The advent of the telegraph made many people busy again, and the army that remained in Yingtianfu began to select people and learn to send and receive telegrams.

This difficulty is much more difficult than the telephone, which is difficult to exchange positions manually, and the telegraph is to send signals accurately.

Fortunately, no one was able to make the same telegraph, and when learning, there was only clear code, and there was no need for encryption.

But while reading the code, writing down the numbers is still quite a test, you need to listen to the rhythm, but you don't need to memorize all the words.

After the ministers found out, they were surprised, and they had to code the state capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and each county should have a telegraph at that time, and if there was anything going on in the local or imperial court, the news would be transmitted through the telegraph.

Xu Da, Tang He, Lan Yu and other generals considered the military aspect, using telegrams to command and dispatch the army, and the enemy was waiting to enter the encirclement one by one!

Even if the weapons are the same, as soon as the scouts on both sides meet, the enemy scouts run back to report the news, and their own side sends a report on the spot.

By the time the enemy's generals got the news of the scouts, their formations were deployed.

Everyone was busy arranging telegraph machines, plus manpower study, and the civil officials hoped that the telegraph operators of the local state capitals and counties would be served by officials, otherwise the military would be involved.

The army naturally selects people, and department stores must also have their own telegraphs, generally preparing two, one for use and one for backup.

At that time, there will be no one in one village, only one in each county, or one department store in several villages.

Depending on the size of the village, the big one will naturally arrange a department store, and if it is too small, it will not find so many people, and no one will buy things in the store.

"Let's think of something, if this telegraph is taken out, can the people also use it? Like the people who come to work, if they have an urgent matter at home, they send a report there, and after receiving it, they pass it on to him, and he calls back. ”

is still the arrow tower, Zhu Yuanzhang took Queen Ma to sit here and look at the market below through the glass window, and eat kebabs by the way.

He thought of the purpose of the telegraph, to allow the people to pass messages to each other.

The accompanying lieutenant took over: "Your Majesty, if you want to come to the merchant to use it more, as long as the merchant leaves manpower in a certain place, and the demand for something is too much, or the output is high and the price is low, you can send a telegram to know in advance, and then immediately organize the supply to sell it, or buy it from there at a low price."

We should be the first to know, as long as there is someone in charge of the department store who pays attention to the price of goods in the place.

In addition, some disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and droughts are not very large, and the imperial court can respond quickly, let alone instigate rebellion.

Wherever there is a need for messaging, the telegraph is available, and it is so easy to use that it can be charged. ”

In the end, the governor emphasized that making money, counting money according to the number of words, and how to set the price is not clear.

It depends on how much the people use it, and generally their immediate family members are in other places before they send a telegram to say something, otherwise they will basically not be able to go out for 100 miles due to the influence of road guidance.

Many families have never been out of the county in their lives, so they naturally don't need to find anyone to send telegrams to play.

"How much is a word?" Zhu Yuanzhang also thinks about this, he likes to make money.

Queen Ma is the same as him: "It is better to separate the money sent by merchants and ordinary people, because the advantage of merchants is great, and the money of ordinary people is not enough." ”

"What did Biao'er say?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his eldest son.

"Father, the child thought that the people rarely sent newspapers, and the merchants made profits through the telegraph, so the price of the telegram was set high.

The people really need telegraphs and see things from a distance.

If someone in the family is seriously ill, dies, or marries, etc., a subsidy can be given.

You can know the content of the telegram, and then send the report first, and then check it, and if it is true, a few words will pay a penny, or even no money.

If you lie, you will ask the other party to make up twice the price, and you will have no money to catch it and work to pay it. ”

Zhu Biao thought of a way, the people use it less, and it is impossible for local officials to always send reports, if everything has to be reported to the higher authorities and reported every day, they should be dismissed.

Merchants are also ordinary people, and they must be treated equally, and businessmen should also be subsidized when they encounter the same thing, so that they can have a bowl of water.

The second Qin king, Zhu Rong, followed and said: "Father, the child thinks that it can be used by the bank, and the merchant is afraid of being robbed on the road with a large amount of treasure money, so he will issue a bill of exchange."

Wait for someone to take the money order to the outside branch to withdraw money or transfer it to someone else, send a telegram to check, and you can confirm it.

In this way, there is no fear of losing the bill of exchange, others can't take it out, the merchant takes it away, and if there are bad people to rob it, they can't grab anything. ”

Zhu Fan felt that it should be used in the important place of the bank, and the bill of exchange was a fee-based service.

In the future, when there is a remote access and withdrawal, there will also be a fee, basically there are few people who can use it, and the people only live in one place, and the bank in the county town is enough for them to deposit and withdraw money.

Therefore, remote access is not in a hurry to get started, and the bill of exchange serves the merchant and charges different handling fees according to the different times.

Including the highest percentage, and the lowest charge.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed: "Yes, even if the businessman will pass on this money to the person who buys it, we can't lose money, it's very cheap to think of ten cents a word."

For example, the wheat in Zhejiang is expensive, and it costs 400 wen for one stone, while the one in Nanjing is 300 wen, and because there is a canal, the freight is not high.

The telegram can be written: 400 wheat, 50,000 shortage.

It means that 50,000 stone is needed, and whoever gets the news first will organize the wheat to be sent there first.

The price difference of one stone and one hundred wen, fifty thousand stone is five thousand yuan, and only sixty wen is needed, plus the names of both sides, I think two hundred wen is enough.

What if the wheat in Zhejiang Mansion sells for 600 Wen? So...... It's impossible.

It is twice as bad as Nanjing, he is slowly rising, we can see that the situation is not right, and after the report over there, the wheat will be mobilized to parity. ”

The example given by Zhu Yuanzhang is basically impossible, there is no need for businessmen to do it first, and it is not other commodities, and the price of grain is so different, it must be stabilized.

As long as there is a price difference of more than 20% after including freight, it must be suppressed, and by the way, make money, and often close a schedule.

Zhejiang government does not plant wheat, does not plant and transports, and plants are often closed.

If the price of silk rises, don't worry about that, the merchant will deal with it.

And the price of salt is too high or the court still has to take action, it involves survival, and the price of salt for two cents and a pound of salt appears to be four wen, so is it worth paying it back?

It's not a matter of two more money, it's doubled, and it's not okay if you don't eat it.

"Father, it's no problem to write a word in a hundred words. A businessman who buys and sells once will inevitably earn at least dozens of times, and it is not possible to take out one or two times to send a telegram? We're giving them extra opportunities to make money. ”

The fifth Zhu Hu's eyes rolled, and he gave a tenfold increase in price.

In his view, the merchant could not get the news quickly without the telegraph, which belonged to the use of money to repay more money.

(End of chapter)