Chapter 2148 Opening the Industrial Age
So after everyone settled down in the city hall, Liang Yong immediately divided the labor. Gu Xiaoqi and Qing Wu, who had a modern knowledge base, were responsible for giving lectures at the newly established institutions of higher learning and teaching modern scientific knowledge to the selected senior workers. He and Xiao Yanzi
They immediately invested in the development and production of electric power and radio equipment, with Er Xiong and Guo Xiu as their assistants. Of course, they mainly did physical work.
On the contrary, Gu Mingyue and Gu Yueniang, who have the highest cultivation level, can't help. They can only help with taking care of the children and doing some daily logistics. However, they are very satisfied with this arrangement. While taking care of the housework, they practice hard and hope to achieve another breakthrough in Shura magic.
For them, after accepting the inheritance of Shura Divine Mind, they already have the responsibility to carry forward Shura Divine Mind, and improving their cultivation as soon as possible is their most urgent task. Only when their skills become stronger can they withstand the oppression of the good God.
For a whole month, Liang Yong was building a huge radio transmitter. A giant antenna with a height of more than 50 meters was erected in the factory, and giant components were manufactured one by one. The current level of technology is not enough, and only the most primitive ones can be built.
Tube transmitters, huge copper coils, thick copper wires, resistors as thick as buckets, large capacitors as tall as a person... these are all handmade by workers
The entire launch pad does not require many components, just over a thousand, but nearly a thousand people were involved in this arduous project, which took a month to complete. However, the control system and signal generating device were not completed by Liang Yong.
Instead of manufacturing it in a factory, he asked Xiao Yanzi to build the simplest device in the Peach Blossom Fan and connect it to the huge launch pad. Manufacturing such precision components in the Peach Blossom Fan is faster and better.
The launch pad was completed a month later, and the first large-scale steam engine built under the supervision of Edward personally began to enter the final public relations stage. Once the test run is successful, it can drive the generator to provide stable and efficient electric energy for Liang Yong. The last moment
, Liang Yong had to put down the work at hand and go to the workshop where Edward worked to give personal instructions.
The first steam locomotive was not big. The boiler was only 5 cubic meters. It was made of fine steel and connected with many tubes. The boiler was not difficult to build. For them, this kind of seamless copper tube was the most difficult equipment to make.
During the construction of a section of pipe, repeated reprocessing was required to solve the problem of air leakage. The final pipe was still half a foot thick and could barely be used.
Connect the pipe to the steam turbine and turn on the steam to drive the steam engine. When the huge roar comes from the operation of the steam engine, although it hurts the ears, the temperature in the factory is extremely high, but it does not affect people's excitement at all.
The first locomotive driven without water was finally born, which was of great significance to Edward and the others.
In the next week, Liang Yong was still leading the team to adjust the steam engine, solving technical problems one by one, and ensuring that the steam engine could run at a stable and uniform speed. Only then did he start to connect the generator.
This was the birth of another miracle. When the generator started turning and the light bulb that marked the transmission of electric energy lit up, the whole factory boiled. They completed the work that took humans 0 years to complete within a week, marking the
The age of electricity arrived at the same time.
Everyone lives in the joy of creation every day, and encounters various problems and failures. Troubleshooting is laborious, but the joy of success that comes with it is something we have not been able to enjoy for many years.
In two months, Edward seemed to have become dozens of years younger, from an old man to a young man. He was full of energy all day long and had endless work to do. When Liang Yong and others had taken a break, he was still working hard, and he was worthy of being called the leader.
Technology geek.
The theme project is completed, but it is not easy for Liang Yong to send radio information through the transmitter. After all, this thing is too precise and is far from being able to generate electricity. When the electron tube on the transmitter lights up, the machine can work. Every time
There are various problems and failures one after another, requiring them to constantly adjust the design and improve the circuit layout.
Liang Yong has never worked so hard. Every day, his thoughts are switching between the Peach Blossom Fan and reality. When he encounters a problem, he enters the Peach Blossom Fan and asks Zhi Nao Hong Luan to help analyze it, design a more reasonable drawing, and then take it out and complete it.
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When the launch pad was finally able to work stably for more than an hour and sent out the first radio wave, it was already three months later. The radio wave carried Liang Yong's greetings to all the relatives and friends on board the Hongluan and explained to them the environment he was in.
, but he couldn't tell which star field or planet he was in. With his equipment at this time, he couldn't measure these. He was very happy to be able to contact the Hongluan.
Unfortunately, after the message was sent, there was no response. Subsequent messages continued to be sent, repeating the radio wave. Liang Yong didn't even know whether the radio wave could pass through the planet's atmosphere and enter the depths of the universe, let alone what they were talking about with Hong Luan.
How far away is the signal? How long does it take for the electrical signal to travel in space? Is it a month, a year or countless years before it can be received by the Hongluan? How long does it take to send the message back?
After experiencing the excitement of the first week, Liang Yong stopped waiting and taught his assistants how to send and receive signals, asking them to take turns waiting at the launch pad and report any situation immediately.
And he and Xiao Yanzi went to invest in the research and development and manufacturing of weapons. Although safety was guaranteed to a certain extent on Qizhou Island, Liang Yong was not at ease. God knows when the Holy Cult discovered something was wrong, they would send an army to come and eliminate them.
If you want to keep Qizhou Island as your permanent base, you must build a strong army that can resist foreign enemies. You will definitely not be able to fight against the mainland's hundreds of millions of troops by relying on martial arts. What Liang Yong relies on is modern weapons. Guns and ammunition must be produced on a large scale.
After production, more powerful artillery must be prepared. Artillery is the best weapon to deal with enemy coming from the sea, and can destroy the enemy out of sight.
Making guns and ammunition is much simpler than steam engines and sophisticated electronic equipment. The raw materials are available on the island, with ready-made coal mines and iron ores, and there are many smelting factories. There is also no shortage of saltpeter for making ammunition, as long as you open a mine.
Ninety percent.
However, when Liang Yong took the design plan to explain it to Edward, Edward's reaction was very cold. It was obvious that he was not very interested in making arms. He was more concerned about people's livelihood. His goal was to build a high-power steam locomotive and build all kinds of locomotives.
The first railway on the island was built, and steam engines were applied to ships to refine more efficient coking coal...
In his opinion, making weapons now is simply a waste of limited financial resources. According to his prediction, it is impossible for the Holy Cult to attack in the near future. Besides, he still has a trump card. He has a gold medal for immunity from death issued by the senior leaders of the Holy Cult. In case there is an enemy
Chapter completed!