Chapter 113 Sun Chuanting went to negotiate and made trouble in the rear

The shopkeeper of the Yaogang branch in Istanbul has been tossed by the Turks several times, and he has been imprisoned twice, and he is naturally very nervous when he hears that His Majesty the Sultan wants to see him, but after listening to what His Majesty the Sultan said, his mood is immediately like drinking ice water in summer, and he is very happy. When I left the palace, I wanted to sing.

He knew that it was the powerful army of the motherland that made the arrogant Ottoman Empire afraid from the heart. That's why I'm so courteous to myself as a businessman. However, the big shopkeeper also muttered in his heart, and he didn't say hello to himself in advance for such a big thing, which made him surprised. But thinking about it again, I am afraid that the family will have to react to the fact that it happened so suddenly, and besides, maybe the family has long known that the Turks dare not touch our people.

Back at the branch, entering the secret room, the big shopkeeper asked people to use the radio station to report the situation here with a password! He did not use a top-wire telegram, fearing a leak.

However, soon the family replied to him by cable telegram, "We have learned about this situation, and we will do our best to restrain the warship from expanding the situation." And Sun Chuanting has been instructed to go to Istanbul to negotiate and resolve the matter. Please convey to the Ottoman Sultan, we cherish the friendship between our two countries and hope that this emergency can be resolved through peaceful consultations! ”

Of course, the great treasurer was willing to send such news to His Majesty the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and for the convenience of the notification, the great treasurer directly sent a telegram to His Majesty the Sultan.

His Majesty the Sultan also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this telegram. He sent away the big shopkeeper, and recruited the envoy who negotiated with Sun Chuanting last time, and still wanted him to be in charge of the negotiation with Sun Chuanting.

When the envoy heard that it was Sun Chuanting who came to negotiate, he sighed, "Alas! It's this person! Your Majesty, this person is really difficult! ”

"Humph! What's so difficult, blame us for not being able to beat others! The Sultan told the truth.

The envoy said, "Your Majesty, I will deal with the negotiations. But I heard that the Ming Dynasty naval army fought a battle with the Portuguese, but it was reconciled again, and we must pay attention to this matter! ”

"Yes! It's not good news, but we don't have any information! His Majesty the Sultan said with great annoyance.

"We've been on bad terms with those infidels, and it's not just a matter of a few days. If there is another conflict, they will also get the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, which is really not good for us! We fought this war with the Russian Empire, and we fought another battle with the Ming Dynasty, and the musket ammunition was consumed very much, and there was not much silver to buy firearms. Even if there is silver, I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty may not sell us firearms! "The emissary has a very good personal relationship with His Majesty the Sultan, and if he has something to say, he can speak directly.

"That's right! This time we have to save the relationship with them no matter what! The Sultan said, "Last year, Western countries have been secretly contacting us to unite and deal with the Ming Dynasty, I wonder how the Ming Dynasty people will feel after they have been hanging in front of their door for a while." Also, the Russian Empire may now understand that our two countries have lost both sides, and it is their Ming Dynasty who has benefited as a result. The Ming Dynasty used firearms to scrape both of our countries and lost a lot of land, and I think the hateful tsar should understand this! If they don't hate the Ming Dynasty, it's strange! ”

"Yes! The Ming Dynasty is simply terrible! What I am afraid of is that all countries are not united, and unity may not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty, if they are not united, they will inevitably not be able to defeat others. Now I'm afraid that no one will dare to do this anymore! The envoy said, "The terrible thing is that after the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese reconciled, they stuck a foot in the West!" The battle between the Spaniards and the Portuguese has not yet been fought, and if it is not good, the Portuguese bought a batch of muskets and defeated the Spaniards, and no one in the West could stop the Ming Dynasty! ”

"In any case, we should not take advantage of the East now, and we should stop expanding to the West, otherwise our relations with the West will be even more tense. Our land area is already quite small, and it's time to make use of them! We need time to recuperate. Otherwise, our Ottoman Empire will fall into a state of collapse! "The Sultan is still very clear-headed.

