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Chapter 233 Blessings in the world (third update, please subscribe)
The most profitable business must be the technology monopoly.

The seemingly inconspicuous new technology brings unimaginable wealth.

Of course, some technologies will not only bring wealth, but also reputation.

For example—light bulbs!
electric light!

It was definitely a surprise!
It can even be said to be the biggest surprise in 1865!

Maybe other people don't know what the invention of electric light means, but Zhu Xianhai does.

In the past, people used oil lamps, candles, etc. for lighting. Although this has broken through the night, it has not completely liberated human beings from the restrictions of the night.Only the birth of the dynamo enables human beings to use various electric lights to brighten the world and turn night into day.

The electric light dispels the darkness and brings light to mankind!
The invention of the electric light is definitely worth writing about!
Of course, it is definitely the favorite of capitalists-before electric lights, even the most black-hearted capitalists would order to stop work when it was dark, because it was not only dangerous but also efficient to continue production under the dim light of oil lamps. Extremely low, but also prone to fire.

But with the electric light, everything changed.

With electric lights, the blessings of the workers will come - even in the middle of the night, under the bright incandescent lights, the workers can operate the equipment normally and produce normally.

Electric lights... definitely a blessing!
However, this blessing came a bit early!
Looking at the bright light bulb in front of him, Zhu Xianhai sighed in his heart for a long time—the blessing is coming!
Nanhua brought workers, no, it should be said that they brought the blessings of beating workers to this world.

"Is this Henri Goebbels' invention?"

Henry Goebbels has arrived in Nanhua!
It is said that he is the real inventor of the electric light. Historically, after many years of litigation with Edison on the issue of inventing the electric light, Henry Goebbels won the patent—after he died, Edison finally obtained the patent from Goebbels. The impoverished widow bought the patent.

But now?
Henry Goebbels came to Nanhua with his invention of the electric light.

"It's true that the light bulb was invented by him, but my lord, but he only invented the light bulb. Our laboratory invented the switch, and there is a switch..."

As if showing off, Zhao Can pulled the rope, and there was a crisp "click" sound, and the light went out.

"Without this switch, the light is very difficult to control. It took us almost half a year to invent this pull switch."

half a year...

Zhu Xianhai murmured in his heart, you said earlier, we know the principle of such a pull switch, the principle couldn't be simpler, but what made him even more gratified was that it was all invented by the Huaxia technicians in the laboratory. In other words, the current Nanhua laboratory already has a certain "research and development capability".

Although this small switch and lamp holder are not very eye-catching, it is definitely an epoch-making invention!It is their appearance that made the popularization of electric lights possible!
Looking at the switch box made of ceramics and the lamp holder made of ceramics, he asked.

"Are these switches and lamp holders made of ceramic?"

"That's right, our laboratory has tested many materials, only the switch box made of ceramic or glass, the lamp holder can be mass-produced, and can be insulated to prevent leakage,"

Behind the seemingly simple answer, how many laboratory technicians have worked day and night?How many people's hard work and sweat?
But ceramics... this is the symbol of China!
"How is this light bulb installed?"

Zhu Xianhai looked curiously at the screws on the socket.

"Is it turning this screw?"

"Yes, my lord, it is very convenient to change the light bulb. There is a plug in the lamp holder. Just loosen the screw, insert it in, and then tighten the fixing screw. Anyone can change the light bulb, no professional is needed at all." Workers, this is also our invention, the original invention needs to be replaced by professional workers."

"Although this is simple, it's still a bit more complicated. After all, you still need tools to replace it. Why can't you just replace the plug with a threaded joint?"

Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.

"It's like a coarse-grained screw, with a diameter of about 27mm, rolled with copper or iron..."

After directly taking out the famous "E27 interface", Zhu Xianhai completely ignored Zhao Can's surprise and continued.

"This light bulb holder can be reversed, so that its lighting range is larger..."

The seemingly simple proposal surprised Zhao Can from ear to ear. These...why didn't they think of it at the beginning?

In fact, these simple proposals themselves are the crystallization of the wisdom of countless inventors.

Nodding his head, Zhu Xianhai said in relief.

"It seems that you have already considered mass production."

"Boss, electric lights must be produced as soon as possible. I have calculated that if we install electric lights in the factory, the current off-duty time can be postponed to at least 10 pm, and we will no longer have to worry about the problem of darkness." ..."

Look... the good news is here!

Zhu Xianhai's eyes narrowed into slits, and now he finally understands why Edison enjoys so much praise all over the world, because for capitalists, electric lights are a round-the-clock job.

Of course, to put it another way: the invention of electric light has expanded the scope of human activities and won more time to create wealth for society.

"Our working hours are not short."

Zhu Xianhai shook his head, and then said.

"In summer, we work from 12:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm every day. After deducting lunch time, workers have to work for almost [-] hours. This is already the limit of the human body. If the time is longer, fatigue will not only lead to a decline in production efficiency. It will also cause injuries to workers, and it’s okay not to rely on electric lights to work overtime.”

"The lord is benevolent and righteous. It is indeed Nanhua's blessing for people in Nanhua to have a lord..."

Why does this sound so awkward?
Co-authoring people to work "only" twelve hours is a blessing...

It seems to be true.

Isn't it eight hours!

With a helpless sigh, Zhu Xianhai looked at the light and the battery connected to it, and said.

"How long can it be used now?"

"Now our light bulbs have a lifespan of more than 600 hours, an increase of more than 50% over Henry Goebbels' prototype."

"What about the cost?"

"The current manufacturing cost is about one yuan per bulb, but with the expansion of production, the cost will definitely be reduced a lot."

"Well, 600 hours, one yuan each, which is almost the same, and can be considered for production."

After thinking about it, Zhu Xianhai said.

"I think we can connect the electric lights to the company headquarters first, and the street lights on Zhuque Street. I think we can also replace them with electric lights! We will strive to illuminate Zhuque Street with electric lights around the Spring Festival next year."

The lord's suggestion made Zhao Can somewhat embarrassed.

"My lord, light up the entire Suzaku Avenue...I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

"Difficult? How to say?"

Zhu Xianhai said in surprise.

"Generator, we have encountered some difficulties in manufacturing the generator. At present, our generator can only drive 1000 electric lights at most. If it is Suzaku Avenue, at least two or three power plants need to be built."

"Oh, this is the reason, I will solve this."

Zhu Xianhai laughed.

This is really not a big deal, after all, in the "mine" that produced "Deville Silver", the high-power generator has been running for several years, and it is nothing more than making another generator.

"Oh, by the way, regarding the bamboo used to make carbon filaments, the company can send people to Japan to collect some bamboo for experimentation, and there may be some unexpected gains."

The most impressive thing about Edison's invention of the electric lamp was not the material used to make carbon filaments. He tested thousands of materials and selected bamboo filaments. Then Edison searched for the best bamboo in the world to serve as filaments for electric lamps.It took almost another ten years, searching all over the world, to find some kind of Japanese bamboo.

In order to find that bamboo, dozens of employees sent by Edison spent ten years, even going deep into the Amazon rainforest.In the end, they collected about 6000 kinds of bamboo from all over the world. As a result, the carbon filament made of Japanese bamboo is the best, which can last for more than 1000 hours, achieving the purpose of durability.Until 1908, before the popularization of tungsten light bulbs, Japanese bamboo was the main raw material for the production of carbon filaments for electric lamps.

As for the present, of course it is used for doctrine!

(End of this chapter)