However, thinking about this, Liu Yu suddenly thought about the mechanism skills that Tianshi Dao is good at, especially the powerful King Kong used by the opponent when he fought with Qinglong Xichao in the battle of Xi Ma. , when I first saw this thing, my reaction was that it was a large Gundam, and the black smoke coming out of it was just like the smoke when the steam engine was operating?
Liu Yu looked at Wang Miaoyin and said, "Miaoyin, do you still remember the powerful King Kong driven by Xi Chao when we fought on the horse stage?"
Wang Miaoyin nodded: "Why can't I remember this? I will remember it fresh in my next life. A lot of iron lumps fell from the sky and then merged into an armored monster covered in black smoke. I had a nightmare a few days ago. I still dreamed about it.”
At this point, Wang Miaoyin's eyes lit up: "Could it be that the armored monster you are talking about, the armored monster that uses the mechanism technique, is something that can be created in your world?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Our era, called the industrial era, was actually similar to the mechanical art of Tianshi Dao, except that it did not use wooden connecting rods, but made of iron and steel, so These Western barbarian powers plundered this kind of minerals all over the world. With steel mines, they could make many iron things, whether they were textile machines or agricultural tools that could plow the fields. Of course, there was no shortage of iron products. War machines used to kill people and fight wars can all be mass-produced."
Wang Miaoyin said thoughtfully: "I understand, it's like the wooden armor mechanism skills of Tianshi Dao. If it is used in waterwheels, mills, etc., it can withstand several or dozens of people. Even the working capacity of hundreds of people depends on men farming and women weaving. This production method for thousands of years is very inefficient. However, with the advancement of this technology, manpower can be liberated, even if you are the most If you like to fight wars and conquests, you must have talented people. If too many people go to serve as soldiers and the land is left uncultivated, there will be famine."
Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "What is my favorite war? It makes me seem like a warlike and bloodthirsty butcher. However, the efficiency of labor has improved, and it has indeed liberated a lot of people." The manpower can be engaged in other industries. The reason why the Western powers made the country strong is that they carried out the so-called industrial revolution. By depriving a large number of farmers of their land, they had no land to farm and could only enter the city to engage in industrial production and production. Produce more of these machines and free up more manpower."
Wang Miaoyin frowned slightly: "It sounds like it's a bit like the Qin Dynasty or the Shang Dynasty in the last three generations. It's also a bit like the barbarians on the grassland. They are warlike and unbridled, expanding everywhere and plundering the population. But they Not like what you said? Oh, the Western Yi powers, unlike these Western Yi powers, can produce their own products. Thinking about the hard days the people of the Qin Dynasty lived, it must be impossible for these people of theirs. Let’s live a happy life.”
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, the early industrial revolution and production were a labor of blood, sweat and tears. The earliest machines were underpowered and inefficient. They still required many workers to gather together and use industrial methods. Come and do it, it is indeed like the Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty, those craftsmen gathered together to polish various war tools, and even each arrowhead must be engraved with the name of the craftsman to prevent them from cutting corners."
Wang Miaoyin sighed: "It seems that in your world, such phenomena of slavery and bullying still exist in large numbers, but in ours they are allowed to engage in agricultural production, with men plowing and women weaving, with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky. But in ours In your world, they have to work hard to engage in handicrafts, polishing small pieces of iron, or mining and transporting them from deep mountains. In my understanding, this kind of mining and manual work can be It’s much harder than plowing the fields.”
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, most of these industrialized productions, especially in the earliest days, still relied on manpower. Few of the workers of these Western barbarian powers lived past the age of twenty, which can be described as miserable. Until later, technology After progressing to a certain level, their scientists, oh, that is, the great inventors like Lu Ban in our era, these people slowly developed various steam engines. With mechanical power, it is equivalent to the mechanism of iron tools. The transmission of various forces will slowly bring an end to this era of human creation."
Wang Miaoyin reacted immediately: "You said it, that powerful King Kong driven by Xi Chao, is it driven by mechanical power instead of human power?"
Liu Yu nodded: "It should be that the inside of the Powerful King Kong is not like ordinary machine magic, which is operated by dwarves, but there should be something similar to a steam engine that burns black demonic water, oh, In our era, this thing is called petroleum, which is the strongest driving force for industrial production. Its combustion can generate a large amount of heat, and then use scientific methods to convert the heat into force to drive the levers of various mechanisms and twist these The operation of things allows such a huge monster to act according to Xi Chao's wishes."
Wang Miaoyin's eyes widened. She never dreamed that there was such a magical and ingenious secret technique in the world. When she heard this, she suddenly clapped her jade palm: "What the hell, that powerful Vajra back then was an internal It burned, then produced a big explosion, and finally turned into a large piece of small scrap iron. Mu Zhi and I summoned many craftsmen to study its internal structure, but we were unable to do so because they were all broken into steel pieces the size of copper coins. Nothing can be seen. If we can keep a complete King Kong, research and imitate it, then our era can also enter the industrial revolution!"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "It's not that simple. Some things, especially in terms of technology, span thousands of years. It's not just as easy as a few parts to be improved. Just like the Industrial Revolution, from using manpower to polish parts to steam engines. It took more than two hundred years for the emergence of technology, and their scientists invented the classification of various technologies, collectively called science, which also includes many complex subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and astronomy. , apply what they have learned, and the joint efforts of these craftsmen and scientists of past generations have allowed technology to continuously accumulate and advance. And this is what needs to change in our era."
Wang Miaoyin curled up her lips: "I'm thinking about a question. Since no one in the industrial era you mentioned believed in the emperor or the divine right of kings, those who were enslaved and squeezed so cruelly would not survive more than two years as you said. I'm exhausted at ten, even if it's like this, why don't these people rise up to resist? Isn't there an organization like Tianshi Dao to incite them to rebel and cause rebellion?" (End of this chapter)
