Chapter 263: Glazed Ware Company
Feng Qingcheng returned from Consort Li’s place and went to Zui Yue Pavilion to practice martial arts with her for a while!
Seeing that he was in a good mood, she also fought with satisfaction!
Feng Qingcheng felt for the first time the feeling of someone supporting him! “Thank you!”
“Isn’t it just some snacks? No big deal, no need to be polite.”
“By the way, God of War Senior Brother, the body of this generator should be completed tomorrow, but you need to take me to find a place that can make light bulbs!”
“Light bulb?”
“Yes, it’s made of glass.”
“What is glass?” Feng Qingcheng looked completely puzzled!
“It’s what you call glazed ware, which needs to be specially processed by craftsmen to make into a light bulb!”
She had seen glazed ware utensils being made and sold on the street, so she mentioned it, but even if there were none, she wasn’t afraid.
Because she knew that glazed ware was a transparent glass-like substance formed by high-temperature melting of quartz sand, soda ash, and limestone.
If color is needed, add some metal oxides to adjust the color.
Of course, to make it into a light bulb or other shapes, skilled craftsmen with technology are needed to blow the high-temperature molten glass into shape.
“But even if glass can be made into the light bulb you mentioned, how does it light up? Could it be that glass conducts electricity too?”
“No, inside the light bulb there is a metal component called tungsten filament, which conducts electricity. It’s a thin filament made of tungsten metal. Of course, this tungsten filament can also incorporate small amounts of potassium, silicon, and aluminum oxides to make doped tungsten filament, which is used for lighting after being electrified!” Li Xi’er explained patiently.
As the Third Prince, he had vaguely heard of these materials she mentioned.
It’s just that he wasn’t familiar with them since expertise varies; however, as long as they find miners or scholars in that field, they can find tungsten!
“You mean, besides finding someone to make this light bulb with glass, we also need to find someone to make this tungsten filament you mentioned?”
“Yes!”
“The light bulb is the outer shell, and we also need to add a base, with the tungsten filament installed inside to conduct electricity for lighting and heating!”
Feng Qingcheng contemplated for a moment. “Junior Brother, are you sure this generator you made can generate electricity for lighting?”
After all, people in this field have eccentric temperaments and are often considered mentally unstable, so it requires favors and persuasion.
“Senior Brother, I’ll draw a diagram of the light bulb for you. If it’s an expert in this field, once he hears about this principle, he will definitely agree to help!”
“Alright!”
Li Xi’er found paper and pen and began drawing on the paper, first drawing the shape of the light bulb, then the filament inside and the outer shell, and after finishing, marking the materials to be used for each part.
Feng Qingcheng carefully watched her drawing with her head down and was quickly drawn in, finding it unbelievable that a small spherical object could light up through that thin filament?
“Junior Brother, how do you know the word ‘electricity’? And how do you know that connecting it to the generator will make it conduct electricity?”
Li Xi’er paused, her brain buzzing twice, but she quickly turned her thoughts and smiled, saying, “How about I tell you a magical story?”
“I’d like to hear the details!”
“Senior Brother, I have to tell you that during the two years I was in a coma, I actually didn’t lose consciousness. It was like I floated to another new world, soaring in the skies there, and during that time I saw many, many different things. This electricity is a hallmark of that world!”
“Just like electricity, there are electric lights, televisions, telephones, electric cars, rice cookers, refrigerators… With these things, people’s travel and daily lives have become much more convenient, like transporting this durian which takes a month, but with an electric car, it only takes a few days!”
“Durian ice cream can also be frozen in the refrigerator, no need to run to the ice house, very convenient, and appliances can be used to make it into a smoothie!”
Li Xi’er spoke seriously, and Feng Qingcheng listened with his heart pounding in fear, afraid that she was delirious and talking nonsense again!
“That fast? Wouldn’t it require a super large generator to supply it?” Feng Qingcheng pondered.
“Can this be done?”
“And how does the electric car run? Does it have wheels?”
Li Xi’er felt like there were ten thousand whys in his mind at this moment.
“Yes, you could say that. The one I made is a very simple magnetic generator, just for generating electricity for lighting, enough for one small light bulb. Actually, it can also use a hand-cranked wheel-shaped shaft that keeps turning; of course, that way is quite tiring! But in the world I saw, they use wind power, water power, coal burning, and such to generate electricity!”
“The electric car definitely has wheels made of steel plates, but it needs tracks built! It runs on dedicated tracks!”
While explaining, Li Xi’er casually drew some sketches for him to make it easier to understand.
“According to you, in that world, does every household use this light bulb?”
“Exactly!”
“Then how do they connect the electricity from that large generator into their homes?”
“Yes, like this kind of wire. Of course, this is just a simple design; in reality, it has an outer protective sheath, inner insulation, and metal filament composed of it. This metal filament is like copper wire or aluminum wire, and the inner insulation is an insulating material, so that when electrified, people won’t directly contact the conductor and get electrocuted!”
“So that insulating material is like your magical gloves that can insulate electricity?”
No wonder Luo Ning’s people could be shocked dizzy by electricity, but she was fine!
“Yes!”
Feng Qingcheng felt as if a new world’s door had been opened, seeing the world on the paper vividly, elevating his understanding of this world to another level.
He wanted to doubt that she was daydreaming, perhaps dreaming during her coma, but the things drawn couldn’t be faked.
Soaring in the skies? Could her soul really have flown away, gone for over two years? Thinking of the soul-summoning arrangement he made for her a couple of days ago, he felt a mix of relief and unease, not knowing if it worked!
Would she not wake up again after sleeping?
Regardless of whether what she said was true, he wanted to give it a try. He could foresee that if this thing was made, it would bring flying and earth-shaking development to Feng Lan Kingdom! It would be all benefits and no harm!
The next day, after court, Feng Qingcheng took Li Xi’er, disguised as a male servant, to a factory that manufactures glazed ware.
This was the place he had instructed Bu Wei to find that morning.
Glazed ware utensils are considered high-end items used by upper-class people in Feng Lan Kingdom, very expensive because the handicraft is extremely complex and troublesome, and few people can make them.
Those who can make them are experts in this field, plus some family secret techniques passed down, and outsiders are generally not allowed in.
The manager of the Glazed Ware Company saw the person take out the jade pendant of God of War’s Mansion, proving that Prince God of War had a need, so he specially went to ask the owner’s opinion before allowing them in.
Even when brought in, it was impossible to access their core technology; they just had the technicians cooperate with God of War’s needs to make the glazed ware utensils they wanted.
Of course, the owner wouldn’t miss the chance to connect with God of War! He came to receive them personally!
As they were led into the workshop to find the technicians, the owner immediately came forward with a full smile!
