America 1881: Legend of the West

On the night of the opening ceremony of the Expo, almost everyone was shocked by the hundreds of thousands of incandescent lights at the Expo site.

The Roswell Electric Company simply hung a sign in front of its booth:

Every light you see here is powered by our generators.

Interested customers were taken to the north and south generating units by horse-drawn carriage for a tour.

The rumbling sound of machines in the factory interprets the beauty of the industrial age.

There was an endless stream of people coming and going, and Kou Yongsheng and others also turned into product managers, introducing and promoting Roswell Electric's products to customers.

The two generator factories suddenly became the company's other two new exhibition points, which were very lively.

Chen Jianqiu is a little busy this evening.

In addition to his booth in the Electrical Hall, his Roswell Arms Company and chemical plant were also present at the Expo.

Browning showed up with a newly developed automatic gun.

These guns attracted the attention of too many European customers.

In the words of one of them, compared with the products of Winchester, Colt and Remington next door, these guns seem to come from another world.

That's another level of stuff.

Not to mention fertilizer products.

In this era, Americans in the West were still looking for ways to conquer this land.

Perhaps Chen Jianqiu's fertilizers do not have any surprises or technological breakthroughs, but compared with those products in Europe, they can be considered to be of high quality and low price.

James Wilson, the Minister of Agriculture who came to visit, was even more delighted.

No one understands the significance of fertilizer to America better than him.

"Mr. Chen, you have really done a very meaningful thing." The elder seemed not to care about Chen Jianqiu's Chinese identity at all.

As a former farmer, he seems more approachable than any politician.

He squatted on the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and grabbed a handful of potash powder with his hands.

Chen Jianqiu squatted beside him and listened quietly to the minister's speech.

"Agriculture is one of the most important foundations of this country. No matter how far technology develops, we have to fill our stomachs." Wilson stared at the fertilizers with deep eyes.

“Without farmers, the westward movement would not have been successful.”

“Our agriculture used to either depend on the sky or the ground for harvest, or we had to ask the Europeans for fertilizers, but if one day they strangle us, we will have no choice.”

"Fortunately, your efforts have changed everything!"

Chen Jianqiu touched his nose.

He doesn't think about so many high-level things, and the future of the United States is basically none of his business.

At this point in time, America's takeoff is already unstoppable.

His original intention was just to solve the problem of farming for the Chinese here, and then make some money.

After receiving the distinguished guests, Chen Jianqiu hurried back to the Electrical Equipment Museum without stopping.

Tesla had already changed clothes and appeared at the booth.

He looked a little tired, but his eyes were shining with excitement as he looked at the electric lights all over the ceiling.

All of this was his dream before, and now it has come true.

Alternating current is benefiting mankind.

"How about it, I told you, we can make a name for ourselves." Chen Jianqiu walked to Tesla's side.

His eyes also looked at the electric lights on the ceiling.

Tesla snapped out of his thoughts.

"You should have told me earlier if you had spare motors." He rolled his eyes at Chen Jianqiu, "Repairing those generators almost cost me half my life."

"Oh, I don't think you are quite capable?" Chen Jianqiu joked, "I thought you were 100% sure."

The Serbian raised his head and looked calm:

"I didn't, but I knew that this might be my only chance in a lifetime, and we couldn't afford to lose."

"It's not that serious, it's not that serious. Victory and defeat are common things in military affairs." Chen Jianqiu said with a smile, "Success is certainly valuable, but you must also learn to face failure. That is also a kind of life."

"After all, if you lose, you'll get used to it."

He didn't hold back his voice.

Because opposite is the General Motors booth.

Edison was standing there with a gloomy look on his face.

Although Mr. Brown, who was interrogated, insisted that the sabotage was his own personal behavior and that he was just jealous of Tesla's talent.

What awaits him will be a formal prosecution soon.

Mr. Edison still looked gloomy.

