Diesel was born in Paris, France in 1858. His father was a refined leather manufacturer in August burg, Germany. After becoming an adult, Diesel entered the Technical University of Munich in Germany to study. In 1876, when he was in college, the German Otto successfully developed the first 4-stroke gas engine, which was the first practical application of the French technician Rorschach's internal combustion engine theory. This achievement inspired many engineers engaged in mechanical power research at that time, including Carl Mercedes-Benz and Gottlip Daimler, the later inventor of the automobile, as well as Diesel, a young man who was very interested in machine power.

Unlike Mercedes-Benz and Daimler, which were committed to transforming the Otto engine, Diesel's idea was even more advanced. He wanted to completely abandon the ignition system in the engine, relied on compressed air to heat up, and spontaneously ignite the work after injecting fuel. This method was completely different from the method of ignitioning the work by sucking gas mixture. Later generations called Diesel's principle the "compressed internal combustion engine". Of course, Diesel's idea was not groundless, because no electrical distributors and high-voltage ignition coils were invented at that time, and the ignition device was very simple and unstable. It was completely understandable that Diesel wanted to skip this technical obstacle. Soon, he found inspiration in the pneumatic lighter invented by the Frenchman Joseph Mollet and continued to explore it unremittingly.

Diesel did not expect that his idea was much more complicated than inventing the ignition system. The first thing he encountered was the fuel problem. Commonly used gasoline was very active and easy to ignite, but gasoline could not adapt to a compressed ignition engine with a high compression ratio. Once gasoline was atomized and sprayed into the combustion chamber containing high temperature and high pressure air, violent knocking of the cylinder or even explosion occurred. It was inevitable to abandon gasoline. Diesel creatively pointed his goal to vegetable oil. After a series of experiments, the attempts on vegetable oil also failed, but he was the first to introduce vegetable oil into the internal combustion engine. Therefore, those who advocated "green fuel" in modern times regard Diesel as the originator.

The final fuel selection was locked on diesel, which has not been paid attention to in petroleum cracking products. Diesel is very stable in nature and is difficult to ignite. At the same time, once it is ignited, a large amount of black smoke will be emitted, so it cannot be used as lighting like kerosene. However, the stable characteristics of diesel are precisely suitable for compression ignition internal combustion engines. When the compression ratio is very high, diesel will not explode, which is exactly what Diesel needs. After nearly 20 years of careful research, Diesel finally tried to make the first diesel engine the year before yesterday.

This diesel engine uses a cylinder to suck pure air, then compresses it vigorously with a piston to reduce the air volume to about 15 times and the temperature rises to 500-700 degrees. Then, compressed air is used to inject mist diesel into the cylinder and mix it with the high-temperature pure air in the cylinder. Since the cylinder has a higher temperature, the diesel burns itself after injecting it into the cylinder. On February 27, 1892, Diesel obtained a patent for this technology.

The biggest feature of diesel engines is fuel-efficient and high thermal efficiency. However, the diesel engine originally produced by Diesel was very unstable. At the beginning of this year, Diesel improved the diesel engine and allowed it to run for about 1 minute. Although his diesel engine was not stable, Diesel couldn't wait to put it into commercial production because his competitors installed gasoline engines on vehicles as early as 1886, and now gasoline engine cars have been put into commercial operations.

This inventor who only knew technology but not business operations made the biggest mistake in his life. The 20 diesel engines he was eager to launch on the market were returned because of their poor technology. This not only gave him a huge financial burden, but also affected the public impression of diesel engines. In the following weeks, several interested manufacturers withdrew one after another. Without a source of funds and being heavily in debt, Diesel fell into extreme poverty.

Perhaps, you should give up your 20-year dream and be willing to go with the flow and live your life as an ordinary person? Or...

A year ago, he received an invitation letter from a Qing Dynasty, inviting him to develop diesel engines in the Qing Dynasty. He also sent 500 francs with the letter, but at that time he had just applied for a patent for diesel engines and was in a state of excellence. Naturally, he would not be attracted by this invitation. But now...

The letter was kept in the attic, and when he brushed away the thick dust from the letter with his trembling hands, he saw the address on the letter clearly.

After reading this letter that made him sleepless all night, Diesel bought a boat ticket the next day and set off from Cologne Port, and after more than 20 days, he arrived at Lushun Port, the largest military port in the Qing Dynasty.

In another time and space, this engine genius who was obsessed with diesel engine research went dark on the road of diesel engine research, and experienced countless failures. In poverty and helplessness, he jumped into the sea and committed suicide 20 years later (some say he was swept away by the waves). But at this moment, he met Zhao Gang, a person who changed his destiny.

