Chapter 58 Plenary Meeting of the Military Advisors (please collect, vote, recommend, and continue to read)

The bicycle sent by Zhuge Weijiu that could "pull a horse" was actually an open-top electric carriage.

This electric carriage looks like a four-wheeled carriage, and it is actually equipped with two draft horses. However, these two draft horses usually cannot pull the carriage until the power of the lead-acid battery is exhausted. At this time, it is usually

The battery drives the motor, the motor drives the vehicle, and the horse is pulled by the vehicle.

After the battery driving the motor runs out of power, it's time for the two draft horses to pull the cart - this is a hybrid, and it's really fun!

The person in charge of driving is Zhuge Weijiu's grandson, Zhuge Weili, also known as Shaoxuan. As soon as you look at his name, you can tell that he is a very "powerful" young man, and he looks very energetic, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, plus a Zhuge family member.

He has a big forehead inherited from his ancestors. He is only in his early twenties and has just graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. He has no interest in joining the military or politics, and he is not willing to make money in business. He is only interested in tinkering with machinery. This "hybrid" electric carriage is the product of him and

Invented by a few like-minded classmates.

Zhuge Weidao was sitting on this electric carriage, blowing the breeze from the Western Mountains and looking at the pleasant scenery on both sides of the road. He was really enjoying himself.

"Uncle One Hundred and Eighth," Zhuge Weili, who was just a few years younger than Zhuge Weidao, was holding the steering wheel and driving while still talking to Zhuge Weidao, "My father said that if you count with your fingers, you will feel that this electric carriage

No market prospects?"

Zhuge Weidao, who has become a grandfather's "uncle", was really dumbfounded when he heard this question, "Shaoxuan, isn't this obvious? You pull a cart and a horse, how troublesome is it for a horse-drawn cart? You can't just use a horse."

That’s it?”

"How hard is it for the horse?" Zhuge Weili's thinking was still very strange, "The cart pulls the horse, and the horse pulls the cart, can't you let the horse rest? Today is a long run, so I let the horse pull it.

On the Xishan Mountain in the car, you only change to a car pulling the horse after going up the mountain. If you are running a short distance, you don’t need the horse at all, just use the battery.”

It turns out that this time Zhuge Weili asked the horse to pull the cart first, and then used the cart to pull the horse. Going up the mountain consumes a lot of energy and the battery supply is not available, so he had to work hard for a while.

"Shaoxuan," Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "have you ever thought about replacing batteries and motors with oil-burning internal combustion engines?"

"Of course I have thought about it," Zhuge Weili replied, "I also have a gasoline locomotive equipped with a 1,200-rpm gasoline engine, but that gasoline engine always leaks oil. It accidentally caught fire last month, and now

It hasn’t been repaired yet. This gasoline car is obviously not as good as an electric car!”

Zhuge Weidao was noncommittal and just asked: "Is there anyone else working on this kind of gasoline or battery car?"

"Yes!" Zhuge Weili smiled and said, "There are many engineers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places working on oil trucks and battery cars. Even in my family, I am not the only one working on these. In addition, when it comes to steam cars,

Gas cars carry more people. Among them, steam cars are making the fastest progress. There are already steam trolleybuses in trial operation in Shanghai, and they may be able to replace trams and become the main model of urban public transportation."

At this time, Daming already had trams, underground trams (subways) and elevated trams (light rail).

It’s really advanced!

Among them, trams have become popular, and cities of a certain size in the Ming Dynasty either already have them or are laying tracks. Of course, Beijing has long had trams. There is one near Goulan Hutong where Zhuge Wei lived as a Taoist.

Tram station.

Subways and light rails are rare and can only be found in real metropolitan areas. The first subway in Beijing has not yet been completed, and is now under construction in the business district outside Chaoyangmen. But the first and second light rails have been completed.

, respectively called the "inner ring city line" and the "outer ring city line", with a total length of almost eighty miles.

These two subways were built based on the inner and outer city walls of Beijing. The railway is built between the inner and outer city walls and the moat. The seventy-six gate towers inside and outside the city have been converted into light rail stations.

