"Fraud, Li Kuan will do his best to fool! What is the Empire of Sun Never Set? He knew that His Majesty must be very interested in this thing, so he moved closer to the concept of the Empire of Steam Engine in the past. In fact, if the Tang Dynasty wants to become the Empire of Sun Never Set, there is no problem without the steam engine."

Changsun Chong was very unhappy when he saw Li Kuan’s “Empire of Sun Not Setting” that caused such a big response.

It’s not because he doesn’t understand what “the Empire of the Sun does not set” means.

On the contrary, as soon as Li Kuan said this, Changsun Chong understood it.

It was because he understood that he was even more upset.

This is a naked flattery, and I want to coax Li Shimin to the sky.

No matter which emperor you are, you will be excited after hearing the concept of "the sun never sets in the empire".

This excitement is definitely not something that can be brought by those beautiful long legs in the harem.

"No matter whether the realization of the 'Empire of the Sun Never Set' has anything to do with the steam engine, now that Li Kuan has linked them together, they are related. It seems that the great development of the steam engine is inevitable.

Brother Changsun, I will arrange for someone to go to the Royal Patent Office of the Tang Dynasty to confirm it and see how many patents the Steam Engine Research Institute has applied for for the Steam Engine."

The conflict between the Zheng family in Xingyang and the Chu Prince's Mansion is not as deep as that of the Changsun family.

He had clearly seen the advancement of the use of the steam engine, so Zheng Hai naturally would not give up because of the struggle for intention.

"What? Do you want to enter the steam engine manufacturing industry?"

Changsun Chong looked at Zheng Hai in surprise.

"Yes, the steam engine is already unstoppable. Our Zheng family cannot fall behind. We must have our own steam engine. At that time, whether it is to provide steam engines for our shipbuilding workshops or sell them to other shipbuilding workshops, there are many choices."

After hearing Zheng Hai's words, Changsun Chong did not refute it, but remained silent.

...

"I just mentioned the two major uses of steam engines. Do you think the future of steam engines is very broad?"

Li Kuan was preparing to throw out all the uses of the steam engine at one time, so that the noble families in Chang'an City would completely attract interest.

The Tang Dynasty wanted to march towards the industrial revolution, and relying solely on the power of the Chu Palace was definitely not enough.

Instead of eating a small cake alone in the Chu Palace, it is better to make the cake bigger. Just eat half of it.

At that time, this half of the cake will be much more than the whole small cake.

Steam engines have a great historical effect, and this cannot be simply measured by money.

In later generations, the emergence of steam engines promoted the development of the machinery industry and even society.

It solved the most critical problems in the production of large machines, promoted unprecedented progress in transportation, and pushed personnel exchanges in human society to a new level.

Moreover, the thermodynamics and mechanisms established with the development of steam engines laid the foundation for the development of steam turbines and internal combustion engines.

These are of great significance to the future development of the Tang Dynasty.

"In fact, the use of steam engines is far more than these two types. For example, the workshops in the workshop city have many processes that can be realized using steam engines as power. For example, after pounding iron ingots, and after using steam engines, larger iron ingots can be processed at one time, and better quality parts can be forged.

For example, pounding pulp is absolutely countless times better than the current water truck, and it can even directly reduce the cost of papermaking by a lot.

For example, using a steam engine as the power of the stamping machine to solve the problem of power source during the processing of parts.

You're welcome to say that in the workshop city ten years later, there will be steam engines in every workshop, which will make the workshop more efficient, the production cost of the products lower, but the quality will be better."

Li Kuan's words completely pointed out the direction for the development of the steam engine.

There are so many occasions where steam engines can be used, and there are so many merchants in Chang'an City. They only need to choose one of the directions to develop to avoid the competition from the Steam Engine Research Institute.

After all, until now, the Steam Engine Institute has only taken the lead in the railway.

At worst, everyone will just give this market to steam engines for research.

"Once each workshop starts to use steam engines on a large scale, it means that the production efficiency increases exponentially, but the production cost continues to decline.

In this way, not only can the people buy products that they could not afford at a lower price, but the shopkeepers of the workshop can also make more money after the price is reduced.

You can even transport these products to overseas sales and compete with overseas workshops that do not use steam engines, so you can completely lift them up and beat them."

Not to mention anything else, Li Kuan is planning to promote the Tang Dynasty's cotton fabric to various overseas countries in the next few years, completely monopolizing the supply of cotton fabrics, so that all barbarians can contribute a penny to the development of the Tang Dynasty's textile industry.

In addition, with a steam engine, pressing sugar cane will become a very simple thing, and the processing cost of sugar will inevitably be further reduced.

By then, the sugar produced by the Tang Dynasty will become the best-selling world like silk and porcelain.

