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Chapter 35 Xiaoxizhuang (2)

From the west gate of Shaonan City, it is only 10 miles to Xiaoxizhuang. Cheng Jinzhou's equestrian skills are not good enough, and he can't get rid of Meng Dameng Er by riding "Zhufeng". The steward can barely follow behind.

Zhufeng snorted angrily, as a Yadong horse, he was not used to running alongside bad horses
Cheng Jinzhou didn't spend much time in Xiaoxizhuang.

He showed little interest in running the industry, and even disdained to put a name on the rice mill. He just called a few carpenters to change the structure of the rice mill according to his own requirements—a normal rice mill, just It's like shrinking a waterwheel and stuffing it underwater, relying on the power of the water flow to turn the mill plate connected to it to hustle the rice.

It is conceivable that even if a propeller-type base is replaced, the efficiency of this kind of grinding plate will be greatly improved, and judging from the rugged pattern copied by Cheng Jinzhou, the water conservancy grinding plate is obviously more particular.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't bother to copy it, but while supervising the craftsmen, he casually said to the manager: "This is my new research, and it is one of the achievements of astrology. Let's try it these days."

"Yes." The steward was confused.

"You go and apply for several thousand dan of grain, and of course I'll pay for it. Let's try the rice milling here and see if there's anything that needs improvement." Cheng Jinzhou showed his tail.

The steward woke up from his confusion, cowardly wanted to object, looked down and saw Cheng Jinzhou's wide-open eyes, and swallowed the words all at once.

A few thousand shi of food is a big trouble, but he can understand that the reason why he was ordered to be a scapegoat is to take the blame. How can it be my turn.

Inadvertently nodded.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded with satisfaction and said in an imposing manner: "What's your name?"

"Chen Jie." This surname means that he is farther away from the Cheng family, and he is a concubine of several generations.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his chin to show that he knew, although he didn't have much experience before time travel, but after watching so many movies and TV shows, these nobles are better than anyone else. Nobles in this era don't have many opportunities to communicate with each other. .

The carpenters were banging away, and Cheng Jinzhou felt bored after reading it for a while. He simply took out the two books on the ring and started reading. To others, he looked like he was in a daze.

The craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Cheng family is naturally good. After changing the underwater turntable into a semi-curved structure, they began to call on the strong men to lift the roller plate onto the temporary wooden pulley block—this kind of primitive crane will surprise people at first. Liang, after watching it for a while, I realized that this is the case. The wisdom of the working people is also accumulated. A new thing that can be used can be made with a slap on the brain. That is a scientist who has slapped the brains of several generations. Word of mouth, hand-in-hand teaching, is a craftsman.

The village chief of Xiaoxizhuang became uneasy. This is a typical southern village. The village was built along the water. Waterways connected the main buildings in the village. There were paddy fields outside the village. The water flow behind the dam was gentle and used to irrigate the nearby small plains. .Unlike those manors that added fun to the nobles, this place was mainly about production.If the only rice mill within a radius of ten miles is damaged, the autumn harvest will be in big trouble.

The mill was smoothly placed in the center of the stone circle, and the water splashed from the base was also heavily pressed under the bamboo slices.

The craftsman standing at the door pulled up the wedge vigorously.

Slowly, slowly, the roller finally turned.

The village head immediately became happy, and hurriedly asked someone to throw a bag of old grains into it. When the white polished rice flowed out, the previous worries disappeared. Much sooner, sooner."

"Really? How much faster?"

"Twenty to thirty percent, two to thirty percent." The old village head trembled.

The people below say [-]% to [-]%, so that's [-]% at most.Cheng Jinzhou shrugged boringly, stretched his waist and said: "Even if there is a steam engine, the speed can be two or three times faster. The water speed here is too slow, that's all."

Building a dam and raising the water level requires a long construction period and a large investment. It is not a good choice when the traffic conditions have not improved significantly.

Even if Cheng Jinzhou was rich, he would not invest in such a bottomless pit.

Of course, his purpose was to find an excuse to buy rice and practice the knowledge obtained from the astral library. Whether it would pay off or not was a secondary matter.

Chen Jie was listening to Cheng Jinzhou's words, and his heart moved. Seeing that the master was about to get on his horse and leave, he suddenly made up his mind and said, "Third Brother, do I know where there is a steam engine?"

