"In "Records of the Grand Historian", it was described in this way when Emperor Gaozu of Han was born: Before Liu Dao had a rest in the pond of the Great Lakes and dreamed of meeting the gods. At that time, the lightning was dark, and Taigong looked at him, and saw a dragon on it. After that, he had a body, and then gave birth to Emperor Gaozu. There were always some earth-shaking scenes that happened to this great figure.

Our steam engine is definitely a heavyweight product for Datang. If its appearance is not an exaggeration, how can it be worthy of its identity?

Lao Liu, do you have any misunderstandings about the steam engine? I think it sounds like a loud bell, and what does it mean to 'you made such a big noise'."

Although Liu Jie was the head of Guanshishan Academy, many of the teachers in the academy were not afraid of him.

The main reason is that he has no background and is leaning on the thigh of Xu Jingzong.

A person like Li Yan is not afraid of him.

Of course, this also has something to do with Li Kuan's hope to give the teachers of Guanshishan Academy a relatively relaxed research atmosphere.

Otherwise, Li Kuan could not cure a mere Li Yan?

Even if his father Li Chunfeng takes action, Li Kuan is not afraid.

"Li Langjun, how about the next time your Steam Engine Research Institute is going to do this kind of experiment, can you choose a person with fewer people? I can naturally understand what you said, but I don't know whether the people in Chang'an City can understand it.

I don't think you want to see any unnecessary troubles from the steam engine to our academy, right?"

Liu Jie felt a little miserable!

For the entire Guanshishan Academy, Sun Simiao and Lin Ran, he could not afford to offend people. Except for the leaders of various research institutes who took him seriously when applying for funds, they were "Old Liu" in other occasions. "Old Liu" called out, and did not regard him as his leader at all.

"Don't worry, if you do another experiment next time, it will definitely bring you surprises. Last time when the King of Chu came down to give a speech, I said something, 'Today you are proud of watching Shishan Academy, and tomorrow you are proud of watching Shishan Academy's name'. I believe that one day, Guanshishan Academy will definitely be proud of the steam engine, and even Guanshishan Academy will be famous for its steam engine forever."

Li Yan patted his chest, revealing his snow-white teeth, and said firmly.

However, I don’t know how many times Li Yan said this.

Liu Jie heard similar bold words from different teachers every day, and his immunity had long been extremely strong.

If it is not stronger, no matter how much scientific research funding the academy is, it will not be able to withstand the big mouths of everyone.

"There is no need to wait until one day, and the news about your steam engine will definitely be reported in various newspapers tomorrow. At that time, we will watch Shishan Academy and will definitely become a joke after dinner because of your steam engine."

...

In Weishui Academy, Changsun Chong and Zheng Hai inspected the latest hydraulic textile machine designed by the Gewu Academy, and were in a good mood.

Whether it is the Zheng family or the Changsun family, they have planted a large amount of cotton in northern Shuozhou, and they all have their own cotton workshops.

How did Taiyuan Wang's cotton cloth reduce the cost? This secret did not last long before it spread among the nobles.

You don’t need specific drawings or samples of the textile machines in Wang’s Taiyuan. You only need to know which textile machines use waterwheels as power, which is enough.

The equipment and structures of these days are generally not complicated. As long as you know the major research direction, the people from the Weishui Academy of Geophysics will soon come up with results.

"The water wheel designed by Lang Jun and Yuwen Teacher Yu is very clever. Look here, this wrench can flexibly connect the textile machine and the water wheel, and can also be cut off according to the situation. In addition, after installing an additional bearing, the rotation becomes more flexible and the speed is much faster."

Changsun Ming is a child of the Changsun family who was arranged by Changsun Chong to study at the Weishui Academy of Geophysics. Now he has achieved some success and has become an important assistant to Yu Wenshan, the dean of the Institute of Geophysics.

Today, Changsun Chong and Zheng Hai came to inspect. Yuwen Shan was a pure craftsman and didn't like these welcoming and seeing offs, so the explanation naturally fell on Changsun Ming.

