Ju Ming still underestimated the water consumption of the imperial city.
Within three days, the generator was no longer able to power the pumps.
And because the water tower was too high, the manual hand-operated pressure pump was not easy to use. In the end, the eunuchs had to use pulleys to lift the water.
Ju Ming was a little speechless. He walked slowly to the telegraph room and said to the telegraph operator there: "Send a message to the Emperor."
The beep beep beeped for a while, and finally the call was connected to Wangchuan Valley.
But the telegraph operator on the opposite side said that Zhu Guoxiang had gone to the lake and asked if he would report it immediately.
Ju Ming replied that it was not necessary and asked the Emperor to reply by telegram in the evening.
In the evening, the father and son started to connect.
Zhu Guoxiang asked as soon as he came up: "What are you doing?"
"After only two and a half days, there was no water to generate electricity."
"I told you earlier that if you build a power station by the river, you have to build it in the imperial city. Water power is converted into electrical energy, and the electrical energy is converted into mechanical energy to lift water. The losses in the process are not small. If it can really cycle forever, it will be a perpetual motion machine."
"I mainly want running water and flush toilets. The Imperial City is too far from the river in the suburbs. You have tested it yourself, and the power transmission loss is terrifying. I don't want to disturb the people, so I can only build one in the Imperial City."
"Just wait. Wait until I get the alternator and transformer out."
“Are alternators complicated?”
"It's much more complicated than a DC generator anyway. I'm not a professional, so I can only try it again and again with my students."
"Then let's get a DC transformer first."
"I have tried many times, but the DC transformer is very difficult and the working effect is not very good. If you want to build a power plant in Xuzhou, you will definitely need AC power for industrial power generation. At this stage, you can't even think about industrial power.
Let’s play with the generator as a toy first.”
"Then you send your students over and build a steam water lift next to the water tower. It's the kind of steam water lift commonly used in mines."
"Use a steam engine to lift water to the top of the water tower, and then release the water to power the generator?"
"yes."
"There's nothing wrong with me. I couldn't come up with this idea."
"With the steam water pump, we can free up electric energy. I want to install some ceiling fans in the imperial city."
"Don't bother me with this kind of thing. Those students of mine who work as technical officers in the Ministry of Industry know how to make and install steam water lifters."
"OK."
"I'll retreat first."
"When will the alternator and transformer be available? Xuzhou is waiting for your results."
"I don't know. Maybe it will be invented next month, or maybe it will have to wait another ten or twenty years. Or maybe after it is invented, a lot of improvements will be needed before it is put into industrial production."
"Is it that troublesome? You should know the principle."
"It's easier said than done. I'm really not a professional. I was still thinking about inventing a gas lamp. I saw that thing when I was a child. But it got stuck in the refractory net of the gas lamp and I couldn't make any refractory material at all.
There is also a bamboo charcoal filament bulb. Do you know how difficult it is for me to pour carbon dioxide into it? I finally poured it in, but it seemed to have some reaction after using it."
"Okay, okay, I'll hang up first."
Watching the emperor leave, the telegraph operator quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He studied with the Supreme Emperor for several years, but he still often couldn't understand the conversations between the two emperors.
Even some of Ju Ming's words need to be written on paper for him to send, otherwise he would not know how to write certain keywords.
The next day, we went to Chui Gong Hall.
Zhu Ming looked at Li Hanzhang: "You said you want to build a dam over Longmen to store water and generate electricity?"
"This is beneficial to the country and the people." Li Hanzhang said.
Zhu Ming shook his head: "You won't understand if you explain too much. Please note that the current generators are not yet suitable for large-scale civilian use. The Supreme Emperor is making improvements. In addition, dams can never be built at Longmen to store water. Once something goes wrong, floods will pour in.
Luoyang City!"
Li Hanzhang wanted to explain, but in the end he didn't argue because there was a real possibility that something might happen.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "I'm actually very happy that you can think of building a dam to generate electricity. Let's drink and have fun together in the evening."
"According to the decree."
Li Hanzhang was in a very happy mood. He came here to make such suggestions, and he was trying to please the emperor.
Only one month later, the steam water pump next to the Imperial City Water Tower was completed, and a specially built house was built for the boiler room.
The emperor gave the order, and the craftsmen naturally went all out.
Listening to the noise of the steam engine, looking at the chimney of the boiler room, and then looking at the hydroelectric generator, Ju Ming looked more and more magical.
First use steam to lift water, and then use hydropower to generate electricity.
As Zhu Guoxiang said, there is nothing wrong with him to do such a thing.
It is both a steam engine and a generator. It is more like a display of scientific and technological achievements, making officials and students more interested in it.
Officials, however, were clearly more interested in flush toilets.
They first asked which kiln the flush toilets in the imperial city were made from, and then quietly placed an order with their own money.
Even in ancient China, large porcelain was considered a luxury item.
The yield is extremely low!
The flush toilets and ceramic toilets in the imperial city were in high demand at one time, so Ju Ming had multiple kilns firing them at the same time.
This made the kiln owner and craftsmen worried, and they were unable to deliver the work on time.
The craftsmen were forced so hard that they actually forced a great revolution in porcelain firing technology!
Craftsmen in Gaoling Village, Jingdezhen, added mineral clay (kaolin) to porcelain clay and found that the yield of large-scale porcelain fired in this way doubled. China's porcelain-making technology evolved from the one-dimensional formula of porcelain clay to porcelain clay.
