After this was done, Hong Tao and two guards rowed a small boat to the upper reaches of the Jin River, and he wanted to find a suitable place to install a hydroelectric generator. It is best to be a tributary of the Golden River, the mouth of the river should not be too wide, the current should not be too slow, the geological structure should not be all soft soil, and the distance should not be too far from the Golden River City.

Is there such a tributary? There should be, the main course of the Golden River is located in the mountainous area, and there are many tributaries, so it is easy to find a suitable one. However, Hong Tao still has one more problem to consider, that is, the water flow during the wet season and the dry season should not be too different.

Building a hydropower station is not a small project, even if it is a small experimental hydropower station, you have to build a dam, if you can do it once and for all, it is best to save a lot of resources for the country. Even if no one asks you to do it, you have to do it, and don't look for any lazy and incompetent excuses such as crossing the river by feeling the stones and paying tuition. These things are what I hated the most in the past, and I can't just turn 180 degrees because it's my turn, my attitude will immediately turn 180 degrees, this is still a human being!

Just finding the right tributaries is still far from the goal of building a hydropower station, and if you want to generate electricity, you have to have a generator. The kind of hand-cranked generators in the lab are certainly not good, they can only provide the starting current for the permanent magnets inside the large generators, and if you really want to generate practical electricity, you have to build a more powerful alternator.

This work is not too difficult for Hong Tao, whether it is casting the body or manufacturing copper wire, the technical reserves of the metal group are enough, as long as the bearing problem is pondered, how to use the roller bearing to the extreme of the current technology, to build a generator is not much more difficult than to manufacture a textile machine driven by water conservancy.

But there are still problems, so difficult that Hong Tao can't think of a way to solve it, this is rubber! Due to the lack of rubber, Hong Tao's ideal wires can only be placed at a high place with porcelain beads, all of which are bare wires, and if you want to enter the house, you have to wrap the copper wire with leather and brush it with gum. As for the effect, it is not yet known for sure, everything will have to wait for the dam to be built, the generator to turn, and the electricity to be generated before slowly trying.

Fortunately, the chemical laboratory is currently the sweetheart of the Empire, and the plan for the construction of a hydroelectric power station proposed by it will be easily approved by the Imperial Parliament, and the funds will be in place step by step. Hong Tao didn't care much about how they built the small dam, they just needed to get the generator right. However, it is easy to say, but it is also very troublesome to do. These days, he had to run to the foundry and Qi Zu's courtyard when he had nothing to do, and it was in this busy chatter that he ushered in the nineteenth year after his crossing.

The arrival of 1246 is not bad for Hong Tao. His eldest son, Hong Jinhe, reached the age of fifteen and was already an adult, and on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, the emperor's legal successor not only received an ivory-handled pistol from his father, but also received a congratulatory gift from the royal family, officially becoming the crown prince of the Jinhe Empire. From then on, his formal attire would be buttoned with precious stones, and the collar would have a royal insignia embroidered with gold thread. At the same time, his every move is no longer to represent himself, not only to represent Hong Tao's son, but to represent the country.

On the third day after the coming-of-age ceremony of Hong Jinhe, as the crown prince of the empire, he will board the Sea King for a voyage to inspect every port and land controlled by the Jinhe Empire, on the one hand, to tell everyone that the prince is not idle, on the other hand, to meet the local port lords, governors and imperial officials, to contact and liaise with feelings, and he will not succeed to the throne one day, and he will not even know the governor of the country, which is not a joke.

"You will grow taller than me in the future, but you will exercise more, and if you don't have a strong physique, you won't be able to arouse the favor of girls, and I don't want the future emperor to have to rely on my parents to help find a daughter-in-law, which will damage your father's reputation for my extravagant immorality." Although you don't have to go abroad for military service, you can't be fooled at home, you are a role model for the younger generation of Jinhe people. Before parting, Hong Tao personally sent Bozhu and Hong Jinhe to the deck of the Sea King, looking at his son who had reached the height of his ears, but always liked to smile with his eyelids down, Hong Tao really couldn't laugh from the heart, this child was too different from himself, in his eyes, he was the emperor first, and then the father.

"I know......" Hong Jinhe's answer was as perfunctory as before, and his movements were the same as before, and he involuntarily grabbed Bo Zhu's hand,

"Alright, get on board and take a good look at the territory and people of the Empire, they will be your companions for the rest of your life. Don't be homesick, I was supposed to go with you, but the construction of the hydropower station is inseparable from me, let your mother accompany you. What you need most this time is to see and listen, and the last thing you need is to make decisions, talk less, express your position less, and think more, understand? "Regardless of whether the son is close to him or not, he still has to say what he should say, Hong Tao had a lot of things to say, but let Hong Jinhe know a word, and he blocked it all back.

