[Chapter 413 Chapter 413 The powerful and idle old man]
Cheng Liyan took the imperial edict and as soon as he unfolded it, he saw the unfamiliar and difficult words at the front.
He stuffed it back to Shen Yuyao directly: "Just tell me the general idea. What did he give us? This thing looks so tiring."
Shen Yuyao had guessed this would be the case, and she was not at all surprised at her husband's laziness.
She stuffed the imperial edict back in her pocket and said, "Read it yourself. I've been reading textbooks all morning, and I'm too lazy to read these."
Cheng Liyan had no choice but to patiently start over.
After more and more correspondence with the Yue family, Cheng Liyan had already known the characters of Wushuang Country.
Besides, his son is currently studying with his father-in-law, so he would occasionally take those books from Wushuang Country and take a look at them.
So Cheng Liyan is impatient to read this kind of textual material, but that doesn’t mean he can’t understand it.
Cheng Liyan glanced at it casually, then skipped the long and lavish words of praise and looked to the end of the imperial edict.
When he saw the word "electric light", he finally knew what the old emperor wanted.
"He wants a light. Oh, and a speaker, too."
Cheng Liyan looked a little confused: "I can understand that he wants electric light. Everyone has a yearning for light.
But what does he need a trumpet for?"
Shen Yuyao had already read the imperial edict.
She also felt strange that the emperor wanted a loudspeaker.
Shen Yuyao imagined that during the grand court meeting, the palace eunuchs would hold a loud speaker and shout at the ministers: "Silence! Court!"
Shen Yuyao couldn't help wanting to laugh.
Thinking of this moment, she burst out laughing again.
"why are you laughing?"
Seeing his wife suddenly laughing like this, Cheng Liyan was even more confused.
Shen Yuyao told him about her imagination, and Cheng Liyan also laughed.
The couple couldn't stop laughing for a while.
After a while, the two finally stopped laughing.
Cheng Liyan said: "Who cares what he needs the speakers for? They are easy to get. It won't be a problem to give him a few dozen or a hundred of them.
This thing requires no technical skills and can be made by any small factory on the street. It is not scarce at all.
When you give it to them, you have to explain that the speakers need batteries, and batteries are limited now, so you can’t just give them as many as they want.”
"You don't need to give so many. Give ten. I think ten will be enough to keep him fresh for a while."
When the couple mentioned the emperor, neither of them felt like they were talking about the Son of Heaven.
In their minds, the emperor is just an old man with power and leisure.
As I get older, I become more playful and want something new.
That's all.
The problem with the horn is easy to solve, but what about the light?
Shen Yuyao said a little worriedly: "If you want to install electric lights, you must first have electricity. Even if you help get one or two generators, fuel is still a problem.
Fuel is in short supply in our country right now. You can get a little bit, but if you get more, you'll just be asking for trouble, right?"
When she thought of this, she shook her head and said, "Refuse this matter. It's too troublesome."
This time, Cheng Liyan did not agree immediately.
He suddenly remembered that a few days ago, someone from an electronic research institute in Beijing had approached the army and recommended a solar electronic panel to them.
It is said that the thing can absorb energy from the sun and convert it into electricity.
The people at the research institute took a letter of introduction from the military headquarters, saying that the military headquarters was also trying it out.
If it is feasible after the trial, we can consider using solar energy to replace part of the electrical energy, for example, to ensure the lighting of the camp street lamps.
This project is of great significance to the army.
At this time, there are still many companies in difficult areas without electricity.
Especially some mountainous areas and islands.
The main source of electricity in those places is generators.
But if the generator fails or the fuel supply is insufficient, the soldiers will have to live in darkness all night long.
Even if there are generators, there is no problem of lack of oil, and the soldiers are usually reluctant to use them.
It is mainly used to maintain communications, patrols and other particularly important places.
Daily life also basically relies on oil lamps and candles.
If this solar panel is really as reliable as the people from the research institute said, then it can be equipped to remote troops as war preparedness supplies.
Of course, this is still in the experimental stage, and no one can predict the specific effect.
But Cheng Liyan felt that Wushuang Country could actually be used as a testing point!
It’s just that the test data cannot be verified in person.
But it’s the same if we ask them to report the test results. They won’t dare to lie anyway.
Cheng Liyan shared this idea with his wife, and Shen Yuyao looked hesitant.
She knew about the successful development of solar panels.
This matter was reported in the newspaper.
But Shen Yuyao didn't know that the research institute used the army as a testing ground.
After listening to Cheng Liyan's idea, Shen Yuyao also felt that if this was the case, it could actually be a solution, but there was a very serious problem.
That is——
"Who will install it?" she asked.
"You can't count on Xiaoyi this time, right? I don't agree! Xiaoyi is still a child. He needs to climb up to the roof to install the solar panels. He is too young. He absolutely can't do it!"
Cheng Liyan smacked his lips and said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "I am your biological father."
He didn't think about his son at all.
He had seen that thing before. Not to mention how heavy it was, just the route map made Cheng Liyan feel dizzy. How could he expect a child under eight years old to understand it?
Besides, it's electricity!
His son and daughter are Cheng Liyan’s treasures, he will never let his own children take risks!
“I’ll think about it again. I’ll ask their project manager to see if professional training is required for this installation.
Will the correspondence training work? If it does, let me work hard, but if it doesn't, forget it.
Anyway, the old emperor never used electric light in his life, so let him live in peace now that he is old, and stop thinking of weird things."
Shen Yuyao was amused by the dissatisfaction and disgust in her husband's tone.
She knew that Cheng Liyan began to feel dissatisfied with the emperor after imagining that his son was almost in danger.
But isn't that something that hasn't happened yet?
And it simply won’t happen.
She glanced at Cheng Liyan and said, "Let's talk about this later. You should first find a way to deal with the things the emperor sent."
"What did he bring again?" Cheng Liyan became excited again.
"Beef, venison, lamb, pork..."
Shen Yuyao's words made Cheng Liyan swallow his saliva involuntarily: "I haven't eaten roasted venison for a long time."
He muttered something.
"There's something else you might like more," Shen Yuyao added.
"What?"
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