Coming out of the west gate of Shaonan City, but 1o miles to reach Xiaoxizhuang, Cheng Jinzhou's equestrian skills are not good enough, and he couldn't get rid of Meng Dameng Er by riding the "chasing wind", even the Yan Shimo, and the steward who followed, can barely follow behind.

Chasing the wind and snorting angrily, as a Yadong horse, he is not used to being on a par with inferior horses

Cheng Jinzhou didn't spend much time in Xiaoxizhuang.

As for the industry, he showed a lack of interest, and even disdained to put a name on the rice mill, but just beckoned a few carpenters to change the structure of the rice mill according to his own requirements—a normal rice mill is like a waterwheel shrunk and stuffed under water, relying on the power of the water flow to turn the mill connected to it, so as to hull the rice.

It is conceivable that even if a propeller-type base is replaced, the efficiency of this grinding disc will be greatly improved, and according to the rugged pattern copied by Cheng Jinzhou, the water conservancy grinding disc is obviously more exquisite.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't bother to copy it, but while urging the craftsman, he casually said to the manager: "This is something I have newly studied, and it is one of the achievements of astrology, these days, just try it." ”

"Yes." The steward is confused.

"You go and apply for a few thousand stone of grain, of course I will pay, try the effect of rice milling here, and see if there is anything that needs to be improved." Cheng Jinzhou showed his tail.

The steward woke up from his confusion, cowardly wanted to object, looked down and saw Cheng Jinzhou's wide open eyes, and swallowed the words at once.

Thousands of stones of grain are a big trouble, but he can see that the reason why he was ordered is to carry the black pot, otherwise the cunning and cunning people on weekdays would have already seen the oily rats rushing up, and where would it be his turn.

Inadvertently, he nodded.

Cheng Jinzhou was satisfied, and said imposingly: "What's your name?" ”

"Chen Jie." This surname means that he is farther away from Cheng's own family, and he is a concubine for several generations.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his chin to indicate that he didn't have much experience before he crossed over, but he had watched so many movies and television, and these nobles did better than anyone else, and the nobles of this era did not have many opportunities to exchange styles with each other.

The carpenters clanged, and Cheng Jinzhou felt bored after reading it for a while, so he simply turned out the two books stored on the ring and read them.

The craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Cheng family is naturally good, after changing the underwater turntable into a semi-curved structure, they began to beckon the strong man to hang the grinding disc onto the wooden pulley block of the temporary zuò - this primitive crane, the initial will make people's eyes shine, look at it for a while, and understand that this is the case, the wisdom of the working people is also accumulated, and a new thing that can be used can be used by a patting the brain, which is a scientist, patting the brains of several generations, word of mouth, and teaching by hand is a craftsman.

The village chief of Konishiso became uneasy, this is a typical southern village, the village is built with water, the waterway connects the main buildings in the village, and the outside of the village is full of paddy fields, and the water flow behind the dam is gentle to water the nearby small plain. Unlike the estates, which added to the fun of the aristocracy, it was mainly production-oriented. If the only rice mill within a radius of more than ten miles is broken, the autumn harvest will be in big trouble.

The grinding plate was placed in the center of the stone circle, and the splash of water from the base was also heavily pressed under the bamboo chips.

The craftsman standing in the doorway pulled the wedge with all his might.

Slowly, slowly, the grinding pan finally turned.

The village chief immediately became happy, and hurriedly beckoned someone to throw a bag of old grain into it, and when the white rice flowed out, the previous worries disappeared, and he smiled and said to Cheng Jinzhou: "The third brother is a good means, a good means, much faster, much faster." ”

"Really? How much faster? ”

"Two or three percent, two or three percent." The old village chief shuddered.

The people at the bottom say two or three percent, then at most two percent. Cheng Jinzhou shrugged his shoulders meaninglessly, stretched his waist and said: "Even if there is a steam engine, this degree can be two or three times faster, the water here is too slow, and that's it." ”

Building dams and raising water levels is not a good choice because of the long construction period and large investment, and in the absence of significant improvement in traffic conditions.

Even if Cheng Jinzhou is rich, he will not invest in this bottomless pit.

Of course, his purpose is to find an excuse to buy rice, and by the way, to practice the knowledge obtained from the Astral Library, whether it can be rewarded or not is a secondary matter.