At that time, when overseas countries mention the Tang Dynasty, they will not only think of silk and porcelain.

They also think of cotton cloth, sugar, tea, mirrors, four-wheeled carriages, bicycles, and various products.

Countless gold and silver will flow to the Tang Dynasty with the outbound goods of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the word China will become true.

Chang'an City will become the most desirable existence of all barbarians.

Imagine the Chinese yearning for the United States in the 1980s.

At that time, other barbarians will only have an even greater yearning for the Tang Dynasty.

"After saying so much, everyone must be curious. When will this steam engine be produced on a large scale? Is it difficult to process and produce this steam engine? Is it only the Steam Engine Research Institute able to produce this steam engine?"

I drew three big cakes for everyone, and Li Kuan felt that it was almost the same.

Next, we must fool more talents and capital into the production and further research and development of steam engines.

Of course, Li Kuan is not that great either. He completely took out the things that the Steam Engine Research Institute had worked hard for many years and shared with everyone.

"Guanshishan Academy has issued a heavy reward to acquire all the rubber shipped from South America. Everyone, I don't know what rubber is and what its function is. You don't have to worry about it, just know that this rubber has this irreplaceable advantage in the production of sealing parts.

As long as this rubber is brought back to Chang'an City in large quantities, the conditions for mass production of steam engines will be ripe. As for whether it is difficult to produce it, it depends on your level.

As long as you pay the authorization fee of one gold coin, any workshop can obtain all the structural drawings of the steam engine from the Steam Engine Institute. As long as you pay a certain additional fee, the institute can also arrange personnel to guide you in the production and production of the steam engine."

Guanshishan Academy Steam Engine Research Institute has spent nearly one million chunks of money over the years.

For the sustainable development of the academy, we must naturally slowly recover this cost.

For some people, a steam engine and a gold coin are a lot.

But for the price of the steam engine, it is not much.

Li Kuan believes that there will definitely be some workshops in Chang'an City.

...

"Wuji, how much do you think Li Kuan's words are true or false?"

Gao Shilian reviewed Li Kuan's speech from beginning to end, and his face became serious.

Gao Shilian is naturally capable of being able to sit firmly in the position of Minister of Personnel.

Li Kuan introduced the situation of the steam engine in such a detailed detail and was even willing to authorize the technology to all workshops for production. The things behind this must not be ignored.

Although everyone still doesn't know how broad the future of the steam engine is, judging from Li Kuan's words, it is definitely full of imagination.

"Although I'm not very willing to believe it, what Li Kuan said is likely to be realized to a certain extent. I just don't know how long it will take to achieve it."

Changsun Wuji also had no smile on his face.

At this moment, he knew how big the gap between the Changsun family and the Chu Prince's Mansion was.

To be honest, if I had not had strong power in the court, I would not have the power to fight back at all with the means of facing the Chu Prince's Mansion.

The God of Wealth in the Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan is definitely worthy of his name.

The most important thing is that even though I was so rich, I just wanted to move to the Chu Palace as if I only liked the Chu Palace.

The richer the richer the more money the poor, the less money the less money.

"Hmph, since Li Kuan has released the steam engine technology so complacently, we don't have to be polite. Let's try to see if we can use the steam engine in the construction of iron tools."

Gao Shilian quickly locked in a direction for the development of the steam engine.

For him, studying steam locomotives is definitely not worth the effort.

Without enough railways, steam locomotives will not have a future at all.

However, building a railway is simply paving the way with money.

Gao Shilian did not believe that a large number of railways would appear in the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time.

"Well, I can only do this now. People from the King of Chu's Mansion cannot take the lead everywhere. In addition, since Guanshishan Academy has a Steam Engine Research Institute, Weishui Academy can also set up a Steam Engine Research Institute to allow them to develop more and better steam engines based on Li Yan."

Thinking that Guanshishan Academy had ruined nearly one million chunks of money, it was easily turned into a skill for everyone, Changsun Wuji's mood inexplicably improved a little.

Although each steam engine needs to pay a gold coin fee to the Steam Engine Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy, compared with the huge R&D costs of the steam engine, this gold coin is simply as if it costs no money.

...

"What I want to say today is mainly the above. At the end of the speech, I want to say one thing, that is, the Steam Engine Institute will conduct the second test of steam locomotives on the Academy's railway this afternoon. Everyone is welcome to watch it!

Finally, I will give you three opportunities to ask questions about the steam engine.”

There were a bunch of big bosses present at the court, and Li Kuan didn't think about making a long speech on stage.

"His Royal Highness of Chu, will Guanshishan Academy really build a railway from the workshop city to Mingdemen, Chang'an City?"

As soon as Li Kuan's words were finished, Zheng Hai stood up and raised his own questions.
To be continued...