"Hiss! This! This is really thunder and lightning, this is heaven's punishment!"
"Your Highness, you have stolen the power of Heaven's Punishment and may bring unimaginable disasters to our Ming Dynasty!"
"Your Highness, I hope you will stop this matter immediately. Otherwise, heaven's punishment will come, and the entire Ming Dynasty may suffer because of this!"
"No! Stop it quickly. This is a divine punishment, Your Majesty! You must not do it!"
The officials were all frightened.
Even Emperor Chongzhen was frightened. Previously, the DC generator manufactured by Lin Fan had already given him a great shock, but this AC generator was even more shocking.
"Haha! Everyone, you have also seen DC generators, because DC generators can only transmit power in a direction, so the arc is milder and smaller!"
"The alternator is more manic, but it also represents huge energy and can provide us with more convenience."
"Moreover, as long as we use the DC generator properly, it is very safe."
With that said, Lin Fan walked to the alternator and used a special device to guide the current from the alternator to his palm.
Then, the electric arc began to beat back and forth in Lin Fan's palm. It was so miraculous that the ministers were shocked and frightened. Some of them were so frightened that they hid under the table.
Lin Fan was amused in his heart. However, all the ministers thought that Lin Fan was the reincarnation of the god. They knelt on the ground and refused to get up. Emperor Chongzhen was extremely embarrassed.
Wang Chengen said coldly: "How presumptuous! As the saying goes, you have no words, strange power, and chaos. Have you people read the book like a fool?
Don’t you even listen to the teachings of saints?”
After being scolded by Wang Chengen, the officials present realized that they had lost their composure. Several people stood up in a hurry, only to see Emperor Chongzhen's disgusted eyes.
Emperor Chongzhen said solemnly: "On the contrary, I have seen this arc before, but it is not as shocking as this one. So, what else can this electricity do?"
"Report to my father, with this electricity, we can use electricity to pump water, and even set up a special water pumping place to provide drinking water for the people!"
"This drinking water, I call it tap water, just connect it with a water pipe, haha! From now on, we people in the Ming Dynasty will no longer need to go to the well to fetch water!"
"Besides, we can charge for the tap water and make another amount of money!"
Lin Fan said with a smile.
Forehead……
Tap water charges!
Those common people used to go to the wells to get water, which didn't cost a penny. Now if you ask them to spend money to buy water, will they buy it?
“Your Highness, if the people have to pay for drinking water, wouldn’t our court become the ones squeezing the people?
Absolutely no!"
A minister said in a deep voice.
"Yes, water breeds life. Since ancient times in our Ming Dynasty, people have been drinking water for free. If there is a sudden charge, I am afraid there will be big trouble again!"
"Your Royal Highness, please consider for the sake of the people of the world, never charge for water!"
All the officials gave advice one after another.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "I only said that tap water is charged, and I didn't say that well water is also charged. When the water pipes are connected to people's homes, it will be their own business whether they use it or not!"
"Besides, the price of tap water is not expensive. A ton of water only costs one penny. If you do the math, going to a teahouse to drink tea costs a penny!"
kindness!
Everyone was shocked when they heard that the charges were so cheap. If so, how could there be any profit?
This is not in line with His Royal Highness’s behavior!
Just when all the officials were confused, Lin Fan said again: "After today, we will vigorously promote electricity, starting with the capital city. Do you have any objections?"
"No objection! Absolutely no objection!"
All the officials said one after another.
Lin Fan saw that all the officials agreed, and then said: "In that case, the Ministry of Household Affairs will prepare to allocate funds. I want to lay wires in the streets of the entire capital!"
"Then, install light bulbs every ten meters on the streets of the entire capital. By then, the entire capital will be transformed into a city that never sleeps!"
What!
The whole capital is laying wires, this! This is a joke!
Ni Yuanlu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, laying wires throughout the capital will cost a lot of money! After all! The wires you want to lay are not made of iron, but rare metals!"
"Of course I know that the cost is huge, but the income it brings to my Ming Dynasty is also huge!"
"Once the streets of the Ming Dynasty were like day at night, would the common people also come out at night?
Do the vendors also come out to do business at night?"
“Will more people come to the capital to spend money?
Then, these incomes can be collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then, within a year, the cost of laying the circuit will be back!"
"The matter has been settled like this. People from the Ministry of Household Affairs will calculate the cost and lay the lines in advance, and the students from the School of Engineering will continue to make AC generators!"
"Then, I will develop transformers to transmit electricity to farther places. I will also have people produce light bulbs. Within half a year, the entire capital will be electrified!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
He wanted to build the capital of the Ming Dynasty into the world's first city that never sleeps, and then attract foreign tourists to come here to spend money and make huge profits from it.
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Household Affairs, could only respond to this matter.
At this time, outside the capital, a man dressed as a Confucian scholar appeared.
"This is the capital city. The city walls are really tall! Such a majestic city and such magnificent mountains and rivers! They will soon be mine!"
The young man whispered.
He slowly walked into the city. At this time, the entire Ming Dynasty was laying circuits. The people were excited to learn that the kind of light bulbs from the Engineering College could be seen outside in the future.
Not only did they not stop them, but they helped officials from the Ministry of Works lay the circuits. In the past few days, just manufacturing wires had put great pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Brass! These wires are all brass!"
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
The price of brass is not much cheaper than gold. The cost of laying it all over the capital can be imagined.
However, what Ni Yuanlu didn't know was that brass was so expensive simply because there was little underground mining. As long as a few large-scale chalcopyrite mines were found, the price of brass would drop quickly.
However, Lin Fan would not interfere with money matters. Anyway, he just said a word and the people from the Ministry of Accounts would pay.
The laying of various circuit facilities takes about three months. These three months are very leisurely for Lin Fan.
At the residence of Li Jiantai, Minister of the Ministry of War, Li Jiantai was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea, when a young Confucian scholar walked in.