locomotives.
Wei Xi studied architectural engineering, and although he did not study dynamics in detail, he dabbled in the dynamics of everything from steam locomotives to internal combustion engines and electric cars.
The Tang family in Liangzhou is good at smelting, and it has been prosperous over the years, and there is a foundation for making machinery.
Wei Xi explained the principle of the steam engine with them, and also drew the style of the early steam locomotive (the internal structure is unknown), and they developed it, and he also sponsored part of the funds.
It took about five or six years to drive in front of Wei Xi a steam locomotive similar to what he had envisioned: the horizontal boiler was placed on the frame, there were two cylinders mounted obliquely on the two sides of the boiler at an angle of 35 angles to the horizontal line, and a pair of moving wheels were placed in the front of the locomotive, which was pushed by the piston in the cylinder.
Wei Xi sat in the open carriage dragged behind the locomotive, looking at his surroundings and retreating, with a smile on his face.
There are still many problems with it, such as the power is not big enough, the slope is slightly larger when dragging heavy objects, there are also problems with the tightness (the best sealing ring is that the rubber has not yet come out), the boiler is easy to accumulate scale, and it has exploded several times......
Tang Zhengzheng, the technical director of the Tang family, sat next to Wei Xi, chattering about the process and existing problems of developing the steam locomotive, and then got the coveted answer:
Enlarge the steam boiler, expand the piston bore, increase the diameter and number of moving wheels, use anthracite, filtered pure water, and wait for the arrival of rubber;
Boardwalk technology, double-track lines, signal flags/lights, and more!
Tang Zheng memorized Wei Xi's words as if he were convulsive, and he didn't miss a word.
Sitting comfortably on the specially built leather chair, Wei Xi was very satisfied, those steel monsters eating coal and drinking water, and running on the railroad tracks with thick smoke and panting, were finally released by him!
Exchange time and money for technology, Chinese are not stupid!
Five years is not enough, another five years, ten years, hey!
Thinking of the train roaring and running on the land of Datang ten or twenty years later, from south to north, from east to west, I can't help but get drunk!
Now the guys in Datang are building a practical building as high as a ten-story building, and they are still frantically dialing it up!
One day, I want to build a prosperous Datang!
Wei Xi was in a very good mood, and even better, he met an acquaintance: Cheng Wuting.
At this time, Cheng Wuting was dressed in civilian clothes, although he was exiled to the Western Regions, but he was cut off by Tang Tian halfway through, became a talent under her command, and was sent to train recruits.
The people of the Cheng family who can fight still join the army, and those who have the ability to do internal affairs help govern the foundation occupied by Tang Tian in the Western Regions.
The emperor is far away, and others can't offend Wei Xi, so that the Cheng family can settle down in the Western Regions safely.
"See the General! Thank you to the general for saving his life, but unfortunately I failed the general's heart (Wei Xi issued a military order not to allow the general to make political statements, but Cheng violated it). Cheng Wuting paid a deep tribute.
"How's it going, it's okay!" Wei Xi asked.
There is a little emotion, Cheng Wuting was still treated as a county prince before, which was higher than his title, and when they met again, there was already a difference between heaven and earth.
The Cheng family has soldiers and officials, all of whom are high-level talents, no wonder even Princess Taiping is red-eyed.
Although she is a princess, she can't find a subordinate who has ever been a county prince!
"Very good!" Cheng Wuting talked about his family's treatment: he was courteous and respected, and his material life was not bad.
"The Lord of Xihai has already talked to me, and I will assist her well and attack the West!" Cheng Wuting made a promise.
"Do it well, things, there will be a day when you return to Luoyang!" Wei Xi also promised.
Hearing his words, Cheng Wu was pleasantly surprised!