Binary recipe for adding kaolin clay.
Not only that, the hardness of the porcelain body has also been strengthened.
Ju Ming ordered this formula to be promoted in porcelain kilns across the country, but many porcelain kilns simply could not learn it because it was difficult to find kaolin near them and the cost of transporting it was too high when the distance was long.
But some officials in Luoyang were too lazy to go all the way to buy it after asking around.
They directly asked craftsmen near Luoyang to use clay to make squat toilets. Then they used wood to make the water tank. They wanted to save trouble and directly painted it with a few layers of paint. Those who were more sophisticated turned the water tank into lacquerware.
There was no running water outside the imperial city, so they built a small water tank and manually pumped water into it at any time to ensure it was used.
At first, only cabinet and ministry officials did this, and they also renovated their own toilets.
Soon middle-level officials and wealthy people followed suit, and eunuchs and maids spread the secret of the emperor's use of toilets. Some officials and wealthy people secretly imitated toilets at home.
In just two months, Luoyang Tianwang Temple also completed the renovation of its toilets.
The toilets there are so high-end that pilgrims even need to take off their shoes to avoid the toilet floor being soiled by the mud and water from their soles.
Nowadays, they have all been replaced with wooden water tanks and clay squat toilets, and the dry toilets have been changed so that the flush channel underneath is not visible. They received rave reviews for a while!
However, the toilet fee has increased by three cents, which is a small matter for pilgrims.
Because those who pay to use the high-end restrooms in Tennoji Temple don’t care about the few pennies at all - even though three pennies can buy half a catty of rice.
The septic tank next to the toilet is still there, and there is no connected sewer to flush away the feces. It's not that it can't be done, but it's not necessary, because feces is also a commodity and can be sold for money.
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In summer, the wheat harvest in the north ends.
The first batch of Ningxia and Shaanxi troops began to gather towards Shazhou.
Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi each also dispatched some troops and marched to Shaanxi one after another.
Civil servants in various provinces were recruited after the wheat harvest, and their family land could be exempted from part of the tax, and they could also receive a settling-in allowance.
Ju Ming ordered local officials to give priority to men who had more men in their families and who were not married as husbands.
The intention is very obvious, that is, after the war is over, many civilians will be left in Gaochang (Turpan) and Yizhou (Hami). At that time, many people will be killed, especially the nobles, large and small, and the nobles' land will be snatched and distributed to the civilians for farming.
, snatched the female relatives from noble families and assigned them to civilian husbands as wives.
If there are too many civilian husbands and not enough girls are snatched away, then the local people will be forced to marry their daughters to civilian husbands!
Yelv Dashi had difficulty digesting Gaochang and kept Gaochang in a semi-subordinate state.
Although Xiaota Buyan completely annexed the place, he still managed to win over the nobles and did not dare to kill the King of Gaochang.
The difficulties they encountered were nothing to Ju Ming, because the Ming Dynasty could easily keep tens of thousands of civilians in the area. After killing all the nobles, big and small, there were enough officials transferred to govern.
Li Yanxian was appointed as the coach of the expedition to the west, and Emperor Zhu's uncle Zhong Yanchong served as the deputy coach.
Wu Jie, who was stationed in the Hexi Corridor, served as the vanguard general.
The Dajunzheng, who is affiliated with the Supervisory Council, personally goes to supervise the army, but is not allowed to interfere with the command.
Troops from various northern provinces gathered in Shaanxi and Gansu one after another.
Before the war started, six second-generation officials who had gone to sea accompanied the Eastern Roman mission to Luoyang.
They walked around and had a superficial appreciation of many cities along the way.
Until when staying at the Sifangguan in Kaifeng, the Roman envoy was completely shocked in the toilet.
The trend of toilet renovation has spread to Kaifeng.
Moreover, the Sifang Pavilion in Kaifeng was the first to be renovated, and all toilets in the main building were made of porcelain. After all, envoys from the east, south and north would stay in the Sifang Pavilion in Kaifeng first, which could greatly enhance the majesty of the Ming Empire.
Aksukh took two of his subordinates and walked into the toilet accompanied by officials.
As Tokyo, Kaifeng Sifangguan retains one official from Honglu Temple, and the rest are on-the-job staff or temporary workers.
The official pointed to the water tank and said to the translator: "After using the toilet, press here to flush the water."
After saying this, the official exited the toilet and no longer disturbed the envoy.
An envoy, a translator, and two members of the mission were already standing in the toilet, stunned.
Aksukh reached out to touch the water tank and said in a trembling voice: "Is this porcelain?"
The translator pointed at the squat toilet and said, "That...that seems to be porcelain too."
"God, how could I pee on porcelain?" Aksukh pressed his hand on his belt, but he still didn't take it off to pee.
A member of the mission asked: "Is this the capital of Peach Blossom Stone? The toilets are all made of porcelain."
The translator said: "I asked the officials of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty now has three capitals. This is their Tokyo. It was the capital ten years ago."
Aksukh couldn't hold it in any longer and had no choice but to urinate on the squat toilet, but he was trembling with fear throughout the process, feeling that he was desecrating a work of art.
The translator said: "The official just now said to press here after urinating."
Aksuhe pressed it tremblingly, and a burst of water rushed out, and the squat toilet was flushed clean.
He sniffed again and found that there was no peculiar smell in the toilet, but there was a faint aroma.
Aksuhe muttered: "It is indeed a peach blossom stone, a hundred times richer than in the legend!"
