The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 616 Industry Pioneer
Various oils and gases can be obtained by fractional distillation of petroleum.

Especially gasoline, kerosene, etc., according to Ding Yi's request, they must be stored with great care, as they will explode, so they are all hidden on the other side of the mountain, and they are heavily guarded.

"How much gasoline and kerosene are there now?" Ding Yi happily asked Zhu Xiangyang.

"More than 100 barrels, not a lot." Zhu Xiangyang said: "The separation is a bit slow, and we are preparing to build a new separation chamber to expand production."

"It's not too fast, take your time, this thing is not used much now." Ding Yi smiled.

Here he asks craftsmen to make barrels out of wood and wrap them with iron sheets. A barrel weighs about 200 jin, probably less than 150 liters.

This thing can cause hundreds of enemies, ten thousand enemies and explosive bombs are powerful, or it can be equipped with a trebuchet, and it can't stop once it burns, which is much stronger than the previous kerosene.

At that moment Ding Yi decided that when he went back, he would bring fifty barrels of gasoline back to Lushun.

After seeing the fractionation chamber, Ding Yi decided to call Mito back to Tainan City with a few Persian craftsmen.

Ding Yi treated them to a good meal that night to express his gratitude, which made Mito feel that General Mingguo Ding respected him even more.

Ding Yi asked him enthusiastically again, is there anything else he needs?Want a woman?Are you used to living and eating habits?Is there enough money?

Mito refused one by one. He said he didn't want anything, he just wanted to help General Ding do things well.

Ding Yi observed quietly, and he found that Mito's eyes sometimes lost his focus for a short time, as if he was recalling the past, and in his eyes, there was unwillingness and dissatisfaction.

This is a man with a story. Ding Yi thinks about the Persian businessman Awei's full support for him, and he is more and more convinced that this Mito is a man with many stories.

After eating, Ding Yi took him and several craftsmen to a yard.

Many craftsmen have gathered in the yard, all of them are the most outstanding craftsmen of Da Yuan, and there are also many foreigners, including Boer and his meat cooking pot.

"General Ding, General Ding." The craftsmen in the field greeted each other.

Bohr was staring at the stone platform in the middle of the courtyard, on which was his meat cooking pot, and someone was burning coals to heat it up.

"Boer." Zhao Dashan shouted loudly.

Boer hurried over. He lived here for a while, and began to feel uncomfortable. He gradually found that it was very good. The people here respected him very much, and supported him in research, and he was full of food and housing. Boer has gradually liked it. I'm here, the key point is that the weather here is said to be very good, and the winter is not too cold.

"General Zhao." Boer looked puzzled, "Why are there so many people today?"

"This is our lord, Lord Ding who has millions of subjects and hundreds of thousands of people who control strings." Zhao Dashan said.

Following the translation, Bohr's face showed shock. He must respect that in Europe, a king may not have 100 million subjects and [-] soldiers at this time.

"Greetings to Mr. Ding." Boer didn't kneel down, but imitated Ming Ren and cupped his fists.

"You invented this pot?" Ding Yi smiled.

"Of course." Bohr was extremely proud.

"You call him Cooking Pot?"

"What's the problem?" Boer asked strangely, I use it for cooking, what is it called a cooking pot?
"In my hometown, this is called a pressure cooker, or a pressure cooker." Ding Yi said calmly.

"What?" Bohr was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious: "Impossible, I invented this. There is no second station in the world?"

Ding Yi continued: "Then do you know the characteristics of your pot?"

Borma said: "It heats up very quickly, and cooks the meat very quickly."

Ding Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "To be precise, the pressure cooker uses the physical phenomenon that the boiling point of the liquid will increase under higher pressure, and exert pressure on the water so that the water can reach a higher temperature without boiling, thus speeding up the process of stewing food. Efficiency, using it can heat the food to be cooked to above 100°C, and in high altitude areas, using a pressure cooker can avoid the problem that the boiling point of water is lowered and it is not easy to cook food.”

"If you are a biologist, you will understand that when we boil water normally, when it boils, it is exactly [-] degrees, and the temperature cannot rise any further."

"The pressure cooker can be heated to more than [-] degrees without boiling the water."

"His advantages lie in saving time and energy. The disadvantage is that when it is not operated correctly or has defects, it may explode and cause injury."

"Oh, god damn it." Bohr was shocked.

Of course he was not a physicist, but when he was in Italy, he met a physicist named Dubuc.

At that time, Dubique was very strange, because the boiled meat was rotten, which proved that the water temperature was extremely high, and the water temperature was so high that it did not boil.