"If the workshop is replaced with this kind of textile machine, can the production efficiency be greatly improved?"

Changsun Chong didn't care about the structure of the device, he just wanted the result.

In fact, many leaders do not care much about the details of their subordinates’ reports, they only care about the results.

"It can double the textile speed. The most important thing is that after using a hydraulic textile machine, the quality of the cotton cloth will become very stable. There is no need to worry about the changes in the operation methods after the helper makes mistakes inadvertently or overwork. I also asked someone from the School of Calculation to calculate it together. Using the hydraulic textile machine we made, the cost of a foot of cotton cloth can be reduced to about four cents."

"Four cents? The price of Wang's cotton is only four cents. This means that our cost is still higher than theirs?"

Changsun Chong looked at Changsun Ming with some dissatisfaction.

"Brother Changsun, four cents are considered good. Now after the cotton cloth is made, we use a sewing machine to make it into ready-made clothes. The cost is four cents or three and a half cents, and the impact is not very big."

Zheng Hai said something to Changsun Ming on the side.

"It's really good to be able to produce this result in such a short time. Since this hydraulic textile machine has been developed, let's arrange a workshop to produce as soon as possible."

Changsun Chong felt for the first time how wise it was to set up the Gewu Academy at Weishui Academy.

This is already the first equipment that Yuwen Shan led the students of the Gewu Academy to study.

The iron smelting workshop of the Changsun family relied on continuous improvement of equipment to survive under the suppression of the Chu Prince's Mansion, otherwise it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

So after Zheng Hai lowered him the steps, he followed.

"I heard that a big joke happened at Guanshishan Academy this morning. Many people thought that a monster appeared."

After talking about the main business, Zheng Hai started chatting with Changsun Chong.

Although Chang'an City is large, the circulation of news is actually very fast.

Especially for aristocratic families like the Zheng family, they can quickly learn the news once there is any disturbance in Chang'an City.

"You are talking about the steam engine produced by the Steam Engine Research Institute? It is said that it has spent tens of thousands of chunks of money on Guanshishan Academy, but it has created a bunch of useless iron lumps. This is something that the Academy of Arts in various academies is taking it as a warning."

Changsun Chong talked about this with Zheng Hai, and indeed a smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, the steam engine spent a lot of money, but it turned out to create such a scary thing. I heard that many tourists were watching the flowers in the plum garden of the Shishan Academy yesterday, and some people were directly scared to pee."

Everyone has a gossip, but the content of gossip is different.

"The loud roar and thick black smoke have emanated. No one has seen such a monster before. It is normal to be scared. I heard that the person who presided over this steam engine research institute is the son of Li Chunfeng, the Taishi Bureau. Li Chunfeng is deeply trusted by His Majesty and is a Taoist priest in Chang'an City. Unexpectedly, he gave birth to such a son. I guess he would be furious."

"This is not the most important thing. I heard that Guanshishan Academy is still preparing to allocate funds to the Steam Engine Research Institute to make the so-called better steam engine. Li Kuan chose Liu Jie to be responsible for Guanshishan Academy, obviously because he thought there was too much money in his warehouse."

Changsun Chong was very concerned about Guanshishan Academy and the Chu King's Mansion.

Naturally, I also learned about the steam engine that made such a big noise yesterday.

"Who knows, maybe that King of Chu thinks that spending some money to get a fresh machine is just for fun."

"This is not a simple question of spending some money, do you know? Yesterday the steam engine moved a few steps by itself. If the steam engine moves, such a heavy thing will definitely not work if it is pressed directly on the ground. So the Steam Engine Research Institute has laid a section of rails worth hundreds of meters at Guanshishan Academy. It can be said that it is paving a road worth hundreds of meters with fine steel."

Changsun’s family, which owns an iron smelting workshop, knows the price of steel best.

Although the price of stainless steel in Datang has been cut a few times after several years of development, it is far from the point where it can be used to pave the road.

Paving cement roads was already a very luxurious thing for the Tang Dynasty.

Paving the road with stainless steel...

As long as he thought about it, Changsun Chong couldn't help but shivered.

