The current science and technology department is full of talents and many great people emerged. The more famous scientists in the late Ming Dynasty were almost caught by Xu Xingxia. Xu Xingxia provided them with sufficient research funds and resources, and also designated them a general research direction for the future. For Xu Guangqi and others, it was like a traveler who was exploring hard in the dark. A bright light suddenly appeared in front of them. Although this bright light was still far away from them and there was still a long way to go in the middle, at least, they did not need to take detours.

Moreover, taking advantage of the division between the north and the south, Xu Xingxia will continue to dig out more powerful people to his own command.[]

Since the Ming Dynasty was divided into two, it had a great impact on the people's psychological factors. The original dynasty suddenly came to an abrupt end and ended in vain. It is estimated that many scholars, or people with other talents, would find it difficult to accept it. When their thoughts are constantly impacted and the original rigid thoughts are gradually broken, their resistance to the white-clothed army will naturally decrease. After all, a stable way out is the most important.

"Chairman."

"Sir, are you here?"

"Chairman, long time no see."

All the heads of the Science and Technology Department came up to say hello.

"What's going on with white fried medicine?" Xu Xingxia asked straight to the point.

"Chairman, come with us! Let's go to the laboratory to explain." Xu Guangqi said with a smile.

Under the advocacy of Xu Xingxia, the heads of the Science and Technology Department established their respective laboratories. Of course, their laboratories are somewhat different from later generations. The number of glass test tubes is much smaller. There is no so-called white coats. However, the subjects they study are quite widespread. As long as they promote real life, they are all within their research scope. Or, they temporarily think of a strange idea, they can also conduct research on it. Perhaps the final research result is nothing, and it doesn't matter.

Every laboratory has the power to independently control the source of wealth. Xu Xingxia spent a lot of money to each laboratory, and what he wanted was to accumulate strength and occasionally achieve one or two useful results. With a clear general direction, the laboratory will always have some results through repeated exploration and repeated experiments. In this regard, Xu Xingxia absolutely believed in the wisdom of the ancients. This white fried medicine is an unintentional achievement.

"Sir, please sit down!" The group came to Xu Guangqi's laboratory.

After Xu Xingxia sat down, Xu Guangqi began to report on the invention of the white fried medicine. In fact, the people from the Science and Technology Department really didn't understand the principles of the white fried medicine at all. At that time, China did not have complete chemical knowledge. Xu Xingxia's chemical common sense was far from being able to invent white fried medicine. Therefore, it was impossible to accurately describe it with chemical formulas. Anyway, they were tricked out by accident through continuous experiments.

At that time, a helper added some solution to a pile of powder when dealing with Wang Zheng's laboratory garbage, but unexpectedly, a violent explosion occurred. As a result, the helper was blown up and shattered and disappeared. Even Wang Zheng's laboratory was destroyed. Others in the laboratory were either dead or injured. Fortunately, Wang Zheng was not in the laboratory at that time, otherwise he would probably have to be crushed to pieces. Until now, Wang Zheng's laboratory has not been restored to use. The damage was too serious.

After the violent explosion, Xu Guangqi, Wang Zheng and others immediately gathered relevant personnel to conduct a detailed understanding and analysis of the cause of the explosion. Fortunately, everything in the laboratory was traceable. Through repeated reverse thinking, they finally figured out the main components of the explosives. Then, they copied many portions of the explosives and conducted repeated experiments. Finally, they determined the main components of this white explosives.

Compared with ordinary black ignition drugs, the power of white ignition drugs is simply incomparable. A pound of white ignition drugs can blow up many houses. If it is buried underground and detonated, a pound of white ignition drugs can blow up a large pit in a radius of three feet. If five pounds of white ignition drugs are loaded together to detonate, the power is terrifying. If a pound of white ignition drugs packed into the ranks of the Taurus Cavalry, there will be no living people in a radius of ten feet. People within thirty feet may be severely damaged.

Unfortunately, this white bomb is very dangerous and often explodes at any time. Even after repeated experiments, the Science and Technology Department still did not understand what kind of situation it would explode, or what kind of situation it would definitely not explode. Therefore, everyone who deals with it is simply dancing with the god of death.

