It's also sad to say, in his previous life, as a country baby, Marin had never seen a steam engine, but he was very familiar with a walk-behind tractor. In his last life, the Ma family had a 12-horsepower second-hand walk-behind tractor, and Marin's father had to look like something.

But because it is second-hand, there are many faults and often have to be repaired. It is very expensive to give professional monks, so unless it is necessary to replace important parts, it is generally repaired by the old horse himself. And Marin often follows suit.

So, as long as there are rubber pipes, transmission belts, tires and other things, Marlin can completely copy the walk-behind tractor. As for the steam engine...... Marin said that he had only seen the teaching model shown by the middle school physics teacher, and had not seen the real thing at all, let alone the boiler. At that time, the source of steam used by the physics teacher was a beaker and an alcohol lamp borrowed from the chemistry teacher. Rubber hoses are used for steam transfer......

At present, Cuban rubber has begun to be produced and vulcanized. With a little time, you can get the pipes, belts and tires out. Moreover, the transmission belt can also be replaced by sisal rope, which is stronger than the rubber transmission belt.

It's just that even if you copy the walk-behind tractor, it's useless. Because, there is not enough diesel supply these days! Even if the walk-behind tractor is made, the current oil production is so "touching". The diesel fuel that can be refined is estimated to be enough for a walk-behind tractor. In other words, Marin can only get one walk-behind tractor at most to have a good time. As for promotion? Let's dig out the oil wells for mass production first......

The steam engine is different, this thing burns coal, and Marin, which occupies the Ruhr area, is the last thing to lack. However, Marin has never seen a steam engine in kind! I haven't dismantled the steam engine either! Even when the teacher showed a model of a steam engine, he was not allowed to touch it. You are only allowed to see, not touch, and it is more difficult to get started than girls. Therefore, Marin has a theoretical impression of the steam engine. Without Leonardo da Vinci's help, he couldn't have made a steam engine.

Therefore, for the steam engine that is "stupid and stupid" and often has problems with the current Beihai country, Marin dislikes it in various ways. However, he also has to rely on this thing for now.

In fact, this stupid and clumsy steam engine is still very good for pumping water. The water pump made by Marin using the Archimedes spiral principle, driven by a steam engine, can exert great power to irrigate crops.

Of course, rye fields require less water. So, there is no need for a steam engine to pump water at the moment. After all, rye is as tenacious as a weed. The most important thing to need water is wheat. Therefore, steam engine pumping was still more useful in the American colonies. After all, there are only large wheat fields over there.

However, on the local side, there are other applications that can be carried out, such as the textile industry......

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The application of the so-called textile industry is naturally the legendary first industrial revolution. As a history graduate, Marin is naturally familiar with the industrial revolution that changed the world.

The world's earliest industry was the textile industry. The beginning of the Industrial Revolution was marked by the advent of the Jenny spinning machine. Of course, the weaving shuttle is also an important driving force.

It was the advent of the Jenny spinning machine, which was eight times more efficient, and the shuttle, which was twice as efficient, that stimulated the development of the British textile industry and made it the world's first industrial power. Without the Industrial Revolution, Britain would not have become the world's most powerful "empire on which the sun never sets" during the Victorian era. After all, industrial countries and agricultural countries are two different concepts entirely. Industrial production generates much more tax revenue than agricultural countries.

In fact, Marin had long wanted to carry out the industrial revolution. However, the previous reality was not mature. Why? Because there wasn't enough labor before!

What were the conditions of the Industrial Revolution in Britain? Because in addition to the abundance of wool in England, there are enough landless people! These are the labor that textile mills need the most!

Only when there is enough labor force to be workers can we have the conditions to carry out the industrial revolution. Otherwise, there are not enough workers, and it is a joke to engage in industry.

Before, there was a serious shortage of farmers in Beihai Country, so naturally there was no condition to engage in industry. After all, there is not enough labor force in the North Sea country to develop it.

However, this is no longer the case!

The purchase of prisoners of war from Württemberg and Hungary gave Marin a sudden sufficient labor force. So many farmers can farm. Then, Marin has the conditions to engage in the textile industry!

Moreover, Marin wants to engage in the textile industry, in fact, he is also forced to do so - now the clothes are too expensive!

At present, the North Sea country has a population of more than 2 million, but every year, it needs to spend a lot of money to import cloth. Because, there is no cloth in Beihai Country!

At present, the cheapest linen worn by ordinary people costs 8 pfennigh per yard, and one horse is 192 pfennig (in ancient Europe, a piece of cloth was 24 yards long and 2 yards wide). To make a loose coat, you need about 2.5 yards of cloth, that is, the cheapest piece of clothing will cost 20 pfennigs, which is 1 shilling 8 pfennigs.

This is only the cost of the fabric, and the tailor's labor is also calculated. A tailor would have to pay three or four puffins a day, and if you count it, the cheapest garment would cost more than 2 shillings.

In fact, tailors also need to pay taxes, as well as profits...... Therefore, the cheapest ordinary loose coat can be sold for more than 3 shillings......

Woolen clothes are more expensive, and at present, the North Sea country mainly imports woolen wool from the Flemish region. It was imported from Flanders because it was the property of the Maximilian I family. Although it was ruled by the emperor's son, it was also the property of the Habsburgs. Marin gave face, so the cloth imported from the North Sea Kingdom was generally imported from the Flemish region under Prince Philippe.

Flemish wool is not cheap, and the high-end wool processed from English wool here costs as much as 80 shillings a horse. The worst quality wool is about 45 shillings.

It takes 9.6 times the size of a piece of cloth to make a garment, that is, the cheapest woolen cloth is worth 4.68 shillings alone, which is about 56.25 pfennigh. Counting workmanship, profits, and taxes, the opinion of ordinary woolen clothes is five or six shillings......

At this time, the wages of ordinary people in Germany were only 2 pfennigs per day. In other words, even the cheapest linen clothes cost 3 shillings, which is equivalent to 36 pfennigs, and it would take 18 days' wages for ordinary people to afford it!

As for woolen clothes, it is directly doubled......

Every year, for the clothes and fabrics of 2 million people, Beihai has to spend a lot of money to procure. Fortunately, the cloth seller accepted the exchange of grain. Otherwise, Marlin wouldn't have been able to afford that much fabric!

And after the recapture of the Ravensburg Count last year, the cloth shortage in the North Sea Country has also been greatly alleviated. Because, the Count of Ravensburg is a famous flax producing region in Germany. Bielefeld, the capital of the Afencerie Republic of Ravensburg, is a famous linen textile center and a famous linen distribution center in Germany.

But in those days, linen was worn only by the poor. In today's Europe, the aristocracy wears silk, and the wealthy and middle-class generally wear woolen clothes that look more decent.

Therefore, the wool textile industry is a very promising business. If done well, it can bring in a lot of tax revenue. Naturally, Marin would not like to pay too much tax, so he planned to start a woolen industry......