For the Yaogang people, such a large sailing operation was also a major event, and news of the fleet appeared in the newspapers almost every day. If there is no news of the fleet for a week or two, the newspapers, radio and television stations will receive a lot of phone calls asking questions, and the people of the kiln gang are very news-conscious and democratic, and their right to know needs to be guaranteed. This shows that the people care about their country.

The news that the fleet had docked at our own wharf in the Assyrian Sea was reported in detail and ceremoniously on the side of Yaogang. The whole kiln gang was shaken, in addition to Zhang Zhimu sent a congratulatory message to Mu Yi and his fleet, people from all walks of life also sent congratulatory messages to them. Some students also initiated a campaign to write letters to sailors on the voyage.

The kiln people were only happy, and did not seem to pay any attention to the conflict with the Ottoman Empire mentioned in the report. In the minds of the Yaogang people, the Ottoman Empire has long been defeated, and it will be a victory if you fight with them again, so you don't have to worry about it at all.

The railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing was opened, Zhang Zhimu did not go to the ceremony, and Emperor Chongzhen took the elders of the Senate, as well as the princes and kings who lived in Yaogang, to attend the ceremony. Then the train pulled these people to Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen arranged for everyone to live in the Forbidden City and let everyone play for a few days. But Emperor Chongzhen, like everyone, wants to go back to Yaogang as soon as the novelty passes. Now Beijing and Yaogang are connected by train, and it is convenient to come and go. Emperor Chongzhen was also unwilling to stay in the Forbidden City, and they were about to go to Zhengzhou to cut the ribbon for the opening of the railway from Zhengzhou to Hankou, and the Yangtze River Bridge to Hankou to cut the ribbon, these are all good things that Emperor Chongzhen must not miss, so Emperor Chongzhen also took the train with everyone and returned directly to Yaogang.

On the way, they heard that the Yaogang fleet had successfully reached our dock in the Sea of Azov. When he arrived at Yaogang, Emperor Chongzhen listened to Zhang Zhimu's detailed introduction, and immediately sent a congratulatory message to Mu Yi in the name of the emperor.

Zhang Zhimu did not go to participate in the ribbon cutting because he wanted to experiment with Yang Chang and them, and the kiln gang was directly connected to the Xi'an microwave line.

The results of the experiment went very well. From Yaogang to Xi'an, Xi'an to Yaogang mutual transmission TV signal is very stable, at the same time the transmission of hundreds of telephones, the sound is very clear, almost like the city telephone. Because the telephone adopts multi-channel frequency division multiplexing technology, that is, some telephone signals are modulated on the microwave signal according to different frequency points, and at the other end, they are uniformly demodulated, and then demodulated according to different frequency points, and the signal loss in the transmission procedure is very small.

This microwave line goes from Yaogang to Tongguan and then to Xi'an, so that long-distance calls along the line can be transmitted by microwave.

Zhang Zhimu said to Yang Chang: "The microwave line of the whole country will be set at the end of the year, but you don't have to wait, first set up the microwave line from Tongguan to Kaifeng, and from Zhengzhou to Hankou." The Yangtze River Bridge will be opened to traffic soon, and we can then go south to set up the microwave line all the way to Malacca. ”

Yaogang tried to broadcast the signal of Xi'an TV station, Xi'an also tried to broadcast the signal of Yaogang TV station, and the FM radio stations on both sides also interacted with each other, and the audience and audience responded quite well. It turned out that there were only two or three TV channels in Yaogang, and suddenly there was one more, and everyone was very happy. Not to mention Xi'an, there are two more channels, and they are programs with a fairly high program level. What's more, you can hear the news of the kiln every day, which is even more unbelievable.

