In the following time, Zhang Yuan went bankrupt completely. There was no noble. He could afford the two failed ocean voyages and became a down-and-out nobleman in the conversation after dinner. However, he quickly recovered and began to slowly develop technology and create some small inventions.

My sister is indeed a real sister. She is willing to fund Zhang Yuan's daily life. It is indeed wise to divide the property at that time. For Anna, as long as her brother settles down, everything else is nothing.

For Zhang Yuan's intelligence, a little invention can make life better. For example, air conditioners, the invention principle of air conditioners is not complicated. The low-pressure steam of the refrigerant in the refrigeration system is sucked in by the compressor and compressed into high-pressure steam and then discharged to the condenser. Simply put, indoor air can do work to the outside.

Next is electricity, which, as a secondary energy source, is far more applicable than steam.

People in this era were too poor, and it was almost impossible to popularize electricity on a large scale. However, among the wealthy and noble groups, it was possible to use electricity.

And of course, these nobles are the ones with the most consumption motivation. Doing civilian business is far less than doing aristocratic business. The key is that they have to be worthy of it!

Soon, air conditioners became popular again, and a large group of business people came to the door.

This is the case with capitalists. When you are in a downturn, they will take advantage of the situation and wish to bite an extra piece of meat. When you show great value, they will wish to hold this thick thigh tightly.

Zhang Yuan has long been accustomed to this...

In addition to technology, his attention is still focused on the New World. Yes, without the New World, humans will still be ruined. Such a small living place as big as a palm, no matter how jumping around, it is impossible to make a fortune.

New World, New World must be.

Now that the North and South Poles have been explored, there is still a larger unknown area waiting for him.

That is - the back of the planet!

A more distant trip.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan let out a sigh of relief and began to sort out the data collected during the previous two voyages.

The original method of finding a needle in a haystack is not advisable, and the success rate is terrible. In this era, satellites cannot be launched. Without computers, rare earths, and chips, even if it takes a lifetime to launch satellites, it is impossible to launch satellites. So it must adopt another method...

On the one hand, we need to improve technology and build more rapid ships. On the other hand, we need to use a more scientific way to predict whether there is a continent on the back of the planet.

The first two extremely long-distance voyages made him exhausted. After all, Zhang Yuan was a flesh-and-blooded body, and the ship was just a ship, and he would feel tired if he stayed there for a long time. He had to rest for a while, maintain his energy and make complete preparations.

In this way, twelve years passed quickly...

Some small thermal power stations appear in this world.

Due to the lack of oil, internal combustion engines have not appeared for a long time, and the changes in the entire society are not too great. The emergence of power stations has provided good guarantees for new types of electrical appliances and furniture.

A series of electric furniture inventions such as air conditioners, kettles, electric lights, etc. have become the first choice for furniture for wealthy people. Especially in some hot cities, air conditioners are completely miraculous existences from the sky!

Of course, ordinary people will definitely not afford this thing. They can’t even eat enough, so air conditioners can only be considered as improving the lives of the rich, rather than causing the world to undergo a qualitative change.

The emergence of power stations involves more, including electrical operating procedures, transformers, and power control. Zhang Yuan guided the whole world step by step and entered the electrical era, which has greatly exceeded the "golden finger" he obtained at the beginning.

But without an internal combustion engine, it seems like a headache. Without oil, there is no internal combustion engine. He once wanted to use animal and vegetable oil instead of gasoline, but the biggest problem is that the food in this world is quite scarce, and it is impossible to be as luxurious as using food to make fuel.

Even if such an internal combustion engine is created, due to cost issues, there is no possibility of large-scale promotion.

Without internal combustion engines, ships and trains can still only use steam power.

The entire technology tree inevitably tilts towards the direction of steampunk. Such a technology tree obviously has a relatively low upper boundary and is difficult to solve the current dilemma.

"We still need to expand our territory, we must expand our territory!"

In 12 years, Zhang Yuan has improved some theories about plate tectonics and ocean currents.

The first two voyages were not without gains. The sailors measured the changes in the depth of the ocean and accumulated a large amount of data. In addition, in recent years, navigators in the new era have successively explored one after another, and the measurements of charts have become more and more complete.

"...Everyone, a large part of the reason why large continuous continents are formed is because of the collision between the crust plates... Oh, by the way, in my hypothesis, the plates are like the egg shells on the egg, with only a thin layer."

"Land is formed by the squeezing collision between plates. Just like two slices of bread, squeezed each other, and the middle will be raised."

Zhang Yuan was giving a speech on stage, and there were many professionals and students in the university sitting below.

"According to the measurement data, the areas where plates collide with each other are mostly shallow sea areas. Even if the continent is not formed, there will be more frequent volcanoes. Eruptions may form smaller islands."

"This kind of island is not useless to us, and it may have more abundant mineral resources. For example, Pala Island is famous for producing various sulfur and gems."

"If we follow this idea of ​​plate learning to predict the existence of the mainland, it will undoubtedly be much simpler. You see, some of the islands we discovered in the past are actually the result of plate collisions... I will connect this line of islands into plates..."

Zhang Yuan's paper on "Plate Theory" quickly caused a sensation among many geologists!

This count is a very controversial figure in the Stone City. Many down-and-out nobles saw Zhang Yuan constantly making money and making money easily. They always feel as sad as eating lemons, and there are many people chewing on the back.

However, Zhang Yuan has a very good reputation in the academic circle. After all, most of the academic circles are "result worship". As long as you are so awesome that others can't catch up with you, they will admire you. Zhang Yuan is also the funder of many scientists. Without his sponsorship, many projects do not have enough funds to study.

This paper does not copy the theories of previous lives, but is actually combined with a series of geographical data from this world to infer the direction of the sector.

Finally, Zhang Yuan announced loudly: "According to the final conclusion of the paper, there is likely to be a new continent hidden on the back of the planet. A continent full of light!"

Yes, back!

Many people at Niutton University exclaimed. Although Zhang Yuan had two failed voyages, he was also the farthest person on the planet.

In addition to the sarcasm at the beginning, the voices behind them were mostly praised.

"Sir Earl, are you going to start a new journey?" a young reporter shouted with a red face.

Many people cheered for this.

"Yes! I have this plan!"

Of course, the biggest point is that he has status and money. He has been squandering twice but has not gone bankrupt, but has become even richer, even enough for him to squander the third and fourth times. If he declines because of this, there will definitely be more criticism.
Chapter completed!