The next morning, as Fang Er opened his eyes, he felt something new beside him.
He reached out and touched it. It was furry.
His heart leaped!
Damn it!
Did that cursed Haha run onto his bed again?
He quickly opened his eyes to look.
What he saw shocked him completely!
It was one thing for Xiao Qing to be in his bed.
But how was Chen Xuelian also in his bed?
Had those two boxes of Da Wusu gotten him so drunk?
Weren't those supposed to be beer?
He looked down at the clothes he was wearing.
Fortunately, his pants were still on. He quickly jumped out of bed.
As he opened the door, he saw Xiao Huan, the girl, sitting in the yard, playing with Haha with a grasshopper.
Fang Er walked over.
"Xiao Huan, tell Young Master, why is your Sister Lian in my bed?"
Xiao Huan's little mouth pouted.
She said with some displeasure,
"Young Master is so mean! Yesterday, you kicked Huan'er off the bed. Huan'er's waist still hurts!"
Fang Er was stunned!
Xiao Huan was also in his bed yesterday?
He quickly stammered,
"Then, did Young Master do anything else?"
Xiao Huan pouted and said,
"Huan'er doesn't know either. Yesterday, after Young Master finished drinking, he said he wanted to play speed poker.
Then, after Huan'er played for a while, she fell asleep in Young Master's bed.
She only woke up when Young Master kicked her off the bed."
Fang Er scratched his head.
He had really gotten blackout drunk!
Going by Xiao Huan's words, all four girls were in his bed yesterday?
Had he missed something?
While he was feeling dejected,
Xiao Qing stretched and walked out of the house.
Upon seeing Fang Er sitting with Xiao Huan, she playfully chided,
"Young Master, you were so naughty yesterday!"
Fang Er looked innocent and spread his hands.
"Your Young Master is completely out of it. Quickly tell me what happened last night?"
Just as Xiao Qing was about to speak, Chen Xuelian, with a blushing face, walked out from behind her.
As soon as she saw Fang Er, she quickly covered her face.
Then, she turned and ran towards the backyard.
Fang Er became even more bewildered!
Xiao Qing came to Fang Er's side and bent down, looking into his eyes.
"Young Master, last night, Sister Lian and you~"
Before she could finish, Fang Er covered her mouth and pulled her to the side.
He said eagerly,
"Keep your voice down, don't let Xiao Huan hear. Quickly tell me, what happened between your Sister Lian and me yesterday?"
Xiao Qing nodded, then lowered her voice.
"Yesterday, Sister Lian lost badly at cards. You spanked her bottom until it was swollen."
Fang Er asked curiously,
"Then?"
Xiao Qing replied,
"There was nothing else. After you spanked Sister Lian's bottom, you just fell asleep.
Then, Qing'er and Sister Lian played for a while longer and somehow also fell asleep."
Fang Er pressed further, "Is that all? Nothing else?
Xiao Qing looked surprised, "Qing'er only knows this. Could it be that you... towards Sister Lian?"
Fang Er covered her mouth again.
"No! Your Young Master didn't do anything. I just wanted to ask you to confirm."
"Alright, I'm going to the workshop. I won't be back for lunch."
With that, Fang Er left decisively.
He didn't know how to describe his mood.
Had he done anything decent?
He shook his head, which still felt a bit swollen.
Opening the door of the pickup truck, he got into the passenger seat.
He had Lü Shuang drive him towards the workshop.
In Fang Er's exclusive studio,
The lathe produced by the system sat there alone.
Ever since he went to Shenyang,
Zhao Gang had moved the replicated lathes to other rooms.
This particular lathe was strictly forbidden for anyone to use,
lest it be damaged.
Fang Er closed the door and walked in.
He found a spot and took out another lathe from his system space, along with a small electric stamping machine.
The locust plague issue had already been arranged. With the acquisition, the people were very enthusiastic.
Xiao Qing and the others could handle this well.
Fang Er began to work on something he had wanted to build for a long time.
The steam engine!
Although this thing was cumbersome,
it was the most suitable before petroleum could be obtained on a large scale.
Zhao Gang was called over to assist.
Along with him came several blacksmiths familiar with the lathe.
Compared to the V16, the structure of a steam engine was incredibly simple.
A steam engine is mainly composed of parts such as the cylinder, base, piston, crankshaft connecting rod mechanism, slide valve distribution mechanism, speed regulating mechanism, and flywheel.
The cylinder and base are stationary parts.
In a steam boiler, water is boiled into steam through combustion.
The steam is conveyed to the cylinder through pipes.
Valves control the timing of steam entering the cylinder. It enters the slide valve chamber through the main steam valve and throttle valve.
Controlled by the slide valve, it alternately enters the left or right side of the cylinder, pushing the piston.
Steam in the cylinder does work by pushing the piston. The cooled steam is introduced into a condenser through pipes and condensed back into water.
This process is continuously repeated as the steam engine operates.
Fang Er drew the diagrams.
For some precision parts, Fang Er worked on them himself.
The rest were made by Zhao Gang and the other craftsmen.
Large parts were directly cast and then trimmed.
Small parts were made directly with the lathe.
It was good to work at home, with enough people to help, the work progressed very quickly.
In three to four days, a small steam engine was completed.
All the components were delivered to an empty room in the workshop.
Assembly would take place here.
A steam engine without a pressure gauge would be too dangerous.
If the pressure was not controlled properly, a boiler explosion would not be a joke.
Fang Er specially made a spring pressure gauge.
A spring tube pressure gauge mainly consists of a dial, a spring tube, a pull rod, a flat gear, a shaft, and a pointer.
The pressure to be measured is introduced into a curved or spiral spring tube, causing the free end to displace.
When the measured pressure acts, it expands outward (when under vacuum less than atmospheric pressure, it contracts inward).
Then, through a transmission amplification mechanism, via a sector gear and a pinion, it drives the pointer to deflect, indicating the magnitude of the pressure.
After the entire steam engine was installed, its appearance was no larger than Fang Er's pickup truck.
This was just a test model, and it could also be used as a generator later.
Water was added to the boiler.
Coke was also filled into the furnace bottom.
As a torch was thrown in, the coke was quickly ignited.
As time passed, the water in the boiler began to boil.
The needle on the pressure gauge slowly moved.
Fang Er carefully opened the steam valve.
A hissing sound came from the pipeline.
Soon, the piston at the tail end began to reciprocate.
Fang Er wiped the dirt from his hands.
A happy smile appeared on his lips.
The steam engine was a success.
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