Chapter 976: Ask for help

Royal palace.
The civil and military of Manchu and their relatives, court ladies, and eunuchs were all shocked by the light in front of them.
In front of them, the street lamps laid along the palace were emitting bright light at this time. Each street lamp illuminates a large area, far beyond the ability of the previous lanterns.
Now the whole palace seemed to them like daylight.
"The emperor, this electricity is really amazing. The old minister has lived for most of his life. It is an eye-opener today." Fiji's body trembles slightly with excitement. Although he has seen incandescent lamps, he has never seen such a large-scale lighting project.
Pang Yukun was equally excited and said: "Su Liangcai said that this electricity is a more effective energy source than steam engine power. This sentence is true. The steam engine can't make the street lights shine, hahaha..."
As the person in charge of this power-up, Su Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief. This time he was under a lot of pressure. The power transmission process is very complicated. As long as one link is not in place, the effect of tonight cannot be achieved.
"This is natural. As long as the emperor and the cabinet strongly support the construction of thermal power plants, this electricity can quickly replace steam engines, and it will be more efficient than steam engines."
Xiao Ming nodded lightly. Now only Qingzhou has built a thermal power plant in Dayu, and it is only part of the area to supply power. There is still a gap between the second industrial revolution.
It is estimated that it will take ten or even twenty years of construction for the country to fully enter the power era. After all, the technology spar provides knowledge and cannot accelerate the construction of the project.
But what gave him peace of mind is that the steam engine industry in the country of Da Yu has now spread across the country. As long as a strong steam industry is established, the transition to the second industrial revolution will be smooth.
After all, although these steam engine plants are not as efficient as those that use electricity, they can always provide materials for the establishment of thermal power plants and infrastructure.
"After waiting for the new year, I will ask the cabinet to approve a fund for the Ministry of Electricity. I don’t expect the cities outside Qingzhou Prefecture to be covered by electricity within a certain period of time, but the six states within the Qingzhou Prefecture must be energized as soon as possible. , Especially Dengzhou, which is the important shipbuilding site of Great Yu, Zhang Liangke has been counting on your electric power to build ironclad ships. After all, the first ironclad ship was too difficult to build. With electricity, the shipyard can use welding technology. "Xiao Ming said with a deep voice.
In this naval battle, the ironclad ships performed amazingly. In the traditional sailing warships, they almost rushed all the way, and the British were desperate.
Such excellent results made Xiao Ming decisively prepare to speed up the construction of iron armored ships. With the expansion of the sea area of ​​the country, he needs more powerful warships to join the navy to counter European maritime forces.
Su Liangcai was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. Now there are too many places to spend money in Dayu. Railway construction, road and bridge construction, factory construction, etc., can be said to need money everywhere, and they are all big money.
The ability to deduct a sum of funds at this time has shown the importance of the Ministry of Electricity.
Pang Yukun and Fiji did not hesitate this time, but directly nodded. They used to quarrel for the money that went out of the cabinet, but now they rarely reach an agreement.
"Xie emperor." Su Liangcai was also a bad-spoken person. He didn't have any flashy rhetoric. He just replied dumbly.
Xiao Ming smiled. His favorite is the honest scientific researchers. It is easy to get along with these people, because they often go straight and don't like to go around.
Su Liangcai was assigned a task for the next year. Xiao Ming looked at other people at this time, and everyone was still immersed in the light.
After clearing his throat, he said: "Everyone, Qingzhou City is officially powering up, and there will be no darkness in Qingzhou from now on. For this matter, I will celebrate with you tonight, come and have a banquet."
After hearing the words, everyone saluted Xiao Ming and said: "Xie Huang Shang Longen."
The voice fell, and the officials and court ladies entered the Fulin Hall behind everyone with the delicious food that had just been baked. The New Year’s Eve dinner was here.
At the same time, the people outside the city became more and more interested. If it had been before, they would have returned home early, but tonight would be destined to sleepless.
After the street lights are on, they no longer need to worry about the dangers in the dark, and can play at night as much as they want, and the merchants also took the opportunity to take out their goods and sell them on Imperial Avenue.
The performers and singers also began to show off their talents. For a time, Huangcheng Avenue became lively, and the night market appeared for the first time.
In this ecstasy, the people played as much as they wanted until the palace bell rang at midnight, and the people on the imperial city avenue gradually returned.
At this time, the officials also came out of the palace and went back individually. At this time, they looked at the road back bright and bright, and they couldn't help but sigh again with the rapid changes in the country.
When the officials left, Xiao Ming, who was half drunk, also returned to the sleeping room~EbookFREE.me~ This year’s New Year’s Eve was the most reassuring night he spent in this world. He finally didn’t have to worry about his sleep. Zhong will also be awakened by the news of foreign invasion.
The next day, he woke up early. According to the rules, the first day of the new year was the imperial meeting. Unlike previous years, there were a few different faces in the imperial hall this year.
They were the Dutch messenger, the Prussian messenger, the Korean messenger and the Japanese messenger. After the congratulations from the ministers, they congratulated Xiao Ming on the New Year and gave a grand gift.
Xiao Ming naturally accepted this. Although the time to build the world system is still far away, it at least heralds the formation of a new system in Asia, and in the next few years, this system will be gradually improved to realize his vision of Asia becoming Own wild vision in the back garden of the country.
After the regular meeting, Xiao Ming was about to go back. At this time, his ministers left, but the military generals remained.
When everyone dispersed, Niu Ben said: "The emperor, the last general has just received the news from Zhu Sansi that the cavalry of the Golden Horde attacked the stronghold from Jianzhou to Yaksa, and the Golden Horde also appeared in the direction of Nibuchu. Chinese cavalry, Zhu Sansi is in a passive position now. According to the plan, he was originally going to attack Nerchinsk, but the severe cold and heavy snow made the march difficult and it was not conducive to combat. Soldiers’ rifles were often damaged due to frost. "
Hearing this, Xiao Ming rubbed his eyebrows. He thought he would have a comfortable Spring Festival this year, but he didn't expect people to be as good as the sky.
"It seems that the Golden Horde has followed Tsarist Russia with determination."
A glimmer of light flashed in Xiao Ming's eyes, but the most important problem now was to solve Zhu Sansi's logistics problems.
The Golden Horde chose this time to attack the supply line of the Great Yu Kingdom. It is not vicious, because according to the news of Zhu Sansi, the continuous blizzard in the Kanto region this month has made the already difficult supply even worse.