In Yaocheng, the steam stove directly led to the birth of two technologies, printing and dyeing and textile machines, which gave Yaocheng, which had a relatively stagnant economy, a new vitality.
Merchants from all over the world once again poured into this ancient holy city. They lined up in long queues outside the printing and dyeing shop and textile house of the Temple Society. The merchants who had received the goods had a smile on their faces and happily ran to the sales place with their camels.
The vendors who are still waiting are impatient, with various thoughts constantly floating in their heads, worried that they will not be able to get the goods that day.
What is more intuitive is on the streets in the city.
The residents of Yaocheng no longer wore monotonous black, white and gray colors. They finally wore colorful red, yellow and green clothes, and the whole city became much brighter.
On the pier, the moored ships also hoisted flags of different colors to show the different organizations they belong to, making it easier to identify them.
The emergence of printing was an unexpected blessing.
Lu Yao checked the background and found that in fact, in the previous era, Yao Shao had already tried to mass-produce books in Ling Temple, which was also the prototype of printing.
Yao Shao repeatedly emphasized that if books could be mass-produced, it would play a huge role in the continuation and dissemination of knowledge throughout the city and even the entire Yao people.
But until her death, the research and development of printing was at the stage of pottery engraving. Not only was it difficult to cast characters, it was also extremely fragile, and it was still in the stage of failure.
Later, the era changed, and the Aedes mosquitoes and plague beasts were rampant again, so the temple society had to tighten its manpower.
The new leader of the society, Cupilol, did not forget this incident. He inherited the legacy of Medicine Spoon and continued to invest manpower and material resources in research. The emergence of the steam furnace allowed the scholars of the Temple Society to add the last link of printing technology.
Yaocheng printing used metal molds and smoked ink as coating. The principle was similar to that of fire-steam furnace textile machines and fire-steam furnace forging. Steam drove reciprocating motion to complete printing on paper.
The birth of printing turned books into daily commodities like textiles. In the past, handwritten books were rare and expensive, which made it difficult for knowledge to circulate outside. It was basically in the hands of scholars and the wealthy class, and the monopoly of knowledge was completely ended.
Classic books such as "A Brief History of the Tribe", "Tribal Trading Code", "The Changes of Salt City", "Pava's Bizarre Adventure", "Ladybird", as well as the latest epic "The Sinner of the Abyss" and the biography "Crystal Empire"
It was shipped out from the temple printing house in Yao City and sent to all over the world, where anyone could take it into their pocket.
No matter how eras and times change, Yaocheng still stands firmly at the cultural center of the entire world.
The sister cities to the west are a different story.
What Lu Yao noticed first was the land boat road laid outside Yancheng.
This kind of road has simple stone piers and wooden poles on both sides, and the ground is paved with a large amount of fine gravel. The road is not wide, but it is eye-catching enough. The boat road extends eastward to the south gate of Yao City, towards
To the south, go all the way through the forest to reach the northern entrance of Sanilo.
The ground boat was driving on the gravel road.
They floated up from the ground to the ground, and shuttle-shaped or strip-shaped ground boats sailed on the boat channel. Their speed was much faster than the Crystal City flower boats, but they were only as fast as the horses. They were better than being durable and stable.
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The environment of the Western Continent is stable and safe, so the ground boat does not need to be equipped with a rose turret, which not only reduces the load, but also makes it easier to travel on the specially designed boat channel.
The boat roads and ground boats accelerated the exchange of goods and communication between Yancheng and the outside world, and it has now become an important commodity concentration center and transfer station.
Whether it is the earthworms from the Northern Dragon Nest, the ores from Uda City, the glass from the Crystal City, or the products made by the elves in the southern continent, or even the specialties of many archipelagos on the vast ocean, they can all be found in Yancheng.
Matching the land boat is the steamboat on the sea.
A steamship is a simple modified ship based on a galley and equipped with a steam furnace. When the wind is downwind, the sails can be used to move forward, and when the wind is upwind, the steam furnace is used to push the oars on both sides. It is still far from the level of a steamship.
But even so, it has made human beings move faster on the sea.
Yancheng is still the richest city and a benchmark for economic and trade activity.
Lu Yao clicked to transform the large bathhouse and named it.
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[Yancheng Bathhouse]: A large bathhouse built in Yancheng based on a steam furnace, which can accommodate 800 people. There are hot water, warm water, cold water, steam and salt water baths inside.
