The giant cannon on the Mawei Fort really gave Dong Liang some confidence.

But to defeat the enemy, these coastal defense guns alone are not enough.

Dong Liang's second destination today is Mawei Shipyard.

But before that, he first went to the steam engine factory.

Mark Stevens has been working in Chinese for half a year.

At this time, he was wandering around the workshop of the steam engine factory. The construction of a new steam engine had begun.

To provide this new guy with enough motivation.

The Chinese gave Stevens their best steel to produce boilers.

The improvement of steam engines can only improve the utilization efficiency of heat energy. It is the boiler that really determines the final power output.

"Hi, Mr. Stevens, long time no see."

Dong Liang likes Mr. Stevens very much. He is a very pure engineer.

Although he loves money, Stevens never makes fun of his research and development work.

He is very focused when working. He often has to be called out to him several times by others.

Some people think he must have bad ears, but when there is a problem with a machine, Stevens can tell where the problem is just by listening.

"Mr. Yuan, I finally meet you. You told me last time that you can let me go back as long as I serve the Chinese for half a year. Now the time is coming, when will your promise be fulfilled?"

Stevens has made a lot of money in China in the past six months, and it's all gold.

This money is enough for him to buy a large farm in Kentucky, or buy land to build a villa in Boston, and live the life that every American dreams of.

Stevens' words immediately made Dong Liang speechless for a moment.

Did he say such a thing? He didn't even remember it, maybe he just mentioned it casually.

Within half a year, there were basically enough Chinese people to bring Stevens’ family here.

Just like Li Dehua, after his family came, he completely integrated himself into the Chinese people.

Dong Liang had told Stevens many of his ideas and asked him to create the most advanced steam engine in the world.

At this time, how could Dong Liang let Stevens go back? Should he be allowed to go back with this knowledge to take American industry to a higher level?

He laughed and said: "Oh, Mr. Stevens, many of your companions who came to the Chinese with you have chosen to stay in the Chinese. Haven't you considered it? Here, you will get higher benefits.

salary, a better life, and even becoming a noble with a title."

Dong Liang started his own deception method again.

This trick usually works.

"Mr. President, my family is still in New York. I can't leave them alone."

Sure enough, Stevens gave the reason that many people would give.

"Mr. Stevens, please rest assured that your family will come to reunite with you soon. I just got the news that they are already on the boat here."

"What? Head of State, how did you get them here?"

Stevens' face was full of shock. In fact, he was a little angry. After all, the Chinese went to pick up his family without his permission.

But he didn't show it.

It seems Stevens is not stupid.

Only now did he understand why those people asked for his home address in such detail.

He also said that he would send a sum of money to himself for emergency relief.

Now it seems that I have completely fallen into this Chinese family's plan.

Just when Stevens was stunned, Dong Liang's hand patted his shoulder.

"Hey, man, do you know anything about the steam turbine I talked about last time?"

The thermal efficiency of steam turbines is undoubtedly higher, which means that ships can obtain higher power.

Stevens seemed to be awakened by Dong Liang: "Führer, I have never admired anyone else but you in terms of manufacturing steam engines. In fact, I do have plans to stay. There is no need for you to beat around the bush."

Stevens' words made Dong Liang feel embarrassed. What they did was indeed a bit unethical.

But this is where Stevens is smart. Since staying has become a foregone conclusion, he must show that he stayed because of the technology Dong Liang has in his hands, rather than being forced to do so.

"Mr. Stevens, we didn't think enough about this matter. I have a drawing here. Are you interested in taking a look?"

Dong Liang's drawings always bring surprises to him.

He quickly took the floor plan from Dong Liang's hand.

Looking at the drawing in his hand, Stevens' hands were shaking a little.

"Sir...this, is this an internal combustion engine?" Stevens said excitedly. This was the first time he had seen such a reasonably designed internal combustion engine.

But this time it was Dong Liang's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect Stevens to be able to name this thing at once.

"You actually know about internal combustion engines?"

In fact, as early as 1801, the French chemist Philippe Leben used coal gas and hydrogen obtained by the carbonization of coal as fuel, and made an engine that mixed the gas and hydrogen with air and then ignited to generate expansion force to push the piston. This invention

It is hailed as a pioneering step in the history of internal combustion engine development.

