Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 383: The bullshit fairy idol is not as good as the martial arts hero. How difficult is it to provide electricity for 14 billion people? [Please subscribe]

Zhu Yuanzhang clicked on the video first, and saw a song called "Swords Like Dreams".

"Which way shall my sword go? Love and hate are hard to choose..."

After listening to the song and watching the video for a few times, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were attracted by the imaginative and exciting fighting scenes.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had fought on the battlefield for many years, those were all real fights. The martial arts such as the high-flying light skills and elegant and agile swordsmanship in later film and television dramas were very attractive to him.

After the video of this song was finished, Zhu Yuanzhang paused it and savored the song itself.

"This song does have a flavor of the grudges and entanglements of the people of Jianghu, yet they also feel happy to take revenge."

Empress Ma said, "The fighting scenes in this video must have been created using special effects from later times, right? They can't be real."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed. "What kind of extraordinary people haven't we seen? Those people in the Jianghu and the Green Forest may have some unusual tricks, but they don't have the martial arts skills shown in this video."

"If I really had these martial arts skills, I'm afraid it wouldn't be my turn to rule the world. Even if I did, I wouldn't know how many times I would be assassinated by the so-called knights flying around in this video."

The second martial arts golden song selected by Liu Kuan was "I Love the Country More than the Beauty".

Zhu Yuanzhang watched the video and listened to it, then mused, "The lyrics of this song are quite artistic and unrestrained, but saying that one loves the country more than the beauty is really wrong. How can a good man indulge in beauty?"

Queen Ma laughed and said, "Don't you love beauties?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly embarrassed, then said: "In my eyes, beauty is nothing compared to the country."

But after saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to realize something, and immediately smiled and whispered to Empress Ma: "Of course, my sister is not only a beauty in my eyes, but also my dearest relative. She is as important as the Ming Dynasty."

Empress Ma smiled and shook her head, "I am not as important as the Ming Dynasty."

While Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were "flirting" upstairs, the princes and grandchildren who could only listen to the music quietly below were all a little anxious.

Although they had listened to many songs of later generations sung by Liu Kuanfang, the style of the songs this time was obviously different from the previous ones.

When I heard Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma talking about the fighting effects, I wanted to see them even more.

Therefore, some people secretly complained at this time: Can't you two listen and watch faster and talk after you finish watching?
Old Zhu had no intention of caring about the thoughts of his children and grandchildren. He just listened to music and watched videos with Empress Ma at his own pace.

Afterwards, I watched the videos of three martial arts classics, "Laughing in the Red Dust", "Xiao Yao You" and "Gui Qu Lai", and made another comment.

More than half an hour later, the last song in the video collection - "A Laugh in the Ocean" - was played.

The video begins with a beautiful river scene.

The river and mountains are shrouded in mist, with hills stretching out on both sides and a black-sailed boat moored by the water.

Then the sun slowly rose on the east side of the river, and the sunlight pierced through the mist.

At this time, a man of unknown age and appearance, carrying a long sword on his back, walked onto the black-sailed boat, wielded the oar like a sword, and steered the boat towards the sunrise.

At the same time, a recitation from a vicissitudes of life male voice was heard.

"The world's ups and downs are created by our generation. Once we enter the world, time will rush us along. Talking and laughing about the yellow map and hegemony is no match for the drunkenness of life."

"Sword in hand, horseback riding, raining ghosts, bones whitened like mountain birds startled and flying. The world is like a tide, people are like water, I only sigh that few people return to the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were both stunned when they saw the poem on the video. They recalled the past few decades since the chaotic world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the old friends who are no longer alive.

At this time, the prelude of the song sounded, and soon a man who seemed to have drunk a lot of wine sang with his vicissitudes of life voice.

"The vast ocean laughs, the tide surges on both sides, I rise and fall with the waves, remembering this day."

"The sky laughs, the world is full of tides, who will win and who will lose is known to heaven..."

The video shows the heroic spirit of the people of Jianghu drinking together, the sharp and elegant swordsmanship displayed in the battles between the two sides, the flying needles and hidden weapons, the mighty palm skills, the wild laughter when winning, and the sadness when losing power.

A few minutes later, the video ended and the song was over, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were still in a daze.

After several breaths, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "In my opinion, this song is not only about the martial arts world, but also about life."

Queen Ma said, "The person who wrote the previous poem and this song might be a sage hermit who sees through the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. "I don't think so. I've met so many scholars, and I've long discovered that their writings are often not the same as their personalities."

Queen Ma also pulled herself out of the mood of the song and said with a smile, "Okay, the children can't wait any longer, let's eat quickly."

Then let the palace servants serve them food.

More than half an hour later, after lunch, Zhu Yuanzhang came to find Liu Kuan with a tablet.

After handing the tablet to Liu Kuan, Zhu Yuanzhang said casually, "Could you tell us briefly about the flourishing of martial arts culture in later generations?"

Liu Kuan said, "Your Majesty, do you remember what I once said? The Tang Dynasty was famous for poetry and the Song Dynasty was famous for its novels, while the Ming and Qing dynasties were famous for their novels. As for martial arts novels, some trace their origins back to the Water Margin, while others trace them back to a group of chivalrous novels that appeared in the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty."

"By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the decades leading up to the founding of the new dynasty, the country was poor and weak, and the world was in chaos. Naturally, people looked forward to the kind of chivalrous men with superb martial arts and a sense of justice, who were willing to help the poor and the needy, and to eliminate violence and protect the good, or even heroes who served their country and their people."

