Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 26: Charcoal Grilled Zhu Yuanzhang

"Did you react?"

"not yet."

"Is it useful?"

"I can't reach it, let me try first."

At this moment in modern times, in the cellar of Zhu Yunfeng's home in Zhujiaping, Shangfeng Mountain, Lansha Town, Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di, the grandfather and grandson, were sweating profusely.

The day before yesterday, Ji He took a day off, and went to work yesterday and today, so only Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di were at home.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang had not come for two days, Zhu Di became a little anxious.

Although Zhu Yunfeng said that Zhu Yuanzhang was deliberately leaving him out, it wouldn't last that long. There should be some news at least.

After all, the stone tablet can be moved back and forth instantly, and it is more convenient to go from the Qianqing Palace to Zhu Yunfeng's home than to go to the Jiaotai Hall.

So this afternoon Zhu Di planned to go to the Ming Dynasty to take a look and ask about the situation.

As a result, Zhu Di found that he could not go back.

Both of them were dumbfounded.

After confirming that Zhu Di had not moved the stone tablet, Zhu Yunfeng thought of a possibility.

out of battery.

To be precise, the stone tablet has run out of energy!
Because Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the stone tablet, it would be impossible for him to move it, so the only option left was that there was no energy left.

Obviously, time travel cannot occur without energy consumption, otherwise this stone tablet would not have remained undiscovered for hundreds of years.

According to the law of conservation of energy in junior high school physics, energy can neither be created nor destroyed out of thin air; it can only be transferred from one object to another.

Suppose that energy is stored in the stone tablets, and the two stone tablets happen to be at space nodes, people can travel back and forth.

Then when traveling through time, the energy in the stone tablet can convert people into energy particles and transmit them to ancient times. In this process, the problem of energy transfer will inevitably occur.

If this hypothesis is true, it can explain the current situation and why the stone tablet has never had the function of space travel before.

Because its energy was automatically exhausted in the early Ming Dynasty, even if the Zhu family later found it in the palace, they just treated it as an ordinary object, and it was finally taken out of the palace by Zhu Jianjun.

Zhu Yunfeng believes that Zhu Yuanzhang in a parallel universe has discovered this stone tablet for some reason, activated the space node, and used it to come to the modern era.

But the energy stored in the stone tablet is already limited, and after traveling back and forth many times in the past few days, the energy has been used up!

This is very embarrassing.

Zhu Yunfeng must know what kind of energy is contained inside.

The first thing that comes to mind is definitely electricity.

After all, this is the energy we come into contact with most in our lives.

The other energies such as chemical energy, thermal energy, mechanical energy, light energy, nuclear energy, magnetic energy, wind energy, solar energy, etc. sound a bit unreliable.

You can't leave this stone tablet in the sun, in the wind, or in water.

Therefore, Zhu Yunfeng is now charging the stone tablet.

It's a portable charger, the kind you use to start a car when its battery is dead.

This thing was placed in the car by Zhu Yunfeng.

Yes.

He has a car.

An old Toyota Camry.

His father bought it in 07, so it has been 17 years now.

Later, his father changed his car and gave the old car to Zhu Yunfeng for daily transportation when going down the mountain.

But because he doesn't drive very often, and the lines are aging, they basically run out of power after a few days, so he has to prepare this thing.

Recently, my car had some problems, including a broken water tank, worn brake pads, air conditioning not cooling, emulsified engine oil, etc. So I took it to a repair shop run by a relative in town to be repaired.

This portable charger is kept at home.

Now Zhu Yunfeng is using two crocodile clips to clamp the negative electrode on the top of the stone tablet, trying to see if it can be charged.

of course.

Zhu Yunfeng was also skeptical about whether the money could be charged.

Because this stone tablet is an ancient product and has no power port, I have no idea where to charge it. I can only clamp the stone tablet directly like igniting a car battery to see if it works.

"Fengzi, Laosi, where are the people? Pipi, why are you here? Are they down there?"

At this moment, Ji He's voice came from the cellar.

These two days, Ji He no longer lives in the dormitory of the Poverty Alleviation Office. He goes to Zhu Yunfeng's house after get off work every day. He also becomes familiar with Zhu Di and calls him the Fourth Brother.

After all, he and Zhu Di have no direct blood relationship. On the contrary, putting aside their historical age, in terms of actual age, he is five or six years older than Zhu Di, so he is naturally more casual in this regard.

"Here it is."

Zhu Yunfeng shouted.

"What are you doing?"

Ji He poked his head out of the cellar entrance and then climbed down.

Pippi was squatting at the entrance of the cellar above, sticking his head out to curiously look at the situation below - since it was a dog, it couldn't climb down the wooden ladder, so it could only squat on top and watch.

