I want to ruin the country

Yining was not very satisfied with the food here, but the workers were very satisfied, simply because their conditions were too poor before.

Except for some extremely special skilled workers, most of the strong workers here are selected from homeless people.

They used to sleep in the open air, have no food to eat, no cotton in winter and no blankets in summer, and suffered a lot.

Now that they have suddenly arrived in a place where they have enough food to eat and clothes to wear, how can they not be content?

Yining Road,

"From now on, we'll improve our meals four or five times a month. We'll have steamed buns or dumplings with more meat. We're not short of money anymore!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

After leaving the arsenal, Yining did not return to the palace. Instead, he came to Zhang Xiang.

From a distance, you can see a very tall windmill standing in the yard.

When I entered the room, I saw Zhang Xiang busy at work.

Yining ordered Yi to defend them.

"Stay away from me, do whatever you want, I'll just take a stroll!"

The Iraqi defense team knew that they were in the yard and that no major danger would happen, so they all hid to the side.

Yining and Zhang Xiang were talking, but they didn't want to be heard by others. It wasn't because it was just that it felt awkward for them to talk with other people around.

Yining asked,

"The big windmill is erected. Can it generate electricity?"

Zhang Xiang said while he was busy,

"You're here just in time. The generator is assembled today. You can try it out!"

Yining asked,

"Is the light bulb also done?"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"It's done. The only problem was getting the light bulb. Now I've got a vacuum pump. Nothing else matters!"

"Vacuum pump, how do you do it?"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"That's easy to say. Anyway, I didn't ask them to suck it with their mouths!"

Yining was happy and asked,

"Such a large windmill is quite troublesome, isn't it?"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"You have plenty of money, materials, and people. What's so difficult about it? Just do your own work first and then put it all together!

It took a hundred or two hundred people and several days to make this piece of crap!"

Yining Road,

"I think they are all made of wood?"

Zhang Xiang chuckled,

"The ironwood used is no worse than steel. Damn, I feel bad for it!"

Yining chuckled,

"Don't worry, there's plenty at San's house, we can just go and rob them."

Zhang Xiangdao,

"We have electricity and machinery, and we can use steel. Let's not waste resources!"

Yining Road,

"Yes, cast iron parts can also be used!"

Zhang Xiang quoted a classic line from the former Soviet film "Lenin in 1918".

"There will be bread, and there will be everything!"

In fact, generating electricity is not difficult. All you need is a magnet, copper wire and a rotor, and all of these can be done by hand.

Not to mention Zhang Xiang, even if Yining did it himself, he could generate electricity given enough time.

The real difficulty lies in power. If you have a diesel or gasoline engine, generating electricity is a piece of cake.

But Yining wondered why Zhang Xiang did not choose to use water or donkeys as power, but instead chose the most labor-intensive windmill.

But he didn't intend to ask, as Zhang Xiang must have his own plans.

Glass technology is now very mature, and light bulbs can be made as long as there is a vacuum pump.

Making a filament is not difficult, it’s just a matter of repeating Edison’s work!

The information that Yining brought back played a very important role. With accurate parameters, we just had to follow them, which reduced mistakes and saved time.

Yining watched Zhang Xiang directing a group of people to work. He also wanted to help, but then he thought better of it. There were so many people there, and one more person wouldn't make a difference.

He saw that there were more than a dozen light bulbs connected by copper wires in the house, and some light bulbs were also connected outside the yard. Based on his experience, these light bulbs were at least 200 watts.

The copper wire is wrapped in an insulating layer, and no one knows what material is used. He doesn't care about this, it's a minor problem.

In the corner of the room was a crude generator with exposed copper wires, surrounded by wooden stakes. No one except Zhang Xiang was allowed to enter the wooden stakes, as they were afraid that someone would get electrocuted.

There is a simple switch next to the generator, also made of copper sheets, with a wooden handle on top, and the wooden handle is wrapped with kraft paper for insulation.

Peng Yunzhang is here too. How can we miss him to witness this historic moment?

After working for a long time, it was almost dark and everything was ready.

Zhang Xiang asked everyone to move aside while he put the coupler between the windmill and the generator together.

The windmill above was turning slowly, and the generator below was humming as the gears changed speed from large to small.

Zhang Xiang turned on another switch, and in an instant, the room became as bright as day. All the light bulbs emitted a dazzling light that made people dare not look directly at it.

"what!"

"Mom!"

"What's going on?"

People burst into exclamations and raised their hands to cover their eyes. The light was so dazzling, it was comparable to the sun!

These days they have been doing this and that according to Zhang Xiang's instructions, and they don't know what Zhang Xiang is going to do. Now the result is out, is the Sun God taken down?

As expected, Yining did not have much psychological fluctuation. He would be excited only if he failed!

Yi Fangfang calmed himself down and took a few steps towards Yining. He didn't know whether the bright light would harm the emperor, so he hurried over to protect him.

Yining pushed him aside,

"It's okay, go away!"

After dozens of seconds, everyone got used to the strong light and looked at Zhang Xiang in surprise. It was this man who created this light!

Peng Yunzhang came over first and looked at Zhang Xiang as if he were a monster.

"Advisor Zhang, what are you doing?"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"Master Peng, this is called electricity, and the thing that emits light is called a lightbulb!"

Peng Yunzhang was staring at the light alone in a daze!

Yining said,

"Congratulations, Consultant Zhang, you succeeded!"

Zhang Xiang said,

"It's a pity that the Emperor still can't use it. This is a 50-kilowatt generator. It's too far to send electricity from here to the palace. The line loss is too severe. It's not cost-effective!"

Yining Road,

"Don't worry, use it for production first. It won't be too late to install a generator in the palace once you have a diesel engine!"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"But we can make a battery first, so we can have lighting in the palace!"

Yining said in a low voice,

"No, we don't have phones or computers these days, so it's not worth it just for lighting. Let's wait until we get a diesel engine!"

"Alright, let's try to get the diesel and gasoline engines out before the shipyard is built, but we have to hurry and get the oil!"

Yining nodded.

"With your windmill generator, wouldn't it be easy to get a praying mantis to pump out oil?"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"Don't bother with that. Just dig a well and find a gushing well. Some wells can spew out tens of thousands of tons of crude oil a day. That's enough for the start!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll organize people to dig wells and look for oil right away!"

Yining suddenly felt that he hadn't seen Wu Meiling for such a long time, so he asked,

"Where's Wu Meiling? Why isn't she following you?"