Chapter 202: The Telegraph is opened

The belated exam is good news for the workers of the kiln, because many of them have put in a lot of hard work behind the scenes, and they believe that the promise of the kiln gang should be fulfilled. In this way, they will not only learn the culture, but also get a higher salary. You can also get a cultural grade certificate issued by the kiln, which will definitely be a reference for the kiln gang in the future. With the continuous development of the kiln, many people have been reused, so others are also quietly planning their own futures. This exam is definitely an opportunity for these people. But after waiting for a long time a while, I didn't see the kiln start the exam, which inevitably made many of them feel very disappointed, thinking that the matter of the exam and the long salary would not be counted.

This exam is mainly a primary examination of culture. Zhang Zhimu and the literati who took the cultural class and Lu Bingyi's disciples carefully studied the content of the class several times, and carefully made two exam papers of similar difficulty. The principle of this question encourages candidates to study hard, and as long as they study hard, they should be able to answer well. Because this is a primary exam, it is the standard to be popularized.

The examination was conducted in the morning, and all the kiln leaders participated in the invigilation, which made the examination very serious and formal. The names of all the candidates' papers are nailed together, and when the papers are judged, the examinee's name cannot be seen by the person who marks them.

There were too many people in the smelter, and Yan Boju led a team to hold the papers in the smelter to open a special examination room, and the smelting field also took the exam twice, because the production workers on the job could not rest and leave their posts.

Here in the kiln gang, the unity who worked outside came back and took the test once. According to Chen Yufeng's suggestion, after Liu Yun came back, the soldiers would take a unified test.

As a result of this examination, 80 percent of the candidates passed the examination. According to the regulations of the kiln post, the basic salary of these people has been increased by one level. For those who failed the exam, the company decided to give a chance to retake the exam in June. The higher-level exams are also held in June.

The examination greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of the kiln people to learn culture. "Kiln Gang Weekly" also reported the situation of this exam, those who pay attention to Kiln Gang, this time a little bit of incomprehension, Kiln Gang spent a lot of money to let these coolies learn the culture of why.

How do they know what kind of people these people will become after learning culture, and what kind of changes they will bring to the world? The princess of Anping, who couldn't stay idle, was even more curious about the kiln people, and she asked Yang Yulin before she understood why the kiln people attached importance to cultural learning.

Yang Yulin didn't answer her at the time, but led her around the deafening workshops. After coming out, he asked Princess Anping: "Have you turned around, do you understand what?" ”

Princess Anping was still dizzy, so she shook her head. Yang Yulin said: "You know that the zipper for you is fun, and the lock is fun." These are all made by those machines, and no one can drive a machine without culture. Did you know? ”

At this time, Princess Anping nodded and said, "I understand." In this way, we will never be able to catch up with the kiln. When we start learning, the kiln people don't know what the kiln gang does. ”

A great news kicked off the prelude to the kiln people.

On this day, Zhang Zhimu just returned to the office from outside. Yang Changjin, who was in charge of telegraph work, said: "Mr. Zhang, good news, our telegram has been laid. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly asked: "Did you try it?" ”

Yang Chang smiled and said, "Then can you not try?" Very easy to use. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked: "You haven't forgotten the secret, right?" ”

Yang Chang said: "I haven't forgotten, people outside don't know what we do. I thought it was electrified. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Go, follow me." ”

Zhang Zhimu led Yang Chang to Chen Yufeng's command center and told Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He the good news that the telegram had been delivered.

Chen Yufeng said: "The telegraph machine in Yaogang will be placed in the command center, and I will prepare a house for it. ”

Yang Chang said: "One room is not enough. One receives and receives telegrams, and the other prepares equipment. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Okay, just two, you can pull things over to me immediately." ”

Yang Chang said: "In the afternoon, you should prepare at least two telegraph operators, and we will immediately start training them to send and receive telegrams." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "At least six people should form a group to send and receive telegrams, because there must be people on duty next to the telegram 24 hours a day. Besides, it's key to train more people now. Fan Chengkun also has to send someone to study. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Yes, yes. Now cultivate a little more. Can you try to send a telegram to Lingshui Pier now? ”

Yang Chang said: "Yes, but now you have to go to us." ”

Zhang Zhimu said, "Let's go, go to you." ”

When he came to Yangchang's laboratory, Zhang Zhimu said: "Send a telegram and tell them to invite Fan Chengkun to come to the telegraph." ”

One of Yang Chang's subordinates wrote a note, and the other person translated a copy of the code according to the code book, and sent a string of codes with a telegram button.

