Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1904, the magic lamp
The Empire Square is brightly lit, and the brightness of the electric lights far exceeds that of candles, kerosene lamps, whale oil lamps, etc., and thousands of electric lights are installed on this square, directly illuminating the square as brightly as during the day.

Attracting all the surrounding crowd, more and more people gathered here in the square, looking at everything in the square curiously, each and every one of them widened their eyes, it was unbelievable that there was still such a bright lights.

"Men and young men of the capital, this is the great invention of His Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, the electric light!"

"Its appearance will illuminate the long dark night, and its appearance will greatly facilitate our life and production. Its appearance marks the arrival of a new era."

On the podium in the center of the square, Cao Lan shouted at more and more curious people with a tin horn.

"Next, please enjoy the song and dance program carefully prepared by our electrical firm. Bless our great Ming Empire, bless our descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and wish us a better future!"

Following Cao Lan's words, a group of beautiful girl cheerleaders came onto the stage soon, and the musician team next to them also began to play explosive music.

Accompanied by the sound of the melody, the beautiful girls began to dance happily on the stage, and the lights on the stage began to rotate regularly, gathering on a person from time to time, and then quickly separated.

The dance of the beautiful girl under the lighting and the embellishment and rendering of the music immediately attracted the attention of countless people. Under the stage, many young people danced along.

"Not bad, not bad, the dance is really good."

Zhu Houzhao, a big pig's hoof, looked at the beautiful girl dancing on the stage, his eyes were straight, and his eyes were shining.

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Liu Jin was speechless. This guy didn't know how many women he was going to harm. There were so many women in the house that he couldn't turn around. He was still flirting outside, very romantic.

The last time I went to Heitu Province, I came back directly with dozens of European women, including princesses, noble ladies, and young girls. They can get together, so that there is no one who can speak their native language.

Zhu Houzhao's mind was on the dancing girl, but Liu Jin carefully observed the surrounding situation.

There are more and more people gathering here in the square, and soon the entire huge Empire Square will be full. Everyone has curiosity. The square is brightly lit and bright as day, which naturally attracts a lot of people. people came to watch.

People looked at the bustling square and kept discussing about the electric light. At the same time, they also consulted the staff of Daming Electric Company on the square about related matters in detail.

"Ouch~"

"I saw the bright lights here from a long distance, and thought it was flooded, so I hurried over here to see if I could help."

"Who knows what these strange things are? What are they? It's so bright, it's really unbelievable. It's much brighter than candles and oil lamps."

"This thing is called an electric light. It was invented by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daming. It is really very bright."

"Electric light?"

"I know the light, but I really don't know what the light is."

"If you don't know, you can ask the guys at Daming Electric Company, they will give you a detailed answer."

"Go, go, ask, it still looks very good, if you install an electric light like this in your home, it will be much brighter."

"Isn't it? There is such an electric lamp, which is much better than candles and oil lamps."

Everyone discussed and found the clerks of Daming Electric Company, and saw that all the clerks of the electrical firm were very busy at this moment, constantly explaining the advantages and benefits of this electric light to the people around them.

"Everyone in the capital, uncles and aunts, big brothers and sisters, little girls, young men~"

"Look, everyone, this is the light bulb, and the bright things you can see are the light bulbs."

The buddy took out the light bulbs and handed them to the people around him, asking everyone to take a closer look.

"Isn't this just a glass bottle?"

"Yes, this is glass."

"Brother, brother, don't knock it. The glass is very thin and brittle. It might break if you knock it. The current price of this light bulb is 2 taels of silver."

When the guy saw that someone was going to knock on the light bulb, he quickly reminded him.

"Oh, 2 taels of silver for a light bulb, it's too expensive."

When the people around heard this, they immediately became cautious, 2 taels of silver for a light bulb, which is too expensive.

"This thing is indeed very expensive. Although it is just a glass shell, the filament inside is very expensive, and it is very troublesome to produce such a light bulb. It is extremely difficult and the output is very low."

The man smiled and said, "Everyone, please take a look at it. Don't knock or throw it around. This thing is precious, and the broken glass can easily hurt people."

