Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1879 Technology and Secret Anti-Spies ([-])

On October 1683, 7, the sky was cloudless.

Outside the Heishan Township Railway Station where the cold wind was blowing, it was dry and cold, and the blades of several industrial windmills were blown loudly, making people worry that if one bad one, this huge and heavy solid wooden board would fall off, Smash pedestrians who accidentally pass by.

"In southern Patagonia, where the wind speed often reaches tens of kilometers per hour, the industrial windmill is the best and cheapest helper for people. It is really good to carry forward this kind of thing in the hands of the Dutch. Give us—— At least this part of Patagonia—I don’t know how much help it has brought.” Sheng Dehong from the Syphilis Patient Statistics and Investigation Bureau said with emotion after straightening his hair tousled by the strong wind.

Wherever he looked, there were industrial windmills of different sizes everywhere, providing an important source of power for this slightly barren land.It can be seen from this that Tianzun is not blindly stingy, as the saying goes, there must be losses, the barren land makes everyone's life uncomfortable, but it is still suitable for grazing, and there is a lot of coal in the field, and the wind energy in the open field also gives them Bring enough cheap energy.

In recent years, the east coast has also begun to export some industrial windmill parts to Europe. The main users are the English and the Dutch, and the Blackwater Colony has also imported a lot.Compared with the works of the Dutch, the industrial windmills produced on the east coast have reasonable design, high wind energy utilization efficiency, excellent component materials, and high processing level, so the service life is very long, which basically formed a crushing effect on the Dutch products. The situation has also earned some money for the country more or less.

Sheng Dehong and his entourage took the train to Qingniwa Township, and waited here for a full day before taking another relatively old-fashioned train to the north and arriving at Heishan Township via the branch line of the Liangyang Railway.Here, it is one of the most important coal producing areas in the East Coast Republic of China. 60% of the country's highest-quality industrial coal is produced here (another 30% is produced in Heijin Island, 10% in Yicheng area, the small area of ​​Xinhua Island Coal mines are basically in a state of self-production and self-marketing), no matter how high their status is, it is not an exaggeration.Not to mention, the machinery manufacturing industry here is also quite good.

Yes, that's right!This township industrial base belonging to Araucan County cannot be said to be strong, but it is definitely high-tech. Gein's mysterious second heavy machinery factory is located here, and it also brings a series of supporting equipment. Downstream enterprises pushed the industrial atmosphere of the entire town to the peak.

Today, under the stimulation of various scientific research tasks, many enterprises in Heishan Township have gradually merged into a large-scale joint manufacturing enterprise to improve production efficiency.This enterprise was formally established at the beginning of this year with the approval of the Government Affairs Council. Its name is Heishan Industrial Company. Its main core assets are No. [-] Heavy Machinery Factory, Heishan Coal Mine, and Heishan Iron and Steel Plant (a small factory supporting Erzhong).

Moreover, I heard that the newly established Heishan Industrial Company is also planning to take over the small shipyard (Xuefeng Lake Shipyard) located on the shore of Xuefeng Lake that specializes in the research and development of iron-rib wooden hull ships, and has already obtained preliminary permission from the Government Council.Almost at the end of this year, Black Mountain Industrial Company will issue about 20% of the shares to Dongan Company. Apart from expanding production scale, updating machinery and equipment, and hiring talents with high salaries, part of the funds raised will naturally be for the acquisition of Snow It can be said that this matter is already a certainty.

There is a large-scale factory near the railway station in Heishan Township, which is also a supporting enterprise for local industrial and agricultural production: Heishan Water Factory.This enterprise was originally jointly established by the Southern Railway Company and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, with each holding half of the shares. In addition to water supply pipelines and water treatment facilities, the factory also has a large-scale reservoir.

The reservoir was built in the western mountainous area far away from Heishan Township, using several small lakes and ponds that were originally connected only during the wet season. After it is full, it overflows to other places and connects multiple lakes into one piece. This is not uncommon in the Patagonia area-it was transformed and the project cost a lot of money.However, in order to complete the construction of the future science and technology base in Heishan Township as soon as possible, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Southern Railway Company insisted on investing huge sums of money year after year to complete it.