After a while, the telegraph bell on this side also ticked for a while. The telegraph operator here kept taking notes with the ticking sound. Then he translated it according to the code book, and Yang Chang took the translated note and read: "Fan Chengkun is in front of the telegraph." ”

Chen Yufeng's usually unsmiling face also blossomed, and Ouyang He also nodded happily and said, "Okay, great." ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Yang Chang: "Send a telegram, please record." ”

Yang Chang hurriedly picked up the pencil and paper himself. Zhang Zhimu said: "Commander Fan Chengkun, please say hello to the employees of Lingshui Wharf on behalf of several leaders of our kiln gang. March 15, 16th year of Zhang Zhimu Chongzhen. ”

The telegram was sent quickly, a moment. The telegram came back. The content is "Mr. Zhang, all the employees of Lingshui Wharf pay tribute to you and the leaders of Yaogang!" ”

Zhang Zhimu said again: "Record." Ask Fan Chengkun to send six young, educated, loyal and reliable people to the kiln to learn the skills of telegraph sending and receiving. Regarding the matter of the telegraph, absolute secrecy is required, and if someone asks about the wire, it can be said that it is for the purpose of electricity. No information about the telegram is to be distributed. ”

The telegram answered: "Understood, executed immediately." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Send me the telegram to the command center as soon as possible." Can you get a telegram from here to the cave? ”

Yang Chang said: "That's easy, you can pick it up in a few days." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "That's great, get the telegram over there as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He quickly realized the wonderful use of the telegram. It's just about the back-and-forth telegram conversation with Fan Chengkun, if it is to be notified by someone, someone will have to send someone over tomorrow.

Zhang Zhimu said: "When the telegram on the other side of the cave is connected, we will also connect the smelter side. That way we can keep track of what's going on there. ”

Chen Yufeng said happily: "Haha, it seems that the number of people in this telegraph study class cannot be reduced. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "What is cultivated now are seeds, and they will become the main force of our communications industry in the future." In the future, the north to Zhangjiakou, the killing of Hukou, and the south to Yuncheng Tongguan will be connected to the telegram. It's going to take a lot of people. ”

Yang Chang said: "Then you need a lot of copper." We don't have much copper now. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Rest assured, our own copper mine will soon expand production, and there will be copper by then." ”

March 18 is coming soon, because this day is the day when Huang Yukun's mother and daughter met Zhang Zhimu, and Huang Yukun regarded this day as Zhang Zhimu's birthday. Huang Yukun said hello to Chen Yufeng and the others in advance, and it happened that Yan Xing from Niutou Mountain also came over with people.

It turned out that most of the children in Niutou Mountain were on the side of Yaogang, and those female dependents had no children, so they couldn't stay on the mountain, crying and making noise to see their children. In Yan Xing's words: "This year has not been good. "Now that the sky is enlightened, I can't wait, so Yan Xing has no choice but to take everyone down the mountain.

This time, the three masters also took their wife down the mountain. Zhang Zhimu wanted to find an opportunity for Xiurong Zhixian to meet his daughter.

As soon as Yan Xing and the others arrived at the kiln, Chen Yufeng and the others told Yan Xing about the kiln during this period of time. After hearing this, Yan Xing and the others said, "Okay." ”

Li Kui seemed to be particularly interested in mortars, and asked: "The artillery run you talked about is really so powerful." I know that the castle in Hewan Village, the Shaanxi people sent 20,000 horses, and they didn't fight twice, and you forced people to surrender after a morning? ”

Chen Yufeng said: "If you hit Niutou Mountain again, it won't take a morning. Blowing you all up with mortars from afar, what are you going to fight? ”

The more I listened to Li Kui, the more fascinated he was by mortars, and said, "Mr. Chen, when will we see it?" ”

