After hearing the interpreter's relay, Thomas Newkomen was somewhat surprised, he did not expect an emperor to recognize himself, which was really a little unbelievable.

"Your Majesty, I am Thomas Newcomen, an Englishman, who has been invited by Mr. Ernst to come to distant China."

Ning Yu nodded slightly, he didn't know much about this person, but one thing he knew very well was that Thomas Newcomen built the world's first industrial steam engine that could be used in a practical sense more than ten years ago, which can be called an epoch-making creation.

Before Ernst went to the West, although Ning Yu said that he would specifically ask him to find this Mr. Newcomen, but in this era, it is unknown whether Ernst can find it and whether he can let him come to China, so he can only have the attitude of trying it, but he didn't expect to get it.

"Mr. Thomas, it is a remarkable thing that you can come to China from far away England! Although I did not receive you immediately, I am also paying attention to you and your companions, and I believe that you will be treated accordingly in China! Mr. Thomas, I will give you a good R&D environment, as long as you can develop a practical steam engine, I will give you a knighthood! ”

Ning Yu's praise made Thomas Newcomen a little moved, his lips trembled a little, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Ernst said that you are a benevolent emperor, and your country is also the greatest country in the world!" I'm really glad that I made the right decision today. ”

After some mutual praise, everyone came to the theoretical protagonist today - it was a more stupid and black machine than Ning Yu had seen years ago, it was making the roar of the machine, thick white smoke was rising above, and some people were adding coal to the fuel port, it seemed to be an industrial monster, devouring a lot of resources.

Everyone was naturally stunned when they saw this scene, and even Ning Yu was a little excited at the moment, and the thunder camel who was on the side hurriedly introduced: "Your Majesty, this steam engine is improved on the basis of the original Newcomen steam engine, compared with Mr. Thomas's steam engine more than ten years ago, it has been improved in many ways, this Thomas is more familiar, let him introduce it to the emperor." ”

"Well, then ask Thomas to tell me how this new steam engine performs in every way......

Thomas hurriedly walked to the steam engine, and with a rather proud attitude, he said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this new steam engine can be called the most advanced steam engine in the world, with the help of Lei, I have upgraded all aspects of the steam engine, and please look here." ”

"In the past, the steam engine was used to introduce steam into the cylinder, close the valve, and then let cold water be sprinkled into the cylinder, and when the steam condensed, a vacuum was created, and the air pressure on the other side of the piston pushed the piston. However, we later found that this operation was too inefficient, so we separated the cylinder from the condensing cylinder through a valve, which not only increased the efficiency of the steam engine, but also made it easier to operate. ”

"Another point is that in the previous steam engine, when the steam entered the cylinder, the steam was easy to condense on the cylinder wall that had just been cooled by water, resulting in the loss of a lot of heat, thus reducing the thermal efficiency, so we are focusing on the installation of an air pump to remove condensate and air from the condenser and reduce condensation losses."

Thomas Newcomen, as the creator of the steam engine that invented the Newcomen, was the most aware of his achievements and the people who best understood its advantages and disadvantages, so after joining the first base, he quickly integrated into it, and in a short period of time, together with Lei Huozi and others, came up with new achievements.

For Ningyu, this is naturally a great thing, which means that after some improvements, the steam engine can enter the initial mass production, and then put into the field of mineral production, through the steam engine can completely increase the output, and when the steam engine technology is further mature, you can try to promote it in smelting, textile, machinery manufacturing and other industries.

Of course, for the real source of the industrial revolution - Jenny Loom machine, Ning Yu will not ignore, because the essence of the birth of the Industrial Revolution is to start with the working machine represented by Jenny Loom and the steam engine is widely used as a power machine as a symbol, in addition, the birth of Jenny Loom also means that the rise of the technological revolution has led to a change in related social relations, replacing manual workshops with factory systems and replacing manual labor with machines, so the importance of Jenny looms is very high.

