The Industrial Revolution pursued a great improvement in productivity, but what exactly is productivity? After all, it is a power, and where does power come from?
In the final analysis, there is still one key element, and that is energy!
The ability of humans to walk, run, jump, and fight depends on muscle energy. Where does muscle energy come from? It relies on the slow oxidation of carbohydrates in the body. To put it bluntly, it is burned.
Carbohydrates are actually the basic energy source of the human machine!
Before the industrial revolution, the only source of energy was solar energy! The sun nourishes plants through photosynthesis, and plants nourish animals. Human beings rely on the energy of animals and plants to maintain life.
The sources of energy such as firewood, water flow, wind power, etc. required by primitive handicrafts also come directly or indirectly from the sun!
The energy of the sun is very fair. No one can grab more or less of the sun. You have to endure floods, droughts and natural disasters. The most important feature of the farming economy is to depend on the weather to make ends meet!
But in such days, human beings are no longer satisfied, and smart pioneers began to explore how to use new energy sources!
At this time, coal, the most important energy source in the first industrial revolution, appeared in the eyes of mankind!
This is the first time that humans have begun to utilize unexpected energy from the sun on a large scale. Although the history of coal mining is almost as long as human history, it has never become the mainstay of energy for humans as it is today!
Britain's strong productivity, so many machines are in operation, and so many cotton textiles and machine products are produced, the final source of power comes from coal!
What a strong contrast this is. While other nations are still living a life of watching the sky and waiting for the energy from the sun, the British have begun to use coal energy on a large scale to drive the economic engine!
In a sense, isn't this a plug-in for Xiao Letian to play games in later generations? While all players were operating according to the original rules of the game, a certain player quietly developed his own cheat.
His mining profits will be doubled, his farming will be several times faster, his troop march will be ten times that of yours, and his material production efficiency will be exaggerated and unimaginable!
Is it torture to meet such players?
The first countries to jump on the train of the industrial revolution, such as the United Kingdom and France, were actually the first gamers to play cheats. Unfortunately, it is useless for other nations to complain to customer service.
Because there is no customer service to maintain the fairness of the game!
If one or two players use plug-ins, it will inevitably lead to more players also using plug-ins. The technology of the Industrial Revolution began to spread widely in Europe.
But the funny thing is that in this era, there are still many players like the Qing Dynasty who stubbornly insist on playing the old version of the game and refuse to accept the bonus effects of the plug-in system.
They even scolded those countries that use plug-ins as being morally bankrupt! It’s really disappointing!
Once you understand the rules, you will naturally be able to clearly see the development of the future era. The coal energy plug-in is now used by countless countries.
Since most players use the plug-in system, it has become one of the rules of the entire game!
At this time, if powerful countries want to continue to excel, they can only research new plug-in systems. What is the next energy breakthrough besides coal energy?
Xiao Letian knew very well that it was oil, but at this moment, people all over the world were still trying to figure it out!
Of course, some scientists have determined that oil is the next energy plug-in, but this awareness has not yet reached a consensus in 1871.
Politicians and businessmen are still waiting and watching. They are not willing to invest too much capital in gambling. What if they lose the bet?
They are not willing to gamble, and the Chinese will gamble... Xiao Letian is not only investing in oil purification technology, but also investing heavily in basic subjects such as machinery manufacturing and geology.
In the future, the Chinese petroleum refining technology must be number one in the world, and the oil extraction technology must also be number one. Even the equipment for using petroleum products, including internal combustion engines, must be number one in the world.
In the second industrial revolution, as long as you grasp the petroleum technology, you will be able to ride the wave!
Of course, Xiao Letian would not say these words explicitly, but he was still willing to share regular things with his friends!
The bearded man and the second fiddler were completely excited. Xiao Letian's theory was actually one or two points apart, which was not unusual, but when combined into a system, it was ahead of countless scholars. .
Knowledge is like this. It is usually scattered on the ground like pearls. You know every one of them, and you can talk about each one when you pick it up.
But what's the use of just talking? You have to do it yourself and string it together to turn it into a gorgeous necklace. This is your real skill!
Xiao Letian worked backwards from the Paris Commune movement to the success or failure of the proletarian labor movement, and even to how to establish a proletarian political power.
Then he continued to deduce, and even analyzed the differences between Eastern and Western civilizations, until finally he began to deduce the important role of science and technology, which is the node theory.
This was not enough. Xiao Letian could continue to deduce it and got to the core of all the problems, which was energy!
It suddenly dawned on me! Big Beard and the second fiddler also understand these individual knowledge points, but they have never been organized into a system.
Maybe one day in the future they can be connected to form a huge system, but not now, now it is Xiao Letian who is ahead of them!
The work is quite beautiful and very good!
"Energy! It turns out that the core devil is him, energy! After analyzing the problem layer by layer, the key is still hidden in the end!"
"So, whoever can master new energy in the future world will be the master of the world?"
"It's not that simple. This is a quite huge system. New energy technologies must also be supplemented by supporting technologies..."
"I'm afraid it will take dozens of industries and hundreds or even thousands of overall technological breakthroughs to form a powerful productivity!"
"What on earth is it? What on earth is it..."
Seeing the two historical figures arguing with each other like lunatics, Xiao Letian's thoughts gradually flew to his past life.
"What is the new energy breakthrough for petroleum energy civilization? Nuclear energy? What technology will be used as a breakthrough? Fission or fusion?"
"Which country can be at the forefront? Is it China? But one thing is certain. Such a breakthrough in energy technology must be a huge project..."
"Can the nationwide model be successful? Will my relatives in the parallel universe of my previous life be successful in the end?"
Xiao Letian suddenly felt a strong sense of homesickness. He missed his home, his parents and relatives, and his childhood friends!
In this lifetime, Xiao Letian secretly asked the CIA to investigate his ancestral home to find the ancestors in his memory.
It's a pity that the grandmother's paradox did not appear. In this world, all traces of Xiao Letian's ancestors have disappeared, and even the village where his ancestral home is has never appeared!
"They can definitely do it! The national destiny has been in the doldrums for hundreds of years, no matter what, it's time for us Chinese to make a comeback!"
"The tide is turning, and I don't believe it will ever turn to my Chinese side again!"
