On the third day of February, Denglai Institute of Science and Technology!

Suddenly, there was a cheer from the telegraph team, and the members of the telegraph research team ran out of the house shouting, "It's done, it's done......

Zhao Yan was watching a performance with Yuan'er, Yan Yuyao, and Shalena in the theater, when suddenly Zhao Yan's guard captain Hong Furen walked in and said in Zhao Yan's ear: "Report to the general, the Academy of Science and Technology sent someone to say that the telegraph research has been successful." ”

"Success?" When Zhao Yan heard the news, he couldn't help but be stunned, then showed a bright smile and nodded, "We'll go over later." ”

"Husband, what's wrong?" Yuan'er asked Zhao Yan, and Yan Yuyao said, "Seeing that Fujun is smiling so happily, there must be good news." ”

"That's right, the Academy of Science and Technology sent someone to report that the telegraph had been developed." Zhao Yan was very happy and stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around the waist of Yuan'er and Yan Yuyao.

"Telegram? Is it the one that can deliver information very quickly? Salena stretched her head and asked, Zhao Yan nodded and said, "That's right, with the telegraph, it will be much more convenient to transmit information in the future." ”

"Husband, it seems that you will have to be busy with government affairs in the future." Yan Yuyao said with a smile, Yuan'er didn't quite understand, Yan Yuyao explained: "With the telegraph, the information is transmitted so quickly, the magistrate can ask the central government for any matter at any time, even if the magistrate's request is thrown to others, and the war outside must be consulted by the husband." ”

"Hmmm! Yes! Yuan'er nodded and said, "Then the husband should work hard!" ”

Zhao Yan said with a smile: "As soon as the telegram came out, it was not only for administrative purposes. It is also very convenient for business, for example, if the price of a certain commodity is high in a certain place, you can know the news, and you can quickly know what disaster has occurred in what place and what commodity price will be affected. ”

"Husband, you are really a money fan." Yan Yuyao said mischievously.

"If your husband is not a fan of money, how can he have money to support his family~!"

"Oops! The "Loyal to the Country" written by the husband is about to start singing. Yuan'er saw that the band had already walked to the stage, and hurriedly reminded Zhao Yan to concentrate.

During this time, Zhao Yan made a lot of musical instruments, and all kinds of performance instruments were complete, and he was able to use new instruments proficiently after several months of training in performance.

Today, the song "Loyal to the Country" was sung for the first time at the Opera House.

"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rises and rolls the horse, the sword is like frost, the heart is like the Yellow River, who can resist in the twenty years of vertical and horizontal. Hatred, the direction of the long knife, how many siblings are loyal to the soul of the homeland, how to die to repay the family and country, endure sighs, and are even more speechless, full of blood and tears...... The horseshoe goes south to the north and the people look north, and the grass is green and yellow and the dust is flying, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory, and China wants to let the Quartet ...... Come and congratulate! ”

The singer on the stage sang the song "Loyal to the Country" with a loud and majestic voice, and there was silence in the theater.

This is a patriotic song that sings about Yue Fei's deeds, and at the same time opens a new chapter in the entertainment industry of Daming and creates a new singing school.

At the same time, this song "Loyal to the Country" also quickly spread throughout Zhaojiabao, people rushed to the opera house, and the opera house had to step up the training of singers, and then this song was widely circulated and spread to the entire Ming Dynasty by various art groups.

After listening to the songs he plagiarized, Zhao Yan was very satisfied with the level of plagiarism and the artistic aesthetics of the people of this era, and went to the Academy of Science and Technology with his three wives to visit the newly developed telegraph with a good mood.

Out of the opera house, the guards pulled Zhao Yan's latest horse-drawn carriage over, which was a luxurious carriage, although it was not inlaid with gold and silver, but the carriage was made of sandalwood.

The carriage was not a traditional two-wheeled carriage, but a four-wheeled carriage, the outside of the carriage was painted purple, and a soft blanket was placed in the place where it was sitting, which was woven from the wool of the Tibetan antelope, and the carriage had two rows of seats, which could seat six people, and in front of the carriage were three handsome and tall white horses, the kind that did not have a single miscellaneous hair.

In fact, this carriage didn't cost much, the raw materials sound quite scary, in fact, it is very cheap, the red sandalwood has more inventory in Daming, and the hair of the Tibetan antelope was easily beaten by Lu Xiangsheng when he was spitting, as for those horses, they themselves have them, and there are more than a dozen good horses in Zhao Yan's stable.

