This time, the financial allocation was as high as more than 100 million yuan, which immediately stunned Li Hongzhang and other friends.

What is the concept of more than 100 million RMB?

According to the exchange rate of RMB and silver, it is about 6.5 to 7.5, with a slight fluctuation.

117 million yuan is equivalent to 819 million taels of silver, while the fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty in the five years of Tongzhi was only 40 million taels of silver, a difference of more than 20 times.

Don't be so scary!

Li Hongzhang and other officials of the former dynasty were shocked, but they were also rejoicing, no wonder Li Weiguo was able to easily destroy the Qing Dynasty, this is absolute strength. In other words, they have such a large financial support, and it is very easy to destroy the Qing Dynasty.

Everyone looked at Li Weiguo, would there be a problem with so much money invested in industrial construction.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Li Weiguo just smiled slightly, although more than 100 million yuan also scared him, it was not so painful.

In other words, Li Weiguo can still afford this money. In the past 10 years, there has been more than this amount of money recovered from Europe and the United States using illegal banknotes, and the gold and silver in the AIIB vaults are piled up, and it will be no problem to cope with large-scale industrial construction within three to five years.

As for three or five years from now, when the major industrial bases are completed and put into operation, capital will be able to flow back quickly, and hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent now, and it will be earned back several times and dozens of times in the future.

Li Weiguo still calculates this account very clearly, and he will not lose money.

"It's okay, I can afford this money."

It's so easy to say!

The officials, including Li Hongzhang, were extremely envious, and they were still very clear about the amount of the imperial court's financial revenue, and there was a financial revenue and expenditure statement in the first year of Guanghua last year, but Li Hongzhang and others had seen the briefing, but it was only 10 million yuan.

This shows how bold it is to allocate more than 110 million yuan of financial allocation, of which 100 million yuan was paid by Li Weiguo himself. It's admirable.

If you replace Lao Li himself, I'm afraid you can't do it.

At this point, Li Weiguo's image in Li Hongzhang's mind instantly became taller.

There are not many places to inspect in the industrial base of central and southern Liaoning, most of the construction projects have just started, and it is impossible for Li Weiguo to stay here for a long time, about half a month or so.

During this period, Li Weiguo focused on one thing, that is, to make a reasonable layout of the industrial base in central and southern Liaoning.

The industrial zone should be arranged in the downwind direction and downstream of the river as far as possible, so that it does not pollute the air and water sources in the living and working areas, and the logging of forests should be reasonably optimized. The trees are harvested in turn and then planted to protect the nearby primeval forests and prepare them for future generations.

This is the advantage of the traverser, from the beginning of the layout, planning, the province in the future because of the layout of the problem of demolition and relocation, waste a lot of money and time, if the environment is destroyed, no matter how much money can not buy back the health of the people.

After doing these things well. Arrange a special person to supervise, and then Li Weiguo led his ministers back to Beijing, because a new organization was established in Beijing and a new project to influence the future world began.

The new institution established in Beijing is called the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Similar to the later Chinese Academy of Sciences, it is the highest academic institution of natural sciences, the highest consulting institution of science and technology, and the comprehensive research and development center of natural sciences and high technology.

Any strong country must have high-tech support, otherwise it will soon decline. Surpassed by other powers.

In terms of technology, Li Weiguo has tasted too many benefits. For example, industrial nitrogen production technology can obtain a large number of low-cost nitrogen resources. It is used in the mass production of chemical fertilizers, smokeless drugs, and high-performance slag drugs. Other countries can only synthesize nitrogen resources at a high cost or import large quantities of nitrate from Chile, and then decompose them domestically, and then obtain nitrogen resources;

There are also petrochemical technology, automobile internal combustion engine manufacturing technology, etc., China is at the forefront, starting early, as long as efforts to develop, will get endless benefits.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Weiguo immediately set up four national colleges in Beijing, representing China's highest universities and scientific research institutions. They are the Imperial Academy of Sciences, the National Geographic Academy of Ocean Engineering, the Imperial Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Imperial Space Research Institute. Among them, the Imperial Academy of Sciences is the highest level academic institution in China's scientific community.

