Chapter 105

The 66th year of the Great Yan Calendar.

In this year.

In all parts of the Great Yan Kingdom.

One could see the Great Yan Army holding long spears, driving martial artists and immortal cultivators to be busy paving railways.

Their physiques were different from ordinary people, and the construction speed was very fast.

After a year of construction.

The vast territory of the Great Yan Kingdom...

Had successively built more than ten iron tracks spanning east, west, south, and north.

And...

These iron tracks had all started smooth traffic.

Because of the appearance of the iron tracks, the steam carriage...

Had also been improved again.

It became two-section, three-section, four-section, five-section, and six-section carriages.

According to the type of transportation.

It was further divided into passenger and cargo transport.

From the southernmost end of the Great Yan Kingdom to the northernmost end...

It used to take the fastest steed a month of running without sleep or rest to arrive.

But now...

It only takes a short fifteen days!

The material transportation and traffic in all parts of the Great Yan Kingdom also gradually changed from taking the imperial roads...

To taking the railways.

At the same time.

In other fields of the Great Yan Kingdom...

Because of the appearance of the steam engine, earth-shaking changes had also taken place.

In the field of navigation.

The steam engine was loaded onto large ships, and through the power of more than ten giant steam pots...

Long-distance voyages no longer needed a large number of sailors and crew members.

There was no need to wait for seasons and wind directions; even against the wind, they could go out to sea!

The speed of maritime transportation even soared to 90 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, in terms of cargo transportation.

Shipping also became the first choice.

The amount of cargo loaded by giant sailing ships far exceeded that of steam carriages.

On the coastline of the Great Yan Kingdom.

One port after another continued to rise.

Gathering a large number of merchants and common people, forming super-large coastal cities.

In the field of textiles.

Through the application of the steam engine...

The speed of textile production directly increased by more than ten times.

The original textile factories could only be built by the waterside.

Using the push of waterwheels to carry out large-scale textile reeling.

But now...

After the appearance of the steam engine, textile factories broke away from geographical limitations.

And began to blossom everywhere in the Great Yan Kingdom.

Those folk textile factories, after seeing the convenience of steam textile machines...

Also introduced and improved them one after another.

Replacing a large amount of human labor with steam textile machines.

Production volume also climbed because of this.

In the field of mining and metallurgy.

With the application and popularization of the steam engine.

Metal forging beds appeared.

Through the steam engine, the human labor of hammering and smelting was saved, and it could be done day and night without stopping.

Greatly increasing the production of steel and other metals.

When mining.

It was even possible to transport goods rapidly through steam carriages, and the collection and distribution became increasingly frequent and rapid.

Efficiency became higher and higher.

In the field of agriculture.

Old devices such as water drainage wheels were gradually eliminated.

Through steam water-lifting devices, agricultural irrigation became increasingly convenient.

In terms of plowing land.

Large steam plowing machines also appeared one after another.

They could plow nearly a thousand acres of land in one day.

The speed was astonishing.

And in the field of military manufacturing.

With the popularization and application of the steam engine.

Armor, long spears, cannons, etc., could all be mass-produced.

More and more military weapons were stockpiled in the inventory.

The 66th year of the Great Yan Calendar.

End of the year.

Imperial Palace, Main Hall.

Yan was listening to the ministers below reporting the situation of the Great Yan Kingdom over the past year.

"Your Majesty, I have calculated the total output value of the Great Yan Kingdom this year, which is approximately 697.5 billion Great Yan coins."

"In terms of mining and smelting, 73 large-scale mineral smelting bases have been established across the country, with an output value reaching 38.5 billion."

"In terms of agriculture, a large amount of wasteland in the Great Yan territory has been opened up and planted, the irrigation coverage area has increased significantly, and the output value has reached 138.5 billion."

"In terms of rail transportation, the annual transport volume reached 32.22 million tons, and the output value reached 56.9 billion."

"In terms of maritime shipping, the annual transport volume reached 65.69 million tons, and the output value reached 75.6 billion."

"In terms of textile fabrics..."

One astonishing piece of data after another echoed in the main hall.

All the ministers in the hall, including Yan...

Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

These output values were all calculated according to the statistical methods described in the Divine Book.

They could accurately measure the strength of a country's national power!

At the end of every year.

The Great Yan Kingdom would calculate the data for the year.

But the data for this year...

Was really too scary!

All data had shown a doubling growth!

The total output value had even tripled compared to last year!

In all walks of life, in every field...

The Great Yan Kingdom had undergone earth-shaking changes.

"This... this... this is the power of the steam engine?"

Yan sat on the dragon throne, unable to help but mutter.

He knew very well.

In the decades since he took the throne.

Although the national power of the Great Yan Kingdom had been growing every year.

But...

Never had there been such an earth-shaking change in a single year!

And all of this...

Was brought about three years ago by something called a steam engine!

Within the current Great Yan Kingdom.

One large city after another had risen.

Ports, transportation hubs, traffic hubs, military industry hubs, textile cities, etc., had appeared by the hundreds within a year!

"No, this... should be the power of technology that the gods spoke of."

Yan took a deep breath, and his eyes flickered.

This was the first time...

He had truly felt that an invention could affect an entire country!

It even led to the doubling growth of the Great Yan Kingdom's national power!

And furthermore.

This was just the beginning.

In the next few years, as the various applications of the steam engine matured.

The national power of the Great Yan Kingdom would continue to grow rapidly!

The current Great Yan Kingdom.

Had a full treasury.

Sufficient food.

Strong soldiers and sturdy horses.

And the military inventory was about to burst.

If he were to go and conquer the martial arts civilization and the immortal cultivation civilization again, he would even have the confidence to trample them all flat within a year!

The power of technology...

Invisibly changed everything in the Great Yan Kingdom!