The cost of all-copper wires is too high, so Ying Feiyu plans to mix some aluminum appropriately to reduce costs.

The cost has been reduced, and whether it is electricity or telephone, the speed of popularization can be accelerated!

These things must not be done by Ying Feiyu, so he took the time to come to the power plant and sent someone to call Huang Yuan over!

"Brother Huang, but come to see the production progress of the phone? Rest assured, now we have begun to organize craftsmen, and soon we will conduct training, and when the electrical factory is built, the phone can officially start manufacturing! ”

Since Ying Feiyu sat on the throne, he rarely had time to go around, as long as he left the palace, it must be purposeful.

So Ying Heng naturally thought that he was here for the phone!

"The production of telephones is important, but have you ever thought about the telephone lines you need for your telephone?"

Ying Feiyu hugged her shoulders and reminded with a smile.

"Phone line?"

The two blurted out and looked at each other.

"Brother Huang, what's wrong with the phone line?"

The previous telephone line was still made of copper, and it was very smooth when it was tested, without the slightest problem, so Ying Heng was puzzled.

"There is no other problem, it is too expensive!"

Ying Feiyu said bluntly.

"Yes! My Great Qin only produces so much copper every year, barely enough! Now one more phone and a lot more wires to be produced! ”

Huang Yuan nodded in agreement.

He manages the factories that refine copper ore, and he knows better than anyone how much he can produce and consume each year.

"But if you want to use a telephone, you have to produce wires, and you can't do it!"

Winheng doesn't want to make things that have been hard to make and be restricted by wires and not be popularized.

"Your Majesty also called the ministers today, don't you have any other way?"

Huang Yuan thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

Your Majesty summoned them, it can't be just to make them worry with them, right?

I guess I must have thought of a way to deal with it, and I asked them to implement it together!

"Haha! That's right! ”

Ying Feiyu smiled and nodded.

This guy has been with him for years, and now he can guess what he is thinking!

"Is there really another way? Tell me about it, what's the idea? ”

Ying Heng was even more excited than Huang Yuan, and couldn't wait to ask.

"Aluminum ......!"

Ying Feiyu didn't sell it, and explained it directly to a few people, "Like other metals, aluminum also has the property of conducting electricity, which can be made into wires to relieve the pressure of copper!" ”

"Aluminum? What's that? How come we've never met? ”

After hearing this, the two kept scratching their scalps.

Even if you want to break your head, you don't understand what it is!

"In nature, aluminum exists in the form of a chemical compound that needs to be broken down and refined before it can be used!"

"I see!"

After Ying Feiyu's explanation, the two nodded, as if they understood.

"These are the two refining methods I wrote, you see!"

Subsequently, Ying Feiyu handed the materials prepared in advance to the two of them.

Scumbags and veterans are waiting to use the phone as soon as possible, so the refining of aluminum is imminent, the sooner the better!

Therefore, Ying Feiyu prepared two refining methods, one is thermal reduction, and handed it over to Huang Yuan.

The other is electrolytic aluminum, which is in charge of Yingheng!

The two of them took a general look and said excitedly: "In this way, can you really refine aluminum?" ”

Because the process recorded above is not very difficult, it puzzles the two.

"Could it be that I'm here to play with you?"

Ying Feiyu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He ran all the way out and called Huang Yuan over, and wrote special information for this, but Ying Heng didn't believe it!

"Haha, Brother Huang, I didn't mean that, I'm just curious, according to the above method, you can refine something that can replace copper?"

"That's right!"

Ying Feiyu gave an affirmative answer.

"Your Majesty, it's not difficult to refine the method, it's just ...... We have never seen this aluminum mine, and we don't know where to mine it! ”

Huang Yuan said with a little embarrassment.

If you want to refine, you have to have ore first, right?

If you don't have raw materials, even if you master the method, you can't conjure them up empty-handed, right?

"It's simple, I'll mark it on the map when I go back, and order the army to go to mining!"

Since Daqin has never mined aluminum ore, there are quite a few in Xianyang alone, as long as you use the system to search.

"Good! Then let's prepare, and as soon as the ore arrives, we will conduct a decomposition experiment! ”

The two did not hesitate to take the matter to themselves.

With these two good helpers, Ying Feiyu is also happy!

A few days later, a large basket of aluminum ore was lifted to the eyes of the two men.

"This is the first basket dug by the soldiers after they found the aluminum mine, and I immediately ordered someone to carry it over for you to experiment!"

The aluminum ore was successfully excavated, and Ying Feiyu was also very happy.

"So this is aluminum ore? When I was a child, there were a lot of them in my hometown, and I looked strange at the time, but I didn't know what it did, so I didn't take it to heart! ”

Huang Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

If I had known that this was aluminum ore at the time, I would have bought the mine and refined aluminum, I am afraid that I would have become rich a long time ago!

Of course, that's just a thought.

At that time, the poor family couldn't eat enough, even if they knew that it was aluminum ore and knew how to refine it, they couldn't afford to buy that mine at all!

"Now that you have seen the aluminum ore, there will be a steady stream of ore sent over when you turn around, so you can experiment with peace of mind and refine the aluminum as soon as possible!"

"Brother Huang, rest assured, we have done the preparations, and it won't take a few days to refine the aluminum!"

"Yes, Your Majesty will rest assured!"

The two of them smiled and assured themselves.

"Okay, then I'll go back and wait for your good news!"

Ying Feiyu returned to the palace with peace of mind and quietly waited for the good news of the success of the two.

A week later, Ying Heng stopped Ying Feiyu, who had just come down from the morning court, and excitedly reported the success of the electrolytic aluminum experiment!

Ying Feiyu nodded her head, but also a little helpless.

Why is this guy just like his old man? Always like to intercept people halfway?

What can't you say when he returns to the Guanghua Hall or the Imperial Study?

But although he thought so, looking at his excited expression, he couldn't bear to blow, "Very good!" That's a lot faster than I expected! ”

"Brother Huang, you don't know, we also tried many times before we succeeded!"

Ying Heng smiled proudly.

"Haha! Good! Now that it's been successful, let's start mass production, and when the phone is ready, it can be installed directly! ”

Ying Feiyu explained.

"Good!"

Ying Heng nodded.

Later, he talked in detail about the problems encountered in the test process and the situation on Huang Yuan's side.

Looking at his excitement, Ying Feiyu couldn't help but praise.

This kid has found the meaning of his existence!