It's hard to understand that era if you don't live in that era. This is true both for the old era and for the people of the new era.

Because Yalan has lived in an environment similar to the old era since she was a child, full of technological products, and the knowledge she has come into contact with is also related to the old era, she is very familiar with the old era.

Moreover, after a long period of study and research, she adapted to the concept of science and technology in the old era. When she chats with someone like Zhou Ziheng, who has never been systematically exposed to the knowledge of the old era, the two often don't talk about the same channel.

Therefore, Yalan could only endure the urge to vomit blood, and patiently explained: "The so-called scientific research and industrial system refers to a system composed of all aspects required to produce something, and the social division of labor. ”

"To use a not particularly appropriate analogy, for example, if you make a sword now, if you don't have the ability to smelt yourself, you need to go to the blacksmith and tell the blacksmith what you need, and the blacksmith will make it for you. ”

"Where does the blacksmith's iron come from? The iron smelting yard needs to buy ore from the miners and smelt it into iron. The people in the mining field need to come out of the mine and extract the iron ore. ”

In this way, mining, smelting, and blacksmithing constitute a simple industrial system. If you have smelting and mining skills, it's even easier, and you can do it all by yourself. ”

Yalan saw Zhou Ziheng nodding, indicating that he understood, and continued: "This is the industrial system of our time, with few links and very simple. ”

"The industrial system of the old era is much more complicated. The ore needs to be transported to the smelter, and after the smelter is smelted into iron, it is sold to the manufacturer who produces the sword, and the manufacturer makes the sword, and then sells it to the wholesaler, who sells it to the retailer, and the retailer sells it to the user. ”

"Moreover, in the middle of each link, there are also different modes of transportation that need to be involved. ”

Zhou Ziheng thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Wait a minute, the old era made a sword, and the links are so complicated, so their efficiency is not very low?"

Yalan shook his head and said, "No." Contrary. They are very efficient. Because they have a clear division of labor, they only do their own part of the link. Because of their professionalism, they can achieve the ultimate in efficiency in this process. ”

"And, they can, make it very large. If only a few products are produced, our current industrial system with simple links may be more flexible and faster, but if millions or tens of millions of products are produced, their industrial system with complex links will be more efficient. ”

Zhou Ziheng was puzzled, "What do they want so many products for?"

"Because the population at that time was several times that of now, the demand for various products was several times higher. At that time, most people lived in cities. Can you imagine that tens of millions of people live in a city?"

Zhou Ziheng gasped, "How much?!"

According to historical records, at the peak of the old era, there were several megacities with a population of more than 50 million. There are more than 10 million cities, there are also twenty or thirty, and there are countless cities with a population of more than one million. ”

Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but say: "However, according to the ancient capital and the ruins of the ancient Shanghai City, experts estimate that the population should only be 20 or 30 million, which is not as much as you said." ”

Yalan said: "Many of the remaining ruins of the city have been destroyed by the war, so it is difficult to restore the scene at its peak. And I'm talking about the heyday, around the 23rd century A.D., when human technology advanced by leaps and bounds, social stability and rapid development, and a large number of people concentrated in the cities to live. ”

"As for the subsequent depopulation, there are two reasons for this. One is that after the outbreak of war, many people left the cities to live in the countryside to escape the fighting. The other is the ravages of war, which has caused heavy casualties among city residents. ”

Zhou Ziheng nodded, "Hmm." So that's what happened. You move on to the industrial system. ”

Yalan continued: "In the old era of science and technology, the more sophisticated and complex the product, the more complex the industrial system needs to be supported, and the complex industrial system requires a lot of human resources. ”

"For example, the first industrial revolution in the old era replaced manual production with mechanization, and it would take at least 2 or 3 million laborers to make it happen. ”

"The second industrial revolution, which replaced mechanization with electrification, required at least tens of millions of laborers. ”

"In the third industrial revolution, which is dominated by automation, the demand for labor has increased to more than 50 million. ”

"In the fourth intelligent industrial revolution, the demand for labor has reached more than 300 million. These are all young and strong laborers, and then counting the elderly, children, and full-time housewives, etc., the population of the whole society will definitely more than double. ”

Zhou Ziheng said: "Oh. What is the relationship between this industrial system and spaceship engines?"

