Chapter 4 Electric light
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On November 1, 19o2, that is, the twelfth day of the crossing, Yang Rui got up early, waited in the room until half past seven and went out, first went to the post office to get the three yuan, there was no one in the letter bureau in the morning, and the money was given when he saw the ticket signing, which was very convenient, but Beihai Road did not know where, so he had to find a coachman, went to the Agricultural Journal Newspaper Museum, asked about the procedure for withdrawing money, and quickly got the money after showing the note. It doesn't feel ordinarily good, after being intoxicated, he has a deep feeling that he is really useless, how many dollars can this nine yuan be worth, what is there to be intoxicated.
Yang Rui's introspection actually didn't play a role, men's minds are always like this, courage and wallet are connectors, the wallet is bigger, and the courage is naturally bigger. The pace of going home is particularly brisk, the road seems to be very close, and when there are still a few intersections to Ruyi, Yang Rui saw a man climbing a wooden pole, wearing an electrician's half-circle climbing pole shoes, and the two people below looked up, and there was a circle of thread on the ground. Yang Rui wanted to bypass it, but after bypassing, he turned back, but he looked at the person on the pole above and didn't speak, and the two people below saw a second devil, and they didn't say anything after looking at Yang Rui, just thinking that he was looking at a diorama.
In fact, Yang Rui didn't want to speak, but was thinking that there was electricity here? There is electricity! Thank God so much, his mind was spinning wildly, just trying to ask what was good. I have been in this place for more than ten days, and Yang Rui has been at home at night because of safety issues, so I can't see the electric lights, and I look at the Bund and the bright lights on the side of the road from afar, and I thought it was a gas lamp. In fact, in the concession of 19o2, electric lights have long been available, but because the price of electricity is too expensive, they are only installed in bungalows, and shikumen houses like Yang Rui still light kerosene lamps.
Yang Rui finally recalled the things related to electricity in the physics textbook, thought clearly about what to ask, and took the initiative to greet: "Master, you are from the power company, are you installing wires?" ”
The older man standing under the pole saw Yang Rui asking, and replied casually: "No, Allah is from the Concession Electric Light Company, and now he wants to pull the line to go to the inner compartment." ”
Yang Rui saw that others were taking care of themselves, and he was also busy taking out the pack of old knife cigarettes he bought last time, giving them to them, and then taking out an imitation Zippo lighter found from the box and giving them a little bit, so the relationship between the three men immediately became harmonious, the old man's surname was Shi, and the two younger ones were his apprentices, both of whom were from the electric light company. Seeing that Yang Rui probably wanted to install electric lights, Lao Shi introduced and said: "This electric light company has been around for a long time, more than ten years. Now the concession is powered by electricity day and night, that is, the electricity price is expensive, a lamp fee costs two cents a piece of money and five cents a month, and each dollar of silver is three cents for each piece of electricity used, and the foreign money is worth a dime and a half cent, which is old and expensive, and now it is basically installed in a western-style house. ”
Yang Rui was a little dumbfounded, what kind of unit is this Erte, isn't it all used in degrees, or kilowatts, kilowatts, watts, grandma's won't be per watt, the power of the notebook is generally fifty or sixty watts, so it will cost more than five yuan an hour, fuck, it's so dark, it's really a profiteer! But if you think about it, you can't help it, it's just this one, Yang Rui said: "It's quite expensive, I just don't know what kind of electricity this is, AC or DC, how much voltage, and how many hertz if it's AC?" ”
"This is alternating current, it has been DC for a long time, and it is AC in the back, I don't know how many hertz it is, the voltage is 200 volts, and it was 110 volts in the first two years." After all, Lao Shi is a master, and he has been in the electric light company for almost ten years, so he knows a lot, but Hertz rarely mentions it in ordinary times, so he doesn't know.
