Daming Military Empire

Chapter 434 Surprises continue (fourth update, thanks to T3485 for the big reward)

After the invention of the electric light, not only will it bring convenience to production, but it will also bring a lot of convenience to life.

However, after the lamp was trial-produced, it was not immediately installed in various factories, but was not put into civilian use immediately. At that time, there were many taboos. Naturally, such a magical thing as an electric lamp should be used by the emperor first.

Therefore, as soon as Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi developed the electric light, they began to plan how to install it in the palace.

Of course, tungsten has not been mass-produced yet, and the power of the old-fashioned generators is not enough, so they cannot afford too many large light bulbs, so it will take a while to actually use electric lights.

Fortunately, this silicon is originally the second most abundant element in the earth's crust, and even pure single crystal silicon can be found in nature, so Song Yingxing quickly developed the rail steel sheet.

Now, motors and large generators can enter the trial production stage.

While Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi were frantically developing electric motors and large generators, another piece of good news came from South Asia. The railway stretching from Ava City in Donghu to Kandahar, an important town in the northwest of South Asia, was finally completed. The branch railways and road networks of various provinces It is also completed with basic construction, that is to say, the whole of South Asia has been included in the railway network of Daming, and in the future, you can even go straight to Kandahar by car from the capital!

In addition, the harvest in the fifteen provinces of South Asia in the second half of this year was not bad, and the prices began to fall slowly. This newly expanded territory finally passed the difficult period and embarked on the road of normal development.

Although Zhu Cijiong was very disgusted with Ah San of the later generations, his disgust was not so strong after a meal of wool shearing. After all, they had made a huge contribution to Daming's treasury.

Besides, now South Asia has become the territory of Ming Dynasty, and all the people there are also citizens of Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he doesn't want these people to live in poverty and hardship, and the poor mountains and rivers are easy to make trouble for the people. Daming's stability is also not good.

Well now, with the network of railways and roads, and the four companies of the royal family cooperating with officials from all over the country to promote the successful business model of Ming Dynasty, these people will slowly live a prosperous life, at least there is no need to worry about them rebelling at every turn up.

Just a few days after the good news from South Asia came, there was also good news from Northern Xinjiang.

According to Sun Chengzong's report, he has led the army to repair the railway and bunker to the north of Nuer Gandusi, and has not encountered much resistance.

Moreover, he has dispatched [-] cavalry from the Guanning Army to the northernmost Manjingwei and the easternmost Yimuhewei respectively. According to reports from the leading generals on both sides, no large enemy troops were found along the way. They are also very enthusiastic about Daming's arrival, and they all want to return to Daming's embrace.

Now, he has asked the [-] cavalry to carry out simple repairs to the original guards of Manjingwei and Yimuhewei respectively, and sent enough food and grass to let them station there temporarily, only to wait for the next summer, when the ice and snow When it melts, repair the railway and bunkers, and this large area of ​​northern Xinjiang will be recovered!

Zhu Cijiong did not expect that the recovery operation in northern Xinjiang would go so smoothly. You must know that it is a land of several million square kilometers.

In fact, it is not surprising that the population of the entire world is far from reaching the size of future generations, and even some places with fertile land and good weather are still not enough to fill. Who would compete for those places where the weather is cold and freezing for more than half of the year? .

However, there are no absolutes in everything, and someone really fought for it later, and Daming suffered a huge loss because of it. Of course, these are things for later, so I will skip them here for the time being.

After the good news from Northern Xinjiang had passed, Song Yingxing brought another surprise to Zhu Cijiong. He actually purified the metal chromium!
There is a reason why Song Yingxing was able to purify chromium so quickly. It seems that there are many historical records. The Qin Dynasty seems to have discovered the element chromium. There was a layer of chromium on Qin Shihuang's sword, and chromium generally exists. In crocoite, this lead has long been recorded, and this chromium should have existed long ago, but it is not called by this name.

In any case, he finally produced all the three elements that the emperor requested to be developed first. According to Zhu Cijiong's request, first develop and purify tungsten, then silicon, then chromium, and then just follow him.

Song Yingxing was a little confused at first and didn't understand what it meant, but now he seems to understand a little bit.

This tungsten wire can be used to make such magical things as light bulbs, and he already knew that silicon steel sheet is a necessary material for making electric motors and large generators, so what is the magical use of this chromium?

He didn't need to think about it, Zhu Cijiong quickly sent him several stainless steel formulas, and asked him to organize his staff to develop them.

Stainless steel?Can this steel not rust?
No wonder he couldn't understand it, because there was no such thing as oxidation at this time. The reason why iron rusted was because it was oxidized, and chromium is an element that is difficult to oxidize at room temperature, so it is difficult to produce steel with chromium added. rusty.

This Zhu Cijiong can't explain it to him for the time being. It's strange that people can understand what you are talking about oxygen and oxidation at this time. Anyway, he only needs to make it according to the formula. This steel really does not rust!
Surprises kept coming, and Zhu Cijiong felt a little overwhelmed. He is now in a state of extreme excitement almost every day, and this person is prone to accidents when he is excited.

No, just after Song Yingxing's surprise, Princess Anna gave him an even bigger surprise, she was pregnant too!

This really drove him crazy. The reason why he didn't have children before was not because he didn't like children, but mainly because Daming's periphery was not stable yet, and he still needed to fight in all directions.

However, since taking down the Mughal Empire and Batavia, the periphery of Ming Dynasty was basically stable, so he immediately relaxed the restrictions and was ready to have a child.

Of course, the emperor’s children cannot be born indiscriminately. Although there are strict regulations on the succession of the throne, which is the so-called "Establishing a heir does not establish an elder, and establishing an elder does not establish a virtuous." But who can guarantee that after the prince has more children Is there no competition for the throne?
Therefore, he wanted to let Queen Qin Mingyue give birth to a prince first, and stop everyone's thoughts.

Although he has been living in the harem during this period of time, he still pays attention to it. Like other concubines, he will not stay there, except for Princess Anna.

Because she has the right to inherit the Habsburg dynasty, the prince or even the princess she gave birth to can inherit the position of the duke or king of the Habsburg dynasty. There can be four or five kingdoms under the Habsburg dynasty, ten Many principalities want her to give birth to the eldest son of the emperor, at worst, send them to Europe to help him get the throne!

Presumably his elder brother, Emperor Ferdinand III of the Holy Roman Empire, would definitely welcome him very much, because the Holy Roman Empire was about to fall apart, and he wished that the Ming Empire would help him stabilize the throne!

(End of this chapter)