Valley Emperor

Li Xuan did not pay attention to the research on internal combustion engines for a day or two. Even at the beginning, he asked the Royal Institute of Technology to start the research on internal combustion engines.

It's just that in the past few years, due to technical problems, especially the problems of basic materials and processing capabilities, the research on internal combustion engines can only be superficial.

In fact, various theories are already very mature. Scientists at the Royal Institute of Technology have long come up with theoretical models. Whether it is a gas engine, a kerosene engine, a gasoline engine or even a diesel engine, they have actually conducted research.

But only theory is not enough. The most important thing is to complete a specific design, and this design can be produced, even if it is only made by hand in the laboratory, it must be made.

It is a pity that in the past few years, the related research on internal combustion engines has been stuck in the basic research stage, and in the last year, the research on basic materials has been tossed.

Because even if they started to use the four-stroke structure proposed by Qianmu, they found that when the speed is only more than 200 rpm, some core components in the gasoline engine made of existing materials can still support it, but when the speed is increased to 800 rpm When it rotates more, its core structure, especially the piston structure, can't hold up.

Even if they tried to optimize the structure and make changes, there is still no way to overcome this problem.

Because this is not a structural design problem, but a material problem.

However, with a large amount of research funding falling, and the Royal Institute of Technology's basic materials research has always maintained a great investment, many external companies are also conducting research, especially several steel plants are conducting various projects all year round. research on basic materials.

In order to solve the material strength problem of multiple core components such as cylinders and pistons, the Royal Institute of Technology and Jiangnan Iron and Steel Works jointly conducted research on new materials.

In order to solve the problem of machining accuracy, the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Royal Institute of Technology began to study a new generation of high-precision machining equipment.

With the continuous expenditure of funds and the passage of time, many research projects of the Royal Institute of Technology have gradually achieved some breakthroughs.

In particular, the material department has produced a variety of high-strength alloy steels, combined with the processing technology specially developed by the mechanical department, and finally successfully cast various qualified parts.

When these various parts, which cost a lot of money and were manufactured under laboratory conditions, were assembled together, the gasoline engine that Li Xuan saw now was formed.

In Li Xuan's view, the prototype of this gasoline engine is full of classic flavors, and it is primitive and backward to put it bluntly.

However, Li Xuan doesn't care about these. It is already a huge improvement to be able to produce a gasoline engine with the current technical means. Even if this gasoline engine is built in a laboratory, the manufacturing cost is very high, and it is difficult to achieve a high volume. If you want to produce civilian cars and the like, it is estimated that few people can afford it, but this is enough.

After all, technology is always improving. In the early years, steam engines were not as difficult to manufacture and were expensive. But now, after the industrial technology has matured, the manufacturing cost of ordinary steam engines has reached an acceptable level.

Besides, as long as the technology passes the test, no matter how expensive the cost is, with the current perfect industrial system of Datang, you can always find an industry that can accept this expensive cost.

For example, in the civilian field, those rich people obviously don't care how much gasoline cars cost. With their spending power, as long as they can pretend, they will still sell gasoline cars worth tens of thousands of Tang Yuan.

There are also some industrial fields, as long as they meet their requirements, they can bring higher profits to the enterprise, even if it is a gasoline engine of several thousand Tang Yuan or even tens of thousands Tang Yuan, they will still purchase it.

Not to mention the military.

Those generals in the military have wanted chariots for a long time. In the past, they dared to build steam chariots that were complicated, troublesome and expensive. Now that they have better gasoline engines, they are not afraid that they will not build on this. Gasoline chariot.

When there is more production, the cost of production technology will naturally be reduced, and it will be time for large-scale popularization and application.

Just like the steam engine.

In the earliest days, steam engines were still extremely expensive, and any one cost several thousand Tang yuan. However, companies in need still actively purchased them, and the navy and various shipping companies still purchased on a large scale.

Therefore, the gasoline engine is not afraid of being expensive, but it is afraid that you will not be able to produce it.

Seeing that the lightweight gasoline engine in front of him was successfully ignited and started to run, Li Xuan nodded slightly, "This thing is very useful!"

After other people heard the words of the Son of Heaven, they could not help but once again increase their attention to gasoline engines.

The high-level officials of these empires, whether they are civil and military officials or other representatives of many large domestic manufacturing companies accompanying them, actually all know about gasoline engines and the potential of gasoline engines.

However, gasoline engines are new after all, and it is impossible for them to directly put this thing in an important strategic position.

There are many new things researched by the Tang Empire, and many inventions are invented almost every day, but not every invention has great industrial value.

However, Li Xuan's sentence is very useful now, which is to make these people pay more attention to gasoline engines.

In particular, the general manager of Zhaoqing Machinery Co., Ltd. has made a silent decision in his heart at this time, and he will increase his investment in gasoline engines after returning.

Originally, their Zhaoqing Machinery Company had planned to cooperate with the Royal Institute of Technology to invest in the establishment of a gasoline engine production plant, but the expected market size would be relatively small, so the investment amount would be relatively small, but now, he has already decided to turn it over. double the investment.

This is not to say that he is one-sided to please the Sacred Heart, but that he knows that the Son of Heaven has not spoken. The military will definitely increase research and equipment on gasoline engine-based chariots, Songshan Machinery Company will also increase investment in heavy gasoline engine machinery and equipment, and Zhongyuan Automobile Company will also increase research on automobiles.

All this means that the market potential of gasoline engines will be greater.

Now that the market is big, their Zhaoqing Machinery Company will naturally increase their investment in gasoline engines to meet the market.

Slightly glanced at the expressions of the ministers, Li Xuan nodded slightly in secret, this is the effect he wants!

Tell the courtiers that I attach great importance to this thing, and they all cheer me up.

After watching the ignition test run of the gasoline engine, Li Xuan didn't stay too long, and soon left the Royal Institute of Technology and returned to the palace.

The next day, at the cabinet meeting, a resolution was passed, that is, in the next few years, the new technology of internal combustion engines will be actively promoted in some fields to promote the industrial and commercial development of the empire and improve people's living standards.

In this case, the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises directly issued documents to a number of related subordinate enterprises, requiring them to cooperate with the internal combustion engine development strategy formulated by the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises.

The Ministry of Communications also issued a document requesting that the transportation departments at all levels attach importance to the application of internal combustion engine technology and promote the development of imperial transportation.

Even the Ministry of Agriculture issued a document to prepare all subordinate departments, and came up with a detailed plan to promote agricultural machinery with internal combustion engines. also acted.

Zhaoqing Machinery Company was the first to act. After reaching a patent licensing agreement with the Royal Institute of Technology, they announced that they would invest heavily in the construction of a gasoline engine factory to produce various gasoline engines.

However, although Zhaoqing Machinery Co., Ltd. moved quickly, it was still limited. They only set up a gasoline engine factory and other parts supply production lines, and they wanted to deploy upstream.

However, Zhongyuan Automobile Company, which also obtained the patent authorization of the gasoline engine, had not had time to build the engine production line by itself, so it directly purchased a laboratory-produced gasoline engine prototype from the Royal Institute of Technology at a high price.

Immediately afterwards, this gasoline engine was installed on the car, and the first car in the history of the Tang Dynasty was built!

When this car ran on the streets of Jinling City, it instantly caused a sensation in the whole country!

(Tianjin)