Yalan said: "This spaceship engine should have been designed at the end of the old era. Although at that time, because of the war, the scientific research and industrial system were hit hard, far less than in the heyday. ”

"However, as the culmination of human wisdom and the crystallization of the most advanced industrial technology, the industrial system required for the development and production of spaceship engines is still extremely complex, and the labor required is also very large. ”

"It's just that for various reasons, the spacecraft engine was not fully designed and produced. However, a preliminary design has been completed and a verification model has been manufactured. In terms of workload, it is equivalent to completing the most basic work in the early stage. ”

"Moreover, if the other party is a hidden force that has been inherited from the old era, it is very likely that they have a supercomputer that can still function normally. As long as the design data and the data of the verification model are input into the supercomputer, many verifications and experiments can be carried out on the supercomputer. ”

Yalan saw the confusion on Zhou Ziheng's face and explained: "The supercomputer is equivalent to a test field, and the data of the design data and the verification model are equivalent to seeds. If there are seeds, crops can grow in the fields, and if there are no seeds, there will be no crops. ”

"So, without this data and a validation model, they would have no supercomputer and no way to design a spacecraft engine. ”

Zhou Ziheng suddenly realized, "No wonder she is so happy, it turns out that she has found a seed." ”

Then, he suddenly thought of a very important question, "If she produces that kind of huge spaceship engine, will it threaten the safety of our Chu State?"

Yalan thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, "For the hidden forces, ruling the Chu State is not their pursuit. Especially those forces that have experienced the war of the old era are extremely afraid of war. ”

"Otherwise, after the enactment of the electricity ban bill, it will not be hidden. With their strength at the time, it would not be difficult to overthrow the regime and replace it. ”

Shen Shuming suddenly interjected and asked, "Why don't they do this?"

Arran smiled, "You haven't been to the secret realm, so you can't imagine life there. Let's put it this way, the secret realm is like the fairyland on earth, you can imagine, there are almost all of them. And, there's a lot more you can't imagine. ”

"For those who live in secret places, the outside world is no different from the barren wilderness. ”

Zhou Ziheng said: "What if the secret realm is compared to this shelter?"

Yalan thought for a moment and said, "This shelter, if it is fully operational, is also a small mountain village compared to the secret realm, and it is far from the Xijing City. ”

Shen Shuming was surprised, "Is there really such a big gap?"

Yalan was just about to speak, but Master Obscurity suddenly coughed heavily, and Yalan immediately shut up.

Zhou Ziheng looked at Master Haozhi, and with a look of "If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, I will make you look good".

Master Hao Zhi hurriedly showed a smile, "Your Excellency, in fact, for us cultivators, brocade clothes and jade food are just appetites, which are not only not beneficial but harmful to cultivation. ”

"What Arlan said is just a family's words, and it is a lot of exaggeration. What she meant by this was just to say that these hidden forces did not want to be born and had too much contact with the people. ”

Zhou Ziheng asked: "So, do you think that woman, if she can graduate from the production of spaceship engines, will it threaten the safety of the Chu State?"

Master Obscure shook his head and said, "The ship's engine is very sophisticated and complex, and it is mainly used to explore the outer world. Even if she can produce it, she will not use it to threaten the security of the Chu State. Because, it's simply not possible. ”

"Why do you think it's impossible?"

Master Obscure said: "Because, the number of these hidden forces is not large, and almost all of them are scientific research talents, so it is not easy to cultivate. I think if I change anyone, I will not be willing to send them to the battlefield as cannon fodder. ”

"Then they don't have combatants?"

Master Obscurity nodded and said, "Yes, but there are not many of them. In fact, most of the hidden forces, in terms of personnel, are not much more expensive. ”

Master Hao added: "If you want to shake the rule of a country, for example, Chu State, a large country with a population of hundreds of millions, without a population of several million, you can't do it at all. ”

"If a certain hidden force has the ability to control millions of people in its hands, on the one hand, it can't do it at all, and it is not known to the hidden world, on the other hand, it has such a force, it may have already made its banner clear to divide one side. ”

Zhou Ziheng nodded, "What the master said is very reasonable. Since that woman took away the verification model of the spaceship engine, and it would not threaten the rule of the Chu State, then I am relieved. Well, let's talk about how to distribute it. ”

The most valuable part of this shelter is the shelter itself. But because of the inconvenient transportation, its value is almost negligible.

The second most valuable thing is the machine tools and the supercomputers in the central control center. Supercomputers are generally difficult to move because they are too complex.

At present, even in the Purification Sect, no one can disassemble and assemble it intact, let alone Zhou Ziheng, who doesn't know anything about it.

Therefore, the focus of the distribution is concentrated on those machine tools.

The two sides communicated for a while, and basically agreed to the carve-up plan without much bargaining. The machine was divided in half, and the smashed octopus monsters were also divided equally, and the entire base was jointly owned by both parties, and Yalan reset a password that was approved by both parties.

Hearing the distribution between the two sides, Wang Xiaotian wondered, why didn't both sides plan to use this shelter as a long-term stronghold?