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Huang Yueying led the engineers from the Dongdong Factory, and was introducing the structure and functions of the car to Cao Cao! "The energy used here is gas refined from fuel oil, so it is called a car."
"Your Majesty, please look, this is the steering wheel. You can freely control the direction of the car. It is much more flexible than a horse and carriage, and it is easier to control. These two pedals are the brake and the gas pedal. You can slow down or stop if you step on the brake pedal. The car starts to accelerate."
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Cao Cao was full of surprise and joy, and then he said happily: "Well, not only does this thing not require the power of horses and animals, but it doesn't even need railways. If it can be produced and used in large quantities in the future, wouldn't it be possible to further enhance the ability of the Great Wei to transport people and freight?" times?"
Cao Ang nodded and said: "The load capacity of Qidong is far from comparable to that of Huodong, but the advantage of cars is that they are more free, can be used as an effective supplement, and further get rid of people's need for raw horses."
Cao Cao said enthusiastically: "This thing is so amazing, how about I want to experience it for myself and share a test drive with you and me?"
"it is good!"
Cao Cao and Cao Ang got into a Qidong for a test drive.
Xun Yu was a little worried. After all, Cao Cao had never driven a car before. It would be bad if there was an accident in the first control. After all, this is His Majesty the Son of Heaven.
Guo Jia said calmly, "Lord Gou, don't worry about His Royal Highness being by Your Majesty's side. He will definitely be able to protect His Majesty's safety."
That's right, Xun Yu nodded.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is recognized as the number one expert in the world today.
No matter what happens, as long as Cao Ang is by his side and wants to protect Cao Cao, isn't that easy?
Cao Cao, an old driver without a license, started a test drive.
Under Cao Ang's guidance, Cao Cao first ignited and started to drive slowly, and the car immediately started to move on the test track.
At the beginning, Cao Cao was still a little unskilled, but he was also considered to be talented and self-taught.
After running for a few laps, Cao Cao is already very proficient.
"Interesting, I have this thing, why do I need a carriage instead?"
Cao Cao is very satisfied with this new car. Although it cannot replace horses at this stage, it is definitely a major breakthrough in the history of Wei Wei's technology.
Cao Ang was also very satisfied with this, although objectively speaking.
Although this car was designed by Huang Yueying, who is known as the god of work, Ma Jun, the great inventor, and Zhuge Liang, the structure is not perfect.
First of all, this car has no lights, horn, windshield, let alone built-in air conditioning system, driving system
Cao Ang personally thinks that from the appearance point of view, he thinks the current car is very similar to the first batch of commercial cars in the ninth century.
If you want to compare it to the [-]th century, it is probably not too different from the tricycles used in rural areas, and the power and battery life are not as reliable as the latter.Other than that.
China does not produce much natural rubber.
Therefore, car tires use synthetic rubber extracted and manufactured from petroleum by-products. Due to technical limitations, the quality is not very good...it can only run on flat places.
That is to say, at this stage, such a car can only be used in the city and the suburbs.
It can be used not only for transportation, but also for small-scale hauling, but it is a good supplement other than horse-drawn carriages. After improvements in the future, it has great prospects.
Although Cao Ang was not very satisfied with the car in front of him, Cao Cao and others were greatly encouraged by the appearance of Qidong.
They are all long-term and highly intelligent beings. Seeing the future value of this kind of car is of great benefit to the country and the economy.
The road system of the Great Wei Dynasty was built together with the railway, from Luoyang to Guanzhong.
Cao Cao thought about a question: "Zixiu, this car is different from Huodong. It consumes a lot of fuel. Will there be enough fuel in our country in the future?"
Cao Ang thought for a while and said: "Tell my father, there are few oil deposits in Taidi in the Central Plains, but there are very rich oil deposits outside the Taitou Plain in the north, but the oil deposits are buried a little deeper, the mining cost will be relatively high, and it is not the best oil deposit. .”
Cao Cao immediately asked, "Where is the best oil mine?"
After Cao Ang heard this, he also responded: "The vast land to the west of the Western Regions is covered with huge and abundant oil deposits. Not only are the minerals good, but they are also shallow buried, almost to the point where oil can leak out with just a pipe. "
After hearing such words, Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
Originally, Cao Cao already had the idea of expansion in his heart, but now after hearing such words, this idea is even stronger!
Cao Cao was influenced by that Cao Ang. Cao Cao is probably the emperor who pays the most attention to science and technology and the development of science and technology in history.
Especially after experiencing the changes that the steam engine has brought to the world, I have a very strong curiosity and strong interest in such a more advanced and novel technology.
After learning about the village of this internal combustion engine, Cao Cao maintained a very high degree of attention. For such a situation, he Cao Cao wanted to witness this historical moment in person!
Now the internal combustion engine has been successfully applied to vehicles, which is a huge breakthrough for Cao Cao.
Cao Cao also realized that in the next decade or so, the internal combustion engine will gradually replace the steam engine that was first invented.
However, the prerequisite for entering this era of steam engines is to complete a new round of revolution.
And such a revolution is the so-called energy revolution!
The main material needed for the steam engine is the coal mine, so the demand for coal mines is also very large. Such a demand is not something that the Great Wei Empire can tap now.
However, such a situation is not difficult for the current Great Wei Empire, let alone a difficult problem.
Because, now there is technology behind the Great Wei Empire, and there are very rich reserves on the land of China. Relatively speaking, the processing technology is quite simple.
However, the situation between this oil mine and that coal mine is very different.
On the one hand, the IQ storage capacity of this oil mine in the land of China is not very high, and on the other hand, because the refining technology is more complicated, under such circumstances, the Wei Empire still has a great demand for this oil mine. of.
For this oil deposit, the most difficult thing is actually the demand and technology for this exploration and mining.
Under such circumstances, Cao Ang then explained the matter to Cao Cao.
In the very north, there is a cold zone. In this zone, there are very large oil resources, and such oil deposits come from the western world.
In this western world, it is a place that Chinese people have never been to. This place will make Wei have a different development.
As for these two places, one is the Siberia region.
In later generations, amazing reserves were discovered in this Siberia region. The oil reserves here are already among the best in the world, and it also instantly made the western country the largest energy exporter.
In addition to the Siberia region, the oil reserves in the Middle East and even the West Asia region are also very amazing, especially in the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia, where the oil reserves are of the highest quality.
The oil in the Arabian Peninsula is not only buried very shallow, but also of very good quality, and the cost of mining is quite low!
This is undoubtedly a very attractive existence to the Great Wei Empire!
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