"Your Majesty, why have you come to me again? I didn't seem to invite you? Or are you here to see if I have made the oil-burning thing?"

The next day, the residence of the Imperial Minister of Science, Mr. Thomson, welcomed His Majesty the Emperor, but he seemed to be disliked by the words of this Minister.

It is normal that the Minister is now devoted to his scientific research, that is, he is going to invent an unprecedented power system for the giant ship that the empire is about to build. This scientific research is not so easy to do. Even Mr. Thomson, such an outstanding scientist, could not be achieved overnight.

Therefore, he naturally had no good expression on this sudden uninvited emperor.

"Ah, Mr. Thomson, don't be angry. Of course I'm coming back this time, of course there is no such meaning." Li Mengyang explained with a smile. In fact, he understood Thomson's mood at this time. Because of that kind of engine, it was definitely very difficult. However, Li Mengyang also had some serious work this time, "You can take a look at this first."

Needless to say, it is another masterpiece of abstract art, but this time it is simple...

"Electric light? Are you going to do this?"

There was a light bulb on the paper, and obviously Thomson must have seen it. This surprised Li Mengyang a bit, but he is also the emperor now, and he still has the skills on his face, and no one can see the surprise of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Yes, I'm going to do this."

Li Mengyang said it very firmly, but Thomson shook his head.

"This thing is very troublesome. If you want to benefit the people of the empire, you might as well build gas lamps. That thing is still very good. By the way, someone seemed to have discovered that there seemed to be oil around Los Angeles, so gas should be... "

That's Thomson's point of view, he's a supporter of gas lamps.

After hearing this, Li Mengyang laughed a little. Of course, this was not because His Majesty the Emperor believed that the gas lamp was invented by the British. So Thomson was more towards the British. Li Mengyang's brain was not that simple.

In fact, from the current perspective, gas lamps are already a relatively mature technology, not only the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and many countries are now working on this thing, and the brightness of gas lamps is still very good.

However, it is really not easy to enter the family because this thing needs maintenance. If you burn gas, it will naturally become dirty. No one can wipe it frequently. Besides, it is not small. Nowadays, most of them are made street lights.

That is, from the perspective of the future, this gas lamp seems to have little development, but if you consider it from the reality, this is a mature technology, which means it is low cost, saves money, and has ready-made models to clone. This is the most cost-saving approach.

But of course Li Mengyang knew that electric lights were the future development direction!

"Mr. Thomson, I know the benefits of gas lamps, and I agree with you very much. But isn't it good for us to create a new invention now? How interesting is this?" Li Mengyang is becoming more and more skillful now.

"Invention? Do you know this thing has been invented? Someone has made this thing light up, but it has not been very long." Thomson was right, there are electric lights now!

There is really, but Li Mengyang is also very clear about the current electric lights...

"How long can't I light it up? What's the point? What I want to do now is that it can light it up for a long time!"

"Hmm?" This attracted Mr. Thomson's interest!

"Your Majesty, can you keep the lights on for a long time? How do you do it?"

Isn’t this too simple to ask a time traveler?

"Just put the filament inside, the thing after carbonization, and the material is tungsten, that's fine!"

Yes, it's that simple, but!

"How did you know?"

As soon as this problem came out, Li Mengyang was sweating profusely at the time!

Yes, how did you know?

You know, someone lit up the light bulb decades ago, but he didn't hold on for much time. The "light bulb" became a man who shot in seconds. But for so many years, why hasn't anyone made this thing? Why hasn't anyone experimented with various materials?

It's very simple, because Li Mengyang knew about this kind of experiment. Of course he had heard of Edison's story, which was to find various materials to experiment, but your Majesty Li Mengyang didn't seem to do this!

Looking for various materials to test, can an emperor hide this matter from others?

Of course I won't hide it.

But, if you don’t have an experiment, how did you know that this material is right?

Li Mengyang forgot this at all because he is not a scientist himself, and he has always used abstract methods and has been going well. So what should I do now?

"Cough cough..." Li Mengyang coughed first, his brain was running quickly, and he had it!

"This is the ancient wisdom of the ancient Eastern Kingdoms. People here know that tungsten has this characteristic. When struck by lightning, this thing will emit an incredible light..."

"Oh?" Thomson was skeptical.

This move is really good. If you push it to China, Thomson doesn’t know about China anyway. When you see that your trick is useful, Li Mengyang immediately continued to work hard.

"Let's try it. This is a combination of East and West, right? What if this tungsten wire can last for a long time after powering on? I heard from others, and I really want to see it, okay?"

"All right!"

His Majesty the Emperor said so, so the Minister of Science doesn’t say much, isn’t it just a light bulb?

Light bulbs have been around for a long time, but the empire has never made such things, so this requires the support of a glass factory. Fortunately, the original California also built a glass factory, which was around 1855. And even better, California has a lot of mineral resources, and there is really tungsten ore here.

Li Mengyang knew that the most tungsten ore in the world is in his motherland. In other words, there are not many such metals in other parts of the world, but now, don’t say it, you really have luck.

Then wait.

A month later, everything was ready, light bulbs, filaments, and electricity. Otherwise, why would you have to come to the Minister of Science? Li Mengyang really didn't know much about electricity.

"Comrades! Here is the time to witness the miracle!"

Li Mengyang wanted to make a light bulb, so naturally, the matter of His Majesty the Emperor could not be concealed. Soon, almost everyone in San Francisco knew about it, but after all, he was the emperor, and after all, it was an experiment, so we can't let everyone see it, right?

But... this thing is because the third wife fights the landlord, this... Well, don't care about these details, and other people will not know except for the couple. Even if others know, they will not believe it. How could the great Clint Lee invent the light bulb for such boring reasons?

Looking at the bright spots and the cheering crowd, Li Mengyang immediately thought of this thing again. It seemed that Edison was invented. That guy Edison... Forget it, it's just our man who did it now, but!

"Comrades! Don't worry, electric lights have been available for a long time. What we need now is to confirm how long this electric light can last." Mr. Thomson was also very excited, but he still retained the calmness of the scientists!

How long will it take?

So that is, the filament persists, but now... how long can James last?

"Wow!"

"Look!"

Sergeant James started to shake his tongue again... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!