There is a gate on the left and right wings of the Taihedian Square, of which the left wing gate leads to the South Sansho, and the right wing gate leads to the Internal Affairs Office, which are the two gates that are very busy in the palace every day.

Weng Tongyi stood in the door of the left wing gate, watching several new soldiers debugging the telegraph on the table, and looked up to see the situation on the right wing gate, but was blocked by the three-story and eight-meter-high abutment of the Taihe Palace, and he couldn't see anything.

"Lord Weng, the telegraph has been debugged, please write a sentence casually...... "The soldiers of the new army pushed over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Weng Tongyi was even more angry when he looked at the telegraph in front of him, even more angry when he looked at those bald new soldiers, and even more angry when he looked at Xiao Letian who was stupidly happy on the pedestal of the Taihe Palace.

The scholar of Wu Yingdian raised his pen and wrote indignantly, 'Charm and spirit, you can't meet it', and after writing, he threw the brush aside.

The two New Army soldiers were dumbfounded at first glance, the ink in their stomachs was no match for Weng Tongyi, the first four of these eight words did not know each other at all, and the last four did not understand what they meant.

The meaning of Weng Tongyi's writing of this sentence is very clear, this sentence comes from "Zuo Chuan Xuangong Three Years", which means that these disgraceful ghosts, people can't predict when they will appear to harm people, in fact, it is an insinuation that Xiao Lotian and the new army are a group of evil ghosts, and literati will not spit dirty words when they scold the street.

But you Weng Tong Gong Guang thinks that you are happy, and you don't want to think that these new troops can understand it?

"Your Excellency...... We don't know these words, and there is absolutely no code for these four words in the codebook, so we can't send them!"

"What? You can't send such a simple sentence, and you still brag about how powerful the telegraph technology is? You are deceiving the imperial court!"

"Oh, my lord, you have to be reasonable, this telegram is only used to transmit urgent information, and it is not used to send articles, is it necessary to drop your bookbag to convey military information in a war?

"That's it, if it's obviously useless, you still spend telegraph resources, isn't this enough to be fed? I think you just can't say good things, and you have to get some sour fake vinegar things to show off your Qinggao!"

"You ......" Weng Tong's angry face turned red, they didn't expect the two pawns of the new army to dare to teach themselves a lesson, it's really the opposite, it's the opposite!

"Can you wait, do you still let the emperor and the queen mother blow cold wind on this cold day?"

As soon as Weng Tongyi heard this, he immediately turned off the fire, he picked up the pen and casually wrote an ancient poem, 'Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered', and then roared angrily: "You know each other this time, don't tell me, you don't know each other!"

"Haha, this acquaintance, please ...... it."

Click...... Click...... The telegraph began to tap rhythmically, and at the same time the telegraph at the right wing door suddenly spat out a small note, on which Morse code appeared.

"It's out, it's out, it's out......" Prince Gong and a group of Qingliu looked at the machine in surprise and spit out the note, but no one knew the small dots on it.

The new army opened the codebook and casually checked it and got the result: "I found it, this is an ancient poem, away from the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered!"

With a bang, people rushed out, and the eunuch shouted in the square, "The translation is out, and the grass is far from the plain, and the grass is one year old and one withered...... Lord Weng wrote an ancient poem!"

At that moment, Weng Tonggong's mind buzzed like thunder: "How could it be? How is this possible! You are cheating, you must be cheating!"

Weng Tongyi picked up the pen and wrote another ancient poem, and translated it without even two minutes on the other side, and the eunuch shouted again, "It's translated again, Huangsha wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken!"

At this time, Weng Tongyi was completely crazy, he jumped up and shouted, "Cheating, it must be cheating, they must be using gestures, sign language, or evil magic!"

Xiao Letian pursed his lips, "The facts are all in front of you, you are still as hard as a boiled duck, and this is all you Qingliu is out of." ”

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, please extend the telegraph line, let's retreat to the South Third Office, and let the other side retreat to the Internal Affairs Office, so that we don't have to worry about gesticulating......"

"Okay, that's it!" Weng Tongyi nodded yes.

The telegraph line began to be extended again, and Dongtou Weng Tonggong pulled all the way to the Nine Dragon Wall in front of the South Third Office, while Prince Gong and the others retreated directly to the courtyard of the Internal Affairs Office, and this time no one could see anyone on either side.

Another telegram was sent, and the eunuch who got the translation result two minutes later roared again: "The translation is good, this time it is a recipe, it is Lord Weng's recipe last night's 'Assorted duck on a plate, a plate of fried meat, a plate of spiced peanuts, a Liubiju pickle, a pot of pimple soup, and a piece of shortbread...... 'Hey, my lord, you have eaten enough at night, aren't you afraid of accumulating food?'

