Having children earns benefit, start competing for dominance in the world by marrying a wife-Chapter 659 How Did He Do It......_1

After having subdued Wu Junwan, Lu Chen no longer visited her room every night as he had been busy for the past few days playing the horse riding games on the prairie with Xiao Wenyao and Yelv Nanyan.

Honestly, Lu Chen had begun to somewhat consider giving up on the idea of Yelv Nanyan or Xiao Wenyao bearing his children. Despite his efforts over a long time, there wasn't the slightest reaction from their bellies.

Lu Chen wondered if becoming a Pseudo Celestial had somehow increased the difficulty of pregnancy. Chu Yuqin had succeeded on her first try, so why couldn't the other women? Even Wang Qingci, the stubborn one who didn't want to get pregnant, had been taken down, yet the most cooperative Yelv Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao could not.

Lu Chen even planned to let Mu Zixuan and the two Zhous, Youyou and Xiaoxiao, give it another try. Although Mu Zixuan, Zhou Youyou, and Zhou Xiaoxiao had all become martial artists, their realms were still relatively low and thus in a more fertile stage. If all three of them became pregnant, it would mean it had nothing to do with him.

If none of the three of them got pregnant, it would prove that advancing to the Pseudo-Celestial Realm indeed made it much more difficult for him to have children, and in the future, he would need to put in much more effort to have children.

After a period of verification, neither Mu Zixuan nor the two Zhous, Dazhou and Xiaozhou, became pregnant, so Lu Chen essentially confirmed the reason. It wasn't a problem with Yelv Nanyan or Xiao Wenyao; it was because he had broken through to the Pseudo-Celestial Realm, making it more difficult for them to conceive.

Regarding the restriction on reproduction due to the realm, Lu Chen had no good solutions and eventually decided to consult the system to see if it had any solutions.

In the evening, at the North Prince Mansion.

Today, everyone in the North Prince Mansion was busy. Lu Chen stood in the Wind Cloud Court, watching the servants bustling about.

At this moment, except for Wu Junwan and Murong Xue'er, almost all of Lu Chen's wives and concubines in the inner court had gathered in the Wind Cloud Court.

Today was a special day—it was the day of electrification.

They had already invented light bulbs and had set up the electrical circuitry. The activities in the Prince's Mansion had increased in the last few days as craftsmen busily worked on laying the electrical wires.

The installation of wires was a significant project. In this era, there were no rubber or plastics, and although Lu Chen had acquired the blueprint for refining gasoline, the North Country was not yet in a position to develop the petroleum industry.

Lu Chen had established a resource exploration department to search for resources such as oil and coal everywhere.

However, the department had mainly found coal mines or iron and copper ore resources so far. Discovering oil was still relatively challenging.

To find oil, drilling was necessary, but drilling was difficult. Ultimately, it came down to not having the right conditions.

Without rubber or plastic, they had to find alternatives for insulating materials. Under the current conditions, the best insulators were glass and ceramics.

For aesthetics, Lu Chen ultimately chose ceramic tubes. The ceramic workshops of the North Prince Mansion had been producing ceramic tubes nearly every day for some time, just to lay electrical circuits for the mansion.

Originally, laying the ceramic tubes would have taken half a day more, but seeing that there wasn't much work left, Lu Chen decided to have the craftsmen work overtime this evening to finish. He could hardly wait to see the North Prince Mansion enter the electrical era.

Every night, they used candles, which not only gave off dim light but also had some odor.

As a transmigrator, Lu Chen had long been fed up with living in the days of candlelight.

Lu Chen stood in the courtyard watching, while his wives and concubines curiously gathered around the craftsmen, watching them check the circuitry and install the light bulbs.

They had already heard from Lu Chen about generators and electric lights during meals and found the idea incredibly unbelievable. It was their first time hearing about being able to harness electricity for use.

After scanning the busy crowd, Lu Chen spoke to the system in his mind, "System, if my chances of fathering children decrease as my realm increases, won't you, as a system, become obsolete when I break through to the Celestial Realm or even higher realms?"

[The host's worry is unnecessary. Even if the host breaks through to the Celestial Realm, or even becomes an Immortal, the host can still impregnate wives and concubines. It's only about probability. Of course, this world cannot bear a true Immortal.]

Hearing the system's response, Lu Chen frowned. Although the system said so, his practice had proven how difficult it was now to have children.

It was already this difficult for him as a Pseudo-Celestial, wouldn't the difficulty increase exponentially once he broke through to the Celestial Realm?

No, he had to father as many children as possible while still at a relatively low realm. With that in mind, Lu Chen's gaze swept over the voluptuous figures of his wives and concubines in the courtyard.

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It seemed he would have to work harder before becoming a Celestial.

As Lu Chen was lost in thought, Mo Xing came over to him, "Your Majesty, all the electrical circuit tests are complete. We're ready to power up."