Because he knew that even if he could escape from prison this time, Morgan would not let him go.

When his company was merged into General Electric, that was Morgan's first warning to him. Now, he will be out.

Now, he can only hope that the last electric chair left people with the impression that alternating current is unsafe.

"By the way, are you ready for tomorrow?" Chen Jianqiu suddenly remembered something and turned to Tesla.

"Are you sure you want to go up by yourself?" Tesla hesitated, "otherwise I'll do it by myself, after all."

"Are you not sure?" Chen Jianqiu looked at Tesla with a smirk, "Are you afraid that if you electrocute me, no one will pay you wages, patent fees and research funds?"

The Serbian was speechless for a moment.

The next day, a strange device appeared in the open space in the middle of the Electric Museum.

The installation consists of several columns.

The three surrounding pillars are relatively thin, while the middle one is very thick.

What they have in common is that they are covered with coils.

The open space was fenced off, and a sign hung on it:

A mysterious miracle will come at one o'clock in the afternoon.

People are very curious as to what this mysterious device is used for.

The news spread from ten to ten and spread throughout the Expo.

As a result, before the performance started in the afternoon, the Electric Museum was already completely surrounded, with people inside and outside.

The audience is eagerly awaiting it.

The hands on the clock tower of the Expo Park accurately pointed to one o'clock in the afternoon.

A Chinese man wearing a dress, hat, and white tie appeared in the center of the Electrical Museum.

Wearing cork boots, he made his way through the crowd to the installation.

Someone knows him.

Isn’t this Chen Jianqiu, the boss of Roswell Electric Company? What is he planning to do?

Chen Jianqiu came to the edge of the device without saying a word.

He waved to Tesla, who was standing at the booth not far away.

Tesla flipped the switch.

After a few seconds, people looked left and right, as if nothing happened.

Some impatient people began to question, feeling that the Chinese boss was trying to impress others.

Suddenly, those metal pillars began to emit filaments of electric light, and blue electric arcs appeared in the air, which were alluring and dazzling, crackling in the air.

"It's lightning! Oh my God! Look! It's lightning!" Some people have already begun to exclaim.

Chen Jianqiu shuttled through the device, and the "lightning" around him seemed to have no effect on him.

His performance continues.

The Chinese businessman touched one of the metal pillars with one hand.

"Oh! No! He's crazy!"

"Stop him quickly, he will die!"

The audience below exclaimed in alarm, and some people even covered their eyes and did not dare to look.

But a miracle happened.

Electricity flowed through Chen Jianqiu's skin, making him look sparkling, like a burning man.

Chen Jianqiu took out a light bulb from his pocket, and the light bulb lit up!

"Oh my God, how did he do it? Can he generate electricity?"

"Did he hide a wire in his cuff?"

"I couldn't believe my eyes, there was nothing wrong with him!"

"Oh my God! Is he the God of Thunder?"

Of course Chen Jianqiu is not the God of Thunder.

The name of the device is a Tesla coil, which can generate high-frequency and high-voltage current.

However, the current itself is not large, and due to the skin effect, Chen Jianqiu's body will not be harmed.

As for those so-called lightnings, they are also a cover-up.

Real lightning is powerful direct current, but the "lightning" here is high-frequency and high-voltage alternating current, which is far different.

But all this was enough to bring some "little shock" to the people present.

Chen Jianqiu's "amazing performance" at the expo, under the exaggeration of the media, developed in two directions.

The first is that alternating current is not that dangerous.

The second is that the Chinese boss of Roswell Electric Company is a "god", and some say he is a person with supernatural powers.

Even more good people began to worship him.

Chen Jianqiu was too lazy to refute the rumors.

People only want to believe what they want to believe. As for what the truth is, many people don't care.

Anyway, he made a lot of money at the expo.

Whether it is electrical companies, arms or fertilizers, they have received a large number of orders.

As for whether he is a human or a "god", it doesn't matter.