Once Yang Chang asked Zhang Zhimu: "In the future, the whole country will be connected to the microwave network, will you be able to see many TVs?" What should I do if we don't have enough channels? ”

"I immediately researched the cable TV equipment, and in the future, each house will be connected to the coaxial cable. In the future, if you want to engage in digital TV, you must install a set-top box at home. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Ouch! If you install cable TV in every house, then the effect is too good, you can go to a few stations if you want to! Yang Chang said, "However, I don't know what you said about digital TV, so you have time to give us a lecture!" ”

"Come on! Let's get the things in front of you right! ”

Yang Chang: A new product they launched caused a lot of sensation, and this thing is a desktop calculator.

This is the first calculator that can be marketed, Zhang Zhimu asked them to achieve at least seven figures, but Yang Chang and they managed to come up with eight figures. Fluorescent digital tubes are shown. You can do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to open power. Although the volume is still a little large, it takes up a lot of space on the table, but the convenience it brings is too great for engineering technology. I used to use abacus, but it was not as convenient as a calculator!

When Emperor Chongzhen took a group of people to participate in the Zhengzhou-Hankou Railway, as well as the opening of the Yangtze River Bridge and the ribbon-cutting, Zhang Zhimu asked Emperor Chongzhen to bring 500 calculators to Li Mao. That's a big deal. Emperor Chongzhen got two calculators with different shapes, and they didn't let people move them at home. Zhang Zhimu gave Li Mao five hundred at once, which simply surprised him.

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, you are just playing with a calculator." But these were given to Li Mao and sent to those engineers and technicians, that was a sharp weapon! ”

"Yes, yes! It's called a sword for heroes! Emperor Chongzhen said, "When will this thing be put on the market?" It's something that makes money! ”

"Huh! The emperor is now also a qualified businessman! Zhang Zhimu said, "Soon, it will be on the market immediately!" ”

"Hey! When you get to Yaogang, you can't think of a businessman! Emperor Chongzhen said, "Originally, last time, I wanted to keep everyone in the Forbidden City for a few days. But they all said they wanted to go back to the kiln, alas! I can't stay in the Forbidden City! ”

"This is a crime of deception!" Zhang Zhimu said deliberately.

"It's good to be back, there's happy news every day. This TV newspaper is really inseparable! Emperor Chongzhen was a little emotional.

Zhang Zhimu did not go to those ceremonies with Emperor Chongzhen, and Fan Chengkun came back from Quanzhou to report on the occupation of the island in the Great Eastern Ocean (Pacific Ocean).

After careful preparations, Fan Chengkun and the others formulated a plan, and this time they would return to Yaogang and the General Staff Headquarters to study it again.

Zhang Zhimu resolutely demanded the occupation of this archipelago in the ocean, and Fan Chengkun and they may not be able to understand it very much, but they resolutely carried it out.

Fan Chengkun's plan was to send a 5,000-ton warship and a 5,000-ton cargo ship to occupy the largest island in those archipelagos, and to send 200 officers and soldiers to be stationed there, while emigrating 500 people to survive there.

Fan Chengkun's opinion is to drive all the wild people on the big island to other islands, so as to avoid a lot of trouble.

Zhang Zhimu didn't agree with this idea, "Commander Fan, although the island you are going to is a small island, it is actually not small. You drive them to other islands, their hatred for us is not eliminated, we are always facing their threat, it is better for you to send people or assimilate them culturally. Let them identify with us, and we can treat them as our own people. ”

Ouyang He said: "We have brought them new production and life skills, as well as writing culture, for a long time. They will think of themselves as one of us! That's a good idea, because we still have a limited number of immigrants. There are more than a hundred islands there, and I still have to try to tame the savages there for my use. ”

"This stronghold we occupy in the ocean is very important, it is our relay station to the Americas. As soon as we hoard coal and oil here, all the ships that cross the ocean can be resupplied there! Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes! We're also going to send a lot of sappers over this time to build a dock and a supply base there! Fan Chengkun said.

"And yes! In the future, if our planes want to fly across the ocean, there must be many relay airports on the way! Of course, this is for later! However, we can't help but think about it! Zhang Zhimu said.

The details of this matter were handed over to Liu Yun and Fan Chengkun to bring to the staff officers to deal with.

