Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 110 Waterwheel Power Station

Xu Guangqi thought for a moment and then said: "If you want to replace human power, you can use animal power, wind power or water power. Among them, animal power should be the most ideal choice. After all, it takes some effort to control wind and water power!"

Zhu Tianqi nodded, thinking to himself that Xu Guangqi was really smart, he immediately understood what he meant, and he was able to express his own thoughts even though his thoughts were still somewhat conservative.

"What Xu Aiqing said is reasonable, but although animal power is easy to obtain, it is still far inferior to wind power and water power. I think that using water power to generate electricity is the most ideal choice!"

After Zhu Tianqi finished speaking, he drew another dam on the paper, and then described the water flow from top to bottom, impacting the runner, pushing the generator rotor to rotate, and generating electricity.

Xu Guangqi frowned slightly and stared at the sketch drawn by Zhu Tianqi. Then he suddenly realized and said: "What the emperor drew is very much like a waterwheel. The rotation of the waterwheel drives the crankshaft of the generator to rotate, thereby generating electricity."

Zhu Tianqi immediately nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, yes, it's the waterwheel. Just change the crank handle on the generator into a gear and connect it to the waterwheel!"

"If this is the case, I understand!" Xu Guangqi nodded and said.

Zhu Tianqi immediately said: "Since Xu Aiqing understands what I mean, then help me build a waterwheel outside the Forbidden City, and then build a large generator to connect it. I will be of great use!"

Xu Guangqi immediately accepted the order and hurriedly retreated to attend to his errands.

Because of Zhu Tianqi's imperial order, Xu Guangqi was not blocked from building a waterwheel on the moat of the Forbidden City. Taking advantage of the gap in building the waterwheel, Xu Guangqi went back to build a larger generator.

During this period, a new batch of sand ships arrived in the capital, and those responsible for escorting them happened to be Ma Ying and Zhao Kuo, who escorted the first batch of sand ships to Beijing at that time.

Zhu Tianqi once again met them in person and moved out [-] small mirror boxes that had been packed in boxes.

"When Zhang Guoji and Sun Yuanhua helped me sell goods in Yingtian Mansion last year, were you there?"

Ma Ying and Zhao Kuo hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "Return to the emperor, I am humble and present!"

Zhu Tianqi nodded and continued: "Very good, since you are here, you should also know about this matter, so this time, I plan to ask you to go to the wealthy businessman in Yingtian to bring these mirror boxes Help me sell it, because you two still have the important task of transporting food, so the money you get from selling the mirror box can be handed over to Yingtian officials to help me send it back to the capital!"

Ma Ying and Zhao Kuo listened carefully, but they couldn't believe that the emperor was willing to entrust such an important task to their hands, so they lay on the ground without making a sound for a while.

Zhu Tianqi glanced at the two of them and saw that neither of them moved, so he had to ask again: "What, is there any problem?"

When Ma Ying and Zhao Kuo heard this, they immediately lowered their heads and replied: "I don't dare to do this in a humble position. I only obey the holy orders!" Zhu Tianqi then signaled Wang Yuanbao to give the two of them an imperial order. , because Zhu Tianqi knew that because of the various political orders he had issued recently, all civil servants had stood against him. In fact, his orders were not easy to use outside the Forbidden City. The only ones who could move them were his own. There are only a few trusted ministers, so if we want the officials of Yingtian to cooperate, just the two of them are not enough. It is more reliable to let them carry an imperial order.

Later, Zhu Tianqi ordered people to quickly send this batch of grain and rice to the Chief Minister of Shaanxi Province. From a time point of view, it was still very timely and would not delay the disaster relief work of the Chief Minister of Shaanxi Province. Now the Chief Minister of Shaanxi Province There are already signs of drought there, and this year's harvest may be greatly affected.

After Ma Ying and Zhao Kuo led these sand ships to leave the capital and go south, the waterwheels and generators on Xu Guangqi's side were also completed. After installing the generators and waterwheels, they immediately entered the palace to report to Zhu Tianqi. .

Zhu Tianqi looked at the map of the Forbidden City, estimated the distance from the waterwheel built by Xu Guangqi to the Qianqing Palace, and then bought batteries, wires, projectors and screens from the Krypton Life Store, which took less than ten years in total. life.

Then he told Wang Yuanbao: "Go and invite the elders here!"

Wang Yuanbao immediately accepted the order and hurried down to invite several other cabinet ministers.

Zhu Tianqi personally went to the water tanker next to the moat - let's call it a micro-hydropower station. He connected the wires, threw them into the city wall, connected the battery inside, and then ordered The water was released to make the waterwheel rotate. As the waterwheel slowly rotated under the impact of the water flow, the gears installed on it drove the rotor of the generator to rotate rapidly.

The charging indicator light on the battery also turned on immediately. Although the charging efficiency was not ideal, it exceeded Zhu Tianqi's expectations.

Although the principle of the generator is very simple, due to the limited technological level of the Ming Dynasty, the materials used to make the generator were not up to standard, and the current and voltage generated were too small. It was not a problem to light a light bulb, but it really had to be used for something. For other things, it's hard to say.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi specially purchased this rechargeable battery in the Krypton Life store. He first stored the electric energy generated by the generator in this battery, and then used the battery to power the movie screening to ensure the stability of the power supply.

He inserted the plug of the wire into the battery, and then opened the wire and led it all the way to the Qianqing Palace. He arranged for the eunuchs to set up the curtain. Zhu Tianqi also placed the projector in a suitable position in front of the curtain, and then projected The instrument was powered on.

After all these things, Wang Yuanbao came back and brought the other five cabinet ministers back. Zhu Tianqi naturally let them all enter the palace directly and had a row of chairs placed in front of the curtain. They sat down.

Six ministers of the cabinet gathered together. Except for Xu Guangqi, the other five were unaware of the matter. They didn't know what important matter Zhu Tianqi had brought them to discuss today. They all speculated that the white cloth hanging in front of them was for drawing pictures on it. used.

Zhu Tianqi glanced at everyone with a smile, and then asked: "My dear friends, I don't know what you like to watch on weekdays. Do you like to watch "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"

After hearing this, several people looked at each other in confusion. Even Xu Guangqi was a little confused about what Zhu Tianqi meant. He originally thought that Zhu Tianqi was going to show them what "electricity" was. But now it sounds like things are not that simple.

Therefore, everyone finally had to turn their attention to Zhu Tianqi and wait for Zhu Tianqi to reveal the answer to them.

(End of this chapter)