Zhang Hao looked at the locomotive in front of him. It had a boxy shape and a height of three meters. The track was also three meters wide, and the carriage was the same width as the track.
The materials of railways and locomotives are heat-treated black iron and ordinary steel. Huang Mingshan and others call this kind of steel 'black steel', which is obtained by quenching ordinary black iron. These ordinary black iron,
The black iron content of black steel is only 10%, and this black iron content is of little use.
But after all, it is heat treated. With the help of Zhang's now more mature heat treatment, the hardness of these black steels is still very objective, at least enough to meet the requirements of ordinary railways.
In fact, ordinary steel after heat treatment has reached the strength of ordinary magic weapons. The steam turbines currently sold by the Zhang family, including those used in their own factories, are made of ordinary steel. This is because ordinary steel is fully capable of meeting current production requirements and technologies.
Require.
Zhang Hao circled the motorcycle twice and nodded with satisfaction.
This time the locomotive used a fuel-fired steam boiler and a steam turbine. After continuous research and exploration, the steam turbine technology has finally matured.
In previous steam turbines, the steam pipelines were open and the steam was discharged directly, which caused a lot of waste and, more importantly, required a large amount of water. This was not conducive to the research of small equipment such as locomotives.
Today, through the efforts of Huang Mingshan and others, a closed-circuit steam system finally appeared. The steam turbine was successfully miniaturized and a locomotive was moved.
Huang Mingshan and others previously studied turbines driven by spirit stones, but that equipment was complex and expensive, easily arousing covetousness, and was not conducive to large-scale promotion and might be dismantled by cultivators.
Zhang Hao nodded with satisfaction, came to Huang Mingshan and asked: "How much does this motorcycle cost? If it is mass-produced?"
Huang Mingshan opened his notebook and replied seriously: "It is expected that mass production can be reduced to less than 10,000 spiritual stones. As for the railway, the cost per kilometer is expected to be about 200 spiritual stones. Such railway costs do not include actual construction costs.
Actual construction may require excellent roadbeds, excellent bridges, etc. The cost price cannot be estimated at the moment. But it will not exceed 500 spiritual stones per kilometer at most."
Zhang Hao smiled: "Okay! I'm going to build a locomotive and railway branch factory. Do you have anyone to recommend?"
There is already a bit of a shortage of talents. The original group of people such as Huang Mingshan have gradually separated. Although Huang Mingshan and others have also begun to consciously train apprentices, there are still not enough manpower. The development of the Zhang family is too fast.
It was time to establish a motorcycle branch factory, and Zhang Hao didn't know who to arrange for it.
The remaining old people around Huang Mingshan are Chen Feng and Wang Xuefeng. The three of them are responsible for the research of all technical systems and theories of the Zhang family, which is already quite strenuous. With the advancement and development of technology, industry is becoming more complex. Zhang Hao feels that Huang Mingshan and the three
People can no longer be divided.
Huang Mingshan immediately named one person: "Master, I recommend Zhang Yueshan!"
Zhang Yueshan? An impression suddenly appeared in Zhang Hao's mind: when the production team was first selected, the team led by Zhang Yueshan was the first to complete the production of wind turbines. However, they were eliminated because they were not careful enough. (22
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Huang Mingshan continued: "Master, later I discovered that Zhang Yueshan began to study seriously and relied on memory to build a new fan, so I reactivated him. He performed very well during this period.
Zhang Yueshan contributed a lot to this research on the locomotive."
"Okay!" Zhang Hao nodded, "That Zhang has gone over the mountain. By the way, since his contribution is not small, have the rewards and so on been calculated?"
"it's here."
Zhang Hao took Huang Mingshan's roster, looked through it, and nodded with satisfaction. But then he said, "There is no need to reward elixirs in the future. In the future, the price of elixirs will be reduced to the limit, and everyone will be exchanged for spiritual stones. Price
...Converted based on the previous price of the elixir."
"Yes!" Huang Mingshan recorded it carefully and meticulously. Unknowingly, this little craftsman who only dared to sit on half a stool in front of Zhang Hao has grown into one of the pillars of the Zhang family.
"Where is Zhang Yueshan?"
Huang Mingshan immediately called Zhang Yueshan over. Zhang Yueshan stood in front of Zhang Hao with some restraint. Zhang Hao smiled and patted Zhang Yueshan on the shoulder, "Work hard. I won't say any more words. As long as you don't give up, I will
I promise you a brilliant future. Tomorrow, go to the master’s study and receive a copy of the technique.”
"Thank you, Master!" Zhang Yueshan was very excited. Compared to others, Zhang Yueshan was more excited. Because he lost it, he knew how to cherish it.
Zhang Hao pointed to the locomotive next to him and said, "Can you be responsible for building a locomotive factory specifically responsible for production, as well as laying railways and locomotives?"
"able!"
