Chapter 541, the locomotive that raises the level of science and technology
For example, carbon steel, spring steel, high carbon steel, low carbon manganese alloy steel, brake valves, gantry cranes, etc.
In short, the development of trains alone has raised the technological level of some industries in the dock area to the level of the 1930s and 1940s.
This steam locomotive has run more than 500 kilometers in the test field laid by the industrial group. Apart from some minor faults, there are no major problems.
Since Sun Xuebin here reported that the road was almost to Jinniuling, the locomotive should also start its trial operation.
It should be said that the fishing boat encountered a little trouble before entering the Changjiang River. Several Ming warships came to intercept it, whether by chance or because of information.
Fortunately, in order to ensure the absolute safety of the technical personnel, the military team asked a 100-ton patrol boat to accompany them on this trip.
Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble.
After all, there were only a dozen soldiers accompanying the fishing boat. If a fight really broke out, it was hard to say that there would be no casualties.
As for the time-travelers in the industrial group, they have basically broken away from the state they were in when they first graduated and have become mature technicians.
Not to mention the geological exploration personnel, Lei Jianming was the only time traveler. Although he later recruited several younger time travelers as apprentices, it still took a long time to train them.
Anyone here can be killed or injured, not to mention the big bosses of the Provisional Management Committee, even Fang Xiaoyue will feel heartache.
After all, only these time-traveling technicians can really give him a good start. If it were those who are still learning, Fang Xiaoyue would explode!
Of course, when those few meager navy warships met a hundred-ton patrol boat, they would be completely crushed.
Before the Ming Navy could shout for surrender, the 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the 100-ton patrol boat opened fire.
A string of tongues of flames shot over, and the deck of the navy warship at the forefront was immediately covered with blood.
The navy warships were so frightened that they immediately turned around and fled.
Considering the purpose of this trip, the 100-ton patrol boat did not dare to catch up.
After all, the 100-ton patrol boat has left. If the fishing boat is attacked by some pirates or even other Ming navy, it will be in big trouble.
As for the incoming Ming navy warships, Wang Haitao would naturally keep them in mind after learning about them.
After the locomotive was hoisted ashore by a special crane, Fang Xiaoyue and others went straight to the laid rails and started measuring with various tools.
After all, it's hard to say whether the rails meet the requirements. If they don't meet the requirements, big trouble will happen if the locomotive is pulled up and run directly.
With the strong technical level of the industrial group, it took almost a month of work to develop such a locomotive. If something happened, it would be a delay.
Although we already have experience, with the existing steel reserves in the dock area, we want to manufacture a second locomotive in a short time unless the Shilu Iron Mine is officially put into production!
But if Shilu Iron Mine wants to officially put into production, it needs this locomotive!
In this way, you can imagine the meticulous care Fang Xiaoyue and others took of this locomotive.
As the Lingbao of Jiaozhi Hongji Coal Mine was initially repaired, Lu Weixue, who succeeded Lei Jianming in charge of coal mine work, then increased the intensity of coal mining after Lei Jianming left. This also made the coal mine from Hongji in the next month
The amount of coal transported back to the dock area exceeded 3,000 tons!
If the locomotive test was not imminent, Fang Xiaoyue would have wanted to change the fuel generator to a steam generator first.
No way, now that the interim management committee requires fuel conservation, the next step should be to convert the generator to steam power.
If Wang Haitao's naval academy produces results in the future, both fishing boats and cargo ships will have to be stopped for overhaul and sealed.
As for the means of transportation, it will naturally be converted into sailing ships or steam sailing ships.
No way, even according to the most optimistic estimates, it is impossible to produce oil in the dock area within two years.
And without oil, fuel stocks cannot be replenished.
As I said before, it will be exhausted within eight months at most.
If the fuel is exhausted, the industrial development of the dock area will be severely affected.
In short, there are many things to do, and thousands of people travel through the crowd. It is very difficult to completely replicate the modern industry of later generations.
After the locomotive got off the ship, Lei Jianming, who took a rest and watched the excitement, then took his few apprentices, as well as the civilian guides and soldiers sent by Sun Xuebin, and set off towards Jinniuling.
At this time, it is still very safe here.
Sun Xuebin spent more than a month supervising the formation here, not only cutting mountains and cutting roads, but also contacting more than ten nearby Li villages through Jijiao Village.
Since these more than ten Li villages belong to two large Dong villages, and the Dong owner of one of the large Dong villages is the owner of Jijiao village, Sun Xuebin quickly used salt, candies, and farm tools to clear the way for these more than ten villages.
All the Li villagers gathered in.
These Li villages were naturally willing to employ Sun Xuebin.
When the people in Jijiao Village said that the Han hired them and gave them two kilograms of salt, one hundred kilograms of rice and other good things every month, the people in other villages didn't believe it at first.
In their impression, the Han people are cunning and cunning, so how could they pay such a high price to do something for them?
But when they saw the rice and salt piled up in the homes of the people in Jiajiao Village, their eyes almost turned red.
If you don’t believe it anymore, you can only believe it.
Many people did not even have time to wait for the people from Jijiao Village to lead the way, so they ran over on their own initiative, which frightened the coolies who were building the road and thought that the people were rioting.
This is not surprising. Generally speaking, the people here mainly focus on farming, supplemented by hunting.
Their farming methods are very primitive, basically slash-and-burn farming.
It is to directly set fire to a forest and shrubs, and then use a knife to dig small holes on the burned forest floor and bury the seeds.
You can imagine how low the yield will be with this kind of farming method.
Therefore, people generally buy food from outside to make up for the shortage.
In short, after negotiating with more than a dozen nearby Li villages, Sun Xuebin became a lot more relaxed.
He hired more than 300 young people, some of whom were responsible for looking after the coolie camp, and some who helped chop down trees and roads.
I have to say that the steam gravel machine played a very good deterrent effect.
The always unruly young people of the Li people also became more honest under the command of Sun Xuebin, and a considerable number of the young people of the Li people were even recruited into the army by him.
He established a new military camp nearby, where about two hundred young people were training.