Chapter 175 The automatic grinding machine appears!The first cement road comes out! ! To be honest, Chen Han really didn't know what to say in this situation.
It can only be said that in modern times, Chen Han absolutely underestimated the wisdom of ancient people.
Their wisdom is so strong and their understanding is so high.
In fact, they are no worse than modern people at all.
And after Chen Han gave a guiding opinion, he was immediately able to draw inferences from one example and achieve such a shocking achievement.
Such a set of assembled mechanical settings can be said to have completely broken Chen Han's rigid impression of the ancients.
Before, Chen Han was still stuck in the impression that ancient people would definitely talk about this kind of scientific and technological innovation, and they would become angry and think that these are just strange and obscene skills.
So when he saw that his students were able to combine water conservancy waterwheels with stone mills and hand-operated windmills.
Chen Han was very surprised when he created such an automated machine that was so mechanized and coordinated at the same time.
He actually thought that these students might have some breakthroughs.
But I didn't expect that these students' breakthroughs would be greater than they imagined.
Even if you let yourself design and make these machines, you may not be as perfect as them.
This time Chen Han was shocked.
At the same time, I didn’t even think about actually have such powerful inventions.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son suddenly came together.
The father and son had a rare rest today. Of course, this was also the free time they had after Chen Han proposed the establishment of a cabinet.
Zhu Biao even felt that during his lifetime, he should not completely concentrate all power in his own hands, but should appropriately delegate power.
After the appropriate delegation of power, coupled with the examination method proposed by Chen Han, the enthusiasm of the officials has greatly increased.
In addition, after Chen Han increased the commercial tax, all officials saw a result that made them excited, that is, business could increase their own salaries.
Although the people do not need to pay so much tax, they are not obligated to provide free labor and free office supplies to the government.
But by trading with the market, they can still get more convenience.
When all the memorials were reported to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son, they finally knew that everything Chen Han was doing was right.
Therefore, at this time, Zhu Biao was very confident in the cabinet's ability to handle minor matters, so he asked the cabinet to cooperate with the six ministries to solve a large number of small matters.
This cooperation can now be said to have reached a seamless level.
The Sixth Ministry found that now, there was no hostility between the cabinets as before.
The mutual cooperation between the two departments made the entire state affairs handle smoothly.
And there is no way to exclude His Majesty the Emperor.
Because a large amount of decision-making power still had to be in the hands of the emperor, they even found that this would make the two departments more dependent on the emperor and unable to break through the emperor's control.
It seems that this still uses the method of balancing left and right. Today's Emperor does not put power on one side, but on the middle.
Now it seems that this role is very beneficial.
It is precisely because between the cabinet and the six ministries, they cooperate with each other and balance each other.
So now Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son can have more room to sway and control on many things.
On the contrary, the two of them became more and more comfortable, comfortably holding this power, and no longer had to be like before.
Get up earlier than a chicken every day, and go to bed later than a dog every day.
Those days were really torture. Zhu Yuanzhang was a little better, but Zhu Biao was so tired that he almost fell apart.
And now they can finally relax.
So when I had nothing to do, I ran to the Engineering College and took a walk.
Although they have never been here sometimes, after coming to the Engineering College, they were able to see new things, which was quite fresh for them as emperor and prince.
Unexpectedly, after arriving today, I happened to meet Chen Han, and I also happened to meet these students from the College of Engineering under Chen Han.
Following Chen Han's instructions, he mobilized his own thoughts to create and invent new things.
It's even more gratifying especially when it's my grandson who puts forward these opinions.
The old man came to this new machine for grinding bricks.
After going around and around, how could he, as a child from the countryside, not understand these things.
The first is hydraulic overturning. In mountains and hills, since the water source is lower than the farmland, hydraulic overturning can only be used to irrigate the lower water source to the higher farmland.
As for stone mills and hand-operated windmills, these two are even more common in agricultural production.
But they didn't expect that in Chen Han's hands, their hands would actually become automated machines that could crush bricks and stones.
When the old man watched the hydraulic overturner rotate under the impact of the water flow, and then driven by the gears polished by the blacksmith, the bearing in the middle drove the crankshaft of the stone mill, and began to rotate like a donkey.
After the simple engagement and rotation of the gears, the rocker of the stone mill can rotate continuously without the need for a donkey to pull it. This is really amazing.
At the same time, we can see that while the stone mill is rotating, there is a leather conveyor belt below, which transports the first-ground stone to the funnel feed port of the hand-operated windmill below.
The hand-operated windmill only blows the ground powder into the bag at the back. The unground powder can actually fall through the opening below and onto the conveyor belt, and then be transported to the stone mill. , continue grinding.
In this way, a closed loop is formed.
In this process, the parts that require manpower are adding raw materials to the stone mill, waiting for the opening at the back of the hand-cranked windmill, and changing the bag after the powder is filled.
In this way, a lot of manpower and material resources can be saved, and a lot of time can be saved, and it can be rotated day and night.
As long as there is water power and the Qinhuai River does not dry up, it can continue to rotate.
How many workers would it take to replace this? When they thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son were very shocked and looked at Chen Han and the others.
Zhu Gaochi was waiting for praise from his father and son.
Zhu Yunwen did not participate at all, and his face was full of disdain. After seeing this machine, he also looked dissatisfied.
