Chapter 3380 3382【Lift reporting ban】
After Xiang Nan saw it, he felt that the four beauties sent by the Yu family were quite beautiful.
One Kim Yuna looks a lot like Qiao’s sister Song Hye Kyo; one Jeon Jeon Sun looks a lot like Ha Ji Won; one Yoo Mi Yeon looks a lot like Kim Hee Sun; and the last one Park Mi Young looks a lot like Jun Ji Hyun.
Xiang Nan was very happy when he saw the color, so he accepted them all. In recognition of his agreement, they were all placed in Xianfu Palace, Yongshou Palace, Yonghe Palace and Jingyang Palace.
The palace owners of these palaces are all old people like Zhuying, Hailan, Yihuan and Wenqing. If these newcomers are peaceful, that's fine. If they are restless, they have plenty of ways to deal with them.
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Of course Xiang Nan’s thoughts are not on these beauties, his main energy is still on the development of science and technology.
He is planning to build the first power station in the capital. By then, at least the entire Forbidden City will have electricity.
Electricity is a good thing. It is widely used in military, industrial, and civilian fields, and has penetrated into almost every aspect of production and life.
For example, factories use electricity for production, various machinery needs to be started with electricity, and various mineral resources use electricity for electrolysis; in the military, telegraphs, radars, lasers, electromagnetic guns, electronic countermeasures, etc. all require electricity; in civilian use, telephones, televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines Wait, they all need electricity too.
Electricity is simply all-encompassing and capable of everything.
Compared with steam power, electric energy has many advantages such as fast transmission speed, small transmission loss, long-distance transmission, scientific distribution of energy according to user needs, easy use, cleanness, efficiency, and low price.
Compared to the fact that steam engines consume a lot of fuel, electricity can be obtained in a wider range. For example, coal power, hydropower, wind power, nuclear power, solar power, etc.
Of course, it is still early to talk about wind power, nuclear power, and solar power. However, both coal power and hydropower can be considered. Especially small hydropower stations are not difficult to build.
There are many small hydropower stations that can be built by a single person or a company. Mountainous areas such as the Dabie Mountains, Funiu Mountains, Taihang Mountains, and Yanshan Mountains have numerous small hydropower resources.
China's first small hydropower station was built in southern Yunnan in 1912. A hundred years have passed and it is still generating electricity.
The second industrial revolution was driven by electric energy, so the era after the second industrial revolution is called the "electrical age".
However, even though Xiang Nan has invented the generator, current Chinese people still basically know nothing about electricity.
In their view, the so-called wireless telegraph is just a myth. They are not aware of the science contained in it, and they have never thought about using electricity in other places.
That’s why Xiang Nancai wanted to build a power plant and use practical actions to let the Chinese people know the benefits of electricity. In this way, even if he passes away in the future, people will spontaneously inherit these technologies and will not let them die.
Of course, Xiang Nan doesn’t know what the world will be like after he leaves. Will it continue to develop, or will it die out along with it?
But no matter what, he is willing to believe in the first consequence. After all, so many people in this world are his relatives and acquaintances, and he wants them to continue to live instead of dying when he leaves.
That’s why he is willing to leave the spark of technology so that future generations can continue to pass it on.
In addition, Xiang Nan also created something new, that is, newspapers.
In fact, newspapers have a long history in China. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, the government at that time issued publications called "Di Bao" that contained documents such as emperor's edicts, ministers' memorials, and related political situations. However, those who were qualified to read the "Di Bao" at that time were all county chiefs, and ordinary people were not accessible.
In the Song Dynasty, there were profit-making merchants who specialized in copying di's reports for sale. And because of the emergence of businessmen, "Di Bao" gradually became popular, and even ordinary people could see it.
In the Ming Dynasty, a department specializing in publishing newspapers appeared, called the "General Affairs Department". And in the late Ming Dynasty, the movable type printing "Di Bao" appeared, which made the sales volume of "Di Bao" even higher.
In the Qing Dynasty, the sales volume of "Di Bao" suffered a hit. Because the content of Di Bao has a certain degree of confidentiality, if ordinary people read it, it will lead to leaks. Therefore, this kind of behavior was prohibited before Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.
But Xiang Nan knows that newspapers are actually a good thing. They are indispensable for conveying policies, publishing news, setting examples, and promoting products.
With the development of domestic politics and economy, people need to understand a large number of new policies in a timely manner to avoid being deceived and bullied by corrupt officials; business information also needs to be communicated in a timely manner, so as to better activate the economy.
Furthermore, as the literacy rate increases, people also have a natural desire for the outside world, and they are no longer as ignorant as before. Knowing the news from outside also has a very good effect on enlightening people's wisdom.
In addition, transportation is now developed, and the newly published newspaper only lasts seven days even if it reaches the Western Regions. It is a little out of date, but it is enough.
Hence Xiang Nan decided to lift the ban on newspapers.
However, only the government is allowed to print newspapers, and the common people are not allowed to print newspapers.
After all, public opinion must be controlled, and this hole must not be opened under any circumstances.
Just like the United States, it claims "freedom of speech" on the surface, but in fact the media is controlled. Anyone who dares to say something bad is immediately targeted by the public, verbally criticized, or even physically eliminated.
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In order to facilitate the distribution of newspapers, Xiang Nan also brought out an advanced printing press.
The previous Di newspapers were either copied manually, printed with movable type, or printed with woodblocks. In short, they were all manual operations, and the efficiency was naturally very slow.
Comparatively, at its fastest printing machine, it could print 20,000 to 30,000 copies an hour, which was much faster than manual printing.
Moreover, the content of newspapers is not limited to the emperor's edicts, ministers' memorials, official promotions and demotions and other major events in the court. It also adds news and current affairs, product promotions, story appreciation, poetry and essays, and many other contents.
Xiang Nan now has wireless telegraph machines installed all over the world, and can receive the latest news from around the world every day. A lot of news can be made public. For example, there is a good harvest in a certain place, a drought occurs in a certain place, an earthquake occurs in a certain place, etc.
There are also state-owned enterprises, such as Tianji Factory, Chemical Factory, Pharmaceutical Factory, Chemical Factory, etc., which have many goods to sell and can also be used for publicity.
Moreover, Beijing is the starting point of three major railways and a logistics hub. Tens of thousands of tons of goods gather here every day, and the capital gathers merchants from all over. Naturally, they also have a lot of product information and are willing to advertise it widely to attract business.
In addition, as the literacy rate increases, people have a natural desire for reading.
During the Ming Dynasty, novels became so popular. Such works as "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Awakening of the World", "Surprise at the First Carving", etc. were born one after another because of the high literacy rate of the people in the Ming Dynasty. And with a high literacy rate, there is naturally a need for reading.
(End of this chapter)