Hearing this, Lu Chen snapped back to reality and said promptly, "Good, let's get ready to power up!"

By this time, Mu Zixuan and the others had returned to Lu Chen's side. Chu Yuqin, curious, looked at the glass-like items at the door and asked, "Chen'er, will these things really light up?

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Just wait and see; they will light up soon."

Then, speaking to Mo Xing, Lu Chen gave the order, "Start the triple power-on test, toggling the switch every three breaths!"

While such a small amount of electricity could not harm a high-quality warrior, or even a Grandmaster-level martial artist, it could still be deadly to ordinary people in this world.

Upon hearing Lu Chen's command, Mo Xing said excitedly:

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

They had also witnessed history, for North Prince Mansion was to become the first household to use electricity.

As the first trial of electricity began, all the lights in North Prince Mansion lit up.

Witnessing this scene, the ladies instantly let out a gasp of astonishment, and it wasn't just them, the entire Prince's Mansion's servants, maids, and even guards were startled by the sudden brightness.

For a moment, the entire North Prince Mansion was as bright as day.

Although Lu Chen had people remind everyone in the mansion that the light bulbs would shine brightly tonight and that they should not be too surprised, hearing about it and seeing it for themselves were completely different experiences.

They had thought these "Colored Glaze Lamps" would be as bright as lanterns at most, yet they had not expected them to be so luminous, making the North Prince Mansion indistinguishable from daylight.

However, the brightness quickly disappeared, and when it did, everyone looked around, bewildered.

Xiao Wenyao curiously asked beside Lu Chen, "Prince, why aren't the Colored Glaze Lamps shining anymore? Is there a problem?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "No problem, I intentionally had people cut the power. Although this household electricity cannot cause much harm to high-quality warriors, it's still possible for it to kill a normal person, so we turn it on and off three times when we start using it to prevent anyone from directly touching the wires and getting electrocuted."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, the ladies instantly realized how thoughtful Lu Chen had been.

Shortly after Lu Chen finished explaining, the lights in the mansion came on again and then went out after a brief moment; this happened twice more before the dim lights inside the mansion stayed on without going out again.

Seeing the courtyard lit up like daylight by the Colored Glaze Lamps, Chu Yuqin couldn't help but exclaim, "I never thought I would live to see such a marvelous sight in my lifetime!"

At this moment, Mu Zixuan asked beside Lu Chen: "Prince, will the common people of North Country be able to use electricity in the future?" freēnovelkiss.com

Lu Chen replied: "Of course, but it will take a long time to manufacture the machinery for generating electricity and to create the conditions needed for generating it."

"However, it's feasible for the entire North Country, and even this world, to have access to electricity within a century."

Hearing Lu Chen's answer, the ladies fell silent, contemplating how electricity would beautify the world in the future and enrich the nightlife.

Lu Chen said, "Alright, you all should go back and rest. It's already so late."

After hearing Lu Chen's words, the ladies gradually left Wind Cloud Court and returned to their own quarters.

However, they were destined to have a sleepless night, as the shock of the Colored Glaze Lamps was just too great.

After all the ladies had left, Lu Chen looked at Mo Xing not far away and asked, "What is the current lifespan of these electric lights?"

Although the materials for making electric lights had changed, the lifespan was still an issue, and since the light bulbs were not vacuum-sealed, their lifespan was still not very long.

Mo Xing replied, "Your Majesty, the current lifespan of these electric lights is about seven days. However, if we can extract the air inside, their lifespan could be extended to several months. The experimental lights we made that had the air removed are still shining and show no signs of burning out. The difficulty lies in producing such lights."

Nowadays, the production of electric lights is reliant on manual labor. To completely remove the air from inside the glass, the strength of the craftsman needs to be at least half-step Grandmaster level, capable of releasing True Qi to the exterior, which would allow for the production of such light bulbs.

Of course, that's just how manual production is. Currently, lacking extensive experience, it might be possible for ordinary people to produce vacuum light bulbs once the technology matures and they gain the requisite experience.

Lu Chen thought for a moment and then said, "Seven days is fine, just replace them in time."

As it was just a trial period, there was no need to be overly concerned about how long the lights would last.

Lu Chen then said to Mo Xing and the other craftsmen, "You've all worked hard. Go back and rest well tonight."

Mo Xing and the craftsmen replied in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Lu Chen had the guard team waiting outside the Prince's Mansion escort the craftsmen home.

At the same time.

Wu Junwan and Murong Xue'er were sitting in the courtyard, staring dumbfounded at the yard now as bright as day under the illumination of the Colored Glaze Lamps.

They too had heard that the lamps would light up tonight, as they had been around while the craftsmen were laying the wires in the courtyard these past few days, but neither of them had realized the lights would be so bright, nor that these lamps did not need to use fire or candles, which utterly astonished them both.

Wu Junwan mumbled to herself, "How did he manage to do this..."