"Please try adding some alcohol to the white fried potion." Xu Xingxia said with a frown.

He vaguely remembered that the later Black Sorkin Fried Pots seemed to have increased stability a lot after adding B ether and ethanol. Xu Xingxia didn't know what B ether is for the time being. In fact, even if he knew, he probably couldn't make it for the time being. However, there should be a lot of ethanol in alcohol, which is certain.

"What is alcohol?" Xu Guangqi asked in confusion.

At that time, he naturally didn't know the word alcohol.

Xu Xingxia hmmed, covered up the mistake of the tongue, and said casually: "It is a high-intensity soju. The higher the intensity, the better. It is best to be over 60 degrees."

Wang Zheng, Xu Guangqi and others looked at each other and took action immediately. They were obedient to Xu Xingxia's suggestions now and never doubted them. Sure enough, after mixing the high-intensity soju, the stability of the white fried medicine has indeed increased a lot and will not explode so easily. However, from a safety perspective, it seems that it is not enough. This is the disadvantage of not having complete chemical knowledge, and there is no way to change it in the short term.

However, Xu Xingxia didn't care. All he could do is this. He urgently needed to think about the launching medicine to make fixed-mounted rounds. Then, Xu Xingxia summoned all the person in charge of the Science and Technology Department to explain the basic principles, performance characteristics, and the principles and basic structure of the breech gun to them in detail. During this period, Xu Xingxia would be in charge of the Science and Technology Department to answer various problems found in the research at any time.

After deploying the overall research task of breech guns, Xu Xingxia immediately came to the steam engine laboratory. The steam engine laboratory is located next to Zhangliang Fort, which is larger than all other laboratories. As soon as Xu Xingxia arrived near Zhangliang Fort, he heard the "whimpering" sound of steam spraying steam from a distance.

The person in charge of the steam engine laboratory is Xu Guangqi. This old man, well, he can't be called an old man now. He is quite interested in steam engines, trains and railways. Not only is he interested, Matteo Ricci is also very interested. Xu Guangqi led a group of helpers day and night to think about how to improve the efficiency of the steam engine. After a period of exploration, they finally achieved certain results.

At that time, no one knew how to test the effectiveness of the steam engine, and there was no concept of "horsepower". Xu Xingxia didn't know how horsepower was tested. Therefore, the effectiveness of the steam engine was tested by physical objects. How to test the physical objects? Of course, it was used to pull it. This is the Chinese-style "horsepower". The power of a horse is one horsepower, which is completely different from the horsepower in later generations.

The latest model of steam engine can reach 500 horsepower, which is equivalent to the force of 500 war horses dragging at the same time. Generally, when each war horse drags an object, it can drag about 500 kilograms on a flat road.

On a general slope, you can drag about 300 kilograms. On a relatively steep slope, you can drag about 200 kilograms.

"Five hundred horses..." Xu Xingju calculated silently. Five hundred war horses can drag 250,000 kilograms of objects on the flat road, about 10,000 tons. This is quite powerful. However, for the train, it is still a bit small.

Trains in later generations generally had more than 1,000 tons, or 2 million kilograms. In other words, if the horsepower of this kind of steam engine cannot be further increased, eight steam engines need to be equipped to pull the entire train. This number is a bit too many. Four are still the same.

Fortunately, the first train invented by Stephenson, the locomotive weighed only five tons, and the eight cars all combined, only thirty tons. The total weight is thirty-five tons, or about 700,000 kilograms. This is completely competent for the current steam engine. So, there is definitely a Dawn.

"Raise the horsepower to more than one thousand horses!" Xu Xingxia suggested.

The 500-horsepower steam engine is far from meeting the needs of future railways, so we have to continue working hard. Since the horsepower of the steam engine is no longer a big problem, the design of the locomotive and the railway design must be put on the formal agenda.

In May of the 46th year of Wanli, Xu Xingxia officially established the Train Research Institute to coordinate the overall research of trains. The site selection of the first section of the railway was between Ningxia City and Shizui Mountain. Shizui Mountain is the largest mining base in Ningxia Town, and a large amount of iron ore and coal mines are produced here. At the same time, it is also the largest steelmaking base built by the White Army, and there is a super-large steel plant.
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