Li Yunze once heard a saying that even a farmer could knock out a steam locomotive with a hammer.
He didn't know if the person who said this thought that the hammer in the farmer's hand was some kind of magical weapon, the kind that could get whatever he wanted with just one hammer blow.
Not to mention anything else, here in Da Qin, Li Yunze held hundreds or even thousands of drawings, gave instructions one by one, and taught step by step, but this group of craftsmen in the craftsmanship supervisory house were the most capable craftsmen in this era.
It still took more than a year to make a locomotive.
It is the kind of steam locomotive that has long been eliminated in the modern world, and even the small trains in the park are more advanced than it.
In order to reduce the technical difficulty, an ancient version of the technology was specifically found, with an average speed of only thirty or forty kilometers.
This also gave Li Yunze a stronger understanding of promoting mathematics, physics and chemistry.
I don’t even understand the basics, and I can’t knock it out even if I hit the drawing with a hammer.
Fortunately, a group of technicians have been initially trained, and they can carry out subsequent production according to the previous standards, so the work was not in vain.
In the past year or so, many things have happened here in Daqin.
Among them, the most eye-catching one is the rebellion of Jun Chengyu of Chang'an.
After taking office, Ying Zheng immediately began to prepare to destroy other countries. His first target was the State of Zhao, which he had once lived as a hostage.
When he was a hostage in Zhao State, Ying Zheng was bullied a lot, which left a heavy shadow.
Now that the army is in hand, of course it is time to take revenge.
Meng Ao set off with the vanguard and confronted Li Mu on the border between Qin and Zhao.
Subsequently, Ying Zheng sent his younger brother Chang'an Jun with troops and horses to reinforce, but no one expected that halfway there, Chang'an Jun was actually persuaded by Fan Yuqi who was accompanying him to rebel directly.
The most direct consequence of Cheng Xi's rebellion was that Meng Ao was attacked from both sides and had his supply lines cut off. He was eventually defeated and killed by Li Mu.
The Qin army lost tens of thousands, and even many of the three-piece cavalry suits fell into the hands of the Zhao people.
After getting the three-piece cavalry suit, Zhao Guo felt like he had found a treasure and quickly began to imitate it on a large scale. The combat effectiveness of his cavalry increased rapidly.
This is not the deadliest thing. The most deadly thing is that some of the King Qin cannons carried by the army were also sent to Zhao by Cheng Xi.
The propellant that all countries have been striving for has finally fallen into their hands.
Cheng Xi's rebellion brought great harm to Qin.
Fortunately, although Zhao Guo obtained the propellant package and knew its approximate ingredients, they did not know the specific proportions and production process.
Moreover, the quality of the artillery they cast themselves was very poor, and the barrels even exploded during test firing.
If you want to improve the smelting technology and figure out the propellant ratio and production process, you can't even think about it without a few years of effort.
When the news reached Xianyang City, Ying Zheng went into a state of rage.
Then a large number of Qin troops rushed over like a tide, trapping Cheng Yu's rebels within the Tunliu Barrier.
Li Mu once led his troops to rescue, but facing the Qin army's tide, he had no choice but to retreat.
However, when retreating, Fan Yuqi, who broke out of the encirclement, was accidentally rescued.
As for Cheng Xi, he chose to commit suicide out of despair.
In history, in order to vent his anger, the furious Ying Zheng not only executed all tens of thousands of Cheng Xi's subordinates, but even sent all the people in his fiefdom to do hard labor, the kind that would not stop until death.
This time, Li Yunze took the initiative to go to Xianyang City and persuaded Ying Zheng to only kill the top culprits, that is, those above 100 generals and those with titles above five officials.
The remaining sergeants were all sent to Li Yunze to work here to build the railway.
As for the people who were said to be on the land, they were punished by being forced to work as corvees. Their job was also to build railways.
After nearly a year of construction, the railway laying with little technical content has been very smooth. It has been laid from Yueyang to Jincheng (Lanzhou), and across the river is the Hexi Corridor.
In order to support this project, Qin State was mining everywhere, digging iron ore, coal and then smelting it to make railway tracks.
When envoys from various Eastern countries came to Qin, what they saw was that the Qin people did not build the Great Wall or build mausoleums during their leisure time, but instead worked hard to mine.
On the road leading to Xianyang City, towering indigenous blast furnaces can be seen everywhere.
Thick black smoke and yellow smoke obscured the sky and the sun, and the blazing fire seemed to ignite the heaven and earth at night.
The countries in the Kanto region were all frightened and at a loss. They had no idea where the Qin people's terrible productivity came from.
After Li Yunze got the locomotive here and came out, he went to Xianyang City to find Ying Zheng to visit. At the same time, he also visited the Queen Mother to send him to learn from the experience.
Ying Zheng was also very interested in this kind of steel giant that could move on its own, thinking that with this thing, it would be enough to dominate the world.
So after arranging all the work, I came to Yueyang with Li Yunze in high spirits.
Even though he had seen the drawings many times, and even the wooden models were placed in Xianyang Palace, when Ying Zheng saw with his own eyes that the length was nearly ten feet, the height was nearly two feet, and the width was about ten feet, the whole body was made of steel. It is said that When I saw the actual object weighing hundreds of thousands of kilograms, I was still shocked and speechless.
I walked around the front of the car a few times and stretched out my hand to touch it for a long time.
Ying Zheng, who finally calmed down, rushed to Li Yunze with an ecstatic expression, grabbed his hand and shouted, "Master, if you have such a magical object in your hand, where in the world can you go? When conquering other countries, you only need to take this The iron beast was sent to the battlefield and rushed over..."