Thinking about it now, combined with what Ding Yi said, Boer immediately knew that Ding Yi, the Ming man in front of him, was an expert.

"Master Ding, do you actually understand this?" Boer looked in disbelief, and then doubts appeared on his face: "Impossible, impossible, I thought I was the first to create it?"

"You were the first to make it, so you don't have to doubt it." Ding Yi smiled and said, "Someone in our hometown just came up with the concept, and didn't make it by himself."

"That's right." Bohr became happy again.

While everyone was talking, fluttering, the pressure cooker began to make noises, and the metal lid also vibrated.

The craftsmen around retreated one after another, with shocked expressions on their faces.

Mito also looked over strangely.

"Don't panic, it's hot air coming out, so be careful when you open it later," Boer said.

"That's called steam." Ding Yi said with a smile: "Steam has a very powerful power. If it can be used, it will have incredible power."

The first steam engine in history was invented on the principle of a pressure cooker, so today Ding Yi summoned all the best craftsmen of the staff, including the so-called scientists of all kinds.

Of course, there are too many defective products received by scientists in the past year or so. At present, only this Boer is really useful.

"Steam?" Boer's face showed a look of surprise: "It sounds very real and vivid."

"The power of steam is great, far beyond our imagination." Ding Yi asked the time at this time, and it was almost the same.

"Look at it." He found a soldier.

The soldier put on a pair of thick gloves, and slowly opened the buckles on both sides of the cooking pot.

"Master Ding, you need to vent your breath." Boer hurriedly reminded.

The soldier glanced at Bo Er, then at Ding Yi, and then opened the buckle directly according to Ding Yi's teaching, the cover moved forward, and quickly retreated.

"Bang" the steam instantly hit the lid of the pot soaring into the sky.

"Wow!" There were screams all around.

Zhao Dashan and the others widened their eyes and looked at Ding Yi with admiration.

Ding Yi then turned around and said loudly: "Steam can be used by us, as long as it is equipped with a boiler, plus the power of the piston, wood, coal, or natural gas, oil can be used as a heat source, and the expansion of the steam just now pushes the piston. Motion can create extremely powerful machines."

"Anyone who wants to research in this direction can join Bohr's team."

"As long as the steam engine is researched, each one will be rewarded with 1 taels of gold."

Every time Ding Yi said something, people around him said something in different languages.

At the end, wow, countless people at the scene exclaimed.

Even Mito showed an interested expression on his face.

Thinking of Ding Yi calling him over, he couldn't help but ask, "General Ding, can I join too?"

Ding Yi smiled and said, "You already have skilled workers who can take over for you. If you are interested, of course you can participate."

"I'm very interested in this so-called steam engine." Mito said: "And I don't want gold, I just like doing these things."

"Welcome to Boer's team." Ding Yi laughed.

At this time, I discovered the difference between Ming Dynasty craftsmen and foreign craftsmen. Almost no craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty stood up. Although gold is very good, they don't understand it at all. Many people look blank and don't understand what Ding Yi just said. what.

Among the ten people sent by Cruise, there happened to be a physicist named Mike. He expressed his position on the spot, and he would also join.

A Dutch gunsmith also expressed his intention to join.

Ding Yi waited for a while, and finally a bright craftsman stepped forward.

This craftsman is very young, only 20 years old, and he was trained by Ding Yi himself in Lushun.

Lushun's primary, middle, and university education is a one-stop training. The students who come out can ride horses, shoot guns, and archery, and they are divided into majors.

This young man from the Liao people named Ye Atu studied cannon-making in college, and was assigned to the senior staff to be responsible for maintenance, because there is no cannon-making here for the time being.

He said that he would also like to participate, because in Ding Yi's school, there is also a simple physics subject, and Ye Atu is very interested.

Thus, a steam engine research team consisting of Bohr, Mike, Mito, Ye Atu, Fetil, three Europeans, one Persian, and one Ming was formally established in Dayuan.

Later generations called them the pioneers and leaders of the Industrial Revolution.

After the formation of the five-member group, Ding Yi immediately took them into a room.

Here is the general appearance of the steam engine he drew in advance.

Of course, he didn't know anything about the structure inside, only the general appearance.

But he can provide effective information to these people.

Using a heating boiler to produce steam requires various valves and cylinders to drive the piston through steam expansion to generate powerful force.

Ding Yi pointed out that it can be installed on a boat, which will greatly increase the speed of the boat, surpassing the power of sails.

The five-person team came from four countries, and Ding Yi was specially equipped with an interpreter. Fortunately, there are many translators here, not to mention that the school here still uses foreign languages.

