If you want to talk about which ethnic group in this world is the smartest, Liu Mingqi is hard to say.

But if you talk about which ethnic group is the most capable of studying and working hard, it must be my Chinese nation.

No one knows better than us what it means to sleep on firewood and taste gall.

We have been using this spirit since King Goujian of Yue to the new century.

Without decades of hard work starting from a screw, a button, or a piece of clothing, where did we come from the aircraft carrier that we continuously exploded?

Where can we get enough confidence to directly scold the beautiful country? You are not qualified to punish us from the perspective of strength and talk to us?

In Dakang today, there happened to be such a group of people who are also studying hard.

These people are children of the Mo family.

The 200 Mohist children who were carefully selected were originally planning to learn a few more techniques, but they were thrown into the "steam engine laboratory" by Liu Mingqi.

What is the best way to deal with technical otakus?

Of course, they just put out real things directly to make them envious.

Since Liu Mingqi traveled through time, she has been writing many memories and materials from her previous life on the night without any trouble.

Among them, the steam engine is naturally the top priority.

Human mechanical civilization begins with the steam engine.

The inventor of the steam engine was not Watt, but Watt transformed the steam engine to be most suitable for industrial use, thus opening up the steam era.

This is the beginning of the West's rapid advancement, not the invention of muskets and gunboats.

For Liu Mingqi, this is also the first step to climbing the technology tree.

Of course, he has to hand over such an important thing to the most elite talents.

Therefore, the 200 Mohist children sent by the court were naturally the best candidates to make steam engines.

Of course, Liu Mingqi can also teach them step by step how to make a steam engine, which is not difficult.

But scientists must have the spirit of exploration. If Liu Mingqi teaches them everything, how to invent and create new things in the future?

Therefore, after Liu Mingqi threw hundreds of drawings to them and taught them about ten lessons on a small blackboard, the group of young people began a vigorous experiment.

Liu Mingqi didn't take care of them for long.

He went out in March, and it was almost July when he came back.

There has been no news of the steam engine, and Liu Mingqi was also a little puzzled.

After saying a word to Wu Yeshuang, the boy went to the "steam engine laboratory" outside the city.

When building a steam engine, it must not be a small place.

For this reason, the Ministry of Works specially allocated a piece of land next to the Beimen River outside the city, and then Liu Mingqi built a house and provided various raw materials and funds to allow this group of technical otakus to start research.

In addition to the knowledge that Liu Mingqi gave them inspiration, as well as those very detailed drawing information, the Mohist children knew nothing about steam engines.

But even so, they were still actively studying the big cakes that Liu Mingqi drew for them.

Of course, the "Steam Engine Laboratory" is also guarded by the sergeants.

There are yamen runners patrolling around the Imperial Courtyard at any time, and the embroidered guards have a stronghold here.

Seven miles away here is a military camp of the Leopard Cavalry Guard. I think no one can do any earth-shaking robbery in the hinterland of the capital.

The official in charge of this place was named Ke Deyou. He was originally a minister of the Ministry of Works. He led the way in the selection competition and won the title of hosting this task without any suspense.

When he saw Liu Mingqi, he pulled the boy in without saying a word.

As he walked, he said, "Your Highness, you are back! Come over quickly, we are facing a big problem!"

The boy asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

"That's right. Didn't we make a steam water absorber before?" Ke Deyou said: "There was no problem during the experiment, but after the specific operation, problems occurred one after another. Yesterday, there were violent explosions, killing three directly and seven injured! Now everyone is very depressed! You are here and you can help them solve their doubts!"

Liu Mingqi frowned immediately.

When he just returned to the capital, he heard Wu Yeshuang talk about what happened here.

These 200 Mohist children from the Steam Engine Laboratory are also very outstanding talents, and they are not old, and they are basically around eighteen years old.

Because they are very plastic, Liu Mingqi used them all to make steam engines.

A steam engine is not a simple machine, it is actually a large-scale machine that is combined.

So this cannot be made of one person, but needs to be cooperated with the group.

These two hundred people are elites and the seeds of science in this world, so they are the best students who created the steam engine.

In fact, these people did not disappoint Liu Mingqi's expectations.

In just over half a year, they have built the world's first steam engine from scratch.

Although this steam engine is just a steam water absorber and is not a mature one, it is already a surprise.

Oh, no!

They are not from nothing, but they have thousands of years of knowledge passed down by the Mohist sages.

These Mohist children just lack systematic knowledge and guide them to move forward on the path of science.

Since Liu Mingqi threw the primary mathematics, primary physics and primary chemistry to them, they suddenly realized and began to move towards the right path.

Making a steam absorber is only the first step, and they have a bigger goal.

But this doesn't mean that everything is good.

They had two accidents before. The first time was when they were loaded, a person was burned by steam and almost steamed directly.

The second time was after half a month of operation, a small explosion killed one person and injured two people.

As a result, less than a month later, even greater casualties came.

This shows that there are still many problems!

...

Soon, Liu Mingqi arrived at the test site.

The size of this test site is more than 1,000 square meters. Like the explosives workshop, gasoline workshop, etc., it is full of thick high walls and sandbags as support and protection to prevent damage from one place from directly transmitting to another area.

There was a pit about ten meters in the middle of the test site, and some water was poured into it, but the water was a little turbid, and some small pieces of the machine were not cleaned up.

There were already many people sitting or standing in the distance. When they saw Liu Mingqi coming, they hurriedly ran over when they were surprised.

As soon as they came up, they surrounded Liu Mingqi.

"Your Highness! Look, why do we fully understand the thermal expansion and contraction of steam, but we cannot make a steam engine with high safety?"

"Can the steam engine only operates so dangerously? But we have no other way to use it except physical condensation!"

"Do you think this concept of water absorption is wrong? With such a high drop, will the steam be accumulated too much? This will explode?"

“…”

A group of people asked chirpingly, with unstoppable anxiety in their eyes and expressions, and full of exploration of problems.

Liu Mingqi smiled secretly in her heart.

That's right!

If it fails, Liu Mingqi will immediately be depressed and blame others. Even if such a person is an elite trained by the Mohist school, Liu Mingqi will not use it.

Only those who fail after failure, who are unwilling to accept or give up, and who are desperately trying to do better again, have a spirit of adventure that is unwilling to give up, are the seeds of science.

Once these seeds are allowed to grow, what is the steam engine?

The next step is the lathe!

The boy restrained his thoughts, raised his hand, and ordered: "First take out the blackboard, then call all the people over, and then carry your spare machine over. I'll tell you where the failure is!"

"good!"

The Mohist students rushed away in a hurry.

When everyone who received the news was almost there, they saw that Liu Mingqi had already written about a dozen blackboard things.

The above pictures and texts are all in full view, and you can tell at a glance that it is related to the steam engine.

Just as Liu Mingqi finished writing, he turned around and said, "I could not imagine that you could make a steam engine so quickly! But you were stupid and careless!

Didn’t I tell you at the beginning? You must first protect yourself! Only by protecting yourself can you continue to do a good job of experiments!

What about you? Treat safety as a joke! This kind of primary steam engine has unstable performance, so how dare you do it like this? It's simply nonsense!"

A group of people were scolded by Liu Mingqi so much that they couldn't raise their heads.

Originally, they were all technical people and paid more attention to safety issues, but who said that steam engines are too novel and promising?

That's why they just want to do it earlier, but not anything else.

"Okay, now you go and read what I wrote! I'll take a look at your steam engine! Let's discuss it later!"

Fortunately, Liu Mingqi didn't keep scolding them, so she gave in and asked them to learn knowledge.
To be continued...