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The Internal Supervision Research and Development Department developed generators and incandescent light bulbs, which really made Qin Mu very happy.
Although judging from the current technological level, it is estimated that there is still a long way to go before electric lights can be put into practical use. Now we can only use steam engines as power and energy generators to generate electricity, which is not very practical and will be difficult to put into civilian use at least in the short term.
But it is undeniable that the development of electric light in this era was already a miracle.
After returning to Jianjia Palace, Qin Mu decided to allocate 10,000 dragon coins from the inner treasury to establish Shengguang Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
Of course, the royal family holds shares in this company. If the industrial revolution can be successfully promoted and the capitalist class rises, the Qin Dynasty may eventually enter a constitutional monarchy capitalist society. At that time, these companies will be the royal family's property and will be left to future generations.
In this era, what procedures are required to set up a company? The answer is that there are no procedures required.
Qin Mu thought of the future generations who were always calling for reducing government power and implementing a negative power list. He suddenly felt a sense of superiority. The Great Qin was a truly free economic society.
Here, except for a few industries regulated by the government (such as salt and iron monopolies), you can do whatever you want for the rest, without having to go to a bunch of departments such as industry and commerce, taxation, etc., only to end up taking three to five years to get approval.
In Daqin, as long as you have money, skills, ideas and enterprising spirit, you can set up a store, open your workshop, run your factory and establish your company.
Only when you have output will the tax inspectors of the Qin Dynasty come to you.
It has to be said that Confucianism has indeed made an indelible contribution to guiding social moral trends.
Nowadays, people are more trustworthy and care about their reputation, especially businessmen. Most of them do not sign contracts or agreements, and they mainly rely on their own reputation when doing business.
This kind of trustworthy behavior is not only popular in China, but also recognized by others abroad.
It is said that in the past, merchants from the Ming Dynasty went to Southeast Asian countries to trade. Because they valued credit, the locals even dared to sell goods on credit to the merchants from the Ming Dynasty. When the merchants from the Ming Dynasty encountered a storm on their return journey, their goods were lost, and they had to borrow money to pay off the debts they owed.
Not to mention the other people who made money. The second time I went to Southeast Asia, I paid back all the money I owed.
This phenomenon is not an isolated one, but rather a common one. It is hard to imagine in later generations when people were only interested in profit.
There are many "old brands" on the market now. These "old brands" cherish their reputations, regard quality as their life, and operate with integrity. In the 21st century, people are still relying on the old capital of "old brands", but it is unknown how many of those "old brands" are genuine.
Of course, there are illegal businessmen, but they are relatively few, so supervision and approval can be much easier and freer.
Currently, the Royal Company already has a soap factory, a perfume factory, a steam engine factory, an embroidery workshop, a spinning machine factory, a Rococo clothing factory, and holds a 30% stake in Xu Yongshun's ocean-going trading company.
Now with the addition of Shengguang Electric Company, the total is quite impressive.
As the manager of the R&D department, Han Zanzhou naturally received a lot of rewards, which made him very happy.
Although the emperor has not officially banned eunuchs, the inner palace has been using more female officials. No new eunuchs are recruited. The eunuch group in Qin no longer has the power it had in the Ming Dynasty, and its number is very small.
Han Zanzhou naturally had some concerns about this, but seeing that Qin Mu still trusted him so much, he felt relieved that he was in charge of more than half of the inner palace's economic industries.
"Old Han, after the spinning machine was improved, many spinning mills in Jiangnan area adopted it. This will definitely cause many spinning workers to lose their jobs. Please help me pay attention to the situation in this regard."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will ask around right away."
Before Han Zanzhou left, Yebushou's deputy commander Yan Gaofei came to ask for a meeting outside the palace again.
After Qin Mu summoned him in, Yan Gaofei immediately took out a small note and reported to Qin Mu: "Your Majesty, this is the news from Khorchin. Under the pressure of Aobai, the Chechen Khan Shuolei has surrendered and led his people to submit. Aobai directly selected half of the able-bodied men from the Chechen tribe, a total of 5,000 people, to participate in the campaign in East and Siberia.
