NABC Chapter 581 Make a Wish
Chapter 581 Make a Wish
Chapter 581 Make a Wish
Zhu Di seems to understand it.
But it seems to understand a loneliness.
He could understand Zhang Anshi's words.
For example, how to use numbers to decipher text.
The problem is that this digital deciphering of the text still has no way to solve the countless doubts Zhu Di raised.
Zhu Di is a pragmatist, he doesn't like playing tricks.
This is also the reason why he is not interested in Confucian scholars.
Because Confucianism has undergone continuous improvement for more than a thousand years, and it can always sum up a set of seemingly impeccable theories.
However, no matter how good the theory is, it is useless.
So Zhu Di said bluntly: "How did you pass the news on?"
Zhang Anshi said: "I have laid a line in the past few months. This line is from Ganzhou Prefecture in Jiangxi to Nanjing City..."
Zhu Di said, "Line?"
Zhang Anshi took the lacquered thread and handed it to Zhu Di. Zhu Di looked at it carefully and didn't find any difference.
Zhang Anshi said: "This thread is not simple, it is made of copper wire drawing. Your Majesty, if it was a few years earlier, it would not be easy to draw this copper and iron. Fortunately, in these years, the skills of various mechanical workshops have been greatly improved. Up, that's it... It's the result of years of hard work by many senior craftsmen and countless researchers in the Academy of Sciences."
Listening to Zhang Anshi talking about the difficulty, Zhu Di stared at this thing more seriously, as if he wanted to find out its magic from the details.
Zhang Anshi continued: "Originally, these things were used to build barbed wire fences. There is a great demand for this barbed wire fence in various vassal states. It is very effective against natives in wartime. After this improvement, it can be made into this Copper wire, in addition to that, is insulated with insulating varnish."
After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued: "In fact, since last year, I have ordered people to develop this kind of wire, and even produced a batch, but... I didn't expect such a wonderful use of the telegraph at that time."
Zhang Anshi is indeed interested in electricity, but what he has always been thinking about is that he hopes to light the first lamp in his palace, but it is a pity... this large-scale power generation device, although a lot of money has been invested in it secretly. The money, but finally landed, but there is no clue.
Who knew that there would be no way out in the mountains and rivers, and there would be another village, but this thing could come in handy in telegraphy.
Zhang Anshi continued: "This line was laid directly along the railway a few months ago, and after arriving at Ganzhou Mansion, I temporarily used this Ganzhou Mansion as a transit to teach Jinyiwei to send and receive news from Ganzhou Mansion , for the time being, use this Ganzhou mansion as an information collection center, but if there is any news from the south to the north, once it arrives in Ganzhou, if it is urgent, it will be sent directly to the minister."
"As for the news from Annan and other places, it is likely that after their fast horses arrive in Ganzhou, they can be conveyed to the capital immediately. Therefore, if other people spread the news quickly, even if they arrive at Ganzhou Prefecture, Ganzhou Prefecture is still several miles away from the capital." What's more, there are many mountains in Jiangxi, and the fast horses need to be constantly relayed, which also takes a lot of time. Therefore...often, the information from Annan or other places, from the minister's side, can be as fast as ten days at most, and at least It can also take three to five days."
Zhu Di frowned, looked left and right at the lacquered thread, and couldn't help but said: "That's it, sit here... long press this copper button, can you send a message?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Exactly."
Zhu Di said: "Pass it to me."
Zhang Anshi ordered the young men, "Send a message to Ganzhou to ask about the weather."
After several young people listened, one of them took out the post book and wrote a note. On the note, only the word 'weather' was briefly written, and then he found the code through the post book and handed it to the sender. The person who sent the message immediately started sending the message.
Zhu Di kept silent, walked around a few times with his hands behind his back.
After an incense stick of time, suddenly, the bell connected to the telegraph began to ring.
Immediately, the charcoal pencil connected to the copper piece began to tap the pad of paper continuously.
Then, black dots and strips were left on the pad paper.
Zhu Di looked at it fresh, and looked at it carefully for a long time.
