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Part One: Penghu Storm Chapter 476: Pressure Cooker and New Things

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    The huge sound of cannons made Ding Yunyi's ears buzz.

    "Mr. Jiao, the power of this cannon is too great." Ding Yunyi was startled and looked into the distance. The target that had been temporarily piled up was almost smashed to pieces by the cannon.

    Jiao Xu had a look of pride on his face: "Back to Lord Marquis, this is the 'Shenwei' Class E cannon newly developed by our Firearms Bureau, specially used to attack cities. Compared with the previous artillery, its rate of fire has been increased.  and stability.¡±

    "Oh, eh? E-class cannon?" Ding Yunyi suddenly noticed something was wrong: "A, B, C and D, the 'Shenwei' seems to have missed a D-class cannon, right?"

    Jiao Xu said respectfully: "Going back to the Marquis, because the Marquis' surname is Ding, in order to avoid taboos, we deliberately did not name it after the 'Ding class'."

    "Taboo? What kind of taboo are you avoiding?" Ding Yunyi was startled, and then suddenly realized: "Mr. Jiao, I am not the emperor, why do I have to create so many taboos? My name is Ding Yunyi, do these three words have to be taboo?  Mr. Jiao, you don¡¯t have to go to such trouble in the future, just call it whatever you want, let alone the D-class cannon, as long as you develop a cannon for me that can knock down an entire city wall with one shot, it doesn¡¯t matter even if it¡¯s called the damn Ding Yunyi cannon.¡±

    There was laughter all around, and Jiao Xu also smiled and nodded.

    The Marquis is very majestic in front of others, but he really has no airs in front of his brothers.

    Since the artillery bureau and shipyard were moved to Quanzhou, the construction of weapons and ships has all entered high-speed operation mode.

    ??In fact, it¡¯s not just these two departments.  All departments that existed before or were established later are operating at high speed.

    A new blueprint designed by Ding Yunyi himself is slowly opening

    For example, the Textile Bureau.  This is a brand new department.

    When Qin Yun was in Taiwan, he once told Ding Yunyi that there was a woman named Li Sanniang.  The textile machine she modified was more than twice as fast as other people's.

    These words immediately piqued Ding Yunyi's interest, and he immediately transferred Li Sanniang to the Textile Bureau. She was not required to do anything else, and had only one task: to concentrate on improving textile machines.

    And when Ding Yunyi appeared at the Textile Bureau, Li Sanniang, who was concentrating on the textile machine, didn't even notice that Wu Liehou had arrived.  Ding Yunyi made a gesture to his subordinates.  Signing them not to disturb her.

    Li Sanniang brought a brand new textile machine to textile workers: the Sanniang machine.

    This is a machine named by Ding Yunyi himself. At first, Li Sanniang was very embarrassed, saying that she was illiterate, so how could she deserve to be named after her?  But Ding Yunyi insisted on doing this.

    Not for anything else.  Just so that everyone can remember the man who invented this machine.  Of course, this is also inspired by Ding Yunyi in "Jenny Machine".

    Since those Westerners can name it like this, why can¡¯t I, Ming Dynasty, do the same?

    And Li Sanniang seems to be stuck in a problem now. According to the request of the Marquis, the textile machine used by two people should be turned into one person. In addition to greatly reducing manpower and improving textile efficiency, it can also weave wider textiles.  cloth.

    But it is not that easy to do, especially since Ding Yunyi knows nothing about these textile technologies. He can only briefly express his ideas, and cannot make any substantive suggestions.

    "Bang" sound.  Another thread was broken, and everyone could hear Li Sanniang sigh.

    "Sanniang, don't be depressed. If you fail, just start over."

    Such a familiar voice came from behind her, and Li Sanniang turned her head quickly: "I have met Mr. Hou."

    "Sit down and continue to do your thing." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "It doesn't matter no matter how many times you fail. If you come again and again, I will call you more people and you will always succeed."

    Li Sanniang was a little embarrassed: "There has been no progress for more than sixty days. But I have received as much salary as the Marquis in vain."

    Li Sanniang always feels awkward talking about the word "salary".

    Whether it is in the Firearms Bureau, the Shipyard, or the Textile Bureau, everyone receives a salary, which is the previous salary, and is settled once a week.

    ?This is really a rare thing for these workers.

