Dawn of a New Era

Zhou Xue glanced at him, took out a novel, and looked at it by himself.

The shuttle car drove quickly.

显然 This car is obviously old, the cabin engine seems to be out of breath for asthma patients, and the sound of "Kutong Kutong" sounds, Chen Shouyi is a little worried that the car will break down halfway.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

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

There is an industrial area outside the, where there are a lot of chimneys and a lot of white smoke.

Luanpingqiu City is not far from Ningzhou, and it has already entered the scope of Ningzhou.

Compared to the still depressed Pingqiu city, the traffic on the road has been restored, but it is still much less than before.

"Master, I heard that some factories here are using steam engines?" Someone asked the driver.

"Those who are smoking are basically all!

At present, electricity in Ningzhou can only supply residential areas and some industrial areas. Most factories can only generate electricity by themselves, or use steam engines to modify machine tools. In this regard, it is said that the government has subsidies and can also provide interest-free loans . Said the driver.

"This is really ..." The passenger did not know how to express his feelings: "I thought it was fake."

"In fact, the steam engine is also good. You see, thermal power plants and nuclear power plants have not yet used steam turbines to generate electricity, and the current factory steam engines are not the same as before.

At least it is also a subcritical steam engine. A single steam engine can drive hundreds or even thousands of heavy machine tools. Save more money than generating electricity yourself! "

As a former high school senior, Chen Shouyi still roughly knew what a subcritical steam engine meant?

During the heating and gasification of water, as the pressure in the boiler increases, the saturation temperature of water will also increase, and the gasification efficiency will decrease. When the pressure increases to a certain degree, the steam will saturate and no longer gasify. At this time, the density of steam and water is the same, which is to reach the critical state.

If the pressure and temperature continue to increase, at this time water has all been vaporized into steam. There is no difference between steam and water. Water is steam and steam is water. This is becoming supercritical.

亚 Subcritical is approaching the critical state, which is already a very mature technology in modern times.

As for today's thermal power plants and nuclear power plants, more advanced supercritical units are used, even ultra-supercritical units.

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

But clearly and clearly, looking at the root chimneys outside, Chen Shouyi still felt heavy in his heart.

This is the slow decline of human civilization.

After all, electricity is the most convenient and cleanest energy source for human beings.

If the power of another world continues to invade, once the power is completely unavailable, not only will the era of prosperous and convenient information electrification become a history of civilization, but all industries including metallurgy and chemistry will also suffer severe decline.

The whole world will become dark.

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

守 Chen Shouyi felt a kind of sadness for no reason.

Uh ...

The car continued to drive for half an hour, and finally stopped.

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

一起 "Together?" Chen Shouyi asked.

Zhou Zhouxue nodded and said, "Well, carpooling together saves money!"

After all, she is a fifteen-year-old girl. 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 trunk and sat in the cab:

"Master, go to the martial arts assessment center."

The driver quickly started the car and said, "I have taken several trips today, and they all went to the Budo Testing Center."

"Are there many people?" Chen Shouyi asked.

多 "How much! Most came from other places. I heard that the assessment will lower the requirements!" The driver seemed to be well informed.

"Really?" Zhou Xue heard an ear and asked quickly.

肯定 "It must be, you think, when so many people come, when will they take the exam one by one, they will definitely relax their requirements."

Zhou Zhouxue had no confidence in the assessment. He heard the good news and could not help showing a touch of joy.

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

"Is there a hotel near there?"

"It's quite a lot, but I guess it's full!"

"Go there first and talk later."

The shuttle car quickly reached its destination.

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

"So expensive!" Zhou Xue exclaimed.

"How fresh, now the fuel costs have doubled, and now the fuel consumption of driving is also much, you see I have a meter." The driver exclaimed.

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

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

"It's too expensive. I knew it would be a bus." After Xue Xue picked up his luggage, he said mutteringly, a distressed look, and then took out a wallet: "Here you are, seventy yuan! You find me eight and five. "

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

"No change, owe it first."

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

Chen Shouyi re-opened the wallet and found out that there were five pieces in it. After taking it out, he passed it: "Here you are!"

"You still owe me three and five." Zhou Xue said with a serious expression.

This girl is more real.

守 Chen Shouyi was speechless in his heart: "Relax, I'll pay you back when I open it."

Uh ...

The two began to look for hotels nearby, but they were either full or too expensive ~ www.readwn.com ~ Chen Shouyi didn't care. Since getting gold, his life has always been nourished, and spending money has become a bit overkill.

However, Zhou Xue was not satisfied.

"This one is more expensive than the front. Three hundred and one single rooms will stay for two days."

"It's been more than two hours since I found it, or I'll pay for it for you, and you don't need to pay it back." Chen Shouyi couldn't help but say.

"Who wants you to be kind, if you are impatient, just go. I didn't ask you to stay with me anyway." Zhou Xue's face suddenly cooled down.

Chen Shouyi has been in a good condition since he was a child. He has no worries about life. He has never been troubled by money. It is inevitable that an ordinary family may be a single-parent family. How much pressure is it to train a military apprentice? More sensitive.

Chen Shouyi reacted and quickly apologized:

"Okay, even if I'm wrong, keep looking!"

The two did not talk anymore, walking with their heads dumbfounded, but finally the atmosphere that slowly became familiar gradually became cold again.

Then I searched for nearly half an hour, and the two finally found a hotel with the right price.

Looking at the age of the two, the beautiful waiter at the desk did not have the same look on his face.

Couple room! ?

The little girl apparently had not experienced such a scene. She heard her eyes widen a little, and a blush appeared quickly on her fair face, like a frightened rabbit, stuttering stupidly: "I ... we are not together, single I live for two days. "

"Please show your ID card, a deposit of 100 and a room rate of 200, a total of 300 yuan."

After Zhou Xue went through the formalities, he did not wait for Chen Shouyi after taking the room card, and carried his luggage and walked to the elevator, as if he could not wait to prove to the front desk that the two were okay.