Chapter 870: Tap water

"Congressman Brandon, this is the steam locomotive of the country. It is simply too great. How good would it be if we could build such a railway in the Netherlands?"
Amidst the roar of the steam locomotive, a Dutch businessman said with envy.
Brandon’s eyes shone with a strange light. The trade between the Netherlands and Great Chongqing has increased unabated in the past two years, and the two sides have already had some trust in each other.
Now he is coming to Dayu with the mission of parliament.
"There will be some in the future, but before that we need to maintain a good relationship with Great Chongqing." Brandon said. The foreign trade between the Netherlands and Great Chongqing makes European countries greedy.
In addition to them, there are other European countries that want to establish contacts with the Great Chongqing, but because these countries do not have a strong navy, they can only sigh.
However, this makes them cheaper. Aristocrats in some countries are trying to buy goods from the country of Chongqing through the Netherlands.
"It's too late today. Tomorrow morning, we will ask the Emperor of the Kingdom of Da Yu, and you will prepare a document to achieve more cooperation this time." Brandon's eyes have been on the steam locomotive.
The other businessmen nodded their heads. It took four or five months to go from the country to the Netherlands in a short period of six months. It was not easy to come here. They could only cherish every opportunity.
While the group was marveling at the steam locomotive of Dayu Country, Xiao Ming was in the Imperial Study Room to meet the members of the research room.
The members of this laboratory are composed of six people, among them the person in charge is Gao Qian.
"You designed this city's water supply system?" Sitting on the chair, Xiao Ming turned to look at the six people who were a little nervous.
With Qingzhou government’s emphasis on science and technology, large and small research laboratories are now blooming in Qingzhou University, and the Patent Office receives various patents every day.
After six or seven years of training, the talents of the former Bowen College began to give back the knowledge they learned to the country.
Lin Wentao is certainly a genius, but now successors continue to appear. They study things that are different from Lin Wentao and are also proving their value.
"Yes, the emperor, from Qingzhou city to the imperial family down to the people, are using well water and river water. This is very inconvenient, and it cannot meet the supply of restaurants. After Caomin designed the tap water system, many businessmen are willing to invest in construction. But Caomin thinks that this water cannot be handed over to the merchant." Gao Qian said.
Xiao Ming nodded. Dayu has made great progress in military industry over the years, but there are still many shortcomings in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Now with the improvement of industrial capacity, it is time to increase the schedule of tap water.
"Well, you are doing it right. In that case, I will give you an imperial decree, asking you to establish the Dayu State Water Supply Company. The six of you are responsible for establishing a water supply system for Qingzhou." He who is used to tap water in modern times is looking forward to tap water. system.
Historically, water supply in European cities and towns has developed considerably after the 16th century. London first used pumps to pump water. Cast iron pipes began to be used in the 17th and 18th centuries. At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain first created water treatment facilities-sedimentation tanks and sand filters. From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, disinfection measures for urban water supply began to appear in Europe.
In China, the first water company was established in the late Qing Dynasty, but the purpose was to provide fire fighting water for the Old Summer Palace.
For Xiao Ming, now he does not need to develop tap water from scratch, but is ready to skip the previous stage and let the tap water enter the sedimentation tank and sand filter.
It's just that he can't have the luxury of using chlorine for disinfection, because the advent of electricity has made it possible to produce chlorine on a large scale.
Gao Qian and others were overjoyed when they heard this. As a result, they, like Lin Wenyao and Lu Tong, went from ordinary students to members of the official company of Dayu.
"Xie Huang," Gao Qian and others said in unison.
Xiao Ming nodded. He looked at the reciprocating pump structure on the drawing and said, "This pump is good at shooting. I will hand it over to the machinery factory to let them produce it for you."
The structure of this reciprocating water pump is similar to that of a steam engine. It consists of a cylindrical cylinder, a cylinder plug, and a cast iron water pipe. The power is provided by the steam engine.
Because the reciprocating movement of the steam engine is in line with the principle of the water pump, the back and forth movement makes the air in the cylinder tend to vacuum, so that the water is sucked in and then flows out from the water pipe.
So when Xiao Ming saw this design, he was very satisfied, because this reciprocating pump can be used as a large-scale machine for pumping river water.
"If this is the case, I will build the water tower first. After all, according to the people's knowledge, the water supply pipes were reserved in Qingzhou City when the drainage system was first built. From this point of view, the emperor is really farsighted." Forget about flattering.
Xiao Ming smiled. Qingzhou’s construction not only reserved space for tap water, but also reserved space for electricity construction. He knew the development context of science and technology clearly, so he would naturally not go to dry demolition and construction. Stupid thing.
"Okay, just do it. As for the construction cost, you go to the cabinet for approval." Xiao Ming said.
Gao Qian thanked him again, and then left with the members.
Qian Dafu shouted at this moment: "Next."
After a while, three people arrived at the Imperial Study Room. Like Gao Qian, they were all from the research room.
Nowadays, in order to speed up the application of various scientific and technological items in Da Yu, Xiao Ming is now a guest of honor to various research laboratories.
But this is not his first creation, and this is also true in Europe in this era. Both the royal family and the aristocracy are happy to prove various technological inventions.
"The emperor, the Caomin brought the plan for the biogas street lamp, and I hope the emperor will look at it." The young man in the uniform of Qingzhou Academy presented a drawing to Xiao Ming~EbookFREE.me~ Today I am quite rewarding, one Tap water, one is the biogas street lamp. The biogas digester outside Qingzhou City can provide biogas. It seems that you have given up on it. "Xiao Ming said with emotion.
The headed young man said: "We originally studied gas street lamps, but getting gas is far less simple than obtaining biogas, so we changed to design biogas street lamps, but the principle is still the same."
"Yes, now that Qingzhou is becoming more and more prosperous, we should add some bright colors to this night." He said to the young man: "This project has been approved and the money has been approved. You are responsible for supervising the construction."
The young man was both happy and disappointed when he heard the words. Obviously, his design is not as important as Gao Qian, but although he cannot enter the royal company like Gao Qian, it is still possible to earn some money to continue research.
After sorting out his mood, the other two of him thanked Xiao Ming.
Noting the youth’s expression, he said,
Don’t be discouraged. In my opinion, your research direction is right. Both biogas and gas are very important energy sources. You may be able to continue your research further. In the future, these things will not It’s worse than tap water and electricity."