Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Youjian took a tour of Henan and finally came to Hangu Pass, which is the most important part of Chinese history.

This is the old days of the pre-Qin Dynasty, when Laozi's purple energy transformed into Hu and came eastward to Xiongguan.

A Tao Te Ching, which will be remembered in history.

Due to the changes in the Yellow River, there are three Hangu Passes, namely Qin Pass, Wei Pass and Hanguan Pass.

Zhu Youjian had already rebuilt three Hangu Passes. At this time, he came to the one built by King Qin Huiwen, which was the Qin Pass.

The majestic Hangu Pass has eight huge four-layered gates spanning the mountain stream.

Four of these eight city gates are used by trains.

As an important transportation hub connecting Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, Zhu Youjian directly developed a double-track railway network.

At this time, four train tracks were already under construction.

The railway extending from the mountains leads from Henan to Shanxi, Shaanxi and other directions.

The other four passages are reserved for the road network.

Because local materials could be obtained, railways were built very quickly.

In fact, as long as this section of the mountains is opened, the Ming Dynasty's simple railway can always reach the grassland.

Gao Doushu is in charge there. Due to the terrain, the construction speed is much faster than that in Henan.

As soon as he saw this scene, Zhu Youjian understood:

The backbone network of the Central Railway Bureau has taken initial shape.

The natural chasm is about to become a smooth road!

Although it is possible to go directly north from the Han capital and cross the Qinling Mountains to reach the Guanzhong Shang-Yu Ancient Road Railway, it is still far away.

However, once the railway bypassing Luoyang is opened to traffic, it will not take more than five days to reach Beihai from Handu!

In other words, the railway underfoot is the weapon for Ming Dynasty to forever control the vast prairie!

Zhu Youjian encouraged the people in charge, Song Tianxian, Ruan Wengui and others, and after staying at Hangu Pass for a day, he boarded the train returning eastward.

Due to time constraints, Zhu Youjian did not go to Shaanxi.

Lingbao was his last stop. After seeing Hangu Pass, Zhu Youjian turned around and went to Gyeonggi.

This time, because the total mileage of the Ming Dynasty-Yongbei Railway has exceeded [-] miles, Zhu Youjian covered more places.

He first took a steamboat and went straight up the Han River. After passing Yunyang, he abandoned the ship and landed ashore to inspect the Beijing-Hankou Railway under construction.

This is the railway line from Handu to Hanzhong.

At the beginning of construction, Zhu Youjian specifically emphasized the need to bypass the gentle areas in Junzhou, Yunyang and other places.

Because the power application plan of "The Sun and the Moon Renewal" on New Year's Day was very successful, Ming Dynasty has put the construction plan of super large power stations on the agenda.

Fortunately, the new capital of the Ming Dynasty was chosen in the Nanxiang Basin, which had no shortcomings in all aspects.

Just on the edge of Handu, there is the Danjiangkou Hydropower Station, which was once the second largest hydroelectric power station.

After the New Year's Day dynasty, Zhu Youjian gave the internal supervisor a task:

Fully responsible for the construction of Danjiangkou Reservoir!

The population of Handu is increasing, and the water supply relying solely on a few natural rivers has become increasingly tight.

therefore--

Zhu Youjian is preparing to build the Jingshi Hydropower Station.

As long as the construction of the Danjiangkou Reservoir is completed, in addition to providing water sources around Gyeonggi, it can also provide a large amount of electricity.

You know, the Danjiangkou Hydropower Station in later generations was a typical wealthy power station.

The first unit of Danjiangkou Hydropower Station was put into operation in 1968 and was completed in early 1973.

A total of six 6-kilowatt Francis turbine generator units are installed, with a total capacity of 15 kilowatts.

The maximum annual power generation reaches 54.12 billion kWh (1975), and the average annual power generation is 38.3 billion kWh (actually about 40 billion kWh). It is the largest hydropower plant in the Han River Basin.

After the Central China Power Grid was established in 1980, Danjiangkou Hydropower Plant was responsible for the frequency regulation, peak regulation and emergency backup tasks of the Central China Power Grid.

It was once a direct-regulated power plant of Central China Power Grid!

There was a saying at that time - "We want to be especially grateful to Danjiangkou, because as soon as the Danjiangkou unit was started, the whole province shined brightly!"

Therefore, just before the New Year, after the successful power experiment, Zhu Youjian decided to start the Danjiangkou Reservoir project.

Although at this time, the large units were generating electricity, there was no trace of it.

However, thanks to this group of lovely ancestors, they were not harmed by the Qing court like in history, and due to the leadership of Zhu Youjian, a later generation.

Therefore, as long as there is a development charter for Daming's industry, it will soon break through the bottleneck.

Daming adopted the AC power transmission method.

Zhu Youjian naturally knows the disadvantages of direct current. Although this thing has natural advantages in industrial applications such as ultra-long-distance transportation, batteries, and electroplating.

However, this thing requires a high-power converter (rectifier and countercurrent).

Therefore, in real life applications, AC is the Roman road.

The shortcomings of actual technology and the shortcomings of direct current made Zhu Youjian take alternating current as the dominant power when Ming Dynasty began to develop electricity.

Direct current - only for auxiliary and technical reserve purposes.

If this thing wants to defeat communication, the level of technology required is too high...

Precisely because there were no detours, electricity applications in Handu quickly became semi-popular.

Power grids with 5000 volt pressurized AC transmission have been set up in Handu.

Very successful!

On New Year's Day, the palace power grid was started and the street lighting was started. These two major projects are enough to prove it!

Taking advantage of the New Year holiday before officials started working, Zhu Youjian decided to directly lay power grids for all government offices at all levels in Handu.

You can be happy alone but not in the group!

The use of electricity in the palace shocked the officials, so when they start to go to work, they can also enjoy the benefits of the Ming Dynasty!

Even before Zhu Youjian left the capital, he specially sent a message to the Ming Dynasty Royal Electric Power Department:

"The comprehensive power grid construction in Handu can begin."

The reason why Zhu Youjian embarked on this big project was due to a piece of news reported to him by Sun Yunqiu on the afternoon of the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month...

——Sun Yunqiu, a peerless genius who originally disappeared sadly in history, has tinkered with high-voltage power transmission equipment in the laboratory.

At this time, Zhu Youjian and his harem were inspecting the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi.

However, the Ministry of Electric Power led by Sun Yunqiu did not have any holidays!

The newly established Ministry of Electric Power is undergoing intensive field verification with the 1000 million silver dollars allocated to him by Zhu Youjian.

The experimental project is to lay [-]-volt high-voltage lines from the small power station in Handu and transport them to hundreds of universities in the Royal University City of the Ming Dynasty!

From the power station to the university town, the total length is 62 miles.

The project is expected to be completed by early summer.

If it can be successful, it will be enough to prove that the cross-regional power transmission plan can be implemented!

Although it is only 10 kV transmission, in future generations, it will be the lowest high-voltage transmission that has long been eliminated...

However, Zhu Youjian was already very satisfied.