"Very good. The first goal is to build three railways with dual channels and reserve enough space for expansion. The three railways are the port and Zhangjia, leading to Luanci Mountain; Luanci Mountain is connected to Ninghe County and Ninghe County.
He Juncheng returned to the Zhang family.
You need to find ways to solve the turning, docking, transfer, etc. during the railway laying process. This kind of railway transportation volume should be very large, but there are many things that need to be solved in terms of climbing ability, turning ability, etc.
There are also railways passing through river valleys, hills and other places, which require the erection of strong bridges and the excavation of tunnels.
The subgrade of the railway itself also has to bear a huge weight, so you have to find ways to ensure that the subgrade of the railway will not sink."
"Master, I already have an idea. Regarding the bridge, I can imitate the structure of the train and I already have a preliminary design drawing.
The tunnel may not be needed, but can be bypassed for the time being; if it cannot be bypassed, the mountain can be blown up. You can even invite masters in the transformation stage to move the mountain.
Regarding the roadbed issue, I prepared rammed soil, paved with gravel and sleepers, and built a bed for the rails, which can also reduce the vibration of the rails.
Problems such as steering and turning can be solved very well by using the 'herringbone' shape."
Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Yueshan's confident expression and nodded with satisfaction. The Zhang family's technical staff have begun to learn to think proactively, and they no longer need to cheat all the time. This is good.
In the early morning of that day, Zhang Hao officially confirmed the construction of the motorcycle factory, with Zhang Yueshan in charge. Zhang Yueshan led his team and formulated a development plan overnight.
The motorcycle factory will be built in Luanci Mountain to make use of the nearby iron ore resources. Luanci Mountain is not the fiefdom of the Zhang family, but it has been bought by Zhang Hao long ago.
To build a new factory, Liu Ming and Bai Xiaodong from the machinery department were worried about adding new machinery. To build a motorcycle factory, the machinery required was not a small number.
Zhang Hao arranged the relevant matters and turned around to do other things. There were still many things to do. Zhang Hao wanted to arrange for the craftsmen to make a batch of steel swords as soon as possible. The cost price of this thing is really not much. Zhang Hao's quotation of 200 grade spiritual stones was a bit guilty.
Now the Zhang family has adopted mechanical forging and forging, as well as machine tool grinding and sharpening. Four or five craftsmen can make hundreds of swords in one night. And the Zhang family has no shortage of such craftsmen. It takes about five days to make a sword.
Take out ten thousand swords and it will be easy.
Early the next morning, Zhang Hao held an auction in Ninghe County, the headquarters of Dayang Group. The auction included precious medicinal materials from other countries. Participants in the auction were representatives of 32 trading firms in the East.
Trade the precious elixirs you carry.
The precious elixirs that he carries with him include the Infant Transformation Pill, the 'Xiantian Pill' that breaks through the Golden Pill Stage in the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Elixir of Elimination, the Good Fortune Pill, the Beauty Pill that is especially popular among women, etc. The transaction is very lively.
Later, Zhang Hao participated in the economic planning of seaside development, urban construction, legal construction, etc., and was very busy.
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But while Zhang Hao was busy developing the maritime industry, Liu Xinyu was busy with the cause of domination.
Just as Liu Xinyu planned, after the prince of Danyang Kingdom brought back a large amount of elixirs, the conflict in the court broke out.
Most of the officials in the court of the Kingdom of Danyang are representatives of nobles, aristocratic families, etc. This is exactly the same as the Kingdom of Qixia in the past. But these officials and aristocratic families have begun to defect to the Kingdom of Canglan, either openly or covertly.
These families are typical outsiders. For them, the country comes second, and the development and inheritance of the family come first. However, the current Danyang Kingdom makes them see no hope, so they all begin to invest in
The embrace of the country of Canglan.
But this time the pills brought back by the Crown Prince of Danyang scared these officials. They felt that the Emperor of Danyang seemed to want to repeat himself and return to the embrace of the West.
But once this happens, once the country of Danyang returns to the embrace of the West, then the royal family of Danyang will definitely liquidate the nobles in the country!
With the examples of Qixia Kingdom and Jinyang Kingdom, these families and others have a sense of crisis and fear. They broke out and actually wanted to force the Emperor of Danyang Kingdom to declare war on the remaining five countries in the West and bring Canglan Kingdom to the throne.
Pull into the battle circle.
But the emperor of the Danyang Kingdom was furious at these officials. The Danyang Kingdom is still in civil strife, and the two counties in the northwest are still occupied by the Jinyang Kingdom. Who can we defeat now!
For their own sake, these families no longer cared about the future of Danyang Kingdom. This also allowed the emperor to finally make a decision.
Therefore, the emperor of the Danyang Kingdom had to send a messenger to ask for help from the Qixia Kingdom overnight. The messenger was Song Shang, the only person in the Danyang Kingdom who was in the stage of becoming a god.