Now, the Southern Railway Company has withdrawn its shares (the shares were sold to the government in exchange for funds to build the Denglai Jiaoyan Line Railway), and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce injected another 6 yuan into this factory, allowing the factory to improve its technology and apply various technologies. In recent years, the Republic of Shaodong has developed new water treatment technology (this is all after the large-scale production of bleaching liquid and chlorine gas), making the technology of Heishan Water Plant second to none in China.

If viewed from a distance, the most eye-catching buildings of the Heishan Water Plant are probably a few super-large steam units.These steam engines are the first of the "Southern Giant" series that was mass-produced by the Tieling Boiler Factory under the Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium - the largest, most technologically advanced, and oldest steam engine manufacturing enterprise in the Eastern China Republic - ten years ago. The second type is mainly used for pumping water in mines, reservoirs and canals, and the efficiency is not low.

The "Southern Giant-2" steam engine has a cylinder diameter of 2.2 meters and a stroke of 3.5 meters. When it completes 8 reciprocating strokes per minute, it can generate a maximum power of 220 horsepower.The most typical appearance of this water pump is the two parallel beams fixed together about ten meters long. When pumping water stably (currently, each device pumps about 2500 liters of water per minute on average), it looks like a kowtow machine. All the same, impressive.

Among them, the two beams, which can be regarded as important equipment, are all steel beams repeatedly forged and pressed by hydraulic presses, which are extremely strong and have a long service life.In fact, as early as the beginning, this kind of beam was cast with iron, but in order to ensure its structural strength, it was often cast very thick and heavy, and a large amount of iron was used, which was very uneconomical.Later, with the continuous popularization of large hydraulic presses, it became possible to forge such beams at low cost. Therefore, the current "Southern Giant" series steam pumps use steel beams, or at least forged iron beams.

The construction and installation of the "Southern Giant" series is also a big project for the rapidly developing East Coast.The amount of steel consumed by a steam pump may be greater than the total amount of iron used in some European cities in a year, and its size is relatively large. There are many things to consider when installing it. In short, it is a good reflection of the current East Coast. The level of engineering construction and installation has reached - without the many engineers and skilled workers trained in the 50 years since the founding of the country, such a project would be impossible to complete, even if you have the so-called technology or blueprints, no one is all empty talk, and people It is precisely the cultivation that requires the most cycle, and it is not uncommon for two generations of talents to achieve small success.

Since the beginning of this year, due to work, Sheng Dehong has focused on researching many new technologies and new applications on the east coast, and is very concerned about this large steam engine.He vaguely heard that the "Southern Giant" series is now favored by water plants in many big cities, including Dongfang County, Ping'an County, Qingdao County, and Zhenhai County.The upper and lower water facilities of these factories were built earlier, and the power of the steam engines used in the pumping stations was relatively small, which gradually failed to keep up with the needs of urban development, so large-scale equipment continued to be replaced.

Now Qingdao County, the largest city on the east coast with a population of more than 10, has already started negotiations with the Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium for its water plant, intending to introduce two "Southern Giant" series for the second phase expansion project of Qingdao Water Plant. The most core source of power.It is reported that the Qingdao Water Plant ordered even larger and more advanced cylinders with a diameter of 2.85 meters (the stroke is also 3.5 meters), and eight boilers provide steam for it, which can solve the current industrial, agricultural and civil water supply in Qingdao County in one fell swoop. Insufficient problem.Moreover, this "Southern Giant" steam water pump of Qingdao Water Works also reserves room for upgrading, that is, if the pressure in the cylinder is too high in the future, it can continue to install the second or even the third cylinder, that is, compound inflation, three The rising cylinder is still relatively advanced in general.

Of course, the achievements of the people on the east coast in the steam engine are far more than that.In fact, benefiting from the continuous improvement of material technology and processing level, the East Coast people began to manufacture many small high-speed steam engines, such as the high-speed steam engine used by TEPCO to generate electricity for small experimental generators.

