The rainy season in Guanzhong is coming, and I don’t know how long the autumn rains in West China will last for. Zhang Yang is also planning to repair the roof of the library. The stairs will collapse because of the moisture. The inside of the library must be kept dry. The roof of the library must be kept dry.
The structure needs to be laid out again.
Otherwise, when the autumn rains come in West China, even purple wood will not be able to prevent moisture. Zhang Yang is still thinking about how to prevent moisture. He can't hang bags of lime on every corner and roof.
"Brother-in-law!"
Hearing a loud shout from the bottom of the mountain, Zhang Yang was stunned and once again confirmed that the shout seemed to be from Li Tai.
Li Yue stared at her younger siblings doing the questions, thinking that there was no one else but Li Tai.
Then he looked towards the stone steps at the bottom of the mountain, and saw Li Taizheng running towards him, the fat on his face shaking as he ran.
Because of the construction of steam engines, the fat man Li Tai has been using his brain a lot and eating a lot lately.
Finally, when he got close, he was panting and couldn't run anymore. He sat down with his hands on the stone steps and pointed to the distance, "It seems...brother-in-law, let's go take a look."
The fat man's face turned red from running.
Zhang Yang walked down the mountain to help him, "There is something wrong with the steam engine."
Li Tai grasped it hard with both hands, his eyes seemed to be shining, "The wheels of the steam engine are spinning, they are spinning!"
"Okay, okay, don't get excited yet." Zhang Yang had no choice but to follow him down the mountain.
At this moment, there was a huge thing making noisy noises next to the blacksmith shop. As they got closer, the sound became louder. The whispers were quickly drowned out by the movements of these big guys, so everyone had to speak louder.
Zhang Yang walked closer and stopped. The steam engine in front of him looked very strange. But looking at the rotating wheels and hearing the whistle, he felt as if he had returned to his previous life.
When he came back to his senses, he saw that Li Tai and these people were still around him.
"Brother-in-law..." Li Tai said tremblingly: "Is it finished?"
Zhang Yang smiled and nodded, "This is a big step for Lishan. Congratulations to His Highness the King of Wei and the Tang Dynasty."
Li Tai jumped up happily on the spot, "It's better that my brother-in-law gave me advice."
"I'm just giving some superficial hints. This steam engine is the hard work of His Highness the King of Wei from beginning to end."
In his excitement, Li Tai collapsed on the ground, feeling an unprecedented sense of accomplishment. Three years of hard work had not been in vain.
From the first recognition of air pressure seven years ago, to the guessing about air pressure, to the rise of hot air, we started step by step with the most basic common sense of air pressure.
It has been seven years, from ten to eighteen years old, and Li Tai is still so fat.
The steam engine can change the current situation of Lishan and raise Lishan's productivity to another level.
Li Tai sat paralyzed on the ground, looking at the big guy puffing away steam and being unable to speak for a long time. For a while, he covered his face and cried again. The past two years have been too difficult.
"Brother-in-law, do you know? I have wanted to give up several times." Li Tai choked on his words, "But every time I want to give up, I feel so heartbroken. There are thirty of us, and we have been there for three years.
It’s hard work! I thought about it but gritted my teeth and insisted on it. From the pipes to the stove, I overturned it and started over dozens of times..."
He began to talk about the technical problems of steam engine casting. In order to overcome these technical problems, Li Tai lost his temper frequently. In order to succeed, he also reached a point where he did not care about the cost.
Fortunately, it was successful now, and Li Tai was relieved. At this moment, he felt that his whole person had been sublimated.
Zhang Yang looked at Li Tai's current situation and realized that if he didn't succeed this year, he would probably collapse.
He is such a child, ever since he was a child, as long as there is something he doesn't understand, he will get to the bottom of it, even if he doesn't sleep for several days and nights.
Zhang Yang also recalled that seven years ago, he held his legs on Zhuque Street and asked about the air pressure.
He hasn't changed since he was a child.
In a daze, he was still the little fat guy he used to be.
Master Jiang watched this scene from a distance. His Royal Highness King Wei called Zhang Yang brother-in-law one by one. He held his gray beard, lost his mind for a moment, and suddenly understood something.
Everyone in Lishan knew that the owner of Lishan was the brother-in-law of His Royal Highness King Wei, but at this moment, the old man finally figured it out.
It turns out that's the case, no wonder he...
"It should be like this, it should be like this." Master Jiang whispered to himself, and walked into the blacksmith shop with a sense of loss. At this moment, everyone in the blacksmith shop had gone out, and the casting furnace had also turned off.
