The daily life of a science genius who travels through the book group

Chapter 522 Senior Technician

The dormitories of officials below the seventh rank in the capital, including the staff of the Audit Department and Communications Department, are all built outside the city, near the low-rent housing, with schools, libraries, and commercial streets, all of which are fully furnished.

Recently, Song Qingyue wanted to try to build a batch of three-story apartment complexes with water and power supply, which was considered an experiment.

The location of the power plant had been chosen long ago, and the emperor planned to build it twenty miles away from the city wall outside the capital.

The reason why the construction has not started for so long is that there are still some technical difficulties that have not been broken through. For example, a safe and stable transformer has not yet been produced. Once the power supply is started, how to maintain the voltage is also a big problem.

Finally, there is a hidden issue that plays a decisive role that has not yet been resolved: fire protection.

Outdated power supply electrodes may cause fires. Without good fire protection measures, if the electrification process is started rashly, major accidents will occur.This point was brought up by Song Qingyue when she was still in Taiyuan, and finally persuaded the impatient emperor to delay the construction of the power plant.

But the construction of steam-powered train tracks was not delayed at all.

The first railway line is planned to be built from the capital to Tianjin Port, with a total length of about miles. The route has been planned by the "dishi" of Qintianjian after on-site inspection.

The so-called geo-masters are actually very powerful Fengshui masters. These days, they have to talk about metaphysics, but they usually have some research on astronomy, meteorology, water patterns, and geography, so it is not entirely metaphysics.

Since Song Qingyue put forward the two concepts of "science" and "physics", the masters of Qin Tianjian have also started to go on the road of "science", mainly because the emperor doesn't like to listen to mysterious things.Let's talk too much, the emperor and his old man will not only get angry, but also take off the black hat.

If there is something good at the top, the bottom must follow it, and if there is evil at the top, the bottom will follow it. Those Feng Shui masters began to try to use some real and visible facts to explain and deduce those mysterious things in the past. In a disguised form, gradually embark on the road of science.

The locomotive of the steam locomotive has been built, and the Fourth Arsenal of the capital is responsible for the development of the steam locomotive.

And a track about ten miles long has been built between the first arsenal and the fourth arsenal for experiments.

The locomotives currently developed can pull about catties of grain at most.

This result not only satisfied the emperor and Li Zhao, but also surprised Song Qingyue.

The three masters who participated in the design and manufacture of locomotives were all awarded medals for outstanding contributions. In addition to being named "High Technology Directors" and enjoying a monthly salary of 24 taels of silver, they were also given the honor of the sixth-grade Academy of Science. The title of associate professor.

In other words, they don't need to kneel down when they see officials and gentlemen.

This group of masters does not need to go to the Academy of Sciences to teach, but if there are students in the Academy of Sciences who are interested in mechanical manufacturing, they can come to the Armory Factory to learn from their teachers.

Therefore, these masters also enjoy a salary of an associate professor, which is the same as that of a sixth-rank official. It is eleven shi of rice per month, which is about six taels if converted into silver taels at the current market price.

And the 24 apprentices under them who were skilled and capable, and participated in the manufacture of the first locomotive parts, were also promoted to "senior technicians", enjoying a monthly salary of 18 taels of silver, and a doctor of mechanics from the Academy of Sciences. Title, you can receive five stones of rice every month.

In this way, the treatment of this group of craftsmen in the arsenal is actually much higher than that of those officials.

Of course, the officials have other channels for making money, but at least this shows the emperor's attitude. You must know that the monthly salaries of these craftsmen are all taken from his own private treasury.

The expenditure of the Academy of Sciences is planned by the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites has to get money from the Ministry of Households.

However, the budget reported by the Ministry of Rites is getting higher and higher year by year, Mr. Lu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, sincerely Alexander!His old man's hair has changed from gray to all white in just a few years.However, the old man is still in good spirits and is full of energy every day. He is really happy to see the rapid changes in the Great Zhou Dynasty!
The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the birthday of Prince Li Zhao.

The entire capital city was decorated with lights and decorations for his birthday. People from the surrounding areas of the capital went to the capital to go to the market, carrying their own produce. Various theater troupes and juggling troupes also gathered in the capital city.

The current capital city is more than double the size of the previous capital city, and the low-rent housing projects outside the city have made the places outside the city walls extremely prosperous. Housing, streets, shops, schools, medical clinics... unconsciously, the Arranged clearly.

Now, whether it is inside or outside the city wall, there is a thriving and beaming look everywhere, just like celebrating the New Year in advance.

(End of this chapter)