Diesel was sitting opposite Zhao Gang at this time.

"Zhao, I'm a straightforward person. I only care a little bit, what do you want me to do?

With full of doubts, someone in a country considered to be very backward in Europe could accept cutting-edge technology.

"Mr. Rudolph."

Seeing Diesel appear in front of him, Zhao Gang suppressed his ecstasy and brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Diesel.

"I want to purchase the patent rights of the diesel engine in your hands and give priority to ordering all your future inventions about diesel engines."

"What about the price..." Diesel was happy to hear that he wanted to buy his own diesel engine patent.

"I will buy your diesel patent for 5,000 taels, Rudolph."

"And I promise, Rudolph, that within ten years, you can devote yourself to the research of diesel engines, and I believe that the birth of an engine called 'Disier' will engrave you in the history of the engine."

After lowering his head and pondering for a long time, Diesel was convinced by Zhao Gang. He looked up and said to Zhao Gang:

"So, the last question, when will the work start?"

"If you're not particularly tired, you can do it today."

Zhao Gang looked at Diesel with a smile and reached out his hand

"Welcome, Director Diesel of the Diesel Engine R&D Center."

A few months later, the inventor of the automobile transmission, the French engineer Pierre, was forced to accept Zhao Gang's funding for the first unsuccessful demonstration. Zhao Gang purchased the patent for Pierre's transmission at almost the same price, and also appointed Pierre as the director of the automobile research and development department, forming the largest automobile technology research and development base in the future - the Lushun Automobile Research Institute.

Although the introduction of these foreign talents has given Zhao Gang the commanding heights of future science and technology, it cannot solve the current lack of talents. In China, there are very few people who can be called talents, while a group of people seem unique because of special opportunities. They are more accurate in understanding the world, and they are also well aware of the scientific and cultural aspects of foreigners. Zhao Gang's thoughts have turned to these people again.

June 1893. It was early summer. The haze of spring passed away, and the sky was blue and blue. The sun shone on your body warmly. Although it was early summer, the weather was still neither cold nor hot, which made people feel comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

In the morning, a soft sedan chair crossed Chaoyang Bridge and went straight to the screen wall of the Benxi Manufacturing Bureau Office. The curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged man in his thirties walked out. He was wearing a fifth-rank official, but he was not bent over like an ordinary official and stood up straight. The man was named Tang Shaoyi, whose courtesy name was Shaochuan. He was born on January 2, 1862, from Tangjia Village, Tangjia Town, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. Tang Shaoyi went to Shanghai to study since he was a child. In 1874, he was sent to study in the United States and was promoted to the liberal arts of Columbia University through middle school.

After Tang Shaoyi returned to China in 1881, he was sent to study at the Westernization School in Tianjin. In 1885, he joined the Tianjin Taxation Office and served in the end of 1889. At the end of 1889, he was appointed as a commerce committee member in Longshan, that is, a consul in Seoul, North Korea. He showed capable diplomatic skills during his tenure.

In 1893, Korea was becoming increasingly turbulent, and Tang Shaoyi returned to Beijing to report his duties under the order. This was an opportunity to show his performance. However, because Wang Guangyun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, talked about the Confucianism and Taoism in the court, and he regarded harmony as the most important thing, and refused to increase military spending to prepare for Japan. He even went on duty on the spot to argue with the world-famous Confucianism Taishan in court.

Two well-educated people, one old, one young, one middle school and one foreign, repeatedly asked questions on the spot, and everyone in the Golden Palace was shaken. In the end, Wang Guangyun was so confused that he couldn't come up and fainted in the hall. Fortunately, Zhao Gang called for a student in the United States and rubbed his legs and said, "You" the second-leaf business committee member to the Manufacturing Bureau.

...Tang Shaoyi stood in front of the neat yamen and was stunned for a while. He was a little unbelievable that this was the location of the manufacturing bureau. The screen wall had just been painted and it also brought some choking smell of lime. The house in the yamen looked very dilapidated, and wind blew through the holes in the window from time to time. Tang Shaoyi had never seen such a dilapidated yamen.

"This master, you are Lord Tang, my magistrate has been waiting for you for a long time."

A young man walked out and took Tang Shaoyi into the yamen. He walked east along the south wall of the yamen and made an appointment with an arrow. He saw a door at the east end. When he entered the door, he was a large blue brick house with people sitting in it, drinking tea and telling jokes.

