[Steam Experiment]

Star Ancient Era 380.

Years of continuous natural and man-made disasters have led to the Star Ancient Dynasty's finances almost collapsing.

The situation of soaring prices has appeared in various places.

But no unrest has occurred anywhere.

Under the court's efforts to save the situation.

The great ship of the Star Ancient Dynasty sailed through the wind and rain with difficulty.

Many merchants who relied on rising commodity prices to make illegal profits, after the Star Ancient Dynasty survived this crisis, also ushered in the most ferocious blow from the court.

Before, how happy they were to collect money, now they are crying how sadly.

Only because the support policy is gone.

Moreover, the complete tax collection for merchants has gradually been improved.

All illegal income will be confiscated, and the whole family will be put in jail.

Only because the joint liability system has not been abolished so far.

The people of the Star Ancient Dynasty, who survived this crisis, have become more united and help each other.

What contradictions or not, in the face of natural and man-made disasters, will all turn into nothingness.

In the same year.

The Star Ancient Dynasty discovered a large number of gold mines, and the court immediately issued a message.

All gold mines in the world belong to the court.

If anyone is found to be mining gold, silver, and copper mines privately, the entire clan will be executed.

Star Ancient Era 381, autumn.

After a year of mining.

The gold reserve of the Star Ancient Dynasty has reached the concept of thousands of tons.

The court announced.

Cancel all private family commercial banks.

The court itself founded the Star Ancient Bank, the Agricultural Bank, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank.

The Star Ancient Bank is responsible for issuing currency.

The Agricultural Bank is oriented to the storage and withdrawal of prefectures, counties, and villages, and at the same time establishes a logistics company responsible for the collection and delivery of letters from any place.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank is oriented to the storage and withdrawal of workers in prefectures and counties.

Star Ancient Era 400.

After nearly twenty years of development.

The Star Ancient Dynasty's banks have already spread throughout the world.

Especially the Agricultural Bank.

In this year.

The Star Ancient Bank launched a new type of currency: paper money.

After ten years of research, the Research Institute developed a special paper with extremely strong flexibility, which was used for currency.

It is printed with patterns of mountains, rivers, and lakes, including the King's portrait, as well as anti-counterfeiting marks.

When the paper money came out, no one dared to use it at all.

Only because the use of gold, silver, and copper is deeply rooted.

Who knows if the paper money will become unusable one day?

However, as the four major families of the imperial court deposited all their money in the bank, exchanged it for paper money, and had to use paper money for transactions with other merchants, the paper money began to gradually circulate.

The Star Ancient Dynasty issued nine types of currency, namely 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 20 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 jiao, 2 jiao, and 1 jiao.

Currencies of five yuan and above are printed with the King's portrait; those below five yuan depict a family of three looking up at the sunset in primitive times.

This is the new currency of the Star Ancient Dynasty, and it was quickly accepted by the people!

During these long years.

The Research Institute was not idle, but was working hard to develop ways to make the Star Ancient Dynasty even stronger.

In the same year.

The Star Ancient Dynasty conducted a population census.

The number of registered people has reached more than 15 million.

Only because after the food problem was solved.

The people of the Star Ancient Dynasty no longer have to worry about food or the inability to support their children.

At the same time.

The Star Ancient Dynasty is also promoting equality between men and women.

If there are only daughters in the family, a son-in-law can be recruited. If there are two children, it is not impossible for the man to have a child with his surname, but it requires negotiation between both parties.

The Star Ancient Dynasty also introduced laws regarding certain families who, dissatisfied with their children being daughters, strangle or abandon them, and are punished for murder.

As long as a baby is born and comes into this world, they are citizens of the Star Ancient Dynasty. Even if they are not registered, they are still citizens of the Star Ancient Dynasty. If they are killed, it is a capital crime, and no one will bother to talk nonsense with you.

In particular, the imperial court's public security has a very high degree of protection for children from birth to the age of eighteen.

However, if a minor bullies or kills another minor, the imperial court's public security will also impose extremely terrifying punishments.

Bullies, whether you are an adult or a minor, have violated the imperial court's laws. The lighter punishment is six months of imprisonment, and the heavier punishment is three to ten years.

Those who bully to death are directly sentenced to death, and their guardians must compensate the deceased for their losses and be sentenced to three to five years in prison. If the guardians have other children, they will be taken care of by other relatives; if there are no other relatives, the imperial court will raise them.

This is the Star Ancient Dynasty's child protection law.

What if you hire a great lawyer?

Maybe the great lawyer you hire might even send you in.

Do not challenge the authority of the Star Ancient Dynasty.

Star Ancient Era 410.

In just ten years, the Star Ancient Dynasty's population has grown by nearly three million, reaching 18 million.

Furthermore, with the changing environment, the average life expectancy has increased to fifty-eight years.

Some who live long can even reach seventy or eighty years.

Those with short lives come and go quickly due to unresolved illnesses.

Therefore, the Star Ancient Dynasty has a significant population growth based on its large population.

In this year.

After years of silence, the Star Ancient Dynasty's military force has grown to over 600,000.

Moreover, they are all elite troops.

As the King's decree from the Royal Capital was issued.

The three major military zones in the east, south, and west continued to expand outwards.

The eastern expeditionary army even reached the sea this time before stopping.

The southern dynasty also reached the sea.

The western expeditionary army was blocked by an endless mountain range and could not advance, so they stopped their attacks.

Royal Capital.

Research Institute.

Yang Yu came to the Research Institute today to inspect the work, followed by the Guardian Dragon, accompanied by the Minister of Science and Technology.

The Minister of Science and Technology is different from other Cabinet ministers.

Other Cabinet ministers are replaced every four years, but unless the Minister of Science and Technology wants to retire and enjoy his old age, the King will not allow him to step down.

The Minister of Science and Technology explained the Research Institute to the King, showing him what they saw along the way.

Suddenly.

Yang Yu stopped, his gaze falling on a laboratory in the distance.

It was more like a classroom than a laboratory.

Several young people were standing together, wondering what they were studying.

"Your Majesty, these few are my students. Because the Research Institute is not very busy, they are researching something about steam,"

Seeing the King stop to pay attention to his students' small experiment, the Minister of Science and Technology quickly said.

"Steam?"

Yang Yu looked at Minister of Science and Technology Lin Guodong.

He was the first to discover the existence of gravity.

He proposed the concept of universal gravitation.

The most awesome Minister of Science and Technology of this term.

Inside a simple laboratory.

Zhang Peng, Liu Yang, Wang Fei, and Li Yun watched the water gradually boil.

Zhang Peng said excitedly, "A Fei, quickly plug the spout of this kettle, the moment to witness a miracle is coming."

"It's plugged, it's already plugged." Wang Fei took a wooden stopper and plugged the spout of the kettle, saying, "A Peng, what's next?"

Zhang Peng then closed the lid of the kettle and brought a stone to hold the kettle lid down tightly.

Immediately, because the water in the kettle had boiled to its limit, and the spout and lid were closed, the entire kettle trembled non-stop on the stove.

"A Peng, will this explode?" Seeing this, Liu Yang asked worriedly.

If it exploded, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a dull sound.

The wooden stopper that had been plugged into the spout was suddenly blown out of the spout by a strong air pressure, hit the wall, and bounced to the ground.

"This..."