Outside Beijing, outside the railway.
Mighty and majestic Beijing army sergeants wearing armor and holding long guns stood proudly, guarding outside the railway fence.
One sergeant every ten steps, all the way to Tongzhou, which is sixty miles away.
Cabinet ministers such as Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi, ministers such as Xu Huizu, Li Jian, Yang Rong, and new talents such as Zheng He, Zhu Neng, Luo Guanying, and Mao Zhoutai were also recruited. Naturally, important figures from the Guozi Jianjiang Academy, Zhou Chang, and Shen Dadao were also recruited. et al.
As for Guo Jiale, Song Duanduan, Yu Qian and others, they have already been waiting in Tongzhou. .c0
Zhou Chang introduced: "Your Majesty, everyone, this experiment is about electrical transmission on a line with a length of sixty miles. According to the new weights and measures, a total of six hundred copper wires of one hundred meters are used. The joints of the copper wires have been inspected by the Imperial College, and The line was buried at a depth of ten centimeters to fifteen centimeters underground, and the experimental time was set to noon sharp, which was calculated as twelve o'clock sharp using the Imperial Academy escapement-type swing clock."
"It's just that the miniaturization of the clock has not yet been completed. They are based on approximately noon, and there is still half an hour before the test begins. Before that, Guo Jiale led people to complete the transmission of electric energy over a distance of fifteen feet. I thought that it had a distance of sixty feet. The conditions for the mile length test. Considering the success of the test, I ordered two lines to be laid, with the power generation end and the pointer end respectively..."
Zhu Yunwen looked at the instruments placed on the small table in front of him and nodded with satisfaction: "As for Guo Jiale's idea of twenty-six lines, the Imperial College needs to carefully consider it. It is best to choose one line to transmit all information. Copper wire is not good. Come on, a distance of several thousand miles consumes a lot of copper, and we can’t afford to waste it.”
Zhou Chang quickly said: "The Craftsman Academy is already considering this issue. Some people have proposed that different shaking amplitudes of the pointer represent different pinyin letters. Others have proposed recording information by the number of times to reach a fixed scale. This issue is still under discussion and design."
Zhu Yunwen smiled.
If you continue your research, it won't be long before something similar to Morse code appears.
The people of Ming Dynasty do not lack wisdom at all. What they lack is opportunities and environment.
History has not given them an environment for scientific research, I will provide it!
I hope that this group of lovely researchers can be used as a locomotive to drive Ming's science and technology away and lead the world for 500 years.
No more humiliation! Yang Rong curiously looked at the hand-cranked power generation device in front of him and asked, "What are the things in this? Why does it generate electric energy? Can electric energy really be transmitted sixty miles away?"
Zhou Chang smiled and said nothing.
Xu Huizu came forward and said: "Yang Shangshu, please don't pry. This is the top knowledge of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the knowledge that changes history. Once the secret is leaked, it will not be good for the Ming Dynasty."
Yang Rong took two steps back and said quickly: "I won't ask, I won't ask anymore."
Such a scene made everyone burst into laughter.
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly: "Some knowledge seems simple, but the process of finding these knowledge is extremely arduous. Only they themselves know the pain and sacrifice involved. I think this breakthrough in knowledge can win the Ming Dynasty Science and Technology Award. And give the biggest giver Guo Jiale a count. Yang Shiqi, what do you think?"
Can scientific research produce a count?
This scene was shocking and made some officials present envious.
Yang Shiqi replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, although Taizu has stipulated that non-military merit cannot be knighted. But in my opinion, if the invention of Guo Jiale and others is proven to be feasible, then it is not just a simple achievement in government affairs, but also Military merit. Therefore, I think it is not inappropriate to give him an earl."
Xie Jin and Tie Xuan also expressed support.
Zhu Yunwen saw that no one had any objections, so he made a rule: "In the future, anyone who is qualified to win the Ming Dynasty Special Science and Technology Award will be awarded the title of earl and enjoy the same salary as the earl. It will be hereditary. Prince, this cannot be changed in the future."
Zhu Wenkui walked out and said, "My son, I will accept the order."
Zhu Yunwen said in a deep voice: "There should be no eternal laws in the world. Everything is changing. But within the changes, the court must firmly grasp the fields that are related to the national destiny, such as education, science and technology, culture, iron and steel. Ships, firearms, etc., keep pushing forward without wavering..."
Zhu Wenkui’s sincere teachings will be remembered in his heart.
Noon.
Everyone gathered around the instrument and looked at it carefully.
Under everyone's breathless gaze, the pointer in the current sensing pointer moved without warning. The pointer moved directly to the position of scale 3, and then fell back to the original point. Before everyone could react, the pointer moved again. It moved forty-six times before stopping.
"It's done!"
Zhu Yunwen held his hands tightly.
"It's done!"
Zhou Chang shouted, his tone full of excitement.
Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Xu Huizu, Yang Rong and others all smiled.
Luo Guanying held her chin, thinking about whether the wire could be laid across the sea to Dingyuan Province. If it was feasible, it would be much more convenient to contact the court in the future, but the sea is a troublesome thing...
Sixty-mile current induction was successfully completed. Zhou Chang ordered people to shake the electromagnetic induction instrument again, shaking it rapidly in circles, then stopping, taking a breath, and shaking again...
This time, Li Jian and others proposed to conduct different tests separately to verify whether it is true. ..
Anyone can propose the number of transmissions. Sheng Yin directly shouted out "Shake ten thousand times", which almost made Zhou Chang scold him. "Damn it, are you going to torment Guo Jiale or me, the handler? It doesn't matter if you stand up for your daughter." As for us being in trouble together...
Test at both ends and verify at both ends.
When the galloping horse came to the document with the specific number of times, everyone checked and found that it was correct.
This experiment was a perfect success. Zhou Chang immediately proposed to lay a direct circuit to Jinan. After completing the test, it would be laid directly from Jinan to Jinling in order to realize the north-south circuit connection as soon as possible.
Zhu Yunwen approved these arrangements and instructed the Ministry of Punishment to amend the Ming Dynasty Law to treat electric circuits as court assets. Anyone who digs, cuts, steals, or destroys electric circuits will be punished.
The Ministry of Industry and the Imperial College were gearing up to prepare for a big fight.
Although there were no external enemies in the Ming Dynasty, there were many internal governance problems. Official governance was a difficult point. Some of the graduates from the Imperial College began to be corrupted by the prosperity and bribed by businessmen. Some officials even began to work for businessmen, hoping that the imperial court could cancel the inheritance tax and adjust Floating tax rate.
In order to cut off the hands of businessmen reaching out to the court, Zhu Yunwen issued a decree. The content was very simple. The amount of inheritance tax was increased, the floating tax rate for ordinary items was reduced, and the tax rate for luxury goods was adjusted from five taxes and one to four taxes and one.
The meaning is very clear. The more a businessman desires a certain result, the less likely the court will agree. Businessmen pursue profits and will not care about the court. The court values commerce, but it will not condone businessmen.
Facing the tough-minded Emperor Jianwen, the businessmen were very distressed. They even thought that the officials who had received benefits were not doing anything at all, so they took the initiative to cut themselves off from the officials...