According to the latest news, the war in East and Siberia is progressing smoothly. General Aobai has already eliminated several important strongholds of the Tsarist Russia in East and Siberia, and General Li Ding led an army of 20,000 to the former capital of the Siberian Khanate, Kashlyk. However, due to the long journey, no further news has been received yet. "
"So, Eastern Siberia has been basically taken?"
"Your Majesty, it can be said that there are still some primitive tribes in the area, but their numbers are small. We can slowly deal with them in the future."
"Good, very good. Is there any news about Li Dingguo or Su Jin in the west?"
"Your Majesty, at present, we only know that General Su led 20,000 troops into the Kazakh Khanate. There is no news about the battle situation yet."
After hearing such an answer, Qin Mu couldn't help but frowned slightly. Siberia, Central Asia, India, and Australia were so far away that it would take nearly half a year to send a message back, which made him feel powerless.
Although Li Ding and Su Jin led young and strong men from Mongolia or Tibet, the imperial court did not have to invest much in war funds. Even if their entire armies were wiped out, it would not have much impact on the Qin Dynasty.
But it is still very uncomfortable that the news is so delayed.
Qin Mu couldn't help but think of the most primitive telegraph. Now that the generator had been made and there was electricity, the conditions for developing a telegraph were in place.
Storage batteries don't seem to be very difficult. It seems that the car batteries of later generations are made of zinc sheets and diluted sulfuric acid. These two things are probably the only ones. Sulfuric acid is already available, and zinc seems to have been refined in the Ming Dynasty.
If we can develop a telegraph machine, communications will be much easier in the future.
The transmitter uses radio waves. An oscillator emits a fixed frequency, the start and stop of oscillation are controlled by an electric key, and the oscillation frequency is amplified by an antenna and transmitted through the air.
The receiver selects the signal from the transmitter at a fixed frequency, mixes the high-frequency radio waves emitted by the transmitter with the signal from the local oscillator, converts it into a fixed frequency, and then goes through several levels of intermediate frequency amplification, and then tests the wave to restore the audio signal, and listen to the code sound through headphones.
Different lengths of code sounds represent different words, which are combined by the receiver to form a telegram.
Of course, this is not difficult to say, but in Daqin, there are almost no people who understand radio waves. I am afraid it will take thousands of experiments before we can get the hang of it.
But no matter what, it is always a good idea to let the R&D department find someone to study it first. There is nothing we can do if they can't figure it out. But if they can, it will be a big surprise.
While Han Zanzhou was still there, Qin Mu took out a pen and paper and wrote down the little knowledge he had about batteries, radio waves, and transmitters and receivers, and asked him to take it immediately to the R&D department to organize people to do research.
Nowadays, the transmission of news and memorials from local officials still mainly relies on post stations in various places. For this reason, the court has to maintain a large number of postmen and horses. In total, there are tens of thousands of post stations across the country, which is a huge expense.
If the telegraph could be developed, not only would information transmission become incredibly fast, but tens of thousands of post stations could also be eliminated, saving the court a huge amount of money every year.
Qin Mu was full of anticipation for this. If he were not the emperor, he would definitely do this research himself.
Han Zanzhou was repeatedly reminded by him and knew that this matter was unusual, so he hurriedly took the information written by Qin Mu and ran to the R&D department, not daring to stop for a moment.
Now the three institutes of science and engineering have actually all established research laboratories, but as they have just been established, their scientific research capabilities are weak. In ten or eight years, when several institutes of science and engineering have developed scientific research capabilities, then things will be easier.
Qin Mu was not too worried about Li Ding in Siberia and Su Jin who entered Central Asia, as they could afford the damage.
On the contrary, he was somewhat worried about Hai Rufeng who was heading to India. The situation in India was very complicated. Although Hai Rufeng was a very capable general, Qin Mu was still somewhat concerned because he could not get news in time.
Now the clipper ship of Daqin can reach a maximum speed of 14 knots. But even if everything goes well, it will take three months to travel between India and Daqin.
And three months is enough time for a lot of things to happen.
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P.S.: Thank you for your support. Please keep up the good work. As I said before, your support is my biggest motivation. Although it has been rainy these days, making me want to poke a hole in the sky and make a sunny day, with your support, I feel better and the rainy day is also sunny. (To be continued..)
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