After returning to the house, Hong Dashou felt that he was not as sober as Min Tinghye. Although Min Tinghye's sobriety was purely based on whether he could make money, it was equally reasonable.

The steam engine has been invented for more than a hundred years, but why it has not been spread to half of the world? The simplest reason is that it is not cost-effective.

Because Hong Dashou clearly remembers the sentence "Watt improved the steam engine" in the high school history textbook, I will not mention the inventor of the steam engine for the time being, but mainly mention the Newcomen industrial steam engine that was relatively widely used at the beginning.

This thing is mainly distributed in countries and regions such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. It seems to be widely distributed, but in fact most of it is in coal mining areas. Because the coal in coal mining areas is not valuable, or the coal mines produce it for their own use, it can be widely used.

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Its main function is also to solve the serious water seepage and water accumulation problems that are often common in coal mining areas. Only by continuously pumping water through steam engines day and night can the mining breadth and depth of coal mines be increased. Therefore, coal mine owners still like Newcomen steam engines.

Yes, after all, although the expenses are high, the returns are also large enough.

In the 1960s, after Watt began to improve the old steam engine, the heat energy conversion rate of the steam engine increased to 3%. Yes, it was 3%. But this mere 3% actually promoted the first

Sub-industrial revolution (shield) life.

Watt's improved steam engine actually only had a few horsepower, which was really humble.

Although in the next hundred years, the performance of steam engines will increase explosively. In the end, a single expansion steam engine can provide 25,000 horsepower, and the heat energy conversion rate reaches an astonishing 20%. Several steam engines can push a road.

A 10,000-ton ironclad battleship gallops across the sea.

As for steam locomotives, let alone steam locomotives. There are so many benefits to trains, and everyone who has used them says they are good.

But that is all in the future. The limitations of the steam engine are still too big now. Not to mention whether Watt's improved steam engine with only a few horsepower spread to Tsarist Russia. Even if it did spread, if you can't burn coal nearby, but burn firewood,

There is a real possibility that Min Dinhye's mill will lose money.

Or maybe he didn't think twice, Hong Dashou immediately realized his mistake.

As for following the old British path to develop the textile industry, this may be a very suitable path for the British, but it would not work for the Li Dynasty.

First, the British "enclosure movement" increased wool production, and tens of thousands of tons of cotton from the southern United States were shipped to major British ports. The British had sufficient sources of raw materials, but the Li Dynasty's grain fields were not enough.

Where are there so many places to grow cotton?

Secondly, the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets has begun to take shape at this time. When India, the brightest diamond in the crown of the British Empire, is completely under the jurisdiction of the British government, its most glorious era with the broadest market will come. (Previously

It is managed by the East India Company)

But even the vast market of half a world in which the sun never sets was completely conquered only by stepping on the bones of millions of textile workers in Bangladesh and India.

It has a population of less than 20 million, a land area of ​​just over 190,000 square kilometers, and more than half of the country's population is struggling to survive. Three years of the new year, three years of the old, and another three years of mending, what is the Li Dynasty?

It is simply the most typical form of congenital malformation and acquired underdevelopment. There is a huge market of 450 million people next door. In theory, it is still an undeveloped virgin (shielded) land at this time, but this market can easily

Open?

Disaster!

It's hard!

Very difficult!

The collapse of the family production system of the small-scale peasant economy, with men farming and women weaving, could not be completely destroyed by turning on the steam engine and using cheap textiles. Its tenacious vitality has circulated for thousands of years and experienced too many storms. In the end, in the past hundred years,

After the pain of the crisis, it took two generations of efforts by great men to completely collapse.

He thought too much, and Hong Dashou didn't think he was powerful enough to move one-fifth of the earth's rotation.

However, looking at Min Ting's active expression, it shows that Li Chao's two classes have at least two good habits. The first is that as long as they can make money, they are very sober and quick to do things. The second is that as long as they can make money, Western technology can also be used.

Yes.

Of course, the prerequisite is to make money!

Min Dinhye was not a member of the real school. He had no admiration for or rejection of Western technology. What he cared about was not opening up to the outside world, introducing technology, improving people's livelihood, and boosting national strength. What he cared about was that there was a machine called a steam engine.

The mill can be pushed without water, and a mill pulled by ten large animals on top of a steam engine can still operate day and night.

The temptation is there, but the introduction still depends on the actual results.

What Hong Dashou was thinking of was the large iron mine at Liusun in Wufeng Mountain of Iron Mountain and the rich coal resources in the northern part of the Li Dynasty. If there were steam engines, driven by coal, to improve and increase the production of the iron ore, then

It is equivalent to having a ready-made steel reserve base.

Moreover, the iron ore in Tieshan was mined until the Japanese colonial period. Although it is not as rich as Australia's iron ore, it is pretty good for nearby areas.

Considering the current weakness and incompetence of the local government of the Li Dynasty, Tieshan's unique iron ore resources and safe harbor actually have a lot to offer.

Judging from the last exchange, Liu Sun on Wufeng Mountain is a person who can do great things and is also a moral person. Although he is a thief, he is at least a thief with vision. As long as we can cooperate and win-win, this kind of

"Thieves" are even more trustworthy than officials like Min Tinghye.

Moreover, as long as iron is smelted, there is no need to worry about the market. With their primitive mining skills, how many tons of ore can they dig out all year round? Using steam engines to pump water, improve ventilation, and lay wrought iron tracks will definitely increase the amount of ore mining.

A small iron ore mine can become bigger and stronger. It not only means making money, but also attracting landless or landless farmers to work in the mine for two years. With obedience and organization, the future

The road will be wider.

In addition, the introduction of steam engines can also train maintenance and manufacturing personnel, and skilled industrial technicians are also a valuable asset.

When you master the steam engine one day, you will be able to create a lathe driven by a steam engine. In the past, it took a month to drill a gun barrel, but the steam engine drilling machine could drill more than one barrel a day.

At that time, the world was vast, but there was really a lot to be done.

At this moment, there are only 38 years left before 1840, and the tentacles of the great powers have already extended to the ancient and closed East.

Hong Dashou didn't think that he could only live for another 38 years (although the possibility was not small), and he died before the tide of world capitalism struck by coincidence.
Chapter completed!