Xu Churen felt that the money that would be leaked from the Political Affairs Hall in the future might be like a waterfall.

The court wanted to build the steam locomotive in the future, but it actually gave Yongsheng Trading Company a lot of money, and the money was uninterrupted.

The worst thing is that the steam locomotive is very broken and terrible, but Ye Chong has already confirmed the basic structure and principles, that is, the initial model was created by him.

The court had to spend money on that ragged and weird car, like flowing water.

Nothing hurts more than this one.

Xu Churen and Tang Ke left in shame.

After this excitement, it quickly calmed down.

Because the steam locomotive is too far away from the people of Tokyo, and even if the thing can drive on the road, it still looks bulkier and slower than a carriage, and there is nothing good about it.

Moreover, because the workmanship is very rough, high-ranking officials and nobles don’t like it deep in their hearts.

After a few days, no one talked about this.

Most people agreed that it was the emperor's idleness.

But no one knows, this is just the beginning.

The beginning of earth-shaking changes in the Song Dynasty and the beginning of a new lifestyle.

The steam locomotive is like a butterfly in the South China Sea, flapping its wings slightly. Soon after, a storm will sweep across the Song Dynasty.

At this time, not many people realized that steam locomotives were important.

Han Gonglian, Sima Qi and others knew about it, and the bosses of the Zhengshi Hall and the Privy Council also realized it.

On the wide open space of the Academy of Sciences, the large water transport instrument station operates unchanged forever.

It was created by Han Gonglian and Su Song during the reign of Song Zhezong to observe the astronomical phenomena.

It has little practical effect on the people, but it contains a lot of physics knowledge.

At Zhao Huan's request, Han Gonglian compiled these physics knowledge into a set of systematic theories, and the main direction of the explanation was mechanics.

The title of the book given by the emperor was "Mechanics of the Great Song Dynasty". More than half of this book has been completed. In fact, the completed part has been handed over to the Hanlin Academy, which was promoted to the university as early as the previous year.

In the past two years, Shi Xun divided the "Mechanics of the Great Song Dynasty" from the perspective of education and distributed it to primary schools, middle schools and universities respectively.

This time the steam engine model is largely due to the fact that there is a top physicist in the Song Dynasty like Han Gonglian.

His research on the principle of wheels, leverage and heat is unattainable in this era.

And as early as three years ago, the Academy of Sciences had summarized theoretical knowledge of hot gas expansion and rise based on the principles of Kongming lanterns and compiled it into textbooks.

Zhong Yu was dissatisfied and walked to Sima Qi's study.

"Teacher, the students think that Ye Chong is a person who deceives the world and steals his reputation!"

Sima Qi is compiling "Thermodynamics of the Great Song Dynasty". Because of studying steam engines, Sima Qi has been studying the principles of thermal power for more than a year.

He was focusing on looking at Ye Chong's transformation drawings and nodding constantly: "Although there are not much changes, they have all been changed to important points."

"Teacher, we built the steam locomotive. Now Ye Chong's yellow-mouthed child has the patent right, which is too unfair to us!"

Sima Qi has a strong fortification talent, simple and simple temperament. He put down the brush in his hand and added a bucket of water to the small water wheel model running on the side, which accelerated the speed of the water wheel.

Sima Qi said: "Zhong Yu, you must be square. Everything we do now is for the official family, for the Song Dynasty, for the people, as long as Ye Chong is the same, it doesn't matter who the patent belongs to."

Zhong Yu did not agree with his teacher's idea. Zhong Yu said a little impatiently: "Teacher, someone in the court said in private that our Royal Academy of Sciences was not as good as a private trading company!"

When Ye Chong suddenly came out, Sima Qi was indeed a little surprised and unwilling to accept it.

But afterwards, he also digested it carefully: "The ministers in the court did not understand the study of fortifications, so they said that they would go."

"Teacher, this will affect your reputation."

"Zhong Yu, you are restless!"

"Teacher, Your Majesty attaches great importance to steam locomotives!"

Sima Qi shook his head. He was indeed a rare talent, but he was impatient and competitive.

He sighed, "Zhong Yu, I ask you, how long does it take to build a steam locomotive and how much manpower?"

"Depending on the staffing configuration, the time spent is also different. If there are 100 people, you can make one in five days."

"Then why do you think His Majesty builds a steam engine?"

"Of course it is to create a brand new car that can be found on it, and people can sit on it and no longer need a horse."

"So have you ever calculated the calculations, is it the current steam engine cost more or the carriage cost more?"

"Of course it's a steam locomotive." Zhong Yu didn't quite understand why he always asked him these things.

