Chapter 308 Trend

Boom boom boom! ! !

On the campus of Hadley University, steam engines roar.

Machines and campuses can only be seen in the Northern Principality.

In the past few months, the steam engine storm has swept across the mainland, dominating newspaper headlines almost every day.

Although they don't want to admit it, the hurricane blowing from the Northern Principality has made it impossible for everyone to stay away.

Keen businessmen have already ordered some machines in the Northern Principality in an attempt to dominate the local market.

That is to say, a behemoth like the feudal kingdom has only just begun to take action.

At this time, people of all kinds from all over the world poured into Plan City. As the highest research institution in the world, Hadley University naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Hadley University, which has undertaken a large number of machine design projects, has lived up to expectations, with professors and lecturers giving public lectures every day.

The steam drill is a machine placed outdoors, roaring and drilling holes quickly.

Several people who looked like lecturers were spitting and explaining the principles to the students.

"...The power generated by coal combustion is transmitted through mechanical mechanisms and will be lost in the process...Ingenious design can reduce this loss...This is the latest steam drilling machine commissioned by a certain unit that cannot be named and manufactured by the university... Smaller Energy consumption, please look carefully at this structure...more stable...groundbreaking use of...technology..."

The lecturers are like industrial workers. One person skillfully adds coal and controls the power output. The other person holds a prepared iron rod, clamps it with two mechanical clamps, and pushes it manually. With the harsh drilling sound, piece by piece Iron filings fell to the ground.

The gun barrel, which usually could only be polished by hand, was like a piece of wood being slowly drilled into a hole under the pressure of the drill press.

After two or three minutes, a barrel with a smooth inner wall was formed.

The operating instructor was very proud to show the gun barrel to the students, and some outside auditors also stretched their heads desperately to take a look.

"A miracle, really a miracle. The power of machinery gives mortals extraordinary powers."

"Let me see if this is a gun barrel."

"Perfect, no cracks, the hole diameter is the same."

People rush to watch the scientific force called machinery.

To anyone who has never seen it, this is the authority of God.

As for fear... that's what fanatics worry about. Vulgar mortals only value immediate interests.

The lecturer was naturally very happy when he heard the compliments in his ears.

This steam drilling machine was indeed improved by myself and my colleagues. It is more stable and more efficient than those on the market.

On a whim, he took the barrel of the gun and demonstrated the hand-rubbing rifle live.

With the barrel, the firing mechanism, and some accessories such as grips, the simple firearm structure is not complicated for experts.

Obviously, compared to complex steam engines, firearms were more intuitive and caused a greater sensation.

"Try a shot, teacher."

The lecturer held up a simple firearm, but his mind was still clear: "Firearms are prohibited in the school. I've already taken a step aside, and you can't learn from it.

But what I want to say is... classmates, this is the power of knowledge. Newspapers outside are saying every day that this is the age of steam. In fact, I want to say that this is the age of knowledge.

The steam engine is also a product of knowledge. We are fortunate to live in this era with enlightened lords and a relaxed learning environment. You and I who yearn for knowledge should study hard. The future is in our hands, in the hands of truth. "

For scholars, this is truly an unprecedented glorious era.

There has never been such a dazzling glory in any period in history.

Various technologies and ideas exploded, knowledge could be realized, and scholars enjoyed aristocratic treatment.

The development of productivity and generational differences brought about by technology have already shown their power, and no one will ignore them.

The students present cheered and felt the charm of knowledge.

The power of machinery and the roar of steam engines are so beautiful and moving.

Even the black smoke that came out no longer smelled pungent.

Some people actually stretched their heads to smell the exhaust gas and exclaimed intoxicatedly: "This is the smell of knowledge."

Well, can't blame them for their bumpkin-like behavior.

On the contrary, in the eyes of the people of Plan City, those foreigners are bumpkins.

Outsiders are not even qualified to smell this smell of progress.

On the periphery of the crowd, a few people went against the current.

Unlike most of the young faces around them, this group of people was obviously much older.

At this time, they did not have the enthusiastic expressions of others, and they were incompatible with the surroundings.

"call!"

After squeezing it out, Andre exhaled a breath of thick air.

To be honest, the smell was a bit unpleasant, and he couldn't get used to the pungent smell.

"Steam engines are terrible things."

Andre had a solemn look on his face. The country was quite concerned about the Northern Principality, but unfortunately it was still too far away.

When the wave of steam engines reached the Griffin Kingdom, they hurriedly and slowly arrived, arriving at about the same time as other countries.

There are still many people in the country's conservative aristocracy who are opposed to steam engines.

He is relatively receptive to new things, so he was sent to investigate the situation.

But the reality is more serious than imagined. The steam engine is not some agricultural tool innovation in the past.

This is subversion and innovation.

And what worried him more than the steam engine was Hadley University and the open attitude of the Northern Principality.

Andre never thought that the so-called technology could burst out such a powerful force.

These days he collected intelligence everywhere, and finally settled in Hadley University, working harder than the students in the school every day.

Every day he got up early before dawn and went back after dark.

Andre talked with a few students studying in the Griffin Kingdom, and his mood became heavier and heavier.

This is no longer a simple backwardness. If it continues like this, it will be a problem whether the Griffin Kingdom can be preserved.

There is no need to listen to other classes. Those complex technologies are not something he can understand in a short time.

Andre also knew that he could not compete with those scholars in knowledge. What he had to do was to introduce technology.

"Send someone to contact the school and the Duke's Mansion. I want to talk to them on behalf of the kingdom."

Even if he did not have such a big permission, he could not sit and wait for death.

At least he had to try hard. The Griffin Kingdom has been passed down for hundreds of years and has experienced a series of changes from the Kingdom-United Kingdom-Separation War. It cannot be buried in the hands of his generation.

Andre was in a heavy mood. The situation in the Northern Principality made him very pessimistic about the future.