    Moreover, since moving to Quanzhou, the so-called "factories" in Wu Liehou's mouth have also begun to be built one after another.

    For example, the Firearms Bureau no longer produces all artillery parts to the Firearms Bureau, but is dispersed to several newly established factories.

    Every factory is recruiting a large number of workers and then training them. All the expenses during the training period are covered by Wu LiehouYes, and there is still a certain amount of living expenses.

    Workers who pass the training can smoothly enter the factory and enjoy the wages and benefits of formal workers.

    All these changes were difficult to adapt to at first, but over time you have become accustomed to them.

    The most shocking thing is the invention of another new thing, and this new thing was also invented under the direct command of Wu Liebotin Yunyi, and was named by him:

    cement!

    This new thing, which is made of lime and clay in a ratio of three to one, has aroused great curiosity as soon as it came out.

    In fact, cement is not really a new thing. As early as thousands of years ago, the Dadiwan people in Qin'an, China, laid cement-like floors.

    Later, the ancient Romans used a mixture of lime and volcanic ash in construction. This mixture is very similar to modern lime pozzolana cement.  Concrete made of cemented gravel not only has higher strength after hardening, but also can resist the erosion of fresh water or salt water.

    In another era, the third brother whom Ding Yunyi followed once had shares in a cement factory. Ding Yunyi also stayed there for a while, so he was somewhat good at making cement, which directly contributed to the early birth of cement.  In Fujian.

    The birth of cement means that Fujian will take a brand new leap in civil construction, water conservancy, Fujian defense, etc.

    And such a leap would be astounding

    certainly.  The advent of cement cannot be entirely attributed to Ding Yunyi, a large part of the contribution comes from the "Fujian Academy of Sciences".  This is also a newly established organization.

    In the "Fujian Academy of Sciences".  Networked with a large number of Chinese and foreign talents.  Talents from all walks of life, including those from the Ming Dynasty, Hongyi, Folangji, Gansi, France, Britain, etc., all gathered in the "Fujian Academy of Sciences".  Among these talents are Thai and Westerners.  Some were hired from Luzon and other places, some came to the distant Ming Dynasty to seek opportunities, and some were discovered by the long-distance trade fleet and brought back to Fujian.

    This is an institution that Ding Yunyi attaches great importance to. He specially selected an institution in Quanzhou for the "Fujian Academy of Sciences" that is far away from the hustle and bustle.  Quiet**, which occupies a very large area, is the seat of the Academy of Sciences, and a large amount of funds have been allocated to support the research of these Chinese and foreign scientists.

    There was a Frenchman named Demothy who was introduced by Al, and he discovered that he was also despised by his colleagues.  But it was something that made Ding Yunyi ecstatic: the cooking dish.

    The so-called "steaming vessel" refers to a device that boils bones in water in a sealed vessel to soften them.  In Demothy's introduction, when water is boiled under high pressure, it has a higher boiling point, which enhances the water's dissolving power.

    ¡°Obviously, in the eyes of his colleagues, Wu Liehou Ding Yunyi spent such a large amount of money to hire these scientists, not to invent some utensils for eating and cooking.

    But the ¡°steaming dish¡± seems to have another level of significance in Ding Yunyi¡¯s eyes.  This "steaming dish" has another name:

    Pressure cooker!

    And what does it mean that the pressure cooker came out decades in advance?  This means that the prototype of the steam engine has quietly appeared!  This is something that makes Ding Yunyi ecstatic!

    Although the true birth of the steam engine may still take a long time, at least at this point.  Fujian under his leadership is far ahead of any other country in the world!

    Pressure cooker - steam engine, these two things are inextricably linked, will lead to an unprecedented revolutionary era!

    Something happened that stunned everyone in the Academy of Sciences:

    Ding Yunyi, the Marquis of Wu Lie, not only greatly commended Demoxi, but also awarded him a full two thousand taels of silver in recognition of his contribution to the invention of the "steaming dish".

    God, while those Chinese scientists were surprised and envious, their hearts were also boiling with infinite hope.  An invention that can be used to cook rice can get such a reward from Wu Liebo, but what about other things?  Wouldn¡¯t those more important inventions deserve rewards several times or even dozens of times higher than those of Demothy?

    There must be a brave man under a heavy reward.  This sentence is not only valid for the military, but also for scientists.

