indianbanksassociation Chapter 242 The Birth of the Train, a Symbol of the Times
Chapter 242 The Birth of the Train, a Symbol of the Times
Chapter 242 The Birth of the Train, a Symbol of the Times
According to the soldiers who inquired about the news, the two main roads in the north and south have been repaired now, and the two main roads in the east and west are left, which will be repaired in the near future.
Xiao Qi couldn't help but chuckle to himself after hearing this: The emperor was like a child sometimes, very unhappy when he got a new toy and couldn't play with it happily.No matter what, let him do whatever he wants. Anyway, the cement dries quickly and the inconvenience will only last a few days.
Less than three months after returning to the capital, good news was reported to Xiao Qi from the foundry bureau and shipyard one after another.
Needless to say, the foundry bureau.The quality of the steam engine has been constantly improved, so that the power of the steam engine will be significantly increased.
These days, the Foundry Bureau has refined a new type of steel, which is used to make steam engines, and it is many times better than the previous steel.
Coupled with the rubber sealing ring and gasket, the power of this steam engine made of new steel is more than doubled than before.
Another piece of good news made Xiao Qi happier than the development of a new type of steam engine.
Then the craftsmen he sent to two large shipyards built the world's first gearbox according to the rough structure diagram he drew!
This big guy installed on the boat and used to control the speed of the boat now only has three gears, low gear, high gear, and reverse gear.
After receiving the news that the gearbox had been developed, Xiao Qi immediately sent people to reward the senior blacksmiths sent to the shipyard, and let them continue to improve.
It is hoped that when the keel of the warship is laid, the most primitive gearbox can make a big leap in technology, so that the gearbox can meet relatively mature technical requirements when it is put into use for the first time.
The reason why Xiao Qi is so happy about the successful development of the gearbox is that the steam engine and the gearbox have all been solved, two major technical problems that have changed human travel.
This thing is not only an important power system that can be used on ships, but also solves the power problem that he has always wanted to build a train.
Xiao Qi gave an order to the Foundry Bureau to intensify the development and experimentation of the combination of steam engine and gearbox, and must manufacture the locomotive he requested before as soon as possible.
Of course, Xiao Qi did not forget the manufacture of train carriages, tracks, wheels, shock-absorbing steel plates and shock-absorbing springs.
These days, Xiao Qi often takes various drawings of the trains he designed and goes to the foundry bureau to let the senior craftsmen make them according to the drawings.
It's not that he insisted on taking it out bit by bit, but that he didn't know much about trains in his previous life.
Xiao Qi remembered some of those drawings after a period of time, and quickly drew them. When he saved more, or remembered important components, he quickly drew them and sent a copy of the drawings to the foundry bureau.
The senior craftsmen in the casting bureau saw the blueprints designed by Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi gave them many explanations and trainings, letting them know what a miraculous thing King Zhenbei asked them to study. .
Wooden cows and horses have been passed down as gods among artisans since ancient times. Compared with the thing they are discussing now, those wooden cows and horses are as simple as children's cradles!
Every craftsman in China has a wish to create a divine object that will last forever.
Seeing that such a fetish is likely to be born in his own hands, these senior craftsmen are all bloody, and they can't wait to live and live in the foundry bureau.
Seeing that these craftsmen are so devoted, and all of them are desperate to make this thing.
Xiao Qi was not in a hurry, but started to formulate rules, each person must not work for more than ten hours in a row, otherwise he would be kicked out by the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion, and he would not be allowed to enter the door for two days.
These craftsmen didn't care about being thrown out by the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion. They were not poor scholars who thought they were superior. These high-level craftsmen almost all came from a period of low status.
Although many people have official positions now, they don't value face as much as those sour scholars. On the contrary, they are not allowed to come in for two days after being hanged out, which makes him even more afraid.
If this thing is discussed by other craftsmen during the two days when he is away, it will be a big loss, and how can we brag about it to future generations.
So as long as some craftsmen forget the time and work too hard, when it reaches ten o'clock, after someone reminds him, these people will pack up their things and go home immediately.
No one dared to waste any more time.
As the old saying goes, Zhuge Liang is worth three cobblers.
This sentence is really not a joke, although these craftsmen don't know how to make this thing at all, Xiao Qi explained it to them because he has only a half-knowledge of trains.