"Oh? Have you ever heard of this?"

Chen Jie swallowed, knelt on the ground and said, "Please allow the villain to speak alone."

Cheng Jinzhou nodded slightly. He was a little curious about the so-called steam engine, but he was not surprised at all.

Perhaps due to the powerful power of the astrologists, the current Great Xia Dynasty is more open in terms of science than any other dynasty in Chinese history. In addition, its territory is not as large as that of ancient China, and the divided kingdoms , On the contrary, they actively communicate with other countries. In this case, since they have mathematics at the level of the 17th century, there is nothing special about having 17th century mechanics.

The craftsmen quickly backed away, only Meng Da stayed where he was, staring at Chen Jie with half-closed eyes.

The latter did not bother, kowtowed and said: "I saw this villain in the church. The villain has lost his mind. Please save me, Third Brother."

Cheng Jinzhou didn't realize it all at once. He didn't understand until he confirmed Chen Jie's serious face, and said, "You joined the Holy Church, but you didn't pass through the clan?"

"Yes." Chen Jie's voice was weak.

The Great Xia Dynasty has always been wary of the holy church, so although the public is allowed to join, there are various restrictions.

However, because of the restrictions, the competition after entering the temple is smaller and the benefits gained are more. People below the nobles sharpen their heads and want to get in. Some of them have too round heads and have to join secretly. People don't raise officials and don't investigate things.

At this moment, Chen Jie is the one who has been promoted. Facing the Cheng family's direct grandson may be his last chance.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care much about etiquette and sacred teachings, and said relaxedly: "Tell me, what kind of steam engine is that?"

"The little one has only seen it a few times. It's in their inner hall. It's all made of steel. It's a little bigger than this rice mill..."

"Do you know how it works?" The hugeness of the early steam engine was inevitable, and Cheng Jinzhou didn't have much research on the shape, so it was useless to listen to it, but through the working principle, he could directly judge their development level, which was regarded as a compulsory course in theoretical physics. .

Chen Jie thought desperately, hesitatingly said: "They burn the steam first, and when the steam is full, they close the intake valve, then pour cold water on the outside of the container, then open the intake valve, and pump the water from the well..."

After listening halfway through, Jinzhou already understood, and said with a smile, "Are they pumping well water?"

"That's right, well water was pumped during the demonstration." Chen Jie didn't understand why.

Early steam engines were used to pump out stagnant water from coal mines. When they were first produced, no one knew that this was a revolution. The coal mine owners who were willing to spend money at that time wanted to use the excavated coal directly: "Lifting water with firepower", what Chen Jie described is basically the most primitive steam engine, because it does not have an independent water pump, but it is still a practical piece of equipment.

"When did they build this steam engine?" Cheng Jinzhou asked, rubbing his chin.

"It's been five years."

"What about the man who built the steam engine? From the Far West? How long has it been?"

Chen Jie felt his back was covered with sweat, he paused slightly and said, "I don't know which priest it is, but it should be someone from the far west."

Cheng Jinzhou counted the time with his fingers. Watt's invention of the steam engine, which the Chinese are familiar with, was actually Watt's improvement of the steam engine.Not counting the prototypes from the 1st century AD, just the steam engine that can be used for production, it is already the third generation by Watt-Safley can only draw 6 meters of water, and the low efficiency of Komen.The value of Watt lies in the fact that his improved steam engine can really be applied to all walks of life, instead of only being used in coal mines to boil water and absorb water with cheap coal.

The steam engine Chen Jie mentioned was basically Savery level.It took 66 years to get from his "Miner's Friend" to the Watt steam engine, but only 7 years to get to Nekomen.

In this way, even if the priest stands at the forefront of the extreme west technology, spends two years in Daxia, and then immediately manufactures steam engines, the countries in the extreme west should have twisted Komen-style steam engines.

"Time..." Cheng Jinzhou sighed secretly, and said to himself, "I'm just a dude."

Chen Jie immediately lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

Cheng Jinzhou smiled with emotion and said, "Arrange for me to meet that priest someday."

Cheng Jinzhou didn't say a word about the legal issues that Chen Jie was concerned about.If it's just an ordinary steward who did something wrong, then there's no need to say anything for him.

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