He walked into his room and took out a box from under the desk. The box contained silver cakes, which were originally intended to be given to him.
Only now did I realize that he was the master of Lishan and the county prince of Lishan.
He usually doesn't look like some county princes.
"Yes, how could such a smart kid be working under King Wei all the time? Who else could he be who married the princess to benefit Lishan Mountain?" Master Jiang smiled and felt very complicated at the moment.
Outside the blacksmith's workshop, the steam engine has been operating for an hour. There is a step next to the steam engine that people can step on to add water.
The longer the steam engine ran, the tin box couldn't help but tremble, but fortunately it ran very steadily.
Zhang Yang looked at everyone who was still in the joy of success. Things in the world are always so interesting.
It has been three years since he started designing the steam engine until it was cast. During these three years, Li Tai has overcome many technical problems.
The most difficult thing to overcome is precisely the small details.
These details are like roadblocks, blocking the process of steam engine casting, and also reflect the current symptoms of Lishan's incomplete industrial development.
The most common and simplest process in metal craftsmanship, just a chamfer, has become the key to the success of the steam engine.
This is what makes Zhang Yang want to laugh but can't.
There is still a long way to go to refine the casting process.
Perhaps this steam engine is more than three times larger than the steam locomotives of later generations, but this is the steam engine of the Tang Dynasty.
Just looking at the wild and simple appearance, there is a barbaric atmosphere that should be found in the Tang Dynasty.
The bud of technology is like a newborn baby. It will get better and better. If we improve on this basis, future steam engines will be more sophisticated.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I can’t remember how people in later generations built steam engines.
But in Datang, this was the hard work of many technical backbones in Lishan for three years, and the amount of manpower and material resources consumed was immeasurable.
At this moment, I feel that all my efforts are worth it.
Zhang Yang left his joy and emotion to everyone present and left the crowd.
Also leaving the crowd at this time was Li Shimin.
"Will this steam machine keep spinning?"
Hearing what His Majesty said, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Then it depends on its load limit."
Li Shimin frowned and sighed: "I can no longer see through Lishan now."
Zhang Yang shook the fan in his hand and said, "When will your Majesty plan to entertain the important ministers with vegetables from Lishan Mountain?"
A steam engine is a steam engine, and things at Taifu Temple cannot be stopped.
Li Shimin hesitated for a long time and then said: "In October of autumn, I will tell them about the achievements of Taifu Temple."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"You haven't said what that thing is for."
Zhang Yang accompanied the emperor all the way, "Without it, it is nothing more than improving production efficiency. Knowledge is technology, and technology can improve productivity. With the steam engine, our industry in Lishan can take off, and Lishan will have a power source in the future.
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"Power source?"
Seeing that the emperor still didn't understand, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Your Majesty has also seen that most of the work in Lishan now requires manpower, but as long as we have this steam engine, we can replace a lot of manpower, allow us to produce on a large scale, and save money at the same time.
The manpower that comes out can continue to develop in technology, and I plan to let all Lishan people master technology."
For the rest of the Tang Dynasty, slash-and-burn cultivation has always been the main tone. Even if it is not slash-and-burn cultivation, the manufacturing techniques of the outside world are still lagging behind those of Lishan.
Lishan was one step ahead of the outside world, and now Lishan has a steam engine. Li Shimin can no longer understand how far the outside world is from the current Lishan.
After looking at Lishan's production, let's look at the productivity created by manpower in other places.
If we really want to describe it, it can only be said to be two worlds.
The gap between Lishan and the outside world is already huge, and this gap will only get wider in the future.
Li Shimin looked back at the big guy who was trembling and puffing out smoke, "I will watch you Lishan until the day you are done."
"I would like to borrow your majesty's kind words." Zhang Yang smiled and walked with the emperor, "By the way, there is one more thing I hope your majesty will agree to."
Li Shimin nodded slightly, "You say."
"Now that the steam engine has been completed, based on our current productivity needs in Lishan, this one alone is not enough. Moreover, due to the manufacturing requirements, the required sizes and styles are also different. This is just a small step for us in Lishan.
Not surprising.”
Li Shimin nodded and said: "In that case, I don't think this is surprising. As long as the palace has the manufacturing strategy and secret recipe, it can be made."
Zhang Yang said with a smile: "How can Lishan be compared with Your Majesty? It's ridiculous. In the future, Lishan will build a large academy to cultivate more technical talents. I plan to build it in Lantian County."
"Opening an academy will be beneficial to the people and the country. I will not refuse. I will allow you to open an academy in Lishan."