"So, at that time, there were many novels with knights as the protagonists."

"Later, several great novelists emerged. Their martial arts novels were both fascinating and of considerable literary value, making them bestsellers in the Chinese-speaking world." "Later, with the advent of movies and television series, some people adapted these novels into films and television series, spreading them even further. Martial arts culture reached its peak."

"However, more than a decade before I came to the Ming Dynasty, martial arts culture had already declined, and instead, immortal idol culture dominated."

"What is the fairy lotus root?" Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled.

"Uh, it's a collective term for immortal hero idols."

"Immortal heroes, idols?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the clay puppets in temples, which could indeed be connected to the gods. Then he became puzzled, "Don't later generations promote science? How come immortal puppet culture can dominate?"

Liu Kuan saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression and knew he had probably misunderstood, so he explained, "They say they're immortal hero idols, but the core is actually about romance, that is, the love between men and women... Whether it's the immortal emperors and demon kings in heaven, or the emperors and villains on earth, they all focus on the love affairs between men and women."

"For example, the decent male protagonist abandons all lives just to revive the female protagonist; the villain male protagonist vows to kill everyone in the world to bury the female protagonist..."

Before Liu Kuan could finish, Zhu Yuanzhang's brows knitted together and he interrupted, "What the hell is this? Is this what you call a fairy doll? If so, I think it's even worse than martial arts culture. Martial arts also involve helping the weak and suppressing the strong, putting righteousness first, and even heroes who serve their country and their people, as you said."

"If the future generations are truly as you say, with that kind of immortal idol culture centered around love between men and women, then the world is truly in decline, and the New Dynasty doesn't care about it?"

Liu Kuan smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, this matter is very complicated, and I don't know everything."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "If our Ming Dynasty scholars and actors dare to indulge in things that focus on love between men and women in the future, we will all exile them to Luohuangdusi in the north and let them cultivate the land. Let's see whether they will focus on love or on having enough food and clothing!"

Liu Kuan felt that there was no point in talking too much about this. Seeing that the "home theater" was set up over there, he said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go watch a video?"

"Row."

Zhu Yuanzhang also gave up the idea of ​​continuing to ask about the martial arts culture of later generations, and sat down with Empress Ma and the whole family.

"Your Majesty, I have prepared three videos this time that are not too short, covering all aspects."

After saying that, he called up the first video, put the tablet down, and started playing.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and others also saw the name of the video.

"Difficult? Providing electricity for 14 billion people! [Planetary Research Institute]"

Seeing the name "Planetary Research Institute", both Zhu Yuanzhang and his grandchildren such as Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunwen who had watched related videos earlier became excited.

Because the videos of this old lady have always been of high quality, and many of them contain shocking scenes from later generations, which are very enjoyable to watch.

Of course, the issue of power supply itself is also a concern for everyone.

More than a year has passed since Daming began to supply electricity to various government offices in the capital two years ago, and many power outages have occurred during this period.

The power supply to the various government offices in the capital of the Ming Dynasty is now subject to power outages from time to time due to various accidents. It is unknown how long it will take to provide power to the people of the capital, or even to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Later generations needed to provide electricity for 14 billion people, so Zhu Yuanzhang and others were naturally curious about how the new dynasty did it.

The video begins with the most common and classic scene in the old lady’s main videos: under the dark starry sky, a deep blue planet occupies the screen.

Unlike before, this time the side of the blue planet that appeared on the screen was clearly at night, the north side was dimly illuminated by the sunlight, and there were countless spots of light on the ground.

What are these light spots?
Just when this question arose in the minds of Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao and others, a familiar female voice was heard, giving the answer.

"This is every power plant on Earth."

"China boasts the largest installed capacity of photovoltaic, wind, thermal, and hydropower. When all its power plants are operational, the total electricity produced each year is nearly one-third of the world's total!"

Although it is just the beginning, you can see in the video that the colorful columns of light represent the power generation of countries around the world, and the columns of light representing China's power generation are the most numerous, densest, and highest, far exceeding those of other countries in the world.

After listening to the woman's explanation and understanding her meaning, Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong and others couldn't help but feel a strange, tingling feeling from the heart, and pride!

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes sparkled as he thought: "The Xin Dynasty will account for one-third of the world's annual electricity generation? That's incredible!"

The woman then changed the subject, "Is this amount of electricity enough?"

"Take Jiangsu Province as an example. The electricity demand during the day and at night is extremely uneven. And during the hot summer and cold winter, the electricity load soars significantly."

"You can imagine how enormous the pressure on the entire power grid will be when the peak electricity consumption in all provinces is added together!"

Seeing this, Zhu Biao suddenly realized that it seemed that in the past year or so, the power outages in various government offices in the capital all occurred at night, such as when an electric wire somewhere melted or burned.

He didn't understand it before, but now he has some understanding - probably because many government offices and state-owned factories use electricity at night.

In fact, ordinary government offices are fine, but the Tiangong Academy, some bureaus and institutes under the Ministry of Works, and state-owned factories are the major electricity consumers in the capital at night.

Zhu Biao knew that in later generations there was an electrical appliance called an air conditioner, which could release cold air in summer and heat in winter to regulate the indoor temperature.

If everyone in the future installs air conditioners in their homes, as well as other electrical appliances, the pressure on electricity consumption in summer and winter will be enormous.

At this time, the video opening ended and the main topic began.

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