But for the parties involved in the industrial revolution, they did not have such an awareness, and now they are concerned about another question, that is, whether this pot camel machine can be used to pump water

Lu Ping asked #阝Ken: "Can this thing be used to pump water?" You can tell the truth, I also have a bottom in my heart! ”

#阝肯当即答道: "It should be possible, just add a centrifugal pump, it should be no problem!" ”

"It should be fine!" Lu Ping was not satisfied with this answer: "I'll blow it out for you now, you will give me such an answer, if you can't do it, the problem will be very serious!" ”

#阝肯苦笑了一下: "Give it a try!" I remember that we had a centrifugal pump in our warehouse, and we also brought out the freshly produced pot camel machine! ”

"If this thing can really pump water, that's a big problem!" Lu Ping said: "It can definitely solve big problems!" ”

"It's just a small problem!" Duncan is also aware of the shortcomings of this thing: "This thing actually has a lot of shortcomings, and it is too complicated, we can play with it, if the farmer wants to play with it, it has to be a little level!" ”°

You must know that almost all the operators of the pot camel machine are Westerners, but they often encounter abnormal work in their work, and the aging problem is relatively difficult to solve.

The pot camel machine began to operate with a simple centrifugal pump, but this thing was originally a lot of trouble, seeing that an hour had passed, and there was still no water coming out of the water outlet, Lu Ping was already anxious: "Deng Yangren, this thing will not work!" ”

"It should be fine!" #阝肯还是那个回答: "It should be fine!" ”

"I don't ask for it to be okay, it's absolutely fine!"

As he was talking, the water from the outlet came, but the amount of water pumped out by the two-point five-horsepower pot camel machine was very limited, even so Lu Ping was relieved: "Thank God, I can finally solve the problem!" ”

In fact, it didn't solve the problem, Duncan glanced at the exit, and after a while, he said, "No, this little bit of water is not enough, it seems that it will take at least five horsepower!" ”

It's just that Lu Ping and # Yu Ken didn't expect a follow-up, as soon as the news that this pot camel machine can really pump water spread, many small and medium-sized landlords immediately beat gongs and drums to invite this iron bull, at least to go over and demonstrate it to them.

In fact, the cost of pot camel machine is not low, much lower than manpower, but compared with animal power, there is no absolute advantage, but the key is strong applicability.

And Lu Ping has already considered a more far-reaching problem, such a pot camel machine, only small and medium-sized landlords can afford to use it, and ordinary small households are unlikely to be able to afford it, so he let out his heart, next year this pot camel machine will be welfare.

That's right, the number of pot camel machines is limited, and ordinary farmers can't repair and use them at all, and then they will be in demand, and the use of this pot camel machine will be those landlords who hold a large number of public bonds, and the local government can use public bonds to deduct at that time.

In the autumn of this year, the Hongjun again used public bonds to requisition a large amount of grain, and although it did not provoke an armed resistance from the landlords, the landlords had already taken advantage of the opportunity of the Zhao uprising to say a lot of strange things.

Therefore, it is the most effective way to make appropriate use of machinery to recover a small part of the public debt, and to give small favors to the landlord's seniority.

Ningbo Mansion. The headquarters of the Hongjun army was still outside the city of Ningbo, and in fact it became the second decision-making center of the entire Ningbo Prefecture, and it was more important than the temporary city government located in the city of Ningbo.

There was a telegraph line connecting Ningbo and Shaoxing, and the telegraph line was constantly expanding, but with the expansion of the telegraph line, conflicts with the peasants gradually occurred, many times, many troops were converted into line guards, to ensure that the telegraph line did not break down at any time. ..., but now the most valuable information was not sent by telegram, but from Gao Liangcai, the Taizhou capital: "Buxing is going to attack the port of Ningbo? ”

Shi Tinglan replied to him: "That's right! The news from the Kochi Prefecture came from Lin Daguang's subordinates, and the credibility was very high. ”

She continued: "According to the confession of the Toucheng personnel, this time it was divided into four waves, Lin Daguang started an incident in Linhai, Zhao Qi started an incident in Pingyang, and Ge Mengjin rebelled on Yuhuan Island, and the most critical wave left was Buxing's attack on Ningbo Port!" ”

These four uprisings seem to have weight, and they are all a little turbulent together, but for the current Hongjun, this is not a fatal threat at all, but just some trouble.

Yang Changmei put forward her own suggestion: "Ah Chang, do you want us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Don't inform Fumar! ”

"Nope! Now we can't do without the port of Ningbo, the warehouses on it alone are full of our goods, and we also need the friendship of our British friends! ”

As soon as he said the words British friends, Liu Chang had a smile on his face, yes, he and Fumar were just using each other, but now Fumar's use value is rising all the way.

