Chapter 1228 Talking About Steam Engines

"General, this steam engine is a stove for boiling water."

When Bai Feng heard this, he smiled at Xiahou Dun.

"A stove to boil water?"

Xiahou Dun became even more confused after hearing Bai Feng's explanation.

"stove?"

"Boil water?"

"What's the use of this?"

Not only Xiahou Dun, but also Yizhou officials whispered in confusion after hearing Bai Feng's explanation.

"The steam generated after boiling water can be turned into power through the steam engine, and then drive the wheels to rotate."

"I plan to improve the steam engine and install it on the water-powered loom."

"In this way, hydraulic looms no longer need to rely on rivers and running water to weave cloth, but can use steam engines as power to weave cloth regardless of terrain and weather restrictions!"

Bai Feng saw that Xiahou Dun and these Yizhou officials failed to understand what a steam engine was, so he gave an example.

And Bai Feng indeed plans to use steam engines in the transformation of hydraulic looms.

But this transformation of the water-powered loom must have come after the steam train was created.

However, we can use this arrangement to explain to Xiahou Dun and Yizhou officials.

After Bai Feng's explanation with examples, Xiahou Dun immediately understood the wonderful use of this steam engine.

"The Hanzhong Marquis is indeed a great talent!"

"If this steam engine is manufactured and used on water-powered looms, the world's cloth production will increase by an unknown amount!"

Xiahou Dun couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

The emergence of water-powered looms, which was dozens of times more efficient than the existing looms in the Wei Dynasty, appeared in every cloth shop in the Wei Dynasty in just half a year.

Nowadays, among the common people of the Wei Dynasty, there are many fewer families that weave their own cloth than before.

This is because the cloth woven by a hydraulic loom in one month is equivalent to the cloth woven by an old weaver in two years.

The price of cloth also dropped a lot due to the emergence of water-powered looms.

After all, the most important thing for weaving is labor. With the advent of hydraulic looms, labor costs have been greatly reduced, and the price of cloth has naturally come down.

However, high-end fabrics such as silk cannot use water-powered looms.

Nowadays, most of the clothes worn by ordinary people are linen.

The Yizhou officials present here were all shocked after hearing Bai Feng's description of the hydraulic loom equipped with a steam engine.

These officials basically have their own businesses at home.

Such as cloth shops, restaurants, pawn shops, inns, etc.

All the Yizhou officials whose families ran cloth workshops looked at Bai Feng with extremely hot eyes, as if they were seeing the God of Wealth!

After Bai Feng heard Xiahou Dun's emotion, he couldn't help but proudly said:

"What the general said is true!"

"I have calculated that if the hydraulic loom uses a steam engine as power, the weaving efficiency can be increased by 30%!"

The hydraulic loom is limited by the speed of the water flow, and the rotation speed is basically the same as the flow speed of the river.

The power that the steam engine can provide is naturally much more abundant than the water flow.

Of course, the hydraulic loom also needs to be further improved, otherwise the hydraulic loom will not be able to withstand the rotation too fast and will break down.

"Thirty percent?!"

"No, so high?!"

"This steam engine is really a magical thing!"

I heard Bai Feng say that the efficiency of looms powered by steam engines can be increased by 30% compared to current levels.

Those Yizhou officials who ran cloth mills at home and owned dozens of water-powered looms all screamed.

Xiahou Dun secretly smacked his tongue when he heard this.

He never expected that Bai Feng would use less than a year to develop a killer weapon like a steam engine.

If Xiahou Dun could know that after Bai Feng succeeded in manufacturing the steam engine, the next step would be to build a steam train.

I'm afraid that at this time, Xiahou Dun was not stunned, but shocked!

"Hanzhong Hou, has this steam engine been manufactured?"

Thinking of the role of steam engines, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but ask again.

Xiahou Dun learned that Bai Feng was making a steam engine because Bai Feng had widely spread the drawings of the steam engine among the blacksmith shops in Hanzhong and planned to let the blacksmiths in Hanzhong try to make a steam engine.

In the end, neither the blacksmiths in Hanzhong nor the blacksmiths in Youzhou were able to create steam engines on their own.

Moreover, the news of Bai Feng's steam engine was also learned by Xiahou Dun.

When Bai Feng heard Xiahoudun's inquiry, he believed even more that Xiahoudun's understanding of steam engines was just a name.

Even if Xiahou Dun had the drawings of a steam engine, it would not be easy for him to build a steam engine.

If Bai Feng hadn't received the help of Peng Zhuzhu, he might not have even seen the shadow of a steam engine now.

"Hahaha, to be honest, General, although this steam engine has not been built yet, it will not be used for long."

Bai Feng smiled at Xiahou Dun and said he didn't want to hide anything, but he still hid half of it.

"How many more craftsmen are needed in Hanzhong?"

Xiahou Dun continued to ask Bai Feng after hearing this.

To be honest, Xiahou Dun was a little interested in steam engines.

If he could help Bai Feng build a steam engine as soon as possible, he would also have the opportunity to get a foothold in the profits from the sale of the steam engine.

Of course, this will not be in the name of the Xiahou family. There are so many noble families and officials in Yizhou, and their identities can be used.

Anyone would be tempted by such a good thing as growing the family.

And Bai Feng still took the initiative to send it to his door.

In fact, if Bai Feng could recruit craftsmen directly in Yizhou, he would not want to come directly to Xiahou Dun.

If Bai Feng started recruiting craftsmen in Yizhou without saying hello, then the famous craftsmen in Yizhou would return to Hanzhong with Bai Feng, and Xiahou Dun and the officials of Yizhou would definitely ask about it.

Such great craftsmen are basically people from the government, or they have always been in contact with the government.

So Bai Feng had to meet Xiahou Dun and explain to Xiahou Dun the matter of recruiting craftsmen.

Fortunately, the manufacturing of steam engines and the construction of steam engine production lines have been completed in the R&D center in Hanzhong.

For Bai Feng, it is not a matter of profit, but a matter of time.

The earlier the steam locomotive is manufactured, the greater the resources and power that Bai Feng can mobilize!

Now Bai Feng saw Xiahou Dun asking how many craftsmen he needed, so he told Xiahou Dun the truth directly:

"General, the more craftsmen, the better!"

At this time, Bai Feng wished that all the great craftsmen in Yizhou would go to the Hanzhong R&D center to make steam locomotives for him.

Talents are hard to come by at any time!

After hearing this, Xiahou Dun began to think.

The Yizhou officials at the table now began to recall the craftsmen they had heard of or known.

They all wanted to buy the steam engine from Bai Feng as soon as possible, so they had to help Bai Feng solve the problem of the craftsmen.