I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

"You can have this. If you think about it, if there is a steam engine, it can be used as the power of the crane, and it can also pull the ore, let alone the power of the blower. There are too many places that can be used!"

"Your Highness, I suddenly feel that with the appearance of this steam engine, it seems that all walks of life are changing!"

Zhang Nuo looked at Xu Bowen, who had been discussing with him for a long time, fell into a rare sigh, and did not speak, poured himself a cup of tea and drank slowly.

Zhang Nuo naturally understood the charm of the steam engine.

For a person who has never seen the charm of industrialization, especially the head craftsman who made the steam engine out by himself, the charm brought by the collision of steel is even more moving.

This is no longer a strange technique, let alone a mysterious thing like mechanism technique. This is rigorous equipment research and development based on scientific theories.

This is the first time in this world that there has been mutual conversion between heat energy and kinetic energy, and it is also the first time that forces other than human, animal, wind, and water power have begun to intervene in the normal production and life of human beings.

And, this is the coming of a new era, the end of an old era!

This kind of mighty power, the more you get in touch with it, the more you can understand its charm, not to mention Xu Bowen, even Zhang Nuo, who has seen all kinds of machinery and technology in later generations, now thinks about it. The steam engine is really attractive!

Chapter 535 Progress of other scientific research projects

Zhang Nuo didn't stay in the research institute for a long time. After all, since the first original model of the steam engine has been produced, it will be convenient for the future.

If you really want to visit and discuss the use of steam engines, you should wait until the official models that have been perfected later come out.

After all, this thing is really just a technical verification machine for manual work. In terms of meaning, it is naturally worthy of special mention, but in terms of actual effect, it is far from being practical.

Even the questions contained in it are not clear in one or two sentences. It can only be said that this thing can move now. As for how long it can move, how much power it can generate, and how safe it is, hehe, I will not give it for the time being. consider.

Zhang Nuo's trip to the scientific research institute did not end after seeing the steam engine. After all, there are still several core projects in the entire scientific research institute.

After Zhang Nuo said goodbye to Xu Bowen, he turned around and turned to the Smelting Research Institute.

Unlike the steam engine project team that is clanging and twitching everywhere, this place is like a small coal kiln or brick and tile workshop that illegally mined in later generations. There are all kinds of weird stoves everywhere, big and small. Not only are all the short ones on fire, but they are also burning all kinds of things.

Not to mention the ground, because coal burning has been popularized, so there are cinders that fell during transportation everywhere.

The smelting craftsmen are all attentively observing the firing situation of their own furnaces at this time, and then make records from time to time.

It is interesting to say that the place with the highest literacy rate in the entire research institute is actually in the two project groups of smelting and casting.

This is absolutely beyond everyone's expectations!

But in fact, the reason behind it is very simple, because after smelting and casting reach a certain level, the process is relatively complicated, and it is impossible to memorize it with the brain alone, and can only rely on words.

At the same time, as long as these two crafts are studied well, if they have one or two unique skills, they can be called military masters in this era, and the salary and income will be very good.

At present, most of the people who followed Zhang Nuo to start research here were detained from Li Shimin, and a small part were local personnel recruited from Korea.

These people were ecstatic after receiving the various materials given by Zhang Nuo, and immediately started researching day and night.

Alloy smelting is almost an endless research project, a project that has been studied by people since ancient times, and has never seen an end.

The things inside are really too complicated. To put it simply, even if the same two metals are mixed, different techniques can produce different results.

Not to mention that in many cases, the alloy formula is incomparably complicated, it is simply inhuman.

However, after verifying a few simple alloy formulas, these craftsmen devoted themselves to the research and development work with an unimaginable enthusiasm.

It's not their fault, after all, seeing that the knife made of steel that they made casually can easily cut off the previous precious knife without a gap or a curling blade, these people are completely crazy.

Zhang Nuo didn't know that they themselves knew very well that the precious knives that were cut off easily were actually made of steel, and they were so easily cut in two by the knives they forged according to the information given by Zhang Nuo. up?

You must know that Baisteel is already the only saber material for generals at present, and there are still some direct-line troops like the Xuanjia Army that use it in small batches.

In other troops, the knives of ordinary sergeants can't even compare with [-] steel making.

This point was also revealed in their experiments afterward. The black knives they made at random seemed to be no more troublesome than chopping firewood for the black knives they made at random.

As a result, these craftsmen, who have learned steelmaking, casting, and blacksmithing at home since they were young, almost regarded Zhang Nuo's materials as holy decrees.

Then he devoted himself to the research and development of new metals with great enthusiasm.

After all, many of the production methods in Zhang Nuo's information are actually of later generations, and it is impossible for him to release a few blast furnaces of later generations here for the time being.

Therefore, these craftsmen had to use the extremely crude conditions of the current Datang to build a blast furnace from scratch, and then complete the smelting and casting of new alloys.

As for knowledge, it has a wonderful attribute, that is, the more a person masters, the more ignorant he will feel.

