"Councillor Brandon, this is the steam locomotive of the Great Chongqing Country, it is simply great, how great would it be if we could build a railway like this in the Netherlands?"

Amid the roar of the steam locomotive, a Dutch businessman said with envy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Brandon's eyes flashed with a strange light, the trade between the Netherlands and the Great Chongqing Kingdom had increased unabated in the past two years, and the two sides had gained some trust in each other.

Now he is coming to Dayu with the mission of the parliament.

"There will be in the future, but before that we need to maintain good relations with the Great Chongqing Kingdom." Brandon said that the Netherlands' foreign trade with Chongqing has made European countries covetous.

In addition to them, there are other European countries that want to establish contacts with the Great Chongqing State, but because these countries do not have a strong navy, they can only look at the ocean and sigh.

However, this made them cheaper, and the nobles of some countries were trying to buy goods from the Great Yu Kingdom through the Netherlands.

"It's late today, early tomorrow morning, we will ask to see the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, you prepare a document and strive to reach more cooperation this time." Brandon's eyes were always on the steam locomotive.

The other businessmen nodded, from Dayu to the Netherlands, it was as short as four or five months, and as long as half a year, it was not easy to come once, they could only cherish every opportunity.

When the group was marveling at the steam locomotive of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, Xiao Ming was meeting the members of the research room in the imperial study.

The members of this laboratory are composed of six people, and the person in charge is named Gao Qian.

"You designed this city water system?" Sitting on the chair, Xiao Ming turned to look at the six people who were a little nervous.

With the emphasis on science and technology in Qingzhou Prefecture, large and small research laboratories are now blooming all over Qingzhou University, and the patent office receives a variety of patents every day.

After six or seven years of training, the talents of the former Bowen College began to give back the knowledge they had learned to the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Lin Wentao is certainly a genius, but now successors are constantly emerging, and they are researching things different from Lin Wentao, and they are also proving their worth.

"Yes, the emperor, Qingzhou City up to the royal family down to the people are using well water and river water, which is very inconvenient, and can not meet the supply of restaurants, after the grass people designed their own water system, many businessmen are willing to invest money to build, but the grass people think that this water can not be handed over to the merchants." Gao Qian said.

Xiao Ming nodded, Dayu has made great progress in the military industry over the years, but there are still many shortcomings in clothing, food, housing and transportation, and now with the improvement of industrial capacity, it is time to upgrade the tap water schedule.

"Well, you did the right thing, in that case, I will give you a holy decree to establish the Great Chongqing Water Supply Company, and the six of you are responsible for building a water supply system for Qingzhou." In modern times, he is accustomed to running water, but he is looking forward to the running water system.

Historically, after the 16th century, the water supply in European towns has developed greatly, and London first used water pumps. In the 17th ~ 18th century, cast iron pipes began to be used, and in the early 19th century, Britain pioneered water treatment facilities - sedimentation tanks and sand filters, and from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the disinfection measures of urban water supply appeared in Europe one after another.

In China, the first water company was established in the late Qing Dynasty, but the purpose was to provide water for the Old Summer Palace to extinguish fires.

For Xiao Ming, now he does not need to develop tap water from scratch, but is ready to skip the previous stage and directly let the tap water enter the sedimentation tank and sand filter.

It's just that he can't afford to use chlorine for disinfection, because the advent of electricity has made it possible to produce chlorine on a large scale.

Gao Qian and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and in this way, like Lin Wenyao and Lu Tong, they smoothly changed from ordinary students to members of the official company of Dayu State.

"Your Majesty." Gao Qian and the others said in unison.

Xiao Ming nodded, he looked at the reciprocating water pump structure diagram on the drawing and said, "This water pump shoots well, I will hand it over to the machinery factory and let them produce it for you." ”

The mechanism of this reciprocating pump is similar to that of a steam engine, consisting of a cylindrical cylinder, cylinder plug, and cast iron water pipes, and the power is provided by the steam engine.

Because the reciprocating motion of the steam engine is in line with the principle of this water pump, the back and forth movement makes the air in the cylinder tend to be vacuum, so that the water is sucked in and then flows out of the water pipe.

So when Xiao Ming saw this design, he was very satisfied, because this reciprocating pump can be used as a large machine for pumping river water.

"If this is the case, we will build the water tower first, after all, according to the grass people, the water supply pipe has been reserved in Qingzhou City when the drainage system was first built, so it seems that the emperor is really far-sighted." Gao Qian did not forget to pat himself on the back.

Xiao Ming smiled, the construction of Qingzhou not only reserved the space for tap water, but also reserved the space for power construction, and he was clear about the development of science and technology.

"Okay, that's it, as for the cost of construction, you go to the cabinet for approval." Xiao Ming said.

Gao Qian thanked him again, and then left with the members.

Qian Dafu shouted to the outside world at this time: "Next." ”

After a while, three more people arrived in the imperial study, and like Gao Qian, they were all from the research room.

Now, in order to speed up the application of various scientific and technological items in Dayu, Xiao Ming is now a guest of honor in various research laboratories.

However, this was not his first creation, and this was also the case in Europe at this time, where both royalty and nobility were happy to witness all kinds of technological inventions.

"Your Majesty, the grass people have brought the plan for the biogas street lamp, and I hope the emperor will see it." The young man wearing the uniform of Qingzhou Academy presented a drawing to Xiao Ming.

"Today I have gained a lot, one is tap water, the other is this biogas street lamp, this biogas digester outside Qingzhou City can provide biogas, it seems that you have wasted a little thought." Xiao Ming said with emotion.

The young man said: "Originally, we studied gas street lights, but obtaining gas is far less simple than obtaining biogas, so we designed biogas street lights instead, but the principle is still similar." “

"Yes, Qingzhou is becoming more and more prosperous now, and this night should also add some bright colors." He said to the young man: "This project has been approved, the money has been approved, and you are responsible for supervising the construction." ”

The young man was both happy and disappointed when he heard this, and it was obvious that his design was not as important as Gao Qian, but although he could not enter the royal company like Gao Qian, it was still possible to earn some silver to continue his studies.

After sorting out his mood, the other two thanked Xiao Ming.

Noticing the young man's expression, he said: "Don't be discouraged, in my opinion, the direction of your research is correct, whether it is biogas or gas is a very important energy source, you may be able to continue your research further, in the future, these things will not be worse than tap water and electricity." ”