Eight years have passed, and now it is nine years of martial arts.

Since the suppression of the Tusi rebellion in the southwest, the imperial court has implemented major measures such as recuperation, household gathering, and education development, and the world is becoming more and more peaceful, and the lives of the common people are becoming peaceful and joyful day by day.

Even if there were some restless thieves and bandits who occasionally made some moves, they were quickly cleaned up by the local National Guard.

In addition, life is better, the people can live, and seeing that the days are getting better and better, few people are willing to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, even if someone wants to make trouble, they can't make any splash.

Although the country seems to be peaceful at the moment, from the court to the people, almost everyone thinks that the prosperity is not far away. However, as the Great Qin Emperor, Jiang Chuan has a string in his heart that has been stretched and has never relaxed.

Ten years ago, the British were defeated in the southeast, and their 30,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out. Everyone felt that the British must have been frightened and did not dare to invade Daqin easily.

However, Jiang Chuan knew very well that this loss was just a drop in the bucket for the British Empire, which had power all over the world, and it was not a pain in the bones at all.

For a large colonial empire that aspires to expand all over the world, it is absolutely impossible to give up on the land of Great Qin, which has a large population and rich resources, just because of a single failure.

And if you admit it, then the other colonies will also think about it, which will have a great impact on the colonial rule of the British Empire.

Therefore, in any respect, the British Empire could not have completely admitted it.

Although there has been no movement in the past nine years, Jiang Chuan firmly believes that they will definitely make a comeback. The current silence is just for hibernation, to accumulate strength, and when you feel that your strength is enough, you will invade again to avenge the revenge of the year.

Judging from the information obtained from the foreign girl Mo Dai, there were signs of an industrial revolution in the British Empire as early as ten years ago, and the steam engine was already being studied.

Others don't understand, Jiang Chuan, as a traverser, of course, knows very well what the appearance of the steam engine means.

For the army, the steam engine meant that warships with thicker armor, faster ships, and larger loads could be produced, and even all kinds of primitive trucks could be produced to transport troops. This means that the army's mobility, defense and attack power will be greatly improved.

For factories, the steam engine as a production power can greatly improve production efficiency, liberate more labor, and greatly reduce production costs.

The big bourgeois factories will quickly replace the handicraft workshops that are backward in the productive forces, and two new classes will emerge - the industrial bourgeoisie and the industrial proletariat.

The big bourgeoisie, because of its natural need to rapidly expand the scale of production, has a stronger sense of external expansion than the feudal lord class, which inevitably determines that they will take the road of expansion and enslavement of other countries and regions.

Historically, Britain took the lead in completing the first industrial revolution and became the most powerful country in the world at that time, thus creating the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets.

Although this world is paradoxical, the British Empire is just as powerful, the same as the strong expansion, and the same industrial revolution that began.

It's a pity that because of the distance across the ocean, he has no more information about the British Empire, and can only make limited judgments from the information provided by Mo Dai.

According to Mo Dai, before she crossed the ocean to Daqin, an Englishman named Watt had already developed an improved steam engine and successfully applied it to the working machine, which attracted huge attention in Britain at that time.

So now more than a decade later, how far has the British industrial revolution progressed? Has it been developed that a power engine can be equipped on a battleship?

None of this is known.

Because of the defeat in the invasion war ten years ago, almost no British merchants appeared around Daqin in the past ten years, and even the British merchants who used to be Fuso have withdrawn, so it is impossible to get information from them.

Therefore, Jiangchuan could only let the navy pay close attention to the movements along the coast on the one hand, and on the other hand, step up the process of industrial revolution at home.

Of course, the domestic industrial revolution was mainly realized by the fortress system, but this could not be publicized to the public, so on the surface, the initiator of the industrial revolution was the Daqin Royal Academy of Sciences, which was established as early as nine years ago.

The steam engine itself is not complicated, with the fortress system as the foundation, Jiang Chuan himself as a mentor, teaching the principles of the steam engine to those scholars who were selected to enter the Academy of Sciences, and then developing it by them, which seems logical.

"Father, are you saying that this is a precursor to the British wanting to re-invade my Great Qin? These people are just the eyes they sent to spy on our intelligence? ”

Prince Jiang Yunfan Bingxue is smart, and when he heard what his father said, he quickly understood.

"That's right, the British are expansive, they are not willing to accept the defeat of the year, and now they want to avenge the arrow of the year when their wings are stiff. In addition, they need more sources of industrial raw materials and dumping markets for goods. And our Daqin has a large number of people and abundant materials, which just meets their needs, how can they not afford to covet them? ”

Jiang Chuan nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Aren't these Brits afraid of losing again? They were wiped out as we could fight back then, and they still can. If they dare to come, we will let them come back. The little prince said proudly.

"Well said, if the British dare to come, I will teach them how to behave and let them know that they are not invincible." Jiang Chuan touched his son's little head and laughed.

"Father, you said that the British were carrying out the industrial revolution, so they dare to send people now, have they developed a more powerful steam engine?" The prince asked suspiciously.

"We can't underestimate the speed of technological progress of the British, and after ten years, their steam engine technology must be more mature, and we must face this point. But don't be afraid of them. We, the Royal Academy of Sciences, have developed a third generation of steam engines. The Royal Academy of Sciences is going to have its first car trial ceremony this afternoon, so you can go with me in the afternoon. ”

"Cars? Is it the ironclad car that you said you said without a horse, with four wheels, and can run fast? The prince asked excitedly.

"Ironclad car? That's right. Jiang Chuan suddenly remembered the armored vehicles and tanks of later generations, if there was an armored army in this era, it would really be invincible on land.

But just think about it, the current technology is not enough to make the tank born. If nothing else, the engine won't work out at all.

"Great, I'm going to tell my mother and sister about them, so that they can also go and see the ironclad car that will run by themselves."

After all, the prince is still a child, and when he heard the ironclad car, he scratched his ears and cheeks excitedly, gave his father a casual salute and turned around and ran away.

Looking at his son's back, Jiang Chuan shook his head and laughed, but thought in his heart: "I don't know what kind of surprise the British will bring this time." ”