At the King of Crabs Communications Research Laboratory, five outstanding scientists and more than a dozen researchers were putting the finishing touches on today's experiment, and a gleaming metal copper wire was connected from one room to another thirty meters away, where there were both Chinese and Westerners. [Full text reading]

Everyone's expressions were excited and apprehensive, but the movements of their hands were so steady and precise, and at this time, several researchers carefully carried a sulfuric acid battery into another room.

The scientists, on the other hand, kept going in and out of the two rooms, which were more than thirty meters apart, followed by two researchers each, constantly taking notes, and after a while, everyone's foreheads were covered with sweat, but none of them showed a trace of exhaustion on their faces.

"Alright, room one is ready." One of the scientists poked his head out of room one and shouted loudly, and shortly after that, the same shouts rang out from room two opposite.

"Very well, gentlemen, I think we can begin." As the director of this research laboratory, the Spaniard Savoie took the paper and pen handed by the researcher next to him, thought about it, and wrote the message of the world's first telegram on the note.

However, he was so excited and nervous that he realized that he had misspelled a word after he finished writing, so he quickly erased it and wrote it again, and then handed it to the researcher. "It's time to send a report."

The telegraph receiver took the message that was about to be sent, and when he saw the contents, he couldn't help but smile strangely, but he still put the note on the table and began to calculate the code.

As for the use of electric current for communication, there have been experiments in Europe before, but at that time, the research on electricity was still limited to static electricity, and the first test was a scientist named Morson.

Half a century ago, Morson used the principle of electrostatic induction to transmit information after being energized with 26 wires representing 26 letters, but this kind of machinery required too many wires, the settings were complicated, and the distance of electrostatic sensing was limited, so his invention was not promoted.

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Savoy was very interested in this kind of research, but no one was willing to invest in this seemingly ridiculous experiment, and after suffering numerous blows, he finally saw an opportunity, that is, the monarchs of the East were rumored to be very interested in all kinds of new things, and were willing to give enough money and manpower to every European scientist who was willing to go to the East to study the subject.

Sava soon made up his mind, and a group of Western scholars with the same dream boarded the great ship named the Ship of Knowledge to the East, and among them, there were many out-of-the-ordinary and even bizarre research topics, but they were all generously accepted by the representatives of the East.

And here, what Sava didn't expect was that as soon as he arrived here, he was extremely surprised to find that this place was simply a paradise for all scientists in the world. No matter what kind of discipline or research, it seems that you can find your soulmate here.

What surprised him even more was that here, there were already laboratories that began to use electricity, and even some laboratories were studying electricity, and he learned that under the guidance of the Oriental King, the scientific guy developed a battery, which can continuously release the current required for various experiments.

When he arrived on King Crab Island five days later, he submitted his proposal to build a laboratory using electric currents for communication to the next day, and received a reply, and before the laboratory was completed and put into work, he received a letter, which was personally sent by the director of the island, and the person who wrote the letter was actually the long-rumored king of the East, the content of the letter, Sava finally understood why the arrogant scientists on King of Crabs Island seemed so awe-inspiring, even adoring, when they mentioned that monarch.

In that letter, the Oriental King cordially spoke highly of the subject that Savoy had studied, and then began to conceive and deduce, and soon Savoy felt as if he had been given a door and window, yes, like a palace of great master, standing in the door of the great hall of science, guiding himself how to enter this door, and like a lighthouse piercing the night, so that he could avoid the countless reefs and return to the peaceful harbor.

Together with several like-minded people, under the joint research of those clever and knowledgeable Chinese researchers, the research on the subject can be described as a thousand miles, and in less than two years, using the principles of electromagnetism, to overcome one difficulty after another.

And more importantly, while Sava was struggling with how to transmit information through a single wire, another letter from the Eastern King was on his desk again. As a result, this signal code, known as Liang's code, became the only common signal code in the telegraph transmission system for more than 100 years.

At this time, the percussion of Didi Didi interrupted Nasava's memories. Almost everyone present held their breath as they watched the rhythmic sound of the telegraph receiver.

The message was not long, twelve words in all, and soon the message was finished, but after that, no one left room No. 1 of the newspaper, and everyone waited in silence, and Sava took a cigarette out of his pocket with trembling fingers and put it to his mouth, but his heart kept praying to God.

