Palace.

The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty and their relatives, palace maids, and eunuchs were all shocked by the light in front of them.

In front of them, the street lamps laid along the palace were now radiating a bright light, each illuminating a large area, far from being comparable to the lanterns of the past.

Now the whole palace seemed to them as if it were day.

"Your Majesty, this electricity is really magical, the old minister has lived for most of his life, and today is an eye-opener." Fiji trembled slightly with excitement, and although he had seen incandescent lamps, he had never seen such a large-scale lighting project.

Pang Yukun was also excited: "Su Liangcai said that this electricity is a more efficient energy source than the power of the steam engine, this sentence is true, the steam engine can't make the street lights shine, hahaha......"

As the person in charge of this power-on, Su Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief, this time the pressure he bears is not small, the power transmission process is very complicated, as long as a link is not in place, it will not be possible to achieve the effect tonight.

"This is natural, as long as the emperor and the cabinet vigorously support the construction of thermal power plants, this electricity can quickly replace the steam engine, and it will be more efficient than the steam engine."

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, now only Qingzhou has built a thermal power plant in Dayu, and it is only a part of the regional power supply, which is still a little far from the second industrial revolution.

It is estimated that it will take ten or even twenty years to build if the country of Chongqing fully enters the era of electricity, after all, the science and technology spar provides knowledge, and it cannot accelerate the construction of the project.

However, what reassures him is that the steam engine industry in Dayu has now branched out throughout the country, and as long as a strong steam industry is established, the transition to the second industrial revolution will still be smooth.

After all, these steam engine factories are not as efficient as those that use electricity, but they can always provide materials for the construction of thermal power plants and infrastructure.

"After the New Year, I asked the cabinet to approve another amount of funds for the Ministry of Electric Power, and I don't expect the cities outside Qingzhou Mansion to be covered by electricity for a period of time, but the six states in Qingzhou Mansion must be energized as soon as possible, especially Dengzhou, which is the shipbuilding center of Dayu Kingdom, Zhang Liangke has been counting on your power to build ironclad ships, after all, the first ironclad ship is too difficult to build, with electricity, the shipyard can use welding technology." Xiao Ming said with a deep groan.

In this naval battle, the ironclad ship performed amazingly, almost rampage all the way in the traditional sail warship, and the British fell into despair.

With the expansion of the sea area of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, he needed more powerful warships to join the navy to counter the European maritime power.

Su Liangcai was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, there are too many places in Dayu that need to spend money now, railway construction, road and bridge construction, factory construction, etc., it can be said that money is needed everywhere, and it is all big money.

Being able to deduct a sum of money at such a time already shows the importance attached to the Ministry of Electricity.

Pang Yukun and Fiji did not hesitate this time, but nodded directly, in the past, they always quarreled about the money from the cabinet, but now they rarely reach an agreement.

"Your Majesty." Su Liangcai is also a person who is not good at words, there is no flowery rhetoric, just Mu Ne replied.

Xiao Ming smiled, his favorite thing is the upright scientific researchers, and it is easy to get along with these people, because they tend to be straight and don't like to go around the corner.

After assigning Su Liangcai the task for the next year, Xiao Ming looked at the others at this time, and now everyone was still immersed in this light.

Clearing his throat, he said: "Everyone, Qingzhou City is officially powered, and there will be no darkness in Qingzhou from now on. “

When everyone heard this, they saluted Xiao Ming and read, "Thank you for Emperor Longen." “

The voice fell, and the official eunuch and the palace maid carried the freshly baked delicacies into the Fulin Hall behind everyone, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve was here.

At the same time, the people outside the city were in high spirits, and if they had been before, they would have returned home early, but tonight they were destined to have no sleep.

After the street lights were on, they no longer had to worry about the dangers of the night, they could play at night, and the merchants took the opportunity to sell their wares on the Imperial City Avenue.

Performers and singers also began to show off their talents, and for a while, the Imperial City Avenue became lively, and a night market appeared for the first time.

In this ecstasy, the people played to their heart's content, until the palace struck midnight and the streets of the Imperial City gradually returned.

And the officials also came out of the palace at this time and went back, at this time they looked at the bright and transparent road back, and they couldn't help but sigh again in their hearts about the rapid changes in the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

When the officials left, Xiao Ming, who was half drunk, also returned to the dormitory, and this year's Chinese New Year's Eve was the most reassuring night he had ever come to this world, and he finally did not have to worry that he would be awakened by the news of foreign invasion in his sleep.

The next day, he got up early in the morning, according to the rules, the first day of the new year is the big court meeting of the imperial court, different from previous years, this year's court has a few different faces.

They were the Dutch envoys, the Prussian envoys, the Korean envoys and the Japanese envoys, and after the congratulatory messages of the ministers, they congratulated Xiao Ming on the New Year and gave them grand gifts.

In this regard, Xiao Ming naturally readily accepted, although it is still far from the time to build a world system, but now at least indicates the formation of a new system in Asia, and in the future, this system will be gradually improved, realizing his ambition to see Asia become his own back garden of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

After the end of the routine court meeting, Xiao Ming was about to go back, but at this time his minister left, but the general of the military aircraft department remained.

After everyone dispersed, Niu Ben said: "Your Majesty, the last general has just received news from Zhu Sansi, the cavalry of the Golden Horde attacked the stronghold from Jianzhou to Yaxa, and the cavalry of the Golden Horde also appeared in the direction of Nebuchu, and now Zhu Sansi's situation is very passive, according to the plan, he was originally going to attack Nebuchu, but the severe cold and heavy snow made the march very difficult, and it was not conducive to combat, and the soldiers' rifles were also damaged because of the frost. “

Hearing this, Xiao Ming rubbed his eyebrows, he thought that there would be a comfortable Spring Festival this year, but he didn't expect that people were not as good as heaven.

"It seems that the Golden Horde is determined to follow Tsarist Russia."

Xiao Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, but the most important problem now is to solve Zhu Sansi's logistics problem.

The Golden Horde's choice of this time to attack the supply lines of the Great Yu State is not unevil, because according to Zhu Sansi's news, the Kwantung region has continued to snowstorm in the past month, which has made the already difficult supply even worse.