The lights in the cellar were on, and Ji He saw Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di squatting beside the stone tablet. There was a portable charger next to the stone tablet charging the tablet.

"I guess it's out of energy. I don't know if it will work."

Zhu Yunfeng said with difficulty: "If it is useless, the Second Ancestor will probably have to stay in the modern world for the rest of his life."

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Zhu Di was completely paralyzed.

Although modern life is good, he is just an illegal resident here who doesn’t even have an ID card.

Without the support of the Ming Dynasty and if Zhu Yunfeng did not support his ancestors, he would probably have to pick up his ancestral skills and follow Zhu Yuanzhang's example to beg on the streets.

In the Ming Dynasty, even if he was very poor, he was still a prince of noble status and might even ascend to the throne in the future.

Comparing the two, he certainly wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the stone tablet doesn't work.

Thinking of the gap between them, Zhu Di felt like crying but had no tears left, and even wanted to die.

"It would be a pity if this thing of yours could be charged."

Ji Hyuk looked at the small charger with disdain.

"What should we do?"

Zhu Yunfeng spread his hands and said, "This is all I have."

"You wait a moment."

Ji Hyuk said as he climbed out of the cellar.

After a while, he came back with a charger in his hand and said, "Use this, it's very powerful."

"What is this?"

Zhu Yunfeng looked over and saw a long white line.

“New energy charger.”

Ji He said, "Your one is only 12 volts, it would be a ghost if it can be charged, use mine, it's more powerful."

"How much is yours?"

Zhu Yunfeng asked.

"220 volts, the standard for household appliances."

Ji He said proudly.

His car is a new energy vehicle, but he rarely charges it at Zhu Yunfeng's house.

Because he usually charges his charger at work or in the dormitory, after all, no matter how much money new energy saves, the electricity bill still costs several hundred yuan a month. There is no need to use Zhu Yunfeng's electricity. It is better to use the government's electricity. Therefore, Zhu Yunfeng doesn't know much about his charger.

"How do I charge this thing?" Zhu Yunfeng wondered.

At least his has two crocodile clips, but the other one must have a dedicated charging port.

"It has a socket on it, which is suitable for many situations. It can also charge mobile phones. Unplug the cable and see what interface it is?"

"It's a triangle plug."

"Try then?"

"Wait a minute, you didn't learn physics in junior high school in vain. Since mine is 12 volts, the alligator clips and the live wire must also be 12 volts. Even if your 220 volts can be connected, it won't short-circuit? Even if it doesn't short-circuit, there must be a transformer inside, so the output power is still 12V, right?"

"Forehead"

Ji He forgot about this for a moment and said, "What should I do? My dad used to be an electrician. I remember they had electrician's pliers that could withstand more than 1000 volts."

"It's not the pliers' problem. Yours is insulated and resistant to electricity. Pliers need to conduct electricity. They can be charged with a 220V ordinary charger socket at home. That's for conductivity. I'm talking about the wire."

Zhu Yunfeng pointed to the live wire and said, "This wire is only 12V. If you connect it to a 220V circuit, it will burn."

"So ordinary electrical wires at home should be able to conduct it."

Ji He raised his head and looked at the wiring of the chandelier in the cellar. The voltage of the live wire is 12V, but the electricity at home is generally 220V. Wouldn't it be okay to replace the live wire with the wire at home?
"Can you change?"

"Going to town to find an electrician?"

"let me see."

Zhu Yunfeng suddenly remembered that his fourth uncle used to be an electrician.
Thinking of this, he stood up and said, "My fourth uncle used to be an electrician. I should be able to ask him if he can replace this wire with a 220V wire?"

"I suddenly have a bold idea."

Ji He smiled with realization, pointed his right index finger to the sky, his eyes full of wisdom.

really.

Three single men with nothing to do are bound to come up with an idea.

Zhu Yunfeng wondered, "What idea?"

"It's troublesome to change the wires, and there's also the risk of being exposed. What do you think about putting two pieces of iron into the socket and connecting one end to the stone tablet? Or, how about pulling down a household wire and placing the end of the wire on the stone tablet?"

Ji He's intelligent brain came up with a bad idea.

Zhu Yunfeng almost peed himself at that moment, and he jumped up from the ground and said, "You're crazy, how dangerous! If you want to have a feast, just say so. If we're not careful, the wire will hit us, and we'll all be dead."

Having said that, he put away the portable charger and went to his fourth uncle's house next door angrily, leaving Zhu Di and Ji He staring at each other.

I went to my fourth uncle's house, told him the situation, and made up an excuse, saying that he had an electrical appliance and the charging socket didn't match it, so he wanted to use a portable charger to charge it, but the wire was only 12 volts, so he hoped he could help change the wire.

After knowing this, Fourth Uncle smiled and told him that even changing the wires would not work, because since this plug is compatible with 12 volts, it is very likely to have a voltage stabilization function, and the output power is only 12 volts.

