Accompanied by a deafening explosion, fire and black smoke rose into the sky, and the house was overturned.
Amidst the endless screams, a large group of people were running like wolves.
"Hurry up and save people! Hurry up and put out the fire!"
It took another lot of tossing, but finally the dust settled.
Three people were injured, three were burned, and one house was damaged.
The remaining people were all in shock and filled with endless regrets.
Even Zuo Mengeng was having a hard time, one of his eyebrows was burned off.
But the young man next to him actually cried when he looked at the messy scene.
"Damn it, is it still not possible?"
Zuo Mengeng could still laugh. After all, no one died in the accident, which was the greatest blessing.
"Don't be anxious, take your time. As long as you persist, you will be able to do it sooner or later."
This is the steam engine laboratory.
After Zuo Menggeng taught the principles of steam engines in school, some young students became interested and formed a scientific research group.
The leader is Qin Luo, the grandson of Lao Qintou.
After Zuo Mengeng's special approval, they were able to receive funding from Zuo Xiang and began research from scratch.
Zuo Mengeng also gave them as much conceptual support as possible.
But Zuo Mengeng didn't know much about steam engines.
In addition to theory, the difficulty of steam engines always lies in technology.
Qin Luo and others made seven or eight cylinders one after another, but without exception, all of them exploded after working for a period of time.
That's what happened today.
After cleaning up the scene, Zuo Mengeng gathered everyone together and asked: "What are the difficulties encountered so far?"
Qin Luo answered on behalf of everyone.
"There are two main reasons. One is that the cylinder is not hard enough and cannot withstand the energy of the steam; the other is that the air tightness is not good enough and air leaks all the time."
There is actually another girl in this group, Li Meizhi, the youngest daughter of Li Xiangzhu.
After Li Xiangzhu died, in recognition of his achievements, his family members received extremely high treatment.
Li Meizhi followed her father's example and worked very hard in school. In terms of steam engines, her knowledge base was even more solid than Qin Luo's.
"We have used many methods and materials to make seals, but none of them work under the high temperature of steam."
Zuo Mengeng didn't know how Watt made the steam engine, but his idea was similar to Watt's.
"If the pressure of the cylinder is too high, it can't be compared with that of an artillery piece. The barrel of an artillery piece is safe under such a large pressure, and it can naturally withstand the pressure of steam. How about this? Go back to the artillery factory and ask
, see if I can help you?"
Qin Luo and others quickly wrote it down and looked cheerful at the same time.
"What about the sealing problem?"
No rubber!
Zuo Mengeng scratched his head endlessly.
In fact, he didn't know that the seals of steam engines were never made of rubber.
He is also a second-hand man in this regard. He mostly learned about it from time travel stories, and he only knew that rubber can seal.
In fact, rubber is not resistant to high temperatures. If it is used to seal steam engines, it is not even as good as existing sealing materials.
What to do without rubber?
Zuo Mengeng went to find Yang Gui, Zheng Erbai and others.
"Now the steam engine laboratory needs sealing materials, and ordinary cloth and linen will definitely not work. I was thinking, since copper is softer than steel, can it be used for sealing?"
The way Zuo Menggen thought of was to use slightly softer metal to achieve the purpose of sealing by extrusion.
But Yang Gui and Zheng Erbai both had a lot of criticism about the steam engine laboratory.
"Take a seat, the people at the gun factory are almost pointing their fingers at us and scolding us. We can no longer provide copper, iron and coal to that laboratory."
Zuo Mengeng's face looked very ugly.
"what happened?"
Zheng Erbai said gloomily: "We don't have many sources of coal, iron and copper. We only have such a small amount, so we must give priority to gun factories. In addition, major factories also need a lot of metal materials to make workpieces. There is really no way to give it to them.
Help the dolls ruin it."
Only then did Zuo Mengeng understand that there was a competition for resources among various departments under his banner.
But he knew very well what the steam engine meant, and he said without any doubt: "We must ensure the supply of the steam engine laboratory. Don't blame me for being the first to say something ugly. If you can't get the materials over there, I won't be able to spare you."
Yang Gui, Zheng Erbai and others sighed, but there was nothing they could do.
Looking back, Zuo Mengeng was actually quite troubled by this issue.
The territory we occupy is still not big enough, so we can't get enough mineral resources. But now is not a good time for expansion. We can't mess around for minerals, right?
"Come on, we discovered iron ore."