After Liu Xinyu obtained domestic consent in the morning, she immediately contacted the other four countries. This time, Liu Xinyu will use the country of Qixia as the core to raise an army to 'maintain peace'!
The Kingdom of Yanyun was the first to respond. In the afternoon, an envoy arrived at the Kingdom of Qixia and said that their 30,000 elite dragon and horse cavalry were ready.
Then the Kingdom of Zhoushan also made a statement. The Kingdom of Zhoushan, which had just ended the chaos, could only send 20,000 "ordinary troops", but it opened domestic channels and allowed the cavalry of the Kingdom of Yanyun to go south.
The Kingdom of Shan and the Kingdom of Jinyang both sent 50,000 troops.
In addition to the 50,000 troops sent from the southeast of Qixia Kingdom, we formed a total of 200,000 elites.
This time, everyone sent out elites. Even the Kingdom of Zhoushan said they were ordinary troops, but none of them were at the Qi Refining stage. They were all at the Foundation Building stage.
Everyone knows very well that this is a competition between the military powers of various countries, and the peacekeeping of Danyang Kingdom is just a matter of convenience.
As the Kingdom of Qixia opens up the ocean, development opportunities for the six Western countries come. But who can get more resources?
Liu Xinyu said that it is free trade without restrictions; but everyone is a sensible person, and the world of spiritual practice respects the strong, and even the country is no exception.
So everyone is ready to take advantage of this 'peacekeeping' opportunity to flex their muscles and lay the foundation for future division of interests.
It took three days for the army to gather. During these three days, the country of Danyang was divided: the country was completely divided into east and west parts.
In the west, there is the royal family of Danyang Kingdom, with only two counties left; in the east, there are domestic nobles, aristocratic families, etc., who occupy the land of five counties. The counties of Danyang Kingdom, Qixia Kingdom, are much smaller.
These aristocratic families actually wanted to seek refuge in the Country of Canglan.
And the Kingdom of Canglan has indeed sent an army. For the Kingdom of Canglan, the changes in the Kingdom of Danyang are an opportunity for them to enter the West, so they are not prepared to give up.
Now the war between the Canglan Kingdom and the Langya Kingdom has begun to take hold, because Zhang Hao defeated the Langya Kingdom's first navy, which brought an opportunity to the Canglan Kingdom, at least an opportunity for confidence.
So now, in order to 'repay' the Kingdom of Qixia, the Kingdom of Canglan has gathered 300,000 elites, crossed the Nanqiu Fengling, passed through Tianqing Pass, Tianmen Pass, and Soul Burial Valley and entered the Kingdom of Danyang in three groups. And in Jinyang
A large army was deployed on the border of the country, ready to break through at any time.
The artillery purchased from Qixia Country, as well as the artillery produced by them using drawings, were also widely used.
A cruel war, a war involving artillery, seems to be about to begin!
Moreover, the reason why the Country of Canglan sent troops is very fair and just. Before, the Country of Danyang surrendered to us and signed a contract. You, the five Western countries, are trying to provoke us, and we cannot sit idly by!
The entire western part of the Fertile Continent has solidified again.
But everyone still maintained some sense after all. Before the war was about to begin, the Kingdom of Canglan sent an envoy to visit Liu Xinyu. The envoys were Fu Yun, left prime minister Huang Shaoxian, and Wang Ruiyang, the owner of Lingwei Trading Company.
Fu Yun is in the stage of becoming a god and does not participate in the negotiations. He only ensures safety along the way. The main negotiators are Wang Ruiyang and Huang Shaoxian.
Huang Shaoxian was the prime minister, and Wang Ruiyang was the most familiar with the Western countries.
There was no politeness. Huang Shaoxian saw Liu Xinyu and asked him face to face: When your country of Qixia was in trouble before, we didn't say anything to help you, but now you have to fight against our country of Canglan. Your Majesty, you are unkind!
Faced with Huang Shaoxian's question, Liu Xinyu just smiled faintly and turned to look at Wang Ruiyang, "Shopkeeper Wang, I remember you. I heard that it was you who started selling the elixir-specific secrets to us in the six Western countries.
The iron is adulterated by 20% and you still don’t negotiate the price. Right?”
Wang Ruiyang was thick-skinned, and he smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, are you saying this too much? If we hadn't sold black iron specially used for alchemy, the past fertile land of the West would have been unsustainable. I admit that it is a bit expensive, but it can still be sold.
Ah! If it weren’t for us, even the richest people in your country wouldn’t be able to buy it!”
Liu Xinyu laughed, and laughed in anger, "If you two are here to talk about these things today, then please come back. My time is precious and I can't afford to waste it!"
Huang Shaoxian immediately shouted: "Your Majesty really wants to become an enemy of the Canglan Kingdom?"