For example, the additives during smelting. When they were smelting, they were all messy. Horse urine, loess, and even blood were all added to it.

I even regard these things as some unique secrets, what kind of sincerity and rituals are needed, but when I come to Zhang Nuo, hehe, what kind of additives are needed for what formula, what temperature and conditions are added for the additives, let me tell you Be clear.

However, just because the writing was very clear, they also succeeded in the experiment, but they were even more confused.

Why does this happen, and the blood and stuff they added before, why does it have the same effect?

How are those additives made?

Questions emerged from their minds one by one!

As a result, the blacksmith with his muscles covered in burns started to pick up books to study basic chemistry, and those chemical researchers who were tossed about by various strange liquids and gases as if they would die suddenly at any time turned around and studied physics instead.

No way, knowledge is like this, although not to say that all disciplines lead to the same goal, but at least in science and engineering, a single discipline cannot carry out research to a high level.

The scene that Zhang Nuo saw in the smelting research institute at this time was actually the result of this group of people studying smelting materials and studying chemistry frantically during the past few months.

But I have to say that, as the boss and manager of the research institute, Zhang Nuo is quite satisfied with the current atmosphere where employees are actively learning and working overtime.

However, no matter how you deal with the atmosphere, it still depends on the result.

He came here now for one purpose. He needs to know whether the rails he wants have come out and how much the output is. There is also a very inconspicuous but very important thing, that is, the pegs.

Although the studs are simple, in fact, whether the rails can be fixed on the ground and whether they can be used for a long time, the studs can play an irreplaceable role.

Chapter 536 Complex Railway Project

Zhang Nuo did not come here blindly to the Institute of Smelting and Foundry!

It may be less than one-fifth of the whole work to really let the train gallop on the land of Datang and get the train out.

This is not a joke, but Zhang Nuo came to the conclusion after initially understanding the complexity of the railway system.

Unlike those strong men who made nuclear bombs and launched rockets at the beginning, Zhang Nuo really knew how complicated the railway system was.

To give the simplest example, those small stones under the railway tracks are so inconspicuous, but who knows that there is a special term for those things called ballast?

The fact that the ballast itself is inconspicuous, but in fact hard granite rubble, is troublesome, because it means having to get a rock breaker out of the way first.

At the same time, this thing is also indispensable, because the rails, as the medium that directly bears all the weight of the train passing by, actually distribute the weight to the sleepers first, and then transfer it to the ballast.

If there is no ballast and there is soil underneath, then the astonishing weight of the train will press the rails deeply into the soil after only a few times of pressing. When the time comes, the rails will be damaged or scrapped, or the train will derail and overturn.

In fact, the function of the ballast is to distribute the weight of the rails and sleepers to the ground. At the same time, because it has a certain gap when it is piled up, the whole has a little elasticity and can quickly recover after the train passes by. Ensure the normal use of the rails.

Not to mention that compared with soil and concrete, ballast can also remove accumulated water, which is very important.

It can be seen that there is so much knowledge in just a ballast like a pebble on the side of the road, let alone others?

In addition, although the sleeper can be replaced by wood in the early stage, it is actually better to use concrete, because if it is wood, a series of processes such as felling, cutting, and drying are enough to cause headaches, let alone have to Replace regularly.

After all, wood will rot, even if it has been treated, and it has been exposed to the sun and rain outdoors, it won't last long.

But if concrete sleepers are used instead of wood, hehe, do we have to build a large cement workshop and then a prefabricated panel workshop?

Well, after getting these two done, do you think it's over?

Sorry, the studs that fix the sleepers and rails are also called spikes, and they also have extremely high requirements for materials and specifications.

Otherwise, do you really think that something made of iron can withstand the wind and the sun?

The above are just the basic materials in the process of railway construction, not to mention the most demanding rails on it.

That's right, if you think about it, there are so many requirements for things like ballast, spikes, and sleepers. How can the most important rail be simple?

Not to mention anything else, as the direct load of the train passing by, so wear resistance, corrosion resistance, hardness and toughness are up to the standard, these are the basic attributes.

Also, it is not a problem that higher precision is required in terms of size than before, right?

So, despite the fact that the steam engine project team has already produced results, it still needs the assistance of several departments to apply it in practice.

On the contrary, it is the difficulty of construction, which has been ignored.

Because it is very simple, Zhang Nuo's first railway did not intend to do any difficult things such as opening mountains and building bridges. It was just a railway on the plain between Luoyang and Chang'an.

Only by letting everyone truly see the benefits brought by the train can a wave of road construction be set off.

However, Zhang Nuo didn't have to think about those things for the time being. He turned around and found the person in charge of the smelting and foundry project team, threw a project bidding document there, and slapped his ass away.

Just kidding, young master, I have so many things, big and small, and so many people under my command, so I really do everything by myself.

