On July 15, 19o7 (the 33rd year of Guangxu), Neijiang, Sichuan.

Sichuan in July is quite hot, due to the characteristics of the basin climate, the humidity here is high, the heat can not be dissipated, in the summer the whole Sichuan basin is a big steamer, even in the place with the sun back, the same hot panic, even the wind is hot wind.

In the various factories of Xingke, workers still work in the sweltering heat. The fourteenth workshop of Wang Qinian's machine factory is no exception to the intense production.

"Huh......" Wang Qinian put down the portable grinder, took off the protective mask, sighed, and took out a cloth towel to wipe the sweat on the lenses.

It's really uncomfortable to wear this thing on this hot day, but the safety system in the factory is extremely strict, and I have to wear it. 2 full-time safety officers patrol back and forth in the workshop, if they are caught, fines are trivial, and it is a shame to publicly review at the staff meeting.

Because of his earnest and diligent study of technology, he has made rapid progress, and has now been promoted to the head of the production team. Wang Qinian didn't want to stand on the stage and be watched by thousands of people because of this.

"Buzzing ......" At this time, a gust of wind blew, taking away some of the heat a little, Wang Qinian looked up at the electric fan installed on the wall. "Thanks to this thing, it wouldn't have been a good summer...... he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and then he looked at the eight large fans on the wall, and a sense of gratitude came out again. In recent years, there are not many people who are willing to give electric fans to workers, at least he and his co-workers have never heard of it.

He took out a towel from the white iron bucket beside him and wiped his face. A towel soaked in well water suddenly brings a refreshing coolness.

At this time, an electric bell rang, "Jingle bell...... Jingle bell ......". The workers knew that this short bell sounded to indicate that it was time to rest, and after hearing the bell, the workers continued to put down their work. Come to the lounge area and sit down, or smoke, or drink water, and there are people chatting. According to Xingke regulations, the summer schedule is from 7 to 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., avoiding the hottest time at noon. During the work period, except for the posts that cannot be stopped, take a 1o minute break for every 5o minutes of work.

Happiness is all comparative, working 8 hours a day, lunch break and rest in between, in this era is already conscience to break through the sky. In this era of the bloodiest capital, the eight-hour working day is considered a very advanced thing, and it has only been popularized among the European and American powers for less than ten years, and this is only practiced in the country, and the colonies should not think about it. In Asia, Africa and Latin America, there is no such concept at all, for example, most of the workers in China and Japan have to work 12 hours a day, or even 14 hours, and 18 hours against the sky, and the capitalists are not philanthropists.

Several people wearing white cloth aprons walked in with a trolley printed on their aprons with the words "Jiqì Factory Canteen" printed on them, and a large insulated bucket was placed on the trolley.

As soon as the car stopped, the leader shouted: "Here comes the salt soda...... Chilled salt soda...... Freshly pulled out of the freezer"

The workers cheered and immediately took out their containers and surrounded the trolley. Of course, they all knew the need to obey order after being trained with military sticks, and they lined up honestly despite their eagerness.

"Ah, today is the iced salt soda, I like it the most, comfortable ......"

"I still prefer sour plum soup......"

"Mung bean soup is better, and herbal tea is also good......"

"Phew, you don't like to drink and come to the queue......?

Wang Qinian took a sip of iced salt soda and couldn't help but exhale pleasantly.

"It's so comfortable!"

The surrounding workers also made similar exclaims.

The workers of Xingke are very proud, and foreign countries don't know, but looking at the entire Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that there is no second company that is so good to the workers. In winter, there are hot tea, coffee, brown sugar ginger soup, in summer, there are all kinds of iced heatstroke prevention drinks, salt soda every day, sour plum soup, mung bean soup, herbal tea every day to drink.

In these years, it is a very luxurious thing to be able to drink cold drinks on a hot day, and even most landlords cannot afford to drink it. And in Xingke, even the lowest-level apprentice has this kind of treatment. Therefore, only those who have stayed in Xingke for a period of time have their loyalty rising.

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The workers are equipped with Nanzhu kettle, the main body is Nanzhu, the outer wall has a brass reinforcing ring, the side has a handle and a canvas strap, and the inner cover is also equipped with a thin bamboo pipe as a straw, the overall design is no different from the common stainless steel thermos cup in later generations. The spout and lid are made of wire with a woodworking lathe, and a cork liner is added, and the cover is very tight. The inside of the kettle is coated with a layer of edible silver ion waterproof paint, which can not only be waterproof, but also sterilize.

