The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 738 The Industrial Revolution
Eight years have passed, and now it has been nine years of Wude.

Since the suppression of the southwestern chieftain's rebellion, the imperial court has implemented major measures such as recuperating, reorganizing households, and developing education. The world is becoming more and more peaceful, and the lives of ordinary people are becoming more and more peaceful and happy day by day.

Even if some restless thieves and bandits occasionally made some noise, they were quickly picked up by the local National Guard.

In addition, the days are getting better, the common people can live on, and seeing the days getting better and better, few people are willing to go to the mountains and fall grass, even if someone wants to make trouble, there will be no splashes.

Although the country seems to be peaceful at present, almost everyone from the court to the people thinks that the prosperous age is not far away.However, as the Great Qin Emperor, Jiang Chuan had a string in his heart that was always tense and never relaxed.

Ten years ago, the British suffered a crushing defeat in the southeast, and the [-] army was almost wiped out.Everyone felt that the British must be afraid of being beaten, and they dared not invade Daqin easily.

However, Jiang Chuan knew very well that this loss was nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the British Empire, which had power all over the world, and it was not a serious injury at all.

For a large colonial empire that aspires to expand around the world, it is absolutely impossible to stop thinking about Daqin, a land with a large population and rich resources, just because of one failure.

And if you admit it, then other colonies will also move their minds, which will have a great impact on the colonial rule of the British Empire.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for the British Empire to completely admit defeat.

Although there was no movement in the past nine years, Jiang Chuan firmly believed that they would make a comeback.The present tranquility is just for dormant, to accumulate strength, and when I feel that I have enough strength, I will invade again to avenge the past.

Judging from the information obtained from the foreign girl Maud, the British Empire already had signs of the industrial revolution ten years ago, and the steam engine was already under research.

Others don't understand, Jiang Chuan, as a traveler, of course knows what the appearance of the steam engine means.

For the army, the steam engine means that it can produce warships with thicker armor, faster speed, and larger loading capacity, and even various original trucks for transporting troops.This means that the mobility, defense and attack power of the army will be greatly improved.

For factories, steam engines can greatly improve production efficiency, liberate more labor force, and greatly reduce production costs.

The large bourgeois factories will quickly replace the handicraft workshops with backward productivity, and thus produce two new classes-the industrial bourgeoisie and the industrial proletariat.

The big bourgeoisie, because of their natural need to rapidly expand the scale of production, is more aggressive than the feudal lords, which inevitably determines that they will take the road of external expansion and enslave other countries and regions.

In history, Britain was the first to complete the first industrial revolution and became the most powerful country in the world at that time, thus creating the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets.

Although this world is specious, the British Empire is equally powerful, equally expansive, and also started the Industrial Revolution.

It's a pity that he didn't have any more information about the British Empire because of the vast ocean, so he could only make limited judgments from the information provided by Maud.

According to Modai, before she traveled across the ocean and came to Daqin, an Englishman named Watt had already developed an improved steam engine and successfully applied it to a working machine, which aroused great attention in Britain at that time.

So now that more than ten years have passed, how far has the British industrial revolution progressed?Have you already researched a power machine that can be equipped on a battleship?
None of this is known.

Because of the failure of the invasion war ten years ago, almost no British businessmen appeared around Daqin in the past ten years, and even the British businessmen from Fusang in the past have withdrawn one after another, so the information they want to get from them is gone. possible.

Therefore, Jiang Chuan can only let the navy keep a close eye on the movements along the coast, and on the other hand, step up the process of industrial revolution in the country.

Of course, the domestic industrial revolution was mainly realized by the fortress system, but this cannot be announced to the public. Therefore, the initiator of the industrial revolution is the Daqin Royal Academy of Sciences, which was established nine years ago.

The steam engine itself is not complicated. With the fortress system as the confidence, Jiang Chuan himself as a mentor, taught the principles of the steam engine to those scholars who were selected into the Academy of Sciences, and then developed it by them, which seemed logical.

"Father, are you saying that this is a sign that the British want to re-invade our Great Qin? These people are just the eyeliners they sent to spy on our intelligence?"

The prince, Jiang Yunfan, is ice-snow smart, and soon understood after hearing what his father said.

"That's right, the British are expansionist. They are not reconciled to their failures in the past. Now that their wings are hardened, they want to avenge the past. In addition, they need more industrial raw material production areas and commodity dumping markets. And our Daqin The land is vast, the population is large, and the supplies are abundant, which just meet their needs, so how can they not be coveted?"

Jiang Chuan nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Aren't these British guys afraid of being defeated again? They were wiped out when we were able to fight them, and we can still do so now. If they dare to come, we will let them come and go." The little prince said proudly.

"Well said, if the British guys dare to come, I will teach them how to behave and let them know that they are not invincible." Jiang Chuan patted his son's little head and laughed.

"Father, you said that the British are carrying out the industrial revolution, so if they dare to send people here now, have they developed a more powerful steam engine?" The prince asked again suspiciously.

"We can't underestimate the speed of British technological progress. Ten years have passed, and their steam engine technology must be more mature. We must face this point squarely. But don't be afraid of them. Our Royal Academy of Sciences has developed the third generation of steam engines. Today In the afternoon, the Royal Academy of Sciences will hold the first trial car ceremony, so you can go and see it with me in the afternoon."

"Car? Is it the armored car that you said you don't need horses, but has four wheels, and you can run fast by yourself?" the prince asked excitedly.

"Armored vehicles? That's right." Jiang Chuan suddenly remembered the armored vehicles and tanks of later generations. If there was an armored force in this era, it would be truly invincible on land.

But just think about it, the current technology is not enough for the birth of tanks.If nothing else, the engine will not work out at all.

"Great, I'm going to tell the queen mother and sister, and let them also go to see the armored car that can run by itself."

The prince was still a child after all, he scratched his ears and cheeks excitedly when he heard the armored car, saluted his father casually, then turned around and ran away without a trace.

Looking at his son's back, Jiang Chuan shook his head and laughed, but thought in his heart: "I don't know what kind of surprise the British guy will bring this time."

(End of this chapter)