Chapter 87 Yellow Dust swirth
[87] Yellow dust is everywhere
Xu Jianyin finally arrived at Qingdao. As the general office of Shandong Machinery Bureau, he hoped to see those advanced machines that had crossed the ocean to the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.
"Brother Xu, you are here, then we can go." This is Yao Fan's first sentence after seeing Xu Jianyin.
Xu Jianyin, wearing a black silk longevity dark pattern gown, was dumb and said angrily for a long time, "Brother Yao, Yao, I haven't seen the machine yet! Besides, you have to hire all the carts and horses to get on the road.
Yao Fan scratched his head and apologized, "Brother Xu, I'm not surprised. I'm worried. Recently, I heard that Japanese warships invaded our Qing Dynasty* and openly measured hydrological data near Jianghua Island. After being warned by the * fort, they brazenly landed and massacred * soldiers and civilians.
Thinking of the previous July, the Japanese forced the King of Ryukyu to stop paying tribute to my Qing Dynasty. Last year, the Japanese army landed in Taiwan, occupied Langqiao, and set up a governor's office in Guishan. Putting the three things together, it can be seen that the Japanese think that I was weak and bullied in the Qing Dynasty, and I was already sharpening my knife, and I was really presumptuous!
I thought that if the machine bureau could be built as soon as possible, the country would still be stronger. Even if it was only a little stronger, it would be good.
After listening to Yao Fan's words, Xu Jianyin was in awe and held his fist and said, "Brother Yao's patriotism can be seen. Since Brother Yao is eager, let's go to see the machine."
So Yao Fan led the way and took Xu Jianyin and Xue Fucheng, who came with him, to an open space on the edge of Yaojiazhuang.
"Brother Yao, all the roads here are paved with Portland cement?"
"Well, my family has a cement factory overseas, and if it can't be sold, I will pull it to my own village to pave the road."
Xu Jianyin and Xue Fucheng, who came to the meeting, looked at each other and were shocked and thought, "This Portland cement is so expensive that it can't be built in the Qing Dynasty. It all depends on buying from overseas to build forts and important facilities. Yao Fan actually treats it as free and uses it to pave the floor!"
Yao Fan asked the guys to untie pieces of canvas, "Oh, that's all."
Xu Jianyin has stayed in the Ordnance Institute and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in Anqing. Although he has seen many machines, he is now humbled in his heart. "I have never seen any of these models."
Then Yao Fan explained the specific installation process of all the equipment to Xu Jianyin. Xu Jianyin listened carefully and went to the machine in front of him to check it, but Xu Jianyin was stunned for a long time and finally said, "Brother Yao, why did you buy a steam engine? Machine? How can this work? I look at the first, middle and last three sections of this machine, and each paragraph has 2,000 catties.
"What's wrong? Of course, the whole machine has been shipped. Because the installation process is very complicated and sophisticated, it is impossible to disassemble it into a fine one. In that case, how do you install it?
"Xu Jianyin thought so. He had never seen this thing at all. How can he install it?"
Yao Fan introduced: "The total weight of this unit is 5.3 tons, which has been dismantled into the first, middle and the last three sections, and then it will be installed and debugged in Jinan. The middle section is the heaviest, 3.4 tons, but don't worry. I have a truck and diesel for the car to burn. Naturally, I will help you pull it to Jinan and load it before coming back.
"But how to load the car? Brother Yao must have used wooden beams when unloading the ship and carrying it to Zhuangzi, right? Xu Jianyin still doesn't know what a towing truck is, but his intuition tells him that the lifting of this thing is a big problem.
Yao Fan originally transported the equipment into Zhuangzi. He relied on two tripods made of thick logs with roundwood beams, and then used a number of labor-saving pulley groups to pull steel cables with the manpower of more than 30 guys to successfully lift the special four-wheeled trailer and bring them to Zhuangzi.
"Yes, after lifting with wooden beams and multiple pulley sets, it can be loaded into the car."