"Ah? Do this steam engine have to be on the rails to move? Then what are they doing for this thing? Not to mention the huge roar when moving, just laying the rails is an incredible thing."

"Not only that, such a huge steam engine, the thing I pulled yesterday was only a four-wheeled carriage, and the speed was slower than walking."

In Changsun Chong's eyes, even if the steam engine can pull more than a cart, the speed is as meaningless as a snail.

Yesterday, when I heard the steam engine overturning in the Shishan Academy, Changsun Chong went over and took a look.

Such a big iron lump requires at least tens of thousands of kilograms of steel. Not to mention the cost, just such heavy things rely on water vapor to drive them?

Thinking about it, Changsun Chong even laughed.

He has not seen any discussions related to steam engines in the journal Science, and he also knows a little bit about the so-called principle of the operation of steam engines.

But because he knew this principle, he felt how ridiculous the behavior of Guanshishan Academy Steam Engine Research Institute.

Is it more meaningful to have a pot lid for boiling water and a lump of iron worth tens of thousands of pounds, not to mention that I want to pull a bunch of goods later?

As a result, Guanshishan Academy really invested tens of thousands of ounces of money to Li Yan's Steam Engine Research Institute, fantasizing that it could make a steam engine.

It seems that Li Yan's level of fooling people is comparable to Li Chunfeng.

"Is it slower than pedestrians?" Will this turn a flip? This steam engine is too unreliable."

Sure enough, after hearing Changsun Chong's words, Zheng Hai was also shocked.

Originally, he only learned about what happened in Guanshishan Academy yesterday through hearing, and took it out and talked to Changsun Chong as a joke.

As a result, I got a melon from Changsun Chong.

"So, although our Weishui Academy also needs to innovate, we cannot innovate there. I heard that before, there were students who wanted to make a device that would allow people to fly in the air like birds. Isn't that funny?"

"Well, Brother Changsun, what you said makes sense. Actually, I think our academy should follow the trend of the times and immediately follow up and study a more advanced thing after other people's products are launched. This will not only avoid the huge risk of early investment, but also allow our results to continue to surpass others."

Zheng Hai obviously doesn't want to spend money that doesn't see the purpose, but wants to get a bargain and do development behind others' butts.

To put it bluntly, he just wanted various research institutes or other institutions of Guanshishan Academy to rush forward, and then after the results were produced, Weishui Academy could immediately follow the trend and improve.

This is the hydraulic textile machine in front of you.

It has been confirmed from various channels that Wang's cotton cloth is processed using a hydraulic textile machine. Weishui Academy immediately followed up on the research and achieved results in just one month.

Although this time, the Changsun family and the Zheng family lost a little opportunity, everyone did business and closed down after a month.

So they don't care much about the difference this month.

If you can win, why do you have to work so hard to rush ahead?

Just like going overseas for trade, whether it is going to Australia or going to America, I am wondering if I am going to march to the West.

Neither the Changsun family nor the Zheng family will rush to the front.

Because although you can enjoy the earliest fruits when you are rushing to the front, it is very likely that the fruits will be gone before they are picked.

On the contrary, after the route to Australia or America is successfully developed, they will follow up immediately.

Anyway, those places are so big that even if the people from the Chu Palace first occupied a piece of land, there is still a lot of land waiting for everyone to develop. There is no need to take that risk.

In fact, the technological development strategies of some countries in later generations were both innovative and follow-up styles.

For example, the United States prefers to play with new technologies and invests a lot of money in the development of new technologies so as to obtain super high profits in the early stage after successful technological development.

However, in Japan, they prefer to follow the trend.

When other countries develop this technology and they develop a similar set of things in the future, there is no need to worry that this development investment will be wasted.

Although it is difficult for them to eat their first bite of delicious cakes by following the trend, with their technical background, it is likely that they can surpass the United States in the later stage.

It's like some precision products.

Although Japan's technology is not as high as that of the United States, what others can do is cheaper than you and the quality is stable.

For Huaxia, there are two routes that are taking, and it depends on which field it is.
Chapter completed!