I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[Generally speaking, the traction provided by draft animals is proportional to their weight, and the standard traction of animals is about 15% of their own weight. ]

[Cows were the first animals to be put into production activities, but in fact, from the perspective of labor alone, horses are the best draft animals and can help people perform various production labors, such as plowing. ]

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"Ah?"

Many ancient people in all dynasties were shocked.

This is something completely beyond their imagination.

As for the use of horses, they can think of using them as war horses, pulling carriages, or riding them directly as a means of transportation, etc.

But they never thought that horses could be used to plow the land.

After being shocked, many ancient people questioned:

"How is this possible?"

"How can horses be more suitable for plowing than cows?"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

This is too inconsistent with their common sense.

With such doubts, these ancient people continued to look at the giant screen in the sky.

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[Because of the larger mass and higher relative speed, as well as the weight distribution of the front and back of the body, horses can use inertial motion better than cattle. ]

[But in terms of plowing, horses are 30%~50% more efficient than cattle. ]

[Moreover, horses have better endurance and can work 8~10 hours a day, while cattle can only work 4~6 hours a day. ]

[And horses have a longer lifespan. Both cattle and horses start working from 3~4 years old. Cattle usually only work for 8~10 years, but horses can reach 15~20 years. ]

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Seeing these intuitive data comparisons on the giant screen.

Many ancient people from all dynasties were stunned again.

Isn't this gap too big?

No matter which aspect of the data is looked at, horse plowing crushes cattle plowing.

Why did China always use oxen to plow, and no one found that horse plowing was better?

Many ancient people had doubts in their hearts.

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin threw this question to Changsun Wuji and other officials of the Tang Dynasty.

But unfortunately, the truth is.

Changsun Wuji and others could not answer this question.

This is normal.

Almost no one in their group has farmed all year round, and they don’t understand the details of farming.

What’s more.

China has always used oxen to plow since ancient times, and no one has considered the possibility of horse plowing.

It was at this time.

A new batch of bullet screens appeared in the sky, answering the doubts of Li Shimin and others.

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Comment:

“Is this true? This is the first time I heard that horses are more suitable for plowing than cows? If so, why have I never seen anyone plowing with horses?”

“Reply—Actually, there are. In medieval Europe, horses were the main tool for plowing.”

“Reply—Europe also used cows to plow the land at first, but later it was discovered that horsesPloughing is more efficient, so they switched to horse plowing. ”

“Reply--Didn't our ancestors discover this? ”

“Reply--Yes, although cattle plowing has always been the mainstay in China, when animal plowing began to be popularized in the early Western Han Dynasty, horse plowing was tried in some areas of the Central Plains, but after comprehensive comparison, it was found that it was not as good as cattle plowing, so horse plowing was eliminated, and cattle plowing has dominated the world since then. ”

“Reply--That's not right, isn't it said that horse plowing is more efficient? ”

“Reply--Efficient, but not suitable for China's situation, more suitable for Europe in the Middle Ages with vast land, sparse population, heavy and humid soil. ”

“Reply--Yes, especially in the south of my country, where paddy rice is the main crop, it is not suitable for horse plowing. ”

“Reply--The south is not suitable, but the north can actually do it, but the problem is that horses were strategic materials in ancient times and had to be used to meet military needs first. Who can be so extravagant to use them for ploughing? ”

“Reply——Yes, in medieval Europe, because agriculture, logistics and war were all very dependent on horses, the number of horses owned by the people remained high for a long time, but the number of horses owned by the people in China is obviously insufficient. ”

“Reply——These are all secondary. The main reason is cost. The price-performance ratio is not suitable. ”

“…”

Looking at the discussion content of these barrages.

Many ancient people in the past dynasties suddenly realized.

So that’s the case.

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[But our impression of horses seems to be concentrated on groups such as nobles, merchants, and warriors, and they are rarely associated with labor.]

[This has to mention the cost of using the two animals.]

[As we all know, cattle can solve most problems by eating grass and husks. They almost never compete with humans for food, and do not need to occupy or rarely occupy arable land to grow their feed.]

[Based on this point alone, for people living in densely populated Asia, cattle are the preferred draft animals.]

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The plane of Taizu of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

As a cowherd when he was young, he knows a lot about raising cattle.

Compared to horses, cattle are undoubtedly much easier to raise.

