Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 977

On the other hand, after hearing what Wei Wu said, all the civil and military officials present took a deep breath.

This is thunder and lightning!

This is a power that only the legendary immortals can control, but now the Marquis of Changle is threatening to compare himself to an immortal?

So after Wei Wu finished speaking, someone immediately stood up to question him.

"Marquis Changle, thunder and lightning are the power of heaven. If you speak so recklessly and anger heaven and bring down disaster, you will be blamed even if you die a thousand times!"

Wei Wu was not angry at the person who questioned him, but simply responded.

"I told you, lightning is just a force that can be controlled, so there's no need to bring up ghosts and gods."

Although everyone in this palace, except those with military honors, is well-read, they are still inevitably superstitious.

So it is not surprising that some people would stand up to question it. Wei Wu is not prepared to debate with them.

All I had to do was lay the facts before me, so after I responded to this person, he just turned around and ignored me.

The man originally wanted to say something else, but when he saw Wei Wu turn around, he didn't dare to continue.

He could only glare at Wei Wu. He wanted to see how Wei Wu would prove that he could control the power of thunder and lightning.

Wei Wu, on his part, didn't care about this person at all. What he said just now was just an introduction to everyone.

Otherwise, even if he demonstrated what he was going to do next, these people would not understand what he meant.

However, before that, the preparations needed to be finalized, so Wei Wu looked directly at Zhu Yuanzhang and saluted, saying:

"Your Majesty, I need to confirm whether the craftsman is ready first."

"allow!"

After getting Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, Wei Wu strode to the palace gate and shouted to the outside.

"Are you ready?"

"Already prepared!"

Hearing the craftsman's response, Wei Wu smiled slightly, turned around and returned to Fengxian Hall.

"Everyone, first of all, I want to explain something to you. I just said that lightning is a kind of power, actually, it is to make you understand."

"Actually, it should be called energy, and its function is to supply energy to the machine so that it can operate on its own."

"In this way, machines can replace human and animal power, working continuously for long periods of time, greatly improving efficiency and output."

"It's like a steamship you know, it doesn't need sails or human power to row, it can sail on the water."

At this point, Wei Wu briefly explained the concept of energy to all the officials, such as how the thermal energy of a steam engine is converted into mechanical energy.

In fact, since the steam engine came out, it can be seen in many places in Beijing, such as stone workshops for grinding stones.

There was also iron smelting and casting in the Ministry of Works, and the imperial court even built several steam mills for the convenience of the people.

Therefore, officials were not unfamiliar with steam engines, which was one of the reasons why they did not target the Academy of Science and Technology in the court.

Because everything produced by the Institute of Science and Technology, whether it is cement or steam engines, is truly beneficial to the people.

It was just that Wei Wu's sudden mention of thunder and lightning shocked them a little, and their preconceived notions made them unable to accept it for a while.

After some explanation, the civil and military officials had some basic concepts about energy. Wei Wu then continued:

"What I'm going to tell you next is that the benefits of electricity to the Ming Dynasty and its people are actually far greater than those of steam engines."

After saying this, Wei Wu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again and said:

"Your Majesty, please order the palace servants to extinguish all the candles in Fengxian Hall to facilitate my subsequent demonstration."

"allow!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and then the palace servants in the hall immediately took action and extinguished all the candles.

Although it was daytime, the interior area of ​​Fengxian Hall was so large that it immediately became dark without the candlelight.