This is the same as the steam engine before, you need information for information, and support for support, but what Zhang Nuo did was to whip them forward quickly with a whip, instead of pulling them forward like an old scalper.

After all, Zhang Nuo will not position himself as a specialized technical official. What he wants to do is to be a leader of technological trends, to keep track of the technological development of the entire country, rather than focusing on a certain technology.

So, Zhang Nuo didn't stay in this place full of blast furnaces for long at all, and Zhang Nuo turned around and went to other places.

Of course, Zhang Nuo couldn't stand the dark and smoky environment, which was one of the reasons why he ran so fast.

Nima, thank you for emphasizing that their gang must be ventilated outdoors in an open area.

Otherwise, it would be strange if they didn't give everyone carbon monoxide poisoning with the urgency of this group of people getting together to burn coal.

Of course, although Zhang Nuo forced everyone to do it outdoors, there is still a big shed to keep out the wind and rain, so don't even think about keeping out the cold.

But it's okay, anyway, so many stoves are burning crazily, and several of these people are still working shirtless.

Zhang Nuo went round and round in the scientific research institute like a labyrinth, and finally came to the innermost small courtyard.

It is a bit inappropriate to say that the courtyard is small, because in terms of the occupied area alone, it seems that this place is not smaller than other courtyards, but larger.

But the obvious difference between this place and other places is that the defense here is obviously several levels higher.

The gates and walls are thickened and heightened, and heavily armed sergeants stand guard and patrol almost non-stop.

Moreover, these sergeants knew at a glance that they were not ordinary people, and the murderous look and serious expression alone made people shy away.

In fact, these people are really not ordinary soldiers, but the Xuanjia Army sent to him by Li Shimin.

The Xuanjia Army was the foundation of Lao Li's family. In those days, the true direct descendants of King Qin, and the personal guards around Lao Li were basically selected from the Xuanjia Army.

And the entire Xuanjia Army is currently the guard responsible for the safety of the entire palace.

These people were sent this time, on the one hand to ensure Zhang Nuo's safety, and on the other hand to ensure the people in the yard in front of them.

Although this yard has no name, the people inside are not simple. They are all weapons research and development personnel brought back from the Lantian City Research Institute by Zhang Nuo when he returned to Chang'an last time.

The reason why they were brought here was, on the one hand, that Zhang Nuo could guide the research and development nearby, and on the other hand, it was because it was close to the battlefield, so that they could observe the use and effects of weapons in the first place.

Both Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin are very precious to these people, so Zhang Nuo arranges the venue, Li Shimin arranges security, and the final result is that the place is watertight.

Chapter 537 The Scary Research Institute

Zhang Nuo didn't stay in the weapons research institute for long, basically just walked around and said a few words before leaving.

There is no way, this is the result of his seedlings being encouraged at the beginning, direct cramming teaching, regardless of whether others understand it or not, he is urging him to work hard, and forcefully get things out.

But as a result, due to the unstable foundation and too high starting point, it was obvious that artillery appeared less than half a year ago, and gunpowder appeared earlier, but the two are still the same now, without any change.

Not only has there been no progress in research and development, but even the production process has not changed, and it is still the same old style, which almost made Zhang Nuo scratch his head.

Therefore, in order not to destroy the thermal weapon research and development business of the entire Tang Dynasty, Zhang Nuo directly dragged everyone to Korea, and started from scratch to make up lessons and start research and development from scratch.

It is no longer the kind of cramming teaching that swallows jujubes in order to make finished products, but really allows them to learn from the basics, and truly understand what is happening and why.

It seems that there is still no movement after moving here for so long, but in fact, in the conversations that Zhang Nuo came over several times, we can already see that they have their own thinking about the previous manufacturing process.

In the past, they were just tool people who made gunpowder and cannons, but now they have the taste of researchers.

They will consider, since the projectile is propelled by the explosion of gunpowder, is it possible to push a larger projectile by increasing the charge of gunpowder, so that it is more powerful?

Or, without changing the loading capacity, making the gunpowder explode more violently can also have the same effect?

But in the brainstorming mode taught by Zhang Nuo, some people will immediately object, saying that the cast iron technology is just like that. If you blindly increase the amount of gunpowder or the power of the explosion, then the enemy has not been bombed yet, and your own people will be killed because of the bombing. Something went wrong.

Turning around, someone will explain the current difficult situation of the artillery units in Baekje and Silla in a bad mood.

That's right, the cannons they built before made a miserable mess for those generals.

In the past, Zhang Nuo's miraculous "Sleeve Cosmos" didn't make much sense. He was like a cavalryman, coming and going like the wind and fighting whenever he wanted.

But after they really got rid of Zhang Nuo's cheating methods and started working as artillerymen in a serious way, they realized that transporting cannons and shells was such a hard job, and it turned out that this thing only went from one position to another It's just that painful.

Then those weapons researchers who went to the front line to investigate were sprayed on the forehead by these generals, and they were very thugs to let these researchers try the feeling of pushing down the artillery to move the shells.