Since then, there have been people dedicated to researching internal combustion engines. As a senior steam engine engineer, Mr. Stevens naturally knows this cutting-edge technology field.

Although the drawing Dong Liang gave him could still be seen as an internal combustion engine, it was very different from the drawings he had seen in magazines before.

He immediately entered question-asking mode, and Dong Liang also answered every question, telling Stevens the working principle of this internal combustion engine in detail.

What is drawn on this drawing is not a gasoline engine. In fact, the earliest internal combustion engines used gasoline as fuel, which greatly limited the use of internal combustion engines.

Historically, it was not until 1892 that the German engineer Diesel was inspired by the dust explosion in a flour mill to create the first compression ignition internal combustion engine (diesel engine), which was successfully developed in 1897 and opened up a new way for the development of internal combustion engines.

Diesel engines are more stable than gasoline engines because gasoline is prone to volatilization and is dangerous.

Diesel engines have strong stability, and large internal combustion engines are basically diesel engines, such as those used in trucks, ships, and trains.

It is also easier to transport and store diesel fuel.

Therefore, Dong Liang allowed the development of internal combustion engines to bypass a pitfall and directly enter the diesel engine era.

He knew that the steam engine seemed brilliant now and was considered the mother of industry. But he knew that the era of the steam engine was coming to an end.

The second industrial revolution, marked by the widespread application of electricity and the invention of the internal combustion engine, is about to begin.

It has been hundreds of years since the Western powers completed the first industrial revolution. If the Chinese now pursue others with steam engines, they will definitely not be able to catch up.

If you want to surpass the opponent, you must stand at the starting point of the second game in advance. Lead the second industrial revolution.

However, the steam engine cannot be put down, because even in the electric age, most generators are still driven by steam engines.

To put it more straightforwardly, it means boiling water, converting various energies into kinetic energy through boiling water, and then using it directly or converting it into electrical energy.

Some people say that since fire was discovered and utilized, people have been using energy in the form of boiling water. Even nuclear power plants transfer energy to water and then convert it into electricity. To put it bluntly, they are still boiling water.

So don't think that boiling water is a simple matter.

Stevens told Dong Liang what he learned about the internal combustion engine. Only then did Dong Liang understand that the research on the internal combustion engine had already begun.

Then the Chinese have to speed up even more.

"Can you make this thing?" Dong Liang asked.

"There should be no problem. The processing of some parts is more precise than that of a steam engine. The piston needs to be made of a high-temperature-resistant bronze material. We need to make it experimentally. There is also the issue of air tightness. There is also this spark plug. No one has ever used it.

Pass."

Stevens was professional after all, and he was quick to point out some of the problems in internal combustion engine manufacturing.

If he can raise difficulties, it means he can create them.

Dong Liang simply worked on site and called all the craftsmen in the laboratory to study together. Stevens was the most capable and experienced in the steam engine laboratory, but he was not the only engineer. Some Chinese engineers

It also gradually grew up.

There are also many skilled craftsmen among the Chinese, and some are very talented, but they started late and lack experience. Therefore, Dong Liang needed experienced foreign technicians like Stevens to join the Chinese R&D team.

These foreign technicians can make the whole team full of energy.

After everyone saw the internal combustion engine, most of them were not surprised. This was not the first time that the head of state had come up with such a novel thing.

To build a new thing, you must first have a design drawing, the second step is to manufacture the parts, and finally complete the assembly, then debug, discover problems, and then make improvements.

"Stevens, can you build the steam locomotive on the Fuzhou-Quanzhou railway here on time?" Dong Liang asked before leaving.

The pressure on this steam engine factory is very high. Just after it was completed, it had to accept a large number of orders, and they were all very urgent orders.

"There should be no problem, head of state. Your workers here are much harder working than workers in the United States. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to give you a definite answer."

It was only when Stevens got here that he saw what hard work is.

No wonder those factories like to buy Chinese workers. Not only do these workers work carefully, but they are never tired. The only thing they worry about is whether they can get their wages in time.

Stevens was surrounded by a group of craftsmen, who were also workaholics, and even Stevens had to work hard.

The whole Chinese community has such an atmosphere now.

It is not easy to create such an atmosphere. First of all, Dong Liang himself must take the lead, and then pass it on through the first-level officials.
Chapter completed!