As a result of the East India Company's exploitation of India, the British aristocracy and wealthy now preferred to hire an Indian cook, even Queen Victoria. But...... Tang Ning hated the curry taste, facing Lionel's Indian meal, Tang Ning said that he was very helpless, and secretly decided that he could not go to other people's houses to eat casually in the future, especially if he thought he was a very fashionable family, if you don't eat it all, people still think you don't give face, alas!

Not only have to deal with a table full of curry rice, but also have to deal with the "bricks and stones" of the Rothschild bosses. No matter what the other party throws, Downing feels that it is a brick, and for the importance of information transmission, can people from the information age know less than people from the Victorian era?

Sure enough, Lionel began to turn the subject to wireless telegraphy: "Mr. Windsor, is it possible that your wireless telegraph will cross a relatively long distance in the future?" For example - the English Channel? ”

Downing: "This ...... My goal is to cross the Atlantic. There is a radio wave with a wavelength of up to 100 kilometers, and the radius of the earth is just over 6,000 kilometers. With ultra-long waves, it is possible to cross considerable distances. ”

There is a wavelength of 100 km! Lionel frowned and said, "Where did you get all these astronomical numbers from?" What sun 6 billion years later, this is really ...... Sensational! ”

Tang Ning smiled mysteriously and said, "You don't understand the world of science madmen, some are mathematics, some are experiments, and some are intuition. ”

"Okay!" Lionel was a little dissatisfied, and the panacea excuse of "science madman" could cope with everything. "If I want to invest in this business, why don't you make a price, a price that can cross the English Channel, and another price that can cross the Atlantic."

Seeing the formidable appearance of this financier, Tangning suddenly had a thought: it is better to run a transoceanic telegraph company on his own, not controlled by anyone, and at the same time be responsible for any customer, like a Swiss financier, to keep it a strict secret, and to treat all democratic countries, all honest businessmen, and righteous people in the world equally. If you can create such a company, it seems that making money has become a dispensable trifle, is it better to be a person who changes the world, or is it better to be an upstart?

Switzerland...... Yes, why don't you go to Switzerland! Of course, not now, after a little fame, Switzerland ...... It's a pity that Switzerland is a small landlocked country, and in the Age of Discovery, Tang Ning had a brainy shipbuilding black technology, and he was really unwilling.

He was wandering, and Lionel was even more dissatisfied, and snorted coldly.

Downing had no choice but to offer: "Ahem, 100 million pounds...... I can give you 10% of the shares of the telegraph company. ”

Both Mr. Rothschild and Mrs. Rothschild looked at this scientific madman with the eyes of an idiot, no, a madman.

Tang Ning laughed: "I'm sorry! Kidding aside, I mean I don't know what the future holds for this technology, and I'm not a poor person, so why bother with those tens of thousands of pounds? Actually, I'm more interested in an academic career, I solved a mathematical problem on the ship from India to London, but I don't know if Cambridge and Oxford will make me a professor because of this ability, Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, do you know any mathematicians? ”

If the Rothschilds were as old-fashioned as the Smiths, maybe Downing would have given them a place in the telegraph company, but unfortunately, the Rothschilds thought very highly of themselves and thought that they could trample everything under their feet, just as he dared to argue with the religious habits of the British House of Representatives, so Downing had to leave Gennasbury Gardens with their indifferent expressions.

After returning to the East India Club, Downing always had a feeling of uneasiness, and he was about to become Down. He thinks he's too weak, isn't he just a rich man? What if offended? Can I still stay in free London?

Maybe the evil image of the Jewish financiers portrayed by the Nazis is too deeply ingrained?

Probably not, right? I am such a rational person, how can I affect my judgment because of a distorted promotional video? So what's the problem? Well...... Perhaps, finance is not a good thing in their own eyes. There is no mistake, all people are inseparable from finance, from commoners to nobles, from entrepreneurship to infrastructure, from the rich to national wars, capital is the foundation. However, capital is the power of capitalist society, and it relies on existing power and power to make profits, which is different from the sweat of scientists and engineers to work, invent, and create.

Next, Downing was surprised to find that he had become a kind idealist in this era, perhaps...... Maybe it's because he has gained mainstream status too quickly, from a Shatush fur dealer, suddenly turned into an inventor, and has been recognized by the absolute high society of this era, in just one year, he was able to go to the richest man in the world to have a meal, although it is not very pleasant, but this symbolism is incredible. Since the life of "exile" is not bad, the natural mentality has also changed, and I no longer regard myself as a freak who has been exiled to another world for "drug trafficking". Maybe when he has a certain status, he can join the anti-drug army and become the gravedigger of the East India Company.

