Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1723, a new round of technology explosion

"Humph~"

On the spacious road in the new city of the southern district of the capital, with the roar of the car engine, two Mercedes-Benz cars were speeding rapidly on the road.

Liu Jin was driving a car and never dared to step on the accelerator. Although the road was wide and pedestrians walked on the sidewalks on both sides of the road, Liu Jin still didn't dare to drive too fast for fear of something happening.

Your own life is important, the key is not to bump into anyone or anything.

The running and flying Mercedes-Benz in front was relatively more reckless. It was fast, the engine roared, and black smoke billowed from behind.

Obviously, the engine technology is still not strong enough, or the current smelting technology is not good, the oil quality is poor, and the combustion is not sufficient, otherwise there should be no black smoke.

Of course, it's just the beginning now, and we can't ask too much. It's already pretty good that the car can start.

"Old Liu, hurry up."

Zhu Houzhao in front was shouting excitedly.

This year is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Originally, Liu Jin was at home with his mother, wife and children, but he was pulled out by Zhu Houzhao, and insisted on driving together in a competition.

In Zhu Houzhao's words, the only person in Beijing who can drive is Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, and everyone else is now a rookie who doesn't know what a car is.

Therefore, it is only interesting to drive with Liu Jin. As for the others, they are not Zhu Houzhao's opponents at all.

"Oh~"

Liu Jin let out an oh, and then slowly released the accelerator, but the speed became even slower.

Ma Dan, who dares to really compete with you, if something goes wrong, a hundred heads are not enough to cut off, it's almost enough.

Soon, the two cars arrived at Wangyuelou Restaurant in Xincheng, South District.

"It's not interesting, it's not interesting~"

"Old Liu, you are too good. If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't be looking for you. It's better to find those young masters in the capital to compete with."

Zhu Houzhao pouted.

"It's not me, it's Your Highness, you drive too well, how can I keep up."

Liu Jin said helplessly: "Let's go, go eat something. I heard that Wangyue Tower has researched a lot of new dishes. They are very good. Go and try them."

As soon as he entered the Wangyue Tower, Liu Jin discovered that the business of this Wangyue Tower was really good, and it was almost full.

You must know that Wangyuelou is the most expensive restaurant in the capital. If you come here to have a meal casually, dozens or hundreds of taels of silver are nothing, and thousands of taels of silver are also available.

There is no private room, and the two of them can only find a seat by the window to sit down, order new dishes from Wangyuelou, and have a pot of good tea, drink tea, and look at the bustling streets outside .

On the wide street, there are four-wheeled carriages marching at a rhythmic pace, groups of young people whizzing by on bicycles, and rickshaws pulling customers hard. Occasionally, you can see A car roared past, attracting the eyes of countless passers-by on both sides of the road.

Looking at the roads and the tall buildings on both sides of the street, people can't help but sigh.

It's a time of great change, too fast.

A few years before bicycles and rickshaws came out, automobiles have already appeared, and horse-drawn carriages have not been eliminated, and other new means of transportation have already appeared.

This is very similar to the big Shanghai I saw before crossing, but it seems that there is no electricity. If there is electricity, there is really no big difference.

"Old Liu~Old Liu."

Liu Jin was immersed in thinking, Zhu Houzhao saw Liu Jin staring out the window in a daze, so he also hurriedly shouted.

"Oh~"

Liu Jin came back to his senses.

"What are you thinking about?"

Zhu Houzhao asked curiously.

"I was thinking that the times are changing so fast."

Liu Jin replied with a smile.

"Yeah, it's true that the changes are fast and fast, and it makes people feel a little uncomfortable."

Zhu Houzhao also nodded with a sigh.

"I still remember that when I was young, there were no carriages. At that time, people with status would go out in sedan chairs. Now, there are carriages, bicycles, rickshaws, and cars. You can choose whatever you want."

"I still remember the capital city when I was a child. The roads were very narrow, and there were not as many people as there are now. Looking at the current roads and the tall buildings on both sides, the changes are really great."

