Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1908, Daming City That Never Sleeps
The winter night always falls very early, very early, and the early sky has completely darkened. With the howling cold wind, the capital city of Daming is once again shrouded in darkness.

However, what was different from the past was that as night fell, electric lights began to light up everywhere.

The bright lights are so conspicuous in the dark night that it attracts countless people to look at these bright places.

The appearance of the electric light also quickly became popular.

With its convenient, bright, convenient, safe and many other features, it quickly became popular. Large and small commercial firms, factories, workshops, shops, brothels and Chu halls have recently installed these electric lights. And many princes and ministers in the court also became the first batch of users.

At night, the lights in these places are very eye-catching and dazzling.

They are all owners who are not short of money, and they are willing to use electricity. Although all kinds of expenses are expensive, they still carry out various decorations extravagantly. brightly lit.

The Qinglou Chuguan area in the capital is especially lively here.

In the past, the best whale oil lamps were used, but even whale oil lamps are always not as bright as electric lights, and you must always be careful of fire.

Almost all the brothels and Chu houses now use electric lights immediately.

Keeping up with the trend of the times is one aspect, and more importantly, it is because electric lights are indeed more convenient and safer. When the switch is turned on, the power comes on, and when it is turned off, it goes out.

The use of electric lights is not easy to cause fires, it is safer, the lighting is brighter, and it can also be used for decoration.

Brothel Chu Pavilion is often decorated with various lights on the whole building. At night, when the lights are turned on, the drunken and golden fans in the brothel Chu Pavilion will be dimly illuminated, attracting the patrons to eat, drink and have fun. .

The commercial block here is also the first to use electric lights.

Because there are many large and small jobs, workshops, and commercial firms in the capital, everyone is at work during the day, so they are more free to go shopping and shopping at night.

After many years of habit, the commercial street's turnover at night has already accounted for a large proportion, so even in winter, the commercial street is still very lively.

This is especially the case here in the new town of the South District. The surrounding huge residential area has millions of people living in it, and it is very lively and noisy at night.

Because of the cold in winter, many people are still reluctant to go out. In summer, the commercial district is almost crowded with people, and the business is extremely hot.

Therefore, merchants here attach great importance to night lighting.

Merchants have always used the best whale oil lamps, which are stable, burn-resistant, have no peculiar smell, and are brighter.

In order to attract customers and provide better services, they often light up a lot of whale oil lamps at once to make their stores brighter.

The emergence of electric lights now also makes these merchants overjoyed.

As the night fell, the commercial district soon became extremely bright. Every business here turned on the lights. Lights, various electric lights, brightly decorated these shops, and the inside was very lively. There are a lot of customers.

With electric lights, it also attracted a large number of people to watch the fun.

Electric lights have been around for a very short time, and many people have never seen them before, and they just heard people talking about the magic of electric lights. Now that electric lights are installed in the commercial district, they naturally want to see them and join in the fun.

Anyway, as usual, I went to the commercial street to buy something to pass the boring time at night.

"Tsk tsk, this is an electric light. It's really amazing. It's so bright, it's much brighter than candles and oil lamps."

"Isn't that right? I heard that the light will turn on as soon as the switch is turned on, and turn off as soon as it is turned off."

"But I heard that this electric light will turn on as long as you shout, and it will go out if you shout again."

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true. My second aunt's nephew's second uncle's son works in a large family, but he saw the magic of this electric light with his own eyes."

"That's nonsense, that's because the rich families have maids and servants, as long as they call out, someone will turn on and off the light."

"I heard that it costs a lot of money to install this electric light."

"Isn't that right? The installation fee alone costs 10 taels of silver. In addition, you have to buy light bulbs, wires, switches, meter boxes, etc., and it costs at least a few tens of taels of silver."

"Oh, that's too expensive, who can afford it?"

"That's right, tens of taels of silver. I've been busy all year. I heard that there is an electricity bill every month. The electricity bill is not cheap."

"Do you still have to pay the electricity bill?"

"Of course, this lamp uses electricity, of course you have to pay the electricity bill, otherwise you think this lamp will light up by itself?"

"It's too expensive. I was thinking about installing this lamp in my home. Now that I think about it, with so much money, this kerosene lamp is enough to last for many years."

"That's right, that's right, it's better to burn kerosene lamps, it doesn't need to cost so much money."

"We think it's expensive, but if you look at the capital, there are too many people installing electric lights, and there are still many people waiting to install them."

"My nephew graduated from Imperial College of Technology, majoring in electrical engineering, and now works in Daming Electric Company. He said that they are very busy now, and there are too many people installing electric lights in the entire capital."

"Large households in Beijing have to install electric lights in every household. If they still use oil lamps, they will be laughed at. In many communities, rich people are also beginning to install electric lights. Being able to afford electric lights is a status. symbol."

"In addition, Daming Electric Co., Ltd. also started to open branches in Tianjin, Songhu, Nanjing and other cities in our Ming Dynasty, and began to push electricity to major cities in our Ming Dynasty."

"The business is very good now, and they are very busy. They have been recruiting people, but they only recruit students who have graduated from new schools with a middle school education or higher. They say that this is electrical. If people who don't understand it are easy to get into trouble, they need a professional. training."

"There are still a lot of rich people in this capital city, and the rich people definitely want to install electric lights."

"My husband is also planning to install electric lights, but he has been waiting for more than a month, but it has not yet come. He said that there are too many electric lights that need to be installed now, and the business is too busy."

Here in the commercial district, people are walking in the bright streets, looking at the bright shops on both sides of the road, and they are constantly discussing.

The gentlemen at the feet of the emperor are different.

They are well-informed, have seen a lot of important people, and have seen the ups and downs. It is easy for them to accept such novelty as electric lights.

There are many, many people installing electric lights. When night falls, all areas in the capital begin to become brighter.

On the tower of the imperial palace in the capital, there is a bright light lit up at intervals, and the palace guards on duty are standing beside them. Electric lights are also installed on the main road of the imperial palace. When night falls, the street lights form a straight and bright line .

Here and there, the palaces are brightly lit, especially the Qianqing Palace, which is even more resplendent by the lights.

In the past, oil lamps were used, although they were relatively bright, but they were definitely not comparable to electric lights. When the electric lights were on, they pierced the night and illuminated various areas.

In addition, the electric lights in the palace are all specially made luxury lamps, which can not only illuminate but also have a decorative effect. Electric lights are also used for decoration on the Qianqing Palace.

The perfect presentation of this jade seal-like building is also to allow people in the old district of the capital to see this bright building.

People who live in the old city of the capital are basically the dignitaries of the capital.

At night, in the area where dignitaries and dignitaries gather, lights are lit at the doorways of every household, illuminating the 'Li Mansion', 'Wang Mansion', 'Zhang Mansion', etc. at their doorsteps, and at the same time It also makes the place at the gate of the house extremely bright.

The luxurious mansions are also brightly lit.

The bright electric lights illuminate the night and provide sufficient light, which also makes the night of the big family more lively.

The lights in each area continued to light up, and the entire capital became brighter than before, like a city that never sleeps, and like a bright pearl blooming with endless light in the dark night.

PS: Will it be too expensive?
(End of this chapter)