"Thirteenth Young Master, our entire giant ship can carry thousands of sailors and carry a whole month of supply, storm and waves in the depths of the sea. However, this consumes too much of a sacred power. Such a giant ship will consume one thousand taels of sacred power on every ten nautical miles. If we really want to explore the depths of the sea, it will definitely not work without a few million taels of sacred power..."

At the bottom of the cabin of the Cyclone Ship, Xiang Kaiwu introduced to Su Lin, "This is because the core of the power we use is the Wenbao of the Grand Secretary level, which can exert 70% of the half-saint power on the silver bill. Generally, the Wenbao of the core power on the Cyclone Ship is at the Jinshi level, and can only exert 60% of the holy power, which will burn even more..."

"The ten nautical miles will consume one thousand taels of silver-billed holy power. Who can afford such a giant ship?"

Su Lin was also shocked by the words of the matter. Although he knew that such a giant ship must be very sacred, he did not expect that it would burn so much money. Even though he was currently holding hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his pocket, he couldn't help but feel that he was a pauper. Not to mention creating such a giant ship, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver was only enough for a giant ship to sail for thousands of nautical miles.

"So, young master! Although our Su family can spend money to build ten such giant ships, it has hardly been used. The only time was ten years ago, when the Dragon King of the East China Sea Dragon Palace was a thousand-year birthday. The old man went to celebrate his birthday. At the same time, in order to shock the Dragon Clan forces of the East China Sea Dragon Palace, ten giant ships were launched together. They spent tens of millions of taels of sacred power silver bills..."

Jia Lao beside him also explained to Su Lin, "If the young master wants to take this giant ship to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, I'm afraid he can't go back and forth without a million taels of silver."

"Million taels of silver? For this hundred acres of barren land, I want to pay one million taels of silver? It's not cost-effective! It's not cost-effective!"

Su Lin's head was shaking like a rattle. He thought he was very rich now and could walk sideways with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his arms. But he didn't expect that in front of a truly rich aristocratic family like the Su family, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were not enough to consume the giant ship back and forth!

"The Thirteenth Young Master, the eldest young master only left 500,000 taels of silver notes on this giant ship. If you want to go to the East China Sea Dragon Palace, you still need at least 500,000 taels of silver notes to be able to do it!" Xiang Kaiwu nodded and said.

"Is there any other way?"

Su Lin looked at the precise gear mechanisms in the cabin again and asked.

"Unless the core power part is replaced with a higher level Wenbao... However, not any type of Wenbao can act as the core of power, only special mechanisms can do it. So it is not as common as the usual Wenbao..."

Xiang Kaiwu shook his head and said, "Even so, it only improves the efficiency of the use of the sacred power silver bill. It cannot change the essence of the sacred power consumption of the core of the power."

"Then... Xiang Jinshi. Have you ever thought about using other external forces to drive the giant ship?" Su Lin asked tentatively. In fact, he had just thought about it with three kinds of thinking. The entire giant ship could not be changed at all. He only needed to replace Wenbao, the core of the power, with a high-power steam engine.

"Other external forces? Thirteenth Young Master. How easy is this! Our Mohist family has always been committed to studying the laws of nature and power, which is a completely different force from the Confucian sacred power. For example, the power of the wind can incite sails and drive giant ships to sail. But it is difficult to control it by us... For example, the power of water flow runs through the continent and carries mud and stones, which are extremely powerful, but now we can only use a small part of the power..."

When Su Lin mentioned this issue, it was obvious that the things that opened their eyes became excited, "My Mo family's heavenly ambition was determined to master these natural powers. Unfortunately, even the sub-saint Mozi inevitably followed the path of holy power created by the saint Confucius..."

"Xiang Jinshi, I accidentally had an idea here. Perhaps it would be helpful to you, and it was also an external force, which might be able to replace the core of this Holy Power Wenbao."

Su Lin was still cautious about the idea of ​​steam engines. Because based on the following considerations, first, this is a Confucian and Taoist world, and thought is the most fundamental force. In other words, this is an idealist world. The emergence of steam engines is enough to cause epoch-making changes in the first industrial revolution. If it appeared in the Confucian and Taoist world like this, would it have a huge impact on the idealist sacred power system created by Confucius Sheng in this world?

