Chapter 328 Visit

Nikola Tesla, a Serbian, later became a U.S. citizen.

So far, Tesla is a world-renowned inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and one of the top talents in the field of scientific research.

Tesla, born on July 10, 1856, is now 56 years old, but he is still struggling on the front line of scientific research.

Since Tesla won the war between direct current and alternating current, that is, the dispute between him and Edison, he has been regarded as the greatest electrical engineer in the United States and has been recognized by all walks of life in the United States.

In his decades of research career, Tesla has a large number of patents, and has made considerable research achievements in alternating current systems, radio systems, wireless power transmission, ball lightning, turbines, amplifier transmitters, particle beam weapons, solar engines, X-ray equipment, power meters, missile science, remote sensing technology, aircraft, cosmic rays, radar systems, robots, etc.

In terms of scientific research, Tesla's greatness is unquestionable. The large number of patents he owns could have brought Tesla countless wealth.

Tesla's inventions throughout his life witnessed his selfless contribution to society. Although he devoted his life to continuous research and obtained about 1,000 (some say 700) patent inventions. But he was poor and financially constrained in his later years. Although many entrepreneurs took advantage of the love and talent of this genius scientist and defrauded his research results and honors, he still worked hard to research and invent for the happiness of mankind in his later years.

Among Tesla's many inventions, the most beneficial to the public is the various AC motors he invented. In every corner of the world, the development of economy and trade, the progress of science and the enjoyment of life are inseparable from the help of AC. The blackouts in the United States and Europe at the end of 2003 once paralyzed the society and economy. As early as 1882, Tesla had invented the world's first high-frequency AC motor, and in 1885 he invented multi-phase current and multi-phase power transmission technology.

After Edison invented direct current, electrical appliances were widely used, but at the same time, electricity bills were very high, so operating the output of direct current became the most profitable business at the time. In 1885, Tesla left Edison Company and met George Westinghouse, the head of Westinghouse Company. With his support, he officially brought alternating current to the society at that time in 1888. At the Columbia Exposition in May 1893, Tesla demonstrated alternating current lighting and became the winner of the "War of Currents". Afterwards, Tesla obtained the right to undertake the power design of the Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station.

From then on, alternating current replaced direct current as the mainstream of power supply. Tesla owned the patent right of alternating current. At that time, a royalty of $2.5 had to be paid to Tesla for every horsepower of alternating current sold. Driven by strong interests, a consortium at that time threatened Tesla to give up this patent right and intended to monopolize it for profit. After many negotiations, Tesla decided to give up the patent right of alternating current on the condition that the patent of alternating current would be permanently open. From then on, he tore up the patent of alternating current and lost the right to collect royalties. From then on, alternating current no longer had a patent and became a free invention. If the invention patent of alternating current was not given to all mankind for free use, each horsepower of alternating current would bring him $2.5 in "patent fees", and he would be the richest man in the world.

Tesla's peak period should be from the 1880s to the end of the 19th century when he won the current war. During this period, Tesla was extremely brilliant in the scientific research community and gained the trust of a large number of American consortiums.

In 1900, after the advent of the new century, Tesla started the plan to build the Wardenclyffe Tower with $150,000 (more than half of which was provided by the Morgan family).

The American media at that time called the Wardenclyffe Tower Tesla's million-dollar building, which was enough to show how brilliant Tesla was in this era.

But the good times did not last long. In 1904, the US Patent Office revoked the previous judgment and awarded the patent for radio to Guglielmo Marconi.

This forced Tesla to fall into a long-term patent dispute. During this period, Tesla lost the support of the American consortium and became a penniless scientific researcher again.

The withdrawal of the US consortium was certainly affected by the patent issue, but the most fundamental problem was that Tesla's current research could not bring more profits to the consortium.

Tesla may have developed radio before Marconi, but in order to obtain continued financial support from the consortium, he chose to temporarily conceal the news of the successful development of radio and use the consortium's funds to conduct other research.

Such behavior was naturally unacceptable to the US consortium, and it was natural for Tesla to be abandoned.

At present, several years have passed since Tesla was abandoned by the US consortium.

Although Tesla is still a famous expert in the United States, Tesla's financial situation is very bad.

According to the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, Tesla came to Australasia this time to visit his sister Miaka.

Because Tesla never married, the three sisters who are still alive, Miaka, Angelina and Marica, have become Tesla's three living relatives, and they are also the only relatives at present.