Ding Yi knows that it must be difficult for people from four different countries to do things together. Maybe there will be no results for many years, but he is at least one step ahead of the rest of the world.

Finally, he said seriously: "Believe me, the invention of the steam engine will change the entire human world."

"If you are lucky enough to participate in it and make history, I'm sure that even after thousands of years, your names will be forever remembered by the world."
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On September 1637, the tenth year of Chongzhen (27), when Ding Yi was still a senior official, Li Zicheng, Wang Weiguo, Guo Tianxing and others besieged Hanzhong Fucheng (now Nanzheng County).

The Ming court urgently ordered Hong Chengchou to come to rescue, and Li and others immediately withdrew from the encirclement and headed southwest. On the 28th, Chuang Wang and others conquered Ningqiang Prefecture (now Ningqiang County, Shaanxi).On the second day of October, Zicheng, Guotianxing, Huntianwang and other nine parts and three routes entered Sichuan through Qipanguan, Yangpingguan and Lishukou respectively.On the fourth day of the lunar new year, Zicheng and others entered the customs.On the eighth day of the eighth day, Zhaohua was broken.On the twelfth, attack Jianzhou.On the [-]th, Zicheng and others divided their army into three parts to attack Mianzhou (now Mianyang), Yanting and Jiangyou respectively.On the [-]th, Zicheng and other soldiers besieged Chengdu, and went to more than [-] states and counties in central Sichuan without going down for seven days.

But Ding Yi didn't stay too long at Dazuo this time, and left after probably staying for less than a month.

During this month, he basically inspected all the places occupied by him, and then checked for leaks and repaired weaknesses, and pointed out what was wrong.

In the end, seeing that the large navy had no battles to fight for the time being, Ding Yi suggested to Xu Erxian and Pilut that they could organize part of the navy to transport sugar to Luzon, including later generations of Malaysia, to run businesses, earn money and at the same time inquire about news.

Because Malaysia was divided into many countries at this time, Ding Yi could not let himself be ignorant of the surrounding forces.

He arrived in Dayuan in September, and returned to Lushun with oil at the end of November. He also went to Songjiang in the middle to meet Mrs. Xu.

After all, the Xu family is their main ally now, and they cannot ignore Mrs. Xu for a long time.

After returning to Lushun, Ding Yi basically ran between Lushun and Pidao, and occasionally went to Dengzhou.

Several of his bases are developing everywhere, and more sweet potatoes, corn, and soybeans are planted here in Lushun.

Jeju Island also grows a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

In the ten years of Chongzhen, the weather was very bad, and many areas failed to harvest. The life of the farmers was even more difficult, and more and more rebellions followed.

Fortunately, Ding Yi has part of North Korea's support, and he has enough food reserves. In addition, he has sown a large number of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and his professional farming is almost better than that of the whole Ming Dynasty, so that his territory is hardly affected.

Not only that, after Chongzhen's ten-year autumn harvest, Ding Yi sent people to Jinan to sell a batch of grain and made a fortune.

Because the price of food in Jinan rose to [-] yuan for one stone at that time.

After that, Ding Yi continued to develop with his head down, focusing on training soldiers, hoarding fields, and building soldiers.

Soon entered the 11th year of Chongzhen.

This year, there was no movement on Ding Yi's side, but the Ming army and the peasant army fought fiercely.

Chongzhen has also been very patient, and he did not mobilize Ding Yi's troops.

Because in April last year, Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty and a scholar in the cabinet, planned the encirclement and suppression strategy of "four positives", "six corners" and "opening the net on ten sides".

He suggested an increase of 12 troops, including 74000 infantry and 36000 cavalry, and an increase of 280 million taels of salary, and adopted four methods: equal loss, overflow land, sending prison students, and post delivery.So Emperor Chongzhen sent additional salaries and training salaries to the people successively under his suggestion. He also wanted to prove to Ding Yi and other local military leaders that I can train elite soldiers by myself without using your soldiers and horses.

This time the additional dispatch will naturally cause the common people to suffer unspeakably.

The three-point program proposed by Yang Sichang was all to serve the realization of his encirclement and suppression plan of "Four Directions and Six Corners, Ten Facing Nets".The implementation of this plan relied on the cooperation of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, and Wang Jiazhen, the premier of the five provinces. Yao Minggong, a close friend of the Ministry of Rites, recommended to Emperor Chongzhen that Xiong Wencan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, would succeed the prime ministers of the five provinces.

Facts have proved that this recommendation was an absolute mistake, because Xiong Wencan was famously fond of recruiting, and Zheng Zhilong was recruited by him. Zheng Zhilong's success made Xiong Wencan like this trick very much.

(End of this chapter)