.Lin Fu put the issue of establishing a direct heir behind and was not in a hurry to attend the celebration banquet in the front yard. Before such a quarrel at night, he always wanted everyone to have time to calm down and asked Xiaoman to hold up a lamp for him to study.
drawing.
Lin Fu originally thought it would not be so early. He asked Jiang Yue to see the marquee. It has only been fourteen months since he officially lifted the window paper of the steam-driven principle. He assembled the greatest achievements of the world's industrial machinery in astronomy, calendar and arithmetic.
Jiang Yue, a former young eunuch of Tianjian who had unparalleled achievements at the time, designed a steam-powered water pump and a steam-driven vehicle. Yesterday, he sent the drawings to the Duke's Mansion and sealed them in the study room.
I'm waiting for Lin Fu to come back and read it.
Pumps are not a new thing. To mine well salt in Sichuan and Sichuan, they dig wells into the mineral salt layer, inject water to dissolve the salt to make brine, and then use a pump to pull the brine out of the ground and boil it to make salt; Mining shallow crude oil on Jinzhou Island in Nanyang also
With this kind of extraction technology that mainly relies on manpower or animals, the craftsmanship of today is far from being as backward as imagined. However, the limited market, limited industry, and limited demand have restricted the further development of craftsmanship.
A dry dock is built in Chongzhou Shipyard to improve the efficiency of shipbuilding and ship repair. The volume of a very large dry dock often reaches tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of stones. To drain the water inside, there is no pumping machinery and only people can do it.
It is unimaginable to poke, lift, and scoop.
Jiangning, Xusi, Huxi and other places are rich in minerals. Among them, the coal mines that are most needed in the world and which Lin Fu vigorously promotes are coal mines. However, the biggest problem in coal mining in plains and low hilly areas is that the coal seams are slightly deeper.
, groundwater will continue to seep into the mine. It is necessary to continuously use pumps to drain the groundwater from the mine so that miners can mine coal smoothly.
In the past, coal yards were mostly drained by manpower and animal power. However, the efficiency of manpower and animal power in pumping water was extremely slow. Only occasionally where conditions permitted, water-driven pumps could be used to carry out continuous operations.
Mining areas with both mineral deposits and rich hydraulic resources are extremely rare. The hydraulic drive provided by streams is also seriously affected by the seasons. Currently, only such a coal field has been found in Zhuxi County, Yizhou.
Just like this, the cost of transporting Zhuxi coal to Jiangning all the way by sea is even slightly lower than transporting coal from the Lishui coal mine to Jiangning, which is only a hundred miles away and connected by a canal.
Lin Fu first asked Jiang Yueneng to design a steam-driven pump for coal yard drainage.
First, the problem of underground water seepage is the main reason why the cost of coal mining in the Xusi area cannot be significantly reduced again, and there is an extremely urgent need for efficient water pumps; the second is that the coal field can provide sufficient and cheap fuel for steam pumps.
Different from Lin Fu's original principle of using steam generated by a boiler to directly impact the impeller to drive, the steam engine designed by Jiang Yue uses steam to expand and condense in the cylinder to repeatedly push the piston and connecting rod to drive——
In the explanation given by Jiang Yue, it was the driving principle shown by Lin Fu before. The driving force generated during the actual test was not enough to continuously drive the connecting rod to operate. Jiang Yue invited nearly a hundred craftsmen to work hard to create a
Over the past few years, dozens of plans have been designed and tested. The latest drive structure is based on the brine extraction method passed down from Shu.
Jiang Yue also knew that Lin Fu would return to Jiangning today, so he rushed to send the latest design drawings to the study room yesterday for Lin Fu to read.
Lin Fu was far from familiar with later generations of instruments, but the drawings drawn by Jiang Yue were concise and clear. Anyone who knew a little bit about the principle of steam expansion and condensation could see the working principle of the drive.
Although the efficacy of the initial steam engine will not satisfy people immediately, Lin Fu believes that as long as he persists, he will be able to open the door to the age of steam machinery...