Chen Yufeng deliberately said: "This is not good, this thing must be kept absolutely secret." ”

Li Kui, who was on the rise, didn't turn a corner, thinking that Chen Yufeng really didn't let him see the mortar, and said: "Mr. Chen, we are all a family, how can you keep it a secret from us?" ”

Yan Xing was beside him, and said angrily: "Mr. Chen, don't make Li Kui happy, he is a sincere person." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard Yan Xing's words, and then Li Kui understood that Chen Yufeng was joking with him, and said: "I wanted to see the mortar too much, so I fell in love with Mr. Chen's way." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't worry, everyone is here, there are still many things for everyone to see." ”

Zhang Zhimu told again about the telegram that had been opened at Lingshui Wharf. Yan Xing said that we should also telegraph with Yaogang, how convenient it is.

Chen Yufeng said: "I knew that if you knew about the telegram, you would also have to send the telegram. ”

Yan Xing explained: "We are far away from here, and it is inconvenient to contact us for something, since we have this thing, we have to use it." In this way, the telegram is passed once a day, and the heart is more steady. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You must have a telegram there. But because the distance is too long, there must be a relay in the middle. Let's choose a station of our own and make a relay station, so that we can telegraph. ”

Yan Xing clapped his hands and said, "This is great." ”

Zhang Zhimu also said: "My plan this year is not only to have a telegraph there, but also to build a railway, so that your coal can be easily transported, and by that time, your Niutou Mountain will be a treasure mountain." ”

Li Kui couldn't help but ask, "When will you start cultivating?" ”

Zhang Zhimu saw Li Kui's anxious appearance, and knew that it was not good for them to be trapped in the mountains, and said: "In this matter, when the weather is a little better, we will start to carry out preliminary surveying and mapping to figure out the route of the road." ”

Ouyang He interjected: "There is another problem that needs to be solved first. We can refer to Li Mao's method in Jinnan to suppress Niutou Mountain, so that Niutou Mountain will be assigned to Yaogang. Otherwise, if we are now telegraphing and connecting trains with Niutoushan, wouldn't that be a rebellion? ”

Yan Xing nodded and said, "Mr. Ouyang He is thoughtful. It's better to do this earlier, our girls on the mountain want to come down the mountain, and they have suffered all these years. Especially when they finished watching our "Tang Guifei" on the mountain, they couldn't stay on the mountain. They thought that the people down the mountain were just like Little Hongyu. ”

Everyone laughed again.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This time the third brother took his wife down the mountain, and I must find a way to let her meet her father." ”

The third master said: "Thank you Mr. Zhang." The past few years have been even more painful for my wife, and I know that she thinks about her relatives every day. She just won't go back with me this time, and I don't blame her. ”

Zhang Zhimu said with a smile: "It seems that the third brother is still a person with affection." Don't worry, I'll try to make things as good as possible. ”

On Zhang Zhimu's birthday, a total of several tables of banquets were set up. One table for men is enough, and there are Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, Ouyang He, Yan Xing, Li Kui, the second master, and the third leader.

Huang Yukun and the female children on their side sat down after setting up three tables. Huang Yukun's body is already very inconvenient, and the things at work are basically worried about by Sister-in-law Xu.

Chen Yufeng once talked to Zhang Zhimu about Sister-in-law Xu, and said: "I didn't expect that this woman is still so capable, and ordinary men may not be as strong as her." Chen Yufeng not only agreed to the fact that Sister-in-law Xu still participated in work after marriage, but also gave great support. This also made Sister-in-law Xu more dedicated to her work.

These women from Niutou Mountain are even more envious of Huang Yukun and Sister-in-law Xu for being able to participate in the work and be responsible for such a big mess. Huang Yukun said: "Don't worry, everyone, after you all come over, we won't let you have a meal at home." You have to know what it's like to be able to earn a wage, to be able to support yourself. ”

Huang Yukun's words made the hearts of these women thump. They are too eager to be independent, like Huang Yukun and Sister-in-law Xu, they can do whatever they want. It's something they couldn't have imagined before.

