Menes looked at the corner of the dug up city wall and sighed, what the hell is this? People come to dig the foot of the wall all day long, and they steal a few samples at the beginning, and now it has developed to the whole team at night to load it in a car?

The thief caught by the guards had already locked up the whole room, so he stole a little brick, and Menes couldn't bear to punish him heavily, and he had to eat while locked inside!

"I've let them all go, a bunch of guys who eat white food. Menes said angrily.

"There are some red bricks and cement piled up at the gate of the city every day, and the people who want them to get it themselves, each person can only take a handful of red bricks and cement every day, and send it for free, but if someone comes to dig the foot of the wall, I really want to release arrows, regardless of life and death, send a notice. Menes said to Butehamon.

"Also, you're too greedy, you sell the price of red bricks and cement to the price of grain, you black-hearted wealth!"

Bute Hamon squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "The money is not black, shiny, didn't I follow your tricks of selling glass? Sell the rich first, earn enough and then sink, this is a top-notch technical material, it is cheap and not profitable." ”

"Get out! This is different from glass, glass is a durable good, can be sold as a luxury product, red brick cement is a consumable, only by expanding the amount of use can really make money, who uses it if you sell it so expensive? Even if you are rich, you don't have to build a brick house, right? Gold looks good on the wall, you can scrape it off and use it when you are short of money, is the cement good-looking? Can you use it if you scrape it down?"

"If you calculate the cost carefully, we only take 30% of the profit, small profits but quick turnover, and expanding the scale of production is the key. Menes finished and left.

"Don't go, sir, what else is there to do?" asked Bhuthamun if the Holy City wanted the recipe for red brick cement?"

"Give him the material formula, the production process is simple, and let them study the rest by themselves. Menes said angrily.

"So do you want the cement red bricks that the Holy City wants?"

"Giv, give, give, give, all of you, a bunch of greedy fellows!" Menes really had no way to take the Holy City.

Menes didn't expect the Holy City to be so shameless, openly come to rob, the red brick cement doesn't give money, not to mention, but also the formula and production process, this is to rob Menes of money.

When Bute Hamon heard the request of the Holy City, he jumped up and down angrily, and resolutely refused to give it to him, and gave away the things he had worked out with great difficulty.

Jet's attitude is always low-key, get along in harmony, money is something outside the body, the Holy City should not be offended, Menes originally didn't want to give it, but it was really upset to be nagged by Jet, and he really didn't want to fall out with the Holy City.

Of course, the most important thing is that Menes actually takes into account that this production process is not complicated, and it is difficult for them to keep it strictly secret, and sooner or later they will leak it out, so it is better to take the initiative to hand it over themselves, and this kind of thing Menes idea is to popularize it as soon as possible, which is also considered a basic livelihood of the people, which is beneficial to the construction of the whole country.

Only by mobilizing the forces of the entire society can it be quickly popularized, so that once it is popularized, not only the defense of the Nine Gods Fortress can be upgraded, but the city defense construction of the entire kingdom can be quickly upgraded, and the role of the temple will naturally be reduced in the future.

Since the temple wants to give, this way is just to pour ecstasy soup into the temple, for the temple is just to drink to quench thirst, just go to him, he doesn't lack this money!

Now Menes' focus is entirely on the Ink Academy, which is the future of the country, and more than twenty students are also quite competitive, and it has not been long since they have learned the basic Arabic numerals and the four mixed operations, Merita's geometry ability is especially strong, and even surpasses that of Didia, and the two are now mixing together all day to learn bickering.

The temple of Gua attracted some believers, although these believers were not religious, and they simply wanted to mix tofu and eat before they pretended to join the Mohist church, and after receiving tofu with their front feet, they went into Jet's temple to pray and confess.

Gu A has completely learned the process and technology of making tofu, and under the guidance of Menes, he changed his tricks to make all kinds of soy products, and Menes also followed suit, the only dissatisfaction is that Gu A insists on selling at a low price and distributing it for free, in short, he does not plan to make money.

You don't plan to make money, someone wants to open a tofu shop to make money, several people are enthusiastic to help Gu A make tofu, patiently listen to Gu A's teachings, and endure not to eat meat, in fact, they want to steal the technology of tofu making.

But then again, Gu A still kept a hand, in addition to making tofu, he also began to study the production of soy milk, vermicelli and even soy sauce, in short, if you want to learn everything, then you must first learn the teachings.

It has been more than two years since Menes came into this world, and the entire state of Holy Cat and Ram has developed rapidly, the swamp farmland has brought a good harvest, the water-powered saw has promoted furniture production, the water-powered mill has liberated the housewives from the daily toil of cooking, the glass manufacturing has brought a lot of money to the territory, and the red brick cement is changing the face of the city.

