For more than two months, Wang Xinyu stayed in the Dongfan Gun Factory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info steam engine has come out, but there are too many things to do next, after having the steam engine, there are too many things to do, first of all, to build a converter steelmaking furnace, to use a steam engine to drive the converter and a blower, and to build an ironclad ship, to improve the high-power steam engine, to use the steam engine to drive the textile machine, to make a new type of steam lathe, etc.

After a month of intense work on the Dongfan steam locomotive, one of the most powerful steam engines was born, which reached sixty horsepower and was capable of driving trains at speeds of thirty-five kilometers per hour.

"The power of the steam engine is still too small, how can a steam engine of such power drive an ironclad ship?" But Wang Xinyu was still very dissatisfied with the power of this steam engine. It was only sixty horsepower, and ten of these steam engines could be installed on a 1,500-ton ironclad ship to make the ship speed reach about four knots, which was too slow. What's more, it is impossible to install so many steam engines on one ship, right? There are many hosts, it is very troublesome to operate, the transmission device is complex, and it is very easy to make mistakes, resulting in different output power of multiple hosts, and even damage to the transmission parts.

A steam engine of sixty horsepower can make a small steamer at most.

In order to truly build an ironclad ship with strong protection and fierce firepower, it needs at least 3,000 horsepower, adopts the method of two-shaft propulsion, arranges two main engines, and a steam engine also needs 1,500 horsepower. Even with 3,000 horsepower, it can only make a ship of about 2,000 tons barely reach a speed of ten knots.

"To build more steam engines, you need bigger cylinders!" Xue Fengzuo said.

The need to build a steam engine with more power meant that a larger cylinder had to be built.

The inner wall of the cylinder needs to be kept smooth, and it is difficult to polish it without the help of machinery, so the inner wall of the cylinder is machined with a bore boring machine for processing artillery. Whether it is a hand-cranked boring machine or a hydraulic boring machine, the volume is not too large, which means that it is impossible to manufacture larger diameter cylinders.

"Let's come step by step, it is impossible to build a high-power steam engine, first use a steam engine to drive a larger diameter boring machine, and then use the built steam engine, and then drive a larger diameter of the boring machine, and then build a larger steam engine, so step by step, and finally can build a large steam engine with thousands of horsepower." Wang Xinyu said.

The use of steam engines to make larger steam engines is indeed the process of the development of the human industrial revolution, and the small steamer Clermont was built at the beginning, with a speed of only six kilometers per hour, and the power of the steam engine is very small. But just a few decades later, large steam engines with a power of several thousand horsepower began to appear.

With Wang Xinyu's golden finger instructing, it is estimated that it will not take too long to manufacture a small steam engine to a large steam engine, and it will take about ten years to develop the technology of the steam engine.

At the beginning of the industrial revolution, no one thought that the steam engine drove the lathe to make larger parts, the initial steam engine power was very small, human beings are constantly groping and developing, and now someone guides a correct path, directly in one step, on the right path, you can take many detours.

"At the same time, the idea is to gradually increase the power of the steam engine, and strive to build a large steam engine within five years; On the other hand, build more small steam engines to make steel! Wang Xinyu said.

If the situation is chaotic today, there are many factions, and all kinds of struggles are extremely complicated, Wang Xinyu is too lazy to engage in any conspiracies and tricks with them, but to develop his own army and let himself have the absolute strength to sweep everything, so that no matter how many factions unite, he will not be his opponent.

As for the future if those gentry cliques do not rely on their own side, but make stumbling blocks for themselves, the Qiongzhou army, which has absolute strength and is absolutely loyal to itself, will naturally have a way to deal with them.

"Dashuai, Mr. Pan, chairman of Nanyang Company, is here." A pro-soldier walked in and whispered in Wang Xinyu's ear.

Pan Liu came to Dongfan, he was invited to come to Dongfan to discuss the establishment of Nanyang Iron and Steel Group Company. Since the development of Shanghai, Nanyang Company has expanded into Nanyang Group Joint Stock Company, and the head office has been moved from the original Manila, first to Singapore, and now to Shanghai. This time, Wang Xinyu asked people to go to Pan Liu to discuss the establishment of a steel group. Although the current Nanyang Company is in fact completely controlled by Wang Xinyu, the nominal chairman is still Pan Liu.

"What? To make the steel production reach 480 million catties a year? What's the use of asking for so much steel? Can you use it up? Hearing that Wang Xinyu's plan to increase steel production to 240,000 tons a year, Pan Liuda was surprised.

Even if it is a large-scale construction of railways, it will not use up so much steel, the railway of that year is not a complete track, but a thin iron sheet laid on the wooden track, a mile-long railway line consumes only about 5,000 catties of iron, with an annual output of 480 million catties of steel, how many railways can be built this year.

Making weapons? That doesn't take that much steel!

"That's right! To make the steel production reach 240,000 tons a year, this is still a preliminary plan, and it will be even higher in the future! Wang Xinyu nodded and said with certainty, "So much steel, you can use it!" In addition to making artillery, there are also railways, and in the future, it is necessary to replace the wooden tracks with all-iron tracks, which will require more steel; And to build a house, you need a lot of reinforced concrete, which also consumes steel! ”

Pan Liu asked: "If the steel production is increased to such a high output, the price of this steel will fall, right?" And how much silver investment is needed to build such a large steel plant? Can this investment be earned? ”

Wang Xinyu said with a smile: "At the beginning, I didn't seek to make money, even if I lost money, I had to invest in steel!" Only if steel comes up, we can make money with steel! ”

"Making money with steel? Is it to rob someone else? Pan Liu shook his head.

Wang Xinyu laughed: "It's not about robbing others, this world is so big, there are so many places that have not been opened, we need more steel if we want to occupy so much territory!" Only steel is the hard power of a country! With more steel, we can do more. ”

Then, Wang Xinyu told his plan: "In the future, the Dongfan Gun Factory will also be incorporated into the Nanyang Company and changed to the Nanyang Company Gun Factory. There is also an iron factory in Foshan, we can sell the technology to them and let them also open a gun factory. Our Nanyang Company is not yet able to compete with the East India Company, but when we increase our steel production, we will be able to surpass them! ”

In the end, Wang Xinyu mentioned again: "Luzon Island is our territory, and sooner or later we will drive the Spaniards away." It's okay for them to stay there and do business, and the governor has to be our people. ”