However, these craftsmen have already produced things like steam engines, boilers, and gearboxes, especially the successful manufacture of shock absorbing springs on four-wheeled carriages.
So that they have a lot of experience in making the shock absorption system of the train, nothing more than the spring steel plate is wider and thicker, and the spring is thicker.
In addition to the size of the drawing of the carriage, there are drawings drawn by Zhenbei Wang Xiaoqi, so they just follow suit.
Soon the first train carriages were built.
Xiao Qi got the news and rushed to the casting bureau, and saw a train carriage parked on a section of steel rail that had been produced according to his request from a distance.
This train carriage was designed according to his original design. The chassis is made of steel, the carriage is made of wood, and the roof is also made of wood.
Xiao Qi urged the horse to come to this carriage, got off the horse and carefully inspected the carriage inside and out. After reading it, Xiao Qi was very satisfied, and told the craftsmen that the carriage will be produced as soon as possible in this way.
In order to test the tracks and carriages, Xiao Qi ordered a dozen rough horses to be brought in, and the carriage was pulled back and forth many times on the laid tens of meters long railway track.
After telling the craftsmen what he felt needed to be improved, Xiao Qi went to the place where the locomotive was produced and developed to check it out.
Although Xiao Qi didn't know the specific method of making the locomotive, he had seen the appearance of the locomotive, and the drawings were based on the appearance of the antique steam locomotive he had seen in his previous life.
These craftsmen have already built the chassis of the locomotive, and are building power systems such as steam engines and gearboxes, and operating systems according to the dimensions on the drawings.
Seeing that the locomotive has been taken by these craftsmen, according to the rough drawings he drew, plus the various details they discussed and researched together, the locomotive is almost ready to be built.
Xiao Qi was very happy. After returning to the palace, he found a map of the Song Dynasty and began to look for a suitable route for the construction of the first train line.
In the end, Xiao Qi drew the first train line to the east, along the coastline from south to north, connecting several large seaports together.
This not only facilitates the transportation of goods in several seaports, but also facilitates the transportation of troops along the railway to any large seaport.
Xiao Qi knew very well that the current Great Song Changsheng Battalion was absolutely invincible on land.
In the future, the only thing that can make Da Song use his sword is to board a ship from a few big ports and go out to sea for expeditions.
So Xiao Qi drew the first railway to the coastal area, connecting several seaports from south to north.
After deciding on the route, Xiao Qi ran into the palace without stopping and asked the emperor to issue an order to collect the land on the route he had drawn.
Zhao Shen heard that Xiao Qi was going to build something that was countless times more powerful than a four-wheeled carriage. He agreed without much thought. That four-wheeled carriage was great, and now Xiao Qi has come up with a new one that is even better than a four-wheeled carriage. thing.
He had the surprise that the four-wheeled carriage brought him as a basis, and Zhao Shen also knew that Xiao Qi would never brag about those unrealistic things.
The imperial decree was soon issued to various state capitals, ordering those local officials to cooperate with the Changsheng camp to collect those lands, and to ask for more money to be reported to the treasury.
When Xiao Qi got the imperial decree and returned to the palace happily, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he was still rash.
Because the current Song Dynasty is located in the south of China and has many water systems, many bridges that can withstand trains full of goods have to be laid on this road!
Sighing, Xiao Qi began to design train bridges based on his impression of bridges in his previous life.
Fortunately, now that the cement has been produced, let those blacksmiths start making steel bars, and it should be possible to build a bridge that can withstand a train full of goods.
At worst, build a few more piers and make the piers thicker.
Next, Xiao Qi ordered the blacksmiths of the Foundry Bureau to start manufacturing steel bars of several sizes given by him, and at the same time sent a general of the Changsheng Battalion to lead the army to take charge of the land acquisition.
As for the railway bed and railway sleepers, Da Song has now built countless new quarries, and asked them to make more large-grained stones to lay the road bed. The sleepers crossed the wooden ones and directly used reinforced concrete to make the sleepers.
He also drew a train line from Shanghai Port to Lin'an, laying it first, and the trains produced in the future will go directly there. There is no way to transport such a big thing, so we have to drive it by ourselves.
Stones are easy to get, and cement sleepers are also very easy to produce.
