Although springs and springs are the same thing - to be fair, springs are also another kind of spring.
But a spring is not the same thing as a spring in general semantics. After all, a spring is still a thing used to "save" energy. In a sense, its essence is similar to a battery... Think about its widespread use in watches and clocks.
use.
The spring is different. The spring releases energy slowly, while the spring explodes and releases the kinetic energy as it absorbs.
Therefore, between the two, when it comes to energy storage, the clockwork is definitely better, but compared to the explosion, the spring can only be stronger, much stronger.
In the eyes of people who are not in this field, the first difference is that the visual perception of the two things is different, but the principles seem to be similar...
But for professionals like Li Sheng, the difference between the two is huge. Sometimes this difference is so big that it is even irreconcilable... Imagine what it would take to replace the spring in the watch with a spring.
?On the other hand, you can imagine that if the spring is replaced by a clockwork, the design work will be disgusting. It is purely anti-human. This is it.
If it weren't for the many powerful swordsmiths in the Tang Dynasty and the quality of the reeds, Li Sheng doubted that he could really make something like an internal combustion engine and steam engine?
But fortunately, it is finally useful now.
After seeing off Lao Li and others, Li Sheng had to say that he was feeling a little lonely. Without Lao Li drinking with him and his wife and Lele chatting with him, his life had returned to a boring state surrounded only by beauties... Such a cruel reality,
Li Sheng also had to close the door to solve the problem...
However, after this retreat, Li Sheng quickly completed the new design, which was the new second-generation version of the internal combustion engine.
It stands to reason that given the complexity of the internal combustion engine, it would take a long time to complete the design... This is also the main reason why Li Sheng feels so tortured recently.
But in this case, the main reason is due to insufficient craftsmanship... As a result, Li Sheng cannot use many designs, especially many classic designs. After all, everything is empty talk and it is useless. Only by actually doing it can you know what difficulty is. In the past, Li Sheng watched time travel
Novel, I never knew that there is such a situation as "a certain structure cannot be used" in design...
But fortunately now, although many things still don’t work, at least there are springs that can be used!
Of course, this has actually been done before, but it all relied on jewelry craftsmen. The cost was too high and it was difficult to use in large-scale mass production...
But it's different now.
After Li Sheng sent Lao Li and others away, he decisively sent Wu Meiniang to collect some information. Of course, this information was mainly about prices. The results were surprising but not surprising, similar to Lao Li's ear pick.
The price of the already quite delicate small pieces has become completely affordable, and the most important thing is...
This small iron piece is not like the needles and threads sold and circulated in the land of China in the past. They are randomly shaped in the blacksmith shop using scraps of iron stubble, and then ground out on stones - this is usually the case. Although it can also be obtained
A small and exquisite piece of iron is just a sewing needle and cannot be turned into something more valuable like a spring.
But it's different now, because this ear pick... no, a thin iron rod, comes from a factory.
And according to what Wu Meiniang has found so far, they are all one or two circles thicker than a toothpick, but the sewing needles on the market...the texture has not changed much clearly, and in the countless years before this, China has been popular
There is no difference in sewing needles.
So... this also means that these thin iron rods are not made with the same craftsmanship as sewing needles, but are really made by the craftsmanship in Chang'an's steelmaking factory... and there is even a high probability of this craftsmanship.
It has already spread everywhere, because in Hangzhou, similar things are at about the same price, and the sources of goods come from many different places...
This gives Li Sheng room to operate, because... since prices and quality of goods cannot be deceived, then he can just go to the steel mill in Hangzhou and be done...
And for Li Sheng, since there are so many factories all over China that have begun to make progress in technology, he can definitely raise the requirements for customization and get better quality springs.
The cost will go up a bit, but...
Because the current overall cost of industrial products continues to decrease, it is not as high as the price Li Sheng faced before...
With such good conditions, the new internal combustion engine design is naturally progressing rapidly. After all, there is no longer a need to replace springs with springs, just like replacing shotguns with cannons, which is a decisive improvement.
Before you know it...one month passed and Li Sheng's new No. 2 machine was completed.
Because springs were available for the new internal combustion engine design, many aspects were simplified. This time, Li Sheng did not even recruit academic migrant workers from industrial zones and colleges to work for him, and completed the design single-handedly.
Therefore, Li Sheng suddenly left the small building in the courtyard and walked through the trees beside the West Lake to the West Lake Industrial Zone. When they entered the factory area, Wei Ziyu and Wu Meiniang, who were discussing this year's internal combustion engine improvements, were surprised...
Wu Meiniang only knew that Li Sheng suddenly needed a thin iron rod recently and twisted it into a curved and coiled shape. But after all, she and Li Sheng were in a different era. No matter how much training he received from Li Sheng, she still lacked a lot of common sense...
Therefore, when Li Sheng showed up with the design drawings, Wu Meiniang was also quite surprised, but the one who was most surprised was Wei Ziyu.
"Shan Zhang, this..."
Mountain Chief was an honorific title given to academic leaders in ancient times. Generally speaking, when a leader wanted to establish a sect and recruit disciples, he usually was in a famous mountain, such as the Bodhi Patriarch of Fangcun Mountain in Lingtai, so he was called Mountain Chief.
And Wei Ziyu's title to Li Sheng has always been "mountain chief".
At this moment, Wei Ziyu looked at the stack of documents that Li Sheng had brought, and he was shocked and a bit confused. Because the internal combustion engine is currently the most precious and rare thing in the entire Tang Dynasty!
After all, no matter how high the cost, no matter how complicated, and no matter how much labor is required, a military weapon must be produced.
But it is such an expensive and complicated thing... To be honest, the reason why Wei Ziyu came to Hangzhou this time was because he also developed a plan to improve the internal combustion engine in the college.
And this is something that Wei Ziyu worked hard to create...
Because now, several years have passed since Li Sheng established the Chengxi Academy in Chang'an, and now a lot of talents have been accumulated. Wei Ziyu no longer needs to help Li Sheng all the time, and can do something by himself.