Yang Rui listened to it and knew that he could use the notebook was one step away, so he asked Lao Shi to go back to the company and ask how many hertz the electricity was, and gave Lao Shi the remaining half of the pack of cigarettes, Lao Shi took it after a few excuses, saying that he would go back to the company at noon to ask, he was still pulling the line in the afternoon, and it was easy to find him in the afternoon, and let Yang Rui come over to listen to the news.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Rui found Lao Shi at another street corner, and after greeting him, Lao Shi said: "Yang Xisheng, what you want to ask Alla has asked the foreigner master in the company, and the Hess of Nong is right, and the electricity of Yi said earlier was 1oo Hess, and later changed to 5o Hess, and it is easy to use. ”
Yang Rui was happy when he heard it, and he could open the notebook, and said ecstatically: "It's easy to use!" Easy to use! Master Shi, thank you. After speaking, he was about to go home, walked a few steps and turned around and immediately came back and asked, "Master Shi, how do you install this electricity?" ”
Old Shi Ben wondered why this person left after asking, didn't he install electricity, he waved his hand and said in the end: "This Allah also asked, Nong went to the company to apply, Allah Company in the American Concession, No. 3 Feilun Road, Nong went to talk about it and pretended to be good." ”
Yang Rui thanked Lao Shi again, and directly called a rickshaw and went straight to the electric light company. The coachman went directly to the Bund, the biggest difference between the Bund in 19o2 and later generations is that the riverside is the wharf trestle of foreign companies, there are large and small steamers parked on the riverside, the coolies on the wharf are busy, shouting the number that they don't understand, the green side of the wharf is those western-style buildings, and they are also lined up on the inside of the road like later generations, and the houses are all four or five stories high, and many familiar buildings have not been seen, the Peace Hotel is not, the Waibaidu Bridge is not, and the big clock is nowhere to be seen. Now there is only a long wooden bridge across the Suzhou Creek, which seems to be the Waibaidu Bridge of later generations. Now the coachman calls him the Baidu Bridge - because the bridge that crossed the river before was paid for it, and the bridge was built without a bridge toll, so it was called the "Baidu" Bridge. Yang Rui knew the name of Baidu Bridge, but now he knows that this bridge is called Baidu Bridge because it means that you don't need money to cross the bridge.
After crossing the bridge is the Hongkou District, which is the so-called American Concession, which has not been here before, and now it still does not seem to be as prosperous as the British Concession, most of the buildings are factories, which is relatively desolate. The electric light company is combined with the power plant, but there are several special rooms dedicated to offices, including one that is responsible for receiving applications for the installation of electric lights. After learning that Yang Rui was here to apply for the installation of electric lights, the staff gave a simple application form and a dipping pen. Like the monopoly companies of later generations, in addition to talking about tariffs, the above is a decent word to find a way to get rid of all their responsibilities. The tariff is different from what Lao Shi said, what he said is a dime and five miles per Uerte, and when I hear it, I think it is a tile, but in fact, it is every degree. There is no wrong monthly light bill, but you have to pay it upfront. After paying the application form and the electric light fee, the staff gave a piece of paper with the same receipt, and said that it would definitely come to install it next week, and the electric light fee will be calculated from December, so please make sure that someone is at home during the day.
Yang Rui out of the electric light company did not find the rickshaw, had to walk home, No. 3 Feilun Road is on the side of Yangshupu Road, to Ruyi is still very far, and when he walked back to the pavilion, it was already dark, and when he entered the door, he saw Mrs. Huang washing dishes, and saw Yang Rui greeted warmly: "Come back, Mr. Yang, have you eaten?" ”
Yang Rui felt that Mrs. Huang was really a good person, not to mention the cheap rent, people were still very enthusiastic, according to the gossip king Mrs. Xu in the alley - that is, the woman who lived in the firewood room below Yang Rui - said that earlier this pavilion room was rented for four yuan, and the husband who rented it before went back to his hometown and was vacant, and a few people came to ask, but Mrs. Huang did not give others cheap, and then Yang Rui came, and the rent became three yuan and five corners - this Mrs. Xu not only gossiped, but also loved to be close, and she didn't talk to Yang Rui much before, Later, Yang Rui bought a few pieces of candy for her eldest daughter to eat, and goodbye Yang Rui was not as arrogant as ordinary scholars, but still very easy-going, so he began to talk more.
