Chapter 81: It's Hard to Cook Without Rice
"...The unyielding explorers went out to sea again. They rode the latest steam sailboat to find the new world. There were experienced captains and skilled steam engine repairmen on the ship. They wanted to prove to the world that humans could conquer the ocean!"
"The second major mineral resources inspection of the Jade City Science and Technology God Cult this year was discovered in the mountainous area of the northwest of the Jade Forest. This is the third high-quality iron ore storage area found in the area."
"A huge viscous black oil lake was found in the western desert of the mainland. After identification by engineers from the Science and Technology God, the viscous substance can be used as fuel. The history of this substance as fuel was also found in history books. Engineers believe that the substance can be used as a new generation of fuel for steam equipment after processing."
"A young sky overlord is suspected to have appeared in the Iron Mountains. A forest expedition team of the Science and Technology God Cult was completely destroyed. When the rescue team arrived at the scene, they only saw the remains of the expedition team members who died of severe scalds, impacts, and tramplings, as well as the severely damaged scene."
After Dong Chen came back, he showed off his most recent weekly and monthly magazines. He found that they were all "exploratory news" and there was no direction in the development of science and technology that he needed to understand, which scientific researcher made major breakthroughs in research in a certain aspect, which scientific researcher was assassinated, etc.
But it is normal. After all, he is just a reserve service now and is not a formal staff member of the Science and Technology God Cult. It is already a very good thing to let him know some things at the forefront of the world and let him know more than ordinary people.
The ones he wanted to see might be enough after he became the primary technician.
But it is not that there is no gain. This more real-time journal also allowed him to understand the real development of the world, which is much better than the old books a few years ago or even more than ten years ago.
And this kind of journal is still the news within the Science and Technology God Cult, and is closer to the highest technological level in this world.
Because the animals in this world are too fierce, the world is far from being explored, and in just over two thousand years of development, the population of this world may not exceed five million.
You should know that on Earth, after millions of years of evolution, by the 8,000 BC, the Earth's population was only about five million, all of which were caused by wild animals, diseases and natural disasters.
In just over two thousand years, the people on the other side have developed from nothing to this state. They have become the mercy of the "God of Technology" and have given their smart brains the same memory fragments as the "Light of Hope" so that they can survive and develop.
Moreover, every few decades, the two largest camps on the Overhang Star have to fight, and it is already quite good to be able to develop to this current state.
I understood that my level was too low, so Dong Chen turned his attention to the "Complete Book of Inventions" marked "continuously updated". Now it has been printed in the seventh volume, and there may be a seventy volume in the future.
Just like when scanning books, these things with only names and introductions do not need to be viewed in detail. They just need to be scanned into the database of Tianshu, and they don’t even need to be put into their minds. It’s good if you need to ask Tianshu.
"Have you discovered an invention similar to a bicycle, the Book of Heaven?"
After Dong Chen finished flipping the book quickly, he asked about Tianshu. Tianshu immediately gave the answer, and a hand-painted strange "bicycle" picture appeared in front of Dong Chen.
"Sir, no bicycle-related projects were found in the official transportation project, but I found this in the miscellaneous project. This should be the closest invention of Bi'anxing to bicycles. It comes from a junior technician from the imperial capital, and he is also an imperial baron."
Why is it weird? Why is it said to appear in "miscellaneous"? Dong Chen understood when he saw that picture.
"Sure enough, many times people invent something not to benefit humans, they are just lazy."
The same is true for the bicycle in front of him. The Baron just wanted to walk while sitting, which would definitely save effort and could sit and rest directly if he was tired, so he invented the "bike".
His name is really called a bicycle, because it is the one that requires him to walk by himself, and the power source is still his own legs.
This bike is a bit similar to the conventional bicycles on Earth, except it is made of wood, and there are no direction handles, no pedals, no brakes, no chains, no...
Let's put it this way, it only has one wooden beam, and then there are two wooden boards downwards of the beam, which puts a wooden disc in the middle. The two wooden discs, one in front and one behind, are not big, and are very close, just at the height of the baron sitting.
When the baron was about to act, he sat on the small animal saddle in the middle, then grabbed the ring in front of the animal saddle with both hands and pushed forward with both feet to save effort.
According to reports, there are several ways to move forward. The legs are alternately sprinted slowly, the legs are alternately sprinted quickly, and the legs are squeezing together. When you arrive at the downhill, your legs are raised at a speed.
It is not easy to brake when brake, and sometimes the brakes on the foot are not very effective, so it is not recommended to go downhill when playing. It is best to push downhill, and the same applies when going uphill.
Yes, his invention does make it easier to walk, but because of various inconveniences, it is still defined as "miscellaneous" and is quite silly, and then he gave 5 points.
"It starts from this step just like the earth. It was more than two months ago. Although there is still a long way to go before the appearance of a real bicycle, this world is different from the earth, so something may happen."
"The science and technology gods have become mainstream, which shows that the world attaches great importance to scientific and technological inventions and scientific researchers. People who are active in their minds will fall in love with the prospects of this kind of bicycle, so I feel that I should still be faster."
Feeling the urgency, Dong Chen stopped thinking about the previous step-by-step plan and immediately bought the corresponding equipment and raw materials. However, when buying things, he also encountered some difficulties.
There are many forks in the road to invention and improvement of bicycles, but in the end, "modern bicycles" stand out, so he went directly for modern bicycles.
In this case, you are not afraid of other bicycle patents being made. Those inconvenient bicycles will definitely be compared by their bicycles.
Of course, tricycles that can carry cargo and manned must be built to apply for patents, which is an "all-round artifact".
It is precisely because of the span that Dong Chen cannot buy all the parts he needs.
Although it has begun to enter the steam era, some steel pipes, bearings, rubber products, screws, etc. are not difficult to buy, and many factories can produce them, but some small parts of bicycles are not so smooth.
As something that does not exist, its production equipment will naturally no longer exist. Some of the small things Dong Chen can buy equipment for modification and then produce, but some things can only be customized.
Dong Chen found that without those modern and convenient production equipment, his hands-on ability was simply limited.
Fortunately, he was not in the primitive society, but in the steam era that had begun to take shape, some things on the steam engine and steam train were quite suitable for him.
Chapter completed!