Chapter 2015 The thickness of the crucible (ten)

The convoy departed at 8 in the morning. The next stop is Le Treport. This time there will be no longer pauses in the middle. After Le Treport, they will turn their heads and head east to Abbeville. Amiens is not far away.

  There is an ancient battlefield during the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France. Like the Battle of Agincourt, the British Longbowmen defeated the French heavy cavalry with fewer victories. The difference is that the British Edward III and Philip VI participated in the battle.

  According to Napoleon’s usual habit, he will probably go to the ancient battlefield for another round. At the same time, there is a blanket factory there, but it is hard to say how much of his mind was on weaving blankets.

  The premise of trade is peace. The Seven Years War not only cut off the supply of alkali in Spain, but also affected other industries...

   "Mrs. Severe!"

   Just as Georgiana’s carriage was about to start, someone shouted from the window.

  She looked out and found that it was Mr. Stanley, the broker, who introduced the thresher to George Washington, and then introduced it to Georgiananna.

   "What's the matter with you?" Georgiana asked.

   "Can I share a carriage with you?" Stanley said.

  Georgiana wanted to refuse.

  But she thought maybe Stanley knew something, so she let him in the car.

  "Thank you." Stanley said politely, and then got into Georgiana's carriage. The French cavalry on the side looked at him with weird eyes.

  Georgina shook her head. She just thought that she might be able to obtain information, forgetting that others would suspect that Stanley was obtaining information from her, but at this time people had already come up and the car was moving.

   "I remember you were riding a horse." Georgiana said deliberately in French.

   "This road will kill me soon." Stanley beat his waist and said, "Why not build more canals?"

  Georgiana has nothing to say.

  It’s not so easy to repair canals on the mainland.

  "Have you been to Birmingham?" Georgiana asked.

   "Birmingham? Of course I have been." Stanley said immediately, "I also watched the sunrise on the nearby mountain."

  Georgianna recalled British Geography. Birmingham seemed to be located in the Central Peak District and was part of the National Park.

   "No wonder the people of the Moonlight Society like to study rocks." Georgiana smiled and said, "So they live on the edge of the mountain."

  Stanley looked at her confused.

  "Do you have any familiar friends in Birmingham?" Georgiana asked.

  "I know some people. Mr. Bolton is a warm and generous person. He often invites guests to visit his factory..."

  Stanley immediately talked about his experience in Soho Company. It seemed that the broker felt that there should be another business to do.

  Watt’s character is a bit like Newt Scamander. Newt found a vacant room at Hogwarts to raise his magical creatures, and Watt used the workshop as his "refuge." Watt's father was a reliable man, a builder, boatman, carpenter, and cabinet maker, and he also owned the property rights of several ships. The craze of exploration in the 16th century promoted the development of navigation and mathematics. Astrolabes, quadrants and compasses were all improved. At the same time, the craftsmanship of watchmakers also improved.

The wealthy aristocrats and collectors asked to attack Ang's beautifully made solar system and armillary spheres. In fact, they didn’t use them, but they were kept at home. These instruments were usually made of brass and silver. Watt knew the actual usage of all the instruments. His grandfather was once a city official in Aberdeenshire, described in the genealogy as a "pilot", and his uncle John is a mathematics, astronomy, and surveyor.

When she was a child, Watt was spoiled by her mother because she had lost three children before, and Watt’s health was not good. He was particularly distressed when he was in school. Later, his father gave him a workbench, where he made many models. He soon showed his talent in this area.

However, when he was 17 years old, he was hit hard. His father's ship sank and his mother passed away. The coastal city of Glasgow where he lived was ruled by a "tobacco tycoon", so he took his tools and clothes to go there the following year. Studying at Glasgow University.

The style of study at the University of Glasgow is low-key, pragmatic, and progress-oriented. It cultivates a complex of businessmen, gentlemen and scholars. The young, sick and melancholic Watt’s boarding life here is not happy. Later, his natural philosophy professor Robert Dick discovered His hands-on ability invited Watt to help him make some new astronomy teaching instruments.

  At this moment, no one in the University of Glasgow can teach him how to make an instrument. After getting acquainted for a while, Professor Dick suggested that Watt go to London to study. If Watt's father agrees, the professor can provide Watt with an introductory education.

  Talents vary from person to person. The so-called disciple is sometimes like a teacher’s child, but Albus probably never regarded Severus as a "son" to be proud of.