However, at present, there is no so-called Jenny loom in the West, and even the key tool of Jenny loom - shuttle, so far there is not even a shadow to be seen, and this part is a magical item that can really effectively improve efficiency, and it is also the soul of Jenny loom machine.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that before the invention of the Jenny loom, whether in the East or the West, weaving was an extremely complex and cumbersome process, many quite a lot of processes, with the current understanding of Ning Yu, in this era, people usually use a hand-cranked spinning wheel when weaving, this spinning wheel needs to be continuously woven for ten hours in order to spin four taels of yarn, and the most skilled weavers can only make cloth 10 yards long and about a foot wide every day.

The efficiency of this kind of weaving requires a lot of manpower to go in, and the cost is also very high, so the price of cloth has remained high for a long time, and even the people often use cloth as currency.

However, when the shuttle was invented by the British, this pattern was instantly swept into the dustbin of history. What is a shuttle? In fact, it refers to the shuttle installed in the chute with a small wheel, which is equipped with springs at both ends of the chute, which can make the shuttle travel back and forth very quickly, the biggest role of this shuttle is to make the weaving cloth surface greatly widened, and can also change from the original two people to weave cloth to one person to weave cloth.

Therefore, after owning the shuttle, the Jenny loom is almost eight times more efficient than the original old spinning machine, although it still needs manpower, but the manpower required is much less than in the past.

Of course, because the shuttle has not yet come out, so the design of the Jenny textile machine is mainly completed by the personnel of the first base of the Guimao, and in this process, Ning Yu also provided a lot of help, at least like the shuttle's ideas, he is still very clear, plus the technical difficulty of the Jenny loom itself is not high, so it is very logical to develop it.

Under the leadership of Lei Huozi, Ning Yu and others were soon led all the way to another large-scale test site, and soon saw the Jenny loom in the original sense, its overall structure is very fine, there is a spinning wheel on it, driving eight vertical spindles, and it is being efficiently spinned under the operation of a researcher.

Looking at the scene of the shuttle driving the spindle, Ning Yu's eyes flashed a trace of surprise, in a sense, the traditional Chinese spinning technology was not backward before the advent of the Jenny loom, there is a quite solid cotton spinning process, such as the cotton seeding process was invented by Huang Daopo in the Song Dynasty, and this technology is hundreds of years ahead of the West.

Therefore, with the profound heritage in this area, coupled with the fact that the process of Jenny textile machine is not complicated, after the relevant points of Ningyu, after a period of development, it has come up with a practical finished product, and its effect is indeed nearly eight times stronger than the traditional spinning machine.

With a little excitement on his face, Lei Huozi pointed to the loom and said loudly: "Your Majesty is really a genius, I didn't expect that even this textile technology is so well understood, this new type of textile machine is much stronger than the past in terms of efficiency, and it has been directly into the practical stage, and its performance in all aspects can be further tested." ”

"Yes, all of you have merit this time, I will give you a reward for responding, but don't be complacent, there is still some room for improvement, I won't say much about the steam engine, the next step of the textile machine can be considered for hydraulic drive, the development of a hydraulic loom, and when the steam engine can produce more mature results, you can apply the steam engine to the loom."

Ning Yu had a smile on his face, he could already foresee the water-powered looms distributed everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and with those preliminary industrial products, he could start the great era of the industrial revolution!

Lei Huozi was a little hesitant at this time, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this steam engine and textile machine have not yet been named, please give them a name to Your Majesty." ”

The so-called Jenny loom is the name of later generations, so in this era is naturally gone, Ning Yu thought carefully in his heart, and said softly: "Call it directly according to the name of the year, the steam engine is the steam engine of the second year of innovation, and the textile machine is also the textile machine of the second year of innovation, so it is relatively simple to call it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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The successful development of the steam engine and the textile machine made Ning Yu seem quite excited, until now, what he planned are developing in a very smooth attitude, it is conceivable that the industrial revolution from the East will appear in front of people in another attitude in this era.

