The first thousand nine hundred and thirty-four chapters of scientific research
When Song Tao was led into the internal combustion engine laboratory by staff from the Royal Institute of Technology's school affairs office, the first thing he saw was a strange machine.
There are many various instruments and equipment used for measurement next to this weird machine.
Song Tao could hear the researchers nearby talking about something from time to time, but he couldn't hear clearly because the sound from the machine was too noisy for him to hear clearly what they were saying.
Taking two steps forward, he was able to get a closer look at this weird machine.
Naturally, he couldn't see the internal situation, but from the outside, he could see a flywheel rotating.
This thing is definitely not a steam engine. Instead, it looks a bit like a gas engine that Song Tao had seen before.
At this time, several people from the laboratory also came forward. The leader was a very young man, probably only in his twenties, wearing gray and dirty work clothes. However, what he said next was not young at all.
Human humility and courtesy.
He opened his mouth and said: "Who are you? We are conducting an experiment. Why do you rush in so rashly? Can you afford to ruin the experiment?"
When Song Tao heard this, his eyebrows were slightly raised. He didn't see that I was wearing the badge of the Hanlin Academy on my chest, and he was also wearing the badge of the fifth rank.
Officials in the Hanlin Academy have always been relatively low-ranking, a typical institution with low status and power. If a fifth-grade Hanlin official were sent to a local government, he would be a fourth-grade prefect at least, and he would continue to be promoted in a short time.
Even in Gyeonggi where there are as many officials as dogs, Song Tao, as the second secretary of the Hanlin Academy Secretariat, is still considered a number one figure. Even though he is not as good as the minister, minister, and the top leader of important departments, his political status is definitely not as high as that of the minister.
How much different is it from an ordinary third-grade director?
Even if the other party's political status is much higher than his, the other party will never speak to him in such an rude manner.
But now, the young man in front of him was so rude to him!
If it were another situation, not at the Royal Institute of Technology, he would have gone crazy.
But at the Royal Institute of Technology, he knew not to get angry, because the young man in front of him was probably some kind of scientific research boss.
There are quite a lot of young people in the Royal Institute of Technology, and many professors are only in their twenties. Most of these people enjoy political treatment of the second rank or above, and generally have knighthoods, so they cannot afford to offend easily.
So Song Tao held back. He planned to weigh the weight of the young man in front of him first. If he was just an ordinary little lecturer, humph, he would let him know that Gyeonggi is not a place where anyone can be arrogant!
So Song Tao didn't speak, but the deputy director of the fourth grade of the school affairs office next to him immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Oh, Professor Lin, you are doing experiments, I'm really sorry.
Ah, we came here in a hurry, and we didn’t want to disturb your experiments!”
Professor Lin? Although Song Tao still didn’t know who Professor Lin was, when he heard the word professor, he noticed the respectful attitude of the deputy director next to him.
He knew that luckily he had held back just now.
Damn, this must be another scientific research boss!
Fuck, the people at the Royal Institute of Technology are so perverted. It doesn't matter that there are a lot of aristocratic scientists with titles in the institute, but you, a professor, dress like an ordinary underling, a research dog, and you are so young.
People misunderstood.
At this time, the deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office continued to introduce: "Professor Lin, this is Secretary Song from the Secretariat, here to inquire about the progress of the internal combustion engine project."
After the introduction, Song Tao also said: "I have met Professor Lin. Please forgive me for the abruptness of Song's arrival!"
When Professor Lin heard that it was the secretary coming from the Secretariat, he nodded slightly: "Then sit down for a while and drink tea. Our experiment is at a critical moment. We will talk about it after the experiment is completed!"
Professor Lin obviously knew that their internal combustion engine project had always attracted the attention of Emperor Sheng. The secretariat sent people over to inquire about the situation and it was still being cleaned up. He didn't say anything else immediately, but turned directly to conduct experiments.
Song Tao saw that none of the researchers inside paid any attention to him, and no one came to serve him the tea he had agreed to drink. The deputy director of the school affairs office made the tea himself, and at the same time said with a wry smile: "They usually
That’s all."
What this means is that it's not just you, Song Tao, who doesn't look good to you when you come here, even the first-class secretary above you and even the director of the secretariat and others have the same attitude.
Song Tao was naturally lifeless at this time, and knew that he was not qualified to do business. The scientific research bosses at the Royal Institute of Technology were famous for being arrogant. After all, many of them were nobles with titles. Your title was not as high as yours, and politics
The salary is not as high as others, and the weight of what you say in front of His Majesty is not as high as others, but don't you have to be honest?
He immediately said: "This attitude towards studying science is really admirable. It is precisely because of this attitude that the Royal Institute of Technology can promote the scientific development of the empire and benefit the people!"
After saying that, Song Tao turned the topic to the strange machine: "What we saw just now was an internal combustion engine, right? I don't know what it burns? Gasoline? Or kerosene?"
Although Song Tao is not a scientific researcher, as a member of the secretariat, he knows something about internal combustion engines, and he also collected information before coming.
I briefly learned about the empire’s current research on internal combustion engines.
Internal combustion engine research is a key scientific research project personally instructed by Emperor Sheng. This aspect alone is unmatched by many other research projects.
There are many research projects in the Tang Empire, and there are also many in the Royal Institute of Technology, but there are actually not many key scientific research projects that can be valued by the Emperor Sheng and give personal instructions.
And each one has a major strategic role.
For example, the telegraph communication system includes cross-sea wired telegraphs, radio communications, etc. Many people know the importance of this stuff, especially wireless telegraphy, which has attracted the attention of many big bosses in the empire. They believe that wireless telegraphy will be better for the future empire.
An important means to completely control overseas territories around the world.
Another example is the cultivation of improved seeds and research on the synthesis of chemical fertilizers. Both of these are major scientific research projects to increase food production. It goes without saying how important food is. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the foundation of the empire.
This internal combustion engine research is also a scientific research project that Sheng Tianzi is personally concerned about. Although it is not yet known when this thing will be successful, Sheng Tianzi has already imagined the role of the internal combustion engine on several occasions.
As a kind of power, and it is a power system that is smaller than a steam engine and has a much larger thermal power value, its application prospects far exceed that of a steam engine. In the future, it can be used as the power of chariots, or even horse carriages, or as a power system.
The power of many agricultural machinery.
However, among the current internal combustion engines in the empire, only the gas engine has barely entered the practical stage, and its limitations are very large. Most of them can only be used in the industrial field, and in the transportation field, the gas engine is not yet suitable.
Song Tao also knew that the internal combustion engine project at the Royal Institute of Technology focused on liquid fuel rather than gas.
But he didn't know whether it was kerosene, gasoline, or diesel.