Chapter 29: The Generator is Born
Li Wei, who finally won some human rights for himself, went back to work with great enthusiasm.
As soon as Li Wei left, the sadness and dissatisfaction on Zhu Yuanzhang's face disappeared.
We can't cure you kid!
"Father, you just agreed to his conditions?"
Zhu Biao watched him leave arrogantly, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang suspiciously, in his impression, his father was not such a good talker.
"What did we promise him?"
"Uh, it's just a big deal, and give him a house on the edge of the imperial city, and time to be free?"
Zhu Biao didn't understand why his father loved this Li Wei so much.
"Hehe, whether it rises or not depends on his performance, in the end, we have the final say, the house is lent to him to live and not rewarded to him, as for the freedom of time, he has not been quite free this month, what difference do we have?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
Zhu Biao was stunned, wouldn't this mean that he gave almost nothing?
"But Father, did you promise him?"
"Who heard?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared.
Me!
looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's big eyes, and measured the distance and relatives, Zhu Biao didn't say these two words.
"He is so willful, why doesn't my father blame him?" Zhu Biao was still puzzled.
"Biao'er, do you know what kind of courtier we like the most?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Our favorite is the kind of courtier who has the ability and no heart!" ”
Zhu Biao: ?
"This Li Wei is like this, you see that he has been in the court for more than a month, but we dare to conclude that he can't even recognize all the six books!"
If Li Wei's dog boss in later generations hears this, he will inevitably nod his head in agreement, Li Wei's popularity was very average when he was in the previous company.
It's not that there are contradictions with everyone, but it's too willful, straightforward, I don't understand the world at all, and I can't talk to those people in the office who are hearty.
Such a person is destined to be a lonely minister in Daming, and he is not happy to let him form a party.
In fact, Li Wei is indeed like this, compared to the intrigue in the court, he prefers to work with the craftsmen of the War Bureau.
So Zhu Yuanzhang is very relieved of him now, and even thinks that digging a pit before is redundant, according to his straightforward nature, sooner or later he will offend the courtiers.
"But does he have that much ability?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Da'er: "This kid has great skills, don't look at his mouth, this won't do that, in fact, he just doesn't want to work for us, his skills are of great use to our Daming if they are taken out casually." ”
Hearing such a high evaluation of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao was skeptical.
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When he returned home in the evening, Li Wei began to plan his future.
When he first came to Daming, he was busy surviving and escaping, and after leaving the palace, he felt that his career prospects were dark and there was nothing to plan.
He doesn't ask for any princes and generals, he just wants to be able to enjoy life comfortably, villas, luxury cars, air conditioners, heating, appliances, and small household appliances can all be built!
These are the main things, what princely will compare to the convenience brought by these technologies?
Although these are not related to the things required by Zhu Yuanzhang except for luxury cars, the technology is the same, and those who can be built can make these, especially cars, which are the culmination of various technologies!
Determining the goal, Li Wei began to draw a flowchart on paper.
Build the generator first, this is certain.
Then the mobile phone computer can be used, with the design software to the design of the flintlock pistol first out of the errand, freehand drawing is still not as convenient as the computer, such as deletion, the computer only needs to operate a few times, the paper is troublesome.
In addition to the flintlock pistol, there is also steel, there is a lot of information in the computer, when the dog boss wanted to develop a new product, although in the end only a defective product, but he downloaded a lot of information of various materials, although it cannot be said that these materials can be made by these materials, but with a reference target, it will always be easier.
As for steelmaking, the main thing is high temperature, and the blast furnace has to be done, and as for the blast, if you can build a generator, you can build an electric motor, and in principle, electromagnetic induction is the opposite.
Of course, it is not possible to rely on manpower to generate electricity, and that little electricity can also charge the computer and mobile phone.
You can also consider the waterwheel, well, the waterwheel is limited by geography, but Yingtianfu is close to the Yangtze River, but it is okay, that is, it is far away from the palace, and you have to discuss it with Lao Zhu.
If you can't do it, you can build a steam engine, the steam engine is mainly for finishing, and you need a machine tool.
What rubber doesn't? Replace with leather, although rubber is better, but there are many alternatives.
And this is used for static sealing, the dynamic seal is a piston ring, is a metal part, and the seal does not have to be completely closed, even if it is a moving part in the later industrial era, it will leak, as long as the leakage is not much, it can be used, it is nothing more than a waste point......
Li Wei's writing, painting, and painting ultimately boil down to three elements:
One is people, not only labor, but also talents! This can only be taught slowly by opening a school.
The second is money, a lot of money, Li Wei feels that Zhu Yuanzhang is so poor, he shouldn't be able to support it, and he has to rely on himself to find a way.
If Zhu Yuanzhang knew what he was thinking at this time, I don't know how he would feel.
The third point is policy support, and there should be no problem with Zhu Yuanzhang's support in this regard.
In fact, Li Wei was wrong in this regard, among these three points, the third point is the biggest resistance, the resistance from this entire era!
After the planning was completed, Li Wei began to be busy in the following days.
Fang Jianbao had already found the red copper that Li Wei wanted, and at Li Wei's request, the craftsmen first made the red copper into strips, and then used a drawing plate to draw it into copper wire.
After the copper wire is ready, it is time to paint.
Li Wei drew drawings by hand, asked the carpenters to make the stator shell, wound the copper wire coated with insulating paint into a stator coil, and then made the prepared magnet into a suitable shape and installed the shaft.
In the bearing position, Li Wei asked the craftsman to make a double iron ring with a few cylindrical bearings in the middle, although it is not as good as the industrial products of later generations, but it is better than nothing.
Added some grease to lubricate.
Then under Fang Jianbao's resentful gaze, he dismantled his "tricycle" and connected the pedals and gear parts to the motor shaft.
It took a few days to complete this first manpower generator!
Then Li Wei went to Zhu Yuanzhang to ask for a multimeter and measured the voltage.
It was found that the voltage was unstable due to the unstable speed of the human pedal.
The next step is to improve, add the flywheel to store inertia kinetic energy to stabilize the speed, and add the ratchet mechanism to prevent reversal.
After repeated calculations, tests and corrections, a relatively stable voltage was finally obtained.
Li Wei, who was tired and sweating profusely, stood up and admired this rough-looking generator, and a sense of accomplishment rose in his heart, which made him feel satisfied and proud!
When he was a child, his hometown had just been electrified, and he began to tinker with electricity without a teacher, and after a few times of electricity, he figured it out, and he would repair the TV before he was ten years old, so it can be said that he is still very talented in electricity.
The craftsmen looked at this five-grade official, and they had been busy with them for so many days, although they didn't know what Li Wei was doing, but they couldn't help but be happy when they saw Li Wei happy.
During these days, Li Wei had no official pretensions at all, never beat and scolded them, and even if he didn't do well, he would at most reprimand them, which made them sincerely grateful and had a little closeness to Li Wei.