Li Weiguo returned to Beijing and visited the newly built Imperial Academy of Sciences for the first time.

The Imperial Academy of Sciences covers an area of 5,000 acres, with a National Research Council, divided into six basic science institutes of mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, earth science and space science, physics, chemistry and life science, and each basic research institute is subdivided into dozens or even hundreds of professional disciplines, employing 1,787 scientists, professional scholars and technicians from all over the world, and 2,672 domestic international researchers.

The main building is a 22-storey reinforced concrete building, with eight floors above ground and a regular hexahedral structure, which is most suitable for lighting and ventilation; Fourteen floors underground, cuboid structure, 50 meters deep underground, convenient for security and confidentiality, with elevators connecting the above and below floors, can accommodate thousands of people to work here, without crowding at all.

In addition, the entire Imperial Academy of Sciences also has exactly the same eight hexahedral buildings, which are divided around the main building, arranged in a bagua array, and engaged in various types of research and experimental work.

In addition to researchers, there are more than 10,000 support staff and military personnel, which can be described as a huge organization.

In order to encourage scientific research, Li Weiguo established a lord promotion system at the Imperial Academy of Sciences, with the title of Duke and Prince, to reward those who have made significant scientific contributions.

This is a great honor, which makes all the people working in the Imperial Academy of Sciences crazy, and they can't wait to get the title immediately and glorify their ancestors. The talents who did not enter the Imperial Academy of Sciences were even more envious and jealous, and worked hard to learn and create, striving to join the Imperial Academy of Sciences as soon as possible, and trying to make their wives and sons prosperous and wealthy.

At the same time, the relevant experimental equipment of the various branches of the Imperial Academy of Sciences is also readily available, for which Li Weiguo has invested tens of millions of yuan to meet the various experimental needs of scientists.

Li Weiguo was willing to sacrifice his blood, and in this era when science and technology were not paid much attention, his measures seemed to stand out from the crowd and quickly spread around the world, so that those buried talents around the world saw their future and went to China to find opportunities.

In the selection of the governor of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Li Weiguo did not appoint politicians to serve as governors. Instead, Xu Shou was transferred back to Beijing to serve as the governor of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, overseeing everything in the Academy of Sciences.

Li Weiguo and his entourage arrived at the Imperial Academy of Sciences Building, accompanied by Xu Shou and others, and visited various places.

However, the main destination of Li Weiguo's trip was the electrical department, a physics researcher, because there were several people there who were concerned about the future development of the empire's electric revolution.

Xu Shou introduced some new scientific researchers to the electrical department for Li Weiguo.

"This is the American electroacoustic physicist Antonio Meucci! In 1860, the experimental model of the audio telegraph was publicly displayed in the United States, and he had unique insights and inventions in electroacoustics! ”

"Hello! I have admired the daimyo for a long time! ”

Li Weiguo took the initiative to stretch out his hand to shake hands with Mei Wuqi, and did not put on the emperor's stand at all.

"See Your Majesty! I also have great respect for Your Majesty! Mei Wuqi said with some excitement that he could be received by the emperor. This made him very excited.

But what he didn't know was that Li Weiguo was even happier to see him in China.

This is because the model of the telegraph with sound invented by Mewucci is very close to the early telephone. Twenty years later, although Bell invented the telephone, it was not a practical telephone, but it was improved by Edison before it was actually used. What Edison improved was the iron-core copper winding module, which was the module that Meucci had used on the audio transmitter twenty years earlier. It is precisely because of this that the U.S. government in 2002 decided to overturn the claim that Bell was the inventor of the telephone and replaced it with Mewucci as the inventor of the telephone.

