Dawn of a New Era Chapter 72: : Steam Factory

　　 Zhou Xue glanced at him, then took out a novel and read it for herself.

　　 The car drove soon.

　　 This car is obviously a bit old, and the engine of the cabin seems to be out of breath for asthma patients, making a "kutongkutong" noise. Chen Shouyi is a little worried that the car will break down halfway.

　　 Fortunately, this situation did not happen.

　　 lay down for about half an hour, he opened his eyes and looked out the window.

　　 Outside is an industrial area with many chimneys and a lot of white smoke.

　　 Pingqiu City is not far from Ningzhou, it is already within the scope of Ningzhou.

　　 Compared to the still sluggish city of Pingqiu, the traffic on the road here has recovered, but it is still much less than before.

　　 "Master, I heard that some factories here use steam engines?" At this time, someone in the car asked the driver.

　　 "Those who are smoking, basically all!

　　 Now the electricity in Ningzhou can only be supplied to residential areas and some industrial areas. Most factories can only generate electricity by themselves, or use steam engines to transform machine tools. In this regard, it is said that the government has subsidies, but it’s okay. Interest-free loans. "The driver said.

　　"This is really..." The passenger didn't know how to express his feelings: "I thought it was fake."

　　"In fact, steam engines are also good. You can see that thermal power plants and nuclear power plants are not powered by steam turbines, and the steam engines in factories are not the previous ones.

　　 is at least a subcritical steam engine. One steam engine can drive hundreds or even thousands of heavy-duty machine tools. It saves more money than generating electricity yourself! "

　　 As a former high school senior, Chen Shouyi still roughly knows what the subcritical steam engine means?

　　 In the process of heating and gasification of water, as the pressure in the boiler increases, the saturation temperature of the water will also increase, and the gasification efficiency will decrease. When the pressure increases to a certain level, the steam will be saturated and no longer Gasification, when the density of steam and water are the same, this is the critical state.

　　 If the pressure and temperature continue to increase, at this time all water has vaporized into steam. There is no longer a difference between steam and water. Water is steam, and steam is water, which means it becomes supercritical.

　　 And subcritical is approaching the critical state, which is already an extremely mature technology in modern times.

　　 As for today's thermal power plants and nuclear power plants, they basically use more advanced supercritical units, or even ultra-supercritical units.

　　 But even the thermal efficiency of subcritical steam engines is already extremely high, far from comparable to steam engines a hundred years ago.

　　 But clearly, Chen Shouyi still feels heavy in his heart when he looks at the chimneys outside.

　　 This is the slow decline of human civilization.

　　Electricity is ultimately the most convenient and cleanest energy source for mankind.

　　If power from another world continues to invade, once electricity is completely unusable, not only will the prosperous and convenient information electrification era be completely civilized, but also various industries, including metallurgy and chemistry, will also experience serious decline.

　　 The whole world will become dark.

　　 He looked at the chimney with white smoke out the window, as if seeing the afterglow of a civilization about to fall.

　　 Chen Shouyi felt a faint sadness in his heart for no reason.

　　……

　　 drove the car for half an hour, and finally reached the station.

　　 Chen Shouyi and Zhou Xue got out of the car together, and when they walked out of the station, they saw a lot of taxis outside:

　　"Together?" Chen Shouyi asked.

　　 Zhou Xue nodded and said: "Well, join the carpool and save money!"

　　 is a fifteen-year-old girl after all, and it is estimated that she has never been to Ningzhou.

　　Of course, he didn’t, but he was more courageous than her. He put the backpack behind him in the back compartment and sat in the cab:

　　"Master, go to the Budo Examination Center."

　　 The driver quickly started the car and said, "I have picked up several times today, and they all went to the Budo Examination Center."

　　 "Are there many people?" Chen Shouyi asked.

　　 "Many! Most of them came from other places. I heard that this assessment will lower the requirements!" The driver seemed to be well-informed and said.

　　 "Really?" Zhou Xue asked quickly after hearing her ears.

　　 "It must be, you think, so many people come, when will they come to take the test one by one, I will definitely relax the requirements at that time."

　　 Zhou Xue was not sure about the assessment. Hearing the good news, she couldn't help showing a hint of joy.

　　 Chen Shouyi didn't care whether it was difficult or simple this time, and then asked:

　　 "Is there a hotel near there?"

　　"There are quite a few, but I guess it's full!"

　　 "Let’s go there first and talk about it then."

　　 The car reached its destination very quickly.

　　 "The building in front is the Budo Examination Center, a total of 125."

　　 "So expensive!" Zhou Xue exclaimed from behind.

　　 "It's so fresh. Now the gas bill has doubled, and now I'm driving a lot of fuel. You see, I checked the meter." The driver yelled.

　　 Chen Shouyi did not argue, and directly took out his wallet to pay.

　　 After receiving the change, he took out his luggage and the other party’s luggage from the trunk and waited for her to get off.

　　 "It's too expensive. I would have used it as a bus." Zhou Xue said naggingly after pulling down the luggage, looking distressed, and then took out a wallet: "Here you are, this is seven. Ten yuan! You find me eight yuan and five."

　　 Chen Shouyi took it and put it in his wallet, and said:

　　 "There is no change, I owe it first."

　　"You just received five yuan of the driver's change. Give it to me first."

　　 Chen Shouyi reopened the wallet and found that there were five dollars in it. After taking it out, he handed it over: "Here you!"

　　 "Then you still owe me three yuan." Zhou Xue said seriously.

　　 This girl is a bit more real.

　　 Chen Shouyi was speechless: "Don't worry, I will pay you back when I redeem it."

　　……

　　 Then the two began to look for a hotel nearby, but whether it was full or too expensive~ IndoMTL.com~ Chen Shouyi didn't care. Since getting the gold, his life has always been moisturized, and his spending has become a bit lavish. .

　　 But Zhou Xue was not satisfied at all.

　　"This house is more expensive than the previous one. There are 300 single rooms, and it will take two days to live."

　　 "I have been looking for more than two hours, or I will pay for you, I don't need you to pay it back." Chen Shouyi couldn't help but said.

　　 "Who wants you to be kind, if you are impatient, you can go. Anyway, I didn't ask you to stay with me." Zhou Xue's face suddenly became cold.

　　Chen Shouyi has been in good family conditions since he was young, and has a worry-free life. He has never worried about money. It is unavoidable that an ordinary family, and perhaps a single-parent family, has much pressure to train a martial artist. At the same time, it is also about money. More sensitive than ordinary people.

　　 Chen Shouyi reacted and quickly apologized:

　　 "Well, count me wrong, then keep looking!"

　　 The two did not speak any more, and walked with their heads stuffed. The atmosphere that they finally got acquainted with slowly cooled down again.

　　 continued searching for nearly half an hour, and the two finally found a hotel with a suitable price.

　　Looking at the age of the two, the beautiful waiter at the front desk did not look strange at all: "Do you need a couple room?"

　　 Couple room! ?

　　 The little girl apparently has never experienced such a scene, her eyes widened slightly, and a blush quickly appeared on her white face, like a frightened rabbit. She stammered: "I...we are not together. , Single room, I will stay for two days."

　　"Please show your ID card, one hundred deposit, two hundred room charge, a total of three hundred yuan."

　　 After Zhou Xue went through the formalities, she took the room card and did not wait for Chen Shouyi, so she carried her luggage and walked to the elevator quickly, as if she could not wait to prove to the front desk that the two were okay.