Shoukang Palace is as bright as day.

The palace maids, eunuchs, and guards looked at the light emitted by those glass lamps, and they all felt incredible, if it weren't for Zhu Jianji's early order, I was afraid that it would have boiled at this moment.

Zhu Jianji smiled and said loudly to the Empress Dowager Wu: "Imperial grandmother, this is an insignificant little work of my grandson, give it to your old man, and wish your old man a happy life like Dongshan and Nanshan." ”

The crowd was speechless.

Is this insignificant?

Then how extraordinary should your so-called works that can be written about be so unconventional?

Empress Dowager Wu couldn't hear it, she was very happy, no matter how many candles were used in the palace in the past, she couldn't see clearly, but after her grandson got this "moon", everything in the dormitory was clear.

The night is not dark!

Empress Hang coughed, "Jianji, what kind of thing is this, how is it so magical, far brighter than red candles and oil lamps, and there is no smell of fireworks, it is magical, Western?" ”

Zhu Jianji is secretly happy.

Western?

There is no electricity in the West now!

Pointing to the few electric piles made of wood after coking in the yard, he said to Queen Hang: "The child should carefully say to the grandmother and the queen mother, wow, this is called the electric pile, which is made of wood, and the long strips on the electric pile, the surface layer is a special porcelain pipe, and the porcelain pipe is painted copper wire layer by layer - the reason why the porcelain pipe is used is for safety, the second is for the use of wind and rain, and the third is to protect the copper wire." The luminous part, the child called the bulb, the outer cover is made of glass, because the time is pressing, the shape is relatively simple, in the future I will let the glass workshop produce a beautiful bulb, as for the luminous parts of the bulb, called the wick, in fact, it is bamboo, limited by the material, easy to break, about a few days to replace the wick, and because the vacuum technology is not skilled, it also causes the wick to be easy to break. ”

Empress Hang asked, "But why does the bamboo glow?" ”

Zhu Jianji was happy, "The specific principle is more difficult to explain, and it is one word: science." ”

Well, now Da Ming doesn't understand the word science enough.

So he said: "It's all the truth in the book." ”

Empress Hang was still at a loss.

Seeing this, Zhu Jianji said: "Please ask the queen mother and the imperial grandmother to go to the back with the child, and the child will carefully explain to you the origin of this light, so that you can use it with confidence in the future." ”

Empress Hang asked the Empress Dowager Wu loudly.

Empress Dowager Wu smiled.

She didn't really understand.

She didn't quite want to understand it, either.

But the grandson has this interest, and the grandson wants Wei Nanfeng to record it, after all, this thing is too amazing, if it is not recorded clearly, it will be transmitted to the people, and it will be said to be a god and a ghost, and the impact will not be good.

So he nodded slightly, "Let's go." ”

Everyone followed Zhu Jianji to the small house in the corner behind Shoukang Palace.

In the small house, a sturdy eunuch was in front of a strangely shaped machine, constantly turning the rotor at a uniform speed, and the remaining four people were resting, preparing to change shifts.

The copper wires that extend from the machine, through the porcelain tubes, run along the walls into the main courtyard.

Zhu Jianji motioned to the big man who shook the rotor not to stop.

Explained to Queen Hang: "This machine, the child calls it a human generator, the light bulb in the main courtyard will glow, it is because of the energy generated by this generator, I will not explain the specific principle, because it is explained, and it is difficult for the queen mother to understand." ”

It's really incomprehensible.

But Empress Hang and Empress Dowager Wu both sighed, it's good that they are not weird.

Zhu Jianji said: "In fact, manpower generation is very wasteful and unstable, but there is no way, there is no river with a big drop around our palace, and the wind is not enough, if you use firepower to generate electricity, it is feasible, but it still needs time to improve the equipment, so for the time being, I think so, I hired these five attendants, and let them work whenever night falls." ”

Empress Hang thought thoughtfully, "What if it's midnight?" ”

Zhu Jianji smiled, "This is a problem, at the moment, we still have to let them work all night, and during the peak period of electricity consumption, the five people must not slack off in the slightest." As for the middle of the night, it can be conceived that a cable is set up in each temple to connect to this power room, followed by a bell. Someone is going to get up at night, so they pull the string, and as soon as the bell rings, these five wrestlers immediately get up to work. ”

That's all there is to it.

There's no way to come up with a battery storage right now.

Empress Hang bowed, "It's a good idea, but the salaries of these slaves and maids won't be low, right?" ”

She was distressed about money.

To maintain a symmetrical speed, even if five people take turns, one person must insist on continuous time, which is fine in the short term, but in the long run, it will be extremely depleting to the body.

Who's going to come when the money is less?

Zhu Jianji smiled and said to the four resting eunuchs: "Are you still satisfied with the salary given by Lonely?" ”

A eunuch immediately replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave the slaves and maids thirty taels of silver per month, and the slaves and maids were grateful." ”

Thirty taels of silver, that's a high salary!

It means that the power generation room of Shoukang Palace will cost two thousand taels of silver for labor costs alone, which is a luxury piled up with money - but it is definitely worth the money.

Zhu Jianji smiled, "You work hard, and the orphan will give you extra rewards at the end of the year." ”

The eunuchs hurriedly saluted and thanked them.

Zhu Jianji looked at Wei Nanfeng.

Wei Nanfeng nodded and signaled that it had been recorded.

This one does have to be recorded.

As a scholar, Wei Nanfeng was keenly aware that this bright artifact created by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was likely to be ancient and modern.

Zhu Jianji said to Empress Dowager Wu and Empress Hang: "The children have all been arranged, from now on, Shoukang Palace will bid farewell to the era of black candles and oil lamps, and enter the glory of electricity." The imperial grandmother doesn't have to worry about money, this is a piece of filial piety for her grandson, and in the future, the expenses of Shoukang Palace on electricity will be responsible for the grandson's East Palace! ”

Empress Dowager Wu couldn't hear what her grandson said, but she could feel her grandson's filial piety.

The wrinkles on his face smiled like a flower.

Very happy!

The crowd returned to the front yard.

After waiting for Empress Dowager Wu to fall asleep, she walked out of the dormitory, and Empress Hang's eyes were full of expectations, and she said to Zhu Jianji: "Jianji, is Kunning Palace the same as your imperial grandmother's Shoukang Palace?" ”

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Of course it's the same, since the child has created a set for the imperial grandmother, he will definitely not favor my queen mother, but there are no other concubines in the harem." ”

Queen Hang was as beautiful as a crescent moon, her eyes were rippling with pride and pride as a mother, and she was happy, so she took Lu Huan's hand and walked outside the palace, "Go back to Kunning Palace." ”

Hurry back and enjoy your son's filial piety.

Zhu Jianji also said: "The child is also going back to the East Palace, and a night banquet was held in the Wenhua Palace, and the king of North Korea was invited to Li Xuan, planning to sell this set of things to him." ”

Outcome......

Empress Hang didn't pay attention to him at all.

pulled Lu Huan's head and left without looking back, which made Zhu Jianji speechless.

You mother, can't you praise me for two sentences and then go back to enjoy the light?

No audience, no praise......

I don't feel fulfilled!