Although Li Weiguo understands some principles of the telephone. However, it is not a simple matter to develop a telephone, and it requires professional knowledge in related aspects, so the arrival of Mei Wuqi undoubtedly helped Li Weiguo a lot. As long as there are some hints and help for Mewuqi, so that he can avoid detours and have sufficient funds to develop the phone, I believe it will not be long before the phone can be developed.

For Li Weiguo. The days without telephones are really uncomfortable, and even if there is a telegraph now, it is too slow and inconvenient. So he urgently needed to develop the telephone business.

And this Meucci is the pillow that was sent when he was sleepy.

Xu Shou continued: "This is Canadian physics teacher Adorfi Childlet! He has a unique insight into electric lighting, and the longest service life of the light bulb he developed has reached 500 hours. ”

"It's an honor to meet you! I have a lot of respect for scientists who can bring light to humanity! Li Weiguo's eyes lit up, knowing that this Chailet had invented the longest-lived light bulb in human history, and that the light bulb had a lifespan of more than 100 years in the 21st century, and it was still in use.

Li Weiguo admires real professionals the most, although Edison invented the light bulb, but the service life is very short, coupled with the profiteers who cut corners, the life of the produced bulbs is generally very low, and it will break down after a few years.

And the light bulb invented by Chalet has been used for more than 100 years and is still no problem, which makes Li Weiguo admire the most.

However, at this time, Celette did not know that he had a respected position in Li Weiguo's heart, and he was very happy to be received and valued by the emperor: "It is also my honor to be able to meet His Majesty the Emperor at the Imperial Academy of Sciences!" My wish is to develop the longest-lived light bulb that will bring light to mankind forever! ”

"You're going to make it happen!" Li Weiguo said with confidence, thinking that the light bulbs produced in China will not be broken for more than 100 years in the future, this is simply the manufacturing quality of God, and he despises all manufacturers who cut corners.

Li Weiguo and Chailet shook hands cordially, and Xu Shou continued to introduce.

"This is the French telegraph engineer Deppler!"

"This is Staley, a Dutch telegraph engineer!"

"This is the ...... of the United States"

More than a dozen scientists and engineers in the electrical department all got Li Weiguo to shake hands and talk with each other cordially.

These people have their own specialties, and people like Mei Wuqi are forced by life, and they are poor in the United States and cannot even pay their children's tuition fees, so they will come to China under the persuasion of the Chinese Legation in the United States and be hired to work at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. And people like Childett are unruly, attracted by the complete scientific experimental equipment of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and their bodies and minds belong to scientific inventions and creations, as long as they can create the world's first products, they are satisfied.

As for talents like Deppler, as engineers, they originally followed their employers to China to pan for gold, for example, Depler was a French telegraph engineer, and he came to China to lay telegraph communication lines between China and France. In the process, he discovered the huge loss of long-distance transmission of electricity, so he invented long-distance power transmission equipment to reduce power loss. However, his invention did not receive the attention of the French company, but the attention of the Chinese side, so he resigned to work at the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

Stalley is because of the invention of the high-power DC motor, in this area of the Chinese Navy submarine is secretly researching, but the results are not good, so it is urgent to absorb foreign advanced technology, so the Imperial Academy of Sciences acquired Staley's patented invention, and hired him to the Imperial Academy of Sciences Electrical Department to continue the development of research.

After the introduction. Accompanied by Xu Shou and others, Li Weiguo visited everyone's inventions and scientific research projects.

First, we went to Mewuch's laboratory, a room dedicated to testing sound-emitting telegraphs, which were filled with telegraph equipment and sound-producing devices, which were relatively large and had various wires intertwined.

If this is the telephone, it will really ruin the three views.

However, Li Weiguo also knows that in this era, what is lacking is theory and discovery. It's not that the phone is too difficult to develop, it's that there is a lack of theory and inspiration.

Mewuch's sound-emitting telegraph is still based on sound wave transmission, and can only transmit sound and electrical signals over short distances.

After listening to Mewuchi's report. Li Weiguo then decided to mention him.

