After chatting for a while, Zhu Guoxiang stood up and said, "I want to show you something."
"What?" Zhu Ming followed curiously.
Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "I guarantee you will be shocked when you see it."
In the middle of winter, there is heavy wind and snow.
The father and son took a carriage and headed to Dongkuo City.
There is a small courtyard there, which was used to hide BMW cars. Zhu Guoxiang also led craftsmen to make inventions there.
Although Zhu Guoxiang has moved away several years ago, the small courtyard has always remained.
"Gah!"
The courtyard door opened, and several young people came to greet them.
One is the son of Zhu Guoxiang and Wen Xiaomei, named Zhu Wenzhu, and titled King of Fujian.
One is Yu Ang, a top craftsman who stands out among many craftsman apprentices.
One was Zhang Congdao, who had studied at Taixue for ten years and was proficient in astronomy and geography, the Four Books and Six Classics, and mathematics and physics.
The courtyard door is closed and the room door is open.
On the table in the center of the main room, there is an object about one foot high.
Ju Ming looked at the wires next to the object, suppressed his excitement and asked: "Battery?"
"Not bad." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.
Ju Ming said: "How did you do it?"
"You vaguely understand the principle, and you can do experiments slowly." Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile.
Zhu Guoxiang invented the battery and worked hard for five years.
At first, he used coils to crank, but he felt that it was not the right way out at this stage. He temporarily gave up on the physical method, and then switched to chemical methods, trying to recall the periodic table of elements. Copper was the first choice, and he gradually experimented with other materials.
Zhu Guoxiang pointed to the battery and said: "A copper sheet, a zinc sheet, a hydrochloric acid sheet sandwiched in the middle, and then stacked repeatedly, with a graphite rod in the center."
"Is zinc easy to make?" Ju Ming asked.
Zhu Guoxiang said: "The copper coins cast by the Daming Mint contain zinc. The tin coins cast by Cai Jing are even more severe, with a lead content of 26% and a tin content of 13%. The current zinc-making process has been able to meet the requirements, but it can continue
Improve."
In Chinese history, zinc-making technology reached its peak during the Jiajing period.
Later, a sunken ship from the mid-Qing Dynasty was salvaged, and the purity of the zinc ingots on the ship reached 98.99%.
"Where's the hydrochloric acid?" Ju Ming asked again.
"At first I used salt water, but then I remembered..." Zhu Guoxiang turned to look at the others, "You know, I changed it to hydrochloric acid. It took me more than a year to prepare hydrochloric acid, and there are currently two types.
Method. One is to use lead to catalyze the calcining of pyrite, and the other is to use bile alum and direct distillation to obtain sulfuric acid. Then add sulfuric acid to table salt to obtain hydrochloric acid."
Ju Ming looked at the battery carefully: "It seems to have a very simple structure?"
Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "As long as you make one battery, you can make countless more. It is countless times easier than developing a sewing machine. Wenzhu, let me demonstrate it to your imperial brother."
Zhu Wenzhu immediately stepped forward, connected the positive and negative poles with wires, and the electromagnet sucked up an iron nail.
Ju Ming stared at the battery for a long time, and suddenly felt a little trance-like.
Cotton hasn't been fully promoted here yet, but Zhu Guoxiang actually came up with batteries.
Is it necessary to skip the steam age and go directly to the electric age?
After a long time, Ju Ming said: "A battery like yours has a limited power output, right?"
"It is indeed very limited," Zhu Guoxiang said. "In fact, I have already built the most primitive hand-operated generator. But if you want to use it on a large scale, you must first generate electricity through a steam engine, that is, build a coal power plant. Now.
The shortcomings are actually steelmaking and improving steelmaking technology."
The technology trees that Zhu Guoxiang climbed did not follow the normal trajectory at all, and seemed a bit magical to Ju Ming.
At the turn of the Song Dynasty, steam and electricity were actually available. Although they were still in the laboratory stage and were still early to be put into large-scale use, what would they be like in a hundred years?
Ju Ming could not imagine it.
Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "The food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. This battery can be used first. I plan to invent wired telegraphy next."
"Cable telegram?" Zhu Ming looked at the other three people and pretended not to understand.
Zhu Guoxiang said: "The three of them and I are already working on it and are currently designing the code."
Ju Ming found it very strange: "How can you, a person who studies farming, know this?"
Zhu Guoxiang and his son put their arms around each other and whispered: "It's all about physics and chemistry in middle school and high school. I know the general principles. If I lead a large group of people and study hard for several years, wouldn't I be stupid if I still can't figure it out?"
Already?"
Ju Ming whispered to his father and asked: "Where is the light bulb?"
Zhu Guoxiang said: "I've tried it, but it doesn't light up. I guess I have to evacuate the light bulb. Anyway, I tried it many times and it still doesn't light up."
"Is the cable telegraph reliable?" Zhu Ming asked.
Zhu Guoxiang said: "Wired telegraphy is very simple. I had the idea when I was studying hand-operated generators. But I don't know how to do wireless telegraphy. I only know that it uses electromagnetic signals. Do you know how to send and receive electromagnetic signals?"
"I'm a liberal arts student, and you're a bit pushy." Zhu Ming reminded me.
The father and son hugged each other and communicated in low voices, which made the three young people next to them look dumbfounded.
