Chapter 296 Industrial Age
Xia Wuji smiled and said: "Of course, I studied under the miraculous doctor Bian Que. But sir, you don't need to use women's prescriptions?"
Qin An said excitedly: "Of course I don't use it, but there are many women who need it, and there are a lot of them now.
Both men and women have many problems.
Lao Xia, do you know that if you take out these two prescriptions, you will definitely make a lot of money. Parents who want children all over the world will thank you. "
"But it's hard to find medicinal materials in this pharmacy." Xia Wuji said.
"If it's not easy to find, just grow it yourself." Qin An said.
"Grow your own medicinal materials?" Xia Wuqi was stunned when he heard this, "Can you win? Isn't this medicinal material naturally raised? Can humans grow it?"
Qin An smiled and said: "Of course, we in China are deeply ingrained in planting, so let alone planting medicinal materials in the soil, we can grow them even in water.
However, what is usually grown is not medicinal materials, but vegetables. "
"Can vegetables be grown in water?" Ying Zheng suddenly lost his composure.
Qin An nodded and said: "Yes, but this is not ordinary water, and I don't know how to do it, but I have seen it with my own eyes."
"How powerful the outside world is, it shows how backward our village is." Ying Zheng sighed.
"Father-in-law, don't be like this. These things can be bought with money." Qin An said, "As long as my father-in-law is willing to spend money, I will definitely help him buy a set of equipment so that the village can grow vegetables without water."
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "This matter is not urgent. You just talked about growing medicinal materials. Are you sure you can grow medicinal materials?"
"Of course." Qin An said, "Precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, and Ganoderma lucidum have all begun to be planted now."
"Sir, I know Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum, but I don't know what kind of medicinal material this ginseng is?" Xia Wuji asked.
"Ginseng is a precious medicinal material. I heard that a thousand-year-old ginseng can hang on the life of a person who is about to die and prevent him from dying for a moment." Qin An said, "Back then, Cixi cut off Concubine Li's hands and feet and put them in into a wine jar, and then hung his life with thousand-year-old ginseng."
"Cut off the hands and feet and put them in the wine jar. Oh my God, how could there be such torture in this world." Xia Wuji said.
"Everyone says that the laws of the Qin Dynasty are cruel, but I didn't expect the laws of other dynasties to be as cruel." Ying Zheng said.
Qin An shook his head and said: "This is not a law, but a criminal law. Generally speaking, it is difficult for ordinary people to accept such a criminal law.
The punishment of human pigs is basically a way to vent personal anger. After Liu Bang's death, Liu Bang's wife Lu Pheasant turned Liu Bang's beloved concubine Madam Qi into a human pig. Lu Pheasant was even more crazy and asked his son to see Mrs. Qi, a human pig, which caused Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty to become seriously ill. He died of illness two years later. "
"I didn't expect Lu Pheasant to be so ruthless. I'm afraid she already noticed the difference in Liu Bang as soon as she married Liu Bang.
If Lu Pheasant were a man, I'm afraid it was Lu Pheasant who destroyed Qin instead of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. "
"It's possible." Qin An said, "But it's also possible that she will die quickly, unless Lu Pheasant is very patient."
"Lu Pheasant was able to deal with Mrs. Qi after Liu Bang's death, which is enough to show that Lu Pheasant is an extremely tolerant person.
And she can see the difference in Liu Bang, and she has put her whole life on Liu Bang, which is enough to prove that this woman has the ability to understand people.
Liu Bang was just an uneducated person. Without Lu Pheasant, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to achieve great things. "
Qin An nodded and said: "What my father-in-law said makes sense. If Liu Bang didn't have Lu Pheasant, he might not be able to conquer the world.
By the way, father-in-law, in addition to asking me to give birth to a child as soon as possible, you should also ask me something. "
"That's right." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Let me ask you, what is the Industrial Age and what is the Age of Navigation?" 33
"Father-in-law, this is what you were asking about." Qin An said.
Seeing Qin An's reaction, Ying Zheng seemed to have asked the wrong question and said, "Otherwise, what did you think I would ask?"
Qin An immediately said: "Aren't Manman and I getting married? My father-in-law should know about my situation, such as my family, my hobbies, etc."
Ying Zheng looked confused. Do you need to ask? After you arrived in Da Qin, you cut off all contact with the past. All these questions are in vain.
Immediately, Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Manman and the others are marrying you, not a member of your family. Doesn't it matter whether you ask or not."
"What my father-in-law said is absolutely true. Please rest assured, father-in-law, I will definitely treat Manman and the others well," Qin An said.
Ying Zheng said: "I believe you, otherwise I would never let Manman marry you. Okay, stop talking nonsense, what is the industrial age and what is the navigation age."
"The industrial age refers to the development and utilization of energy resources. It is manifested in the establishment of modern schools and the rise of capitalist development, heavy industry, and the rise of chemical science.
Beginning in the 1860s, a series of important inventions appeared in Britain's emerging industry, the cotton textile industry. Machine production gradually replaced manual labor and later expanded to other industries. This was a major revolution in industry, science, technology, etc. The change was called the Industrial Revolution. The invention and application of a new power machine, the steam engine, brought mankind into the steam age.
Therefore, the industrial age can also be called the steam age. "Qin An's words were completely scripted, and he repeated the contents of the book.
Ying Zheng keenly found several key words in Qin An's words: mechanical production replaced manual labor, and steam engines.
"What is mechanical production and what is a steam engine?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Mechanical production is just like the hydraulic loom I invented. It is a type of mechanical production. As for the steam engine, it is something that uses the action of steam to make it run.
This thing is very simple, because this is what I studied professionally, and I have also made a steam engine myself. As long as I have the materials, I can make it.
The emergence of the steam engine freed up the labor force and dealt a huge blow to the handicraft industry. Many handicraft industries went bankrupt.
Similarly, many new factories have appeared, and the productivity of these factories is dozens or even a hundred times that of manual workshops.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the things produced by machines are the same regardless of size, pattern, color, and quality.
This also gave rise to new industries, technicians, maintenance workers, inventors, scientists, etc.
The emergence of the steam engine brought mankind a big step forward. In addition to commerce, agriculture and transportation also developed rapidly. "
"What do you mean?" Ying Zheng asked, "Tell me, what development has been achieved in agriculture and transportation?"
Qin An said: "With the steam engine, people invented the steam train, which can reach a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour.
According to the village's calculation, the speed in half an hour is 80 miles. "
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