This kind of kettle was actually originally rationed to the militia, because aluminum and copper in this era were relatively expensive, and it was not cost-effective to use it to make a kettle, as for the current mainstream iron kettle, Wen Desi didn't consider it at all, the iron kettle was too easy to rust, and he didn't want to cause non-combat attrition because of a kettle, and other materials were not suitable. So Xingke's technicians chose Nanzhu, a very common material in Sichuan, and built a bamboo workshop in the wood factory to produce this kind of bamboo kettle.

The results were unexpected, and the product was well received upon its launch. After equipping the militia group, it looked easy to use, and the logistics department simply allocated another one to all the company's employees as a souvenir of the first anniversary of the establishment of the factory. As a result, less than 2 months after the incident, some businessmen came to the door to inquire about the price. At that time, Li Siya, the deputy manager of the Ministry of Commerce, who was in charge of reception, did not take it seriously, so she casually quoted a price, which was to triple the cost. Unexpectedly, as soon as the businessmen totaled a little, they immediately asked for a large number of purchases.

One of the northern businessmen placed a large order of 50,000 Nanzhu kettles on the spot, and the other merchants also placed orders for 5,000 and 3,000 for you, with a total of more than 100,000 orders, which made Miss Li Siya dumbfounded on the spot.

The northern businessman generously introduced himself, he was Yuan Datou's subordinate, and this batch of kettles was purchased for the Beiyang New Army.

Li Siya asked curiously: "Isn't there a military kettle in the Beiyang New Army......?"

"Don't hide it from Manager Li, it's really not ......" The merchant didn't hide it, so he explained. Speaking of which, the logistics of the Beiyang Army are also the best in China at the moment, but this is only relatively speaking, and I really didn't think about such a small thing as a kettle in the past few years. Later, the armies of the current powers all had this thing, and the big heads and others also felt that it should be equipped, so they asked people to inquire everywhere.

As a result, the price set by those foreign devils arrived at home, and the French quoted the cheapest, and the unit price was 3 oceans. Don't look at the kettle, you just can't make it in China, don't buy it if it's too expensive. Later, the royal businessman found this kind of Nanzhu kettle of Xingke Company in Sichuan, and the price was only 1 ocean.

What's more, this kind of Nanzhu kettle is not only cheap, but also has a novel design, and the thermal insulation performance is much better than the iron sheet kettle here, and it will not rust, and the weight is much lighter.

The most important thing is that the Nanzhu kettle looks simple, but it is actually difficult to imitate. Without machining, it would be difficult to make it by hand. Even if it is reluctantly made, the cost is still high, and just a few threads are enough to toss for half a day. There are also repairs and polishing of the exterior and inner walls, and it is very troublesome to make and hand-make the movable handles, not to mention the unique edible silver ion waterproof coating.

As for the rest of the merchants, they saw this business opportunity, this thing is not only used by the army, but also by long-term merchants, coachmen, and sailors, and this thing is many times better than the traditional water bag, and the water in the water bag is easy to stink.

As a result, the bamboo workshop expanded into a bamboo factory, specializing in the unexpected product of zuònan bamboo kettles, as well as other bamboo products.

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Now these workers would not have thought that the things they now hold in their hands to drink water have now become popular all over the country, and since the Beiyang Army, which has bought the big head, the new army in other places has also come to buy it. The new army bought it, and the old army also came to buy it when they saw it, let alone the civilian ones.

However, compared to what they are making, this Nanzhu kettle is not worth mentioning at all.

"Wang Qinian, have you done a good job? Okay, push it over for a test drive. This month, we must pass the twelfth workshop, and last month we were only 2 units short of being the first......" The leader of the test group over there shouted to Wang Qinian.

"It's going to be good right away! You can rest assured, we are already ahead of ten units this month, and we are guaranteed to be the first!" Wang Qinian agreed.

Wang Qinian turned to the worker and said, "Pig, check the cylinder and piston again...... Third, take a look at the flywheel......"

After a few minutes, the workers raised their heads and said, "Team leader, okay, no problem......

The 14th workshop of the machine factory where they are located is one of the final assembly workshops of the hot ball machine, which is responsible for the final assembly and commissioning. Wang Qinian is the leader of one of the assembly groups.