"Yes, Mrs. Huang, I just ate outside, and you have eaten too." Yang Rui responded with a smile, and when he was about to go into the corridor and go upstairs to the room, he suddenly thought of installing electric lights, and felt that it was better to inform the landlord. Immediately, he said, "Mrs. Huang, is Mr. Huang here?" ”
Mrs. Huang glanced at Yang Rui and said, "He's in the middle compartment, you have something to do with him" and shouted a few times at the door, but there was no response, so she said, "What's the matter, tell me about it." ”
Yang Rui thought that maybe people were busy, so he told the truth of the matter, saying that he was too tired to write and look at oil lamps at night, and he just happened to see the electric light company installing street lamps and also applied.
Mrs. Huang smiled when she heard this: "Shanghai is different from abroad, you are used to seeing electric lights over there." I have a nephew who also came from Wuxi to go to school in Shanghai, who is the same age as you, and he is not used to it when he first arrives. It's okay to install electric lights, and we'll use them well if you use them well. ”
Yang Rui heard that Mrs. Huang regarded herself as her nephew, and thought to himself that he was twenty-five, how old is your nephew, how can he still be in school. In fact, in Mrs. Huang's opinion, Yang Rui is about twenty years old. Modern people eat well, have adequate nutrition, and Yang Rui is not a physical worker, and he does not continue his beard, so he naturally looks young.
Yang Rui went upstairs, Mrs. Huang washed the dishes and went into the room, Mr. Huang sat by the oil lamp and read the newspaper, and when he saw Mrs. Huang coming in, he asked, "What is Mr. Yang talking about, don't you listen to what you are talking about?" ”
"You won't go out if you tell you, Mr. Yang said that he went to the electric light company to ask for the installation of electric lights, what do you think I and Yi are talking about?" Mrs. Huang said a little angrily.
"Oh, install electric lights, that's a foreigner's thing, it's expensive, Mr. Yang uses it?" Mr. Huang questioned that he no longer wanted to read the newspaper.
"Of course people use it, the two letters that Lao Deng sent last time were all tickets remitted from the newspaper, one is three yuan, and the other is not visible in the letter, people just have the ability, how can they be like you." Mrs. Huang suddenly thought of something.
Mr. Huang didn't want to surrender, and his voice suddenly became louder: "Then you will give him three and a half yuan in the pavilion, this house is not Ala's, Ala's is just a second landlord, and the top fee is two hundred yuan......"
Mr. Huang was interrupted by Mrs. Huang before the account was finished, "You know the money, the money, the money, the money every day, I don't see your money, you have a good life with the money, I will go back to my hometown to live with the two villains." He wiped his tears as he spoke.
Mr. Huang can't take his wife, the problem of children is his weakness, in order to save a few money, he put the children in his hometown in Anhui and did not bring them to Shanghai. Every time the two quarrel, the final result is to quarrel with the child, to paraphrase the modern Internet language, this is a menstrual topic, but he can't help it. Mr. Huang stood up and walked in front of the table, and began to calculate, he is eight yuan a month, and the owner can give two more yuan if the business is good, last year in order to top this house out of two hundred yuan, not to mention the savings, but also borrowed a lot, the house was rented out well, there are eight yuan a month to earn, but now the bedroom on the second floor has been empty for two months and has not been rented out, but the pavilion is rented out, but it is less than before, so it is still a loss of five corners per month. Mr. Huang has been working in the accounting office for decades, and his abacus is particularly fine.
When the Huang family downstairs had another cold war, Yang Rui sat in front of the lamp and thought about the money-making plan, and now that life is basically worry-free, how to find the first pot of gold is very important. I am alone, I have no connections, I can only innovate in technology, this has lower requirements for funds, connections, and background, but what new technology do I have, now is the beginning of the twentieth century, many things have come out, but what good innovative technology can a fruit seller have.
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Note 1: The plot requires that 5o hertz appear two years earlier.
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