Lin Fu saw the steam engine drawings that Jiang Yue had just submitted in secret yesterday. The unhappiness caused by the dispute quickly disappeared in the blink of an eye. He secretly felt that the wisdom of the people of the time should not be underestimated.
Seeing that Lin Fu's mind was completely attracted by the rice paper drawing of Chang An, which looked like a mechanical monster, Xiaoman no longer bothered about the fight for heirs just now, and asked: "What is this important thing? In the eyes of my husband, it is more important than anything else."
Is it more important to establish a direct line of descent?"
"This is the golden key that truly opens the door to another era," Lin Fu laughed, flicking the drawings with his fingers proudly, and said, "Others regard craftsmanship and miscellany as a crooked way and a trail; in my eyes, craftsmanship
Miscellaneous learning is the real great way, while the royal way taught by Confucianism and Legalism, the overbearing imperial power and power, is the small way..."
"Since Wang Ba's imperial power skills are all trivial, why is my husband acting like this today?" Xiao Man asked puzzledly. The matter of establishing a heir must be regarded as a very important matter in the emperor's hegemony. Lin Fu's actions today,
It really shocked them, even Gu Junxun, Liu Yuer, Sun Wenwan, Gu Yingxiu and other girls did not dare to come to the study to take a look.
"The foundation of tradition is too deep. Although it cannot go against the general trend in the end, it will never give in easily. If the contradictions and repeated pulls between these are not handled well, it will lead to bloody chaos," Lin Fu said, "It will not happen at this time.
Some people ridiculed me to my face for raising pigs and growing vegetables in Jiangning in my early years, but if everyone really spoke freely without any scruples, I am afraid that more than half of the people in Jiangning would curse me: 'Pigherd'! Most people would not be able to stop it.
I will admit that Huaidong has achieved today’s achievements because I actually started by raising pigs and growing vegetables. The conflict between old and new ideas is more intense than imagined; it is by no means easy for people to accept new things when they want to.”
"If it is such a good thing, why is it so hard for people to accept it?" Xiaoman asked in confusion.
"Nothing new is made overnight. They are all transformed from rough to refined, from crude to beautiful, from expensive to cheap, from few to popular," Lin Fu said, pressing the pattern of the steam engine with his hand, "Not to mention the others.
Let's talk about four-wheeled carriages. It is very convenient to ride now, but how many people know the small roller bushing on the axle? It took more than ten craftsmen nearly two years to make this thing? There has not yet been the supervision of weapons and the supervision of iron smelting.
The manpower and material resources invested by many departments of the Machinery Manufacturing Department must be converted into gold and silver, no less than hundreds of thousands of Huaiyuan. Although it is said to be made now, it is far from perfect, and a large amount of continuous investment is needed.
Manpower and material resources—where can such huge and long-lasting manpower and material resources be raised?”
"Oh," Xiao Man said as if he had some understanding, "could it be that my husband is so determined to ban people from Huaidong from riding sedan chairs because he hopes that sedans will be scrapped and cars will be replaced..."
Lin Fu nodded and said: "Many people think that as long as there are good things, people will use them; but using them to govern the country does not make sense. Instead, think about it the other way around: only good things can be produced if there are people who use them - Summary
After all, demand is the driving force that drives everything forward. The gentry and officials all ride in sedan chairs, while the merchants and commoners are all poor and can only have shabby cars. If I spend tens of thousands of gold and only build a few fancy cars for me to ride in, what do you think?
What would those people in the courtyard just scold me for?"
"Extravagant and lustful person," Xiaoman said with a smile, "but I think this is true."
Lin Fu pinched Xiaoman's face, hugged her in his arms, and said: "With my position, I find it difficult to do some things. How could it be easy for others? In the past, people in Huaidong were only prohibited from riding in sedan chairs.