Seeing that the yamen runner had brought the person, he sued him for his crime and retreated first. Tang Shaoyi pushed the door and entered the room, but saw many familiar faces. Before he could speak, he called out one person first:

"Brother Shaochuan, why are you here too?"

Tang Shaoyi said in surprise:

"Brother Juncheng, I see you coming, so I'm here too."

"Brother Juncheng" is real name Zhan Tianyou, and his courtesy name is Juancheng. He was born in Nanhai County, Guangdong in 1861. On July 8, 1872, Zhan Tianyou, who was only 12 years old, studied in the United States as one of the first official Chinese students studying in the United States.

Zhan Tianyou studied at Weihavan Elementary School and Nuhavan Middle School in the United States. In 1881, he graduated from Yale University with excellent results and wrote a graduation thesis entitled "Research on Pier Cranes", obtained a bachelor's degree, and returned to China the same year. After returning to China, Zhan Tianyou went to Mawei Shipbuilding School to study. After completing his studies, he was sent to Fujian Naval Flagship "Yangwu" as a gunner and participated in the Mawei Naval Battle. After the war, he was transferred to Huangpu Naval Academy as a teacher.

In 1888, Zhan Tianyou was recommended by his old classmate Kuang Sunmou to work as an engineer at China Railway Company. Zhan Tianyou, who had been buried for seven years, had the opportunity to devote himself to the railway industry of his motherland. At this time, it was the construction of the Tianjin-Tangshan Railway. He did not want to live in Tianjin for a long time, so he visited the construction site and shared the joys and sorrows with the workers. As a result, it took only 80 days to complete the construction and open traffic. However, Li Hongzhang reported the merits of the British Jin Da and promoted Jin Da to the chief engineer. Zhan Tianyou's merits were plagiarized.

In 1890, the Qing government built the railways inside and outside the pass (now the Beijing-Shenzhen Railway), with Jinda as the chief engineer. In 1892, the project was launched on the Luanhe Bridge, and many countries wanted to take over this business. Of course, Jinda put the British first, but the British Kax failed because they failed to build the bridge. The contractors in Japan and Germany also failed. As the delivery deadline was approaching, Jinda had to seek Zhan Tianyou. Zhan Tianyou analyzed the reasons for the failure of various countries in detail and also discussed the geological soil at the bottom of the Luanhe River. After careful measurement and research, the Rang decided to change the pile site, adopt traditional Chinese methods, use Chinese divers to sneak into the bottom of the river, and operate with machines, successfully completed the pile driving task and built the Luanhe Bridge. This victory grew the ambition of the Chinese people. However, Li Hongzhang still reported the merits of the British Jin Da, and Zhan Tianyou still had no achievements. At this time, a letter from Zhao Gang touched him, and after careful consideration, Zhan Tianyou still went to Benxi to join Zhao Gang.

Zhan Tianyou has been there for a while and is familiar with people. After greeting Tang Shaoyi, he hurriedly introduced everyone in the room. The more Tang Shaoyi listened, the more strange it became. All thirty-six people in the room were from the American schoolchildren. Tang Shaoyi was different from Zhan Tianyou and others. He was a diplomat and was best at looking at the essence from the surface. ‘Zhao Gang is just a Westernization Office, why did he bring so many American schoolchildren together?’ Tang Shaoyi was not only in deep thought….

"Brother Shaochuan, look at this plan. We made it together for two months. Do you think it's OK?" After Zhan Tianyou finished speaking, he handed over a letter.

"Brother Jungcheng, you have been doing it for so long, it must be a shocking masterpiece. Where can I find the wrong place?" Tang Shaoyi opened the letter and started reading it.

"The strength of a country lies in both industry and business, and our country's industry will not prosper."

The following are examples of the failure of the Westernization Movement. Tang Shaoyi was not happy with it, so he simply looked over and read the direct content.

“l. A large number of advanced Western technologies and equipment were introduced.

With foreign business names and engineers and experts as media, we have introduced a large number of advanced Western technologies and processes to accelerate the pace of industrialization in the Northeast.

Establish a large steel joint enterprise in the Northeast, and the old factory of the Manufacturing Bureau will expand its scale and re-equip it with new foreign working mother machines to form the Northeast Manufacturing Bureau.

In addition to introducing advanced Western technologies in heavy industry, the Northeast also needs to introduce large quantities of advanced Western technologies and equipment in light industry, agriculture and transportation industries, especially vigorously building the light textile industry.

2. Introduce Western technicians and experts.

While the Northeast has introduced a large number of advanced Western technologies, it has also introduced a large number of Western technicians and experts. It is preparing to introduce 500 technical experts from related industries into the Northeast in advance.