There is no technical difference between the two-wheeled and the four-wheeled, and the two-wheeled carriage is popular in China because the terrain in China is complex, and the two wheels are more practical. Europeans are popular with four-wheeled carriages because Europe is very flat and the four wheels are not too bumpy.

Now Shandong's transportation has improved, and there are many four-wheeled carriages, and most of the carriages produced by Shandong's carriage factories are four-wheeled.

Zhao Yan and his three wives sat in the carriage, the white horse in front pulled the carriage, and the horse's hooves made a crisp click sound on the cement road.

The sun was shining brightly, and passers-by saluted when they saw the carriage coming.

Zhao Yan sat in the carriage, feeling the slight shaking of the wheels on the road, and suddenly realized that he might be about to complete the goal of crossing.

It's fast, but it's still long.

Even if science and technology are prosperous and the military is strong, the nation still needs to be guided, and the system is the most important.

When he arrived at the Academy of Science and Technology, Zhao Yan saw the developed telegraph.

The telegraph team excitedly demonstrated to Zhao Yan that a wire hundreds of meters long connected the telegraph at both ends, and the telegraph team turned out the codebook and shot 'Long live the Han nation' to the other side.

After a while, the telegraph operator on the other side translated the message from this side according to the codebook.

"Long live the Han nation!"

"Very good, but how far can this telegram signal travel now?" Zhao Yan asked the telegram team.

"Report to the General, we haven't tried it yet."

"Hmmm! Try it as soon as possible and find a way to boost the signal. ”

"I wonder what the general's revelations are?"

"Mirrors reflect sunlight." Zhao Yan just said casually, he really didn't understand the in-depth principle, but when he read a small story about the history of telegraphy, he saw that the signal strength was not enough when the British erected the submarine cable, and finally someone saw the mirror, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then ...... He didn't know anymore.

On this day, the Academy of Science and Technology held a carnival, and Zhao Yan rewarded the telegraph team with 50,000 taels of silver, and reporters from various newspapers in Shandong came to report on the telegram.

Within a few days, the Academy of Science and Technology tested the strength of the telegraph signal, and with the current telegraph technology, it is not a problem to walk three or four thousand kilometers, but it is impossible to travel tens of thousands of kilometers.

According to the test transmission speed, it takes 25 minutes to transmit from Zhaojiabao to Xi'an.

"Well, now it's okay to use the telegraph in the homeland." Zhao Yan nodded after reading the report, and said to Yan Yuyao: "I ordered the telegraph team to start the telegraph erection work, and we must build a perfect telegraph network in the whole Ming Dynasty, and we must divide the military, government and civilian systems. ”

Yan Yuyao nodded, picked up a pen and wrote an order, and then issued it.

After receiving the order, the telegraph team immediately began to organize the erection of the telegraph network, and the first ones to be erected were naturally military telegraph lines and telegraph lines for administrative use.

The production of telegraph wires was also put on the table, and the Denlai Bank immediately invested 100,000 taels to set up a telegraph manufacturing plant, which also manufactured telegraph wires.

As soon as the telegram appeared, the intellectuals of Shandong were excited.

Chongzhen once again seemed to be beaten into the cold palace, according to newspaper reports, as soon as the telegram appeared, the central government could directly control the place.

You can also control the battle situation remotely.

In terms of the transmission of information about the war, it will be many times faster than the enemy, Chongzhen is a little cold, if he makes a move, is it not Zhao Jiabao will receive the news immediately.

As soon as Zhao Jiabao received the news, he immediately issued an order by telegram to use a train to transfer back the soldiers and horses stationed elsewhere within two or three days.

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more disheartened he became, and Queen Zhou was relieved: "Why should the emperor fight!" Isn't it good to be Ming now? ”

"This is the ancestral family business, can't I fight?" Chongzhen said loudly, his emotions were a little excited for a while, Queen Zhou hurriedly stroked Chongzhen's back, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, but we can't fight, we want to touch eggs and stones, and in the end it is only eggs that suffer." ”

"I ......" Chongzhen clutched his chest, the breath in his chest was unbearable, he sighed halfway, and said, "It's all because I didn't see through this traitor in the first place." ”

"Your Majesty, if Zhao Yan is a traitor, I'm afraid we won't even have such a thing today." Empress Zhou sighed, he understood what her husband meant, he was an emperor who wanted to revitalize the glory of his ancestors, but his talent was not high, and the Ming Dynasty was already a mess when he ascended the throne.

