Outside the boulder city, light snow fell slightly, and pedestrians on the road were sparse.

Rembert followed behind Jiang Feng step by step, looking very respectful.

Originally, he didn't want to walk around outside on such a cold day, but Jiang Feng arrived at the city hall early in the morning, told him that he wanted to show him something, and then went out without saying anything.

Although his heart was full of reluctance, Rembert still followed honestly.

“…… Boulder City is located in the south-central part of the Rick Kingdom, to the west is the royal capital of Warland, and the south is bordered by the city-states, both in terms of geographical location and mineral resources are very superior, the only fly in the ointment is that the soil here is barren and not suitable for the development of agriculture, and most of the grain depends on imports. When the cold winter comes, the displaced people from the north and west will increase the food burden of Boulder City, which will indirectly affect the prosperity of Boulder City. ”

For Jiang Feng's words, Bert didn't think so, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face. In his opinion, the best way to solve this problem is to keep those displaced people out, and 90% of the problem will be solved.

After a pause, Jiang Feng continued.

"If we want to reverse this situation, the promotion of seeds of drought-tolerant crops such as potatoes is one thing, and if we want to fundamentally solve this problem, we still have to start from the industrial structure."

"Industrial structure?" Rembert was slightly stunned.

For this wizard with an eccentric temperament, he is no longer surprised to talk to himself about development issues in a serious way. But the words that occasionally came out of Jiang Feng's mouth still made him feel like he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

"That's right," Jiang Feng nodded, "The future of Boulder City will focus on industrial development. ”

Rembert was lost in thought, thoughts racing in his head.

Although he didn't know what the word industry meant, it didn't stop him from thinking about it and helping his family get ahead.

Jiang Feng glanced at him, knowing what he was thinking, but he didn't take his thoughts to heart. The construction of Boulder City was not something he could do alone, and unless he moved all the standard equipment of the colony ship, it was still the most efficient way to drive these natives to work for him.

"We're here."

Wearing Rembert entered the steel mill.

After passing through the closed iron gate, the heat was blowing in the face.

The clanging of iron is like a never-ending symphony, and goblins pushing wheelbarrows are speeding through the factory, sending the processed parts to the next location. The red-hot molten iron that has been burned is left from the outlet of the blast furnace and poured on the mold to emit the smoke of soda steaming.

Unlike the cold outside, everyone here is busy.

Noticing Jiang Feng, an apprentice wearing a deer hunting hat, trotted up to meet him, and bowed respectfully after standing still.

"My lord, the experiment has begun, and Mr. Fielding has instructed me to take you there as soon as possible if I see you."

"Lead the way."

"Yes."

The clever little boy bowed again, and led Jiang Feng and Rembert towards the "R&D center" equipped with an independent blast furnace behind the factory.

Compared with Jiang Feng, who had a calm face, Rembert was full of suspicion at the moment.

From the beginning, Jiang Feng said that he would take him to see a treasure, but until now he didn't even see a shadow of things. Just when he was wondering what Jiang Feng was doing with him, the two of them finally stopped in front of a small closed factory.

As the iron door was pushed open, the sound of the machine roaring came, and the moment he looked into the door, Rembert was slightly stunned at first, and then his surprised expression froze on his face, and he lost his words for a while. It wasn't until Jiang Feng had already walked into the door that he suddenly woke up and came back to his senses and followed.

The steam gushes, the piston pumps rapidly, urging the flywheel to rotate at high speed, converting the longitudinally moving mechanical force into rotational force. More than thirty spindles were lined up, driven by a spinning wheel, like the teeth of a beast, tearing at the cotton passing through the spinning wheel, flying around with cotton shavings.

Strips of fibers drawn from cotton are fed through the feed by workers with masks, and the spinning wheel seems to have been magically woven, weaving those strips into a smooth and soft cloth. Compared to hand-woven cloth, the fabric is more homogeneous, as if it were the work of a master weaver, as if each strand of cotton has been carefully selected.

Cotton shavings scattered on the ground are picked up by small goblins to prevent the accumulation of cotton shavings from blocking the rotation of the machinery. These leftovers are not thrown away and are re-fed into the inlet after intensive processing, minimizing waste.

Not only Rembert, but Du Wei, who was standing here, also had a stunned expression on his face. By contrast, he had been standing here for almost half an hour, but he hadn't taken his eyes off the spinning machine for half a minute.

No one knows better than him what this machine means.

In less than an hour, just one machine has completed the workload that would take more than a dozen skilled weavers half a day to complete. And what it consumes, apart from the cotton itself, is nothing more than some coal and water.

"The manometer reaches the red line."

"Don't stand stupid, go and push the coal cart over."

"Open the valve!"

Busy beside the machine, Fielding and his apprentices had indescribable excitement written on their faces.

At this moment, they witnessed the birth of a miracle.

Noticing Jiang Feng standing at the door, Fielding handed over the task of debugging the machine to his apprentices and walked over to Jiang Feng. I saw him take a deep breath, look at Jiang Feng, and say with an excited expression.

"My lord, we succeeded!"

"I saw it," Jiang Feng nodded approvingly, glancing at the bronze machine, "You guys did a good job." ”

The power system of the entire steam spinning machine was the steam engine that Fielding and his apprentices had built last time, and the spinning machine attached to the steam engine was drawn on the drawing he had given to Du Wei not long ago.

Although in Jiang Feng's view, this kind of production tool is still primitive, but in terms of the productivity conditions of this world, it is already quite amazing.

"Remember what I said to you when I came in?" Looking at Lumbert next to him with a sluggish face, Jiang Feng smiled and said, "This is what I call industry." ”

"It's too ......"

"Surprised?" Jiang Feng said with a smile.

Rembert swallowed and frothed, nodding rapidly.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Rembert's mind.

Even he was surprised, and in the midst of shock and excitement, a trace of fear flashed through his mind.

First in forging, now in the textile industry, a single machine can do the work that dozens of people can do. If the person who completed this miracle was a wizard, he might not have any idea in his mind, but the person who operated this machine was clearly just a few alchemy apprentices.

If there were ten, or even hundreds, of these machines, the entire textile workshops of the southern city-states would have to close, and there would be no pair of dexterous hands to compete with such a monster.

Vaguely, he understood the meaning of the word "industry" and realized the changes that were about to usher in Boulder City.

However, he could not say whether this change would be good or bad.