"This is difficult. Such a heavy machine and a big wooden car push all the way to Jinan. I don't know how many wheels will be broken." Xu Jianyin was worried.
"I said, I have a tow truck, and it's not a big wooden car behind me, but a trailer." Yao Fan explained again.
The load of the four-wheel tractor truck is only one ton. Yao Fan, who was born in engineering, has long considered this problem and specially ordered ten 5-ton agricultural flat trailers with tractor cards, which can be hung behind the car and pulled with a tractor.
It's just that it's difficult for tractors to do this. Under the rated full power traction, the fuel consumption is 9.7 liters per hour and nearly 10 liters! For safety, the speed cannot be fast. Assuming that driving 20 kilometers per hour, it takes 5 hours for 100 kilometers, and the fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is about 50 liters. Compared with 80 tons of carla, the fuel consumption of 20 to 25 liters per 100 kilometers is extremely economical.
But the tractor is stuck in terms of his adaptability to road conditions. Sacrifice speed and high fuel consumption in exchange for high power and traction, which can come out of the road at will in mud and potholes. If it is equipped with tracks and iron, it is equivalent to a tank. Heavy truck can't stand the loess mud.
10 tractor trucks go back and forth from Qingdao to Jinan, which costs about 4 tons of fuel. Yao Fan intends to load five tons of oil on the trailer behind one of the trailers.
"What is a tow truck and what is Brother Yao's trailer? Not wood?" Xu Jianyin is curious.
Yao Fan can only take him to see it.
"Oh, this is dragging the card."
Xu Jianyin's face suddenly became the same as the urchin in Qingdao. He excitedly circled around the tractor and touched it stupidly. Finally, he asked Yao Fan how to transport the goods, and Yao Fan had to go up for a round of demonstration.
It doesn't matter. Xu Jianyin sat on the sideline and was very happy. He insisted that Yao Fan tell him what the principle was.
Yao Fanxin said that this was unlucky and could only patiently tell him the principle of the internal combustion engine.
Xu Jianyin would draw inferences from it and immediately believed that it was a small train without rails.
"Brother Yao! This is good! The imperial court is not allowed to build railways for fear of disturbing the dragon veins. This thing does not need a railway, as long as there is flat land! It is most suitable for the Qing Dynasty.
Yao Fan turned his eyes and thought that if he could blacks money, it was really a good deal. These days, cars are very rough, and one car costs $6,700. My technology is really excellent, and there are 51 horsepower that scares me to death these days! If you want to sell it, it will be at least ten times.
But he thought about it again. This thing is too advanced. In case it is carried out by the great powerhouse, it will definitely be a great advance in internal combustion engine technology. At least it has helped the great powers solve the basic configuration of the diesel engine and the design problems of the car body suspension. The imitation parts of countless European and American manufacturers will be born, and finally a product with inferior performance will come out. But this is already terrible! It's really not cost-effective to choose between the two interests.
So Yao Fan shook his head and said, "This thing is very expensive. A car costs 10,000 taels of silver, and the burning oil is still expensive. It all depends on imports from abroad. If I hadn't been loyal to Lord Ding, I would never be willing to use this to transport goods."
When Xu Jianyin heard the price, he was shocked and said sadly, "This is simply a car made of silver. How can the Qing Dynasty afford it?"
Yao Fan looked at his gloomy face and comforted him, "This thing will be cheap sooner or later. At that time, Brother Xu will buy one and drive it by himself."
So on that day, Yao Fan held a reception banquet, invited Sun Maowen, Wei Guofu and Liu Ziming to accompany him, and had a drink with Xu Jianyin and Xue Fucheng. The next day, he ordered the guys who had already prepared to start loading the car and finished lifting the goods in half a day.
On the day of departure, Sun Maowen, Wei Guofu and Liu Ziming came to send them off. They sent them more than ten miles away and flattered the way.