Cavalry harnesses, camel breeding, scissors, carpentry saws, gears, auger pumps, and ploughs all spread rapidly throughout the kingdom.

However, Menes still felt that the speed was too slow, and his strength was too thin on his own, and Rasim's people did not find oil for Menes, and the technology of steel smelting had improved, but iron ore could not be found, and only a small amount of sulfur that Menes hoped for appeared in Jet's temple as medicine, and saltpeter did not know where to find it, and the locals did not know saltpeter at all, and they could not give it to Menes when they saw it.

At the end of the morning class, everyone disbanded and went about their work, leaving Merita still researching and studying.

"Merita, are you still studying?" Menis returned to the classroom after lunch.

"Oh, Greetings Menes, I'm still studying the cube formula you said this morning. Merita said.

"Haha...... So, tell me how the volume of this irregular house is calculated?" Menes asked casually.

"That's not simple, just split the cube and the cone, calculate and add it up separately, teacher, you underestimate me. Merita laughed.

"Haha, I'll just ask, good keep working hard!"

"Teacher, I've seen your hydro blowers and saws and wind mills, and I think they're good, but they're all very limited, and they can only be used in areas where there is a flow of water, which is not conducive to universal use. ”

"Oh, what do you think?" Menis was a little curious.

"Hydraulics are very easy to use, but not everywhere there are rivers, the wind is everywhere, but it is very difficult to control, sometimes there is wind and sometimes there is no wind, and the wind is too strong and not too small, I thought about it, it would be nice if I could combine water and wind. ”

"Water and wind combined?" Menis wondered.

"Yes, you see, that's it. Merita handed Menes a blueprint.

Menes took a casual look, oh my God! This woman's brain is spinning, this is a blueprint of a steam engine!

She actually thought of a steam engine?

"You see, water is easy to control and can be carried around, wind can be converted into energy you are talking about, if I convert water into wind power to drive machinery, water into wind can become water vapor as long as it is heated, water vapor drives the fan, and then through the gear and the crank linkage that you designed, the piston can drive the blower to operate, so that as long as you have fuel and a water pot, you can make a blower anywhere. Merita said smugly.

Menes was stunned in place, what a genius, the principle of the steam engine is actually very simple, Watt invented the steam engine in the eighteenth century, but in fact, the earliest record of the steam engine equipment was Egypt, Egypt in the Hellenistic era, when someone made a similar steam machine in Alexandria, but they used to open the door automatically, and it was not really used in industry, but it was just a magic trick.

It was truly shocking that this Merita had come up with a way to improve it after seeing Menes' hydraulic bellows and wind mills.

Menes patiently reviewed the drawings and said, "Well, your idea is very creative, and there are no major problems with the overall design, but there are a few aspects that need to be improved." ”

"Ah, you agree with my idea, this thing works?" said Merita excitedly.

"Well, you see, first of all, your boiler can't use a clay pot, after such a clay pot boils water, the steam released is no different from the wind blowing in your mouth, the force is too small to push the machine, you must let the water boil and release the sequel power in an instant, so as to produce a strong force. ”

Menes glanced at Merita, who was listening attentively, and continued, "So you have to choose to use a metal boiler, steel or at least a bronze boiler, and secondly, the whole boiler must be well sealed, otherwise it will be difficult for a leaking boiler to push the bellows to operate. ”

"A boiler with good sealing performance will also cause an explosion if the air pressure is too strong after long-term burning, so we must have a device that can monitor and measure the air pressure to avoid explosion. ”

"The gears, the cranks, and the pistons can't be made of wood, they can't withstand this kind of power, and your idea is very good, and if you can do it successfully, it will change the whole world, this thing is not just for pushing bellows, it can move the whole world. Menis exclaimed.

Menes said that he was a little excited, he had been busy with metallurgy before, and he hadn't thought about the steam engine, in Menes' concept, steel must be smelted before the steam engine could be made, in fact, this is a fixed inertial thinking, at present, there are metals in the kingdom, and it can be made and studied first, and once it succeeds, there will be enough steel in the future to be mass-produced, which is not a conflict.

"Merita, you can redraw the design according to my idea, and if we see that there is no problem, we will hand it over to the blacksmith workshop to make a prototype first, as long as the experiment is successful, we will be able to mass produce it in the future." ”

"Well, okay, you just said, this is called a steam engine? I think the name is very nice, it is a very accurate expression of the function of this machine, and you said that it is not only to push the bellows, but I also thought before that if this can be successful, can we use it to propel the ox cart?"

"Oxcart? hahaha...... It's not an ox cart, it's a train, and you're going to create an age of steam, an industrial revolution ahead of its time!"

Menes' recruitment order is really to find a treasure for herself!