  Later, Watt went to London with the help of Professor Dick. He took a letter of introduction to a Scottish instrument manufacturer in London. Unlike Birmingham, London has a strict guild system. Watt has not received formal apprenticeship training. According to the regulations of the Watch Guild, they cannot accept any non-London who is not a free person or apprentice of the Watch Guild.

  This rule is quite unfair, so people are eager to break it.

  Reading and studying are not just about school. Georgiana remembers the appraiser named Gonsai. He dropped out of school at the age of 3 in Brebatton. His father later sent him to a scholar's home to study.

Watt did not return to Scotland immediately after the rejection, but worked as an apprentice in the home of a master craftsman and mathematician named Morgan. He once wrote a paper on sand timers and longitude, and in 1752 he The king of Spain made a telescope.

  Morgan accepted Watt, but the conditions were very harsh. Not only would Watt not get any compensation, he would also pay 20 Guineas for tuition and promised to serve him fully. Watt agreed to his request because he thought it was worth it, and the school he completed in a year usually takes four years.

  Later, when the Seven Years’ War broke out, Watt was uneasy studying in the big city. He did not have any official guild status. He was likely to be arrested as a navy or sent to a plantation in the West Indies by the East India Company.

As for the legendary story of Watt seeing the kettle boil and making the lid jump, it is not clear how Stanley was, but during his apprenticeship, Watt met Blake and Robinson and became close friends. Blake was the son of a Bordeaux wine merchant and he liked it very much. Make friends, and love to do some gas experiments, such as mixing acid into chalk and soda to observe the bubbles produced.

  They broadened Watt's horizons, and under their influence Watt began to teach himself German and Italian.

At that time, their alumni, or Adam Smith, who had been a lecturer in Glasgow, had already become famous. There were always a few particularly active, popular, and gifted student clubs in every school. Blake started Cullen’s at a very young age. Research and instruct whisky vendors on how to cut costs.

  The war has made life difficult for many people, and many businesses are unable to export. At this time, the merchants in Birmingham came up with a way-dig a canal.

In fact, it is profitable to build land roads, but it is not as profitable as the canal. The desire for profit is pursued by all entrepreneurs, landowners, and engineers. Dreamers like Darwin and industrialists like Bolton and Wedgwood are increasing. The more attention was paid to the inland waterways, the British canal project was eventually built by private companies rather than national plans, and this was also the beginning of the "competition" between the Liverpool Canal Company and the railway company.

  People believed everything in the newspaper, so they obstructed the railway company's survey, so that the railway company had to hire boxers to protect the surveyors.

  And Bolton is a completely different person from Watt. He can persuade people just like Wedgwood. Wedgwood succeeded in persuading the Duke of Bridgewater to support the canal excavation. By using the canal, the Baltic merchants could save 15 shillings for every ton of iron and flax they imported. It was precisely because of the relationship between the duke and the government that they obtained the king’s approval, and when he persuaded the Cheshire salt merchants to save the canal The tolls are compared with the tolls of the Weaver River.

A woman’s dowry is her support, but Bolton asked his two wives to use the dowry to support his career. He can design toys and make carriages. When Wedgwood went to lobby, he rode a car with a "spring". "The carriage" was designed by Darwin. This means that no matter what bumps are encountered on the road, it will not hinder the carriage of the carriage, and the riders will not feel bumps. Bolton designed a paper cover for the carriage to make it practical. It is more beautiful on the basis of.

  The Soho factory in Bolton is not a traditional factory. You have to think of it as a theater, so lighting is needed.

  He can make every participant feel that he is enjoying it. He gives the steam engine a sense of artistry and romance. If you use the adjective "metaphysics", it is that Bolton can make people feel the kind of passion that Pelier said.

There are very few women he can’t handle. His second wife was the sister of the first wife. This marriage was considered **** at the time, but he would ensure that the factory was clean, bright and airy, and he refused to hire child labor because He is a businessman who makes toys and brings happiness to children.

   In 1761, when Bolton bought the current location of Soho for £1,000, it was nothing more than a bushy wasteland, full of heather and gorse, only lago ears and the old master’s hut in the rabbit farm.

  Many people will feel discouraged when they see the scene, but Bolton romanticizes his adventure, saying it is creating wealth in the desert.

  "Fortunately, he is old." Stanley said with some glee, "Oh, yes, your carriage can also be equipped with that kind of spring."

  Georgiana did not answer his words.

  Because wizards also resisted Muggle science, even if they were ahead at the beginning, they are now behind them in certain areas.

However……

  She sighed, what should I do?

  She has no clue at all.

  (End of this chapter)