But after seeing that his grandfather and his father were so obsessed with this machine, he felt very unhappy.
One sentence has been lingering in my mind, that is - what does this mean?What does this mean? This is nothing more than a strange and obscene skill, and it is difficult to reach the level of elegance. I am the prince's son and grandson, how can I mix with these craftsmen? How can you waste so much time and energy on something like this? These people are simply unreasonable.
It's simply unreasonable.
If it were me, I would have given up on these meaningless things long ago.
I have long invested more time in the Classics and History he was very popular among the Hanlin scholars in the engineering college, they often discussed together the sages' teachings in the Four Books and Five Classics.
And these lecturers of the Hanlin Academy who were coerced by Chen Han, like Zhu Yunwen, looked down upon these strange skills.
When they saw that Zhu Yunxi and the princes and grandsons were wasting a lot of energy and time on this, they also tried hard to persuade them.
But they didn't listen to them at all.
I even feel that these people are simply degrading to gentlemen.
But what I didn't expect was that they despised Chen Han and his others so much.
But in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, these things they made can actually receive such high praise.
Even when they saw Zhu Yunxi and the others being praised so highly by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son, they found it even more incredible.
What they are thinking about is how they can encourage these things.
If we encourage these things, wouldn’t it mean that everyone in the world would imitate them?
If everyone follows suit, then the status of scholars will be affected.
So when I thought about this, I felt very uncomfortable.
But on the contrary, after Zhu Yunxi and the others received praise, they immediately showed excitement.
This was better than any honor and made them even more excited.
Because it has been unanimously recognized by His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown Prince, this is an honor that is very difficult to obtain.
When they thought of this, their faces suddenly showed excitement.
In particular, Chen Han said directly: "Your creativity, your thinking, and your intelligence simply amaze me.
I didn't expect that you would have such thoughts in just a few days.
It is really rare. The road to science becomes wider and wider as you go.
If you continue like this, you probably won't need me to teach you anything, and you will be able to use your own talents.
You can be your own teacher.
Just like these days, without my teachings, you can still use the technical level on the scientific way to do everything so perfectly.
I feel very honored to be your husband. "
When these words came out, Zhu Yunxi and the others were even more happy.
Then Zhu Gaochi said directly, "Sir, we are very excited to get your recognition.
Similarly, you think it is our own credit, but we feel that all this is due to your guidance.
Without your guidance, we would not be able to see the application of science in our daily lives.
Without your words, we would not have a bright torch ahead to help us lead.
Although we people can now think individually, we can work together to create such a device.
But it is undeniable that without you, we people would not even have such an idea.
We are honored that we have been able to complete these creations under your guidance.
This is the true value of those of us. "
Chen Han was also quite surprised to hear Zhu Gaochi's honest answer.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son were very relieved after seeing such huge changes in the students of the School of Engineering under the leadership of Chen Han.
But Chen Han didn't stop there. After Zhu Gaochi and others designed the automatic brick grinding machine, Chen Han immediately started looking for silica and alumina to make refractory bricks.
The reason why refractory bricks are made is to bake more bricks.
Because Chen Han wants to make a wheel kiln, to be honest, it is not a particularly good thing for modern people.
Because the wheel kiln is actually the towering chimney made of red bricks.
Such chimneys have long been a source of pollution in industrialized cities.
But now it is necessary for Chen Han.
If you want to produce cement in batches, you need to mass-produce red bricks.
If we want to enter industrialization, this kind of environmental sacrifice is necessary.
Chen Han did not stop the work at hand and immediately started investing in this area.
Things like alumina and silica were easily available on the side, and he quickly fired refractory bricks.
Then they began to build tall chimneys in the Royal Brick Factory.
A few days later, when Chen Han saw white smoke starting to emit from the chimney more than ten meters high, the thick smoke that represented the further process of industrialization gave Chen Han hope.
So at the same time, Chen Han understood that he had begun to change the pattern of the Ming Dynasty.
Immediately afterwards, the automatic grinding machine and the red brick factory began to enter formalization and start mass production.
Then Chen Han's proposal to bring a large amount of coal to Beijing was also put on the agenda.
The use of coal has become a consensus a long time ago.
And now he wants to maximize the value of coal.
The batches of bricks produced in the wheel kiln immediately entered dozens of automated grinding machines, which were ground into dust day and night on the assembly line.
After grinding it into powder, lime and water are immediately added, and the volcanic rock ash is produced according to the ratio given by Chen Han.
Then Chen Han built the first cement pavement in the School of Engineering around the entire four-mile-long road using volcanic rock cement.
The construction specifications of this cement road are quite good. It is four meters wide and is a two-lane road with a slight bulge in the middle and drainage ditches on both sides.
At the same time, segmented pouring technology is adopted to prevent thermal expansion and contraction from causing bulging and cracking in the middle.
When the cement road was successfully built, Chen Han immediately summoned the troops from the capital, drove their carriages onto the cement road, and began to stampede heavily.
The effect was very good. Even if those carriages trampled on the cement road day and night for five or six days, they still did not leave a trace on the road, only a white mark.
Then Chen Han asked people to water it with water every day, and found that there was no sign of melting, and there was no muddy scene. This time the cement pavement achieved quite good results...
(End of this chapter)