3. Introduce funds to solve financial difficulties.

During the economic crisis, we took advantage of the urgent need of the West to export capital, technology and find a favorable opportunity to get rid of the crisis, and signed a large amount of funds to guarantee purchase contracts.

When Tang Shaoyi saw this, he admired Zhan Tianyou and others' foresight and insight, and he still had to turn it down.

A yamen runner came over and said:

"That's Mr. Tang, the general manager will invite you."

After entering the study, Tang Shaoyi finally saw Zhao Gang. Zhao Gang looked at Tang Shaoyi without hesitation.

"Mr. Tang, what do you think after reading the plan?"

"I think the plan is good, after all, it's dead and needs to be moved randomly. I think what you mean is, but the following points."

"First, set up a specialized agency to be responsible for the introduction of equipment, technology and talents.

"Second, in the future, Northeast China will mainly focus on technical assistance, and purchase complete sets of equipment or recruit foreign capital to build industries."

"Third, establish trade institutions in foreign countries, using these institutions as important hubs for introducing technology and trade exchanges. They are responsible for contacting foreign companies, organizing negotiations, urging ordering equipment, etc.."

"Fourth, ask foreign companies to design factories or hire foreign experts as consultants to conduct consultation or on-site guidance."

"Fifth, we widely send leading cadres and technical personnel to visit and study abroad, learn foreign advanced technologies or collect technical intelligence. At this stage, the Northeast enters foreign countries mainly to implement training, planning and negotiations in technical assistance agreements, purchase equipment, and more people sent to receive longer-term and more professional training in future.

"Sixth, establish intelligence agencies to systematically collect and organize foreign economic and technical data. The Quansu Institute of Science and Technology Information and its overseas branches, as well as a large number of professional research institutes, have established the Quansu Institute of Science and Technology Information and its overseas branches, as well as a large number of professional research institutes to systematically organize intelligence work."

Tang Shaoyi's thoughts were in his mind for a long time, and after speaking in one breath, he felt extremely happy.

Zhao Gang was so impressed that he walked out of the desk, walked to Tang Shaoyi, and gave a deep gift.

"Brother Tang's talent is comparable to Jinliang. Zhao is willing to pay Brother Tang all related matters such as negotiation with foreigners. I don't know if Brother Tang is willing to surrender."

Tang Shaoyi was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said:

"Prince Zhang is very loving, and I should have been a big deal, but I was loved by Mr. Yuan before and did not dare to betray him. Now I am temporarily in charge of the general office. If you have any questions in the future, I will definitely return! I would like to forgive you for your recklessness."

Zhao Gang said bitterly after a while:

"Of course, Shaochuan, you have lived in North Korea for a long time, so you can be familiar with the minerals in North Korea."

Tang Shaoyi thought about it carefully before answering

"North Korea mainly consists of coal and iron ore. The iron ore is headed by Maoshan Iron ore, among which Maoshan Iron ore is extremely large and can be mined on the open-pit.

North Korean coal is roughly divided into anthracite and bituminous coal. The anthracite production area is mainly in Ping'an North and South Road, and bituminous coal is mainly distributed in the Xianbei North Road. According to regional division, North Korea has four major coal fields, namely the northern Ping'an South Road, the southern Ping'an South Road, the northern Xianbei North Road and the southern Xianbei South Road.

In the southern area of ​​South Ping'an Road, which extends east-west with Pyongyang as the center, there are eight major coal mines including Sanshen, Sedong, Longcheng, Heiling, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Chengchuan, and Hot Spring. The small Shaochuan is not clear.

The main coal mines in the north of Ping'an South Road also include the eight major mines of Deokchuan, Xingfeng, Jinan, Chaoyang, Jiechuan, Fengquan, Yantian, and Yuanli.

However, the largest coal mine is in the Anzhou coal mine in the northern north of Xianbei. The coal seam is extremely thick, and the annual output is tens of thousands of tons, which is more than ten times that of other coal mines.

Zhao Gang knew this after hearing these words. These mines looked good, but most of them were in the mountains. The initial investment was large but the returns were small, and it was not suitable for current development. Zhao Gang thought badly: "It is best if the Japanese devils are in the early stage of development, I will accept the mid-stage development and sell it to the Americans in the late stage."

No matter what, now with Zhan Tianyou, Tang Shaoyi and others, Zhao Gang can finally escape from the civil service and return to the Pingkou Army, which has been away for more than half a year.
Chapter completed!