Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1886, Daming Electric Firm

The new city in the southern district of the capital of Ming Dynasty is here.

Next to the Daming Petroleum Company, a brand new building was opening. With the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, the logo and name on the building were also unveiled.

"Daming Electric Firm?"

The passing melon eaters looked at the huge Chinese characters on the building, and they were full of doubts.

"What is electricity?"

"I don't know, what is electricity?"

"It can't be that it has something to do with thunder and lightning, what does this thunder and lightning have to do with harmony?"

"Does anyone know what this electrical firm does?"

"I don't know, I don't know either."

"Looking at the grandeur of this building, I'm afraid this electrical firm is very powerful. Is that the owner's investment?"

"I heard that this electrical firm is jointly established by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jin and Liu Gong. The initial investment alone has tens of millions of taels of silver."

"My dear, you have invested tens of millions of taels of silver all of a sudden, what the hell are you doing?"

"Yeah, what kind of business is this?"

"I don't know. I don't know what kind of gas this electric is. Who knows what kind of business it is."

The melon-eaters passing by looked at the magnificent building and talked about it.

There is also speculation about what the electrical firm does.

Everyone is not clear about what electricity is, and they don't understand it, so they are very puzzled about what this electrical firm does.

Inside the electrical firm, Cao Lan, the person in charge of the electrical firm, is reporting the work of the electrical firm to Liu Jin and the prince.

"His Royal Highness, Mr. Liu~"

"After three months of preparation, our electrical firm has also established a wire manufacturing plant, which can produce two types of wires, one is high-voltage power transmission wires, and the other is small copper wires with insulating rubber used by users. "

"The construction of the thermal power plant is already in progress, and it is estimated that it will be officially put into power generation after a while."

"The preparatory work of the lamp factory has been basically completed, and it will be officially put into production after a while. In terms of production capacity, it is not high at present, and the number of lamps produced per month will not exceed 10000."

Cao Lan reported in detail what the electrical firm had done to the two owners.

In fact, the electrical firm had already been established a few months ago, and began to prepare for thermal power plants, electric wire factories, and electric lamp factories to prepare for the promotion of electric lamps.

"Hmm~"

"It doesn't matter if the output is lower now, but we must constantly summarize experience and technology, find ways to continuously increase production capacity, and use more machines, so that we can continuously improve production capacity and efficiency."

Liu Jin nodded in satisfaction after listening.

In a blink of an eye, it has already been summer, and now the weather is hot, Liu Jin is eager to use the electric fan as soon as possible.

For this reason, a new research task was specially given to Imperial College of Technology and Royal Institute of Technology of Ming Dynasty, and let them study the motor.

The motor is very versatile and has huge potential and market prospects.

With the advent of the electrical age, the role of the motor is very great. It is the core of many electrical equipment. Without this thing, many electrical appliances cannot operate.

Of course, Liu Jin doesn't have high demands on them now. First get out the motor, so that an electric fan can be made. In this summer, it is really uncomfortable to not have an electric fan.

I am not an emperor, and there is a special ice bank to store ice. In summer, I can also take out ice cubes to cool off the heat and cool down. The electric fan is very good.

The motor is not a difficult thing, as long as the electromagnetics are studied, the motor can be easily researched.

Once this thing can be researched, it can be used in many fields in the future, and it is definitely a very promising thing and invention.

"Yes~"

Cao Lan quickly replied.

Whether it is a power plant, a wire factory, or an electric lamp factory, electrical companies are now crossing the river by feeling the stones. They are constantly exploring on their own, summing up experience and technology, and improving and developing step by step.

Especially the production of electric lamps, although this thing may be small, it has a very high technical content.

Among other things, the production of tungsten wire alone is not an easy task. It is necessary to purify tungsten and then make it into wire, as well as the production of light bulbs. It's not an easy task to get the glass bulb out.

Naturally, there is nowhere to go for the output. At present, the monthly output is only a few thousand, and the rate of defective products remains high.

Relatively speaking, the simplest thing is the production of wire factories. Wires are still easy to manufacture with current technology, especially after the invention of the automatic twisting machine, the production of wires is much easier.

The only troublesome thing is the smelting of metals. The wires need a lot of copper, and the mining of copper is extremely troublesome. In addition, the price of copper is also very expensive. After all, the main currency of Ming Dynasty is still copper coins.

As for other metals, they are not suitable for making wires. Aluminum is very suitable, but aluminum in this period is more expensive than copper. Before the invention of electrolysis, the price of aluminum is enough to be compared with gold, which is extremely expensive.

For this day and age, using copper to make wires is a luxury.

Luxury is luxury, what should be used is still used.

Power plants are much easier, and there is no technical difficulty.

Electricity is obtained by cutting the magnetic field. The power plant mainly uses fire to burn the boiler, and uses steam to drive mechanical work to generate electricity. The only thing that makes people unsatisfied is that the current generator set technology is still relatively primitive, and the power generation efficiency is not so good. Satisfactory.

"Old Liu, you said how big our investment is. This is a power plant, an electric wire factory, and an electric lamp factory. All the copper wires are used. The output of this light bulb is low. You said that when our power plant How to charge, and how much should this light bulb cost per one."

"Is there anyone here who would be willing to use our electric lights?"

Zhu Houzhao on the side crossed his legs and said while eating watermelon.

"As long as the things are good, are we afraid that no one will use our things?"

"How to charge for this electricity, it is naturally charged according to the electricity consumption, and we must come up with something that can calculate the electricity."

"As for the light bulb, although the output of this thing is low and the price is high, the price can be lowered after the technology improves in the future."

"Currently, only the rich can afford electric lights."

Liu Jin is full of confidence in this, how could no one use the electric light?
After a period of time, when everything is done, we will hold a lantern festival, display all kinds of beautiful lights, colorful lights, etc., and when the electricity is turned on again, everyone will be fascinated by the lights.

With electric lights, who will use candles, oil lamps, etc., not to mention troublesome and unsafe, the key is that they are not bright enough, and they are not as good-looking as colorful electric lights.

When using it, it is not as convenient as electric lights. It is inevitable that electric lights can eliminate candles and oil lamps, because there are too many advantages and benefits of electric lights.

Its only trouble is that the initial investment is relatively large, and wires must be installed where electricity is needed. This investment must be done by the electric company.

Assuming that the wires are completed, the expenses and investment in other aspects in the later stage will be relatively small.

Buy some wires, switches, and install light bulbs to enjoy the era of electric lighting, and the electricity bill is actually not much more expensive than electric candles and oil lamps.

The cost of electricity is actually very cheap, especially the cost of hydroelectric power generation is even cheaper.

The development of electric lighting and electricity is not only for the convenience of life, but also can promote the development and progress of Ming Dynasty technology. There are many technologies, equipment, etc. that need to be researched.

Now Liu Jin also asks a number of colleges and universities and the Beijing Institute of Mechanical Engineering to come over to help, to study electricity together, and to study various electrical instruments, motors, equipment, and so on.

With more and more people doing research and increasing investment, various new discoveries, new technologies, and new inventions are constantly emerging, all of which are accumulating for the arrival of the electrical age.

"Okay, anyway, I'm just a little worried that this investment may lose blood."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, in his opinion, buying some electric lights and selling electricity does not seem to be very profitable. If you invest tens of millions of taels of silver, it is all real money.

"Don't worry, in a few months, we will hold a lantern show, which will surely amaze everyone!"

Ps: What was the experience of blowing electric fans in ancient times?
(End of this chapter)