The other side of the world

Chapter 5 National Librarians
The National Library is less than five kilometers away from Chu Bai's house.

Riding a bicycle, Chu Bai was driving on the street.

What caught his eyes was a strange scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing to develop.

A large number of steam cars, making the sound of tractors, drive on the ground paved with cement.There are also a few sparse electric cars, which surpassed the steam cars very smoothly.

On the slightly uneven concrete floor, there are cracks left by the erosion of the years. Several workers in work clothes are filling the cracks with cement.

Pedestrians on the street wore mandarin jackets similar to the period of the Republic of China, walking in a hurry.In addition, there are those who wear blue work clothes, those who wear suits, and those who wear Chinese tunic suits.

This kind of scene is too miraculous, and it is very different from the Shenzhou in Chu Bai's previous life memory.It is more like the intersection and collision of the former Republic of China and the period after liberation.

"Wait a minute," Chu Bai suddenly thought of something, startled, "Electric cars, steam cars... In this world, there are no internal combustion cars?"

how is this possible……

How come there is no car with an internal combustion engine? !

When he came to the library, Chu Bai did not go to the historical area immediately, but to the industrial area first.

"Let me see." Chu Bai's hand slid across the titles of books, and suddenly in a book "The Beginning and End of the Industrial Revolution?"The real industrial founder is him.

Pulling out the book, Chu Bai sat on the chair and read it with a serious expression.

Many contents in the book are covered in the 12-year compulsory education, but those are very rough. This book deeply analyzes the process, development, and major turning points of the industrial revolution.

"Li Jianxue started the industrial revolution, set off a vigorous and in-depth transformation of the Datong Dynasty. Also, the above said that many people misunderstood that the steam engine was not made by Li Jianxue, and the steam engine was cast by the first emperor Chen Kang. It can even be said that , it was Emperor Shi Huang who laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution.”

"If it weren't for the invasion of Wan Yao, the establishment of the Dagan Dynasty interrupted the process of industrialization, and it would be the Chu Empire that started the Industrial Revolution."

"Sure enough, the textbook didn't mention this at all...Chen Kang must have fainted when he saw it. He must also want to be called the pioneer of the industrial revolution! He was picked peaches in the end."

Chu Bai murmured in his heart, anyway, if it were him, he would definitely not be convinced... At least seeing that it was not mentioned in the textbook that he was the one who laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution, he would definitely not be convinced.After all, the textbook is full of spring and autumn, and the credit is Li Jianxue's from beginning to end.

But Chu Bai was also thinking, is this the result of Li Jianxue's greed?It is possible, but it is also possible that the court consciously increased the sanctity of the founding ancestor.Li Jianxue was cheated by greed.

After all, Chu Bai is not the person involved, so he doesn't know much about these aspects.

"Also," Chu Bai roughly flipped through the catalog, his expression became serious, "There is really no internal combustion engine in the book."

What is an internal combustion engine?at the heart of the Second Industrial Revolution.

In comparison, electricity is also at the core of the second industrial revolution.But in the previous life, until the end of the third industry, in the 21st century, battery storage capacity increased significantly, and new energy electric vehicles gradually began to popularize to replace internal combustion vehicles.

In other words, before the third industrial revolution, cars had an overwhelming advantage over trams.

This is the case, unless...

Chu Bai realized something, and his expression became serious. He took out several books again and read them.Then he was startled.

"Wait a minute, does the world have oil?"

At first, Chu Bai thought that there was no oil in this world.But if there is, then why...

Well, it may also be because Li Jianxue's travel time is about the same as his travel time, and it has also reached the stage where the government is forcing new energy vehicles.So maybe, Li Jianxue forcibly made a plan and prepared to forcibly pass the car to the tram.but……

"This still doesn't explain why the industry-related books I read don't use oil!"

Chu Bai looked serious. Petroleum, as defined in the books of the Datong Dynasty, is a black fluid substance that can be ignited.But other than that, there is no other explanation.

This is very unreasonable!
Petroleum is not only refined to make the gasoline that drives cars, but also to produce a large number of products of modern society.Examples include plastics, fertilizers, and even clothing.

Petroleum is the blood of modern industry.

"Li Jianxue, it's impossible not to know the usefulness of oil! But why don't you use it..."

Having had a headache for a long time, Chu Bai read several other books introducing industry, and the contents were similar.It is not too different from the industrial development process of the previous life... But the incredible industrial characteristics of oil are not introduced, and the kind that is not even mentioned.

It's as if, on the industrial side, oil has been deliberately avoided.

"If it's not that I'm crazy, then the world is crazy." Chu Bai said to himself.

After ruling out all possibilities, the remaining answer, no matter how incredible it is, must be the truth.

So, what's wrong with the world's oil?

"If you go to university, maybe you can consider asking your teacher!" Chu Bai's thoughts were spinning.

After putting back the industry books one by one, Chu Bai went to the miscellaneous book section again, and looked it up. He found the "masterpieces" that he was familiar with and their publication dates.After thinking about it, Chu Bai came to the history book area again.

Then, he pulled out a copy of The First Emperor's Chronicle.This is dedicated to the introduction of the first emperor.

After hesitating for a while, he pulled out the Taizu Records of this Dynasty, as well as Li Jianxue's many works, Datong anthology, my autobiography and so on.

Chu Bai found an empty corner and watched patiently.

"Should I say it's true? Although it has recorded a lot of content, which is many times more detailed than what is written in history books, but there is nothing I care about." Chu Bai said to himself.

But this is also very normal. How can this kind of serious biography write that this person is actually a time-traveler, and is there any doubt about time-traveling in him?

Of course, when Chu Bai read Datong anthology, he always felt that he had a sense of sight, a bit like his previous life... well, it was a bit similar to that book, but it was very different.

It can only be said that the two ideas are the same.

This book is rooted in the countryside in the years before the founding of the Datong Dynasty. The problems and experiences described above are all experienced by Li Jianxue. Really solved, really saved...

It was getting dark.

Chu Bai woke up suddenly, only to find that the library was empty.

There was an oil lamp beside him, Chu Bai glanced secretly, and found that sitting on the other side, reading a book by the oil lamp was an old man in an old Chinese tunic suit.

The old man's Chinese tunic suit was a little whitish, with a few patches on it, but it was very neat, without even a fold on it.

(End of this chapter)