"What about foreign countries?" Zhuge Weidao asked about the situation in foreign countries again, "Are there people in foreign countries doing these things?"

"Yes," Zhuge Weili said with a smile, "There are people in Britain, France, and Prussia who are working on steam cars, gas cars, battery cars and gasoline cars, but their technology is not as advanced as ours.

And I am still more optimistic about battery cars. They make no noise when driving, and there is no smoke. They are very safe and the speed is not bad. It is just that it is more troublesome to change the battery, but now you can run for twenty or thirty miles after changing the battery. In the future, batteries

As technology improves, it may be possible to replace the battery only once every thousand miles, which would be convenient!”

Zhuge Weidao nodded repeatedly while listening to Zhuge Weili talking about the benefits of the tram, thinking: "This eldest grandson was born early. If he had been born more than a hundred years later, maybe nothing would happen to Musk. But I think he

He is still a talent that can be created, and maybe he can be trained to become Zhuge Ford or Zhuge Benz. Then I will find a simple sketch of a piston engine from the "Aeronautical Book" and give it to the 'machine strategist', and ask him to find someone to copy a few sets.

Give this great nephew a try!

If he can develop a car that sells well, then the problem of aircraft engines will be solved!"

Zhuge Weidao had already read the "Book of Aviation", which didn't contain much about aerodynamics, and the aircraft sketches he drew were not very detailed, but he did draw a few relatively detailed drawings of the piston engine for entry-level aircraft——

It seems that King Zhuge Wuzhong had experience with internal combustion engines.

However, Zhuge Weidao could not directly take the drawings and ask others to make them according to them. He had to use his mind to memorize them and draw them later. The drawings produced in this way could only be used as a reference.

Fortunately, Daming's machine industry has developed well at present, and its design and manufacturing capabilities are not weak. As long as it can give those engineers a reference direction, they should be able to come up with usable products. After all, the difficulty of internal combustion engines in the initial stage is limited.

, the correct development direction is the key!

Just when he was thinking about coming up with some drawings, Zhuge Weili had already driven his electric carriage into Longzhong Village and stopped outside the mysterious building.

"Uncle One Hundred and Eighth, I can only send you here." Zhuge Weili raised his hand and pointed at the building, "Only military advisors can come and go freely there. Those of us who have not yet become military advisors must be invited by the military advisors.

Only then can you go in."

As he spoke, Zhuge Weili gave Zhuge Weidao a pass issued by Zhuge Weijiu.

Zhuge Weidao smiled and took the pass and said: "Shaoxuan, young men like us will definitely become a member of the military division one day. At that time, this will be the place where we can guide the country and discuss the world."

"Well said!" Zhuge Weili smiled and said, "When the time comes, let's work hard together and let our Ming Dynasty dominate the world!"

Zhuge Weidao nodded approvingly, thinking: "Speaking of high spirits, it has to be our young people!"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao got off the electric carriage, hugged Zhuge Weili's fist, and strode into the mysterious building that could guide the world.

After Zhuge Weidao walked into the door on the ground floor of the building, a maid immediately greeted him. After looking at his pass, she led him up to the second floor and took him to a closed conference room.

An announcement was made: "Mr. Daozi has arrived."

"Let him in!"

Zhuge Yangming's voice came from inside the door.

"Yes." The maid immediately opened the door and made a gesture to invite in.

Of course Zhuge Weidao was not polite, and walked in. After entering, he found that there was a conference room with a long table. Around the long table was "Zhuge Liang" with a feather fan and scarf!

Zhuge counted for Tao and found that there were seventeen "Zhuge Liangs" in total, including himself, there were eighteen!

This is a plenary meeting of the military division!

At this time, the door of the conference room had been closed. Zhuge Yangming, who had a good relationship with Zhuge Weidao, smiled and said: "Uncle 108, you came just in time. We are discussing your plan to 'print out the heroes'

Woolen cloth!"
Chapter completed!