In the palace at this time, the emperor couldn't sleep at night.

And it's been many days on end.

When it came time to formulate a policy of confronting Gao Li with the strength of the whole country, he instinctively refused. Because it's almost the same as telling others that he's not as good as Gao Li.

Reason, however, prevailed over his little pride. Because he knows that he is really inferior to Gao Li.

At least mechanically, in terms of commercial means, he is inferior.

Maybe the only thing he can compare to Gao Li is probably his imperial concubine.

Copying Li Zhuang's machinery, this kind of thing was determined almost from the very beginning when I knew Gao Li. The emperor himself, as well as those he sent, basically had the same mission, which was not easy to say. He ordered people to carry out research and development while waiting for the right time. When Li Zhuang finally began to sell the machinery they had obsolete, he immediately ordered someone to buy it and study it carefully.

In the eyes of those in the Gewu Academy, these things are better than a clever mind, but it is not difficult to reproduce.

However, when the people of the Gewu Academy actually started to do it, they finally found that this matter was far more difficult than they thought.

It is completely different from the technology of the Celestials, and because the Celestial Technique is supported by True Qi, it basically does not pay attention to how accurate it is, and basically it is only roughly enough. And these mechanical structures are in the same vein as Wanjimen, they come from the same world. During the period of the first emperor, the Wanjimen was destroyed, and the first emperor erased most of the traces of the existence of the Wanjimen. He didn't even get any technical support from Wanjimen. Now, when Gao Li comes again, he has no way to know how the technology from Gao Li's world will be realized and what the purpose is.

There is no way, so the scholars of the Gewu Academy can only explore and proceed at the same time. Later, the emperor finally discovered that this thing needs professionals. So he invited the people of Sword Forge Villa to study it together.

At this time, the Sword Casting Villa had already purchased a batch of machinery for research, and the Sword Casting Villa had gone further than the Gewu Academy.

The emperor's purpose was simple, he needed to strike at Gaoli's commerce from the basis of Gaoli. It's not just metalworking, it's textiles, clothing, everything.

The emperor saw very clearly that everything Gao Li had now was because of machining, so he had to catch up from scratch.

The first forging machines have been sold, in order to fight against Gao Li. The Sword Casting Villa, which had long had a grudge against Li Zhuang, was also let go, working overtime for free, manufacturing for free, and with the emperor's subsidy, those forging machines were finally sold at the price of iron ingots.

That day, when the first hammer of the forging machine was smashed, he could see the surprised expressions of those people from Li Zhuang.

The news would soon reach Gao Li's ears, and I really didn't know what kind of expression he would have on his face when he knew that I was using the methods he was best at dealing with him.

However!

It didn't take long for feedback from the first orders to come back.

It is precisely because of this, the emperor, that he could not sleep at night.

These forging machines are very difficult to use.

First of all, there is a deviation in the hammer every time it lands.

Secondly, if there is no waterwheel, every time you lift the forging hammer, you need to shake it up by hand, and it seems that it is not much easier than directly smashing it with a sledgehammer.

Again, there is a problem with the design of the escapement mechanism of the forging hammer, the design of the safety position is unreasonable, the position is too high, and it is necessary to use great force to cast the safety, unlike for human use, it is difficult to use every time.

In addition to the cracking of castings, trachoma problems, gear sliding teeth, broken teeth. All kinds of problems were listed together, and the emperor felt that his head was going to explode.

In the Gewu Courtyard, a large number of people knelt down in front of the emperor.

"Tell me, what are you all doing to eat! The machine is here, can't you do it?" The emperor's voice was not loud, not hurried or slow, but everyone present was sweating like rain.

The emperor waited for a while, but no one answered, so he pointed to the old man at the front and said, "Master Yang, you said, you once said that this thing is not difficult, and it can be made casually." Now you explain to me, why is it not difficult, it will still be like this?"

Bachelor Yang hurriedly raised his head and said, "Back to Your Majesty, it is true that Weichen thinks too simply. ”

Before he finished speaking, a tea bowl had already fallen in front of Master Yang.

"Simple? You kept telling me that even if your forging machine didn't have ten percent of Li Zhuang's, it could have eight or ninety percent. But now you see, broken teeth, broken teeth, crooked hammers. Can you use this thing?" the emperor's tone was still gentle, as if he was not the one who had just smashed the tea bowl.

"Your Majesty, it must be those workshops that are too tricky......!

Bang!

This time, the tea bowl smashed on Master Yang's head.

"They? They all used the Li Zhuang machine in the first place! They knew that the machine was good, so they were willing to spend money to buy my machine! Because they wanted to buy a similar machine for less silver! Do you think they didn't know that my machine was inferior to Li Zhuang? But these people would rather risk offending me than dare to say this, and the actual situation can only be worse! From now on, all the machines will be stopped, and all the machines sold will be taken back by me. Either we can solve these problems, or I will solve you, understand?"

