Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

He shook his head, dispelling the jumbled thoughts.

Fang Zheng Yi said loudly, "Everyone, follow me. Enter in an orderly queue. The space ahead is quite narrow, so please proceed upstairs in an orderly fashion and listen to my instructions."

The officials responded in unison and followed Fang Zheng Yi forward.

After only a few steps, they arrived at a mysterious place.

Emperor Jing stood still, looking around.

This space had two doors on each side.

The doors were made of iron, and behind each door stood a woman wearing a peculiar uniform.

The uniform was simple and efficient, somewhat like a variation of the cheongsam, except the lower body was replaced with trousers, and they wore a small hat on their heads.

Fang Zheng Yi walked up to Emperor Jing and explained, "Your Majesty, we will go upstairs from here."

Emperor Jing asked doubtfully, "How do we go upstairs from here? Where is the staircase?"

Fang Zheng Yi pointed to the place where the uniformed woman was standing and said mysteriously, "This is the 'staircase'."

"Oh?"

"You'll know once you step inside," Fang Zheng Yi said, walking to the iron door and pushing it open with force.

The iron door immediately folded and retracted to the side.

Then, Fang Zheng Yi, being extremely obsequious, shouted, "Everyone, wait here! Let His Majesty go first! Someone will take you up later! Also, those from Taoyuan County, come over here!"

Ao Chen and Wu Sheng walked out from the crowd.

Fang Zheng Yi pointed to the space at the door and explained to Emperor Jing, "Your Majesty, this object is called an elevator. By riding the elevator, you can directly reach the top floor."

"Elevator!?" Emperor Jing was somewhat bewildered.

He could understand the character 'ladder,' but adding the character 'electricity' completely confused him.

"Please, Your Majesty and Your Highness, step inside. I will explain after we go up," Fang Zheng Yi said.

Emperor Jing did not hesitate and stepped into the elevator with Li Yuanzhao.

After Wu Sheng and Ao Chen also entered the elevator, Fang Zheng Yi entered last and closed the iron door.

From the outside, it was clearly an ancient cage-style elevator, the kind only used on construction sites in later generations.

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The interior decoration was very luxurious, decorated with carvings made of precious wood. The upper part of three sides used huge glass mirrors as back panels, making the originally small space seem much more spacious.

Emperor Jing looked around before noticing that there was a panel in front of the woman in uniform.

Numbers were written on it.

1, 2, 3, 5.... 16.

These numbers represented the floors from one to sixteen.

Before Emperor Jing could ask, Li Yuanzhao frowned and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a modified hoist from the factory, right? But why is it called an elevator? And what are these numbers in front for?"

Fang Zheng Yi praised in his heart.

As expected of the Crown Prince, who is involved in scientific research, he saw through the essence at a glance.

The cage elevator in front of them was indeed modified from a hoist used in the factory. The steam engine set was on the top floor, and this thing could be said to be quite imperfect...

It was just that today, in order to show off and fool the leader, he had brought out the semi-finished product.

The elevator buttons, except for the 16th floor one, were all decorations...

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, to be honest, this elevator is indeed modified from a hoist used in the factory, and the reason it is called an elevator is because it uses electricity."

"Lightning can also be used?" Emperor Jing was completely confused.

He had been having his eyes opened continuously today, but now Fang Zheng Yi was telling him that electricity could also be used by humans, which was a bit unacceptable.

"That's right, electricity can also be used, and scientists at the Eastern Suburb University have already researched how to generate electricity."

Fang Zheng Yi reached out and pointed to the button, calmly explaining, "Pressing the button here will send a message to the person upstairs, who will start the hoist to take us up. The process involves transmitting the message through electricity."

Emperor Jing looked bitter, indicating that he didn't understand at all.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng Yi said, "The details are a bit complicated, Your Majesty, you don't need to think too much about it. Let's go up first, and I will give you detailed information later. You will understand it once you see it."

Saying it was a bit complicated, but in fact, it wasn't that complicated.

The people at the Eastern Suburb University had indeed researched how to generate electric current, but unfortunately, it was like a newborn baby, with no practical use.

And after Fang Zheng Yi knew about it, he decided to immediately approve its application to the elevator.

Its only function was to simply transmit signals by turning the current on and off through a wire, and that was it... Moreover, it could only control one floor at the moment.

And the biggest purpose of using this 'infant technology' here was to stimulate the students of the Eastern Suburb University.

The development of electricity was slow. Although he had left behind words like 'magnetism generates electricity, electricity generates magnetism,' they were ultimately too vague.

The progress of academics has its own laws. Currently, there is no Tesla-like genius, and the school being able to generate electric current is already quite remarkable.

If they knew that their academic achievements had great value and potential, it would definitely stimulate more talents to develop and invest in research.

At the moment, it could be said to be the best time for publicity.

Fang Zheng Yi was like an unscrupulous businessman with a pure PPT, holding a press conference to sell mobile phones, trying every means to promote...

As for the finished product, wasn't it not yet time to launch it?

Even if there were real problems, so what?

It's not like it can't be used!

Just as Fang Zheng Yi signaled the elevator operator to press the button, Li Yuanzhao said seriously, "Wait a minute!"

"Lao Fang! There are many problems with hoists. There are many news reports of hoists falling down in factories, don't you know that? This is the sixteenth floor."

Emperor Jing was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, stiffly turning his neck to look at Fang Zheng Yi.

What? This thing can fall down!?\nIf it really fell from the sixteenth floor, wouldn't people be smashed to pieces?

Fang Zheng Yi said calmly, "Your Highness, don't worry. Many problems have been considered in the initial design of this building, including fire prevention, lighting, escape routes, and the safety of the elevator is even more important. In order to ensure safety, unlike hoists, the elevator has added a new design called a safety clamp."

"If the elevator might fall, the safety clamp will firmly hold the elevator in place, preventing it from falling. Moreover, the materials used here are the best, so you can rest assured about the safety. I would never joke about His Majesty's safety."

Li Yuanzhao nodded and then fell into deep thought.

He trusts what Lao Fang says 100%, and it's not a problem to achieve such a function in engineering.

However, what is the specific structure of this safety clamp? I should study it when I have time....

Emperor Jing also breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand, saying, "Alright, Zheng Yi, no need to explain further, let's go up first."

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