Chapter 315: Steam engine

Empire Manufacturing Department.
This is a new department formed by the fusion of the Forging Bureau and the Shipbuilding Bureau. Now the main work is to research new ships.
Su Gu deservedly sat on the head with his excellent leadership skills.
Now, he was waiting quietly in front of the wide gate, because he heard that His Royal Highness was coming.
Soon, he saw someone coming from a distance, and his expression was happy: "His Royal Highness!"
Luo Chuan brought Shen Jinming and others to the gate unhurriedly or slowly, and said, "How about the combination of ship, hidden weapon and firearm?"
"Ah, Your Highness, it's only been a few days, and we only have some preliminary ideas."
Su Gu smiled awkwardly, he did not expect Luo Chuan to attach such importance to this matter.
Why does the empire build ships? Isn't it good on land? Why go to the sea?
"Give me a copy of your ideas as a drawing, and call the major engineers over. I will be responsible for this personally."
Luo Chuan didn't blame it. It was very simple. The manufacturing department was only established. He didn't expect these people to make anything famous.
"Yes, Your Highness, please come here. This is our newly built headquarters."
Su Gu hurriedly gestured to the assistant on one side, and at the same time led Luo Chuan to a bright hall.
There are many tables and bookshelves. There are various drawings on the tables. Luo Chuan picked up one casually and looked at the content in front.
"Some ideas."
Luo Chuan nodded slightly, "However, his thinking is still too rigid. I still want to use a wooden boat. How can this kind of boat face the attack of the soul beast?"
"This... Your Royal Highness, if you don't use wood, is it possible to use steel?"
Su Gu said bitterly.
"Yes, just use iron."
"But iron is easy to rust in seawater, and it weighs a lot. Even with a big sail, it's not as fast as a wooden boat."
Su Gu expressed his opinion.
"Find a way to keep the iron from rusting and add power to the ship."
Luo Chuan said indifferently: "This time I came here to help you, not to mention this, last time I let you get a two-wheeled vehicle, how was it?"
"According to His Royal Highness, it is basically completed, do you want to see it?"
"natural."
Luo Chuan nodded. The two-wheeled vehicle he said was a bicycle, which was something he brought to the people.
This thing is relatively simple, so when I used to make firearms, I asked the craftsman to do it according to his requirements.
Chains, gears and skeletons are relatively simple, but the key is that things like rubber are too special.
He is not good at materials science, so he can't make rubber here, so he can only let the people below find a way.
In anticipation, Su Gu asked people to launch a bicycle with a real tire.
Luo Chuan's eyes lit up and he walked over and touched the tires: "What kind of material is this made of, it seems to be very light and tough."
"A special kind of vine, dried and processed, has the flexibility and toughness required by His Royal Highness."
Su Gu smiled and said: "The two-wheeled vehicle is very labor-saving. We have made a carriage and tricycle with the same wheels. The tricycle can also be ridden by one person, and the transportation of materials is much easier."
Luochuan rode for a while, not much different from the car of the previous life, and said with satisfaction: "Yes, let's get a place specializing in the production of two-wheelers and tricycles and sell them to ordinary people. I will rely on the money they sell and use the power of the empire to produce new ones. s things."
"His Royal Highness is a good way. It doesn't need to levy taxes, and it can also be convenient for the people. But what if someone steals school, this thing is not too complicated."
"Stealing is a matter of time. Some people really figure it out on their own. That's also a talent. You arrange people to support them in making this thing, but we have to make a profit."
Luo Chuan didn't care at all. For him, this thing was just for fun, shipbuilding was the business, and he also needed more talents.
Otherwise, even if he understands the basic principles of steam engines, internal combustion engines, and electricity, he will not be able to get them out.
And these latter things are the key to his ability to conduct naval battles, and are also the basis for his future invasion of the Sun and Moon Continent by crossing the sea.
"Yes, His Royal Highness." Su Gu showed admiration, this is the royal style.
"Let's not talk about it, now we are going to work, have you found the special materials that you asked you to investigate before on the mainland?"
"Yes, there are more than a dozen special metals that your Royal Highness wanted, and burnable black stones and black liquids were also found in the north."
Su Gu nodded.
"Show it to me quickly."
Luo Chuan stood up abruptly, this time he was quite excited compared to the plainness of a two-wheeler.
The black stone that can burn is coal, the raw material for steam engines, and the black liquid is petroleum, and the separated gasoline and diesel are the raw materials for internal combustion engines.
He couldn't handle the latter temporarily. After all, too much was involved in the past, but coal can be used immediately.
Su Gu acted again, and soon someone brought several boxes over. Luo Chuan opened it and observed that it was coal and oil.
"I thought it didn't."
Luo Chuan muttered in his heart, squeezing the coals and said: "I asked you to use steam to turn the gears before, how are you doing?"
"This one……"
Su Gu smiled bitterly: "Not yet successful."
"Huh, I drew you all the drawings, but can't I get it out?"
Luo Chuan didn't show it too slowly for the first time. The steam engine is much simpler than the internal combustion engine. He worked out the general structure. If these guys can't do it, he will naturally have opinions.
"Sorry, it was the subordinate's fault."
Su Gu broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly pleaded guilty.
"This is the power I am going to use to propel the steel ship. Its gears are connected to special paddles, which can replace human power to propel the ship. Do you understand what I am going to do now?"
Luochuan said coldly.
Above the boundless sea, if he didn't build the lowest level steam engine, it would be difficult for him to send an army to conquer the Sun and Moon Continent, and he would not be able to get the Soul Guidance Device technology there.
Therefore, the steam engine must be made.
"understand."
Su Gu didn't dare to say anything at this moment.
"Steel rust prevention and steam engine are two things, I will immediately use my full strength to do it, and I will be personally responsible. Within three years, I need a new type that can sail on the sea by itself, more than one hundred meters in length, and with gunfire and hidden weapons. Battleship."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Bring me all the information, I want to see your research situation."
Luo Chuan wanted to see what was wrong, so that so many people didn't get things out.
He estimated that he would have to stay here for half a month before setting off to Poseidon.
If he didn't make the key things, even if he went to Sea God's Way to practice for a few years, he would not be able to make a new type of warship.
One day, Luo Chuan browsed all relevant materials and feedback from craftsmen, and roughly figured out the problem.
One machine has a problem with its materials, and one has a defect in its internal structure.
He could only do it himself, to get things that he only knew the basic principles in his previous life, but had never seen before, and at the same time figured out a way to solve the problem of rust prevention on the battleship.