"This ......" Zhu Yuanzhang thought about a hundred words and looked at the chief.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu, there is a matter here, the merchants sent people to other places, not one merchant faction, but many merchants have people." The governor reminded.

Zhu Hu showed a blank look, didn't understand, didn't many businessmen send telegrams?

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said: "There are many businessmen, and when there is a shortage of things in a place, their manpower will pass on news to them one after another."

In that case, it is not a businessman who organizes the goods to be transported over, and everyone transports them together, if the judgment is not good, not only will they not make money, but they will even lose money.

The merchants who were the first to sell the goods and send them there bought them at a low price, and sold them high when they passed.

If you buy slowly, the price here will rise, and the price over there will be low, so you will naturally lose money. ”

"Ahh Zhu Hu understood this time: "Since this is the case, let's still write ten articles!" Ten is not a lot. ”

"Your Highness, it can be adjusted according to the number of people used, if there are many people, queue up all day long to send a report, you will charge more, if there are few people, you will naturally reduce the price.

Later, when the telephone line is laid out, you can also make a call, the price is higher, and it is no problem to collect the money in a minute.

Because the lines are limited, the telephone line is also money! Pull a few lines between the convenience places, and think that the merchant is willing to pay. ”

The chief did not determine the final price, the scarcity is expensive, depending on the consumption capacity, Han Han said that the telegram of 200 words will be used.

Thinking so, the chief looked at Hanhan, and Hanhan handed over the grilled lamb skewers.

Zhu Wentian did say that he calculated the price of telegrams in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and sent two words for nearly a ocean.

In the 80s, the average monthly income was 50 yuan, and the telegram was 4 dime, and 358 words could be sent.

The average income of the people of Nanjing is 800 yuan, and a word is 10 yuan, and only 80 words can be issued.

The government does not spend money on telegrams, it is for them, and the army naturally does not spend money, and it is not a profit-making department.

Department stores belong to central enterprises, which need to be accounted for separately and profitable.

Therefore, after talking about the phone call, the chief raised the issue of business separation.

"Your Majesty, the telegraph department accounts for it separately, and if the department store uses the normal telegraph business, it will also cost money.

If you use your own telegraph, it doesn't cost you, including other deals.

If needed, the telegraph from the department store can also be used by merchants for a fee.

At present, it is necessary to build equipment, and at the same time determine the route, location, and number of the telegraph.

The advantage of wireless telegraphy is that it saves wires, but the disadvantage is that if there are a large number of telegraphs, the surrounding telegraph machines can receive signals all, which is more chaotic. ”

After the chief finished speaking, he took a sip of beer and was thirsty when he spoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip and picked up a skewer of mutton skewers: "Leave it to them to worry about!" We just have to wait to collect the money, we are short of money. Alas! ”

Everyone nodded their heads in support, and there was indeed a shortage of money, and money was needed to build weapons for the army, railroads to be laid, telephone lines to be pulled, steam engines and other machinery to be produced, and grain reserves to be ......

When there is no money, he scratches his heart and liver, and finally has to issue treasure money.

Now there is more money to be made, and there is a lot of money, and the infrastructure construction of transportation and water conservancy in Daming used to be completed with a month's labor of the people.

Organizing manpower back and forth is particularly delayed, and some people have no land and can only rely on other work to make money.

If the embankment is to be repaired, it must be separated, and it must be stopped when the people are busy with farming, and those who have no land should work for a month, and then they will be replaced.

This model is not good, it is not professional enough, and the people are not skilled in another kind of work, so they have to be asked to work for a month, which is inefficient and prone to casualties.

If you want to be professional and efficient, find people who don't have land, give them money, and they will spend half a year to build a river embankment, and half a year belongs to them.

When a section of the embankment is repaired, and there are still things to be repaired nearby, they will be pulled over to dry, such as the craftsmen in the industrial area.

"Turn on the fan, let's say, why is it so hot?"

Zhu Yuanzhang ate a skewer, felt the temperature at noon, and turned on the electric fan.

The electric fan is simple, just a motor rotates with fan blades, and a mesh cover is added to the outside to avoid hurting people.

In fact, it is no problem for children to put their hands there, and the speed and strength are controlled when designing, and the wind is rather a little less than accidents.

After the valley rain, Nanjing is hot, and the south of the Yangtze River is like this, unlike the northeast and north, and some places are still cold! The ice in the river had just melted for a short time.

As soon as the fan blew, Zhu Yuanzhang wiped his sweat: "Now the telephone line has been pulled to several surrounding houses, when you try to charge it, leave a phone in the convenience department, according to what Yichang said, one minute consistent."

If no one calls, it's cheaper, we mainly use it to make money, don't underestimate this, you can always get back the money of the phone line little by little.

The money has always been a thousand copper coins, and a lot of telephone lines can be pulled out. ”

The lieutenant got up first and pointed the fan against the wall, which was softer.

He sat down again and said, "Since you need someone to find someone on the phone, you can talk for two minutes, and you need to call back ......."

This matter has been said a long time ago, call someone, call over there first, find someone here, let people come here and then dial back, the waiting time is not necessarily much, and then call which one answers.

One-way charging is enough, and many people just have to wait for a phone!

After waiting for the chief to finish, the meal will be finished.

……

That night, the convenience department pulled the line and put the phone, this good notice, a phone call came, and the nearby state capital immediately arranged it.

So when the sun rose and was obscured by dark clouds, and the rain fell, there were merchants waiting in the place where it was convenient.

There is a place to rest in the convenient place, so that the merchants do not have to run around, and they can recruit or buy and sell here at any time.

It belongs to the twelve hours of business, plus eating and drinking, making money.

Last night, when the wiring began, the merchants asked, what is this going to do? When they heard that there was a phone installed, they couldn't sleep one by one.

They knew what a telephone was, and the imperial court posted a notice, saying that the people were not allowed to touch the telephone line, which belonged to the important things of the imperial court, and was used for timely communication in various places, and it would be a capital crime to touch it.

The people who pull the phone line know the purpose of this, and the businessmen naturally know it, and they originally thought that it had nothing to do with them.

This is a good thing for thousands of miles of sound, the imperial court, who ever thought that the convenience department would be prepared for everyone.

The cost was also inquired, and the money was always two minutes, and the minutes were understood, and there was a pendulum clock at the convenience of the people, and there were minute and second hands.

One rotation of the second hand is one minute, and a thousand Wen can occupy the time of two revolutions.

Some businessmen buy and sell a lot, and they are in a convenient place here, and their partners or subordinates are in another convenient place.

They wanted to try it and see if they could call someone over there over the phone.

"The phone can be connected, and now there are only six provinces that can talk, and they are all written there, including the rules, you can see for yourself."

The people in the convenience department specially assigned a person in charge of the phone, and at the same time charged.

Without today, this year's winter is too cold. Stay warm, everyone!

(End of chapter)