"Hahaha......" The courtiers laughed, and Weng Tonggong and Zang's faces were flushed, the iron-like reality shattered his illusions, and the wonderful technology of the West left him speechless.

Back in front of the Taihe Palace, the ministers were already buzzing at this time, and when the old man came up, everyone stopped talking, and they were embarrassed to hit the leader of the clear stream.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother...... The minister admitted that the telegraph technology was indeed wonderful...... But the minister still has to object, there is only one reason that it is too expensive, it costs a fee to lay, and it costs a money to maintain, which is really too much!"

Yes, a telegraph line costs more than 100,000 taels, but it costs 100,000 yuan a year for maintenance, so how many telegrams can be sent in a year?

Just when everyone was talking, Qing Sanye stood up again: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother! How can the telegraph line lose money? The telegraph line is obviously just to make money, is it good! Why don't we charge for the newspaper?"

"When the construction of the telegraph line is completed, not only the imperial court can use it, but also the common people can use it, businessmen can use telegraph to exchange business information, and ordinary people can also use telegraph to transmit urgent matters.

Before the third master finished speaking, Weng Tonggong roared: "Fuqing! Do you want to compete with the people for profit? How can you collect money from the people? How can the imperial court do business?"

"Why did your Excellency say this? The telegraph line provides convenience to the people, and naturally there is a fee, isn't it reasonable to collect money? I won't say anything else, the news of the death of the grandfather of the old family of the Hanlin Bachelor Zhang last month was a full month and a half before it reached the Beijing Division, and when the Lord Zhang returned to his hometown, the funeral had already been completed, and he didn't even see the last face!"

"If there is a telegraph line, Lord Zhang's family can use a telegram to report when the old man is critically ill, maybe Lord Zhang can still see the last side of the old man, I think Lord Zhang will not be stingy with a little telegram fee for this side, right?"

The third master's reasoning made everyone present nod, especially the governors from other places, of course they could see the benefits of the telegraph line, if there was really such a communication tool, the exchange of information in the imperial court would be smoother.

Zeng Guofan also spoke at this time, "Weichen also thinks that the telegram is a good thing, when the Changmao was pacified, there was often a situation of poor command, and the movement of troops along the entire Yangtze River relied on war horse manpower, how much difference was there, and the number of delayed fighters was uncountable......"

"This time Zuo Zongtang took office as the governor of Ganshan, the most important task is to quell the chaos, I don't want him to suffer the old losses of the past, this telegraph line still needs to be repaired, isn't it just a hundred thousand taels of silver?

With the commander as the protector, the ministers were immediately active, and the courtiers who supported the construction of telegraph lines were more and more, and Weng Tonggong's face was even paler.

Until the end, Xiao Lotian actually came to a lore, he arched his hand and said, "The telegraph line has another very important use, that is, disaster relief...... Ladies and gentlemen, if you think about the continuous flooding of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River over the years, don't we suffer from the lack of information?"

"If there had been heavy rain in Chongqing and Wuhan in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and this information would have been transmitted to Jinling and Hangzhou at that time, would the officials downstream have had many more days to prepare?

"By the moment the flood peak arrives, I'm afraid that the downstream has already made a preparation, and it is not impossible not to die after the flood, so everyone can't see it?"

"You keep shouting the words of the saints, don't the saints just teach us the word benevolence? A telegraph line can live countless people, isn't this what great benevolence is? You keep saying that for the good of the people, how come you have become a dragger when you get to the real thing?"

Xiao Letian sneered and said, "If you have a kind, go to the Confucian Temple to explain in front of the saint, for fear that your dark and careful thoughts will not see the saint's eyes like electricity!"

"You ......" Weng Tongyi's eyes were dark, and he suddenly fell to the ground.

"Pass the Imperial Doctor! Quickly pass the Imperial Doctor......" The front of the Taihe Palace suddenly became a mess.

Everyone didn't expect that in the first round of the fight, Weng Tongyi was stunned alive, and there were many issues behind, how could it be that Xiao Letian's combat power was so strong?

Under the emergency treatment of the imperial doctor, Weng Tongyi finally came to his senses, he was actually raised by the blood pressure of the qi, and he quickly regained consciousness under the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor.

"Aiqing...... Master...... Why don't you go back and rest for a while?" said the little emperor worriedly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about the minister, I'll be able to hold on...... I must stick to today's pilgrimage, definitely!"

Ci'an saw that this was not good, and hurriedly said, "Since this is the case, then change the rules, give a seat in the Taihe Palace, one embroidered pier per person, let's sit in the meeting, so that Weng Aiqing can also get rest, and the other ministers will not be overworked!"

No one objected to the queen mother's opinion, and after a while, the little eunuchs lined up in a long line and entered the Taihe Hall with embroidered piers.