"Let me tell you about the principle of this electric light."

"I think many people know about the telegraph, and know that the telegraph works on the principle of electromagnetism, and so does the electric light."

"We all know that magnetism can generate electricity, and electricity can also generate magnetism, so we use magnetism to generate electricity. Electricity needs to use copper, iron wires and other conductive materials. When conducting electricity, heat will be generated. When the heat reaches a certain After that level, it starts to shine."

"This is the principle of the electric light. It is actually very simple. It uses electricity to make the light bulb glow, thereby providing illumination."

"I'll show you guys~"

"We installed the light bulb on the lampshade. The installation is very simple. Look at the threads on the light bulb. You only need to align it and rotate it slightly, and it will be installed."

"After it's installed, it doesn't light up now. That's because I haven't powered it on yet. Take a look at the switch here."

"Just flick the switch and it lights up instantly."

The clerk of the electrical firm pressed the switch lightly while talking, and all of a sudden, the lamp that had just been installed on the lampshade turned on, and began to shine brightly like the surrounding lamps.

"Oh~"

The people around watched and listened at the same time. When they saw the lights turned on, they all opened their mouths, feeling very miraculous.

"If we don't need to use the light, such as when we are going to sleep, we press the switch lightly, and the light will be turned off, and it will not be on."

The guy turned off the switch again, and the light went off all of a sudden.

"When we want to use the light, we press the switch and it lights up immediately, and when we don't use it, we turn it off and it turns off immediately."

"This is very convenient. We can put the switch in a convenient place, and the switch is very convenient."

"This is something that candles and kerosene don't have. To ignite candles and kerosene, you have to find matches, fire pockets, etc. It's okay to have a little moonlight. If it's in the dark night, it's very inconvenient. gone."

"But the electric light will not. You can install it on the head of the bed, reach out and wipe it, and then turn it on, and the electric light will be on immediately."

"Anyone want to come over and try?"

Seeing everyone's curiosity, the guy casually motioned to a big brother and said, "Brother, do you want to give it a try?"

"Try without money?"

The brawny man looked at the buddy, thinking that the light bulbs he mentioned just now cost 2 taels of silver, so he also asked.

"No, no, just try this switch, what money do you want?"

The guy said with a smile.

"Okay, let me try~"

Only then did the strong man feel relieved, and then he lightly pressed the switch timidly and tremblingly, and then withdrew his hand like lightning, as if he was very scared, and it looked very funny and funny.

As he pressed the switch, the lamp above the lampshade lit up and burst into light.

"Isn't it very simple and convenient?"

the guy asked with a smile.

"It's really quite simple."

The strong man touched his hand, nodded and said.

"Everyone can try it too. There are quite a few light switches here, and they are all connected to the light bulbs on top of everyone's heads. You can try it and see how the light works."

"Please rest assured, this does not require money, you can try it casually."

As the buddy's words fell, many curious people around him were also eager to move, and began to take turns trying to press the switch button.

"Da~"

Accompanied by the crisp switch sound, the light turns on.

"Da~"

Accompanied by the crisp switch sound, the light went out again.

It is very simple and convenient, and some people press it one after another, which is very interesting, magical and fun.

"Man, how do you install this light?"

"Then, how does it charge?"

Someone asked curiously, this thing looks really good, with this electric light, it is possible to do business at night, and there is no need to spend a lot of money to buy oil lamps, whale oil lamps, etc. The key is convenience.

"The installation of this electric light is quite troublesome, and requires a special transmission line. At present, our electrical firm has also erected the line to the main blocks of the capital. If you install electric lights here in these main blocks, you need to pay an installation fee."

"In addition, you need to buy some wires. You can see that this is a wire. The inside is copper and the outside is wrapped with rubber. Because electricity will paralyze you, and when the current is too large, you will be killed by an electric shock, so you must wrap it with rubber. It's safe."

"If you want to install this light, you can register with me. At that time, we will arrange a guy to come to install this light for you. In addition, the charge for the light is based on the electricity used for installation. If an ordinary family only turns it on at night It doesn’t cost much a month to turn off the lights, a few hundred cash is enough.”

(End of this chapter)