"Yeah, the change is really too big."

Liu Jin drank a cup of tea lightly.

At this time, at the next few tables, someone was chatting about something while eating, which immediately attracted Liu Jin's attention.

"It is really difficult to set up a factory now. Originally, I wanted to continue to set up a textile factory in the Western Regions. Then you also know that there are a lot of cotton planted in the Western Regions and the quality is good. If you want to set up a textile factory there, you will definitely not be able to do so." It will be bad."

"Originally, I prepared this five hundred thousand silver to buy machinery and equipment."

"As a result, the Jingcheng Machinery Factory actually said that they have stopped producing mechanical equipment related to steam engines, and now they use a machine called an internal combustion engine to drive mechanical equipment."

"They said that this kind of internal combustion engine is more stable and efficient than a steam engine, and it burns gasoline or diesel, which is much more efficient than a steam engine."

"But the price is much higher than before. Now, I don't have enough silver."

"Then have you checked to see if this machine is really more efficient than before?"

"I went to see it. It is indeed faster and more efficient than the old-fashioned spinning machines and looms. They have made many improvements. The internal combustion engine, which is the machine now used in cars, is used It is indeed much more convenient than the previous steam engine, and the volume is much smaller.”

"But the price is expensive. Think about it, this car costs more than 6000 taels of silver. How cheap can this internal combustion engine drive the machine be?"

"That's true, that's true!"

"They are expensive, so we just don't buy them. The Jingcheng Machinery Factory is not the only factory that makes machinery. I heard that there are several factories that make steam engines and textile machinery here in Tianjin."

"I also know this, but I have always used the machinery and equipment of the Jingcheng Machinery Factory. Their quality is reliable. The machinery I bought a few years ago has not had any problems until now. The factory next to me bought Tianjin for cheap. The machines produced by the machinery factory here ended up breaking down within three or two days, but the impact was even greater and the loss was even greater.”

"That's right. I'm going to buy and sell cultivators and harvesters. Only the cultivators and harvesters from the Jingcheng Machinery Factory are of the best quality. Although they are expensive, they are the best sellers. The machines from other factories are the same as theirs. It's a little far behind."

"Also, I have also received a notice that the Jingcheng Machinery Factory has stopped producing steam engines, and will switch to producing internal combustion engines in the future."

"Internal combustion engines are used to drive harvesters and cultivators, and the price has risen a lot. I am also worried now. Harvesters and cultivators are already expensive. If the price rises again, it will be really difficult to sell. "

"This steam engine is working well, so why not produce it? I heard that this internal combustion engine still needs to burn gasoline, diesel, etc., and these oils are not easy to buy now."

"Yeah, that's what I told them about it, too."

"Do you know what they answered?"

"They say that the steam engine is a backward product, with limited power, too large a volume, and little development potential, but the internal combustion engine is different. Even though the internal combustion engine has just come out, it has strong power, and its size can be made smaller, with little development potential. It will definitely be the main technology in the future.”

"It is said that their Jingcheng Machinery Factory must maintain a leading edge in technology, so they must stop eliminating backward products and concentrate on researching new technologies and products."

"I really don't understand them. Even if the product is better, your price has come down."

"Yeah, I think so too. What's more, people still prefer steam engines now, because steam engines are more convenient. You can burn coal or firewood, as long as you boil the water. What kind of gasoline does this internal combustion engine burn? How inconvenient what."

"That's right, and the current price is too expensive. This car costs more than 6000 taels of silver. If you have this money, you might as well raise more horses."

"The prodigal son of my family just bought a car. It's expensive, but the speed is really fast. I went to Tianjin for an urgent matter two days ago, and I got there in 2 hours, and it was really comfortable to sit on."

"Is this car really easy to ride?"

"It's very comfortable to sit in. Even in this winter, it's not cold at all inside. It's very comfortable. The key is that the speed is fast enough and it's very convenient. You still have to go to the train station by train, but you can take a bus instead." convenient."

