Chapter Forty-Eight: The Veil of the Steam Engine Age

He Xi said: "Tie Xuan. ”

Tie Xuan stood up from behind He Xi and said, "The subordinates are here." ”

He Xi said: "This matter will be handed over to you." First of all, we must do two things, first, to manage the canal and the tide river. This place is in the east of the capital, the terrain is relatively low, although there is a uplift from Yan Mountain. But once it rains heavily, there is a high chance of flooding. ”

"So, during this time, you need to visit the local terrain to find the old people and see how to solve this problem, for example, if you can dig an artificial lake outside the city to store water from all over the city. Not for the harm of the Jingshi. ”

Tie Xuan said, "Xiaguan understands. ”

He Xi said: "There is another thing, and that is to supervise the local land acquisition. This is a major event in the imperial court, whose local land belongs to? ”

Tie Xuan said: "The lower officials have already asked, this area is the land of the guard, and the land under the feet of the adults belongs to the avant-garde of Yingzhou." ”

He Xi was slightly stunned, but felt that it was also reasonable.

The whole north was originally in ruins, and a lot of land was occupied by the army. This is also a very normal situation.

He Xi said: "It was passed on to Shen Guogong and asked him to move the land of several surrounding guards. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "This matter, I'm afraid you have to discuss it with Shen Guogong. ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and understood that Yao Guangxiao was right, some things need to be equal. Although in this matter, Shen Guogong will not be embarrassed. But the premise is that He Xi personally communicated with Shen Guogong. Instead of sending a subordinate.

Or, the sentence of the order to Shen Guogong is inappropriate in itself.

He Xi said: "Tie Xuan, you go to the Shenguo Mansion to say hello, say that I am on patrol, and when I come back, I will go to discuss this matter with him." ”

Tie Hyun agreed and didn't say anything.

The real construction needs to wait for He Xi's performance to come back from Nanjing, and now He Xi can only make a plan.

After He Xi explained this, He Xi and his party went all the way to the north and did about a day's work. At dusk, I saw a place in the distance glowing red, like a mountain of flames.

He Xi knew that this was not a mountain of flames, but a steel furnace.

He Xi brought many people from Liaodong, some of whom He Xi took the initiative to bring, such as Tie Xuan.

Tie Xuan's salt farm has no room for expansion. On the one hand, there are so many tidal flats available on the Liaodong Peninsula. In other places, if you want to transform it into a salt pan, you can't say no.

It can only be said that the result is half the effort.

On the other hand, there is the production of salt, which is a bit too much. Not to mention anything else, it is now Shanhaiguan, as well as Tianjin and other places, what is the most stringent is salt.

A large amount of low-priced salt has entered the Central Plains through many channels, which has brought a lot of trouble to the imperial salt administration.

There is also an expansion of production, which is a bit out of place.

Moreover, in the case of the textile factory, there were many people who entered. But only Tie Hyun can't find out a single problem. He Xi naturally wants to promote such a person, but there is no specific official position yet, just to build the city of Beijing and play a front station.

It seems like a temporary job, but there are actually too many opportunities in it.

And the other people, like Ge Tiangong, came here because of their crimes and meritorious contributions.

These people were involved in the textile factory case, but the sin was not deep, and there were many technicians needed here. So, he sent Ge Tiangong to take these people to Zunhua Iron Works to rebuild Zunhua Iron Works.

And the new Beijing city is just north, not far from Zunhua, even closer than the distance from Nanjing City to Taiping Iron Works. This is also the meaning of the crown prince, although the steel mill should not be placed in a place where he can see his own vision, but he should also place the steel factory in Gyeonggi, so that the imperial court can control these places.

When He Xi arrived, it was already night.

How Ge Tiangong and his party greeted him, there is no need to mention. Early the next morning, He Xi came to see the steel mill, as well as the coal and iron mines.

The Zunhua Iron Works originally had a foundation, but now it is being rebuilt. Naturally, it saves a lot of trouble, Ge Tiangong has been here for a while, and has dismantled several old furnaces, and used the materials of these old furnaces to make a new steel furnace. Yesterday was a day and night production.

He Xi has nothing to say about this.

Without him, and now the technological progress of Daming has made He Xi can only put forward some directional things, and He Xi can no longer figure out specific things. Not to mention anything else, it is a few gears that bite each other, how can they turn smoothly without knowing how to collapse the gears?

He Xi scratched his head a little.

So, I don't say much about the specific technology.

He Xi asked, "When will a steam engine be built here?" ”

Ge Tiangong said: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter will be a little late. Because the iron ore in Zunhua is different from the iron ore in Liaodong. The coal mines in Zunhua are also different from those in Liaodong. There is a difference between the steel produced and the steel of Liaodong. There is no other way, only to try slowly, to know the soft and hard heat of this steel. Thus making a steam engine. ”

"And the current steam engine is far from meeting your requirements."

He Xi said: "It doesn't matter, now Beijing is building." A lot of bricks are needed, and I need a brick machine powered by a steam engine. ”

When Ge Tiangong heard He Xi say this, the whole person was stunned, and said, "Brick machine? ”

His shallow imagination really can't imagine what this brick machine looks like.

He Xi also saw that Ge Tiangong didn't understand, so he squatted on the ground and drew a sketch for Ge Tiangong. First, a water tower was built, and then a pumped steam engine was built. There is a water outlet under the water tower, which releases the water flow to impact the water wheel, pushes the water wheel, and the water that flows down is carried into the water tower by the steam engine.

Under the push of the waterwheel, there is a container for mixing and mud, and then there is a conveyor belt, and then the waterwheel urges the mold to beat the mud into the mold, and then the waterwheel pushes it and lifts the mold. After laying the floor tiles, it follows the conveyor belt out.

Let people load the car here and push it into the cave.

In fact, He Xi doesn't know much about some details. So it's more of a schematic diagram to draw. But Ge Tiangong's technique is no problem. He himself is a family scholar, and he understands a lot of scientific principles and design principles after following He Xi.

Therefore, even if He Xi painted very simply, he ignored many details. Ge Tiangong swept it, and in his heart, he had a rough sketch. Overall, it's not difficult.

Ge Tiangong said: "Teacher, as long as the steam engine is built, there is no problem. ”

He Xi said: "Well, this is just the beginning. ”

is not only Zhu Yuanzhang's idea, but also the reality that He Xi must face. I want to build the kind of steam engine that can enter the workshop and drive the machine directly with steam in one step. In the coming period, unlikely.

After all, the improvement of the steam engine is a long process. It is impossible for He Xi to use the power of one person to shorten the improvement process of the steam engine by a hundred years and enter the mature steam engine.

And it is a waste, this kind of linkage between the steam engine and the waterwheel, in He Xi's opinion, is simply too ugly. But in any case, he creates a steady flow of water, and thus has a steady hydraulic output. I can push a machine.

It becomes a stable mechanical power that is not limited by terrain. In addition to human and animal power, there is also this mechanical force.

To build the city of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty needed the most bricks. Now after the success of this brick machine, there are many other machinery that can be used.

The Industrial Revolution has already begun.

The construction of Beijing City will be one of the most critical nodes in the history of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

He Xi even used the excess profits brought by technological progress to hedge against the over-issuance of treasure notes in the Ming Dynasty over the years. This is also the reason why He Xi dared to mix too many other things in the construction of Beijing City.

What He Xi wants to build is not a Beijing city. It's the new Ming.

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "Only success is allowed, not failure." He Xi didn't know if he failed this time. He Xi didn't know when he would have such good luck.

Thinking of this, He Xi couldn't help but look south, which was the direction of Nanjing.