In the afternoon, after an hour of rest, the meeting in the Political Affairs Hall continued. Yu Wenwen, who reviewed the speech during lunch break, made a speech in high spirits and began to fool the middle-aged and elderly people in front of him in various mysterious terms.

He wants to let the other party know that the coal industry does have great potential.

Make money by mining coal, the premise is that the mined coal can be sold. As long as the coal is not worried about selling, you can still make a lot of money by making small profits but quick turnover.

This means that the market demand for coal must be large. In addition to steam pumps and steamships, there are several types of machinery that require a large amount of coal. This is the theme of this conference: an introduction to the new steam-powered machinery.

One of them is the steam crane.

The lifting device has existed since ancient times. The power, manpower, animal power, and hydraulic power of the lifting device. In the spring and autumn, farmers used "orange cubes" to draw water. This orange cubes is the simplest lifting device, which uses the principle of leverage.

Steam cranes, as the name suggests, are cranes powered by steam. This kind of mechanical device has been available a few years ago, but because the efficiency of the steam engine used at that time was too low, the steam crane did not have much practical value.

Now it is different. The improved steam engine is said to be several times or even dozens of times more efficient than the original steam engine. This means that the steam crane has become much stronger after changing its "heart", and the cost of use is reduced at the same time.

But large steam cranes still cannot be made because this involves materials, metallurgy, and there is no hard enough crane, gear set, pulley set, and no reliable iron cables, large cranes can only exist on the drawings.

Imagination is beautiful, reality is cruel, this is the fact.

Yuwen Wen will not tell the truth. He is now trying to forge data and engage in false propaganda to deceive investment. He uses the people present to release good news to the outside world, so that everyone can be confident about the future of the coal industry.

Describe a promising "big project" and then let everyone form a group to invest in mining and become a coal boss, so Guanlong Group became the "Guanlong Coal Group".

He is the mastermind, and the accomplice is naturally Yu Wen Kai, the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works, but Yu Wen Kai was actually deceived by false data.

At this time, Yuwen Kai used the model to introduce the extraordinary features of steam cranes to the Zhengshitang masters. These "about" practical steam cranes are divided into three types and are used in different occasions.

The first type is a bridge (gantry) crane. This type of crane can be used in mines to transport ore from deep wells or load and unload or mine trucks; it can be used in general workshops to carry materials.

It can also be used in a dock, transporting cargo from small and medium-sized ships to the dock to load the car, or loading the cargo onto the ship, but because the ships have many masts, the use of this crane is affected.

Of course, when transporting the road, it is okay to use a bridge (gantry) crane to load and unload goods for carriages or railcars, but the cost is relatively high. After all, the load capacity of a carriage is not large compared to that of a ship, so it is cost-effective to load and unload manpower.

The second type is a boom crane, which can be used for loading and unloading at ports. In this way, the efficiency of cargo transfer during canal and shipping will be improved, saving a lot of manpower and reducing costs.

This kind of crane can also be used in construction sites to transport heavy building materials and speed up construction speed.

Special cranes can even help build tall buildings, lift various building materials to altitude, completely changing the construction method.

The third type is a ship-mounted crane, that is, a crane installed on large ships. This crane is boom-type and is also widely used. It can be used for engineering construction on various rivers and lakes, such as building river embankments, weirs, bridges, etc.

It can also be used to build the Yellow River Bridge.

The four words "Yellow River Bridge" made everyone stunned after hearing it. Many people thought they had heard it wrong: Huang... What kind of bridge is Huang?

After Yuwen Kai repeated it several times, everyone's questions followed: Isn't there a floating bridge in the Yellow River? Build the Yellow River Bridge? How to build it?

Yuwen Kai was confident about this issue. The information provided by the emperor made it clear that in the next few years, various new steam-powered construction machinery will be practical one after another. With these "magic weapons", the difficulty of building large-scale projects will be reduced rapidly.

The emperor said that these new construction machinery would be practical, and Yuwen Kai believed it deeply, so the unprecedented Yellow River Bridge will be a masterpiece that he has famous in history.

