On the platform, there were still many railway employees and soldiers who were not allowed to get on the train, but only watched from the sidelines, and outside the fence of the platform, thousands of people gathered on both sides of the railway to watch the excitement.

As the train left, everyone was about to disperse, but suddenly found that in the middle of the platform, at some point, hundreds of majestic soldiers of the captive army appeared, surrounded by more than 20 officials, and these 20 officials were surrounded by a kind middle-aged man, dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe.

"Dragon robe? That person, that person is the emperor of the Chinese Empire? The onlookers noticed the man who was surrounded by soldiers and officials of the captive army, but he was surrounded by the crowd and did not look closely. I don't know who recognized the emperor Feng Yunshan, as soon as he took the lead, he knelt down on the ground, and suddenly, the other soldiers and railway staff on duty on the platform knew that the emperor was coming, and they knelt down and saluted.

The onlookers on both sides of the railway outside the platform immediately knew that His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire had personally come to the scene of the opening ceremony of the train, and they knelt down and shouted: "Meet Your Majesty, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Feng Yunshan had no choice but to stand up, beckoning to everyone, he wanted to say a few words, but it seemed that he couldn't hear the shouting, and the onlookers were even more excited than seeing the train, and kept shouting Long live, as if he was sorry for Feng Yunshan if he didn't shout.

Feng Yunshan knew that these people were also expressing their love for themselves, and they would never be in awe alone. This is the case with the people of the world, as long as they can live, he will think that the country and the court are very good, if they can live a little better than the original, and there is a little hope for life, then they will respect the local government and himself as the emperor as a Buddha of ten thousand families.

However, for his own safety, he still did not plan to speak. In such a place with many people, it would be inappropriate if there were Manchu remnants or careerists who assassinated themselves. The people know their own intentions, and they will definitely make this emperor better and let the people of the world live a better life. So, under the protection of Liu Shengbang and other imperial guards, he just waved to the people around him, and then got into a special carriage surrounded by a large group of begging soldiers, entered the city, and turned to a stone building next to the Shuixi Gate.

Since becoming the emperor, Feng Yunshan has felt the pressure, every time he travels, it is very difficult, and he has a lot of labor, but he can't always make a private visit to Weifu, right? In case you meet someone who has the intention to plot against yourself, there is really no place to cry. The higher his status, the more reluctant Feng Yunshan was to lose this beautiful life, so he was cautious.

The stone building was closed in three directions, and only one gate facing south was opened, and the carriage arrived at the gate, and the dozens of soldiers of the captive army at the gate had already been notified and opened the gate in advance. When Feng Yunshan got off the carriage, Zeng Guanlan, vice premier of the cabinet, Zuo Zongtang, general staff officer of the General Staff Department, Wang Minyun, vice minister of general affairs, Zeng Yuheng, vice minister of public works, Zhou Shengkun, minister of finance and taxation, He Jianji, vice minister of police, Xu Shou, vice minister of science and technology, Cheng Hengsheng, vice minister of public works and director of the Department of Railways, and others were already waiting beside the carriage. Next to him, there were two blonde and blue-eyed foreigners on the side.

"Zhong Aiqing doesn't have to be polite. Zeng Aiqing, Cheng Aiqing, I and all Aiqing came here, but your territory, go, take me to see the telegraph office you have built for more than half a year. Feng Yunshan said.

According to his itinerary, today was supposed to take the train to Jurong, and then take another car back to Shengjing. However, he sat down, followed by hundreds or even thousands of guards and accompanying officials, without a special train, simply could not pull down, in the end he thought about it or forget it, do not disturb the people, plus he is used to sitting on the high-speed train, he really has no feeling for this kind of primitive steam locomotive that is inferior to the green train, so he changed his itinerary and specially inspected the telegraph office built by the Ministry of Public Works.

This telegraph office, in fact, was not planned by him. Feng Yunshan remembered the railway, but he forgot exactly when the telegram appeared.

Until a year ago, Wu Chongyao, vice minister of commerce, reacted that Big John, the boss of the Central American Railway Company that undertook the construction of the Jiangxi-Fujian railway, proposed that they had completed two-thirds of the construction of the Jiangxi-Fujian railway from Jingdezhen and Dexing copper mine in Jiangxi Province to Nanping in Fujian. Feng Yunshan was originally planning to build this railway, only to build to Nanping, when Fuzhou was still in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, now the situation is different, several railways in the territory started at the same time, although the new steel plant several new steel plants, still can not meet a large number of steel demand, in order to speed up the construction of the railway, Feng Yunshan agreed, agreed to according to the original conditions, by the United States Central Railway Company additional investment, built to Fuzhou.

And Big John came to Shengjing to discuss the details of cooperation with Zeng Yuheng, vice minister of public works, and Cheng Hengsheng, the newly appointed director of the Department of Railways. Zeng Yuheng and Cheng Hengsheng immediately remembered it, and after some consultation, they finally figured out what this telegram was. The two of them were overjoyed and asked John to help the Empire build a telegraph pilot, and if he could, the Empire would roll out the construction of the telegraph on every railroad.

The two reported to Feng Yunshan, and Feng Yunshan realized that telegraphy in this era was in the process of rapid development. He also remembered that the Crimean War had used telegraphs as a means of communication. Thinking of the role of the telegraph, Feng Yunshan keenly realized that this kind of cross-era communication was exactly what the Chinese Empire, a vast country, was most in need of.

Think about it, in the original Manchu Qing Dynasty, when there was a rebellion in a remote place like Guangxi, it would take several days or even half a month for the capital to receive the news, and then send a holy decree to the locality, send troops to the rebel area to suppress it, and mobilize food and military salaries in various places, and a month or two passed. But if there were two things, the telegraph and the railway, as long as the telegraph was within reach, as soon as there was any rebellion or enemy attack, through the telegram, the capital would immediately receive the news, and immediately give instructions to the place of rebellion. By rail, it was possible to mobilize troops and food very quickly and quickly drop them around the rebel areas, which was not comparable to the previous 600 li or 800 li expedited.

As a result, Feng Yunshan was overjoyed, and immediately made a decision, without piloting, and directly built it on the most important Suzhou-direct railway. In the name of the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Feng Yunshan directly ordered the establishment of the General Telegraph Bureau in the Empire, which was temporarily subordinated to the newly established Railway Department, and Cheng Hengsheng, Vice Minister of Public Works and Director of the Railway Department, concurrently served as the Director of the General Telegraph Bureau, formally preparing for the laying of telegraph cables and the construction of telegraph stations in the Empire.

After arriving at the Shengjing Telegraph Office, Feng Yunshan personally met and inquired about the telegraph after being introduced by Big John and hired several telegraph engineers. More than 10 years ago, an artist named Morse used $30,000 sponsored by the U.S. Congress to build a 64-kilometer telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore, and then successfully sent a telegram from Washington to Baltimore. They also said that telegraph cable laying had begun to spread among their major cities in the United States, and suggested that Feng Yunshan should also develop in the Chinese Empire.

Feng Yunshan was overjoyed, and expressed his stance on the spot to give these foreign engineers high salaries, and at the same time ordered the Ministry of Commerce to purchase telegraphs, cables, contactors, and other telecommunications equipment from Europe and the United States through the Nanyang Company.

After the telecommunications equipment arrived at the beginning of the year, the General Telegraph Administration began to install and debug telegraph facilities under the guidance of these foreign engineers.