, when Huaidong first emerged, everyone was able to be simple, so there was not much opposition. After these years, I have become accustomed to it, but it is still difficult to completely abolish the sedan chair. The current situation is: Quan Huan
Your noble relatives will not be willing to walk. Instead of sitting in sedan chairs, they can only ride in cars. The Jianghuai River is seriously short of animal power and cannot provide a sufficient number of carriages. I plan to promote horse breeding in Jianghuai and other places in the name of preparing cavalry for military preparation.
In the name of promoting the horse industry, we will first ban the lifting of sedan chairs in the central monasteries, and wait three to five years before comprehensively extending it to prefectures and counties. Only in this way, and the car-making workshops can benefit from it, will they have the motivation to continue.
Improve the craftsmanship of car-making. What is mentioned above is only superficial, and it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. When it comes to the national level, we must first maintain the benefits generated by the car-making workshop so that a wider group can share and occupy them, and
This group also needs to be able to raise its voice and express its opinions at the upper level of the center. Only then can the entire direction be sustainable and not deviate or go back to the old path due to accidental factors..."
"..." Lin Fu pointed back to the drawing of the steam engine and said, "Looking back at this thing, it is good, but now it looks really crude. According to Jiang Yue, we must build a bicycle that does not require humans or animals.
"The car body will become a huge thing twenty to thirty feet long and wide. It is really unusable. Even if it is used to drive a water pump, we have to force the coal yard below to accept it." At this point, Lin Fu walked outside the door.
The guard called in, "Go to the front yard and invite Mr. Jiang Yuejiang in, and then invite Mr. Jingxuan in..."
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After adding the gift of Jiuxi, Jiang Yue and others also came to Chongguo Duke's Mansion to participate in the banquet to celebrate, but they did not expect that a direct fight would break out in the middle.
Although I don’t know what happened in the front yard, Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen, Lin Mengde, Song Fu, Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu, Sun Jingxuan and other important officials from Huaidong were summoned to the inner house. Everyone waiting in the front yard knew that there was something big going on.
What happened - In the midst of speculation, Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen and others returned to the front yard, but Lin Fu could not be seen. Lin Tingli and others looked depressed and whispered among themselves, which further deepened the suspicion of other people who did not know the inside story.
Lin Fu threw out the initiative of the government meeting, and the dispute between the direct descendants was finally settled. Song Fu and Lin Tingli also informed Sun Jingxuan, Hu Wenmu and other people who had not seen the inside to advise them, so that they could rest assured.
However, Lin Tingli, Song Fu and others were not only thinking about the government meeting and the matter of establishing the heir, but they were also worried that Lin Fu would lose his temper tonight and not come to the front yard to attend the celebration banquet. They looked uneasily at the hanging flower hall in the front and back yard from time to time.
Screen the wall.
While waiting for a stick of incense, the guards came out to summon Sun Jingxuan and Jiang Yue into the inner courtyard.
Sun Jingxuan's daughter Wen Wan had a son for Lin Fu. If Sun Jingxuan was summoned to the inner courtyard alone, everyone would still suspect that they were discussing the matter of establishing a legitimate heir, so they summoned Jiang Yue instead - Jiang Yue only resigned from the post of Si Tianjian in the autumn of last year.
The Machinery Manufacturing Department under the Privy Council had never shown its status in Huaidong. Lin Fu summoned Sun Jingxuan and Jiang Yue at the same time, leaving everyone confused.
When Sun Jingxuan saw Lin Fu summoning Jiang Yue to go in with him, he could roughly guess why. He didn't want to make Lin Tingli and the others suspicious. When he stood up, he explained: "Maybe it's about the new mechanical diagram Jiang Yue submitted..."
Lin Tingli and others suddenly realized that Lin Fusu valued craftsmanship. They understood this. It was the time when military resources were most scarce, and they also prohibited Zhidu Si from cutting off Jiang Yue's capital. Besides, they were making trouble over the issue of establishing a direct heir.
If that was the case, Lin Fu probably didn't want to rush out to see them.