Time moves slowly, bit by bit, and for these people who are waiting, even a minute is as distant and difficult as a century.

The sound of footsteps, the sound of swift footsteps suddenly came from far and near, and almost everyone stood up in an instant, and their eyes fell to the door in unison. Entered, a scientist from the Institute, a Frenchman in his fifties, paused at the door, and then, walking into the room, he looked at the expectant eyes in the room with a serious expression, and finally fell on Savoy's face, and he walked up to Savoy and stretched out his big hand. "I think I do need a cigarette."

"What did you say?" Savo, who was overly nervous, couldn't help but be stunned and subconsciously asked.

At this time, the corners of the Frenchman's mouth curled up wickedly, and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a telenewspaper. "Didn't you just ask me in the telegram if I wanted a cigarette? Dear Dean, are you just joking with me? ”

"Yay!" The telegraph receiver jumped first, raising his hands high. "Hooray!"

All the people rushed to look at the note at the moment, only to find that the content written on the note was actually a sentence that made people cry and laugh: Hello, do you want to have a cigarette?

However, that emotion was instantly drowned out by the joy and excitement of success. Everyone in the room was boiling and shouting loudly. But Sava snatched the telegram in one hand, and in a daze, carefully scertaining the code on it, and at last he held it to his chest, and smiled with great satisfaction, as if he were holding a love letter from his beloved lover.

"My dear Excellency, I wonder if you still owe me a cigarette." The Frenchman still had a wicked smile, but anyone could tell that his mood was so high.

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"Of course, you damned Frenchman, I don't know if you scared the hell out of me, and I even thought you didn't even get the signal from us." Sava excitedly pulled out the pack of cigarettes that had just been folded in his arms, slapped the Frenchman in his big hand, and gave the other a fierce hug. "Thanks, my old fellow."

"Well, dear dean, first of all I want to congratulate you, you really succeeded. I really didn't expect that we would be able to achieve real success in such a short period of time. God willing, bless us for the great miracles we have had. Distance will not be an obstacle that restricts our human communication. The Frenchman Henry drew a cross on his chest, with a look of piety.

"No, dear old fellow." Savoy was a little overjoyed and raised his hand and kept gesturing, "This is our common success, and the Führer, without whom we would have gone astray. ”

"This, I have to admit, go, let these children go and preach our victory, let's go have a drink first." Henry laughed and patted Savoy on the shoulder, and after countless nights and nights, the joy of success really needed a way to vent.

"Of course, dear Henry, to-day I must drink up the bottle of Bordeaux wine that you have hidden in your house...... Aha. "Dull, humorless technologists are behaving like a bunch of kids at the moment.

And this achievement of theirs has made the whole world more close, yes, in the near future, the world will be connected by communication cables.

At another institute, a group of people are hotly discussing the feasibility of building a steel bridge over the Pearl River. Among them are two well-known bridge experts from the United Kingdom, Thomas. Telford is a well-known and scholarly bridge expert, having built his first iron bridge across the River Severn in Montford three years ago.

And his fellow Englishman James. Douglas was brilliant but had an odd surname, but both men firmly believed that cast iron should be used extensively in the construction of a permanent bridge on a river as wide as the Pearl River to increase the durability of the bridge and its own tensile strength...... Another research institute is working on how to make the battery a reusable storage battery, as well as a practical surname for steam engine power generation.

It can be said that even Liang Pengfei himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to count how many research institutes there are on this King of Crabs Island, and how many Western scholars have been lured by his heavy money.

King of Crabs Island has almost become a base camp for the world's scientific guys to gather, and the generous remuneration, the subsequent benefit sharing, and the kind of abundant food and clothing, in short, make these scientists feel as if they are living in paradise.

The military academy that was originally here has also been moved to Hong Kong, and those vacated territories have been given to another comprehensive university, and those scholars and experts on this island are ready-made, and they have teachers who belong to the most advanced scientific and technological theories of this era.

Liang Pengfei can announce to the whole world without blushing that this will be the world's science and technology center, and in the near future, the research results here will be witnessed by the world, even shocked!

(To be continued)