Chapter 377: Horse-drawn Rail Car (1)
Once again, Yang Heng surprised the speed of the uncles, and the third uncle and the fifth uncle actually laid out a track more than ten miles long.
More than ten miles, it's really a speed that can't be imagined, this time the third uncle is to make full use of the power of gunpowder, there are many small peaks along the way, or the terrain of small hills, the third uncle is directly blown up with gunpowder, and even in some places he feels that the ground is relatively hard, after Yang Heng's verification, there are no stones, such a section of the road is more than five miles, however, blowing up these small peaks also provides enough stones for the third uncle.
This is the reason for his speed, and for the fifth uncle, he just went to contact the manufacture of the rails, because the construction of the highway and the bridge was completed, there were redundant furnaces to idle, the fifth uncle made full use of these idle furnaces, and soon let the workers make more than 20 miles of rails, after the requirements of the third uncle, he also quickly laid it.
Speaking of which, I have to say that the building materials factory that Yang Heng partnered with those generals was mainly steel, because of the increase in the amount of ore needed, after careful consideration, Cheng Fairy was responsible for auctioning the technique to more than a dozen companies.
At that time, some people wanted to join forces to boycott this auction, but after the most Lu didn't stand up to the propaganda of the fairy Cheng, what a beautiful money scene, and he had a large number of orders, once whoever succeeds in the auction, he will immediately give him a big order agreement.
"Boy, here, the old man can't figure it out, why do you want to auction such a lucrative sale?" This is the reaction of some partners before the auction, naturally, it is still Cheng Fairy who comes out.
"Earn money. Then you still have to control all the mines. But. How many mines do we have now, it is not up to one-tenth of this radius of a thousand miles, this is iron ore, and there are coal mines, we don't control much, you must know that this mine is not in our partnership, but the ore processing is in our partnership, this is rough processing. How much energy do we need to expend, and how much manpower and material resources do we need, if according to me, I even plan to let you transfer all the mines out of Lu, don't you see that my mines are the least? ”
"What is this for?" It is rare that Cheng Fairy also has the mentality of quieting down and asking for advice. "Why do you know that the current steel market is a seller's market, and the price is not set by us, and those mining, as well as ore refining, are quite labor-intensive and material-consuming. But we need to keep the mining ourselves, which is what prevents them from inflating the price of the ore. As for the rough processing of ore, it is only necessary to keep the technology advanced, and the rest is still made of pig iron made by them. ”
I can't help but talk about the release of this iron ore here, originally the iron ore was monopolized by the imperial court, but after Yang Heng's persuasion, Li Er was directly released to the people, and the imperial court only controlled a few iron ores with better grades, and even their ores were not sold out, and now Yang Heng asked Cheng Fairy to auction off some rough furnaces and processes, and at the same time there are some strict agreements, these agreements are basically small profits in Yang Heng's opinion, but as those businessmen who buy techniques, or families, in their eyes, That is basically a better profit condition, but the punishment is much stricter, that is to say, if the supplier can not supply in time, it will be punished according to ten times the agreed price, similarly, if the acquirer violates the agreement, it is also in accordance with this standard, and Yang Heng will suffer, he roughly calculated, formulated a ten-year agreement, ten years later, it is estimated that some refined skills will also be transferred, and Yang Heng They will only master the part with the largest profits.
This is also the guarantee that Yang Heng can guarantee the construction of the iron bridge, but when some new equipment was launched, Yang Heng did not calculate that the learning process of the workers, that is to say, at the beginning, was not up to the number he needed, and also under the advice of various shareholders, there were a few more furnaces, but later, it turned out to be a surplus, but fortunately, Yang Heng added the project of repairing the railway, that is to say, it is just now, at least in five years, there is no major action, these furnaces are enough, and there are a little too many supplies, But who knows if there will be some other construction in the future, maybe the amount of steel is suddenly too large, and the furnace is still not enough.
"Fifth uncle, you laid the track so early, do you know what the shaft length I need?" Yang Heng suddenly thought of a question, if the length of the shaft is different from the width of the track, it will be troublesome, and I don't know how the production of Zhang Lin and Wang Feng is.
"Xuewen nephew, don't worry, I asked Master Wang Feng Wang to take a shaft with wheels and measure it," this carriage uses a long shaft, and there is no way to do it, Yang Heng naturally wants to do it in one step, but there is no basic research, where is the best result, so now the style of the carriage is still used, with several axles with iron wheels at both ends, as the chassis of this carriage, and even the shock absorption is used with spring plates, mainly spring plates are easy to do, isn't it, if you want to make springs, it is not a very simple thing.
"What, what did you say, they made an axis to come?" Yang Heng was a little surprised, after he handed over the task, he really didn't pay attention to their speed, he had been tasking for a task, maybe they were trying it at this time, scrapped one, scrapped another, until the qualified product came out.
"And that's not all, I see that they have all the sites assembled." The fifth uncle gave Yang Heng another explosive news, "What, a chassis is assembled, let's take a look." ”
To tell the truth, since this place was built, Yang Heng has been here once, and he has never been here, but what he has always cared about is the place where the lathe is located, the construction of this carriage is not unimportant, but not in a hurry, and even these things are built, maybe they have to be disassembled, why, this wheel is connected by an axle, and it will be very troublesome in the turning place, so once the carriage and rails are tested, a more suitable chassis must be manufactured. You must know that the road, a section of railroad track, it is possible to have no bends in a short distance, but the route is long, some places have to follow the terrain, and even some climbing places have to be zigzag construction, at this time, Yang Heng They blew up a small hill and became, if it was a high mountain, then had to take a detour, what kind of tunnel, culvert and the like, he really didn't have the ability to build it temporarily.
"Xuewen, I made a mistake, not there." "Well, didn't you go to the factory, what, where did you put it?"
"Xuewen, the road to the factory has not been repaired, and now the chassis is on the rails, if it is not assembled on the rails, how many people will be able to carry it in the factory?"
It can be seen that after Yang Heng followed the instructions, he really didn't care about them, perhaps, he really ignored their abilities.
"The owner." "Well, I'll take a look at the chassis of the car you made, how about it, what's the trouble?" When Yang Heng arrived at the starting point of the railway, Wang Feng greeted him.
"There is trouble, I think, if this thing is turning, it may cause trouble, the placement of this wheel is too hard, I think it is better to move a little, otherwise once there is a bend, it will be broken."
Yang Heng didn't expect it, what he thought of, this Wang Feng also thought of, naturally, Yang Heng is the knowledge of his previous life, and Wang Feng is the experience after it was manufactured.
"So what's going on now, this way is still straight, and the test can be used." "This can be done, we have been pushing back and forth on it for a distance, but this test can't be pushed by people all the time, right?"
"Use people to push, what's the use, and you can't get up fast, fifth uncle, you inform the third uncle, smash this with loess, I plan to use a horse to pull and run away."
Yes, this is also Yang Heng's original idea, before building a steam engine, it is better to run around with a horse, see its cargo capacity, if you can, you can even do it within a hundred miles, and also give Li Er a reassurance. (To be continued......)