"In winter, it's not very convenient to take a carriage. It's so cold that horses don't want to go out."

"In that case, the family still needs to buy a spare car."

"Let's buy one, it's only a few thousand taels of silver, it's not a big deal."

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Liu Jin listened to their conversation silently.

Also began to think about it.

The steam engine represents the first industrial revolution, and the internal combustion engine represents the second industrial revolution. Once the internal combustion engine comes out, the wave of the second industrial revolution will soon be set off.

Compared with the steam engine, the role and use of the internal combustion engine are greater, and the output power of the internal combustion engine is greater and more stable. The key is that it can be large or small.

If it is made large, it can be used on large transport vehicles and ships, and to produce powerful ships, trucks, and trucks. If it is made smaller, it can be used to manufacture motorcycles and various small machinery.

It can be said that the effect is very large.

Automobiles, trucks, ships, motorcycles, excavators, forklifts, and other later machines and vehicles can all be manufactured with the help of internal combustion engines.

There are also various machine tools, equipment, and the like. It is much more convenient to rely on internal combustion engines to drive them than steam engines. The most important thing is power. The output power of internal combustion engines is far from that of steam engines.

Once all kinds of machinery are manufactured by relying on internal combustion engines, the second industrial revolution will develop rapidly.

After traveling, people no longer need to rely on horse-drawn carriages, but can take cars, buses, and even motorcycles. Cars cannot be afforded, but motorcycles can always be afforded.

Thinking of motorcycles, Liu Jin also silently wrote them down, and let Ren Siheng, Lu Qing, Duan Hai, and Huang Zhiyuan study and study them later.

Cars are really expensive!

Now selling for several thousand taels of silver, only the truly rich can afford it. For ordinary people, it is too far away.

Even if the price gradually drops in the future, in Liu Jin's view, it is estimated that in less than ten or twenty years, the price of this car will definitely not be reduced to below 1000 taels of silver.

So for ordinary people, bicycles and motorcycles are the best choices.

If it is possible to manufacture a motorcycle, and the price is tens of taels of silver, then it is completely acceptable. The speed of the motorcycle is fast enough, and the most important thing is that it is also very powerful, and can carry a load of several hundred catties.

It is still very laborious and inconvenient to push a bicycle uphill. It is okay in plain areas, but motorcycles are more convenient in mountainous areas.

There are more options for traveling, and if the internal combustion engine can be used to develop a lot of engineering equipment, such as bulldozers and excavators, then the infrastructure projects of Ming Dynasty can be greatly changed, and the efficiency will be higher and faster. Great manpower savings.

There are also various machines. If driven by an internal combustion engine, it is far more efficient than a steam engine, and some machines must be powered by a strong power.

Like ships, the speed of steam ships is still too slow, but if the internal combustion engine is used to drive, the speed of the ship can be greatly increased, and the efficiency is completely different, and the ship can also be bigger and bigger sooner, and gradually break away from the wood. The structure of the sailboat comes.

"However, in this second industrial revolution, the most important thing is electricity. Now that the technology of electricity has developed to a certain extent, the telegraph has come out, and I believe other technologies should come out soon."

"Once important inventions related to electricity are invented, such as motors, lighting, and talking, it will really be the second industrial revolution."

"It's just that the speed is really too fast."

"It's only been twenty-six years in Hongzhi."

Liu Jin was full of thoughts, and it was unbelievable to think about it. Daming's technological development speed is really too fast.

Although it is said that there is a plug-in of its own, but this speed is much faster than the historical technological development.

It has only been more than ten years, and now it has transitioned from steam engines to internal combustion engines, and the technology related to electricity is also being accumulated. It is estimated that once a breakthrough is made, it will develop rapidly.

"Is it because I have established a large number of new schools and popularized basic education?"

"It's just that the development is so rapid. Is this good or bad?"

Liu Jin frowned and thought.

PS: Today is just one chapter,~~~
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