The maids, eunuchs, and guards all felt incredible when they looked at the light emitted by those glazed lamps. If Zhu Jianji hadn't given the order earlier, they would have started to boil at this moment.
Zhu Jianji smiled and said loudly to the Empress Dowager Wu: "Royal Grandmother, this is an insignificant little work by my grandson. I give it to you. I wish you happiness and longevity."
Everyone was speechless.
Is this still insignificant?
Then how unparalleled is your so-called work that can be written about in a big way?
Empress Dowager Wu couldn't hear. She was very happy. In the past, no matter how many candles were used in the palace, she could not see clearly. As a result, after her grandson made this "moon", everything in the palace could be clearly seen.
The night is gone!
Queen Hang coughed and said, "Jianji, what kind of thing is this? How can it be so magical? It is far brighter than red candles and oil lamps, and there is no smell of fireworks. What is this magical, Western thing?"
Zhu Jianji laughed secretly.
Western?
There is no electricity in the West now!
Pointing to the electric piles made of coked wood in the yard, he said to Queen Hang: "My child, please tell your grandmother and queen carefully. These are called electric piles. They are made of wood. Those long strips on the electric piles,
The surface layer is a special porcelain tube, and inside the porcelain tube are layers of painted copper wires - the reasons why porcelain tubes are used are, firstly, for safety, secondly, for use in wind and rain, and thirdly, to protect the copper wires and emit light.
The child calls it a light bulb. The outer cover is made of colored glaze. Due to time constraints, the shape is relatively simple. In the future, I will ask the colored glaze workshop to produce beautiful light bulbs. As for the light-emitting part inside the light bulb, it is called
The wick is actually made of bamboo. Due to the limited material, it is easy to break. The wick needs to be replaced every few days, and because the vacuuming technology is not yet skilled, the wick is also easy to break."
Queen Hang asked: "But why does bamboo shine?"
Zhu Jianji laughed and laughed, "It is difficult to explain the specific principles, but it can be said in one word: science."
Well, now Daming doesn't understand the word science well enough.
Then he added: "It's all the truth in the book."
Queen Hang was still confused.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Jianji said: "Please mother and the emperor's grandmother go to the back with the child, and the child will explain to you the origin of this light in detail, so that you can use it with confidence in the future."
Queen Hang asked Queen Mother Wu loudly.
Empress Dowager Wu smiled.
She actually doesn't understand.
She didn't really want to understand either.
But my grandson has this interest, and he wants Wei Nanfeng to record it. After all, this thing is so magical. If it is not recorded clearly and it spreads to the people and is said to be a god or ghost, it will have a bad impact.
So he nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."
Everyone followed Zhu Jianji to the small house in the corner behind Shoukang Palace.
In the small house, a sturdy eunuch was currently in front of a strange-shaped machine, constantly turning the rotor at a uniform speed, while the remaining four people were resting and preparing to change shifts.
The copper wire extending from the machine passed through the porcelain tube and along the wall into the main courtyard.
Zhu Jianji signaled the big man shaking the rotor not to stop.
He explained to Queen Hang: "The children call this machine a human-powered generator. The light bulbs in the main courtyard will glow because of the energy generated by this generator. I won't explain the specific principle, because it will be difficult for the mother to explain it."
understand."
Really incomprehensible.
But Empress Hang and Empress Dowager Wu both breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they weren't weird.
Zhu Jianji added: "In fact, human power generation is very wasteful and unstable, but there is no way. There are no rivers with large heights around the palace, and the wind is not strong enough. It is feasible to use thermal power to generate electricity, but it still takes time to improve the equipment, so for the time being
Just use manpower, that's what I thought, so I hired these five chamberlains and let them work whenever night falls."
Queen Hang thought thoughtfully, "What if it's midnight?"
Zhu Jianji smiled and said, "This is a problem. At present, we still have to let them work all night. During the peak period of electricity consumption, the five people must not slack off at all. As for midnight, you can imagine this: Set up a pull wire in each hall, connected to this
In the power house, ring the bell. If someone wants to get up at night, they pull the wire. As soon as the bell rings, the five strong men immediately get up to work."
That's all it can do.
There is no way to come up with a battery yet.
Queen Hang nodded, "It's a good idea, but the salary of these servants won't be low?"
She cares about money.
To keep the speed even, even if five people take turns, one person has to persist for a continuous time. This is fine in the short term, but in the long run, it will cause great damage to the body.
Who will come if there is less money?
Zhu Jianji smiled and said to the four resting eunuchs: "Are you satisfied with the salary you gave me?"
A eunuch immediately replied: "His Royal Highness the Prince gives thirty taels of silver per month to the slaves and others. The slaves and others are so grateful that they shed tears of gratitude."
Thirty taels of silver, this is a high salary!
This means that the power generation room of Shoukang Palace requires two thousand taels of silver in one year just for labor costs, which is a real luxury product made with money - but it is definitely worth every penny.
Zhu Jianji laughed and said, "If you work hard, we will give you extra rewards at the end of the year."
The eunuchs hurriedly saluted and thanked him.
Zhu Jianji looked at Wei Nanfeng.
Wei Nanfeng nodded, indicating that it was recorded.
This really needs to be recorded.
As a scholar, Wei Nanfeng was keenly aware that the artifact of light created by His Highness the Crown Prince was likely to be of lasting significance.
Zhu Jianji said to Empress Dowager Wu and Empress Hang: "The children have all been arranged. From now on, Shoukang Palace will bid farewell to the era of dark candles and oil lamps, and enter the glory of electricity and brightness. The imperial grandmother does not have to worry about money. This is Sun Yat-sen's palace."
With my son’s filial piety, from now on, the grandson’s East Palace will be responsible for all the electricity expenses in Shoukang Palace!”
Empress Dowager Wu could not hear what her grandson said, but she could feel his filial piety.
The wrinkles on his face are as bright as flowers.
Very happy!
Everyone returned to the front yard.
After waiting for Empress Dowager Wu to go to bed, she walked out of the palace. Empress Hang's eyes were full of Qi Yi, and she said to Zhu Jianji: "Jianji, is the Kunning Palace the same as your imperial grandmother's Shoukang Palace?"
Zhu Jianji smiled and said: "Of course it is the same. Since the child has made a set for the imperial grandmother, I will definitely not treat my mother the same. But there are no other concubines in the harem."
Queen Hang was as beautiful as a crescent moon, with pride and pride as a mother in her eyes. She was so happy that she took Lu Huan's hand and walked out of the palace, "Back to Kunning Palace."
Hurry back and enjoy your son's filial piety.
Zhu Jianji also said: "My son is also going back to the East Palace. We have held a night banquet in the Wenhua Palace to entertain the King of North Korea, Li Zhu, and plan to sell a set of these gadgets to him."
result……
Queen Hang ignored him at all.
He took Lu Huan and left without looking back, leaving Zhu Jianji speechless.
You mother-in-law, why don't you praise me a few times and then go back to enjoy the light?