"You are just eccentric, you only know how to secretly build a new ship for your precious daughter, you don't know how to accompany your son to go around, and you have to let me, a woman, show your face! Hmph, son, let's ignore him, go, my mother will take you! I think your mother and I were also the captain back then, no worse than him! Hong Tao's words to her son were all heard by Bo Zhu, and she had a lot of opinions about Hong Tao's disregardless behavior. In her opinion, her eldest son, the crown prince of the empire, went out to inspect for the first time, and you, who are fathers and emperors, don't say that you will support your son together, and you have to make some broken hydropower stations at home, this is what you want, that is, you don't care about your son.

"Yes, your mother is also the captain of the ship, but she will hide in the cabin when she encounters thunder and lightning, I don't believe you look at it!" Hong Tao didn't realize it at all, he didn't hear all the complaints about his daughter-in-law, and he didn't change his mind until he got off the boat.

"Dad, if Jin He becomes an emperor in the future, what will you do?" Watching the Sea King gradually leave the dock amid the cheers of the people, Hong Salamander was a little reluctant. Although her mother and brother were only on a long trip, and there were battleships to escort her, she still cried her nose, which did not match her tomboy-like appearance.

"Don't worry, your father and I can't be idle, even if you all leave, I won't think about it. By the way, how is your Uncle Wen's ship built, have you seen it? "Among these four children, the one whose personality is most like himself is the Hong salamander, but there are many differences, and it can only be said that they are relative. Hong Tao is very pleased with this, whether it is a boy or a girl, if the personality is like himself, it is not a blessing but a trouble. His own character is very unlikable, let alone a person who does big things, if there is no brain, even in ancient times, it would be impossible to be famous, and children had better not be like themselves.

"Look, the Americas said he still couldn't understand why there were so many pulley sets on it, and the bow was so sharp, which was different from other ships." Hong Salamander is also a heartless girl, her tears haven't dried yet, and when she talks about her boat, she immediately forgets about her brother and mother.

"It's called the Flying Shear Bow, and it's a new kind of boat made by your father and Uncle Wen. For the sake of this boat, your Uncle Wen is almost blind. Despite its low freeboard, it has good seaworthiness and is best suited for high-speed driving on the ocean. In addition, the ship is made of steel keel, which is stronger than any other ship in the Empire, and with those pulley sets that your father designed especially for you, it only takes four people to drive. You tell Luo Meimei, I have no objection to him taking my daughter to sea, but he has to bring people back to me, otherwise I will first turn him into a fat man, and then a thin man, and then throw him to you Uncle Wen, and directly put him on the bow of the boat as a bow portrait! "Hong Tao and Luo Meimei's marriage has been decided, and Hong Tao has no objection to going on a voyage to explore the world. But you have to scare them, the sea is not so gentle, don't do whatever you want, a little awe in your heart will be more cautious in doing things.

"Why don't you come with us? If you don't accompany your brother, can you accompany me......" Although Hong Salamander has a big heart for exploration and the ability to ask for prizes from the sea, she has not really flown alone, and she is still a little vague about the vast ocean. If she could get her father to follow, she would feel much more at ease.

"Hey, that's not right, look at your current appearance, are you still coquettish, like words? Your parents can't stay with you for a lifetime, you always have to fly alone one day, and in this regard, Luo Mei is much better than you. Right, boy? I'll go with you, are you willing? "Hong Tao has no opinion on being coquettish with himself, but this dressed Hong salamander still looks like this little woman, and Hong Tao has an opinion. I know that this is the father and daughter, but I don't know that I think Hong Tao has found a young offspring, and I blame Hong Tao for being too rebellious and dressing himself up as a boy than a boy.

"Hey...... Willingly, I will be your first ......" Luo Meimei has now become a personable young man, if he wears Luo Youde's favorite robe, and has a foot-long beard on his chin, he will be a young Luo Youde.

However, this child is very deep in the city, which has something to do with the fact that he lost his father at a very young age, and he always has a fake smile on his face, and he looks harmless to humans and animals, but he is a ruthless person in his bones. Not only is he good at marksmanship, but he also went to the port of Malacca to learn cavalry, and he also deceived a few of his tricks in judo, and now Hong Tao is not sure that he can beat this child.

The most annoying thing is that this kid has a very sweet mouth, can fool people, and is bold. I heard Ciqi say that he and a few classmates once drove a small boat to pretend to be a maritime merchant and went to the coast of Zhenla, not for business or exploration, but to kill people, killing local natives, no other meaning, just to practice courage. Fortunately, he loves the salamander very much, and he has a good father named Luo Youde, otherwise Hong Tao really doesn't want to give him the salamander, this is a guy like a demon king in the world.

(To be continued.) )