"Am I just watching him take away the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that my ancestors have laid down?"

"People don't necessarily want it." Empress Zhou said.

"What do you know as a woman, he didn't want it at the beginning, it doesn't mean that he doesn't want it in the future, if I don't fight, won't I let it be slaughtered?" Chongzhen said angrily.

Empress Zhou hurriedly helped Chongzhen to calm down his emotions, and then Empress Zhou said: "Your Majesty, we can't fight now, if he wants to sit in this position, it is better to think of a way to get the best of both worlds." ”

"There's only one location, where is the best of both worlds?" Chongzhen said angrily.

"Your Majesty, Yu Jiao is already twelve years old, and he will be able to marry in a few years, if he really has thoughts about the artifact, it is better to marry him to him, so that the Ming can be protected, and the ancestral bloodline can also be protected. Although Zhao Yan is a little bolder, at least he has a bottom line for the emperor. Empress Zhou suddenly suggested.

"Let me be the Emperor?" Chongzhen snorted coldly when he heard this: "I don't know who wins and who loses." ”

"The emperor is right." Empress Zhou saw that the emperor was not angry, and knew that the emperor would eventually consider this retreat.

Chongzhen is indeed not a fool, Zhao Yan is now like Zhongtian, if he plays forbearance, his life will not be longer than Zhao Yan. Playing with force, Zhao Yan not only has more soldiers and horses in his hands than him, but also stronger than him. Now the train is coming, and the telegraph is coming. All sorts of incredible things are coming.

Zhao Yan has these sharp weapons in his hands, and he has no chance of winning.

"Maybe I should think about how to keep the throne instead of thinking about taking it back." At night, Chongzhen thought in his heart, but he was unwilling to think about it, and quickly overturned this idea.

Fight or fight, but if you can't fight, let's talk about it! The most unfortunate, send your daughter out and give up the throne. At that time, the royal bloodline can still be preserved.

…… At the beginning of the year, the research of the Denglai Institute of Science and Technology was everywhere, first in terms of gunpowder and explosives, and then in the development of the powerful yellow powder, and then the birth of the telegraph.

Soon the first thermal power plant was built 20 miles south of Zhaojiabao.

Thermal power plants are not particularly complicated, and they also use the principle of steam engines to turn the turbines, and then electricity is generated, while hydropower is to use the potential of water to make the turbines rotate to generate electricity.

Telephone poles soon appeared in Zhaojiabao, and the wires were drawn to the streets, and electric lights were installed in the streets.

Shandong's coal demand is now growing every day, now relying on those small coal mines in Shandong can no longer support, coal began to be transported from Handan, the mode of transportation is still by horse-drawn carriages, the cost of horse-drawn carriage transportation is not too high, after all, there are many horses, and there are many carriages.

In terms of freight and horse fare, a groom pays a monthly salary of 2 taels of silver dollars, and he can also transport a lot of things.

There is also some coal that is transported from North Korea Province, and there is also a lot of coal in North Korea, and North Korea's coal is mainly anthracite, which is not the same as the use of coal production in Handan.

The steam engine used bituminous coal, and anthracite was used to make a fire for cooking.

However, as the demand for coal continues to increase, it is clear that horse-drawn carriage transportation is not the case, and the coal production in Handan alone cannot keep up.

Therefore, in the construction of the railway, since the beginning of the year, we have begun to focus on laying the Zhaotai Railway from Shandong to Shaanxi, and the roadbed of this railway has been completed, and the rails are almost laid.

Handan's steel base has produced enough rails to lay the Zhaotai Railway, and the rails needed for the Beijing-Pudong Railway and the North Korea-Shenyang and Shenyang-Beijing railways are still in production.

It is expected that these railways can be repaired this year, and then coal from Shanxi can be transported back to Shandong, and livestock, soybeans, steel, coal and other resources from the northeast and North Korea can be transported to Shandong, or they can be transported south to Pukou, and then trafficked to the entire Yangtze River valley by boat.