Chen Jie listened to Cheng Jinzhou's words beside him, his heart moved, and when he saw that this master was about to get on the horse and leave, he suddenly made up his mind and said, "Third brother, I know where there is a steam engine?" ”

"Oh? Have you ever heard of this stuff yet? ”

Chen Jie swallowed his saliva, knelt directly on the ground and said, "Please let the villain speak alone." ”

Cheng Jinzhou nodded slightly, with a hint of curiosity about the so-called steam engine, but he was not surprised at all.

Perhaps due to the great power of the astral sorcerers, the current Great Xia Dynasty, in terms of science, is more open than any dynasty in Chinese history, and its territory is not as large as the various kingdoms that were divided from ancient China, but actively interacts with other countries, in this case, since they have 17th-century level mathematics, then there is nothing special about having 17th-century mechanics.

The craftsmen quickly retreated, only Meng Da stayed where he was, staring at Chen Jie with half-squinted eyes.

The latter didn't entangle, kowtowed, and said: "The villain saw it in the temple, and the villain was confused, so please ask the third brother to rescue him." ”

Cheng Jinzhou didn't react for a moment, and it wasn't until he was sure of Chen Jie's solemn face that he understood, and said, "You joined the Holy Church, didn't you pass through the Guò clan?" ”

"Yes." Chen Jie's voice was empty.

The Great Xia Dynasty has always been wary of the Holy Church, so although it is agreed to join the people, there are various restrictions.

However, it is precisely because of the restrictions that the competition after entering the temple is smaller, and the benefits obtained are more, and everyone below the nobles has sharpened their heads and wants to get in, and some of them have too round heads, so they have to secretly join, and it is also a matter of the people not holding officials accountable.

At this moment, Chen Jie is the person who has already been raised, and facing the grandson of the Cheng family, it may be his last chance.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care about the Holy Sect of Rites, and said lightly: "Tell me, what the steam engine is like." ”

"I've only seen the small ones a few times, it's in their inner hall, it's all steel, a little bigger than this rice mill......"

"Do you know how it works?" The enormity of the early steam engine was inevitable, and Cheng Jinzhou did not study much about the appearance, and it was in vain to listen to it, but he knew the working principle of guò, and could directly judge their development level, which was a compulsory course in theoretical physics.

Chen Jie thought desperately, and hesitated: "They burn the steam first, wait until the steam is full, turn off the inlet valve, then pour cold water on the outside of the container, and then open the inlet valve to pump the water from the well......"

After listening to half of it, Cheng Jinzhou already understood, and said with a smile: "They pump well water? ”

"Yes, the demonstrations are all pumping well water." Chen Jie didn't know why.

The early steam engines were used to pump water from coal mines, and at the beginning of their production, no one knew that this was a revolution, and the coal mine owners who were willing to spend money at that time demanded that they could directly use the coal they dug up: "to lift water with firepower", and Chen Jie described it as basically the most primitive steam engine, because it did not have an independent water pump, but it was also a practical equipment.

"When did they build this steam engine?" Cheng Jinzhou touched his chin and said.

"It's been 1o years."

"What about the man who built the steam engine? From the Far West? How long has it been here? ”

Chen Jie felt that his back was full of sweat, and he stopped slightly and said, "I don't know which priest it is, but it should be someone from the extreme west." ”

Cheng Jinzhou pinched his fingers and counted the time, the Watmin steam engine familiar to the Chinese is actually the Watt improved steam engine. Not counting the prototype from the first century AD, just the steam engine that could be used for production, by the time Watt was already the third generation - Safrey could only draw 6 meters of water, twisting the inefficiency of the Komen. Watt's value lies in the fact that his improved steam engine can be used in all walks of life, rather than just being used in a coal mine to boil water with cheap coal.

The steam engine that Chen Jie mentioned is basically the Saffley level. It took 66 years to get from his "Friend of the Miners" to the Watt steam engine, but only 7 years to get to Twist Komen.

In this way, even if the priest stood at the forefront of science and technology in the extreme west, spent two years in Great Xia, and then immediately built a steam engine, the countries in the extreme west should also have a twisted gate-style steam engine.

"Times...... Cheng Jinzhou sighed secretly and said to himself: "I'm just a gentleman." ”

Chen Jie immediately lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

Cheng Jinzhou smiled with emotion and said, "Arrange for me to meet that priest one day." ”

Regarding the legal issues that Chen Jie cared about, Cheng Jinzhou did not mention a word. If it's just an ordinary steward who has done something wrong, then there's no need to say anything for him.

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