Faced with these various difficulties, Stephenson did not lose heart, because the train is now moving, which is the same as the previous steamship. What is missing is only other technical improvements. So after Stephenson understood these problems, this

He made a series of improvements to his own technology, reducing the sound of the locomotive, increasing the firepower of the boiler, and increasing the speed of the wheel.

In September 1825, Stephenson conducted another trial performance. Another man rode a fast horse and wanted to compete with Stephenson's train. He thought that the steam locomotive could not keep up with the speed of his horse.

.However, the steam locomotive dragged more than 30 carriages and carried more than 400 passengers at a speed of more than 20 kilometers per hour, quickly leaving the horses behind. Also because the steam locomotive had just been invented.

At that time, coal was used as fuel, and sparks often came out of the chimney, so people called steam locomotives trains. In fact, this name has been used until today.

But no matter how fast our modern trains are, how advanced the technology is, even if coal is no longer used as fuel, at least Stephenson gave us this, the initial concept of trains. Of course, the birth of the train is

This has further increased the development of land transportation. This is not only for transporting passengers, but mainly for transporting goods. After the birth of trains and their popularization, for countries with railways, the total volume and even speed of goods transportation

It has been improved by leaps and bounds, thus increasing the development of economy and trade. Moreover, this can generally be used to transport military supplies, so it indirectly leads to the expansion of war. In fact, ships can also transport military supplies, but this is all later.

We've already talked, so let's not talk about it now.

Next, we mainly understand the general outline of the Industrial Revolution: The Industrial Revolution actually refers to the revolution in which European capitalist machine-based large-scale industries replaced individual handicraft workshops. It is also called the Industrial Revolution or the first scientific and technological revolution. It is not only a revolution in production technology, but also a revolution in social production.

The major changes in relations began from the 1860s to the 1880s and ended at the end of the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution first occurred in the United Kingdom. At this time, the United Kingdom overthrew the feudal autocracy and established a bourgeois regime. The British high-level officials formulated a series of laws to promote the development of capitalism. At home, the United Kingdom carried out

During the land enclosure movement, a large amount of production resources were concentrated in the hands of a small number of capitalists, which eliminated the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy. A large number of farmers who lost their land were forced to move into cities and small factories and became workers, providing capitalists with sufficient and cheap supplies.

of labor force.

This is also a disguised form of slavery. You can figure it out if you think about it, but few people can escape from this enslaved world, because nothing in this world is our own, whether it is land or anything else.

In fact, they are all from the top of the country, and nothing belongs to the people. Of course, some people may say that the money we earn belongs to ourselves. In fact, this is right, but it is also wrong. Why do I understand it this way?

What? In fact, there is something that everyone doesn’t know exists here. What is it? Let me give you an example:

In fact, in our human history, the previous currencies were all physical objects, real gold and real silver. In the end, the top leaders of each country issued banknotes, but why did they issue banknotes? In fact, we have also talked about the concept of money before. Money is the top management.

It is recognized that this thing is valuable, and we the people also believe in the prestige of the high-level officials, so these banknotes have special value. However, under special circumstances, if the high-level officials no longer recognize that these banknotes have value, then these money,

It will no longer have value. In fact, this is strictly a lie! It’s just that everyone believes in the lie of this concept of money, so it becomes objective reality. Then how is the digital currency we use today?

What's going on? In fact, I will talk to you about the concept of digital currency next. In fact, this is a more advanced lie. Why?

Let’s think about it: Mr. A, a prudent financier, opened a bank in a certain place. There is also Mr. B, a construction contractor. He just completed a huge project and earned one million yuan in cash.

.He deposited the cash of one million yuan into Mr. A’s bank. So the bank currently has cash funds of one million yuan.

At this time, there was a computer master C who was experienced but lacked funds. He believed that the computer industry was very profitable, which meant that he saw a big business opportunity. However, he currently did not have enough money to buy a complete set of equipment, so C

The master went to the bank and proposed his business plan to Mr. A, convincing Mr. A that the plan was worth investing in. Mr. A transferred a loan of one million people to Master C's bank account by transfer, and Master C

There is also one million yuan on the account.

