After the Lantern Festival, Zhu Jianji, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, consciously stepped forward to help share the pressure of the cheap father, handle the reception and delivery of vassal kings and foreign kings from various places, and send envoys.
It can be regarded as adapting to the life of a king in advance.
Eating and drinking are indispensable.
During this period of time, life was extremely depressing, and he was drunk with the powerful almost every day. However, Zhu Jianji was smarter than the previous kings of the old Zhu family. Whether they were foreigners or vassal kings, the value of the things Zhu Jianji gave back would never exceed theirs.
of tribute.
In a word, courtesy reciprocates.
Don't try to make money from Daming.
If I don’t make money from you, you should burn incense.
After finally waiting for the foreign envoys, the king, and the local vassal kings to return to their respective vassal territories, Zhu Jianji had time to busy himself with his own affairs.
Zhao Chuanjia and Zhu Bi sent back the news from Leizhou Peninsula.
According to the letter report, Zhu Jianji believed that the magnet should have been successfully produced.
With magnets, small power generation systems can be started.
After all, in the current era, many technical problems must be solved to build large-scale hydropower stations.
Such as cement.
But even if there is cement, hydropower stations cannot be built. Not to mention that it has not yet begun to develop large-scale hydroelectric generators. Zhu Jianji's Daming Royal Electric Power Company currently does not have the economic and technological capabilities to lay electric power networks across the country.
It needs to be done step by step.
The first step is of course to gather money!
Money makes things easier.
First develop and produce small power generation systems, and then sell them to wealthy businessmen and dignitaries across the country to collect large amounts of funds to build small-scale power grids. When the funds are sufficient to develop hydropower systems, hydropower stations will be built at that time, and local small-scale power grids can be connected to the Internet.
Form a regional power grid.
Just do it.
Zhu Jianji summoned Lu Chunjing to the Wenhua Hall early in the morning and asked: "How much money is still lying on the account of the Ming Dynasty Royal Electric Power Company?"
Lu Chunjing said, "Twenty-one thousand two hundred and thirty taels."
Since its establishment, the Royal Electric Power Company has only built an office building, and Zhao Chuanjia and Zhu Bi have made two trips to the Leizhou Peninsula. There is still a surplus of the 300,000 taels originally allocated to the account.
Zhu Jianji thought for a while and knew that there was nothing wrong with the accounts. He smiled and said: "The orphan will allocate funds to you. After the funds arrive, you first send people to buy a large number of trees around the capital, either pine or eucalyptus. The trunks must be straight and two feet long.
It's between three feet and between half a foot and a foot thick."
Lu Chunjing nodded, "It's not difficult."
Zhu Jianji smiled and shook his head, "Where are you? After buying the trees, use fire to burn them without breaking them. You must control the heat so that the surface will be carbonized perfectly. After that, all the trees will be painted.
Let it dry and set aside!”
It's actually a telephone pole.
Lu Chunjing was a little confused after hearing this, and hurriedly asked Dai Yi to find rice paper and pen and ink to write down all Zhu Jianji's words.
Zhu Jianji told Lu Chunjing to ask the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty to prepare for the establishment of a series of departments such as a telephone pole factory, a light bulb factory, and a wire factory, so that mass production can be carried out immediately after the experiment is successful.
After Lu Chunjing left, Zhu Jianji began to prepare for the experiment.
The first step is to prepare tens of meters of copper wire.
Copper wire is not enough, you also need to get insulating material. If it is not wrapped with insulating material, the effect and quality will be poor, and there will be safety hazards.
There are two options for insulation.
Ceramics and lacquers.
Lacquer has been around since ancient times, even in the Ming Dynasty, but it is expensive, but it can still be bought.
Ceramics can be customized by someone.
Zhu Jianji took a two-pronged approach.
The paint is simple and can be purchased on the market.
Ceramics are more difficult.
Zhu Jianji asked Dai Yi to travel around the capital and invited the most famous master of a ceramic kiln to the East Palace - in fact, the real master was in Jingdezhen.
But Zhu Jianji is not doing art.
So an ordinary old master is enough.
When Zhu Jianji told the request, the old master looked embarrassed and said: "Your Highness, ordinary people have never made porcelain of this style. The main reason is that the length is too long and it is difficult to draw. If our porcelain kiln wants to do it, we can only do our best."
You can pull out the length within the range of your ability, and you won’t be able to make it longer, so you need to try many times.”
Zhu Jianji shook his head and said: "I don't have that much time for you to try. Just follow what Gu said. Make a large number of finished products and fire them in one kiln. Even if there is only one out of ten, it will be fine."
How dare the master say anything more.
Zhu Jianji said with a smile, "Don't worry, Gu will not let your porcelain kiln suffer. Once you successfully bake the long porcelain tube that Gu wants, Gu will merge it into Donggong's industry at a high price."
The old master is overjoyed, Huang Shang...
That's a good feeling!
He immediately said: "Being loyal to Your Highness is the duty of the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Jianji exclaimed, the old man was quite good at talking.
Said: "I have another request. These porcelain tubes must be glazed inside and outside."
The old master was puzzled, "The outside is glazed for good looks, but the inside is glazed for what?"
Zhu Jianji was vague and did not give him an explanation.
The purpose of glazing the inside is to avoid damaging the copper wires. If the copper wires are damaged, it will lead to safety accidents such as wire burning. It is better to do it all at once.
To solve the problem of electric wires and pipelines, we must also solve the problem of lamp wicks.
This question...
Only Zhu Jianji can solve it himself.
He asked Dai Yi to buy bamboos of various colors, and hired a carpenter to cut the bamboos into zigzag shapes as thick as earthworms, like a winding mountain road. After making a certain amount, they were all steamed.
Wick solved.
Then there's the light bulb.
Lu Chunjing had already found the best colored glaze workshop near Gyeonggi Province, and according to Zhu Jianji's wishes, purchased the colored glaze workshop and incorporated it into the Royal Electric Power Company.
Zhu Jianji summoned the master of the glaze workshop, and after some questioning, he went out of the palace in person and witnessed the master and his workers blowing out a bunch of glaze vessels in the shape Zhu Jianji wanted.
Any weird glass container can be blown out!
The light bulb problem was perfectly solved.
Electric poles, wires, light bulbs, conduits, wicks...
All preparations are in order.
Make planks.
Make a roller.
Make various types of washers - polish the wood chips and then grind them into a washer style. Fortunately, the carpenter has superb skills, so it is not difficult to make.
Then use wooden boards to create a U-shaped frame.
Measure the dimensions accurately and use bamboo pieces to make the plugs for the bulbs to ensure the sealing inside. Of course, you also need to paint them to ensure they are truly airtight.
Put the wick made of bamboo into the light bulb, connect the copper wires, leave half of each pole to facilitate the wiring of the test, and then start to build the experimental equipment.
The U-shaped frame is in place, and a hole is made in the center of the drum, and then copper wire is wrapped around it. The rotor made of wood is passed through the U-shaped frame, and then through a hole in the drum. At that time, the magnet is put in, punched through, and passed through the drum.
The other section is mounted on a U-shaped frame.
Connect the left and right ends of the copper wire on the roller to the light bulb.
A small electromagnetic induction generator is formed!