"Have you ever noticed that the moment the current is turned on and off, this spiral coil of yours will make a sizzling sound?"

Mei Wuqi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "That's right." Is it making noise, why does Your Majesty ask that? ”

Li Weiguo rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, No wonder you have studied the phone for more than 30 years and finally failed. Obviously, the spiral coil has been made, which is already the most critical part of the phone, and it seems that it is close to the final success of the phone, but it has not broken through, and finally the result was snatched away by Bell.

It's still a lack of inspiration in the brain!

"You can think of it this way, human language, the sound mechanism, and the principle of sound wave vibration, since the spiral coil makes a sound when the power is on, then why don't you try to convert the sound made by this spiral coil into a human voice?"

"Ahh

Mewuqi exclaimed, as if he had been locked up in a small dark room for decades and suddenly saw a glimmer of light.

Inspiration is always so subtle, always so simple, if you can't grasp it, you will never be able to touch it, it feels so difficult. If you catch it, you will feel that it is so simple.

"yes, why can't I think of that!" Meuqi walked back and forth excitedly, muttering to himself, as if immersed in an unknown world.

Xu Shou was about to call him, but Li Weiguo immediately stopped him.

"Don't let anyone disturb him, let him stay by himself for a while, maybe the problem that has been bothering him will be solved."

Xu Shou was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood, and his eyes were full of shock and admiration when he looked at Li Weiguo.

Not only did Xu Shou understand, but also the people who accompanied him, such as Chailet, Deppler, Staley, etc., were also very surprised, they were also experts in electrical engineering, how could they not understand the situation of Mei Wuqi, who was obviously inspired by Li Weiguo and figured out some problems that had been troubled for a long time.

Next, everyone accompanied Li Weiguo to Chailet's laboratory.

Unsurprisingly, Chalet's lab was filled with light bulbs and materials.

Chalet personally showed Li Weiguo a variety of light bulbs he invented, with a lifespan ranging from a few seconds to hundreds of hours, and a wattage ranging from 1 watt to 50 watts, of which a 1-watt bulb has the longest life, and a 50-watt bulb breaks in a few seconds.

Whenever the question of the longevity of a 50-watt light bulb is mentioned, Childlet always shakes his head and sighs.

Li Weiguo smiled slightly, this is not difficult for him, even elementary school students know how to solve this problem.

"You can try to make a filament out of metal tungsten filament, tungsten filament has an extremely high melting point and is not easy to be burned off!"

"Tungsten?" Cellette was stunned, what the hell was that?

Although tungsten was discovered by scientists in 1783, it was never seen in front of the public because tungsten was usually mixed with dozens of other elements, it was extremely difficult to refine, and it was even more difficult to find ore veins.

Xu Shou on the side explained for Li Weiguo. He knows tungsten element, because the special steel produced by Jiangwan (Baoshan) Iron and Steel Plant is added to the metal tungsten element, and the tungsten carbide alloy steel produced has extremely high hardness and is used in machining lathes. Other European powers lagged behind China in lathe technology, among which tungsten carbide special steel played a decisive role. This is also a secret for China, because the effect of tungsten carbide on the quality of steel was not discovered by the world until 1900, and then countries around the world began to frantically search for tungsten ore.

Chalet was overjoyed and immediately applied to Xu Shou for tungsten filament resources.

This kind of resource was originally top secret, and the current output is very small, only a few tons of tungsten per year, which is used in large quantities to produce tungsten carbide alloy steel, that is, special steel, and it is difficult for ordinary people to obtain this resource.

Xu Shou looked at Li Weiguo, and after getting Li Weiguo's consent, he nodded in agreement.

Chalet was in a hurry, and immediately received a kilogram of tungsten wire from Xu Shou, and began to experiment, directly putting Li Weiguo and the others aside.

Li Weiguo smiled bitterly and was not angry, so he continued to visit other people's laboratories. (To be continued.) )