Since I have an "ideal", I have to be responsible, so let my first battle start with the fight against Rothschild. Tsk, really emotional, just came to the UK, ready to fight with the best cow in the City of London, the proud Tang Ningjun.

Get to work. Although I have just arrived in London and want to take a good breath, there is one important event that I cannot wait for - the International Industrial Exposition will be held in three months, when 44 countries from Europe and the Americas will show off their latest industrial achievements to the world, and the host British Empire and its colonies are the protagonists of this feast of those who have gathered since the Industrial Revolution. Add glory to Her Majesty the Queen. The Viceroy of India was convinced that the wireless telegraphy technology "from India" would be able to amaze the people of the world, which was his greatest political achievement since taking office, not to mention that even if he was no longer in office, he would still be one of the three major investors in the East India Company's communications laboratory, which could be described as inexhaustible glory and wealth.

Tang Ning also hoped that he would come up with practical telegraph technology within three months, and not use the flashy goods that were more than ten meters away from the communication to bluff people.

Samuel? Smith is the most discerning guy Downing has ever seen, as a wealthy member of the Smith family, he actually turned in and personally took Downing around London, wandering around various chemical shops, blacksmith shops, carpentry shops, etc., this sincerity is really touching.

Eventually, in the eastern suburbs of London, not far from the East India Company building, Downing rented a large twelve-room two-storey villa to serve as a laboratory, and his accommodation was also moved to the second floor of the villa, which was very good, which also forced him to pay attention to the emission of toxic wastewater and exhaust gases during the experiment, so as not to poison this lovely villa. The lab is also located not far from the River Thames, which allows him to take frequent walks along the river and imagine where to build a large shipyard.

All the laboratory work is done by himself, because Downing is not familiar with the various chemical and industrial products of this world, he often uses the black technology he brings from the future, so he does not want to ask for an assistant, he himself is a blacksmith, a carpenter, a potter, a scientist, and an engineer, this kind of day is really bitter, but this is the beginning of the difficulty of entrepreneurship, and after he became a blockbuster at the International Industrial Exposition, this kind of day can not come back even if he wants to, There will be countless pairs of eyes in this world staring at this super-great inventor. He usually often visited the London library to slowly understand the technical level of this era, and when radio theory was not established, no one could understand his invention even if it was patented, which also meant that the application process was likely not to go smoothly, how could the guys in charge of approval understand it?

In the days when he was preparing to rush to work, Downing was troubled by a problem, the dim oil lamp at night made him uncomfortable, and he decided to build the electric lamp first, this invention was purely for his own use, so he did not consider industrialization, but only used a molecular separator to separate the key materials used. The basic principle of the electric lamp is to heat a heat-resistant material - tungsten filament to an incandescent state, at this time, the lamp is easy to oxidize, so it also needs an inert gas, argon is a more ideal, because there is in the air, can be separated, and tungsten is also a widely distributed element, almost everywhere in all kinds of rocks, after separation, it can be drawn into filament by force. The glass cover outside is simple, you can buy it in the glass factory, and there are many oil lamp workshops that produce glass lamp covers. Although it is not an ideal shape, it can barely be used, which is enough.

The current battery is too weak, and it can only be used in series to produce enough current, which is quite extravagant, when it is for scientific research, Downing did not hesitate to use a large number of batteries, so that his laboratory is always brightly lit at night, and passers-by look at it from afar and think that there is a fire.

The invention of the electric light was also quite a remarkable achievement, but Downing was so engrossed in building wireless telegraphy that he put aside the things that had made Edison and General Electric, until one night when Rawlinson came to visit and was stunned by the brightness of his laboratory.

Tang Ning said triumphantly: "It's nothing, after my own battery is built, it will be brighter." ”

Luo Linsen saw the master's skill again, and praised repeatedly: "Amazing, amazing, this can already build a factory with unlimited prospects, I think wireless telegraphy can be put on the table, and if it can be built into a factory to generate cash flow, you can do research for as long as you want." Has anyone noticed this great invention? Am I late for I to invest? ”

Downing: "You still have to concentrate on doing things, and since I have promised the Governor that I will try to display wireless telegraphy at the International Industrial Exposition, then I ******** do it well." What's more, this kind of battery-powered lighting equipment is too expensive for few families to afford, and in the future, I will build a power plant and use a large-scale steam engine to generate electricity, and the era of electric light will come. ”

Rawlinson smiled and said, "I'm going to stay in London for a while anyway and see what other tricks you have." I had been to Melbourne recently. ”