Having said this, Li Shimin still turned back to take a look at the steam engine, and then planned to visit Shangguan Yi.
The emperor was not interested in steam engines. He hoped that the court could recruit more talents. Shangguan Yi was indeed a good person.
Zhang Yang walked around the village. The villagers were sorting the wheat. Some of the tender wheat had lamellae and grains stuck together and had to be sorted out.
The villagers will boil the wheat and eat it, which is also good.
Although it is difficult to swallow leaf slices, this kind of food has fiber and energy needed by the body, so it is good to eat it occasionally.
If the wheat harvest is too poor, people will eat the wheat that did not grow well.
In fact, there is another way to say this kind of wheat, called oats.
In places north of Hetao or Hebei, Turks and other places, due to the relationship between water, soil and climate, the temperature is not high all year round, so this kind of wheat will also grow.
Zhang Yang packed up some and took them away, and took them to Lishan Mountain under the surprised eyes of the village women.
It wasn't until the teacher's wife explained it that these village women didn't care.
The main reason is that the Lishan County Marquis has rarely appeared in front of the villagers in the past two years, so that now this bearded and simple-dressed man cannot be recognized as the County Marquis here.
There are five families in total, including the wife and her neighbors. After being assigned and arranged by Shi Yan, they can be given some relatively simple tasks, such as picking wheat.
As the teacher's health has been deteriorating in the past two years, my wife has also aged rapidly in the past two years, and now she has more white hair than black hair.
Time cannot stop people, no matter how well Lishan nursed back to health, it could not stop the teacher's illness from worsening.
Zhang Yang returned to the mountain with a bag of wheat.
After the children finished the class, they were very frustrated with the homework that Sister Huang had just assigned. They had no energy after listening to the class all afternoon.
It should be said that the children have been lackluster in the past month. Li Yue was about to give birth and had slacked off on the children's lessons.
Now is the time to catch up on learning progress, and the learning tasks are heavy.
Coming to the kitchen, Zhang Yang washed the oats and planned to make oats for the children.
Li Yue held the scroll in her hand and asked curiously: "What happened to Qingque today?"
"The steam engine is finished and is now burning outside the village."
"Does this mean we will need more iron and coal in the future?"
My daughter-in-law is very attentive to the development of the village. To her, the transformation of the village from poverty to its current prosperity was a joint arrangement between the couple.
"But as early as the past two years, we have stockpiled a lot of iron and coal. We can still use it for two or three years. There are many coal mines in Liaodong. It's time to talk to your father."
"Yeah." Li Yue smiled.
In fact, oatmeal is not as delicious as later generations. It tastes thicker. After it is made, it becomes an afternoon snack for younger brothers and sisters. They are not picky eaters.
It had been a month since the child was born. When his aunt held him, she looked at the house curiously with a pair of bright eyes. Every detail she looked at made his eyes shine with curiosity. He grabbed what was there and looked at it.
I want to stuff it in my mouth.
At night, while Zhang Yang was drinking tea and reading a book, he heard the whispers of his wife and Xiaohui in front of the house.
Xu Hui planned to use the name of Taifu Temple to drive the tea mountain people of Jiangnan East Road and give them enough benefits to bribe some clan leaders and village chiefs, but money was still needed.
Li Yue also quietly handed over the seal of the Taifu Temple Minister to Xu Hui.
Zhang Yang pretended not to know all these things, and even pretended not to hear them when he heard them.
Zhang Yang looked at the volume "Tai Shi Gong Shu" in his hand. Tai Shi Gong Shu is also known as Shi Ji. However, after Sima Qian finished writing Shi Ji, a work handed down from generation to generation, several dynasties passed and it was called by many names.
These are all books collected from outside. Even if it were possible to collect complete historical records in the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult.
However, now we can see the original appearance of some historical records. The font of official script looks more difficult than regular script, so it is not a big problem to understand.
This scroll contains the story of Duke Huan of Qi worshiping Guan Zhong as prime minister and dominating the Central Plains during the Warring States Period.
Li Yue was in a good mood, humming the tune that the couple had hummed together before, "Husband, let's sing together."
Zhang Yang put away the book in his hand and asked, "What do you want to sing?"
She is already a mother of two children, but she still smiles like a child, "Twinkle and twinkle!"
"Okay." Zhang Yang spoke first, and the couple started singing in the room.
The two aunts cleaned up the mess caused by the children playing by the Huaqing Pool. Listening to the couple's duet singing in the house, there were many more smiles on their faces.