"Inform Fumar and let him deal with Bu Xingyou!" Liu Chang quickly made a decision: "I believe that Your Excellency the Consul can handle this matter as soon as possible!"

Fumar didn't want to see Liu Chang, because it was very simple, although he was more than twice the age of the young general, but with this young general, all the light was on him, and he was a supporting role with little weight.

But he had to go out of the city to see Liu Chang, because Feng Wenyi told him that Liu Jiehu had enough heavy news to tell him.

"What? Buxing wants to attack Ningbo? Fumar was shocked by the news: "He is too bold! ”

"Yes, he ate leopard gall!" Liu Chang told Fumar: "But you should pay attention to the Self-Defense Forces, the strength of the Self-Defense Forces is too weak now, and there are no warships, so they can't deal with Bu Xingyou at all!" ”

"But we have our own forces in Shanghai!" Fumar replied to Liu Chang: "I will ask Shanghai to send a British force to Ningbo, you will not refuse their existence, right?" ”

But Fumar had a sense of fidgeting at the thought of Buchen's threat, and under their management, the port of Ningbo had now become the third largest port city on the Chinese coast after Guangzhou and Shanghai, surpassing any ordinary port.

No one can tell the full value of the goods collected at the wharf, whether it is hundreds of thousands of silver dollars or millions of silver yuan, and as the Westerner with the highest status in the whole city, Fumar has also obtained countless benefits in it.

But the more important is the supremacy of His Excellency Fumar, there are three giants in the city, Liu Chang outside the city, Feng Wenyi in the city, and Fumar who represents the interests of the West, and among these three, Fumar has the heaviest weight.

Liu Chang focused on the development of the Rainbow Army, while Feng Wenyi was busy laying out telegraph lines in the area controlled by the Rainbow Army, and only Fumar could focus on the development of the city, so the daily affairs of Ningbo were handled by Fumar.

And a successful pirate attack is a real disaster for Fumar, and even if Liu Chang and the Chinese can forgive him, those damaged Western businessmen will not let him go and will remove him from power as soon as possible.

To lose his current position would be an unbearable loss for Fumar.

"The reason why we withdrew from Ningbo City is to respect the neutrality of Ningbo, and I believe that we will cooperate very well!" Liu Chang replied to Fumar's question: "But I hope that the British garrison in Ningbo Port will be limited to the level of self-defense!" Fumar considered the British strength in China for a while, and quickly gave a reply: "No problem, the British army garrison in Ningbo will not exceed three hundred, and the Imperial Navy is the same limit!" ”

He was also reluctant to see the situation of military control, which meant that the Royal Navy had taken over the neutral port: "I will notify Shanghai to send reinforcements as soon as possible, but I am more worried that the Royal Navy may not look down on the city and is unwilling to keep the garrison for a long time!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chang stretched out his hand: "I hope we have a happy cooperation!" ”

"Happy working together!"

Zhao Qi didn't know anything about these changes in Wenzhou and Ningbo, and he was now hoping that Bu Xingyou would be able to give Liu Chang a hard blow in Ningbo Port, otherwise he would not be able to support it.

In fact, his incident this time really proves that he Zhao Qi is the No. 1 strongman in the entire Pingyang and even the whole of Wenzhou, and in just a few days, he has already claimed the momentum of 50,000 people.

There are no 50,000 people, in fact, there are no 5,000 people, but including Zhao Qi's own team, the entire Wenzhou Prefecture responded to Zhao Qi's call and raised about 4,000 people, many of whom were developed after Qu Zhenhan captured the city.

These teams all have a characteristic, that is, the leaders are quite ambitious, and they are very dissatisfied with Ye Niangzi's reorganization and downsizing or dismissing them this time.

It is precisely because Wenzhou Mansion is a peaceful adaptation that so many people respond to Ye Niangzi's call, but that's all.

That's right, that's all, no one in the entire north of the Oujiang River responded to Zhao Qi's call at all, and Lin Daguang's uprising was too far away to echo each other at all.

And the timing of Zhao Qi's incident is not quite right, now is the autumn harvest season, although many people are willing to put down the autumn harvest and run to the rock village to see the legendary iron bull monster.

But this does not mean that they are willing to put down the food at home, in fact, even the Hongjun gives some soldiers who are closer to the road a holiday, so that they can return to their hometowns to taste the joy of the harvest.

As a result, Zhao Qi thought that he could pull up a team of at least forty people by himself, but his own team was only two thousand people, and if it weren't for the foreign guns and cannons supported by Buxing, maybe the situation would have been even worse.

Therefore, he can only look forward to the stars, the moon, and Bu Xingyou to give Liu Jiehu a ruthless blow as soon as possible, but what he is looking forward to is his friend Yu Village for many years.