However, Liu Yun saw that after seeing this, he said one more thing, "Shi Xiu sent a telegram saying that their land in Australia is too vast, and the land along the river is very fertile, and the number of people is still too small!" Shi Xiu has a suggestion, can all the felons of the Ming Dynasty be sent to them to confess? ”

Ouyang He said: "The savages on their side are very savage, but they are not much stronger than ordinary animals, and they are difficult to domesticate. It's also very difficult to immigrate now, and many places need immigrants. I think Shi Xiu really had no choice but to ask for the prisoners to be given to them. ”

"I think this suggestion can be considered, as long as all felons who go to Australia to serve their sentences land in Australia, they can be given appropriate commutations, or even complete commutations. We can send some prisoners over there every year, and after a long time, we can collect a lot of them over there. Of course, Zhang Zhimu would agree to this suggestion, in the previous life, the British used it as a penal colony for prisoners.

"Are we going to enact our immigration laws this year?" Chen Yufeng said.

The immigration law for those superborn families has been discussed, but considering that it is too wide-ranging, it has not dared to be promulgated. Now it seems that the number of people who volunteer to emigrate is far from enough. The Western Regions, the Americas, Australia, and the northern Zhou Yuji side all need a large number of immigrants to solve the problem.

"I think it should be okay, when we formulate this law, we ask the people for advice, everyone is already mentally prepared, when it is promulgated, it will cause some shock, but as long as we resolutely implement it, this matter will not be a big problem. There are many more immigrants than in the past. And in the past, we have to give appropriate supplementary subsidies. In the future, the transportation in various places will be convenient, and immigrants will not be separated from life and death! Ouyang He agreed that the law should be enacted immediately.

Fan Chengkun also said: "I don't think there is a big hidden danger that poses a threat to us, both inside and outside, and it's time to promulgate this law!" This is much better than the immigrants of the previous dynasty! In fact, it is also a new development opportunity for many people! ”

"Good! Since everyone agrees, we will make this law in the name of the emperor when he returns from Hankow. Also as one of the new deals for next year. "However, we need to set up an immigration committee to coordinate immigration matters in various regions!" ”

"I think this matter is still up to Yan Xing first! He knows more about the situation in various parts of the country! Chen Yufeng suggested.

"Also, this matter is inseparable from our God of Wealth, please ask Mr. Lu to take on a position at the same time!" Ouyang He said.

"That's right! Without the support of Mr. Lu's money, this thing will continue. Only how much silver Mr. Lu can come up with, how much we dare to immigrate! Zhang Zhimu knew that this matter really couldn't be done without Mr. Lu's involvement.

Everything is going well, Zhang Zhimu thought that this year could have another stable year, but on the Ningde side, the situation was not optimistic. Originally, the affairs of the two river basins were very complicated, Sun Chuanting didn't want to go to the Ottoman Empire to negotiate, and discussed with Ningde, and it was not okay not to press down the affairs of the Ottoman Empire, and they also thought that only Sun Chuanting was the most suitable to negotiate.

As soon as Sun Chuanting left, the Arabs in some places began to make trouble.

Ningde didn't know why the people here were so disgusted with them. Many tribes had rules that did not allow contact with Han Chinese, and violators were killed. Later, when the Arabs saw Ningde, their men ran away. In this case, the antagonism is becoming more and more stiff.

Before Sun Chuanting left, he discussed with Ningde that this situation must be broken, and they wanted to kill and completely eliminate those organized resistance. The principle is that if you want to stay here, you must obey our laws, and if you are willing to leave here, we will also say goodbye. If you stay here, you won't obey our management! Ning De and Sun Chuanting reached a consensus.

After studying, the command center also agreed with their approach, and at the same time ordered Li Kui to lead 20,000 Mongolian soldiers to rush to the aid of the two river valleys.

But before Li Kui and his men arrived, the Arabs in some places had already begun to expel the Han Chinese.

Ning De knew that it would not work if he didn't do it anymore, so he sent a telegram urging Li Kui and them to speed up their aid, and all the army and Yaogang political cadres were also armed and ready to start.