Baths are a way for Yancheng people to discuss cooperation, ease conflicts, and relax for banquets.
Yancheng Bathhouse is located in a city, so the pressure on urban residents is slightly reduced, the transaction success rate is slightly increased, and the external attractiveness is improved.
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The birth of this miracle brought smiles to the faces of the people of Yancheng. They surrounded the bathing place, holding white holy flowers, and shouted the name of the God Yao.
"The god Yao loves our baths!"
"We have the best bathhouse in the world. Everyone needs to bathe. This is Yancheng!"
"The gods approve of bathing!"
"Life is not only about making money, but also about taking a bath!"
Lu Yao clicked on the bathhouse.
It is located in the south of Yancheng, close to the city gate. It is a large square building, comparable in scale to the Colosseum in the past.
The largest area in the bathhouse is a public bath, surrounded by many small cubicles.
Most people bathed and chatted in the public baths, while those who discussed business were in separate baths. At this point, the bathing culture gradually became a local custom in Yancheng.
Led by the Twin Cities, cities have gained new vitality driven by new technologies, but for individuals, the new era is more like a strange banquet that cannot be refused.
The age of fire and steam is coming.
The fastest to accept and adapt to the new environment are scholars, craftsmen and businessmen.
The birth of the fire-steam stove had the most direct impact on their fields. Many people immediately saw the opportunity and developed various uses for the fire-steam stove to seize the opportunity.
This device has a wide range of applications, including smelting, forging, tool making, textiles, shipbuilding, etc., covering most handmade manufacturing industries.
Of course, there are some people who cannot accept it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Some scholars call it the "dangerous copper monster" and believe that the fire and steam stove itself is extremely risky. If used in large quantities, many fire and steam stoves will explode once they are used.
Let the whole city be surrounded by flames and steam.
They appealed vigorously, hoping to ban the use of gas stoves by private citizens.
Old-school craftsmen insist that the utensils forged by fire and steam furnaces are dull and uniform, and only skilled craftsmen can give an utensil its unique texture and texture if it is made by hand.
Among businessmen, there are also people who have been promoting the dangers of gas stoves and calling for the protection of craftsman traditions.
But these are all appearances.
What these businessmen want to say is that this kind of device, which is dangerous and threatens the work of craftsmen, must be expensive to fit its identity and positioning.
The price of gas stoves must be raised! And it’s best to limit purchases centrally!
The ultimate goal is of course to increase business profits.
But compared to these people, those who have suffered the greatest impact are actually martial monks, or in other words, practitioners who take a path that challenges their personal limits.
Fire and steam furnaces accelerated almost all handicraft industries, and the omnipotent stones from Crystal City continued to flow into the market, causing the quantity of sophisticated equipment to skyrocket, prices to continue to drop, and popularity to increase significantly.
The group of armored warriors grew crazily, and every city was filled with patrolling armored warriors. Extraordinary beings were also subject to strict order in the city.
Golden Field backend data shows that the Yancheng Martial Arts Association is in dire straits. The number of registered martial arts practitioners continues to decline, which means that many people have given up on this profession and route, and parliamentary funding has also been cut again and again.
In this context, a Yao man wearing broken ghost armor came outside the association.
"I want to apply to become a martial monk."
Lu Yao took a look.
It turns out to be the ghost warrior Nong Lei.
Instead of working as a locust killer outside the Crystal City, he came here to work as a martial monk?
After Lu Yao checked, he found that Nong Lei's level had actually reached lv22, and he could be called the Sword God of Shilipo in Crystal City.
"Is anyone there? I want to apply to become a martial monk."
Nong Lei shouted again.
The door of the association was closed, with only a guard dog lying at the door.
A passing hunter told him: "The receptionist of the association is in the nursing home today because of diarrhea. You can come back another day."
The other party said: "Many martial monks have withdrawn from the association and switched to armor. Now martial monks have no future and no money... Why are you so confused and still want to apply to join? You seem to be an armored person too."
Nonglei replied: "I have been aiming for Mr. Yanjiu since I was a child and have always wanted to become a martial arts monk."
"Yojiu is indeed amazing, but he has disappeared for many years. Times have changed, and this is no longer the time to be a martial monk."
Seeing that he could not be persuaded, the passers-by shook their heads and left.