In the past, in order to provide power for small power generation devices, people on the east coast used belt drive to draw power from the drive shaft of a large low-speed steam engine, and then used it to drive a high-speed generator.But this method is more dangerous, and because the speed regulation accuracy is not high enough, the generated voltage is very unstable, which greatly affects the follow-up research and debugging work.Now there is a high-speed steam engine, the transmission shaft of which is directly connected to the generator, and the speed of the two is the same. The two machines are installed on the same base, forming a relatively compact and safe steam engine (when belt drive was originally required, it took up a lot of space) Large, unsafe, and many accidents have occurred, it is a bloody lesson) system, which has brought great help to the research of East Coast Power Company.

In addition to this high-speed steam engine used in power generation devices, Dongan people have also made great progress in high-speed steam engines for machine tools. Over the years, more than ten derivative models have been developed, laying a solid foundation for the improvement of the machining industry. solid foundation.Among these complicated models, there is a "very interesting" steam engine that attracts the most eyeballs, that is, a steam engine with three cylinders fixed radially in a vertical plane, and the angle between each cylinder is 120 degrees, the power is generally in the range of a few horsepower to dozens of horsepower, and the speed is always above [-] revolutions per minute, which is very amazing.

It can be said that this high-speed steam engine is the core thing on the east coast at present, and it is also the one that most embodies the technical strength.It is much more powerful than the boring steam engine with horsepower that some people shouted. The so-called thousands of horsepower is not unnecessary for the East Bank, but the importance is not as important as the high-speed steam engine in front of us. .This kind of new equipment that can greatly reflect the strength of the basic industry—many people don’t understand how important the strength of the basic industry is, and blindly go to Malaysia for the sake of political achievements or face, is severely criticized on the east coast—the new equipment has a touchstone The uncanny ability to make gold, like engraving machines and other precision scientific instruments, is overlooked or forgotten by many, but without it, nothing can be done.

"The desolate Patagonia hides a lot of sophisticated technology." Sheng Dehong walked into the far gate of the Mei Agency compound not far away, shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know how many spies from foreign countries, Careful work, blinded by the endless wind and sandstorm, wandering in the lonely and quiet Patagonia wasteland, hesitating, not knowing what to do next, how to approach the legendary treasure-filled Patagonia, one day it will become our natural barrier. The members of the Executive Committee decided to set up a scientific research base that is related to the future here. It really took a lot of thought. Well, the investment is also quite huge , This shows that the old men who have retired are really determined!"

Compared with Xingnan Port, which has relatively complex personnel, the environment in Heishan Township is actually not that complicated.This is a small town that has emerged entirely because of various factories and scientific research institutions. The relationship between residents in the town is very simple, that is, the relationship between superiors and subordinates, the relationship between factory managers and workers, the relationship between the leader of the scientific research project team and the team. staff relations, etc.For an outsider without foundation, if he wants to get close to this inland town in the deep barren land, he must have a suitable identity without revealing it. It is too unrealistic to steal the relevant secrets in front of the agents of the Statistical and Investigation Bureau of Syphilis Patients, which is too unrealistic-the town has been established for many years, only a few spies have infiltrated incidents. , It is really difficult for the "underground heroes" from all walks of life to be useful.

However, even though the work here is relatively simple, the newly appointed director of Shengde Hongsheng does not dare to take it lightly. He has seen too many officials who have accidents due to negligence in these years, and he does not want his bright future to be ruined by an inexplicable leak. superior.Therefore, in the next few days, he intends to formulate a feasible secret anti-espionage plan in detail, which involves the cooperation and coordination between the local Mei organs, the Public Security Bureau and the security departments of each factory, using this relatively tight three-level network Keep all suspicious elements out—or, if you can't, institutionally reduce the possibility of such a horrible thing happening.

The many technical achievements of the "Black Technology Base" in Heishan Township were the result of hard work by two generations of scientific research workers from the East Coast Republic of China. They cannot be taken by some outsiders with ulterior motives. That is unacceptable to all Dong'an people. !

(End of this chapter)