Chapter 453

The third stop is "gunny". This remote small city produces a kind of "Snake Girl", that is, female slaves. Because of its remote location, human beings here do not survive well. If the population is too large, it is possible to starve to death. So locals like to sell their daughters and sons. Although this kind of thing is very inhumane, it also has its specific reasons.

This stop is very popular with sailors. The long voyage can suffocate these male animals. They can't wait to vent their desires and spend all their wages. Only a few people who have seen the world and read books will choose to save their money.

Zhang Yuan could only sigh low. There are few things a person can do.

Life is always full of helplessness. Knowing this is completely different from seeing it with your own eyes.

Working in the direction of technology and developing science can indeed promote the whole world.

But for him, it's still not enough.

From the first industrial revolution to the second industrial revolution, it was mainly the use of electric power and internal combustion engine. Zhang Yuan can produce electricity, but it is very difficult and takes a lot of time to apply it on a large scale.

For a simple example, the large-scale application of electricity requires a serious power grid. How big is the State Grid? How many qualified power engineers are needed and how many metals are smelted? He can't do it alone.

Even if there is electricity, he has to invent all kinds of electrical appliances and furniture. There are many electrical appliances. He only knows the principle and still doesn't know a lot of details. It needs to be calculated temporarily. One can't complete this part of the quantities

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The fourth stop of the whole voyage was "albabilly", an originally poor place, but gemstones were found in this place, so a large number of gold seekers formed the city.

The fifth stop, close to the twilight zone in the west, there was a lot of sunshine in the sky, and the air became more and more hot

All the crew cheered the sunshine loudly. Human beings are always animals eager for light.

But it's too hot here.

Zhang Yuan wiped his sweat, narrowed his eyes and witnessed the sun on the sea level. Everyone's clothes are like those taken out of water.

The only advantage of this place is that you can eat the freshest vegetables, including some fruits that are not easy to keep fresh.

The sixth stop

It will take about half a year to make such a circle

……

In the twinkling of an eye, five years have passed.

Through the accumulation of wealth, Zhang Yuan has his own fleet. He has investigated the local conditions and customs of 206 human settlements and conducted more in-depth investigation.

The conditions in this world are too bad. Places with sunshine are too hot and precipitation is particularly frequent, which makes it difficult for people to adapt to such a humid and hot environment.

Remote areas without sunshine are too cold and food is poor.

So that the area where humans can live safely is very small.

Boulder City is the most superior place to live, with convenient transportation and a large number of fish brought by ocean currents. However, the more remote areas are and lack of natural resources, the weaker and poorer they are.

The vast majority of the world is also an ocean, without large areas of land. Many small islands were barely habitable after the industrial revolution.

However, it is just like this. There is no way to make further progress.

"Human beings in this world will inevitably decline after the coal is exhausted. Even if mankind will not be completely extinct, it will only survive in a few livable spots, and there is no possibility of turning over. "

At present, coal reserves are still large and can support more than 400 years. Compared with a society with an average life expectancy of less than 35 years, few people will worry about this.

Professors in the university are still optimistic because technology is still improving and theory is still developing. They believe that many problems can always be solved in the next 400 years.

However, Zhang Yuan, who has traveled from other worlds, deeply knows the shortcomings of this world.

Through reference materials and personal practice, Zhang Yuan did not find any signs of oil, or that oil may be hidden on the seabed. With the current technical level, there is no possibility of development at all.

"Without oil, it will be difficult to give birth to the real second industrial revolution! Electricity alone is far from enough. "

"The countdown to four hundred years of death has begun. No one knows the final outcome except me."

Even if he is Zhang Yuan, it is difficult to drive the whole world on his own.

What industry needs is all-round progress. One can do too little. The industrial revolution requires a large number of supporting facilities. Zhang Yuan can forcibly get the starting motor and telegraph, but it is impossible to get rockets, satellites and even controllable nuclear fusion technology alone, which is almost impossible!

Moreover, the population here is too small.

The population of 100 million is distributed in more than 1000 islands, large and small. Most of them are illiterate, and there is no talent reserve required by the second industrial revolution.

A megalithic city with a population of one million is still too weak. This world is not a cherry blossom world. It has strong productivity. As long as it gives drawings, robots can produce parts. There are many things. Even if there are drawings, they still can't.

So, what?

Only from another direction, an unknown road, Zhang Yuan sighed a long sigh. He didn't know whether his choice was right or wrong, or just wasting his time.

"Dong Dong", someone is knocking at the door.

"Please come in!"

A large group of enthusiastic and ruddy faced professors came in.

The first voice trembled slightly and said, "Lord count, we just received a wireless telegram from malfat City, which introduced a local news!"

"Wireless telegraphy... Succeeded!"

"Wireless telegraphy succeeded!" There was a lot of loud noise and cheers in the room.

Everyone knows what this means. The successful development of wireless telegraph means that the dissemination of information no longer needs to be through the original way of carrier pigeon. The speed of information transmission between cities will be the speed of light, and the connection will become closer!

Ocean going ships equipped with radio telegraphs can send distress signals when needed, even if they are still in communication with land at sea.

Everyone with a little mind has seen the huge business opportunities.

From now on, every cargo ship will be equipped with a telegraph, and the communication between different cities will be realized by sending telegrams. This is a real business opportunity!

This incident has shocked a large number of nobles in Boulder City. Zhang Yuan, the inventor of wireless telegraph... Oh, by the way, his name in the world is count Steve Hoffman, which has undoubtedly become a shining star in the city.

Zhang Yuan recovered from thinking and said with a smile, "thank you for your hard work. Relevant cooperation and benefit distribution, I believe there will be a good scheme! I hope you can attend the banquet in the evening! "

"Of course, how can you not attend the invitation of the count?"

Everyone left enthusiastically. When it comes to money, everyone becomes very positive. The young count has always been known for his generosity. He even sponsored many research projects in universities and trained many sailors.

Although this big project will be shared by all kinds of nobles, even if it's just soup, it's enough for them to be rich and prosperous for a lifetime!

Zhang Yuan sighed gently. He really didn't have much interest in making money. Most of the affairs were lost to his sister. However, if you want to do big things, you can't do without money, especially... The next plan.

"Brother..." a head poked out from behind the door. It was his sister Anna.

She said slightly uneasily, "do you really want to... Find a new world?"