The 10th day of the imperial examination in early October and the 10th day of the first month of November are more important imperial examinations for the People's Army, but as the governor of the People's Army, Fang Nan has no heart to put it in it.

In May of the 15th year of Wanli, the Steam Engine Research Institute manufactured the first practical Type A steam engine, and today, three and a half years later, at the beginning of November of the 18th year of Wanli, the Steam Engine Research Institute successfully manufactured the first practical Type B steam engine.

In the steam engine research institute, looking at the steam engine that spews clouds and mist in a circular motion, Fang Nan seems to have seen the birth of steam-powered machinery such as machine tools, textile machines, ships, and trains, opening the industrial age of the People's Army.

After three and a half years of manufacturing the Type B steam engine, the efforts of the Steam Engine Research Institute are commendable, and Fang Nan is ready to reward everyone who participated in the research of the Type B steam engine.

Historically, in 1763, James Watt came into contact with the Newcomen steam engine and began to design his own steam engine, during which time due to a shortage of funds, Watt had to find another job as a canal surveyor, and worked there for 8 years.

In 1774, Watt put his own steam engine into production, and in 1776, the first new steam engines were finally built and put into actual production.

Over the next five years, Watt won a large number of orders and was busy running between mines to install pumps powered by the new steam engine, and five years later Watt continued to work on how to convert the rectilinear reciprocating motion of the steam engine into a circular motion so that the steam engine could power most machines.

It was not until 1781 that an employee of the Watt Company invented a crank gear transmission system called "Sun and Planet", which made the steam engine change from linear reciprocating motion to circular motion.

It took Watt eighteen years for this, while the KPA's steam engine research institute only took three and a half years, of course, the biggest contribution was to Fang Nan, without Fang Nan's guidance, probably no one in the KPA's ruled area would have thought of using steam power for decades, let alone the Type B steam engine.

The B steam engine that can move in a circular motion is only the beginning, and the next steam engine research institute will continue to research and improve the B steam engine to make a better steam engine, and the current B steam engine can be connected to the machine tool, but it cannot be loaded on a ship, nor can it be used on a train.

However, the B steam engine has already been built, and it is only a matter of time before a better steam engine appears, and as the education program unfolds, more people will be able to study the steam engine and related fields.

In the steam engine research institute, Fang Nan gathered all the personnel and stood next to the B steam engine, Fang Nan was about to give a short speech.

The researchers at the Steam Engine Research Institute all looked at the Metropolitan with fanatical gaze because the Metropolitan had brought them and their families a good life and a well-paid job.

"We succeeded! We finally built the B-type steam engine, and with this B-type steam engine, we were able to build steam-powered machine tools, and we could replace the hydraulic machine tools in the arsenal, and our new machine tools would no longer need to be limited by space.

Steam-powered machine tools are just the beginning, if the steam engine is installed on the ship, the ship does not need sails and does not need human rowing, only need to turn on the steam engine, the ship can sail freely on the sea, we can even install the steam engine on the car, no need for people to push the horse, the car can travel fast on the road.

Maybe it won't take long for us to connect the steam engine to the spinning machine loom, and use the steam-powered spinning machine loom to quickly produce more cloth, and for the same money, we can buy more cloth in the future, a new set of clothes for a year, a new set of clothes for half a year, and even a new set of clothes every quarter.

We can also connect the steam engine to more things, replace human and animal power with steam power, and produce more products at a lower price that can be afforded to all.

And this is all from your efforts, and the changes you have brought will make all the people thank from the bottom of their hearts in the future. ”

"No, we should be more grateful to the Metropolitan Governor, it was the Metropolitan Governor who led us to build the steam engine!"

Tang Bei, director of the Steam Engine Research Institute, was the first to shout, and as soon as Tang Bei's voice fell, Deputy Director Wang Dazhui also echoed: "It was the Metropolitan Governor who led us to make the steam engine, and the Metropolitan Governor contributed the most, and we just contributed our strength." ”

"The Metropolitan Governor has contributed the most, and the people should be grateful to the Metropolitan Governor!" *n

Fang Nan smiled and waved his hand, quieting everyone down.

"Okay, my contribution is big, but your contribution is not small, I am the only one, how can I make a steam engine, I decided to take out 10,000 yuan of equal coins as a bonus for all the researchers involved in the type B steam engine!"

"Long live the Grand Governor! Long live the Grand Governor! Everyone in the venue cheered.

10,000 yuan is not a small amount, even if the director, deputy director, team leader, etc. get more bonuses, and distribute them to ordinary researchers, each person will have to exceed 150 yuan.

In fact, the people of the Firearms Research Institute want the field as a reward, but Fang Nan has reduced the use of land as a reward, the main reason is that the field is limited, and in the end there is no divide, if you want to get more land, you can only expand externally, but the field is far away from the land of China.

They are already members of the firearms research institute, they are considered to be members of the KPA system, and the KPA pays salaries, which are enough to feed a family, and there is no need to go farming, farming is very tiring.

The same is true for workers who work in factories, where they get even more money than they get from farming, and families with workers don't need to farm anymore.

If land is not allocated to people who have other jobs, more land is allocated to farmers, and there is no change in grain production, everyone is still not short of food to eat, and those who do not farm have enough money to buy grain, and the income of farmers who farm also increases because of the increase in farmland.

Giving the peasants more land is basically the best way for the peasants to increase their income, and Fang Nan plans to gradually change the distribution of land after the People's Army is founded.

If you go to work in a factory to make more money than farming, at least some people will choose the former, and as time goes by, more people will choose to work in a factory.