There have been floating bridges on both sides of the Yellow River since ancient times, but floating bridges will block shipping. This is not important in the past, but when the steamer is put into use, this problem must be solved.

Today, the floating bridges on the Yellow River are mainly concentrated in the three sections of Pujin, Mengjin and Baimajin. Not to mention the other two, Pujin floating bridge connects Guanzhong and Hedong, and there are endless vehicles and horses traveling between the east and west banks every day. The role of the floating bridge is very important.

However, according to the plan, after the Fenshui steamship shipping starts in the future, a large amount of grain will be imported into Bingzhou, and the steamship fleet will inevitably pass through the Pujin River section, and Bingzhou coal will be transferred south to Guanzhong on a large scale, and the steamship full of coal will also pass through the Pujin River section.

The frequent shipping of the Pujin River section makes the floating bridge an obstacle, but the exchanges between Guanzhong and Hedong rely on the floating bridge, so how to choose is a problem.

The solution is to tear down the pontoon bridge and then ferry with a steamship. This is the most cost-effective solution. However, now, when the steam engine is used in various construction machinery, there is another way to solve this problem, that is, to build the Yellow River Bridge.

Yuwen Kai knew that the key to building the river bridge was the piers, which was not done in the past, but in the future, with the ship-borne crane and the ship-borne steam pile driver, it would be different.

As long as you check the hydrology, choose the bridge address, prepare cement, stone and other building materials, it is not a daydream to build the Yellow River Bridge.

It is of course expensive to build this bridge, but the benefits are not lacking: it greatly facilitates personnel and material exchanges between Guanzhong and Hedong. It is very convenient for officials, civilians and carriages to travel between the two sides of the Yellow River through the bridge, and does not affect the shipping of the Yellow River.

This is true in Pujin, the same is true in Mengjin in Luoyang and Baimajin in Huatai. If the Yellow River Bridge is built in three places, then...

Yuwen Kai became more and more excited as he spoke, and the three senior officials looked at the sketch of the Yellow River Bridge, the ship-borne steam engine crane and the model of the steam pile driver, and both of them could not come back to their senses.

Such a project for the Yellow River Bridge has exceeded their imagination. If it weren't for the presence of the emperor, Yuwen Kai would not have deceived the emperor. Everyone's first reaction was that this thing was fooling people.

But they still couldn't believe that there was such a plan. With their existing construction capabilities, could they really build a Yellow River bridge across the north and south banks?

Yuwen Wen, who was sitting in the head, saw the audience silently and spoke at the right time: "The Yellow River Bridge is just an idea, and it is still far from being implemented. Even if it is really feasible, it cannot be rushed."

"The imperial court has been building a large-scale project in recent years, and it will take several years to wait for Tongji Canal to be opened to sail. Therefore, the Yellow River Bridge is just a conception at present."

"But it is inevitable that steam power is used in construction machinery. Everyone can think of the purpose of steam cranes. Not to mention anything else, it can save time and effort when loading and unloading goods at the port. The port affairs of the General Administration of Steam Transportation will inevitably be inseparable from steam cranes."

"Mining business also cannot do without steam cranes, not to mention other industries. It is conceivable that with the large-scale use of steam cranes, the demand for coal will also increase, so the coal produced by coal mines will only be in short supply!"

Yuwen Wen used all his tricks to cheat and even Yuwen Kai cheated, in order to help everyone build confidence in the coal industry. He engages in false propaganda and describes a bright market prospect to these middle-aged and elderly people.

Large steam cranes, pile drivers, and Yellow River Bridge all imply that coal mining is really profitable.

As long as there is a mine, copper coins will flow out like spring water and flow into everyone's wallets. If you are too lazy to do this, you deserve it if you don't earn enough money.

Yuwen Wen took advantage of drinking tea to moisten his throat and glanced at the steps. Seeing the "middle-aged and elderly" holding the information in his hands tightly, looking at various models without blinking their eyes, one by one, and his confused and dazed eyes, he knew that his arrangement was effective.
Chapter completed!