In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the first telegraph line was successfully erected, and the telegraph line from Beijing to Tianjin was soon put into trial operation.

Zhu Youxiao set up a telegraph office for this purpose, but the telegraph was temporarily closed to civilian use and was only for official use.

The telegraph trial camp was an immediate success, and it was much faster than a traditional post station, and the speed of electricity was naturally not comparable to that of horses.

The advent of the telegraph brought great convenience to administration, commerce, etc.

In these years, commodity mobilization itself is a big problem, because the speed of information transfer is so slow that when commodities are mobilized, you don't know the price of raw materials in a certain place, and you don't know the demand for goods at the destination. Especially overseas, the problem is even more acute.

If there was a telegraph, these problems would be solved very well. Where there is a shortage of goods, how many raw materials are produced, where there are enough ships, etc., this information can be quickly exchanged and optimally mobilized.

In terms of commercial interests alone, the telegraph was of great use. Not to mention that this thing can increase the speed of the imperial court to suppress rebellions and provide disaster relief.

After the successful operation of the first telegraph route, Zhu Youxiao immediately asked the telegraph bureau to increase the scale of training for telegraph operators, and at the same time laid telegraph routes in all provinces across the country.

Telegraphs were first laid to provincial capitals, but also to coastal ports, as well as important commodity producing areas, as well as important military areas.

As for the full coverage, we will wait for the completion of the laying in these key areas.

Another very important thing is the laying of telegraph lines overseas. Taiwan, Nanyang, Australia, New Zealand, these places, all have to be laid.

The telegraph route to be laid in the local focus. Naturally, it is Mongolia and the Western Regions.

The first phase of investment in the laying of telegraph lines reached 5 million yuan. and other telegraph lines and construction crews expanded in size. You can make the second installment of the investment.

The technology of laying submarine telegraph lines was quickly overcome, and it was not too difficult in itself. The first cross-sea telegraph line was to be laid in Zhendong Province.

There is an important fishing ground in the Ming Dynasty, which is an important grain producing area in the Ming Dynasty today, and the annual catch provides a lot of protein for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Not long ago, the fleet trading with Japan came back with the news that Japan had begun to control the outflow of precious metals, and at the same time frequently sent people to Zhendong Province to investigate.

This news suddenly made Zhu Youxiao have a strong vigilance, and at this time, Japan was also plagued by natural disasters, and grain production was also greatly reduced.

In such a situation. It is difficult to guarantee that Japan will use its crooked thoughts on Zhendong Province.

After several years of development, at this time, Daming established a large area of pastures in Zhendong Province, as well as a large-scale fishing base.

In the southern island of Jindong Province (Hokkaido), there are about 15 million mu of pasture land and 3.5 million mu of arable land. North Island (Sakhalin) in Zhendong Province has reclaimed 2 million mu of arable land and 6 million mu of pasture.

Patches of pastures and farms have been carved out in Zhendong Province, and now they can produce large quantities of wool, sheepskins and cowhides and other raw materials for Daming every year, as well as large quantities of beef and mutton.

After several years of continuous investment, the number of fishing vessels and fisheries has increased greatly, and nearly 3 million tons of fish have been caught from the waters of Zhendong Province in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. Among them, herring accounted for the largest proportion, reaching more than 1.2 million tons.

The whaling industry is also developed in Zhendong Province. The waters of Zhendong Province are very rich in whale resources. At present, there is only one whaling area in Daming, and the second whaling area will be opened up in the southern hemisphere, mainly relying on Australia and New Zealand to hunt whales in Antarctic waters, but it is still in preparation.

The fishery products imported from Zhendong Province for Daming are so cheap that some fishing industries along the local coast of Daming are not easy to develop. But what Zhu Youxiao needs is a large-scale import of cheap protein products, so the fishing industry in Zhendong Province is very important to Daming.

Without these low-cost imports of fishery products, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to feed so many workers who had left the land, and the scale of construction would have to be reduced.

It can be said that Zhendong Province is related to the important interests of the Ming Dynasty, at this time, small Japan suddenly restricted the outflow of precious metals, and began to frequently explore the South Island of Zhendong Province, and it was clear that they were all together.

There was a clear tendency for the Tokugawa shogunate, faced with the natural disasters that began to occur frequently, to prepare to draw the contradictions outward, preferably by finding an enemy, and then using war to consume the population from within.

If the contradictions are not channeled externally through war, it is likely that chaos will arise internally. In this case, it is better to lead to the outside, after winning, not only will the population be consumed, but maybe the South Island of Zhendong Province occupied by the Ming Dynasty will be defeated, and then it will be able to increase grain output. It doesn't feel like it matters if you lose, because the population is consumed by success.

The internal population is smaller, and the consumption of food is naturally less.

Tossing and turning, the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate over Japan was secured.

As a traverser, Zhu Youxiao basically gained insight into the intentions of the Japanese as soon as he saw the movements of Little Japan. Because Zhu Youxiao, who traveled through the industry once, knew that after the industrial revolution in modern Japan, once there was any internal contradiction, he would lead the contradiction to the outside by launching a war of aggression.

The Tokugawa shogunate's control of the outflow of precious metals shows that the Japanese have become wary of foreign trade, which also means that the amount of precious metals in Japan has begun to decrease, and their purchasing power is declining. When they don't have enough money to buy Da Ming's goods, they can use force to solve the problem.

And their exploration of the South Island of Zhendong Province means that they have set their sights on the South Island of Zhendong Province. And the Ming Dynasty opened up Zhendong Province is also very vigilant, after all, the side of the couch does not allow others to snore, the Ming Dynasty swaggered to occupy the Ezo land, the establishment of a Zhendong Province, the Tokugawa shogunate is naturally difficult to sleep.

Knowing that Zhendong Province might not be peaceful for a few years, Zhu Youxiao immediately strengthened the defense of Zhendong Province and decided to lay the first cross-sea telegraph line to Zhendong Province.

For the time being, Zhendong Province is safe, and Little Japan is still a little afraid of the Ming Dynasty at this time. In addition, with the urine nature of little Japan, it will definitely continue to prepare for war in secret, and it will not be possible to complete it in a few years. And when they have completed the preparations for war, they will inevitably launch a sneak attack on the Ming Dynasty.

Little Japan did not have a navy, and this was the weakness of small Japan, and it was estimated that it would take a long time to build ships.

Zhu Youxiao naturally won't sit back and wait for Little Japan to sneak attack, this is not his style. It's just that for the time being, I don't have much energy to deal with little Japan in the past few years, and when I take out my hand, I will teach little Japan a hard lesson. (To be continued.) )