The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 3 Vacuum Devices
half a month.

The whole city of Beiping is full of topics about the big iron ball experiment.

"The big iron ball experiment shows the existence of vacuum."

Those who went to the scene and saw the experiment talked about it with relish to those who did not go.

"What is a vacuum?"

Someone asked back.

"A vacuum is a vacuum, you don't even understand it."

"whispering sound."

An unhappy end to the topic.

Life will go on without the slightest change, people are still living the original life, the topic is quickly forgotten, and a new topic is started.

King Yan went out to fight, did he win?

Why didn't any news come back.

This is what matters to the people.

Only the ironworks was in full swing.

There were thirteen government-run iron-smelting institutions in the Ming Dynasty.

Peking did not.

The Iron Smelting Institute in Beiping was under the management of King Yan.

Wansan is a well-known craftsman in Beiping, with disciples and grandchildren all over the place.

Because of Wansan's name, Zhu Gaochi took the initiative to find him.

With a name alone, but without real skills, it is impossible to get along in Daming.

So Zhu Gaochi is not worried that the other party is pretending to be a fake, and those later generations are experts in words.

Since returning from the experiment, Wansan began to stay at home and work behind closed doors.

A long pipe was soon made and put into a four-foot-five water well. According to the vacuum principle, the vacuum device was successfully manufactured.

But a problem arose that could not be solved.

"When the water is pumped to a height of three feet, it can no longer continue to rise, and it is useless to use all the methods I can think of."

After dealing with Zhu Gaochi for a long time, the sense of awe was eliminated, and Wan Sancai deeply felt that Prince Yan is approachable.

In terms of his skills, Wansan returned to normal.

Zhu Gaochi is a strong man who escapes with his mouth, and if he makes a move, his true colors will be revealed.

However, it is the era of the information explosion.

Although many things are not perfect, they can say a thing or two.

In the Ming Dynasty, no one could be fooled.

At least in the eyes of Wansan, an old craftsman in front of him, Zhu Gaochi belonged to Lu Ban alive, extremely talented, and God rewarded him with food.

pity.

He is a nobleman.

A waste of good talent.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be flattering to accept him as a closed disciple.

"This is not water pumped up by vacuum." Zhu Gaochi took a closer look and said with certainty: "This water is not sucked up by vacuum, but is pressed by the weight of the atmosphere at the bottom of the well and enters the pipe."

Zhu Gaochi proved his talent.

For example, if he discovers the existence of a vacuum, then he mentions something new, and the veteran craftsman Wansan can accept it, but he will only think that he does not understand it.

"A vacuum cannot exist in an atmosphere."

Wansan held back his old face and asked in embarrassment: "What is atmosphere?"

"The atmosphere is the air that surrounds the land."

There are many craftsmen in the ironworks in Peiping, but only a few are known as craftsmen.

The thirst for knowledge of the ancients was very high.

In order to seek knowledge, the ancients were willing to sacrifice their lives.

Or as the sage said: "Before I was born, I heard the Tao before me, and I learned from it; after I was born, I heard the Tao before me, and I learned from it. I learned the Tao, I don’t know how many years my husband was born to me?”

It shows that there is no priority in learning, and those who have achieved it come first.

And don't be ashamed to ask.

Vacuum is new knowledge, and the rest of the craftsmen were unwilling to be surpassed by Wan San, so they actively surrounded them.

Wan San pouted, but he had no choice but to let them listen.

"Atmosphere is air."

Everyone knows the air.

Taoists call it "empty Qi".

Su Shi’s "Dragon and Tiger Lead and Mercury Theory" records: "When the party adjusts the breath, it should be rinsed and cooked, and the mouth must be full before swallowing. If it is not full, keep it in the mouth and wait for the next time. It is still sent to the dantian with air, often with I want to nurture it."

However, people at this time still retain the concept of air in the impression of breath, vitality, and clear air.

Don't laugh at them though.

The views of the ancients are not far behind.

The experiment of the horse-drawn iron ball is still 300 years later.

Zhu Gaochi briefly introduced the atmospheric pressure, and then told Wansan why his invention failed.

"The water does not rise any higher until the weight of the water entering the vacuum part of the pump is equal to the weight of the water in the atmosphere."

"The vacuum isn't broken, but there's a balance between the weight of the water, and the weight of the air that cancels it out."

All the craftsmen buried their heads in thought.

After all, a craftsman is a craftsman, Wan San quickly thought of it, and proposed a method: "As the eldest son said, if you use a juice that is heavier than water, the height of the rise will be higher than the height of water. low."

"Try it with mercury."

As soon as Wansan's words fell, the craftsman next to him immediately suggested.

"The atmospheric pressure on the mountain is lower than the atmospheric pressure on the seashore. You can compare it with water and mercury, and you can easily draw a conclusion."

Zhu Gaochi's words made the craftsmen very happy, and they can't wait to try it now.

Different from others.

Wansan knew what Zhu Gaochi wanted, held back his thirst for knowledge, and asked the question that Zhu Gaochi cared about.

"Our ironware was built according to the Dagongzi's theory, why did it fail?"

"Because there's still air in it, it's not all a vacuum."

"Isn't it enough to have reached this point?"

Wansan felt discouraged.

In his cognition, he couldn't think of other ways.

How to completely solve the vacuum problem?

Looking at the frustrated craftsmen, Zhu Gaochi was not discouraged.

The discovery of the vacuum and how to completely solve the vacuum problem have plagued Western countries for hundreds of years. How many people have brainstormed, and Wansan can easily figure it out.

But Zhu Gaochi did not lose confidence.

steam engine.

He must make it.

Because he has full confidence in the ability of ancient Chinese craftsmen.

Like Wansan, most inventors in the West are craftsmen.

Countless inventors also started as apprentices in factories, or were craftsmen themselves, and their literacy rate was no higher than that of Chinese craftsmen.

The inventions and products produced by Chinese craftsmen in ancient times have always been the core monopoly in world commerce.

The huge trade deficit allowed countless amounts of silver to be imported into China, turning a silver-poor country into a country that uses silver as its currency.

What does it rely on?
The ancestors are handsome, so can they be eaten as food?

Western civilization surpassed Eastern civilization. Apart from the castration culture of the Qing Dynasty, which made Eastern civilization regress, the most important thing was the Industrial Revolution in the West.

Everything else is bullshit.

Many self-deprecating self-deprecations attract traffic, and ordinary people lose self-confidence. They don't believe in domestic works, but only in foreign books.

But they have never read it, and they don't know that the books of foreigners say otherwise.

Western scholars clearly pointed out that only the British Industrial Revolution.

The general history of world science and technology written by Americans clearly stated in the book that before the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, China's technology generally surpassed that of the West.

So Zhu Gaochi's desire to create a steam engine in the early Ming Dynasty was not wishful thinking.

With the technical ability of Ming craftsmen, I only need to provide directions, and it is a fantasy if I can't make it.

Just like 200 years later, the sea coachman in the Netherlands, their most powerful Galen battleship, was not easily imitated by Ming craftsmen.

The more people read and know more about history, the more convinced they are of the wisdom of the ancients.

They didn't lose.

Has been running in the first row in the world.

During the Qing Dynasty, the steam engine, the mother of industry, was only invented in the West, and it was a symbol of the new era.

(End of this chapter)