Master Yang slammed his head on the ground, and the blood slowly flowed out of his head that was smashed by the tea bowl.

"Wechen understood. ”

The emperor got up and left, and Bachelor Yang didn't dare to raise his head for a long time, and after a while, other scholars helped him up.

"Master Yang, what should I do?" everyone around looked at him.

"What else can I do? Your Majesty has an order, take it. Master Yang sat on the ground, his face bloodless.

A scholar was indignant: "I don't know what the hell is in this machine in Lizhuang, let's use it well, how can we sell it?"

Bachelor Yang took a deep breath, and his voice gradually became cold: "Then I have to ask those craftsmen in the Gradual Mountain Villa." ”

The first batch of machinery was all recalled, and Gao Li was a little surprised by the emperor's courage. But I guess it's so big that I can't make do with it.

Subsequently, more news came, and Gao Li looked at the collected news and laughed.

The problem of material handling and accuracy was within Gao Li's expectations, but he didn't expect that the insurance agency of the forging hammer escapement also had problems?

When Gao Li designed the insurance mechanism, it was according to the physique of the bull demon, the insurance position was very high, and the strength needed to be very large, the purpose was to prevent misoperation. But they didn't know how to be flexible, and they copied it completely? How could ordinary people be so big and so powerful?

Entrepreneurship, how can it be so simple? Copying will not copy, which shows one thing, the other party is just copying, and simply does not understand what the concept behind the design of each part is, or although it understands, it is too lazy to change.

However, this kind of thing that was originally expected, Gao Li was too lazy to care. At this moment, he has been concentrating on one thing.

Development of transistors.

The history of chips is actually the history of circuit development.

From the very beginning of the vacuum tube, to the transistor, all the way to the development of the chip.

Gao Li was developing the first generation of diodes at this time.

A diode is a package that contains a PN section. To put it simply, it is a component in which the circuit can flow in the forward direction and cannot flow in the opposite direction. And in this world, it is an element where true qi can flow in the forward direction and cannot flow in the opposite direction.

A thyristor, on the other hand, is an element with two PN sections. And the so-called chip is a component with a bunch of PN sections.

Because the law of true qi in this world is very similar to electrical energy, Gao Li is speculating whether he can use this law to develop a similar diode.

All the hard spots are in the first step.

How do I get a wafer?

There is no shortage of sand in Gaoli, and both Yannancheng and Lizhuang have the technology to use sand to make glass. But glass is silica, and to get pure silicon, it takes some manipulation.

First, charcoal and sand are mixed to produce silica to be reduced to crude silica at extremely high temperatures, and carbon dioxide is generated.

Hydrochloric acid is then used to turn crude silicon into trichlorosilane.

Then, hydrogen is used to re-reduce the silicon at high temperatures to produce crystals.

The first step is fine, but the second part is more troublesome. Gao Li didn't study chemical engineering, and he didn't know how to get stable hydrochloric acid for a while.

But, he's got a brain.

He asked the jellyfish to make him a creature that only had a huge stomach pouch. It can synthesize gastric acid, also known as hydrochloric acid. Just give it more salt to its food.

With hydrochloric acid, hydrogen production is much simpler, and the hydrogen is released in the previous process. No matter how bad it is, you can still electrolyze water, anyway, Gao Li's own true qi seems to be of electric nature.

Everything is in place, but it's not that simple.

The experiments are ongoing, but there are always some steps that don't work.

To put it simply, it's either this or that.

However, before the invention of integrated circuits, it seems to be the same virtue.

Maybe it's a little bit of a problem to build a computer, but if you can make something else first.

After a series of failures and obstacles, Gao Li understands that as a non-industry insider, this matter needs to be considered in the long run. After all, I don't have a lithography machine, and this kind of thing can only be used as a technical reserve, and it may not be possible to achieve results in a few years.

But after all, you need to have a stockpile.

At this time, Gao Li's other experiment quickly succeeded.

A vacuum tube.

Because True Qi has obvious electrical properties, Gao Li tried to make a vacuum tube. He found that he could control the flow of True Qi in one section through one section.

This is the most basic application of vacuum tubes.

At present, the real qi equipment on Gao Li's side is directly controlled by people, and with the vacuum tube, the power can be amplified to achieve some unprecedented effects.

Although there are not many application scenarios at present.

But it's still the old saying, first solve the problem of whether there is a problem, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or not.

At least for now, Gao Li has thought of several application scenarios.

For example, the remote control of some high-power real gas equipment.

That's right, it's the candle cannon!