Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Chapter 3386 Chapter 3388 [Civilization Retrograde]

 After Xiang Nan lit up the Forbidden City, he sent electricity to the factory.

 In the past, spinning machines, looms, etc. used in factories all used steam engines.

 One of the disadvantages of the steam engine is that its power is unstable. After all, it burns coal, boils water and then performs work, converting thermal energy into mechanical energy. If the coal filling speed does not keep up, there will be problems with the output of the steam engine.

Moreover, steam engines are noisy, highly polluting, have complex transmission devices, and are not very efficient in energy utilization.

In comparison, electric motors have stable power, low pollution, low noise, relatively simple transmission devices, and high energy utilization.

 Hence, after switching from steam engines to electric motors, not only the production environment has been improved, but most importantly, the production efficiency has been greatly improved. The advantages of electricity are immediately apparent.

 Subsequently, electromagnetism was added to the middle school physics textbooks written by Xiang Nan, and the university added the subject of electrical energy engineering, making people gradually aware of the nature of electricity and its benefits.

 In short, with the completion of the first power plant, electricity began to be gradually recognized by everyone.

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Following this, several hydropower stations began to be built in mountainous areas, and many state-owned factories began to build branches in deep mountains, just like the third-line construction back then.

 Building a factory in a remote mountain area is convenient for keeping secrets. For example, some companies that produce military products, such as bullets, artillery shells, machine guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., need to be kept strictly confidential. Production in deep mountains can avoid leakage of secrets to the greatest extent.

 After all, how can ordinary people appear in the deep mountains and forests, and the strangers who appear there must be either traitors or thieves.

 On the one hand, it saves energy. Gun production is inseparable from lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, grinders, boring machines, planers, punches and other processing machines, and these machines all require a large amount of energy to drive.

 In the past, it was mainly driven by steam engines, and even at the earliest, it required human power. After switching to electric, not only the power is higher and more stable, the key is to save more energy. In the past, dozens of tons of coal were burned a day. Now, after switching to hydroelectric power generation, this money can be saved completely.

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In September of the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, Concubine Zhu Ying accidentally contracted wind-cold and had a high fever that refused to go away.

At first, he received two injections of penicillin, and his condition had improved somewhat, but then his condition took a turn for the worse. He had a high fever for several days and even started talking nonsense.

Xiang Nan visited her twice and knew that she was on the verge of death. He quickly ordered Jing Xi to enter the palace and perform his last filial piety in front of her bed.

"E Niang, please open your eyes and look at the baby. The baby sees you coming." Jing Xi couldn't help but cry sadly when she saw E Niang on the bed.

Perhaps after hearing Jing Xi's words, Zhu Ying slowly opened his eyes and saw Jing Xi and Xiang Nan in front of him.

She opened her mouth with force and said in a hoarse voice, "Xi'er, E Niang is leaving. Your Majesty, take care of yourself, I will come to accompany you in the next life." After that, she closed her eyes forever.

"Eniang, Eniang, don't abandon the child, don't abandon the child~" Jingxi saw this, laid on her body and cried bitterly.

When Xiang Nan saw this, his eyes turned red and he shed tears.

 “It is hereby decreed that Concubine Zhe is conferred the title of Imperial Concubine Zhemin, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is ordered to carefully organize the funeral of the Imperial Concubine.” Xiang Nan then issued an order.

 Ruyi, Hailan, Wanyin, Luyun and others couldn't help but feel heartbroken when they heard the news.

Zhu Ying has always been kind to others, gentle and virtuous, and does not fight or fight, so she is very popular in the palace. Now that he has passed away, how can everyone not be sad?

 Therefore, people gathered in Anhua Hall to burn incense and mourn her. Xiang Nan also personally burned incense and paper for her, adding an extra layer of mourning and honor to her.   …

 In the thirty-eighth year, the Ganzhou Yellow River Bridge was officially completed.

 In this way, China has another railway leading to the Western Region.

This railway starts from Xinzheng, passes through Chang'an, Ganzhou, Wuwei, Dunhuang and ends at Yili. It connects Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang and many other provinces, and closely connects the hinterland of the Central Plains with the borders of the Western Regions. Together.

 In this way, it will also help the economic development of the hinterland of the Central Plains.

 Before this, although China-Turkmenistan’s foreign trade was developed, most of the benefits were in coastal areas.

For example, the port cities opened in Xiangnan, such as Jinmen, Qingzhou, Haizhou, Hujiang, Quanzhou, Yuezhou, etc. are all coastal cities.

 Because of the development of foreign trade business, these port cities developed rapidly. The economy is soaring, the population is growing, goods are gathering, and people are prosperous.

Inland areas like Shaanxi, Gansu, and Henan are not close to the sea and the transportation is not developed enough, so it is impossible to do foreign trade, so they are naturally poorer.

Now that the railways are connected, inland provinces such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Henan can also transport goods to all directions through railways, so economic development can naturally be accelerated.

Xiang Nan is also planning to build several more railways in Central China, such as from Hankou to Tianfu, from Zhengding to Taiyuan, from Chang'an to Hanzhong, from Linzhou to Hetao, and from Yongzhou to Dali...

Except for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which cannot be connected to trains due to insufficient technology, other provinces in Xiangnan are willing to build railways.

 Firstly, it facilitates the exchange of people, secondly, it facilitates the circulation of goods, and most importantly, it can also strengthen local control.

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 As for foreign countries, especially Europe, Xiang Nan took a completely different approach.

 In all regions of Europe, except for mines and factories that have been nationalized, private enterprises are not allowed to employ more than ten people, and violators will be banned and severely fined.

 Furthermore, more advanced production tools such as hydraulic machines and steam engines are not allowed to be used. To put it simply, it was to suppress the development of European productivity and keep them at the medieval level before the Industrial Revolution.

 As a result, their productivity will not be developed, and civilization and science and technology will not progress, but will continue to regress.

In fact, this is also true. Before Xiang Nan invaded Europe, their bourgeois revolution had already begun, and the democratic enlightenment movement was also in full swing.

For example, England had already carried out a bourgeois revolution in the seventeenth century, and issued the "Bill of Rights" to clearly restrict the royal power in the form of law. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was still in the Kangxi period.

 In the eighteenth century, Voltaire published the "Philosophical Correspondence", advocating that people are born free and equal, opposing autocracy, and calling for freedom;

Montesquieu published the book "The Spirit of the Laws" and issued a call to "put power in a cage"; Rousseau published "The Social Contract", emphasizing that everyone is born free and that the king's power is not granted by God but by the people. The legislative power should be vested in the people...

However, with the defeat of various European countries, a large number of progressive people were killed, exiled, and relocated, schools were disbanded, libraries were banned, private collections were burned, and a large number of people died abnormally... European civilization has inevitably emerged A huge setback.

 Coupled with Xiang Nan’s continuous immigration to Europe, the proportion of white people in the European population has now reached less than 50%. The total population of Central Plains people, Tianzhu people, Tianfang people, and African Americans already exceeds the number of white people.

As a result, Europe has become a big sauce jar. Even if some people still want to resist, they will not be able to make too big a storm.

 (End of this chapter)