Chapter 682 Do you want to develop steam trucks?

Author: Linjiangjun

Chapter 682 Do you want to develop steam trucks?

Zhang Zhidong comes from a poor family, and he and his brother Zhang Zhixi have been together in school since childhood and studied hard.

In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), Zhang Zhixi passed the Jinshi examination.

Zhang Zhidong was recommended by his hometown in the 10th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1672) and became a Jinshi the following year.

Zhang Zhidong does not follow the crowd in life. He is upright by nature, dares to speak out and give advice. He is capable of governing the local area and does not take bribes and bend the law. He is an upright official.

Therefore, after the new Ming Dynasty swept Tiandong, he was retained and gradually reached the position of governor of Jiangxi.

But he has a shortcoming: he cannot accept new things.

Just like tomorrow, he would rather use a sickle than experience a steam harvester.

"Have I ever thought that if there were steam harvesters, there would be no need for so many farmers in the East, and where would the farmers go?"

It’s not that Zhang Zhidong doesn’t understand the benefits of harvesters, nor is he inconsiderate of the people. He has his own unique insights!

Therefore, he denounced the civil servant of Nanchang Prefecture who asked him to admit his mistake.

The civil servants of Nanchang Prefecture were also asked whether this was an unsolvable problem.

Farmers and workers are being replaced by machines. This is not a trend, but it brings with it pain.

Zhang Zhidong does not care about the people, he does care about them in his own way.

Sometimes, there are different opinions, and one side is not necessarily wrong.

He held up the sickle and cut the rice vigorously, but he still felt that it couldn't be cut!

It seemed that his sickle was rusty, and the sickle was also at fault. He angrily used force, and walked into the field again, and was suddenly covered in dirt.

I thought about wiping it, but it would be a good idea if I am too old and too weak to get up.

Zhang Zhidong simply lay down in the rice field and let it go for five minutes!

He looked at himself again. His long sleeves were in tatters, his gown was disheveled, and even his long hair and beard were in a mess.

I stretched out my legs, and there were already air bubbles on them. I pressed them lightly, and immediately screamed in pain.

Somewhat embarrassed.

"Is I really wrong?"

Take a look at the emperor's side again, driving a steam harvester. After a long day of work, only the last bit of the five acres of rice fields is left. The horse is ready to call it a day!

Many ministers from the Nanchang Prefecture had already hurried over. There was no doubt that they wanted to use a harvester to harvest the rice. So let their old guys harvest the rice with sickles, which was really not something anyone could do.

Their attitude of admitting their mistakes was very upright, and they expressed their stance to Chen Yonghua, Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty: they will definitely promote steam machines in the next month and will never hinder the development of the Ming Dynasty!

"We, it really doesn't make people worry. Let's go and wait and see what Bidong says!"

"well!"

Zhang Zhidong on the other side sighed, looked at his rice fields, and simply walked away.

There is a rice field near him, and the officials of Nanchang Prefecture are also walking in front of it, looking very embarrassed!

Looking at Zhu Kezang and the important officials of the imperial court who were using the steam harvester, they also waited eagerly, hoping to use the harvester to harvest the rice.

"call!"

"It's finished."

Chen Yonghua controlled the harvester to finish harvesting the last bit of rice. He was still a little bit unfinished. He felt that the time was too short, and it was like harvesting a few more acres.

On the other side, Zhu Kezang looked at the steam harvest and pondered whether the Ming Dynasty should continue to accumulate steam engine technology or further invent the external combustion engine.

That would allow the car to show up sooner!

After all, Ming Dynasty's highway system has become more and more complete, and the conditions for the emergence of automobiles have become mature.

Steam cars have too many shortcomings!

Historically, in 1769, Frenchman N.J. Guignaud built the world's first steam-driven three-wheeled vehicle.

In 1804, Towydike designed and built a steam car. The car pulled ten tons of cargo and traveled 15.7 kilometers on the railway.

In 1831, the American God Swatch put a steam car into transportation. Regular transportation services appeared between Gestsha and Cherotenham, which are 15 kilometers apart. The transport car completed the journey.

The whole journey takes about 45 minutes.

Since the steam car itself was bulky and heavy, and the steam car was hot and dirty to drive, it was difficult to improve the engine. In 1800, Renault created an engine that was different from the steam engine in which the fuel was burned externally.

The fuel is burned outside the engine, and people later called that type of engine an external combustion engine!

It will be a long time before the external combustion engine will be applied.

Steam trucks have been all the rage for some time.

In 1906, the British company Alley & McLellan developed a steam truck called the "Sentinel".

Due to the constant demand for boilers, a truck needs to be equipped with at least two people, one to drive and one to burn coal.

After the coal is burned, the water in the water tank is heated to 165°C, and then turned into steam to provide power, generating power that is five times higher than that of gasoline vehicles at the time, and can even reach a speed of 80 kilometers per hour!

Because the truck's water tank is limited, it can carry about 48 kilometers of water at a time.

Therefore, drivers are required to always pay attention to ponds or streams, fire hydrants, or even mangers and other places where water can be obtained along the way. Only after replenishing water and coal can they continue walking.

The parking method of that kind of truck is also very interesting. After arriving at the destination, the driver drains the remaining steam from the boiler, then knocks open the iron plate at the bottom of the truck, letting all the charcoal fall to the ground. Without the power source, the car naturally

It turned off completely.

Although that kind of truck is troublesome to operate, from the 1930s to the 1950s, China used charcoal trucks similar to that kind of truck.

I want to redeem the steam car drawings first, so I can study the external combustion engine in one step. Then is it the problem that Zhu Kezang is considering? Now that I have more brilliance points, I can be more luxurious!

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, what did Bidong say if he can lend him the steam harvester?"

When the ministers of the Nanchang Prefecture saw Chen Yonghua finishing the work, they immediately hurriedly welcomed him with a smile.

"Your Majesty, seeing that we have a repentant heart, please allow us to use it."

Chen Yonghua is very generous, remembering the hardships and remembering the sweets, as long as the goal is achieved.

Gu Cheng, a member of the fifth rank of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was also at the scene. He was very sharp and saw Zhang Zhidong taking a rest at a glance.

In the "Jiangxi Evening News", did Gu Cheng hear about the minister who was clamoring about the newly-researched clever silver skills? Can Gu Cheng remember clearly the appearance in front of him?

Since I think new learning is useless, and the machines invented will make people lazy and unworkable, and make migrant workers unemployed, then let’s not use those harvesters and slowly harvest wheat!

The new Ming Dynasty is not too free!

Otherwise, those civil servants would not dare to be so bold, seeking to know science, and whether the emperor Zhu Kezang was standing behind the Institute of Observation and Zhizhi.

Thinking of this, Gu came to the Jiangxi governor's side with a smile on his face.

"Master Zhang, are you barely moving at all?"

Looking at the rice fields harvested by Zhang Zhidong, Gu Cheng said with a smile.

"I am already old and have more ambition but less strength. I am not as good as us young people, so I naturally want to ask for less."

When Zhang Zhidong saw Gu Cheng coming over, he rubbed his beard that he had just smoothed and said.

"No problem!"

"Mr. Zhang is an extremely hard-working person. It has been said in the newspapers that people should not be lazy and should seek hard-working people. I believe he is a role model for others."

"He wondered if Mr. Zhang, a noble and diligent person, would not know how to use a steam harvester."

"Wrong, Master Zhang?"
Chapter completed!