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[Moreover, cattle are much more adaptable to climate than horses, and can work in hot plateaus and other environments. ]

[But horses are different. According to a half-ton adult horse with a power of 500 watts and working for 6 hours a day, the energy consumption per day is about 30,000 calories. ]

[In the 20th century, farmers in the United States were generally advised to feed their horses with 4.5 kilograms of oats and 4.5 kilograms of hay. ]

[This means that the amount of labor a horse can do each year is equivalent to that of 6 adult men, but it also occupies enough land to grow feed for 6 people. ]

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"Uh, isn't this in vain?"

Seeing this, many ancient people from all dynasties were completelyDo you understand why China uses oxen to plow instead of horses?

This cost is totally inappropriate.

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[The place that uses the most horses is the Eagle Country. In the first 20 years of the 20th century, the number of horses and mules in the Eagle Country remained at 25 million. ]

[In order to meet their feed needs, 1/4 of the available arable land in the Eagle Country at that time was occupied. ]

[This exaggerated proportion is based on the fact that the average person in the Eagle Country had 1.5 hectares of arable land at that time. ]

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"Hiss! This consumption is really huge!"

Many ancient people in all dynasties were shocked.

It is too exaggerated that so much land is used to grow feed for horses.

The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

What does this show?

It shows that the Eagle Country has a lot of land that can be used to grow food!

"America is really a treasure land."

Zhu Di sighed in his heart.

There is a huge amount of gold, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, and there is so much arable land. It is definitely a good place.

"Let the second son go to America."

Zhu Di finally made a decision in his heart: let Zhu Gaoxu be the king of America.

In this way, if there is any problem in the Ming Dynasty in the future, there will be foreign aid from America.

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[The entire pre-industrial society was almost entirely driven by these individuals who cooked food. ]

[Of course, there are still very few uses of wind and water power. The reason why it is said to be very rare is that it relies too much on the natural environment. ]

[And high-power windmills and waterwheels all appeared after the first industrial revolution, and the proportion before that is almost negligible. ]

[It was only a few years before Watt's steam engine was rubbed out that it was proved that the upthrust waterwheel was more efficient than the downthrust waterwheel. 】

【It's only about 100% higher. 】

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Accompanied by narration subtitles.

A short video of the waterwheel working was inserted into the high-altitude giant screen, and then after the video was played, the comparative structure diagram of the upthrust waterwheel and the downthrust waterwheel was shown.

Daqin plane.

Qin Shihuang's eyes lit up: This thing is very useful!

He quickly issued an order, asking the court painters waiting on the side to copy these structural diagrams immediately.

No wonder he was excited.

In China, the waterwheel was not invented until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Therefore, this was the first time Qin Shihuang saw the waterwheel, and he was inevitably shocked.

Not only Qin Shihuang.

Before the waterwheel was invented, many emperors in various outer planes issued the same order.

They all saw the great role of waterwheels in agricultural irrigation and other aspects.

And they thought clearly that the steam engine could not be developed in a short time, but this waterwheel could be manufactured quickly as long as it was compared with the structural diagram on the giant screen.

At the same time.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty,Dynasty plane. (To read the novels of Bao Shuang, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Many emperors, such as Li Shimin, also ordered their court painters to copy.

However, their target was the upward-flushing waterwheel.

Because this type of waterwheel was not available in China until the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

When they heard that the efficiency of the upward-flushing waterwheel was 100% higher than that of the downward-flushing waterwheel, their eyes lit up and they could not let it go.

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[Looking back, let’s look at this flesh-and-blood machine in pre-industrial society. The power it outputs comes almost entirely from flesh and blood. ]

[In order to make it more powerful, there must be more people and more draft animals, and to achieve this, more food is needed. 】

The barrage flew out:

"The more labor, the more people and livestock; the more people and livestock, the more food; the more food, the less food; the less food, the less labor, so the more labor, the less labor. (dog head)"

"Reply-good guy, Malthusian trap, right?"

"Reply-you don't say it, you really don't say it, some scholars have mentioned a point of view before: Malthusian trap, it is the real determination of the rise and fall of an ancient dynasty."

"..."

The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che's eyes condensed:

"What exactly does Malthusian trap mean?"

After hearing that Malthusian trap may be the decisive factor in the rise and fall of the dynasty, he became very interested in Malthusian trap.

Liu Che was not the only one who had such an idea.

But it was a pity.

The high-altitude giant screen did not explain the Malthusian trap any more.

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[This means that more than 90% of the time, this machine is used to produce fuel to maintain its own operation, and the rest of the time is used to produce excess energy. ]

[The bad news is that sometimes the fuel cannot keep up and the machine will have to shut down for a while, and the worse news is that human beings’ own fuel is also facing a crisis. ]

[Let’s look back and see why the pre-industrial society developed so slowly? ]

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The ancients of all dynasties were refreshed and looked more attentively.