Zhu Wenzhu, in particular, envied the royal brother's deep relationship with his father. He had only been so close to his father when he was a child.
Ju Ming asked: "When will the cable telegraph be available?"
"Within half a year." Zhu Guoxiang said.
Ju Ming was speechless again. He could not imagine what a strange experience it would be for him to send a telegram to deliver military orders to Yue Fei on the front line.
Yue Fei, telegram...
The combination of the two words is outrageous, full of the absurd beauty of steampunk.
The question now is, now that the steam engine has been developed and the battery has been developed, how should we develop next?
After much thought, Ju Ming felt that it was best to just let things take their own course.
Steam engines were first used in government-run factories and mines, such as forging iron, coining, etc. The use of batteries began with wired telegraphs.
We do not actively promote it to the private sector, but we do not prohibit private dissemination. At the same time, we use Taixue to impart relevant knowledge.
No matter how much the people can learn, how fast or slowly they learn, Ju Ming will let it develop without interfering.
It is possible to rely solely on Zhu Guoxiang and his team to continuously make technological breakthroughs, but it is difficult to cover all aspects of specific application expansion. There are smart people in the private sector who will fill in these details and expand the use of steam engines and batteries.
This is a long process.
Ju Ming could imagine what kind of sensation it would cause among teachers and students when batteries and electromagnets were brought to Taixue.
These two gadgets have simple structures, so teachers and students of Taixue University can quickly copy them in large quantities. Then they will continue to study electricity, regard these as novel toys, and try various uses.
After leaving the small courtyard, the father and son took one car together, and the others took another car.
Ju Ming lamented: "In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the development of muskets and artillery was a bit outrageous. Now we have steam engines and battery telegraphs. What will China look like in fifty years?"
Zhu Guoxiang couldn't answer, so he could only remind him again: "Steel, steelmaking technology needs to catch up. I really don't understand this. I don't know how to start even if I want to study it."
"Take your time, don't be in a hurry, we are developing too fast," Ju Ming said.
Zhu Guoxiang said: "That Zhang Congdao is very good. He is definitely a genius. And he is not married. He studies and does research all day long and has no interest in being an official. I plan to marry my third daughter to him."
"You decide this yourself." Zhu Ming didn't care.
…
In Dali Kingdom, a princess was also getting married at this time.
The first wife of Prime Minister Gao Liangcheng died of illness, and Duan Yu married his daughter to him to renew their relationship, once again deepening the cooperation between the monarch and his ministers.
However, even the monarch and his ministers working together could not suppress the Gao family.
Gao Liangcheng can intimidate other wealthy families in Dali, but he cannot suppress the various forces within the Gao family.
Now, Gao Liangcheng's marriage to the princess has not only failed to calm the dispute, but has intensified it!
Now, a group of descendants of the Duan family and a group of descendants of the Gao family are looking for allies to fight for power.
The descendants of the Duan family all want to be heirs to the throne.
The descendants of the Gao family all want to be the heirs of the Gao family.
Duan Yu has appointed the crown prince, but the other sons don't care about it. Gao Liangcheng is already the head of the Gao family, but the other Gao family sons don't care about it either.
The reason for this complicated situation was that Empress Gao died of illness but left no legitimate son.
Now all the princes of Dali, including the prince, are concubines. No matter who is appointed as the prince, the other princes will not accept it, and they have the confidence to do so.
That confidence comes from Gao.
The father of the Prime Minister Gao Liangcheng was the son of a commoner. His grandfather abolished the eldest son and established a young son, which caused turmoil in the Gao family. At that time, even Empress Gao was involved.
Now that Empress Gao, who supported Gao Liangcheng, is dead, the various factions of the Gao family are in trouble again.
Gao Taiming's descendants, Gao Taiyun's descendants, Gao Shengxiang's descendants...all have territories and armies, and all of them are dissatisfied with Gao Liangcheng. Taking advantage of the fact that Empress Gao died and had no legitimate son, they each chose to support a prince.
He not only helps the prince fight for the throne, but also fights for himself to be the head of the Gao family.
"Your Majesty, no one from the Gao family came to the princess's wedding. They only sent people to send some congratulatory gifts." The eunuch who was responsible for sending the princess off came back to report.
Duan Yu was extremely angry: "No one came?"
The eunuch replied: "I didn't even express my congratulations in person. I excused myself with various excuses. Some claimed to be recovering from illness, and some wanted to suppress the bandits. Anyway, they didn't show up."
"I understand." Duan Yu took a deep breath and asked the eunuch to step aside for now.
He didn't know how to solve it at all.
He didn't even dare to kill the extra sons, or let other sons besides the prince become monks. Because behind each son, there was a Gao family's support, and any random action would probably force those people to rebel.
Gao Liangcheng is indeed the strongest among the Gao clan, but he cannot withstand the cooperation of other Gao clans.
After much thought, Duan Yu decided to leave it alone and completely hand over the state affairs to Gao Liangcheng.
Once Gao Liangcheng was able to control the situation, Duan Yu planned to abdicate and become a monk.
If Gao Liangcheng has been unable to control the situation, Duan Yu will continue to be emperor in a daze. If he loves so and so, he may be able to kill several of his sons!
The premise is that no one takes desperate risks.
Duan Yu even decided not to leave the palace anymore to avoid encountering assassins on the street. He didn't know how to use the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
