Chapter 541 Steam Engine Workshop

Liang Mansion.

When Dou Wei and Zhao Mu were plotting, Liang Kai was telling his eldest son Liang Feng to return to Lincheng, Zhejiang.

"This time, the King of Yan will be skinned alive. The royal family is nothing to fear. In this case, my Liang family does not need to obey the imperial edict." Liang Kai said to Liang Feng.

Seeing his father happy, Liang Feng became happy. He said, "My Liang family is now rich enough to rival a country, and we have countless elite soldiers and generals under our command. Now the imperial court is just an empty shell and has no right to order my Liang family around. This time, if we take Yizhou and control the sea route to the south, my Liang family will be even more powerful."

"That's right. After enduring for so many years, my Liang family finally doesn't need to hide its edge anymore." Liang Kai laughed softly.

This time, the Wufeng Island pirates were wiped out by the Black Shark Pirates.

Yizhou, which has been protected by the Black Shark Pirates, is like a naked girl lying in front of him.

If we don't take it now, when will we take it?

Although he knew that behind Wufeng Island was Japan.

But he knew very well that Japan was just a small country because he had been trading with Japan.

And his Liang family almost controlled half of the Jiangnan area of ​​Dasong.

Moreover, now his Liang family has mastered the art of casting cannons.

Why should we be afraid of Japan anymore.

Thinking of this, he said to Liang Feng, "After you go back, you must plan carefully and take Yizhou with lightning speed. Don't be afraid."

"Yes, father." Liang Feng nodded heavily.

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Yanzhou.

Zhao Xu was completely unaware of the waves caused by the news of the plague.

Of course, he was too lazy to pay attention to the reactions of all parties.

He had no hope for the mess of Dasong.

How bad could it be?

At this moment, he and Wang Chong were standing in front of a newly built workshop.

On the door of the workshop hung a plaque with four big characters "Steam Engine Workshop".

After providing the steam engine cutting rifling to the Armory.

Zhao Xu and Wang Chong led the students to build six more steam engines.

These six steam engines were placed in the steam engine workshop.

Three of the steam engines, each connected to three boring machines using a crankshaft, a total of nine boring machines were responsible for cutting cylinders.

The remaining two steam engines had a cowhide belt connected to the rotating flywheel to replace the rubber belt.

The cowhide belt was connected to a metal rod, which passed through three wheels, so that there were three cowhide belts spaced apart on the three wheels.

Each end of the cowhide belt was connected to a wheel, and the three wheels were staggered.

The metal rod fixed to one wheel rotated, driving a small forging hammer to knock up and down continuously to forge metal structures.

The second wheel was a drilling machine, used to drill holes in metal structures.

The third wheel drove a grinder, which was used to grind metal accessories, which was actually a rotating grinding wheel.

He and Wang Chong just slightly modified the grinder used by jade craftsmen to grind jade and used it.

The three lathes can be linked together to create some simple spare parts, which are enough to support the mass production of steam engines.

There is also a steam engine that is idle.

Of course, this is not redundant, but waiting for the arrival of other types of lathes.

After all, in the contemporary eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century, the types of lathes were basically developed.

Drilling machines, grinders, boring machines, gear processing machines, screw processing machines, milling machines, planers, etc.

However, there are still few types of lathes in Yanzhou, and they need to be further enriched.

Otherwise, more complex parts cannot be made.

"Your Highness, it will be much faster to make steam engines now." Wang Chong looked satisfied.

Although more complex lathes have not been built yet.

But the current forging machines, drilling machines, boring machines and grinders are basically enough to cope with the production of steam engine parts.

After all, steam engine parts are rough and do not require delicate parts.

The most important thing is to ensure that the cylinder does not leak.

Zhao Xu nodded and followed Wang Chong into the steam engine workshop.

The roar of the machine immediately covered the voices of the two. ‘

The craftsmen were standing by the lathe, making parts for the steam engine.

There were also craftsmen watching the working steam engine.

Once the steam engine broke down, they had to fix it immediately.

After the steam engine was put into use, Zhao Xu asked Wang Chong to train the first batch of craftsmen who mastered the use of steam engines and lathes.

Now each of these craftsmen has more than ten craftsmen.

They are new, and through the guidance of the old and the new, they will master the use of various machines like the first batch of craftsmen.

"You can let a trainee take charge of the steam engine workshop. Next, you will focus on the research and development of lathes and other machines." Zhao Xu shouted to Wang Chong almost close to his ear.

The steam engine workshop was too noisy.

Wang Chong nodded and smiled with relief.

The steam engine workshop was a task assigned to him by the King of Yan.

Now that the task is completed, he can finally free his hands.

Thinking of the various machines on the drawings given by the King of Yan, he was immediately full of energy.

After a tour of the steam engine workshop, Zhao Xu and Wang Chong came out.

He took the atlas from Wang Chong and turned to one of the pages. He said to Wang Chong: "The next focus is this textile machine, called the Jenny loom. I want to build a textile factory. In this way, the people of Yanzhou will not lack clothes to wear."

In the early days of the steam engine, the most prosperous industry was the textile industry.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are the most basic things for human beings, and also the most profitable livelihood in this era.

"Jenny loom?" Wang Chong looked at it and nodded slightly.

After talking about this, Zhao Xu asked Wang Chong to go and went to the Armory.

Zhao Xu chose Chengdefang as the location of the steam engine workshop.

After all, steam engines will be mainly used for civilian purposes in the future.

"Can the first batch of rifled guns be delivered?"

The first thing Zhao Xu asked when he arrived at the Armory was this.

At present, rumors of plague have almost covered every corner.

Muller Hongzhen must be secretly happy now.

And in this way, the trap he set for Beidi is half successful.

The remaining half is the rifled gun.

If he didn't have this thing, he would never dare to say that he wanted to take back Ningjindusi.

After all, Beidi currently has a heavy army in Ningjindusi.

Relying on the royal army holding flintlock rifles, he may be able to fight, but after the fight, he will also suffer heavy casualties.

As long as the rifled guns are equipped, combined with the trap he set for Beidi, at least he can minimize the sacrifice.

"Your Highness, 18,000 rifled muskets are ready and can be shipped at any time." Wang Ying led Zhao Xu to the warehouse of the Armory.

There were many long wooden boxes in the warehouse, and inside were rifled muskets.

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction. It would be too late to hand over the rifled muskets to the soldiers of the Wangfu's personal army when the war started.

They also need time to get familiar with the new firearms.

Therefore, the 18,000 rifled muskets will be distributed to different places such as Ningjin Army, Bastion, and Yanguan, so that the soldiers can adapt in advance.