During the banquet, before drinking. Zhang Zhimu said: "We have made a good start this year, and we have basically completed the layout of the entire southern and northern Jinjin. As soon as the weather is warm, all the business will begin. When Mr. Lu came back from the southeast of Jin along the Qin River, he could consider arranging someone to investigate. We've got all the connections there. On the north side of Jin, the location of Niutou Mountain is very important, just stuck in the middle of the road to kill Hukou, and there is something to directly send people from there to support. On the southern side of Jinnan, we also have two strongholds in Taiyue Mountain and Lishan. It can be said that our tentacles have slowly stretched out. This lays a good foundation for our next development. ”

Yan Xing interjected and said: "Here in the north of Jin, Mr. Zhang can rest assured, generally the little thieves don't need to send people from the Yaogang side." Concentrate on the big things. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Lu Bingyi will come back soon, as soon as he returns, our road construction work in the north will be carried out in an all-round way, I think the grain on the road construction site will be supplied by Niutou Mountain first, because that side is close to you, and it is convenient to transport grain." ”

Yan Xing said: "I also want to talk about food this time, so it's not a matter of putting all the grain in Niutou Mountain, it's better to use the grain first." When the grain is used on the cow's head, when the new grain comes, it will be sent to the cow's head mountain. This time, the road builder will not need so much food, and if the company uses food, it will be uniformly called. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, all the grain will be used uniformly in the future." Now we can have as many people as we have food, and the whole road construction site can be divided into more sections, so that the process can be accelerated. ”

Following Yan Xing and them came back fifty cavalrymen who had gone north with Lu Chengxiang, and they drove back three thousand sheep and three hundred cattle.

Lu Chengxiang's first stop was to kill Hukou first, and sent the grain to kill Hukou. Now it's lively to kill Hukou. Because Hu Kou is now too short of food. The Yaogang branch controls the sale of a little grain every day, in order to keep the grain. Those who wanted to buy food had to wait in line all night to get food. This time, the food for a thousand camels arrived, but the food shortage was solved. Without waiting for Lu Chengxiang to visit the garrison, the garrison sent someone to invite Lu Chengxiang. It turned out that as soon as the caravan of Yaogang arrived, the garrison knew that he was worried about the shortage of food for Hu Kou. However, the garrison thought that Zhang Zhimu could come together, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to come together this time, but when he saw the big bag and small package of gifts brought by Lu Chengxiang, the disappointment was long gone, and he said: "Oh, I have heard about your kiln gang in Beijing, the former garrison is my friend, and he has repeatedly introduced Zhang Zhimu to me as a person, and I have always wanted to meet Zhang Dongjia earlier." As soon as I took office, I encountered a food shortage in Hukou, and if it weren't for your shop being able to sell a little grain every day, Hukou might not have been able to buy food a long time ago. You didn't bring anything this time, so you brought food, which touched me very much, you are here to solve the food shortage in Hukou. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Our Zhang Dongjia was very anxious when we knew the news of the shortage of food for Hu Kou, and we were transferring grain everywhere. But the snow had not yet cleared, and the carriages could not pass. I had to use camels to transport some food to relieve my urgent needs, and wait for the road to be opened. We'll be bringing the food over right away. This grain can last for a month. I won't be afraid in the future. Please rest assured. Our boss said, let me pay a visit to the garrison first. He will definitely come to visit him in person. ”

In fact, Lu Chengxiang had two things to do when he killed Hukou, one was to transport food, and the other was to bring Qin Peng's wife back.

Lu Chengxiang found that cattle and sheep were very cheap here, and sold 4,000 sheep and 300 cattle at once. Let fifty cavalry be transported back first. Lu Chengxiang knew that there were more and more people in the kiln, and eating was a big problem. These cattle and sheep are enough for the kiln people to eat for a while. When leaving, Lu Chengxiang told the person who sent the sheep back that he would leave a thousand sheep on Niutou Mountain when he passed by Niutou Mountain. Because the workers who build the road also consume a lot of meat every day, it is much more convenient for these sheep to be sent from Niutou Mountain.

