my steam dam

Chapter 40 Ah, this is the charm of the times~
At this end, the master and servant in Mengxian Pavilion are having a secret conversation in the boudoir.

On the other side, the protagonist of the secret talk, Peng Ke, is wandering around the Suzhou Mansion in a very leisurely manner.

After finishing the Diancang faction, Jin Yiwei needs to rest for a few days.

It just so happened that the oiran banquet was about to start.

So in the next one or two days, Penke has nothing to do, so he can take a little leisure.

When Peng Ke was free, his favorite thing to do was to go shopping.

It's not because he likes to buy things, it's just that he is very novel about everything about this magical steam Daming.

Thanks to the continuous research and development of the Mo Academy, the current Daming can be said to be changing with each passing day.

Every year, new products related to steam technology come out in mass production and become popular among the people.

Even Pen Ke, who has experienced the modern society in his previous life, would feel quite magical about many things.

No, before he took Ah Hu and Mo Xu a few steps on Suzhou Funan Street, Peng Ke saw a man dressed in silk and satin who looked like he should be from a wealthy family, riding a It is very similar to the motorcycle in the previous life, but the gasoline cylinder is replaced with a steam cylinder "steam bicycle".

That's right, Mo Academy calls this a bicycle!
Because it is indeed able to move on its own without the rider's effort.

In his previous life, Peng Ke wondered why a bicycle that was pedaled by feet was called a bicycle.

Motorcycles that do not need to be pedaled and are powered entirely by engines should be called "bicycles"!

Now, the Moyuan made Penke feel comfortable.

This steam bicycle is a new means of transportation that was released to the people after the improvement of the steam engine technology in the steam self-propelled artillery used by General Moyuan.

Before the appearance of steam bicycles, the Ming Dynasty already had primitive bicycles. At that time, it was still a time of full-scale counterattack against the northern barbarians.

Because Emperor Hongwu marched from the south to the north, the army was short of horses and mules and other military transportation tools, and sometimes the logistical supplies could not keep up.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of logistics and transportation, the Moyuan used the iron and steel mechanism technique to develop a large number of two-wheeled bicycles, three-wheeled bicycles, and immature steam trucks.

Later, after the end of the all-out war, the Mo Academy continued to conduct in-depth research in this area, and only then did the steam self-propelled artillery, the steam locomotive, and the steam bicycle appear.

The steam bicycle was the first to appear, and it has been on the market in all provinces of Ming Dynasty for almost a year.

However, because this thing needs to be driven by the driver himself, and the posture is quite indecent, the heads of those big families and the powerful people basically dismiss it.

I feel that if I go out riding this thing, it will be a gentle sweep of the floor.

There are also some sons of the wealthy class, who are young and love to play, and they are also juniors, so they don't have so many scruples, and they will buy this new gadget to try it out.

However, most of them regard the steam bicycle as a strange toy, and occasionally take the maid for a ride.

If you really want to go out for a visitor to an appointment or to attend any serious occasion, you must choose a decent carriage.

Some folk escort agencies, laborers, and small rich civilians with a little spare money will try to buy a steam bicycle as a means of transportation.

Because their family can't afford a carriage, they don't care about decency.

Seeing the nobleman riding a steam bicycle, carrying a nervous little maid with her hands tightly hugging his waist, passing through the crowd on the street, Peng Ke, who was standing by the road, was very envious. sighed.

"Hey, this son also wants to be so comfortable, riding a motorcycle and carrying girls, and be a dandy."

Mo Xu, who had been silently following behind Penke, twitched the corners of his mouth, cursing inwardly.

Look, does this speak human words?

Your old man slaughtered the whole rivers and lakes with a butcher knife. Now let me say that you really only want to be a dude?

I really believed in your evil!
On the other hand, Ah Hu, after seeing this powerful disciple whistling by, suddenly remembered something, and whispered to Peng Ke:
"My son, when the magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture came here yesterday, I heard from him that a thing called a steam rotary tiller is gradually popularized in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. The chassis is the same as the steam locomotive in our Houfu, and it uses steam power. Driven."

"I heard from him that now, many households in each village jointly buy a steam rotary cultivator. It only needs one person to operate it each time, and it can spin out [-] acres of land in a day!"

"It's much faster and easier than plowing with oxen!"

Peng Ke looked at Ahu in surprise, and said with a very strange expression: "The rotary tiller has been made?"

"I haven't been back to Jiangnan for more than half a year, why did things change so quickly?"

Ahu also agreed, and said with emotion: "Yeah, last time we left Beijing to go to the southwestern provinces, we heard that Moyuan was going to develop a machine for farmers to farm more easily. I didn't expect it to be so soon. It has been developed and mass-produced.”

"Since the steam engine was developed by the Mohists, the lives of the common people have become more and more comfortable."

"This is really a great era with turbulent wind and clouds!"

Peng Ke shook his head amusedly: "You still know the word "big era", there is progress!"

Ah Hu chuckled, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, you have said this before, and I am learning and selling now."

Peng Ke flicked the folding fan in his hand, patted Ahu on the shoulder angrily, and turned his head to look at the crowded people on the street.

Looking at the people who are busy, but have smiles and vigor on their faces.

Very happy in my heart.

Although this world is still very ignorant, it is feudal and imperial power is supreme.

However, here, the steel locomotive driven by steam roared and set off, taking human beings away from the agricultural society that lived at sunrise and rested at sunset, and began to liberate the productivity of the people.

In the industrial area in the south of the city, there are huge chimneys, and in the factories that are working day and night, boilers burning with hot gas and buckets of molten iron are being processed into various mechanical technology products, bringing people into the industrial age.

Along the way, in various department stores along the street, automatic mechanical steam dolls acting as servants, while holding a broom to mechanically clean the ground, while using a mouth made of a mechanical tape recorder, they kept repeating the solicitation Say hello.

In the magistrate's yamen in the city, officials and small officials are constantly recording everything that happened in Suzhou Prefecture today.

The mechanical typewriter in front of him was continuously spitting out sheets of white paper filled with standard regular characters, which were summarized into files and put into the archives of Suzhou Mansion.

In the sky, patrol planes and steam airships would fly by from time to time, causing passers-by to look up frequently.

The army of Ming Dynasty also began to try to conquer nature, the roar of guns and giant ships continued!
Technology is advancing rapidly and exploding!

Although there are still many deficiencies in society, the old system has been unable to keep up with this era full of new things and the complete take-off of productivity.

However, in this wonderful era where science and ignorance coexist, Penke still feels that it is really romantic!

(End of this chapter)