…… Outside the Institute of Science and Technology, many businessmen come to the Institute of Science and Technology to apply for patent authorization.

Recently, as soon as the telegraph appeared, many businessmen planned to open a telegraph office, especially those merchants, who were joint ventures, not to value the profits of the telegraph, but to see the speed of message transmission, for a businessman, the speed of information transmission is very important.

And with the telegraph, it was convenient for merchants.

The Shandong political axe allowed private telegraphs, but only in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and sternly warned merchants not to bring telegraph technology to other countries.

This kind of stern warning is not a joke, and those merchants will not be idle to send telegrams to other countries, and it is enough to lay a telegram in the territory of Daming to achieve their goals.

Privately run telegraph offices should be networked with government-run telegraph offices, and they must adopt the model of government-run telegraph offices, of course, they can also add better services, but the service items of government-run telegraph offices must be available, and the information transmission belongs to the service surname, if the service attitude is too poor, it will be disqualified.

It's a great way to save money.

At this time, the telegraph was still wired, and although the cost investment was not too large, if the line was laid throughout the country, the cost would still be relatively large.

And with businessmen investing, there is no need for political axes to spend money on this. In terms of investment, the bank of Denley invested part of it, and the private sector reinvested part of it, and this telegraph network could be established.

In addition to those who want to run a telegraph, there are also businessmen who want to set up a power company, and some businessmen have already registered their companies, just waiting for the Academy of Science and Technology to grant authorization to use the patent, and then pay a patent fee.

These businessmen apparently saw the prospect of electricity, and with the advent of electric lights, every household would use electricity in the future, because the price of electric lights was very cheap, and thirty copper plates could be bought.

In the future, the amount of candles used will not be so large, because of electric lights.

Opening an electric power company is sure to make money, and this is an idea that many businessmen come up with after reading the newspaper. For example, if a certain power company provides cheaper and more stable electricity, then a certain administrative area will sign a contract with the power company, and as for who to sign the contract, it depends on the opinion of the people, because they have to pay for electricity, and they have the right to choose which power company to use.

Government-run power plants are also to be built, but private power plants can reduce the capital investment of political axes, and there will be no [***] phenomenon in operation, but survival of the fittest.

Under the lower price of electricity, whoever can't turn on it will be swallowed up by the power company that can keep it, and in this kind of competition, consumers can benefit.

The government-run system is still okay at a certain stage, but if it passes a certain stage, there will always be corruption, and in the end, the initial loss is the consumer.

…… In the South Seas, the Spaniards and Portuguese surrendered their strongholds in East Asia after their shipping lanes into East Asia were blocked.

And the Shandong Navy also began to penetrate into the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Ocean was the territory of the Portuguese, and there were also some British strongholds, merchant houses, and the Dutch, who had been driven away.

The Portuguese, after signing the Treaty of Todesira with the Spaniards, naively drew a line across the Atlantic Ocean and divided the world.

The Americas west of the Atlantic Ocean belonged to the Spaniards, and the East of the Atlantic Ocean belonged to the Portuguese.

So the Spaniards were more powerful in the Americas, and the Portuguese were even more powerful in Asia than the Spaniards.

Although Almeida, the first viceroy of Portuguese India, created a situation in the Indian Ocean, his policy was to limit Portuguese activities only to the shores of the Indian Ocean. Albuquerque, the second governor of Portuguese India, reversed Almeida's conservative policies by devised an ambitious plan to completely exclude Muslims from the spice shipment and control 3,500 miles of the Indian Ocean.

Later, they occupied the Strait of Malacca, with the city of Malacca as a bridgehead, they entered East Asia and settled in Macau, among many Western countries, the Portuguese in the Ming Dynasty handled the relationship with the Ming Dynasty best, and people from other countries did not kneel when they saw the emperor, and the Portuguese knelt very simply, so the Ming Dynasty allowed them to trade in Macao.

At this time, the Portuguese Indian governor quickly came to contact the Shandong navy in the face of the aggressive posture of the Shandong navy, claiming that they were willing to withdraw from East Asia and continue to maintain good trade relations with the Ming Dynasty.

The strength of the Shandong Navy has been seen by others, this is an era in which the strong have the right to speak, and the truth is only within the range of artillery.

In order to continue to maintain trade relations with the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese quickly came to contact the First Fleet, and were willing to reconcile before the war was over.

(To be continued)