Liu Dacai came back from Anshan Lake and reported a timely good news.
Zuo Mengeng seriously suspected that Liu Dacai knew about his problem, so he wanted to flatter him.
"Don't you lie about military information?"
Liu Dacai was puzzled.
"Why is this lying about military information? So many people have seen it. We just thought that the iron ore was very important, so we hurried back to report it."
Zuo Mengeng's heart suddenly became warm.
"Where is the iron ore you mentioned?"
Liu Dacai lay on the map and pointed it out to him.
"here."
Zuo Mengeng took a look and realized that it was a coincidence that it happened to be within the control range of the New Army.
The place Liu Dacai pointed out is between Dongping County and Wenshang County, on the east bank of Anshan Lake, only a distance of more than fifty miles.
If God doesn’t take it, it’s hard to absolve yourself from the blame!
He had no idea that this was the location of Pengji Iron Mine, an important iron mine in Shandong in later generations.
"How did you find out?"
Liu Dacai said enthusiastically: "We followed your instructions and raided the area around Anshan Lake. When we arrived at Pengji, we found that someone was actually forging iron in the small town. After asking, we found out that people here can find iron materials. I
When we got to the place, we saw that she was actually quite young."
The reserves of Pengji Iron Mine are about 600 million tons, and mining is very easy, so local people can smelt iron.
Zuo Mengeng suddenly thought of a question.
“Whose land is the iron mine located on?”
Although the world is huge, there is no land without an owner. This must be taken into consideration.
Liu Dacai had already found out clearly.
"The owner of that land is named Huang. It is said that the girl married the steward of the Confucius Mansion, followed the chickens and dogs to heaven, and became a landlord."
It’s the Kong family again!
Zuo Hua's revenge has not yet been avenged.
The Kong family had many concerns, but how could Zuo Menggeng care about something that couldn't be hit with eight poles?
"Do you know what your mission is in Anshan Lake?"
Liu Dacai blinked and suddenly understood.
"This family has colluded with the White Lotus Sect rebels and has evil intentions. Our department will completely eliminate them."
Zuo Mengeng looked serious and told: "The White Lotus sect rebels are cunning, cunning, scheming, and vicious. During the battle, we must eliminate all evil and do not give them a chance to fight back."
Liu Dacai took the order and left.
But Zuo Mengeng spun around in circles excitedly.
I originally thought that for the steel problem, we would have to rely on external purchases in the near future. Although it is a bit insufficient, we can only make do with it.
Unexpectedly, there is an iron ore within his sphere of influence.
From now on, you won't have to worry about being choked by anyone.
As for iron ore mining, what will happen if someone finds out?
Zuo Menggeng has an army of 30,000 men. Anyone who dares to get involved can come and try.
Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Dacai actually left and came back. Not only that, there was another person beside him.
Cai Jiachuan, political commissar of the Fourth Regiment.
"Why are you back again? Didn't I ask you to kill the thieves quickly?"
"Come on, we have discovered a coal mine!"
Cai Jiachuan's excited voice made Zuo Mengeng feel dizzy.
Are you really the son of destiny?
What do you need and what can you get immediately?
The location of the coal mine discovered by the fourth group is even better than the location of the iron mine. It is on the bank of Anshan Lake between Liangshan County and Wenshang County.
This place has long been the sphere of influence of the New Army, and its control is very tight.
In fact, coal and iron are associated. Basically, if one of them is found, there will be another one next to it.
The most typical ones are the coal and iron ore vein groups in Anshan, Fushun and Benxi, which became the cornerstone of the industrial development of New China in later generations.
Well, this is also where Hou Jin got his start.
Therefore, Houjin had no shortage of weapons to use.
The successive discoveries of coal and iron mines within the sphere of influence excited everyone.
After Zuo Mengeng discussed with everyone, he immediately decided to develop the minerals in the two locations.
Many of the people who moved here from Yanshen Town have the ability to prospect and mine.
The fundamental reason why the glass production in Yanshen Town can be expanded is that there are coal mines in the area. Otherwise, fuel problems will limit the firing of glass.
In order to protect the coal mines and iron mines, Zuo Menggeng once again dispatched two more regiments near Anshan Lake, and absolutely did not allow anyone to get involved.
Anyway, there is a war going on right now, and there will be no excuses for anyone who dares to come and kill him.
As for when the fight will last?
Then it's not like he has the final say.
It's not like he doesn't know how to play the tricks Li Chengliang has played.