Of course, Zhu Youzhen came to Guangdong, not only to enjoy the mountains and rivers and to observe the people's feelings.

More importantly, he wanted to use Guangdong as a springboard for future colonization in the South Seas.

This time, Xu Guangqi was also brought for this purpose.

To say that Xu Guangqi is a really fierce man, it is actually a bit condescending to make him the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, it is indeed a little strange that Xu Guangqi, who later made a name for himself in history for engaging in science, now deals with farmland and farmers all day long.

Standing at the port of Guangzhou.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Xu Guangqi on the side and said, "Xu Aiqing knows the scenery overseas? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has heard a little."

"The vastness of overseas is something that the Ming Dynasty can never miss, and it is also where my heart is sick."

Why does Zhu Youzhen here say that overseas is a piece of his heart? In fact, it is because since he ascended the throne, Zhu Youzhen has never given up the exploration of overseas colonization.

"Your Majesty, I think that the vastness of overseas is enough to feed hundreds of millions of people in my Ming Dynasty."

Before Xu Guangqi's words fell, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly continued: "But what if the people don't want to go out? ”

"Xiaozhi is moved by emotion and reason, plus next year Daming will usher in a round of drought.... I'm afraid that when the people are not happy, the people will also choose to go to sea! ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head.

If there is no way, how can he be willing to let his subjects go to sea because they can't survive in Daming?

"What Xu Aiqing thinks about is, if one day the Ming Dynasty is vast, how should it be managed?"

That's not a good question to answer.

Xu Guangqi thought about it, but was a little silent.

"Xu Aiqing, don't take it to heart, I'm just chatting with you at the moment, just say something."

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, at that time, it will not be easy for overseas to return to the mainland, only one day with convenient transportation, and even convenient communication, I am afraid that there will be a day when it is convenient to govern."

Xu Guangqi is right, in Daming, where traffic information communication is not very convenient.

It is not easy to take control of Nanyang.

But who is Zhu Youzhen?

He's a gold-fingered traverser.

Leave Guangzhou.

In terms of the way back to the capital, Zhu Youzhen decided to take the ironclad warship of the Ming Guangdong Navy Division from Guangzhou back to Tianjin Port, and then take a train back to the capital at Tianjin Port.

In the days leading up to boarding, Zhu Youzhen set up a Daming Overseas Affairs Office in Guangzhou.

Also known as the Daming Maritime Office.

Directly under the royal jurisdiction.

The purpose, of course, is to map out the South Seas.

On the way to Guangzhou, Zhu Youzhen has already made a trip to Fengyang, Anhui Province, and on the way back....

You don't have to go any further.

There are still many important things waiting for Zhu Youzhen at the moment.

It's not easy to come out and have a look.

.....

The Royal Academy of Sciences in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

A large number of researchers in the academy have gathered here again, and today they are going to update and iterate on the generator they invented before.

The technology is already complete.

But now what they're going to do is the last assembly, the last experiment.

If this experiment is successful, they will be able to announce to all the people of the world in the Ming Dynasty that from now on, the Ming Dynasty can enter the era of electrification.

What kind of era was that? That was the era they had only seen in the books of the Ming Imperial Library.

This era can only be achieved if electrification is realized, and electricity can only be put into production if electricity enters thousands of households.

"Has Lord Wang from the General Administration of Industry arrived?"

"Are the craftsmen of the General Bureau of Ordnance here?"

"Lord Xue Fengxiang from the Ministry of Industry, is it almost there?"

A large number of researchers gathered here, and everyone's faces were filled with excitement, but anxiousness.

After a while....

A large number of craftsmen and officials from the Ministry of Industry, the General Directorate of Ordnance, and the Royal General Directorate of Industry were all present.

Informed in advance, they knew that today the Royal Academy of Sciences was going to conduct a final test of the generator that had been developed before.

And this test is completely different from the previous test with a light bulb.

The small light is only able to provide illumination.

This time, they specially developed something even more powerful, that is, the telegraph technology that Zhu Youzhen had exchanged in the system mall a long time ago.

The craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty is beyond the level that ordinary people can imagine.

As long as there are drawings.

Just tell them what they should do.

Then there is no questioning.

Two generators and two telegraphs were prepared, which were set up in the courtyard of the Daming Royal Academy of Sciences and the courtyard of the Daming Royal Industrial Administration.

The purpose of this time was to see if the telegraph could be used to make the telegraph run normally and send a telegram if the generator was fully operational, and the Royal Directorate of Industry on the other side would also be able to receive it, so as to mark the success of the test.

The pressure was quite great, and everyone present was quite nervous, after all, after working for so long, the generator had entered a fairly mature stage, but the telegraph was not.

It was completely produced according to the atlas, and even due to lack of time, they have not fully mastered and thoroughly understood many of the technologies in it.

But time waits for no one.

Nowadays, under the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, the emergence of the telegraph is already an inevitability.

Otherwise, relying on the current manpower, it will become very difficult to convey a message.

The antennas of the telegraph were erected.

The dense wires are all made of fine copper blocks and then wrapped in rubber.

Wang Yisi stood in the courtyard of the Royal Directorate of Industry, waiting for a telegram from the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Drip, drip, drip.

The generator, after starting, instantly supplied the telegraph with energy.

The small light bulbs on the generator light up and make a pleasant dripping sound.

Wang Yisi hurriedly said to another researcher on the side, "Did you get it?" Did you get it? Did a telegram come from the Royal Academy of Sciences? ”

The researcher smiled wryly.

He responded: "Lord Wang, this telegraph has just been electrified, and it will not be able to receive it until the Royal Academy of Sciences sends us a telegram after it is connected, just like us, and according to the time we have scheduled, it is estimated that it will take at least a stick of incense." ”

"It's me who is in a hurry and confused.... You're going to keep an eye on us! The stakes are high in this experiment. ”

As soon as Wang Yisi finished speaking, the researcher's expression was also extremely serious, and he nodded.

"Don't worry, Lord Wang!"

Inside the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Xue Fengxiang and Sun Yuanhua both widened their eyes, wanting to see this magical thing for the first time, whether they could really deliver the message according to the intended function.