Tesla's three sisters originally lived in Serbia, but because of the previous war in Serbia and the current confusing situation in the Balkan Peninsula, Tesla's eldest brother-in-law decided to take the whole family to Australasia, which is tens of thousands of kilometers away, to avoid disaster.

In fact, when Mia Ka discussed the place of escape with her husband, she might not have considered the United States where Tesla was.

But when Mia Ka learned that Tesla not only had a bad life in the United States, but also had a debt of tens of thousands of dollars, she decisively gave up the idea of ​​going to the United States.

Currently, Mia Ka's family lives in a village on the outskirts of Sydney. Because the family has not yet decided to live in Australasia permanently, they naturally cannot obtain the land allocated by the Australasia government. At present, they are just renting from farmers in the village.

On October 3, 1912, after instructing the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau to investigate all of Tesla's background, Arthur set off to the village where Mia Ka and Tesla were with sufficient preparations, a team of guards and intelligence personnel from the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau.

In fact, although Tesla's current financial situation is very bad, as the saying goes, more debts do not weigh you down. Whether it is ocean voyage tickets or hotel accommodation, Tesla can afford it.

Arthur chose this day to go because Tesla happened to visit his sister again on this day, that is, Tesla was in Miaka's village on this day.

Arthur's purpose is very simple, that is, to win over this amazing man and let him work and research for him loyally.

But simply winning over Tesla may fail. After all, Tesla has seen the world so far. He has experienced the glory of his peak period, so it is naturally not so easy to win over.

If Tesla is with his sister Miaka, then it means that Tesla also has weaknesses that can be broken through.

For Tesla, who has lived for 56 years and is still alone, his three sisters are not only his only three living relatives, but also Tesla's few concerns in terms of family affection.

And what do refugees like Miaka who fled from the Balkans lack the most? It's nothing more than money and life safety.

In addition to avoiding the war disasters that threaten their lives, perhaps the only reason that made these refugees come to Australasia from afar is poverty and hunger.

About an hour later, Arthur finally arrived at this village on the outskirts of Sydney.

The so-called outskirts of Sydney are actually the outermost part of the Capital Territory, almost adjacent to New South Wales in the north.

Because the Capital Territory is an administrative district divided from New South Wales, there are always more or less villages located on the border of the two administrative districts.

The core area of ​​the Capital Territory is definitely the city center and port of Sydney, and the core area of ​​New South Wales has also moved north to Newcastle.

This has led to the fact that the areas adjacent to the two state-level administrative districts have not developed smoothly. Fortunately, it is the core area of ​​Australasia, the southeast corner of the continent, so it is reasonable.

The villagers living here, except for a small number of people who stay in the village to do agricultural labor, most of the residents have gone to Sydney or nearby cities to work in factories or various enterprises.

The wages that the factory can offer are several times higher than what they can earn from farming, which has led most residents of nearby villages to choose to work in the factory.

It is precisely because of these reasons that these villages have a large number of idle houses, which are occasionally rented to immigrants who come to Australasia.

The nationality review of some immigrants takes several months or even half a year, which means that they cannot enjoy the various welfare benefits of Australasia during this period.

Although they can get a job that is enough to feed and clothe themselves, it seems impossible to live in the city.

This is the case with Mia Ka's family. Without obtaining Australasia's nationality, they can only rent a house in the suburbs of Sydney and live in such a village.

However, such an environment is acceptable to refugees from Eastern Europe like Mia Ka.

After all, the environment in Eastern Europe is not necessarily better than that in Australasia. At least the job opportunities and salary are definitely not as good as those in Australasia's factories.

Half an hour before Arthur arrived in the village, the main roads around the village were already controlled by Arthur's guards.

There are also a large number of security intelligence officers scattered in the village. Their only task is to ensure Arthur's safety under any circumstances.

Today is different from the past. Arthur attaches great importance to his own safety.

You know, all current firearms, as long as they hit the vital points, basically kill with one shot.

This also represents a truth. No matter how noble your status is, no matter how rich your wealth is, everyone is equal in front of hot weapons.

Whether in history or in the future, there are countless assassinations of national rulers and royal family members. Arthur will naturally not be careless.

Arthur's safety is even more important than national development in Australasia.

The three major immigrant ethnic groups in Australasia can live in harmony. The reputation of Arthur's three ethnic groups plays a vital role.

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