Second, Su Lin himself only has such a concept of a steam engine, which is the specific components and production methods of the steam engine. As a student who was only in his third year of high school before traveling through time, he really didn't know anything about it. Therefore, Su Lin was not sure that he could build a steam engine.

"Oh? Thirteenth Young Master, what other external forces can you have? I have tried countless methods. In the limitations of this cabin, it is impossible to have power outside the holy power that can drive such a huge ship."

Xiang Kaiwu did not expect Su Lin, a mere child, to say anything that would be of great help, but just asked politely.

Instead of telling him bluntly, Su Lin smiled and said, "This is also my experience when I accidentally boiled water. I wonder if there was a kettle on the boat?"

Su Lin knew that his words might not be convincing to each other, so he asked someone to set up a stove on the boat and raise a fire, which he had to prove it by experiments.

"Thirteenth Young Master, do you want to boil water? What are you going to do?"

Although Xiang Kaiwu didn't know what the medicine was sold in Su Lin's gourd, he asked someone to do it according to Su Lin's instructions. Jia Lao, who was standing beside him, also pinched his beard with interest, bowed his back and saw it, and wanted to see what Su Lin wanted to explain.

“Just wait for the water to boil!”

Although Su Lin knew nothing about the internal structure of the steam engine, there was no problem using boiling water experiments to explain the power of steam.

Sure enough, after a while, the water in the kettle was boiled, and the steaming steam pushed the lid upwards.

"Did you see it? Xiang Jinshi, do you think this phenomenon has any inspiration for you?"

Su Lin asked, pointing to the lid of the pot that was pushed up by tumbling up.

"The lid of the pot is pushed up? What kind of power is this? It is the power of water? No... No, it seems that it is not the power of water. But... Yes! The fire boils the water. The boiling water vapor looks powerless, but it can actually push up the lid of the pot..."

The hot water was boiled, and the water vapor pushed up the lid of the pot. This is a very normal phenomenon, and it is often seen when objects are opened, but it has never been paid attention to the principle. Now that Su Lin said this, Zhiqiao shone with golden light, and the sea of ​​thought in Zhihai actually turned up unprecedented huge waves, constantly thinking about this question: "What kind of force is the one that pushes the lid of the pot? Why is there this power? Can this power be obtained and controlled by artificially?"

"Young Master! Isn't this just water vapor pushing up the lid of the pot. I can't see any strangeness or reason..."

Mr. Jia, who was not interested in this aspect, acted normally, and said without any surprise.

"Isn't it strange for Mr. Jia? Think about it, just such a small pot of water vapor can lift the teapot. If we can know the principle of the source of power, and then expand and apply it, can't it be used to replace the Shengli Wenbao. The gear components on this giant ship become a brand new driving force?"

Jia Lao didn't quite understand Su Lin's words, but when he heard the objects in the form of things, they were like holy sounds, instantly causing all kinds of enlightenment to arise in his sea of ​​wisdom.

"Yes, yes, yes... Thirteenth Young Master. You are right! That's right! Why didn't I think of it? Why didn't I think of it before?"

Xiang Kaiji showed ecstasy, patted his forehead and said excitedly, "I know that the power of water in nature is infinite. Water can carry things and can make turbines to irrigate rice fields. Why don't you think about the power of water when it turns into steam? It must be! It must be... As long as I study it a little, I will be able to create a brand new power core. At that time... not only a giant ship, but even... I can even make a chariot on land..."

One point is a perfect match, and the successors of the Mohist family who were already very good at various mechanisms have opened things. Now, because of Su Lin's guidance, he knew the power of steam, and immediately extended to the mystery of countless Mohist institutions in the sea of ​​wisdom.

Many secret techniques that were originally only in the imagination of the Mohist Confucian scholars and were impossible to realize are because they lack a cheap power other than the holy power. Now that the emergence of water vapor power, these thousands of secret techniques are completely possible to realize.

"Ah! In this way, in this way... even ordinary people can master and drive the secret techniques of our Mo family... Land chariots have an incomparable effect on the country's siege of cities and land!"