Then, Master C invited Mr. B, a contractor, to build his shop, and the price was exactly one million yuan. Master C then wrote a check to Mr. B, and Mr. B deposited the money into Mr. A's bank.

So how much money is in Mr. B’s account now? Yes! It’s two million yuan! But how much money is actually in the bank’s vault? That’s right! It’s still one million yuan. But there’s more to this matter

It's like this. Just like a very common situation, Mr. B, the contractor who built the house, told Master C two months later that due to some unforeseen problems and expenses, the construction cost of the store has now risen to 200.

Ten thousand yuan. Although Master C was definitely not happy, the construction was halfway through and he could no longer stop it. If he stopped, Master C would lose one million yuan. So Master C had to go to the bank again and persuaded Mr. A to get another loan.

Give him one million yuan. Then Mr. A transfers another one million yuan to Master C's account. Master C then transfers the money to Mr. B's account.

In this way, how much money does Mr. B have in his account now? Yes! It is three million yuan. But how much money is actually in the bank's vault? Yes! It is still the original one million yuan. And

The truth is that the one million yuan in the bank has never left the bank.

According to the banking laws of some countries, this operation can be repeated seven times. Therefore, even if the bank's vault only has one million yuan from beginning to end, Mr. B's account can reach 10 million yuan in the end.

.This means that every time the bank actually holds one dollar, it can lend ten dollars. In other words, it also means that more than 90% of the money we see in our bank accounts is actually just a number, and it is not money at all.

There are no coins or physical banknotes. Next, let's take an example. If all the depositors of a certain bank suddenly asked to settle their accounts and withdraw cash today, the bank would actually collapse immediately unless senior management intervened to save them.

In fact, every bank in our world is like this. Doesn’t it feel strange when you see this? Yes! This is just a numbers game.

But this digital game drives the overall development speed of our humanity. Why do I say this? In fact, it is very simple. If there is no digital game like this in banks, you can imagine that Master C wants to enter the computer industry. Without this final

It is absolutely impossible to complete a loan of two million! And now Master C has completed this. This is completely different from some banks in ancient times. All banks in ancient times were made of real gold and silver. How much money is there in the bank?

You can only lend as much money as you want, because it's all in cash! So one dollar is one dollar, and slowly and slowly, this system has undergone a qualitative leap, and then it has become what we are today.

Then you may say, so at least 90% of the numbers in all of our bank accounts are just numbers? That’s right! That’s exactly the case! But I am quite extreme, and you may have discovered it a long time ago, so

I call this digital game a higher-end lie! But this lie actually turns one dollar into ten dollars, thus promoting the development of the economy and even all aspects of our human world.

Therefore, I have told you before that our human society itself started from a lie, that is, we are all people protected by the lion of the spirit. Our human social structure started from this lie, and to the modern

It's even more outrageous today, it's all lies about numbers! And most people can't understand it at all, but people who study economics or accounting should be able to understand it, right? Anyway, I don't know much about this aspect, I just know a little bit about it.

Just fur.

Then we return to the previous topic. We can say that the emergence of this kind of digital money can also allow more capitalists to be born, so it will enhance the development of industry to a greater extent, which is the economy and even all aspects of it.

Expand development.

By the middle of the 18th century, Britain was developing very rapidly. Of course, they used one dollar as ten dollars. How could it not develop quickly? So Britain used money to manufacture a large amount of military equipment and defeated Spain and the Netherlands.

There is also France, which has become a maritime overlord and has acquired a large number of colonies, providing inexhaustible industrial raw materials and a vast industrial sales market for their own capitalist development. The British also made huge profits by selling black slaves and accumulated a lot of money.

A large amount of capital. All of this provided very sufficient conditions for the development of the Industrial Revolution.
Chapter completed!