The College of Liberal Arts was in a special state of joy because of the birth of the duplex steam engine. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And then Xiao Ming's collective commendation to the School of Physics ignited the enthusiasm of the students, and the whole college was as lively as the New Year, and the matter of the duplex steam engine was discussed everywhere.

Of course, the happiest thing in this matter is Xiao Ming, who came out of Bowen College, he returned to the palace with a smile all the way, because a change in the industrial era is about to happen in Qingzhou.

"What happy event makes His Highness so happy?" Back at the palace, Fei Yue'er asked with a smile. Although she didn't know why, seeing Xiao Ming so happy, she also laughed.

Xiao Ming said: "I'm afraid the princess doesn't understand what this steam engine is, come, this king will tell you about this steam engine." “

So Xiao Ming told the Bowen Academy about the development of the steam engine, and used the science and technology spar to popularize science to Fei Yueer, and after his detailed explanation, Fei Yueer gradually understood.

"If it is really as His Highness said, this steam engine is simply too important to Qingzhou and even the Great Chongqing Kingdom, one steam engine can replace hundreds of manpower, this is terrible." Fei Yue'er exclaimed.

Xiao Ming nodded: "That's the reason, the population of the fiefdom is small, and now with a steam engine, one person can take care of the machine and hundreds of people, especially the textile industry, I am afraid that earth-shaking changes will take place." “

Fei Yue'er became more and more interested, and she asked, "Your Highness, what does this have to do with the textile industry?"

"Because there is a kind of textile machine that can only be really useful by means of a steam engine." Xiao Ming said.

After the start of the Industrial Revolution, the steam engine was first used in the textile industry, so he felt that it was time to introduce the Jenny machine.

The steam engine and the Jenny machine will make earth-shaking changes in Qingzhou's textile industry driven by these two machines.

Speaking of this weaving, Fei Yue'er became more and more energetic, she said: "The new textile machine made by His Royal Highness for Qingzhou is already very powerful, is there a more powerful textile machine?" “

"Of course, this is a weaving machine that uses a shuttle, which is also a multi-spindle spinning machine with eight spindles, which can be used not only to spin cotton, but also to weave wool and hemp." Xiao Ming said.

Fei Yue'er was a little surprised when she heard this, "Can you still spin wool and hemp?" “

Xiao Ming nodded, "This is only the basics, after improvement, this kind of textile machine can have up to forty spindles, imagine a steam engine controlling a steam engine with forty spindles around the clock, how much cloth can this weave?" “

Fei Yue'er thought for a while, with shock in her eyes, she looked at Xiao Ming and said, "Your Highness, if this is really the case, how will the people of this folk sell cloth in the future?" The cost of the cloth they spun is high, and it can't be compared with our cloth at all, which will cause dissatisfaction among the people. “

Fei Yue'er's reminder made Xiao Ming's brows furrow.

He clearly remembered that Jenny's loom was smashed by the citizens who had lost their jobs due to terror, because Jenny's loom had seriously damaged the self-sufficiency economy.

Now Xiao Ming will also face this kind of problem, but he knows that the wheel of history cannot be stopped because of temporary incomprehension, so he said, "Even so, this textile industry must change, they don't understand it now, but they will understand it soon." “

Fei Yue'er nodded worriedly.

Seeing that Xiao Ming was deep in thought, Fei Yue'er stopped talking sensibly and went back to the dormitory.

Sighing, Xiao Ming rubbed his brows, the appearance of this steam engine did make him happy, but Fei Yue'er's inadvertent reminder really made him a little painful.

Now the whole country of Dayu is a small-scale peasant self-sufficiency economy, with women weaving cloth and selling it, and men plowing the fields and grazing cattle.

The advent of the steam engine meant that he could turn Qingzhou into an industrial society at any time, but such drastic changes could easily cause chaos, and if he really let go, then capital would inevitably quickly push his fiefdom to transform the capitalist society and urbanization.

He couldn't be sure what such a drastic change would cause? And he couldn't afford the chaos caused by this change.

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Ming suddenly decided not to open the steam engine to merchants for the time being, which was the safest way at present.

The Great Chongqing Kingdom is different from the United Kingdom before the Industrial Revolution, the free national conditions are there, the land here is the lifeblood of the people, and it cannot be moved for the time being, and the wisdom of the people of the fiefdom also makes the people unable to understand what industrial change is.

Therefore, he temporarily planned to let the government establish a workshop using steam engines to avoid this change from happening too drasticly, and after the people accepted the steam engine and the factory, and the people realized that they could live by working in the factory, he gradually opened the steam engine to the merchants.

And he was able to keep the secret of the steam engine a little longer, so that it would not be snooped on too soon.

After figuring out this, Xiao Ming exhaled lightly, it is not easy to be a vassal king, any change must be cautious, he still relies on the people now, and he can't change his position and stand behind the businessman.

After he gradually popularized industrial knowledge, he believed that the industrial revolution would soon lead to a soft landing.

He was thinking about it, when the servant came over to report and said, "Song Changping from His Highness's military workshop is here, and he said to send a rifled gun to His Highness." ”

"Rifled guns?" Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment.

He went to Dengzhou here, Qingzhou's science and technology is really a big explosion, not to mention that the duplex steam engine came out, and now even the rifled gun has come out, as he expected, with the proficiency of knowledge, she has to fief is moving towards the big explosion of science and technology.

"Let him in." Xiao Ming said excitedly, he wanted to know how this Song Changping produced rifled guns.

After a while, Song Changping walked in, he was holding a flintlock pistol in his hand, and when he arrived in front of Xiao Ming, he said: "Your Highness, this is a new type of gun from the military workshop, a rifled gun, which is imitated and produced according to the book given by His Highness. “

Xiao Ming took the flintlock pistol, he looked into the barrel, it was not a spiral rifling, but a series of inclined rifling, these rifling were very dense, at first glance it looked similar to the spiral standard rifling.

After looking at this rifling, Xiao Ming already had a plan in his heart, and he said: "To be honest, how long have you been pulling this flintlock pistol with a hook knife. ”

Song Changping was stunned, and immediately smiled bitterly, he said to Xiao Ming: "In the end, I can't hide anything from Your Highness, this flintlock pistol is indeed pulled with a hook knife, and it took several days for Xia Guan to pull a qualified rifled gun, but despite this, this rifled gun is also very laborious to load, and it can only reach one-third of the speed of a smoothbore gun." ”