Chapter 42: The Problem

He Xi was not a technical expert in the first place.

Nowadays, the development of science and technology is becoming more and more complex, and many places are not well understood by non-professionals. Moreover, the technical tradition formed by the combination of Daming technology and modern scientific concepts is different from that of later generations.

This distinction also increases the difficulty for He Xi to understand the documents of this era.

It can be said that even if a modern engineer comes here and wants to understand this era, he needs to study for a while to understand the technical documents of this era.

Without him, many of the special terms in industrial technology in later generations are foreign words. And this era is all borrowed from ancient books. The nouns alone are different, let alone some technical details. Although the principle is the same, there is a big difference in the handling of specific technical details.

Because the scientific system established by He Xi is excavating the technology of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. Some of the masterful techniques of the Ming Dynasty were integrated into the scientific system.

These technologies will be placed in future generations, and they are all the kind that can apply for intangible cultural heritage.

As a result, many kinds of intangible cultural heritage in later generations no longer exist. Because as the source of modern science and technology, they have integrated into the rolling tide of scientific development. However, the existence of these technologies also makes many technologies the same in principle, but completely different in development.

It's like a seemingly bizarre but realistic thing like a horse's ass deciding the diameter of a rocket.

In addition, there are a lot of things to do, and there is no time to keep track of the latest technological changes. This led to the current situation.

Maybe in some general directions, He Xi can still give some guidance, but specific things will never work.

It's like the railroad bridge problem today.

How to design?

He Xi frowned and said, "Don't ask about such a thing in the future, transfer it to Beijing Guozijian and hang up the reward." Forget it," He Xi remembered several common railway bridges in later generations. said, "Forget it today, and when the discussion is over, we will talk about it in private."

He also needed time to read his books.

Ge Tiangong was overjoyed when he heard this.

He specifically mentioned technical issues, in fact, he also had the idea of having more contact with He Xi, after all, as long as he was in contact, the relationship could be good. Only when the relationship is good can there be benefits.

Ge Tiangong said, "Yes."

He Xi said, "Are there no other problems?"

Ge Tiangong said, "No."

He Xi said, "How is the problem of climbing a hill solved? I don't think it's a low slope."

Ge Tiangong said: "I have thought of two solutions to this slope problem, the first solution is to place more locomotives at several stations with relatively high slopes. When the train passes, the locomotive is temporarily added. The second option is to add a tow line, so that you can add a steam engine station on every steep slope."

This scheme of adding locomotives is mediocre.

As for increasing the traction of the steam engine, this scheme seems very strange, that is, fix a steam engine in a steep slope, and when the train arrives, first put down the steel cable, hang it on the locomotive, and then pull it up to increase a traction.

He Xi didn't think about it. I don't know if the inspiration for this plan came from the slender man.

He Xi immediately thought that the text he had learned in his childhood, the herringbone train track designed by Zhan Tianyou, was used to climb the slope. How exactly is it designed. He Xi couldn't remember it for a while. I secretly said in my heart, "I'm old, and I'm useless."

He Xi asked, "Have you experimented on it?"

Ge Tiangong said, "Not yet, I'm preparing to conduct an experiment."

He Xi let out a "hmm" and said, "There is another question, how much time will it take?"

Ge Tiangong was silent for a moment and said, "At least three years."

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "In three years, the railway to Yingkou before was completed in less than a year. Why is it that it takes three years now, to increase the number of people, and not to shorten the time?"

Ge Tiangong said, "My lord, not at all. Yingkou

The railway is on the official road in Liaodong, and it is easy to measure and transport materials. The railway can be divided into several sections and started working together, and this speed can catch up. But this one is completely different."

"All kinds of materials needed for the railway have to be pulled from the Zunhua Iron Works. The best way to follow the Zunhua Iron Works is to use the railway, otherwise it will take too much manpower and material resources to transport the rails through Yanshan by means of people carrying horses and packs."

"Even death."

"Not to mention, it is useless to increase the number of people in the railway section of Yanshan. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the matter of digging tunnels, and now the way I think about it is to occupy an excavation surface in a row, and a mining surface can use dozens of people at most. Even if they work in three shifts and take turns, there are only a few hundred people. There are only more than 1,000 people digging on both sides. It can't be any more. And the time it will take to dig a tunnel, I can't predict it at all, before the tunnel is dug, no one knows whether there are stones in the soil, whether there are stones or secondary, and the most important thing is whether there are water veins, once there are water veins, this matter is big."

"This winter, I was able to complete the railway from Beijing to Peking all the way to the mountain, but I don't know how long it will take to gnaw down this mountain. But I want to come for at least a year, and the way to Dongsheng is not without mountains."

"Three years later. It's already pretty good."

"The subordinate is incompetent, please punish him."

He Xi listened, sighed, looked at the others and said, "Three years is absolutely not possible."

He Xi was actually not so anxious. Even in He Xi's view, if Beijing's development speed is getting faster and faster, it will not be a problem to hold Nanjing for a few years, or even more than ten years. But the Beijing court did not open overnight. He Xi can't go against the ideas of many people.

The battle between Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunwen for the throne. Never to the death, both sides want the other to die, this is a very clear political attitude. On the whole, there are a group of generals in both the Southern Army and the Northern Army, whether they are loyal or not, or that they have no overall situation, they want to fight to the death with the Southern Army, and the intention of attacking the Southern Army is too slow, which may be a way to show loyalty to the emperor. In fact, the same is true for the Southern Army, but it has suffered a loss, and it does not dare to be so arrogant.

And He Xi can't press them.

Especially now that the Northern Army has gained the upper hand, many people are waiting for He Xi to counterattack. Therefore, the various strategies proposed by He Xi are all strategies for attacking. It is impossible to sit on guard.

And politically, it is also problematic that Beijing does not attack. The two sides are not at the same point, they do not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but defend to the left, which is simply Zhang Shicheng's second, just a thief who sits on guard.

Therefore, don't say that it has been three years, we must start a war with the Southern Army next year, and we can control the scale of the operation, but the war must be fought.

He Xi said, "Isn't there any good way?"

Zhang Youzhi said: "There is a way, and that is to build an iron factory in Datong. There is a lot of coal and iron in Datong, which is enough to build an iron factory for the imperial court that is no less than Zunhua and Liaodong."

The war directly stimulated industrialization.

You don't even need to preach it. Whether it is Nanjing or Beijing, many people have the same idea, that is, to expand production and then expand production. After all, they are not fools. Food, people are certainly combat effectiveness. But steel and gunpowder are a kind of combat effectiveness.

Qu Neng said, "My lord, the lower officials think that this method is very good, not only to supply the northwest war closer, but also to speed up the construction of the railway."

He Xi was also pondering this matter.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of building a steel base in Datong?

He Xi thought for a while and said, "I think there are three problems with building a steel plant in Datong, that is, how to transport large machines, if you start from scratch locally, it is too slow. Secondly, we should also consider the issue of investment, although the imperial court has so much money, but most of the money has a place to go. A large steel plant requires a lot of money. After the imperial court has paid for the railway, it is a little too much to bear this."

"A penny is hard for a hero, and you have to think about money in everything you do. Where does this money come from?"