"Tesla, can the AC motor you mentioned really allow the current to pass a distance greater than the whole of Beijing?"

"Of course, Miss Rayla. Have you discovered the Zài power plant in the city of Beijing? ”

Great God, Nikolai. Tesla's face exuded a proud look, and his eyes looked at the beautiful blonde stunner in front of him - Sylvia. Rayla, the daughter of a Swedish businessman in Beijing.

Nikolai. Tesla, Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer. He was later credited with being an important promoter of the commercialization of electricity, and is best known for his work on the design of modern alternating current systems. The 'great god' in Liu Xian's mouth is talking about him!

In the original time and space, Nikolai, who defected to Edison. Tesla was slapped by Edison once, and it was only in the late eighties of the nineteenth century that he made a name for himself. But now Nikolai . Tesla, in the Academy of Natural Sciences, you have to have wind and wind, and you have to rain and rain, and you don't have half of the moisture. Tesla, who is a little handsome in his face, is still very attractive after adding the confidence that bursts out from his heart today.

Apparently, however, his quest has been fruitful—the beauties have called him by his own name, but they have not yet been completely victorious. But he wants to obediently call the beautiful woman 'Miss'.

The carriage could not enter Tiananmen Square at all, and when it was still two or three hundred meters away from the square, the carriage listened.

Tesla stuck out his head and glanced at it, and immediately let out an exclamation. The parking lines on both sides of the road ahead were filled with horse-drawn carriages, either ornate or rustic.

"God, there are so many people gathered here." Sylvia. Rayla looked at Tiananmen Square in the distance. He saw a lot of police officers who were sustaining the work.

"Stella, let's walk over there."

Rayla is not a delicate lady. If you can follow your father across the ocean to China, you won't be able to walk hundreds of meters. And Tesla, although it is a big bull in the Academy of Sciences. is not a big bull in the whole of China, and she will not be stupid enough to ask Tesla to play identity.

This is Beijing, the place with the most officials in the whole of China.

After getting out of the car, the two of them saw a figure not far away who was taking pictures by the last light. It's a Caucasian person, but I don't know that I belong to that newspaper. With the improvement of China's national strength, more and more Europeans and Americans have come here.

Businessmen and journalists are the two groups with the fastest growth rates.

On the road into the square along the way, the two of them continued to see small groups of Europeans and Americans. They were even heard. The word power station or power plant kept coming to the ears of two people in English, German, and French. The pride on Tesla's face is even stronger!

The AC motor can spark a revolution in electricity. Soon their name can be loud in the world.

In the Tiananmen Tower, a Western-style banquet is being held. As the invention of the AC motor, Tesla naturally has the qualifications to enter.

Not a very large area. However, there were nearly 100 people gathered, and about three or four percent of the guests were Caucasians, many of whom were Layla who had only heard of or seen from afar, but who had never really come into contact with them.

Even his father couldn't hook up on the level of this banquet at the moment. Although the banquet was presided over by only a deputy director of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Tiananmen." The host raised his glass and said to everyone, "Let's taste the wine and food while looking forward to the arrival of the light." ”

The attendant brought a wine tray. It was filled with goblets filled with ruby red wine. The wines offered by Turpan are not particularly outstanding, but all Westerners know that China is the superpower of the East. They are not picky about wine, they do not have the habits and traditions that demand high-end wines. The country prefers spicy and high-count liquor!

"Mr. Tang, as far as I know. Electric lights are only found in Shanghai at the docks in China. There aren't too many light bulbs in the market, so where does your government get thousands of light bulbs? Someone asked.

The polite words like the speech are finished. The whole banquet immediately became warm. As soon as the deputy director finished talking to several diplomats, he was surrounded by a group of foreign journalists or businessmen.

"Mr. Tang. Did your government make its own light bulbs? Outside, Stella saw a fat reporter standing next to the deputy director, shouting loudly. The corners of his mouth twitched disdainfully. Patented? Do you still think that incandescent lamps are only patented by Americans and British? This is tungsten filament, not carbonized bamboo filament.

The deputy director is not a rookie who doesn't know anything. Don't pay any attention to the fat reporter's words. If Edison's electric light company were to go to court, it would definitely be something that the Bureau of Industry and Commerce would be happy to see.

It has been two years since China's Patent Law was promulgated, but how many people in the country have applied for patents? I was about to do something to promote the importance of the Patent Law.

However, today's most important content of the Department of Commerce is alternating current. A kind of alternating current that does not require a power plant every kilometer. A kind of alternating current that can directly knock a direct current to the ground with a stick.

With pride, Tesla walked away with her female companion holding her head high.