The answer is about to be revealed.

Although many ancient people have already guessed the answer.

But I still hope to confirm my own judgment.

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[The main problem is that the source of power and fuel that has driven progress for thousands of years has not changed...........]

[Although human wisdom has enabled them to make significant improvements in many aspects, in the final analysis, they are still flesh and blood that consume the output of the land. 】

[The production cycle of plants and the changing cycle of solar energy firmly constrain the upper limit of human development. 】

[Only by introducing additional energy and converting it into new motive force can we break through the constraints of nature again. 】

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Hearing this.

Four big words emerged in the minds of many ancient people in all dynasties:

Industrial Revolution!

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[Finally, in the 18th century, a strange noise appeared in the mines of the British Empire. ]

[At first, it sounded faintly like a baby's heartbeat, but as time went on, the sound became more and more majestic. ]

[Until the end, the whole world was shrouded in deafening noises, and the wave of the Industrial Revolution gradually swept the world. ]

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The final conclusion finally gave the ancients of all dynasties a clear answer.

This is also the answer that many ancient people have thought of.

After watching the entire video, many emperors of all dynasties were able to have a deeper understanding of the Industrial Revolution from a new theoretical level.

And this also strengthened the determination of these emperors to start the Industrial Revolution.

After witnessing the rapid development of industrial society, these ambitious leaders could no longer tolerate the slow development of agricultural society.

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On the giant screen in the sky.

The video refreshed.

A new video appeared.

[Gaslight Effect: A more hidden and terrifying mental control than PUA! ]

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Seeing this line of words, many ancient people in the past dynasties were shocked:

"Mental control?"

This is a magical thing in the eyes of many ancient people.

So.

They focused their attention on the giant screen in the sky, wondering how this so-called "gaslight effect" can achieve mental control over people.

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[The term "gaslight effect" comes from a movie "Gaslight", which is also called cognitive denial, which is to distort the facts in the eyes of the victim to carry out psychological manipulation and brainwashing. 】

[The manipulator secretly makes the victim gradually doubt himself, question his memory, perception or judgment, causing cognitive dissonance in the victim, and achieving the manipulator's thoughts and behaviors. 】

[In the process, the manipulator usually uses negation, misleading, contradictory, false and one-sided information to make the victim no longer believe the original facts. 】

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"Is it so powerful?"

Many ancient people in all dynasties were shocked.

If this can really be done, then this so-called "gaslight effect" is too terrifying.

At the same time.

Many ancient ambitious people were moved.

They felt that if the "gaslight effect" was true, it would be very useful to them.

Therefore.

They are more interested in the content of the next video.

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[Below. 】

[Let's see how the manipulator uses the gaslight effect? 】

[See how the manipulator completes the mental control of others through three stages of operation? 】

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Many ancient people in all dynasties watched more attentively.

They also want to learn such a magical method.

…2.9…

[Phase 1: "What are you talking about?" ]

[The gaslighter's behavior in the first stage is very covert. ]

[Maybe he deliberately provoked just a misunderstanding, a moment of discomfort or a minor disagreement, and you may not notice this little thing at all. ]

[But during this period, although you think that what the other party said is incorrect, you will feel self-blame, inferiority, and guilt because of the other party's accusations, criticisms and negative emotions, and try to argue and explain with the other party in order to gain his (her) affirmation and forgiveness. ]

[At this time, both parties have begun to enter the "gaslight tango", and the manipulator and the victim are dancing together. ]

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"Isn't the manipulator deliberately looking for trouble?"

Many ancient people in the dynasties were stunned.

At the same time, they are still confused. Why do victims have negative emotions after being accused by manipulators?

If they don’t have such negative emotions, wouldn’t that mean the first step has failed?

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[Phase 2: “Maybe you are right.” ]

[In the first stage, victims often find the words of the “gaslight manipulator” unbelievable. When he (she) attempts to criticize, intimidate or control you, you just try to argue with him (her). ]

[However, in the second stage, your expectation of gaining his (her) approval increases greatly. The other party may express his (her) emotions by yelling louder, increasing the intensity of the cold war, and using more sarcastic and abusive language. ]

[And you will avoid these situations at all costs. Over time, you will think about the problem from the other party’s perspective, think that he (she) is right, and always be in a “defensive state”. 】

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“Will it be like this?”

Many ancient people from all dynasties began to think back to when they were arguing with others, whether they had this mentality?

These statements on the giant screen made them feel very novel.

But at the same time, they did not completely believe these contents. .