At least under the influence of long distance and technological blockade, the West will not embark on the road of industrial revolution in advance because of the factor of Ningyu, and according to the trajectory of the original era, the node when the West really entered the industrial revolution was in the middle of the 18th century, at least 30 years from now.

It should be noted that this is the time point when the industrial revolution began in the West, but the real large-scale promotion was basically in the second half of the 18th century, and the peak was until the 19th century, and the end of the first industrial revolution was almost in the middle of the 19th century, which can be said to have lasted for nearly a hundred years.

However, with the current progress of Ningchu, Ningyu is fully confident that in about 20 years, it will completely develop to the peak of the first industrial revolution and open the era of the second industrial revolution, which is relatively 100 years ahead of the West.

The generational gap between scientific and technological and industrial strength formed in a hundred years is enough to make Ningchu the pinnacle power of the world, and at that time, the so-called British Empire will naturally have no need.

After Ning Yu inspected the first base of Gui Mao, Ernst came to meet him again, and he also brought good news to Ning Yu, that is, as a newly issued Ningchu gold, silver and copper coins, several samples have been issued, and after Ning Yu is confirmed, it can be officially issued through the Central Bank of Dachu.

A yellow and clear gold coin, a shiny silver coin, and a restrained copper coin were lying in Ning Yu's palm at this time, the touch was cold and delicate, and the patterns on it showed a bit of delicacy.

The obverse of the gold, silver and bronze coins all depicts a sideways portrait of Ning Yu, on which the Emperor Ning is wearing a formal dress, with a short beard on his lips, looking at the opposite side with blazing eyes, and a hint of a smile on his face - the overall image and temperament are very extraordinary, and it is obvious that he has used his heart.

Even though Ning Yu is not famous, he saw his portrait appear on it, and his face showed a little smile, and then turned the coin upside down, and the pattern on the back was very different, among which the back of the gold coin depicts a graceful and luxurious peony, and the back of the silver coin is a quiet and elegant chrysanthemum, and behind the copper coin, it is a plum blossom that is proud of the snow and frost.

In addition to the flowers, there is also a 'one' character engraved on the top, and four small characters engraved on the bottom: 'two years of innovation'.

Generally speaking, the appearance of these three gold, silver and copper coins still makes Ning Yu quite satisfied, at least they are no worse than those Western coins, and their artistic conception is also deeply in line with the original intention of China, so for the appearance, Ning Yu has nothing to criticize, of course, for coins, this is only part of it.

"In the case of gold, silver and copper coins, we should consider the beauty of their appearance and their cost. I don't know how much this gold, silver and copper coin costs? Ning Yu held the coin in his hand with a little doubt on his face.

Ernst had a bit of solemnity on his face, and said softly: "The gold coin weighs one tael, the fineness is nine dollars and seven, and the profit is three points." The silver coin also weighed one tael, but only nine coins of silver, and one penny of profit...... The imperial court minted it with this weight, and a gold coin could be exchanged for twelve taels of silver, and a silver coin could be exchanged for one tael of silver, and it was profitable. ”

"Would the people like you?"

"Your Majesty, the newly minted gold and silver coins are higher in fineness than the current silver, so they will not be exchanged." Ernst said softly, the purity of the silver on the market at the moment is not high, and it is obvious that this kind of silver coin weighing one tael can be exchanged with the people, and the imperial court can also earn a part of the profit from coinage.

Ning Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he understood that as long as the purpose could be achieved in circulation, there would be no problems, and what he was most afraid of was that the people would not recognize the gold and silver coins....... At that time, I am afraid that the entire minting plan will be greatly affected, especially the credibility of the imperial court, but it will completely collapse.

However, speaking of which, Ning Yu also paid a little more attention to copper coins, after all, gold and silver coins have little to do with the lives of ordinary people, but copper coins are coins used by ordinary people every day, so they need to be more careful.