Rather than listening to these words that upset him here, it would be better to take this opportunity to visit Tiananmen Square.

……

Half past seven came, and the lights were lit up in the entire Tiananmen Square on time.

Rows of lights outline the entire Tiananmen Square. The street lights in the square are all lit up, the street lights on the entire Chang'an Avenue are all lit up, and the street lights in the whole of Beijing are all lit up. And in Tiananmen Square, there is also a fountain with colorful lights that echoes the dew. The night view of the entire square is much better than in the past, and the grade has become higher.

The trees in the green belt are also adorned with smaller colorful light bulbs, which twinkle among the flowers and trees, like stars descending on the earth.

"Really fantastic! It's beautiful! There are few better night views in all of Europe. But isn't it a miracle that the entire city of Beijing is supplied by a power plant outside the city, a distance of more than 20 kilometers? ”

"God. In addition to guns and steel, textiles, the Chinese are now even catching up with electricity, no, directly surpassing the most advanced level in Europe? This is really bad news. ”

Bronde, who was standing next to the speaker, was completely speechless at this time, and he could only shake his head vigorously in denial. How is it possible for China to surpass Europe? Impossible, impossible. Europe will also be catching up with this technology at a rapid pace.

Unlike bamboo incandescent lamps, which have an average lifespan of only a few hundred hours, tungsten incandescent lamps can be fully supported after 50 years. That is to say, to support Liu Xian for the rest of his life.

On this night, no one can say how many people in the palace were curious to turn on and off the lights and switches, and how many of the Chinese and foreign reporters were rushing to write articles overnight. Anyway, when Brande dotted a little dot after the last word, the newborn morning glow had already dyed the white curtains of the cottage where he lived a rosy red.

Exhausted, Brande stood up, blotted the undried ink on the paper with absorbent paper, then blew out the kerosene lamp, and opened the curtains again, letting in the reddish sunlight. A new day has begun. He now had to rush to the post office and send the manuscript back to Shanghai as quickly as possible.

As for the telegraph office, Brande also needed to go. He wanted to use the most resolute words to explain the meaning of alternating current to the newspaper clearly. It was a great invention invented by a 26-year-old young man of Serbian origin, Nikolai. Tesla.

Following Edison's epoch-making invention two years earlier, another epoch-making invention was born. Although the inventor is still white, this white man is now an abominable Chinese national.

……

Also on this night, the night view of the ZN Sea is even more beautiful, and in the sleeping palace.

"Queen, it's so dark, why don't you turn on the lights and light the candles?" Liu Xian asked his wife puzzled. Electric lights were installed throughout the palace, especially the dormitories in the harem. There are lights in many places, so why are candles lit here?

"I don't dare touch that switch." Zhang Miaotong looked at the chandelier overhead with some fear. This is a dangerous thing, so not only did she dare not touch it, but she also didn't let her palace maids touch it. This situation was not expected by Liu Xian.

"What's so scary about this? It's okay, as long as the hands are dry and the rope that pulls the lamp is dry, there won't be any problems. And even if your hands are wet, as long as the rope doesn't come into direct contact with anything electrically charged, it won't have electricity unless you pour a basin of water over the switch. "Liu Xian is very eager for electric light. I haven't been in contact for twenty years, and I still don't have the slightest rustiness.

Liu Xian said as he reached out to pull the light string. Before Zhang Miaotong had time to stop it, the lights turned on.

The candle was blown out, Liu Xian talked to Zhang Miaotong for a while, and then went to the apse to wash, and the time passed ten o'clock, and the palace maids withdrew from the room. "Alright, it's time to sleep. It's already ten o'clock! ”

"Well, let's sleep." Before Liu Xian came, Zhang Miaotong had already washed, and she said as she unbuttoned her clothes......

"Well, the lights are ......, the lights haven't been turned off yet." The Queen's voice trembled.

"Well......" Liu Xian responded, but he didn't get up from the bed at all: "Queen, I don't want to get out of bed now." Do we still have to ask the palace maid to come in and turn off the lights? Isn't that good? I don't think ...... turn off the lights tonight......"

……

At dawn, all the newspapers in Beijing were publishing the news of last night's electric lights. In an inconspicuous alley, the newly established Beijing Electric Power Bureau, a Chinese power company, is full of people in its business hall. How many officials are there in the whole city of Beijing? Who can't afford light bulbs and electricity? In addition, there are so many Chinese and foreign businessmen in the huge Beijing.

In the dark of night, the brightly lit streets are shocking. Today, the business hall of the Electric Power Bureau is so crowded. (To be continued......)