Shen Yan, a senior electrical engineer at the State Grid, accidentally traveled through time and became a son of a poor family in the declining Yong Dynasty. At the beginning, his family is poor and his clan covets the ancestral property. He has no power and only has a head full of electrical knowledge.
Starting from scrap copper nails, rotten iron pots, charcoal and salt water, he made a voltaic battery by hand, shook out a permanent magnet generator, and lit the first electric lamp in ancient times in a dark deserted courtyard. The villagers were shocked by the strange sight, and the clan took the opportunity to launch an attack. He used evidence to prove the rumors, earned his first capital with small electrical items, bought a secluded courtyard, and built a secret electrical workshop.
Hydropower stations replaced hand cranks, urban power grids were installed in streets and alleys, and batches of electric lights, electric blowers, and electric heating appliances came out one after another, and rich and powerful businessmen rushed to buy them. He followed the trend, improved the ancient method of smelting copper and firing porcelain, and developed insulating materials by himself, getting rid of the dilemma of raw materials being controlled by others. From wired telegraphs to landline telephones, from the first generation of handheld intercoms to vacuum tube computers, he step by step pushed information transmission from Kuai Ma Station to instant messaging.
The court is in turmoil, the aristocratic family is blocked and suppressed, and the undercurrent of the feudal town is surging. He does not rely on swords and guns to conquer, but uses electricity as his foundation, communications as his eyes and ears, computing power as his plan, and industrial strength to leverage the old structure. Integrate power stations, power grids, workshops and communications industries, promote engineering scholarships, promote craftsman talents, and allow students from disadvantaged backgrounds to establish themselves with skills.
Lights illuminate thousands of homes, phone calls span thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and computers deduce money, food and weapons. He did not seek power and position, but used electricity as his pen to rewrite the rules of the times, bringing this ancient land into a new era of electricity and information ahead of schedule.
