In the lake, Wen Ren drove the steamboat around and slowly returned to the dock, and he and the strong man were soaked with water vapor.

Gao Buer laughed and said: "This is all because of the lack of tightness, we are studying how to increase the airtightness, and when this problem is solved, the steam engine can be popularized, and at the same time there are more places available, not only boats, but also carts, ploughland, etc." ”

The crowd looked around the dock for a while, but they couldn't see why it was so without explanation or opening the cylindrical skin.

Gao Fuji waited until the crowd was happy, and then returned to the arena with everyone.

Gao Buer took advantage of the heated discussion in the crowd and said loudly: "It seems that everyone recognizes the research results of our Qingbei University." ”

Even Zhao Xinwu had to admit: "What I have seen in the past two days is all breathtaking, including the previous artificial breeding, artificial land raising, and now I have seen the steam engine you said. ”

"Zhao Fuzi is modest, traditional teaching helps the world and people's hearts, this we Qingbei College does not exclude, on the contrary, we also attach great importance to it, call it the first lesson in life, and it is also a compulsory course for our junior students. After all, the tree people should first correct their hearts, and then teach them survival skills, and those who are not right-hearted, mastering new learning is only afraid that it is not a blessing for the country but a disaster. ”

Zhao Xinwu bowed and said: "King Zhou's knowledge is superior, and the old man admires it. ”

Gao Fuji also returned a salute.

Zhu Tianluan said unhappily: "Although this steam engine can increase the speed a lot, but that's all, the ship can also do it with the help of sails or currents. ”

Without waiting for the height of the two to speak, Yan Gushi retorted: "The two are very different, with the help of sails and water potential, passive, but this steam engine can do whatever you want, go with the water faster, and the reverse trend will not be reduced much, and this can not only be used on the ship, but even on the car and farm tools, if once it is realized, then the ploughing cattle will only be reduced to meat." ”

Gao Buer stretched out his thumb towards Yan Gushi and praised: "The old master's vision is really lofty, yes, as you said, once our academy can solve the sealing problem, then the steam engine will show explosive promotion, and at that time, the steam engine will completely change the way people work." ”

Zhao Xinwu said: "I don't know if King Zhou has a blueprint in his heart?" ”

This Zhao Xinwu is also a good person, Gao Buer gave him a big praise in his heart, and the blueprint of the industrial era that he had been brewing for a long time in his heart can finally be made public.

Bowing to Zhao Xinwu, Gao Buer asked a few students to carry up the blueprint for the new industrialization he had prepared, and as the scroll unfolded, a new world was displayed in front of everyone.

From mechanized farming, mechanized transportation, semi-mechanized assembly line manufacturing, etc., of course, there are no more advanced things such as airplanes and submarines, flying in this era is definitely a taboo topic, and without that ability, Gao Fuji is not ready to say the plan to build an airplane brewing in his heart, lest it really become a heresy.

Yan Gushi pointed to the tractor pulling the plough in the plough and said, "What is this?" What is it that looks like a plow and not a plough in the back? ”

The old master is really still most concerned about eating, it seems that he has been hungry before. Gao Fuji explained: "These four wheels are the steam engine tractor, and the back is the plow, our grain yield is low, aside from the other is because the plough pulled by livestock is relatively shallow, and after replacing it with a machine, it can be ploughed deeper, which is more conducive to the deep roots of crops, so that the rhizome will grow stronger and more resistant to disasters." ”

I don't know if he understands it, but he only knows how to nod, Gao Buer can't say in detail, because the tractor is still not there, and the rubber tree is still growing in the primeval forests of the American continent, maybe the aborigines of the Americas are already cooking rubber, and the rubber can't come back, and the steam engine can't be upgraded, so Gao Buer feels that the voyage must be opened, and the industry has always been a link, and which one of the links has a problem, it will affect the optimization and progress of the entire system.

Zhao Xinwu pointed to something running on the ground on four wheels and asked, "What is this?" ”

"The steam wagon, similar to our horse-drawn carriage, but faster than the horse-drawn carriage." Some people are convinced by Gao Buer's words, such as the students of the academy, but some people scoff at it, such as Zhu Tianluan and others, anyway, they are not happy when Gao Fuji is in the limelight. This situation is also human nature, and you still expect him to give you the icing on the cake.

Yan Gushi pointed to the fusiform thing that seemed to run on the two sticks and asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is called a train, it needs to run on the rail, its advantage is that the speed is fast, the load is more, can run continuously for a long time, if I Datang run full of trains, then the high mountains and obstacles will turn into a flat river, regardless of the east, west, north and south of the communication time will be greatly reduced, can strengthen the connection between Chang'an and the locality, this is the country's important weapon, the boy is ready to seal the matter as soon as it is solved, the first to develop tractors and trains."

"So very good, the direction is also right, the country and the dynasty have two heavy weapons, one is the people, the other is the imperial power, the tractor is for the people, the train is for the country, the great good, you are still so young, and you have a more convenient identity, and you don't doubt that you will not succeed." Yan Gushi sincerely wishes.

Zhu Tianluan said: "Although what Old Master Yan said is not bad, if this kind of steel road is paved with the Tang Dynasty, even if there is not much iron, it will not be able to make so much in the poor search township, and in the end it will not be a dream." ”

"Haha! This is not to worry about Mr. Zhu, in fact, we do not lack these things, these things are buried in the ground, that is, the veins you are talking about, the boy is not talented, he knows a little about the tricks of prospecting, and then trade with foreign countries, it is more than enough for us to use it ourselves. ”

Yan Gushi glanced at Zhu Tianluan, then pulled Gao Buer to the next place, pointed to the standardized assembly line of later generations, and said, "What kind of workshop is this?" ”

"This is not a workshop, it is a mechanized factory, you see from casting, to handling, to transportation are completed with the help of machines, this kind of production line is called assembly line, at present, the shipyard of my college is this way of operation, the difference is that it is still the power of people and animals, you can go and see if you are interested."

Yan Gushi praised again and again, and asked with hope: "When will this kind of factory be seen?" ”

"Don't dare to hide from the master, maybe ten or twenty years, or maybe a hundred years may not be able to see, after all, we can't even start now, and now what we do is to solve the seal of the steam engine first, the steam engine is the source of mechanical power, once the steam engine has no bottleneck, maybe we will accelerate the process of the industrial age."

Hearing this, Yan Gushi was both happy and lost, happy that a new era was about to open, and what was lost was that this seemingly very close but distant era did not know if it would really appear in this land he loved deeply.

Although some people are happy and some are worried, but through this discussion, Gao Buer quickly spread the grand idea of bringing Datang into the industrial age to every corner of Datang in his mind, but the more magical things are passed on, it becomes a story, so if Gao Buer's great idea wants to become a reality, he can only rely on himself.