Chen Fan didn't know that Zhao Dagui actually had a lot of cheating weapons, and he had a certain foundation to be so fast, and he thought that Zhao Dagui was even more talented than Sheldon, and he was very in awe.

In comparison, Wang Zichao is very reluctant, even centimeters and millimeters are sometimes indistinguishable, I don't understand the error, and I don't understand why the error is divided into positive and negative.

However, this is not just a problem for Wang Zichao alone, there are ten scholars from the Oriental Academy who participated in this project, and the other eight have a poor mathematical foundation, and there is also a problem that it is difficult to understand the basic knowledge of "Introduction to Mechanical Design".

"Judging from the current situation, when we will understand the design drawings of foreigners, I am afraid that this silk reeling machine will have to be produced. Wang Zichao couldn't help complaining.

"That's not going to be. Chen Fan comforted him, but he thought it was true in his heart, according to the current progress, it was really possible.

Regarding the imitation of Western-style silk reeling machines, Chen Fan felt difficult at first, but later read a lot of silk reeling books screened and translated by Zhao Dagui and Sheldun, and understood its principles and parameter requirements, etc., and felt that he had seen this matter too complicated at the beginning, but it was not difficult.

Isn't it just a small machine that rotates at a constant speed and pulls raw silk threads, at most adding a boiler to soak in water and vacuum reeling, which is actually simpler than many shipyard machine tools and equipment.

Chen Fan felt that as long as he gave himself enough materials and manpower to make a prototype by himself, he could get this silk reeling machine out within six months.

If this is the case, when Zhao Dagui proposed this matter, he should have stepped forward, taken the matter down, and could show his face and get more rewards.

In that way, he is the most skilled among the craftsmen, that is, the chief engineer that Zhao Dagui said, how can he use it now, everyone thinks that Sheldon is very powerful and smart, although he may not be as good as himself now, but it is inevitable to accumulate some experience in the future and surpass himself.

The most annoying thing is that Chen Fan also feels that the above words make sense, and Sheldon can far surpass his own level as long as he works in the field of engineering design for another year.

As far as the gear gearbox commonly used in steam engines is concerned, Chen Fan can look at the drawings and copy them because of his limited knowledge, but he doesn't know the principle, let alone how to improve or modulate it, but Sheldon, just glanced at it, guessed the principle, and after using a series of calculations, he understood how to improve.

Shelton is not the only one who has a strong learning ability, Zhao Dagui seems to be three points better than Sheldon, but because Zhao Dagui is the owner, he will not compete with him for a job, Chen Fan does not have much anxiety about Zhao Dagui.

In fact, Zhao Dagui, Xie Erdun and Chen Fan and others either have solid mathematical ability, or have rich practical experience, the equipment required by the silk reeling factory is actually a particularly simple kind, referring to the books brought by Gu Sheng in the silk reeling related books, all three of them have the ability to imitate the practical Western silk reeling equipment within half a year.

Now that the three of them are working together, the speed should be faster.

"I can actually see that mechanical design itself is not difficult, but the difficulty is that we are not good at English, and we have no mathematical foundation, and we can't understand many symbols, so we are particularly at a loss. Wang Zichao said thoughtfully.

That's true. "Chen Fan has not studied mathematics systematically, and he can't solve one-dimensional quadratic equations or anything, let alone geometry, so he has been regretting this recently.

Speaking of mathematics, Chen Fan suddenly remembered something: "Doesn't the Oriental College opened by the owner teach mathematics and geometry to people, but it is mainly for Brother Wang and other scholars."

Although I was only a craftsman, I also studied private school for three years when I was a child, so I am not a vulgar person.

If I want to learn math with the students at the college, I don't know if I can?"

"It's... , I guess it's fine. The academy is supposed to teach people knowledge, and Brother Chen is not an outsider, so no one will object.

In this way, my brother Wang Tao is now the director of the academy, and he can talk about many things, let me mention to him, as long as he agrees, there should be no one to stop him. Wang Zichao thought for a moment and replied.

"If that's the case, it's the grace of art and teaching, and I thank Brother Wang here. Chen Fan hurriedly got up from his seat and solemnly saluted Wang Zichao.

In fact, this matter is more direct with Zhao Dagui, but Chen Fan has been a craftsman for a long time, and he feels that he is a dwarf for three points, and no matter which company he works in, he did not say that he directly asked the chairman for this or that, and Chen Fan's spirit is far inferior to that of Yang Weili and other scholars.

Moreover, it's okay that Zhao Dagui agreed, but if he didn't agree, he wouldn't even have room to turn around, so it was better to find a way by himself.

"Brother Chen said seriously, we have been working together for a long time, and it is appropriate to help each other. Wang Zichao hurriedly stood up and returned the salute.

Wang Zichao is a smart person, after Zhao Dagui introduced the business of raw silk before, he inquired in many ways, and he already understood that this silk reeling factory will be a very great business after it is built, and it may be possible to earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year, which can be called a first-class money business.

From this point of view, Wang Zichao's perception of the importance of the silk reeling factory is far more than Shelton and Chen Fan, who are biased towards technical nerds.

Because of this, Wang Zichao especially wanted to show himself in the process of establishing the silk reeling factory, even if he could not do it because of the limitations of his knowledge, he had to get along with a few key people.

Chen Fan didn't understand what he was doing and what position he could do in the future, but Wang Zichao had a clearer understanding, so he wanted to establish a relationship with Chen Fan in advance, and there must be a place to help each other in the future.

If Zhao Dagui knew Wang Zichao's thoughts, he didn't know whether he would praise him because he thought far enough, or because the other party was angry that he was going to form a gang and build a mountain in advance before the establishment of the silk reeling factory.

That's an interesting question.

At this time, Cheng Aniu and Zhao Tiezhu were following a group of fellow craftsmen shopping in the county town of Shanghai.

(Note: I saw that book friends put forward a lot of very down-to-earth names in the book review area, and I decided to add two peijiao)

Cheng Aniu and Zhao Tiezhu were originally workers in the Macao shipyard, of course, they belonged to two shipyards, and they didn't know each other before, and then Zhao Dagui went to Macao to end the local shipbuilding industry, and the two of them followed to Shanghai, and finally entered the so-called imitation silk reeling equipment project team, working in front of Zhao Dagui.

"Shanghai is very prosperous, there are so many people. Cheng Aniu looked at the pedestrians coming and going, and couldn't help but marvel.

Mong-Ha County was just a small county seat, and Macao was only a small place with just over 2,000 Portuguese in this era, compared with Shanghai, which has a population of more than 200,000, it is already a rare big place.

"What's this, it's far worse than Guangzhou. Zhao Tiezhu said disapprehantly.

"Oh, you've been to Guangzhou?"