The principle is the same as that of the mobile phone charging cable. The 220-volt home power is alternating current, while the mobile phone charging cable is about 5 volts direct current. The charging head has a voltage stabilization function, so the plug is most likely 12 volts and cannot be used.

Zhu Yunfeng asked what to do, and his fourth uncle said that he had 2.5 square meters of household electrical wires. The current-carrying capacity of the wire mainly depends on the wire material and cross-section. Ordinary wires cannot withstand too high a current. If the current is too large, the wires will continue to heat up and cause a short circuit and fire.

A 4-square household wire can carry a current of 15-20A. It only needs to be connected to a plug without a voltage regulator on one end and an alligator clip on the other end.

But this would be very dangerous.

Previously, the voltage output of the alligator clip was only 12 volts, but now it has jumped to 220 volts. And the power of 4 square household wires is too high, up to 20A.

A high voltage may not necessarily kill a person, but a current of 20A is very dangerous and can result in death if one is not careful. So he should not take the risk.

But Zhu Yunfeng insisted, and finally his fourth uncle could not resist his request and went to the warehouse to find 2.5 square meters of household electrical wire.

It’s easy to connect.

Just cut off the entire portable charger and keep only the two alligator clips.

Then connect the neutral wire and the live wire in the household electrical wires to the two crocodile clips respectively, add a plug at the other end, fix it with black tape and you can use it.

His fourth uncle also gave him a pair of insulating gloves and repeatedly reminded him to be safe. He was even afraid that something might go wrong after all the instructions, so he planned to do it himself.

It was Zhu Yunfeng who finally persuaded him to stay by saying that there were friends watching at home, otherwise the matter of the stone tablet might have been exposed.

After returning home, Zhu Yunfeng put on insulating gloves, rummaged through the drawers to find a socket board, unplugged the wires from the socket in the utility room, inserted the plug into the socket board, and then clamped the crocodile clips on the stone tablet.

"I'm on."

Ji He stood next to the socket board, which had a switch that could turn on the power with just a press of a button.

Moreover, the electricity of the socket board is also 220 volts. After the power is turned on, the voltage of the alligator clip, which was only 12 volts before, will instantly increase by nearly 20 times, and the current released is also very terrifying.

"open it."

Zhu Yunfeng had already pulled Zhu Di to stand farther away.

Ji He flipped the switch.

As the light on the socket strip lit up, an invisible energy seemed to surge toward the alligator clips.

but.

Nothing happened.

The three of them squatted in the cellar, about two meters away from the stone tablet.

The stone tablet still lay quietly, without any special changes due to the input of electric current.

"Are you sure it will work?"

Ji He looked at it for a while. Two or three minutes had passed and the stone tablet showed no response.

"Maybe."

Zhu Yunfeng was a little uncertain.

The three men acted like second-rate people. Zhu Di looked embarrassed and asked, "What if it doesn't work?"

"Then you can just stay here as an illegal resident."

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head.

"You have to support your ancestors. I am your direct ancestor!"

Zhu Di was about to cry.

He was only nineteen years old, not yet of age.

But at this underage age, I already feel the loneliness of being away from home and never being able to return home.

Is this the pain he should endure at his age?
"Be good, from now on, if I have a bite to eat, yours will also be included, don't worry."

Zhu Yunfeng hugged the crying Zhu Di and comforted him, even changing the way he addressed him.

After all, a homeless Zhu Di is equivalent to a homeless person. No matter how filial you are, you cannot worship a homeless person as your ancestor.

"I was thinking before, isn't that thing a stone? Why can it be charged?"

Ji He felt that it was somewhat unscientific.

Zhu Yunfeng said, "You are stupid. That iron is iron ore. Have you heard of tourmaline? Many stones can conduct electricity. This thing may not be marble. No one can tell the internal structure before breaking it up and analyzing it."

"I see. Well, I don't write novels, so I don't have as much knowledge as you do."

Ji He picked his nose.

The two were chatting when suddenly a white light flashed before their eyes, followed by a shrill scream that pierced the sky.

"what!"

But the scream quickly stopped.

It seemed as if the huge electric current caused the muscles to contract and twitch, making it impossible to make any sound.

In a flash, Zhu Yunfeng pressed the switch on the socket board with incredible speed.

Then there was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground and a faint smell of burning could be smelled in the air.

The three people squatting on the ground opened their mouths wide, stunned in place.

Zhu Yuanzhang was seen lying on the ground, twitching all over, with white foam coming out of his mouth. He was almost turning into a charcoal-roasted pig head.

"father!"

Zhu Di let out a heart-wrenching howl, flew over and lay on Zhu Yuanzhang, feeling a kind of sadness as if his father had died.

(End of this chapter)