Then returned to Yaogang were Lu Chengxiang and Lu Bingyi, after they arrived in Zhangjiakou, Liu Bensheng and Lu Bingyi inspected the place bought by Yaogang together. Then they looked at the planning made by Zhang Zhimu, and they all expressed their sincere admiration for Zhang Zhimu's bold and novel ideas. The place bought by the kiln gang people is a very good place in Zhangjiakou, as long as the project is completed according to the plan, it will soon be the commercial center of Zhangjiakou. Because the station and ticket number shops are concentrated here, it is popular and the shops will inevitably be prosperous.

In the end, Lu Bingyi and Liu Bensheng discussed the general design principles, and left Liu Bensheng to take some people to carry out detailed design in Zhangjiakou. Lu Chengxiang brought all the personnel engaged in ticket number work this time, and after arranging the personnel, he and Lu Bingyi rushed back first. Because there are too many things going on on over there in the kiln. Leaving Yang Jing to arrange the transportation company, Li Zhi also stayed in Zhangjiakou to do personnel deployment and other work. Liu Yun followed Lu Chengxiang back to the kiln.

Lu Chengxiang and Lu Bingyi returned to Yaogang and brought back the families of Qingpeng and others. Sister-in-law Xu squeezed out a house for them to live in, which made Qin Peng's family truly reunited.

Duan Jingzhong waited until Lu Bingyi came back, so he couldn't wait to run to Zhang Zhimu and said: "Mr. Zhang, now that the land has almost melted, the road repair should be in full swing. However, if it is to be carried out in an all-round way, it is necessary to re-plan and reorganize the personnel, so that it can be more efficient. Now that Mr. Lu Bingyi has returned, should he settle the matter immediately? ”

Zhang Zhimu already liked this Jingzhong very much, and felt that he was very quick to talk to the kind of bureaucrat he didn't want to imagine. Zhang Zhimu knew that he saw that the matter of Lingshui Wharf had already begun, and he was in a hurry.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Duan, I can understand your feelings, in fact, I am more anxious about this matter than you." But you know how long we have to repair, I have been waiting for Mr. Lu Bingyi, just to make a detailed plan and then dispatch, so that everyone can be responsible for a section, and if there is something in that section, I will try to ask the person in charge of that section. ”

Regarding the construction of the road in the north, all the leaders of the kiln gang held a special meeting to discuss it, and of course Duan Jingzhong was also invited to participate in the meeting. The meeting decided to divide the road into three stages, the first stage from Yaogang to Fanjiaying is in full swing, and the phased implementation is carried out simultaneously; The second stage is from Fan's camp to killing Hukou; The third stage is from Fanjiaying to Zhangjiakou. In order to ensure the safe progress of road construction, in addition to leaving 1,000 people in the cave to stand by to guard the safety of the kiln gang, the other troops had to be assigned to each section of the road construction site, that is, to participate in labor and to guard the safety of the construction site. The coordination of the entire section is in charge of Duan Jingzhong. All personnel on the construction site must unconditionally obey Duan Jingzhong's command. Duan Jingzhong's headquarters not only had to supervise and inspect the construction work of each section of the road, but also had a logistics supply team to ensure that the construction personnel had good food and housing. The company leaders of Yaogang fully supported Duan Jingzhong's work. No one is allowed to cross Duan Jingzhong's hand to intervene in the affairs on the ground.

Duan Jingzhong didn't expect the kiln people to give him so much trust, and he firmly said that he would definitely do a project that would satisfy the kiln people.

Regarding the matter of building the road, the leaders of the kiln gang held a meeting for almost an afternoon, and when Zhang Zhimu returned to his office and wanted to rest for a while before going home, Li Zhi's office staff sent a letter.

The person who delivered the letter said: "I'm afraid it's an urgent matter, so I don't dare to delay, so I won't wait for Director Li to come back." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "If you do a good job, you must do special things." I'll tell Li Zhi about it when I come back. ”

This is an urgent letter from Li Mao to Xuzhou through pigeons, and from Xuzhou to Tongguan, and from Tongguan back to Yaogang.

Seeing the pen inside, Zhang Zhimu felt very kind. Li Mao wrote: "The thieves repeatedly attacked the Yellow River from the Luo River to intercept passing merchant ships. We didn't dare risk sending a ship back to Yaogang. The officers and troops have won and lost each other in many sorties, so please ask Mr. Zhang to find a way quickly. Li Mao. ”

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