Almost at the same time as the collection of this route, the army of [-] captives dispatched by Xiao Qi continued to lay the railway track built by the Foundry Bureau, heading northeast to Shanghai Port.
Because steel is a scarce and valuable thing these days, you have to be optimistic about those rails, otherwise the rails laid on your side will be stolen before the train is built, which is too nonsense.
For this reason, Xiao Qi also specially deployed soldiers between Lin'an and Shanghai Port, so that he will patrol the railway tracks day and night in the future, and issue a notice saying that the railway tracks are an important thing in the Song Dynasty, and whoever destroys the railway is treason and will be killed without mercy!
Xiao Qi is so busy these days that his feet never touch the ground. Although he has never seen how a steam train works, he is still the person who knows trains best in this era, not one of them.
It took more than half a year, after the Lin'an-Shanghai railway was completed, the first locomotive was also manufactured.
Arriving at the casting bureau, Xiao Qi was inexplicably excited when he saw the locomotive with several carriages on it!
This thing was still used in China in the 70s and [-]s in his previous life. Although it is more advanced than the locomotive they made now, it is still a steam locomotive!
The real thing was right in front of him. Touching the brand new locomotive, Xiao Qi's hands were trembling with excitement. This is the real change in history!
Although the four-wheeled carriage has changed the history of China's transportation, compared with the locomotive in front of me, that kind of thing is not a sign of the times at all. This locomotive is the real sign of the times!
The craftsmen of the Foundry Bureau saw King Zhenbei suddenly touching the newly built locomotive and burst into tears. They were all stunned, and they didn't know why King Zhenbei was crying.
After a while, Xiao Qi came back to his senses, boarded the top of the locomotive, looked at the various craftsmen in the black casting bureau below and shouted:
"Everyone, you have created a miracle for my Da Song!
When this steam locomotive was built by our Great Song Foundry Bureau, you have already changed the world!
From now on, any place in this world will be my Great Song Dynasty's world, and I mean the whole world.
You can't imagine how big the whole world is, and they will all rely on the breath of the Song Dynasty to survive!
Starting today, the main craftsmen who participated in this siege will be promoted to two levels, other craftsmen involved will be promoted to one level, and the remaining craftsmen will be promoted to half a level! "
With a 'boom', hearing Xiao Qi's words, the craftsmen in the Great Song Foundry Bureau were blown away!
All the craftsmen of the Great Song Foundry Bureau who were not close to him were all promoted by half a level.
As long as you participate in this thing called a steam locomotive by the King of Zhenbei, even the junior craftsmen will be promoted to a higher level.
The senior craftsmen who are mainly involved are even more powerful, and they will be directly promoted to two levels!
The higher the level, the harder it is to be promoted. These senior craftsmen who were already at the sixth rank and from the sixth rank directly became the fifth rank and the second rank!
Smoke rises from the ancestral graves, no!The ancestral grave is on fire!
Xiao Qi's request for merit for the craftsmen this time not only frightened the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but even Zhao Shen was dumbfounded.
The craftsmen of the entire Great Song Foundry Bureau, there are tens of thousands of people registered in the Great Song Dynasty alone, and all of them have been promoted by half a level.
This time, the big deal is to get them a low-level position, and these tens of thousands of people can be dismissed.
But it's too outrageous for you to upgrade those craftsmen who are already at the eighth rank or above, either by one level or two levels!
The Song Dynasty has always had strict requirements on grades. Although these people only eat court services and have no real power, they are also officials of the Song Dynasty, and the court allows them to wear official uniforms!
Before Zhao Shen could speak, the ministers below would quit. The official career was originally controlled by Confucianism, and they had discussed it long ago, trying not to conflict with Zhenbei Wang Xiao Qi.
But today, King Zhenbei, you are too much!
Hundreds of craftsmen above the eighth rank were promoted at one time, nearly a hundred of them became the fifth rank and the fifth rank, and even two became the fourth rank!
Confucianism has dominated official careers for thousands of years, and never had such a big hand in that dynasty!
What are you, King of Zhenbei, doing?
If King Zhenbei wants to do something, he invites craftsmen who are looked down upon by scholars like them, and they are all vain names with no power at all, so it is impossible to do something.
But if you make it like this, the fact that our Confucianism controls official careers in every dynasty and every generation, isn't it a joke?
(End of this chapter)