Standing in the courtyard, Xiao Ming looked in the direction of Bowen College, and waited for a while without seeing smoke rising. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He thought that this must not be the explosion of the School of Chemistry, because the explosion of the School of Chemistry will basically be followed by a burst of smoke.

But no matter what it was, he had to go and see it, and if it happened to someone, it would be troublesome, and thinking of this, he immediately asked people to prepare horses and go to Bowen Academy.

"What's going on?"

As soon as he arrived at Bowen College, Xiao Ming ran straight to the crowded place.

"Your Highness." , Seeing Xiao Ming, the students immediately began to shout at each other.

"The laboratory of the School of Physics exploded, and Lin Wentao and five students were scalded by hot water."

"The students from the Physics Institute said they were doing steam experiments and the boiler exploded without thinking about it."

“……”

On the way here, Xiao Ming basically guessed, because at the last meeting, the first thing on the list that Lin Wentao gave him was the steam engine, and the students verified his guess by saying this.

"What about them?" Xiao Ming was a little anxious, these were all technical backbones.

At this time, a person who participated in the experiment said: "Your Highness, rest assured, they are not seriously injured, but they were splashed with hot water, and now they are all at Doctor Sun's place." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

Cutting through the crowd, he walked to the physics lab, which was now filled with water, and in the middle of it was a deformed boiler lying on the ground, and the gas outlet had been blown open.

He sighed, he also warned Lin Wentao that the steam would explode, but he didn't expect it to happen, but fortunately this was just an experiment of a small steam boiler, and it was not very powerful.

After checking the scene, Xiao Ming walked to the inside of the college, which was the territory of the medical school.

When he arrived at the medical school, in Doctor Sun's medical hall, he saw Lin Wentao and six people.

"Your Highness, ouch." Lin Wentao saw that Xiao Ming wanted to stand up, but immediately covered his calves and grinned.

Xiao Ming hurriedly asked him to sit down, he looked at Lin Wentao's legs, there was a place where his calf was scalded off by hot water, and there were some blisters at this time.

He looked at the other students, and there were some signs of hot water burns on the bodies of the other five students.

"Why don't you be careful, didn't this king tell you to make the pressure gauge first? In this way, it is only possible to prevent the explosion if the boiler pressure cannot be controlled. Xiao Ming said.

Lin Wentao smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, this time I blame me for being a little anxious for quick success, this king I have already given the structure diagram of the pressure gauge to the instrument department, but I couldn't wait to take them to conduct a steam experiment first, but I didn't expect the pressure of the boiler to be estimated incorrectly and there was an explosion." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming shook his head.

The structure of the pressure gauge is not complicated, the required materials can be provided in Qingzhou, and the construction of the pressure gauge can be produced by existing machine tools.

Or it's not that Qingzhou can't produce pressure gauges, but that there is no such invention.

Now Xiao Ming gave the design drawings to Lin Wentao, and according to the design drawings, it is not a problem for craftsmen who can basically produce clocks and watches to make pressure gauges.

And the reason why he wanted to let the pressure gauge come out first was to reduce experimental accidents when building steam engines.

After all, he has a full set of knowledge, there is no need to let this kind of research start from a blank, and in fact, the knowledge mastered by Lin Wentao and others has also skipped the simplest steam engine.

"It's nothing, you guys are fine, for this king, you are more important than the steam engine, if something happens to you this time, no one will make the textbook for this king in the future." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Lin Wentao and the others also laughed when they heard this, Xiao Ming cared about them so much, and they were also moved in their hearts.

At this time, Doctor Sun said: "Your Highness, don't worry, they have all suffered minor injuries, and they will be fine after a few days of recuperation." ”

"I'm relieved, remember, you first cooperate with the equipment department to produce the pressure gauge and then continue the following experiments." Xiao Ming advised.

Lin Wentao nodded, "Yes, Your Highness." ”

After calming the six people, Xiao Ming continued to ask: "Since you are all developing steam engines, what progress is there now?" ”

"Now the students basically understand the principle of the steam engine, this steam engine is actually a clay pot for boiling water, the steam is constantly generated in the clay pot, the pressure in the clay pot will be more and more, to a certain extent, the steam will open the lid of the clay pot, if you press the lid hard and do not let go, when the pressure reaches a certain level, the clay pot will be exploded by steam, this explosion is this principle."

After a pause, Lin Wentao continued: "So if you add a piston to the clay pot, the steam will push the piston outward, and after releasing a part of the steam, the piston will fall back, and when the pressure of the steam is enough, it will push the piston outward again, and so on, if you add various devices to the rod of the piston, the steam engine can make linear motion, rotary motion, etc." ”

Lin Wentao said with a glance, the words were not coarse, Xiao Ming nodded, "Yes, it means that you have a thorough understanding of the principle of the steam engine, but the principle is one thing, and it is another thing to make a qualified steam engine. ”

Lin Wentao and the others suddenly laughed.

Xiao Ming was also smiling, according to the news brought by Yue Yun, the concept of the steam engine had already appeared in the West, and now it was time for Lin Wentao to take the people from the School of Physics to catch up.

And with a complete reserve of knowledge, he is confident that there will be small setbacks in the process of building the Watt steam engine, but success will only take time.

However, he did not dare to underestimate the West, after all, today's world is completely different from modern times, and even in modern times, the Watt steam engine was developed in this century, so he still has a long way to go.

He said some encouraging words to Lin Wentao, Xiao Ming left Bowen College, although this time it was thrilling, but the experimental accident was unavoidable, and he couldn't hide his illness because of this experimental accident.

And now, with the students' mastery and understanding of textbook knowledge, he believes that an era of Qingzhou's science and technology explosion is coming, and this kind of science and technology explosion will be more ferocious than that of the West.

With the advantage of science and technology, his fiefdom can catch up with the pace of today's Western countries, otherwise the history of backwardness and beating will repeat itself.

Coming out of Bowen College, Xiao Ming went straight back to the palace.

Lin Wentao and others do not lack the knowledge of steam engines, what they lack is only application practice, and he has no choice but to let them move forward step by step.

All he can do is provide a perfect environment for these students.