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Chapter 1218 The Empire's Sugar-Coated Cannonball (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
What is civilization?
How does human civilization progress?
The former is difficult to give a standard explanation, but the latter is easy to answer - the progress of human civilization is based on communication.

Just as the exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations contributed to the Chinese civilization and the Europa civilization.The Mayan civilization and the Inca civilization, which had no communication with other civilizations, and of course the Bohemian civilization, remained in the Stone Age until they came into contact with modern civilization.

For the progress and development of civilization, communication is the basic premise of progress.

In the face of very different civilizations, whether a civilization can learn with an open mind directly determines the future of this civilization, which is why some civilizations still have no hubbub until the 21st century.

There is a saying that the sea is tolerant to all rivers and rivers.

If a civilization greedily absorbs supplies from all sides like a pot that is not filled with water, then its future is naturally limitless.If a civilization sets a boundary for it, no matter how exquisite and gorgeous a porcelain jar is, the water poured into it will always overflow after it is full, and its future will naturally be There will be many limitations.

There are only two ways to keep the jar filled with new water.One is to pour out part of the old water in the jar and then inject new water; the other is to change to a larger jar to hold the water.The former is a temporary solution and the latter is a permanent solution.

If civilization wants to develop, it must constantly add new content and inject fresh blood.

As the ruler, Emperor Zhu of course hoped that the bigger the jar, the better. However, it was not the will of the ruler but the "people's hearts" that determined the volume of the jar.

The ruler may use his power to break the pot, but there is no guarantee that the new pot will be larger than the old pot. Maybe the ruler can add a layer of gorgeous enamel to the outside of the pot, but it may not necessarily change its boundary.

Only with an open-minded heart can we accept the essence of other civilizations.But the subtlety of the human heart is not something that power can easily control.

However, fortunately, Daming, which was founded in the New World...is a country without historical burdens.

Its first generation of immigrants did not have many educated people. After all, after the Taiping Army attacked the city, the first wave of people who were killed were scholars.

The immigrants who came to the New World were mostly ordinary people.

China's thick 5000-year-old history has accumulated bad customs, and those traditional ideas, dogmas, principles, and constraints are so vulnerable in the face of this existence.

At the same time, in order to survive, as early as the Nanhua era, it began to import a large number of European intellectual resources-that is, modern scientific and technological civilization.

The impact of civilization may have brought an impact on the immigrants, but in the face of such an impact, without the constraints of conservativeness and heavy history, Western modern industrial civilization quickly integrated with Chinese civilization in this land.

And all along, the empire has introduced intellectual resources from Europe and America with an open mind that embraces all rivers and rivers.

There is a simple number to prove this. There are now more than 5 experts and scholars from European and American countries living in Daming. They are either teachers and professors teaching in universities or colleges, or engineers in factories and mines.

In order to be able to "cut leeks", Daming invested in the introduction of these talents regardless of the cost!

Are these people "leeks"?

No, they are the seeds of civilization, and their arrival has enriched the connotation of the civilization of the empire.

The territory of the empire has boundaries, and the civilization of the empire has no boundaries. Here, no matter whether he is a Chinese or a European, as long as he has talent, he will be able to succeed.

In the 16 years of Sidley, the most famous scientist in Ming Dynasty was not a certain Chinese scientist, but Tesla, who was a naturalized citizen.

He became famous for inventing radio broadcasting and the radio.

"Radio broadcasting, without a doubt, is one of the greatest inventions of this century. It uses the sound carried by radio waves, and can be transmitted at least thousands of miles through electronic machinery..."

After the radio was displayed in public for the first time, when everyone was shocked and people were surprised that radio waves could carry sound, Tesla, as an inventor, finally stood in front of the emperor again, the last time , or when he won the Young Scholar Award.

After Tesla walked into the palace in awe, the emperor, to his surprise, discussed with him more topics related to his invention.

"...At present, the cost price of each radio is about 180 yuan, and the market price is about 250 yuan. However, according to the company's estimates, after the annual production and sales volume reaches 20 units, the cost can be reduced by about [-]%."

"Even with a 20% drop, it's still too expensive!"

Emperor Zhu said directly.

"What we need is a cheap radio, like 90% cheaper than today!"

"What? How is it possible to reduce it by 90%? We need a few dollars for one tube!"

Tesla was surprised.

In fact, he was able to invent the radio thanks to another invention of the empire - the electronic tube!

As early as more than ten years ago, the world's first electronic diode was born in the Imperial Central Laboratory, which has the function of detecting waves. This is the earliest vacuum tube, that is, the electronic tube, and it is used in radio stations.

However, due to confidentiality and other reasons, the electronic tube has not been further developed, and it is only produced in the laboratory for the manufacture of radio transceiver equipment.After Tesla entered the Imperial Central Laboratory, he came into contact with vacuum diodes because of his work. When he was developing a radio broadcasting system, he added a pole - "grid" to the vacuum diodes. After trial and error, the vacuum triode tube was finally invented.From the perspective of future generations, the invention of the electronic triode can be regarded as the real birth starting point of the electronics industry. It can not only amplify weak signals, but also integrates three functions of detection, amplification and oscillation.

This is also the basic electronic component for his invention of the radio.

"Electronic tubes are not complicated. They are similar to light bulbs in essence. How much does a light bulb cost? The current price is high because of the production problem. As long as the production volume increases, the price will naturally go down."

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and said.

"You must know that a cheap car is only about 700 yuan, and a second-hand car can be bought for two to three hundred yuan. You can buy a radio at a price that is not cheaper than a second-hand car. Such a luxury is definitely not affordable for ordinary families. Yes, I think that the radio will be the most common household appliance in the future, and every family will have one."

"Is there a radio in every home?"

Tesla was surprised.

"How, how is this possible?"

"Toys for rich people are definitely impossible, but what if their price is reduced from a few hundred yuan now to a dozen or 20 yuan?"

Who was the first person in history to lower the price of radios?
It is San Dezi. San Dezi attaches great importance to the promotion of radio because they have discovered the publicity potential of radio.With such a convenient platform, ordinary people can also easily hear the speeches of the head of state and the promotion of San Dezi's policies and ideas.

Therefore, San Dezi tried every means to turn a rich man's toy worth hundreds of marks like a radio into an ordinary electrical appliance of thirty marks, and finally penetrated into the homes of thousands of households.

San Dezi needs other people's propaganda function, and Emperor Zhu also needs its propaganda function. Of course, it is not for "with the national radio, everyone can hear the voice of the head of state", but for everyone to hear Daming's voice sound!
Daming needs to spread his voice to the world and tell his story well.As long as the story of Daming is told well, not only inventors like Tesla from all over the world will come to Daming, but ordinary people will also go to Daming and be fascinated by Daming!

Looking at the guy in front of him who is second only to Edison in history, now that Edison died in an accident, what about him?

Tesla is the Edison of the Ming Empire. As long as he can achieve corresponding achievements, Emperor Zhu doesn't mind making him the greatest inventor of the empire.

Uh... It seems that the greatest inventor of the empire is himself...

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. However, the price of this electronic tube radio is a bit too high, which is not conducive to Ming's propaganda war.

The competition between civilizations, in addition to scientific competition and military competition, is more important than propaganda!

Now that we have the magic weapon of radio broadcasting, of course we must give full play to its role.

No, I have to think of a discount, to maximize its value...

(End of this chapter)