The middle of the 19th century was the era when telegraph lines began to expand rapidly around the world, but it took half a century for mankind to go from the invention of telegraph technology to the real global convergence.

In real history, the success of telegraph technology in the laboratory was completed by the American scientist Morse himself in 1837, and then in 1843, with the financial support of the United States Congress, Morse built a 64-kilometer-long practical telegraph line, which began the popularization of telegraph technology.

But at that time, the telegraph line could only expand on land with great difficulty, and the deep ocean was an insurmountable chasm for the telegraph line. It was not until 1850 that the first submarine telegraph line between Britain and France was laid, which opened the era of information conquest of the ocean, and then in 1866, the transatlantic telegraph line between Britain and the United States was successfully laid, which marked that human communication technology could conquer the deep blue.

The successful laying of the Pacific submarine cable represents the official connection of the global submarine cable network, which will not be until 1903.

Don't underestimate the popularization of telegraph technology, Xiao Lotian has an unusual sensitivity to telegraph technology, because he knows that the period of more than 60 years from 1837 to 1903 is actually the last flash in the pan of espionage in the Middle Ages.

Due to the backwardness of information transmission, it is difficult to form a unified banner for global conquest, whether it is Britain or France, once the army of the global conquest is dispatched, then everything can only be left to God to decide.

Not to mention the direct command of the army at home, even if the specific location of the army now depends on guessing, just like the expeditionary forces of Britain and France in the two Opium Wars, there was a strong opposition within the British Parliament from beginning to end, and even if it was victorious, the country could not directly intervene in the negotiations, and many treaties were discussed by the ministers and generals of the army, all primitive and rude.

It is precisely because the global telegraph network is in the initial period of construction that it gives Xiao Lotian a very good entry point, he can invest in the global telegraph network in advance, not only to share the profits that will be made in the future, but also to obtain the commanding heights belonging to the Chinese from the intelligence war.

As a simple example, telegraph communications between Vladivostok and Moscow now had to pass through the area controlled by Xiao Lotian, where the Russians sent intelligence from North Korea to Beijing, which then to Hong Kong, to the telegraph network in Southeast Asia, and then to the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Northern Europe.

This created the best opportunity for the CIA to intercept the Ryukyus, and all the actions of the Russians in the Far East were completely transparent to the Ryukyus.

In fact, this is the case in Russia, and the embassies of Britain, France, and the United States in Beijing are actually under the monitoring of the Ryukyu CIA, but the message encryption technology of Britain and the United States and other countries is obviously better than that of the Russians, and so far the Ryukyu has only cracked less than 30%.

For Xiao Letian, the period before the global telegraph network was built was actually the last chance for weak countries to rise against the trend, once the Europeans took the lead in the era of global sharing of intelligence, then the resources of the entire colonial world could be mobilized.

An hour or two later, the Prime Minister in London will be able to see what is happening in Beijing, and the military conflict between Russia and the Ryukyus will be known to the whole world in less than three hours.

All intelligence personnel in the world share a big net, and no country's military operations can escape the eyes of the great powers, for Xiao Letian, it means that this era of strategic leakage is completely over.

At that time, it was no longer possible to carry out military adventures with small investment and big returns by allocating thousands of pounds, and in the 20th century, mankind gradually entered a period of pure industrial strength, and there were not so many legends in the war, and some only squeezed out the last trace of national strength to compete for hegemony.

It was against the background of that era that the United States of later generations emerged.

It is precisely because Xiao Letian is familiar with the far-reaching impact of the revolution in information technology on human society that he will seize every opportunity he can take advantage of for his own benefit.

Xiao Letian's top-secret information was released from the Ryukyus and traveled to Hong Kong via the Qing Dynasty's overland telegraph line, and finally reached Britain through South Asia, India, and the Middle East, and from Britain to North America, and then traveled south through Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, and finally Chile.

It took a full week for such a telegram to be issued and accepted, which was extremely precious to Tang Lei, Tietoutuo and others.

When Xiao Lotian released this telegram, he did not know that Iquique had won the war and the Zhiyuan had already entered the war, and Xiao Lotian issued a total of three instructions in the telegram.

First, the Taiping army should try to expand the scale of this war in South America, not just get an Iquique and fantasize about putting swords and guns into storage, and the intensity of the war should continue to escalate, it is better to capture the capitals of Bolivia and Peru, and if possible, create some conflicts against British and French merchants, the purpose is to distract some Europeans.

Tang Lei and Tietoutuo glanced at each other, nodded, and then tore off the first part of the message, and half of them were chewed and eaten in their mouths.

The two lowered their voices and said, "It seems that there is a lot of pressure on the Prime Minister's side, and we can't let Britain and France devote all their attention to the Ryukyus, we should help the Prime Minister share part of the ......."

Looking at the second article, the South American CIA division should be prepared to deal with the Zhiyuan battleship, Xiao Letian did not know that the Zhiyuan had violated the rules to participate in the war, he also thought that the Zhiyuan was still sailing silently in the ocean, he decrypted the Zhiyuan's return route map to Tang Lei and Tietoutuo in the telegram, and asked them to be ready to respond.

The two of them shook their heads with a wry smile, and half of them shared the second piece of information, "Prime Minister, you know, Xiang Ying's kid looks like a scholar on the surface, but his bones are the same as Long Ye, they are all bold and ruthless guys, and they have singled out the entire Peruvian Navy, so it's too late for you to come with the order......"

Looking at the third article, Xiao Letian asked the South American Intelligence Division to mobilize resources to invest in Tahiti, especially to increase the construction of infrastructure such as docks, and organize expeditions to explore the South Pacific, discover as many islands as possible, erect monuments to remember, and first seize a number of islands legally.

If conditions permit, a group of people can be left on some habitable islands, with the ultimate goal of forming an island chain in the South Pacific, but it must be demilitarized in the early stage to avoid irritating the British.

The third part of the telegram was also swallowed, and the two of them imprinted every word of the prime minister's order in their hearts: "It seems that we have to be busy again, it's really refreshing to follow the prime minister, there will always be new surprises waiting for us!"