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Chapter 458 Another surprise

Bowen Academy is in a special joy because of the birth of the duplex steam engine.

Next, Xiao Ming's collective commendation to the School of Physics ignited the enthusiasm of the students. The entire college was as lively as the New Year, and the duplex steam engine was discussed everywhere.

Of course, the happiest thing about this matter was Xiao Ming. After leaving Bowen Academy, he returned to the royal palace with a smile, because changes in an industrial era were about to happen in Qingzhou.

"What happy event makes Your Highness so happy?" Fei Yue'er asked with a smile when she returned to the palace. Although she didn't know why, she also laughed when she saw Xiao Ming so happy.

Xiao Ming said: "The princess probably doesn't understand what this steam engine is. Come on, I will tell you about this steam engine."

So Xiao Ming told the story of the Bowen Academy's development of the steam engine and used the scientific crystal to popularize Fei Yueer. After his detailed explanation, Fei Yueer gradually understood.

"If it is true as Your Highness said, this steam engine is simply too important to Qingzhou and even the Great Yu Kingdom. A steam engine can replace hundreds of personal power, which is terrible." Fei Yue'er exclaimed.

Xiao Ming nodded: "That's the reason. The fiefdom has a small population. Now that there is a steam engine, one person can control the machine to defeat hundreds of people, especially the textile industry, which may undergo earth-shaking changes."

Fei Yue'er became more and more interested, and she asked: "Your Highness, what does this have to do with the textile industry?"

"Because there is a textile machine that can only play a real role through a steam engine," said Xiao Ming.

After the industrial revolution began, steam engines were first used in the textile industry, so he felt it was time to launch the Jenny machine.

With steam engines and Jenny machines, Qingzhou's textile industry will undergo earth-shaking changes under the driving force of these two machinery.

Since ancient times, men and women weaving have been working in the country of Dayu. When talking about this textile, Fei Yueer became more and more energetic. She said: "The new textile machine that Your Highness has made for Qingzhou is already very powerful. Is there any more powerful textile machine?"

"Of course, this is a textile machine that uses shuttles. This textile machine is also a multi-spin spinning machine with eight spindles. It can not only spin cotton, but also use it to weave wool and hemp," said Xiao Ming.

Fei Yue'er was surprised when she heard this, "Can you still weave wool and hemp?"

Xiao Ming nodded, "This is just the most basic. After improvement, this kind of textile machine can have up to forty spindles. Imagine a steam engine that controls a steam engine with forty spindles that keeps day and night. How many cloth can this textile be made?"

Fei Yue'er thought for a moment, with shock in her eyes, she looked at Xiao Ming and said, "Your Highness, if this is true, how can these people sell cloth in the future? The cloth they weave is expensive and cannot be compared with our cloth at all, which will cause dissatisfaction among the people."

Fei Yue'er's reminder made Xiao Ming frown.

He clearly remembered that the Jenny textile machine was smashed by citizens who lost their jobs because of horror, because the Jenny textile machine seriously damaged the self-sufficiency economy.

Now Xiao Ming will face this problem, but he knows that the wheel of history cannot stop because of temporary incomprehension. So he said, "Even so, the textile industry must change. They don't understand it now, but they will understand it soon."

Fei Yue'er nodded worriedly.

Seeing Xiao Ming falling into deep thought, Fei Yue'er was so sensible that she stopped talking and went back to the bedroom.

Sighing, Xiao Ming rubbed his brows. The appearance of the steam engine did make him happy, but Fei Yue'er's inadvertent reminder really made him feel a little painful.

Nowadays, the whole country of Dayu is full of small farmers' self-sufficiency economy. Women weave cloth and sell it, and men plow the fields and herd cattle.

The emergence of the steam engine means that he can transfer Qingzhou to an industrial society at any time, but such drastic changes can easily cause chaos. If he really let go, capital will inevitably quickly promote his fiefdom to transform capital society and urbanization.

He could not be sure what such a drastic change would cause? And he could not bear the chaos caused by this change.

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Ming suddenly decided not to open the steam engine to the merchant for the time being. This is the safest method at present.

The Great Chongqing Kingdom is different from Britain before the Industrial Revolution. Its free national conditions are there. The land here is the lifeblood of the people and cannot be moved for the time being. Moreover, the people's wisdom in the fief also makes the people unable to understand what industrial change is.

Therefore, he temporarily planned to let the government office establish a steam engine workshop to avoid the change from being too intense. After the people accepted the steam engine and the factory, the people realized that they could live even when they went to the factory to work, so he gradually opened the steam engine to merchants.

Moreover, he can keep the secret of the steam engine for a longer time to avoid the secret being prying too early.

After understanding this, Xiao Ming let out a sigh of relief. It is not easy to be a vassal king. You must be careful in any change. He is still relying on the people now, and he cannot change his position and stand behind the businessmen.

After he gradually popularized industrial knowledge, he believed that industrial change would only softly land.

He was thinking, and at this time the servant came to report and said, "Song Changping from Your Highness's military workshop is here. He said he would send a rifled rifled to Your Highness."

"Rifled rifle?" Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment.

When he went to Dengzhou, the technology in Qingzhou was really exploded. Not only did the duplex steam engine come out, but now even the rifled rifle comes out. As he expected, with his proficiency in knowledge, she was bound to move towards the technological explosion.

"Let him come in." Xiao Ming said excitedly. He wanted to know how Song Changping produced a rifled rifle.

After a while, Song Changping walked in, holding a flintlock rifle in his hand, and he came to Xiao Ming and said, "Your Highness, this is a new type of gun from the military workshop, a rifled rifle, which is imitated and produced based on the books given by Your Highness."

Xiao Ming took the flintlock rifle and looked into the barrel. It was not a spiral rifle, but a tilted rifle. These rifles are very dense, and at first glance, they look similar to the spiral standard rifle.

After seeing the rifle, Xiao Ming had already had a scheming in his mind. He said, "To be honest, how long did you pull this flintlock rifle with a hook knife?"
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