"Hey, it's moving!" many people watched the flywheel spin and sighed, obviously no one moved those things, but the wooden poles and wheels actually moved on their own.

As the water temperature began to approach the boiling point, the connecting rod and flywheel rotated faster and faster, and a puff of colored steam began to emerge from the cylinder's exhaust cylinder. The flywheel also began to roll the rope and lifted the bucket that had been placed in the pond, and when it reached a certain height, the students poured the water out and threw it into the pond, and the cycle continued.

"This thing actually moved on its own. "A lot of ministers came over and watched from the sidelines, and they thought it was funny.

After all, it doesn't require manpower, and it can move automatically, which is still a bit novel. But after the novelty of ten minutes passed, everyone lost interest.

"But what's the use of this?" someone began to wonder.

Tong Zhenye suddenly shouted: "It's been more than a month to make such a toy, although it seems quite novel, but if you want to lift water, let them carry it themselves much faster than this! Even the waterwheel you made before is more useful than this." ”

"That's what happened! It seems interesting, but it's not very useful. Everyone else also commented on it, and they were a little surprised that Ren Baqian had come up with such a thing, which didn't quite fit his identity.

You must know that what Ren Baqian made before was quite surprising, how did he come up with such a thing with such a big fanfare this time, and he also mobilized everyone to invite everyone to come and see.

"Old horseman, so you have a long beard and short knowledge, is this a toy thing?" Qin Chuan suddenly sneered. However, these words also ridiculed a group of people, and many of the adults present all looked at them angrily, knowing that there were many bald and bearded officials in the court.

"What do you understand again?" Tong Zhenye snorted coldly.

Qin Chuan had the attitude that as long as Tong Zhenye agreed, he must oppose it, and vice versa: "This toy is still quite interesting, the most important thing, well, the most important thing is that so many people make it together, these children used to drink and frolic, and now they can make such things, not bad, not bad!"

As soon as Qin Chuan finished saying this, Tong Zhenye almost burst out laughing.

Ren Baqian's face turned black directly, this old horseman might as well not speak.

Turning his head to look at the group of students, many of them had gloomy faces, obviously the words of the two old horsemen of Qinchuan Tong Zhenye had dealt a great blow to the students who had finally made the first steam engine in more than a month.

As for the others, most of them have similar thoughts to Qinchuan Tong Zhenye.

Originally, after these students entered the school, they said that Ren Baqian wanted to teach the truth of all things in the world, and everyone was looking forward to it.

But now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

Ren Baqian was unhappy when he saw everyone's reaction, and his mind turned slightly, and he also understood his mistake this time.

The role of the steam engine is very large, and the significance is also very important, but these people don't understand it at all. Without their own insight as posterity, how could they possibly understand what the steam engine represented?

"You've only seen that this thing can lift water, but it's just a prototype that has just been made. In fact, there are so many things that this thing can do, such as being able to drag a wagon without a horned ox. ”

"Isn't that still a toy? I have countless horned oxen, and I can use horned oxen to pull carts, why use this thing?" Tong Zhenye really didn't understand why Ren Baqian drilled this. You must know that the solar furnace he made before has played a big role and can directly smelt iron ore.

There is also well salt, which allows Dayao to produce some of the salt himself.

There are also those cement and red bricks, which also play a big role, and now the new steel-making furnaces outside the city are made of cement red bricks, which can also be used to build walls and build houses, which saves a lot of manpower compared to digging rocks before.

But now, he really can't see any effect on this thing.

Not only did he do, but others also took his word for it. Only the old fox Shi Qing was there, looking at Ren Baqian, showing an unfathomable and profound smile.

"The biggest role of the steam engine is not just limited to one place, but represents a new power source. It can replace the power source of human and animal power!

Whether it is smelting, mining, or pulling goods, it originally required a lot of manpower and animal power to be able to do it. The steam engine, on the other hand, can reduce manpower and material resources to a minimum, and increase the speed to a higher level. That's what the steam engine is all about.

For example, with a steam engine, a train can be developed, which can pull goods and people, and the speed is several times that of horned oxen, and the load is not comparable to that of horned oxen, and one can be compared to the goods that hundreds or thousands of horned oxen can pull.

How much manpower does it take to pull hundreds or thousands of horned oxen to pull goods? How much does it cost to travel during the trip? How long does it take to get from here to the Northeast Metropolitan Protectorate?

As long as the steam engine is improved and a train is made, it can travel around the clock, and it used to take half a month to arrive, but now it only takes three days to arrive. What kind of advantage is it if you mobilize grain, grass and troops in wartime?" Ren Baqian said with a dark face.

I was despised by this old man.

He was despised by a group of primitive people.

I can't bear it!

"Do you want to say that?" said Tong Zhenye with some suspicion.

Ren Baqian bared his teeth and wanted to give this old man a kick: "Have I told a lie before?"

"I often tell lies!" Tong Zhenye said without thinking.

"When did I tell a lie? What are the other things about the solar stove that didn't have the effect I said?" Ren Baqian's eyes widened, he really wanted to kick Tong Zhenye's crotch now.

Old horseman, you call this slander, do you know?

"Last time you said that you invited the old man to Yanyun Tower!" Tong Zhenye touched his beard, and he looked like you were lying to the old man.

The empress's face flashed with a flash of blue, and she shot him out with one kick, and looked at Ren Baqian with an unkind gaze.

Qin Chuan grinned loudly on the side, and he was happy to see that the old horseman was unlucky.

"I really don't like to go to the Qinglou, he has to pull me there, I have to perfunctory him, this is called a white lie. "Ren Baqian's face is also very aggrieved.

The empress glared at him twice before she said, "When will what you said come true?" ”

She has some understanding of the train that Ren Baqian said, but others can't imagine it at all, and only by making it for everyone to see can everyone change their minds.

"If you can make a small steam train in a month or two, you can make a real train when you can scale it up when you succeed. Ren Baqian thought for a while and said, it is not difficult to make a small steam locomotive, as long as the steam engine is improved, and the flywheel driven by the connecting rod is replaced by a train wheel.

It's easy to do it yourself, but it takes some time for these students to do it. But this kind of thing has to be done by students so that they can grow.

So Ren Baqian's goal was to first change the steam engine into a small locomotive, as long as it could run, and then scale it up.

In this way, after the steam engine and locomotive are made, these students will also have a considerable understanding of the steam engine and physics, and they will be able to learn or do anything much faster in the future.

"Then I'll wait to see you do what you say. The Empress nodded. Then he looked at the many students who looked a little gloomy: "Do it well, the future of Dayao depends on you." ”

As soon as the empress said this, many ministers were a little surprised, you must know that this is not a casual statement.

I didn't expect His Majesty to value these things so much, and even said something like "Da Yao's future depends on you".

In their hearts, it is still the talented children of each family who are the future of Dayao.

However, the empress's words made those students feel like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and it is estimated that they will not say a word if they go to the battlefield now.