    Posting a reward is always a very good idea, and Ding Yunyi knows this very well.

    ??What do countries rely on to invent technology?  There is only one answer besides natural progress: bounty.

    In the 18th century, Europe made a sextant that could be used for navigation.  However, the sextant can only measure latitude. To measure longitude in addition to the baseline, a high-precision timer is required.  The so-called longitude meter is actually a high-precision marine clock.  Just?On a rocking ship, the timing can be stable, and the error is within a certain range for a long time.

    This way the longitude can be calculated with acceptable accuracy.

    The method of using clocks to determine longitude at sea was first proposed in 1530. In 1637, Galileo said that the pendulum could be applied to clocks with wheels to help navigators determine longitude.  In 1660, Huygens completed two marine clocks based on the same principle, but the error was too large.

    The British Parliament passed the "Longitude Act" in 1714, which wanted to reward those who invented the actual method of measuring longitude.  The standards and bonuses are as follows: Those who can achieve half a degree of accuracy will receive a bonus of 20,000 pounds; those who can achieve 2/3 accuracy will receive a bonus of 15,000 pounds; and those who can achieve one degree of accuracy will receive a bonus of 10,000 pounds.  ¡ê20,000 was a large amount at the time, so it was also called the "King's Ransom".

    How accurate are the requirements of the Longitude Act?  15 degrees is equivalent to 1 hour, so 1 degree, the distance on the equator is 111 kilometers, equivalent to 4 minutes, and half a degree is equivalent to 2 minutes.  At that time, it took about 6 weeks to travel from the UK to the Americas, so the speed of a day could not exceed 3 seconds, otherwise it would add up to more than 2 minutes. In fact, this was a requirement at the equator. If it was at 30 degrees latitude, there would be a 30% discount.  , becomes 2 seconds; the higher the latitude, the stricter the requirements.

    In 1714, the "Committee of Longitude" set up by the British came to Newton for consultation. Newton replied: "Such a timer has not yet come out."

    Around the 1720s, the British Longitude Committee offered a reward of 20,000 pounds for "an instrument that can determine the longitude of a ship at the end of a six-week voyage with an error of not more than 30 nautical miles."

    At that time, the British clockmaker John Harrison worked alone and devoted himself to the design of marine clocks. It took him 40 years and after testing several prototypes, he finally reached the standards set by the Longitude Committee.  In 1761, the "Chronometer No. 4" he designed was placed on the Royal Navy warship "Deptford", which left the United Kingdom and sailed to Jamaica.  Harrison's son William was on board the ship operating the theodolite.  After nine days of sailing, William reported to the captain based on the longitude calculated by the chronometer: they would definitely see the Madeira Islands the next morning. The captain bet William 5:1 that they would not see this island.  Islands. As a result, William won. Two months later, the "Deptford" arrived in Jamaica; the accuracy of the timer designed by Harrison was only 5 seconds, exceeding the standard set by the Longitude Commission.  . Then, due to the obstruction of the British bureaucracy, it was not until 1773, three years before his death, that Harrison received the 20,000 pound bonus. Of course, he did not make the chronometer design know-how public until he received the bonus.  It was not until the 1770s that Harrison's chronometers became commercially available.

    This meridian was created by the British clockmaker John Harrison, who worked alone with the human and financial resources of himself and his son, and spent nearly 40 years to create the final result.  It's not the accumulation of technology, but relying on his genius.  However, due to the critical obstruction of those astronomers, it was not until near the end of his life that he received due recognition in 1773.

    Another example is in the 18th century.  It is the invention of the Lubulan alkali production method, which is known as the "ancestor of chemical industry" in modern times.

    The earliest alkali was the so-called plant alkali, which was made from plant ash. The output was small and the price was high.  Due to the Seven Years' War between England and France from 1756 to 1763, the sources of plant alkaloids that were dependent on Spain were cut off.  France is very short of soda ash, so in the 18th century, the world's highest scientific research institution, the French Royal Academy of Sciences, began to study a new soda production method.  They adopted the most advanced research method at the time: offering rewards.

    In 1775, the French Royal Academy of Sciences began to offer a reward for a method of making alkali. They offered a "huge gold" reward of 1,200 francs for a practical method of making alkali.  To be continued.  If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.  m
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