Chapter 847 The Birth of the Soul of the Industrial Devil! Have You Forgotten that You Are My Subject?

Ying Chengyu nodded matter-of-factly and pointed upstream: "The Lantian County workshop built a vertical wheel water mill to crush large pieces of ore and slag so that they can be reprocessed by the flat wheel water mill."

"Compared to..."

Before Ying Chengyu could finish speaking, Ying Zheng lifted up his crown clothes with his right hand, spread out his long legs and ran towards the direction of Ying Chengyu's fingers!

Lu Buwei and other veterans did not look old at all at this moment, and were actually in their sixties or seventies following closely behind Ying Zheng.

Han Cang let the cool autumn breeze blow over him, his long wet hair blowing in the wind. He charged like a water ghost who had just climbed out of the river, and even ran in front of Ying Zheng without noticing him at all. The tail of his hair shook Ying Zheng’s face!

Ying Chengyu:...

The silk cloth for wiping water froze in the distance, and Ying Chengyu murmured, "Are the eldest brother and all his colleagues so capable of running away?"

Liu Ji also said softly with shock in his eyes: "Are your Majesty and other superior officials so... generous?"

"Even when Liu was on the run, his running posture was nothing more than this!"

I know, I understand that the group of people in front of me are the group of people who stand at the pinnacle of power in Da Qin today.

For those who didn’t know, they thought they were a group of defeated soldiers who were being hunted down!

He quickly wrapped his hair with silk cloth and put on a dry linen clothes. Ying Chengyu also stepped forward to chase after him, shouting: "Quickly go and put clothes on Han Shangqing!"

"If Han Shangqing doesn't want to, I will hold Han Shangqing down and force him to dress!"

"Han Shangqing is old and must not be exposed to the cold!"

After a period of chaos, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin Dynasty finally saw several huge wooden wheels standing in the river in the upper reaches of the river.

These wooden wheels are different from the flat wheels lying across the river, but stand on both sides of the river. 30% of the wooden wheels are hidden in the river water, and 70% of the wooden wheels are exposed on the river surface.

Ying Zheng's steps gradually slowed down, and he looked at these slowly rotating giant wooden wheels with fascination. He murmured softly as if he was afraid of disturbing them: "This is the vertical wheel water wheel that Brother Wang mentioned!"

Dozens of craftsmen working on the water basin stood up in panic, and all raised their hands: "Greetings to the king!"

But they did not wait for Ying Zheng's response.

Although no further details have been seen, just these wooden wheels that rotate by themselves under the influence of water flow without human push have already made Ying Zheng feel a strong sense of beauty.

Ying Zheng couldn't describe how beautiful this was, nor could he think of a suitable adjective.

But Ying Zheng was so fascinated by this beauty that he couldn't extricate himself!

In a daze, a cocoon was born next to Ying Zheng's infrastructure-mad soul.

What was nurtured in it was the soul of the industrial madman!

Ying Chengyu finally caught up with Ying Zheng and glared at Ying Zheng helplessly: "Brother, why are you in such a hurry!"

"If any of the veterans fell down today, I would like to see how distressed my elder brother is!"

Only then did Ying Zheng come back to his senses. He looked at the old ministers behind him who were panting and their legs and feet were trembling. There was a bit of shame in his eyes, and he said without hesitation: "This is my fault."

"Lieutenant General Meng Lang, hurry up and help all my dear friends!"

Then Ying Zheng couldn't wait to ask: "Is this the vertical water wheel that Brother Wang mentioned?"

Ying Chengyu nodded slightly, and after instructing the craftsmen to perform their duties, he introduced: "What the elder brother said is true."

"Compared with the flat wheel, the force that the vertical wheel can produce is much smaller. Although it can also drive the stone mills commonly used in rural areas, and can even be used for pounding rice, if you want to drive something as heavy as the one used by the Lantian Workshop, It’s almost impossible to grind thousands of kilograms of stone.”

"But the advantage of the vertical wheel is that it does not require rapids, and the requirements for river flow speed are much lower than the flat wheel, so it is more suitable for use in Guanzhong."

"The vertical wheel does not need to build a bridge over the river, but can be erected directly on the edge of the river bank, which is more convenient for large-scale construction around the world."

The power of the flat wheel is much greater than that of the vertical wheel, but the construction difficulty of the flat wheel is also much higher than that of the vertical wheel, and the requirements for water flow are also much higher than that of the vertical wheel.

Therefore, throughout the agricultural era, no matter what development the flat wheels and vertical wheels experienced, vertical wheels were everywhere, while flat wheels mostly only served official workshops and were built by local governments or even directly by the imperial court.

When he walked to the vertical wheel, Ying Chengyu pointed at the wooden stick on the side of the vertical wheel and said: "The principle of the vertical wheel is the same as that of the flat wheel. They use water flow to drive the wooden wheel to rotate, and then the wooden wheel drives the wooden stick to rotate."

"There are three planks at the end of this stick."

"Besides these three wooden boards, there are three wooden hammers placed on the horizontal bars."

"The three wooden boards continue to rotate with the wooden stick, pressing down the tail of the wooden hammer, causing the head of the wooden hammer to rise."

"When the board rotates out and the pressure on the tail of the hammer disappears, the head of the hammer will hit hard!"

Following Ying Chengyu's words, the mortar made of pure steel was raised high, and then it hit the steel mortar filled with ore.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a dull impact, the slag in the steel mortar was obviously more finely crushed.

Ying Zheng's eyes shone brightly and he nodded repeatedly: "The principle is exactly the same as the flying stone chariot made by Brother Wang!"

"They all accumulate power first, and then release the restrictions, suddenly releasing all the accumulated power!"

"It's just that Brother Wang replaced the animal power of the flying stone chariot with the power of the river."

"Although I don't get much power every time, I can still sleep without stopping!"

Ying Chengqiao smiled happily: "Brother, you can teach me!"

Ying Zheng gave Ying Cheng a funny look.

Is there anyone to teach?

Only you, a jerk, dare to say this in the whole world!

Han Cang, who was forced to put on his clothes, finally arrived late.

Watching the ups and downs of the water mill, Han Cang approached the water mill lightly and with shining eyes, like a pervert who saw a peerless beauty. However, under Ying Chengjiao's death gaze, he could only stand beside the water mill and dared not get too close.

He watched the head of the mill hit the steel mortar again and again, smashing the large pieces of slag in the steel mortar into small pieces, or even into debris.

Taking advantage of Ying Chengjiao's inattention, Han Cang quickly reached into the steel mortar with his right hand, scooped up a handful of debris from the steel mortar and rubbed it with his fingertips to feel it.

Then, Han Cang's eyes became more enthusiastic and he whispered: "Such hard slag can be easily crushed, let alone millet!"

"Lord Chang'an!"

Han Cang suddenly looked up at Ying Chengjiao, and asked with a trembling voice: "Isn't this thing worth telling the king specifically?"

Ying Chengjiao looked at Han Cang with some resentment.

My elder brother didn't pursue this matter, but you took the initiative to mention it?

Han Shangqing, have you forgotten that you are my lord's subject!

As expected, the ecstasy in Ying Zheng's eyes gradually turned into helplessness and hatred for his lack of struggle. Pointing at the vertical wheel water pestle, Ying Zheng asked solemnly: "My brother wants to complete the steelmaking technique, and then tell you the blast furnace and steelmaking techniques at the same time."

"Your brother thinks that although your brother's view is too shallow, it is still somewhat reasonable."

"But this vertical wheel water pestle is related to the agriculture and sericulture of the Qin Dynasty!"

"My brother, isn't this thing worth telling you specifically!"