The Academy of Sciences is a place for the emperor to create some new things that the emperor wants, not the political affairs hall or the Privy Council. If you make something, you will not calculate these things. You just need to do it according to your Majesty’s requirements.

"Since it's expensive for steam locomotives, why does the emperor still need to make it?"

"This... the student is dull, so please give me some advice."

"I heard from the officials. The officials once told me a story. When a new thing is created, smart people will not invest a lot of money to mass-made it, nor will they immediately think about making it bigger, nor will they immediately make the product the best. Instead, they will first make a model at the fastest speed, as long as it can reflect its basic role. This is how the officials describe it, and first build a framework."

Sima Qi's words made Zhong Yu confused.

In fact, Zhao Huan is talking about the business model of the 21st century. When entrepreneurs produce something that is not on the market, they will not immediately produce it in batches, but will first make a rougher product at the fastest speed and take it to the market for people to experience it.

A very typical example is those Internet companies in the 21st century. When developing apps, they first do the most basic functions. It doesn’t matter if the appearance and interaction are ugly, and they can gradually iterate in the future.

But the first step must be taken out.

Not only was Zhong Yu confused, but Sima Qi also confused at that time, but he didn't dare to ask too much, so he had to come back and think about it himself.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally figured it out.

Then he locked himself in the room and sighed at the emperor's pattern and vision.

"The government wants the Academy of Sciences to build a steam engine, not to let the Academy of Sciences build the best steam engine immediately, it only needs to reflect its effect."

"After that, the steam engine will undergo countless improvements, and Ye Chong's improvement is only one of them."

"You are worried about one of the improvements and have lost the attitude of the Academy of Sciences."

"Besides, what is the most important thing?"

"After the steam engine is improved, the government will produce a large number of people. One hundred people will make one in five days. What should we do if the government wants ten thousand vehicles? Will we find one million people to come?"

"Did you forget the concept of flow-through manufacturing proposed by the official at the Academy of Sciences the year before yesterday?"

"Why are the magic arm crossbows made by military weapons supervision the size of the average size? It is not a secret to manufacture the steam engine. In the future, it will be manufactured from the people. What is the most important thing?"

Zhong Yu was stunned when he heard this, and he had never thought about it.

"The manufacturing standards are the most important. Do you still remember the iron nails and the size standards of the iron nails proposed by the government are also regulated by the Academy of Sciences and military weapons."

"I have been trying the flow-through manufacturing model mentioned by the government in the past two years." Sima Qi walked to the water truck model and pointed to the water in the waterway. "If these waters are part of the steam locomotive, they are arranged here, flowing like water, gathering at a certain place, and then combining them, which will definitely be faster than if you use a hundred people to temporarily work and then combine them."

"This is what the government wants, and it is also something that must be used when manufacturing many things after the Song Dynasty."

"The Academy of Sciences needs to create such a complete model to run like a steam engine, and these patents are all in the hands of the Academy of Sciences."

"Then, teacher, when will such a model be created?"

"In the past, I have been thinking about the power of the water wheel, but since the steam engine and thermodynamics have made new discoveries, I have been thinking about these things in thermodynamics. But I don't know what to use to carry steel and flow like water."

Zhao Huan didn't know that Sima Qi had already thought about the assembly line production concept he told Sima Qi.

When he proposed it, he only pointed in one direction.

In ancient China, there was standardized production, but no assembly line production. Assembly line production had very high requirements for machine models, at least the transmission machine needed thermal or electrical energy to drive it.

The material of the conveyor belt is vacant.

As for the manufacturing molds of steam locomotives, it is not very difficult. After all, there were many iron products manufacturing molds in the Song Dynasty, and there were technology in this area, but it only needed improvement.

While Sima Qi and Zhong Yu were discussing, the servant's voice came from outside: "My husband, your descendant, I want you to go to the front hall."

Sima Qi quickly sorted out his clothes and before leaving, he said, "Zhong Yu, focus more on the right path."

"Students follow the teacher's teachings."

Zhao Huan was cooking fire in front of the fire, Shao Chengzhang was responsible for cooking tea, and Han Gonglian and Chen Gui sat opposite the emperor.

It was snowing heavily outside, and the north wind was still howling from time to time.

Sima Qi walked quickly: "I will meet your Majesty."

"Sima Aiqing, sit down and have tea."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I heard from Tang Ke that six wealthy businessmen want to buy steam engines, and even the deposit has been delivered." Zhao Huan said, "However, the current steam engine still needs to be improved."

"Please make it clear to you."

"The size of the iron nail must be unified, the length and width of the steam engine must be unified. I want to make each steam engine manufactured exactly the same, just like the sabre and divine arm crossbow of the military weapon supervisor."

"yes!"

This is easy to deal with. No one will report it right.
To be continued...