"Your Majesty."
Although it was said to be impolite to interrupt others, Li Yunze still corrected Ying Zheng's misunderstanding, "Have you forgotten that this thing can only run on railroad tracks?"
"Uh~~~"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, "I remember that I heard the Taifu say that steel monsters can also run on the ground..."
"That thing is called a tank." Li Yunze shook his head repeatedly. "It requires technological breakthroughs in internal combustion engines and miniaturization, as well as support from the petroleum industry... With Da Qin's current technological level, even if it develops along the path of mathematics and physics... .In a few hundred years."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It’s not that a steam engine tank can’t be made, it’s actually because it doesn’t make sense even if it is made.
Production, maintenance, transportation, use, etc. are all very troublesome, and the speed cannot even keep up with the running speed of sergeants.
Now that we have powerful cavalry, there is no need for steam engines and tanks.
As for the internal combustion engine tank, Li Yunze estimated that it would be at least two hundred years later.
We still have to go all out on the technological side and not let Confucianism and Buddhism take the lead, or even those who only talk about the nature of mind but not practice.
After listening to Li Yunze's words, Ying Zheng immediately looked disappointed, and the previous excitement disappeared.
"Don't think so much." Li Yunze patted his shoulder and reassured him, "One generation does the same thing. What you have to do now is to lay a solid foundation for science, just like what the previous Qin kings did. Only the predecessors
By continuously accumulating, future generations will have the opportunity to make a lasting contribution."
The specially trained driver got on the front of the car, lit the stove and started shoveling coal into the stove.
Just starting it up takes a lot of time.
When the soft water in the water tank is finally heated and the steam in the valve begins to overflow, the powerful steam force finally begins to push the piston to reciprocate, releasing energy through equipment such as connecting shafts, gears, and connecting rods.
The moving structure pushed the huge wheels to start rotating. Amidst the rumbling sound of steel friction, this behemoth finally started to move.
"It's moving, it's moving! It can actually move!"
Ying Zheng's mood became aroused again.
‘Dirty dirty dirty~~~’
Steam rushed out through the whistle tube, making a shrill sound. The shocking sound and the movement of the steel giant scared many people around with their hands and feet weak, and they collapsed on the ground trembling.
There were also people who knelt down and worshiped the front of the car, muttering something in their mouths and not knowing what they were talking about.
Seeing this scene, Li Yunze didn't say much, nor would he laugh at these people for being so ignorant.
He just put his arm around Ying Zheng's shoulders and warned him, "People who study science can build such huge beasts and make them move. This is the power of science. People who have not studied it will only think that it is
You can't walk on these magical things, let alone control them. Now tell me, is science important?"
"What the Master said is absolutely true!"
Ying Zheng nodded vigorously, "The few people believe in science and can control such giant steel beasts. The ignorant people don't understand and don't believe it. They are behind the times."
Li Yunze smiled and nodded, then waved his hand to the driver to pull the brakes and stop the car.
Afterwards, he and Ying Zheng and others got into the carriage at the back.
"The carriage is much simpler to build." After getting on the carriage, the first thing Li Yunze did was to close all the doors and windows. "The most critical thing is the frame structure. Once this problem is solved, the technical difficulty of the carriage will be no more than that of a carriage."
the difference."
The locomotive moved forward again, driving the carriages under its feet to rumble.
The excited Ying Zheng responded and hurriedly opened the window to see the scenery outside.
But as soon as the window was opened, a pungent smoke was swept in, choking Ying Zheng and coughing repeatedly.
Li Yunze shrugged. He had experienced this kind of thing once.
The locomotive drove hundreds of miles in one go before slowly stopping.
Ying Zheng came out of the carriage and looked at the surrounding environment and took a deep breath: "Master, I want to build this railway track out of Hangu Pass and spread it to other countries. Wherever the railway track is built, the army of Great Qin will follow!"
Ying Zheng, who liked big projects, started a new project of his own.
When he returned to Xianyang City happily, Zhao Gao came to report, "Your Majesty, there are several alchemists who brought the elixirs they had obtained from overseas fairy mountains and wanted to offer them to your Majesty."
"Heh~~~"
After hearing this, Ying Zheng sneered and said, "Let them in."
The alchemists have a good appearance and a very natural demeanor. They are not nervous at all about meeting the king, and they look like they have a fairy-like temperament.
After the salute, the leader came forward and said, "As the King of Good Teaching knows, we went out to sea to find the Immortal Mountain, and visited the immortals on the Immortal Mountain. We were enlightened and blessed by the immortals, and were given the elixir to prolong life."
"We know that we are not blessed to enjoy such immortal things, so we came to Xianyang City specially to offer them to your Majesty."
"oh?"
Ying Zheng, who looked calm, said calmly, "Take it and take a look."
The alchemist took out a delicate small box from his arms and carefully handed it into Zhao Gao's hands.
The checked box was placed in front of Ying Zheng.
He looked at the red pill in front of him, reached for it, put it in front of his nose, smelled it, looked it over, and even pinched a piece for analysis.
"This smell... this color... contains lead, mercury, and sulfur... isn't this mercury sulfide. Realgar, alum, Zeng Qing, Ci Shi... Hehe, I have studied chemistry.
!”
He casually put the so-called elixir back into the box. Ying Zheng stared at the alchemist below and asked, "What's your name?"
"Back to your Majesty, I am nothing more than Xianyun Yehe, and his name is just..."
"I asked you what your name is!"
Ying Zheng roared, which frightened the alchemist who was still pretending to beep. He trembled and responded quickly, "Go back to your Majesty, my name is Xu Fu."