Wang Qinian looked up and down again, only then did he take the whistle and blow it a few times, summoned the car to come over, and hoisted the loaded hot ball machine to the test group.

The test team took over the hot ball machine, immediately fixed it on the test bench, connected various pipes and test equipment, and started the test run.

"Turn on the air supply...... Start warm-up...... Start idling...... 1o% load ...... 2o% load ...... Monitoring ...... Monitor the temperature ...... 5o% load ...... 1oo% load ...... 12o% load ......" With the command of the team leader, the tests began step by step.

"Turn to normal...... Vibration is normal...... Noise is normal...... The temperature is normal......" The workers monitoring next to it kept reporting various numbers.

On the third day, the hot ball machine, which had undergone 36 hours of trial operation, was successfully accepted and sent to the workshop next door for painting, painting and packaging. Next, it will go down the river with the same kind of Tongguò Tuojiang waterway, board 6 in Shanghai, and send it to a factory that has ordered goods.

Since April 1, the first mass-produced hot bulb internal combustion engine rolled off the assembly line, not counting for personal use, this is already the 1oo hot bulb machine sold by Xingke Company, and the order is a flour mill in Hangzhou.

In 19o7, the hot ball machine was still a novelty, and it was not very popular in the world, especially in China. This thing is much better than a steam engine, and the thermal efficiency is more than doubled. Compared with other types of internal combustion engines, it is not picky, gas and natural gas can be burned, heavy oil, waste engine oil can also be burned, even vegetable oil, lard and other biological oil, and even pulverized coal can be burned. If you add a little more money and a set of gas generators, even coal, charcoal, and even firewood, straw, and hay can be used as fuel, and the adaptability is so strong that it is finger-resistant.

Therefore, when Wen Desi built the factory, he put this "crossing artifact" on the agenda. Xingke's hot ball machine is a mature design of later generations, compared with the current simple similar kinds, all aspects of performance are complete, the difference can not be calculated.

Initially, the factory could only produce 2 hot ball machines per day, but after increasing the number of people and familiarizing itself with the production process, the output gradually increased, and by last month it had reached the output of 2o units per day, and it is still increasing. Up to now, more than 5oo hot ball machines have been produced, and more than 3ooo supporting gas generators have been produced. However, the products in the first few months were digested internally, and the company used them themselves. It wasn't until the end of June, after months of advertising bombardment, that 5O units were sent to Shanghai to test the waters.

As a result, within three days, it was snapped up by the factory owners and mine owners who heard the news. Can you not grab it? The performance is more than double that of similar foreign products, but the price is only 7o%, as long as you are not stupid, you know how to choose.

At present, Xingke Shanghai Branch has received more than 13oo orders, including not only domestic ones, but also from Japan. Japan does not have the capacity to manufacture such machines, and they have a large number of small industrial workshops of all kinds, and there is a great demand for small power equipment.

Compared to steam, gasoline and diesel engines, the hot bulb motor has fewer potential problems due to its simple construction, and is durable. It does not have an electric ignition system for a gasoline engine, nor does it have an external boiler and steam system for a steam engine. The wide range of fuels and the fact that they do not require special care like steam engines make running costs extremely low. For small business owners in Japan, this hot ball machine is undoubtedly the best choice.

As for the question of whether to sell to the Japanese, Wen Deji didn't even think about it. "Of course we want to sell it! Why don't we sell it? Even if we don't sell it, won't the European and American powers sell it either? This is not an exclusive product, and the Japanese will not make money for nothing......

Xingke Machinery Qì Factory is the flagship of the mechanical factory planned by Wendesi, and the incubator of the machinery industry in the future, of course, the products they make are not only hot ball machines. The hot ball machine is just a product that Xingke uses to make money, and it is currently mass-produced.

In addition, there are diesel and gasoline engines, steam turbines and other power equipment, as well as various machine tools, as well as chemical equipment and various professional equipment. It's just that it's just getting started, and these things are still in the stage of trial production or small batch manufacturing, and most of them are for internal use only. For example, the motive of airplanes and airships and the various machine tools, because similar products with a higher level of technology than the powers, are used only internally.

At this time, the star branch is not too powerful, and if these things are exposed, it will definitely attract the peeps of the powers, and then it will be trouble.

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