Xiang Kaiwu's hands were trembling with excitement, and bowed fiercely to Su Lin, thanking, "Thirteenth Young Master, you are really a wonderful idea. You use the power of steam as the core driving force, unprecedented in the past! I can't wait, and I want to start research immediately and apply this power manufacturing mechanism to reality..."

"Even the Jinshi, the power of steam seems weak, once you master the secrets, you can control and expand countless times. In my mind, if you can truly master the origin of this power, it is not impossible to create a mechanism beast carrying thousands of people across the sky."

As Su Lin said, he missed his life on Earth. Although it was not as magical as the Confucian and Taoist world, it had another wonderful experience, and various high-tech civilizations, which were countless times stronger than the Confucian and Taoist world.

"The mechanical beast that can carry thousands of people in the sky...is... too terrifying?"

Even though the Mohist school had extraordinary imagination, they never dared to imagine things like this.

"There is nothing impossible. Xiang Jinshi, believe me and your own abilities. I'm afraid I can't afford to go to the East China Sea Dragon Palace for the time being, and I don't plan to go. You should study the secret technique of steam power first! I'll go home first!"

As of the time being, Su Lin was afraid that he had said too much about the technology of the earth in the future, which would have a huge impact on the world. A steam engine would be enough to change a lot. Today he pointed out the secret of the power of steam to the celestial objects. As for whether he could develop a steam engine, it depends on his own understanding of the celestial objects and the ability of the Mohist mechanism.

"Young Master, the water vapor power just now is just pushing a teapot of only a few taels. How could the Confucian scholar who is also a Jinshi literary talent? How could he be so excited?"

On the carriage back, Jia Lao asked Su Lin with confusion.

"Haha! Mr. Jia, of course you don't know the thinking of the Confucian scholars of the Mohist family. In their opinion, a pot of water can push up a teapot. So what if a pot or a large box of water can boil? Can it push up a heavier thing and produce greater power?"

While Su Lin laughed at Mr. Jia, his wisdom also burst into sighs, "Maybe in this world, only these Confucian scholars from the Mohist school have more similarities with the thinking of modern people on earth, right?"

"So that's the case? But... Lao Nu thinks that the power of the water vapor is limited no matter how powerful it is. It can still compare with the power of holy power? As long as the literary position reaches a semi-saint, you will have the great power of moving mountains and filling the seas. The Mohist school's strange and lewd tricks have always been despised by ordinary Confucian scholars, so the young master should not think about it here..."

Mr. Jia understood a little, but he still looked down on the Mohist arts and said, "What's more, the Xiangkaiwu is the disciple of the eldest son. If the young master really has exquisite ideas about the strange and lewd schemes of the Mohist family, he should keep them. When he recruits his disciples in the future, it will be very attractive to the Confucian scholars who practice Mohist thoughts."

"Guest? Mr. Jia, why do I have no guest now?" Su Lin asked strangely.

"Well...Young Master, you have only been in the mansion for a few days. What's more, only the young masters with scholarly literary status in my Su Mansion can be qualified to open the mansion alone, recruit visitors, seek the help of talented people from all over the country, develop industries, and strengthen their own strength. Like the disciples of the eldest son Su Ye, there are hundreds of disciples who practice the ideas of a hundred schools of thought. Every year, the silver profit brought to the Su Mansion by the eldest son is almost tens of millions of taels." said Jia Lao.

"Well! That's not far away. I have signed up for the Mansion Examination for more than ten days, and I will definitely be able to obtain the position of scholar. After that, I will be able to open a mansion to attract disciples and establish my own power like the eldest son Su Ye."

Su Lin lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked into the distance, and looked farther away, and seemed to be farther away. After seeing the giant ship of the sage and the magical techniques of the Mohist school today, Su Lin knew that to survive in this Confucian and Taoist world, it was not enough to strengthen his own power, but he had his own power. Only by having power can he constantly accumulate resources and information and further strengthen his own power.

PS: Second update! A 4,000-word chapter is given! There is another chapter later! Regarding steam technology and other aspects, let me explain that it will only involve a little bit of it in order to cooperate with the protagonist to recruit Mohist Confucian scholars and subsequently establish forces, and will not deviate from the main line of literature and Taoism.
Chapter completed!