On the other side, someone had torn off the backing paper, and after a while, the symbol was deciphered.
"Sunny, no rain."
Zhu Di: "..."
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, in fact... there are still many places here that are not perfect. To put it bluntly, all of this still requires a lot of manpower and material resources to go in, so that it can be continuously improved, and finally... improve efficiency. But right now, This alone is thousands of times faster than the current fast horse transmission. In my opinion, it is not difficult to tinker with such a thing, but the difficulty lies in..."
Zhu Di remained silent, he and Zhang Anshi had completely different thoughts.
Zhu Di is still immersed in the fact that there is such a thing that only appears in mythology in the world.
But Zhang Anshi's mind is that the structure of this thing is too simple. If he really wants to use this telegraph, or even this electromagnet, to generate power, wireless transmission, and even sound playback, it actually needs a huge industry around it. .
Only with a million-dollar workers who have enough food and clothing, there will be countless children who start to learn about electromagnets, electricity, and machinery, and there will be countless smart people who will enter this system and continue to study and improve, let alone tens Tens of thousands of maintenance and maintenance personnel.
And when countless people in this world start to rely on it to conduct business or send messages through this convenient message transmission, then... everyone in this world will not be able to go back.
Therefore, it is not important whether the structure is simple or not, even if there are many problems that need to be improved.
The important thing is that we need to start working immediately to promote this thing.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di came back to his senses. At this time, he had just returned to reality, his face was flushed, he stared at Zhang Anshi closely and said, "Speak, I will listen."
Zhang Anshidao: "My minister thinks that a telegraph office should be established under the Post Office. Besides, a joint telegraph firm needs to be set up, and a large-scale investment should be prepared to spread this telegram to all parts of the world, and even... ...If conditions permit, it can even be extended to various feudal towns."
Zhu Di asked directly, "How much money do you need?"
Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said: "The cost is incalculable, but... I think that with this money, I can find a way to raise funds."
Zhu Di seemed to have thought of something, opened his eyes slightly, and said, "Just like what the Qing family said just now, teach the major merchants to invest in shares?"
Zhang Anshi nodded and nodded: "Information is of course important to the imperial court, but it is also the same for merchants. Whoever has the information will be invincible."
Zhu Di said with doubts: "I'm afraid they may not be willing to spend this money."
Regarding this problem, Zhang Anshi was calm, and smiled and said: "Then I have no choice but to endure the humiliation, first in this exchange, and earn some more money, to set an example for everyone."
Zhu Di: "..."
At this time, a sly look flashed across Zhang Anshi's bright eyes, and he said: "I think it's better not to leak the news right now, and we need to wait another month or two. Now, rumors are flying all over the sky. This is actually a Good sign, this kind of thing, in fact, let everyone discuss it more, the more people discuss it, the more people in the world will pay attention to it, and in the future, when the imperial court announces the establishment of a telegraph bureau, everyone will know more about the power of this telegram, At that time, who will not pay the money?"
After a pause, he said confidently: "Even if we don't pay for the preparation now, in the future, it will be unavoidable... For the telegram business, the commercial banks will obediently give the money?"
Zhu Di pondered seriously for a long time, but for a while, he couldn't find any loopholes in Zhang Anshi's words.
You can say that he is partiality, what he said is plausible and reasonable.The more people pay attention to such things, the more people will know the power of the telegraph, and the more beneficial it will be for the future establishment of telegraphs in various states and counties.
But you can say that he is unselfish, but you can't talk about it. This guy... a few days ago, he has earned a lot of money by relying on this, and now he still wants to continue to suppress the news and make another big fortune. It is really black-hearted.
Zhu Di suddenly smiled and said: "Zhang Qing...you have enough silver in your hands, if not? You can also take some from my internal funds, as I want to teach the world a lesson, I can also help you. "
Hu Guang: "..."
Others are numb.
Originally, when Hu Guang heard this, he was amazed that such a treasure really existed in the world, and he was greatly relieved. It turned out that his son was just brought by Zhang An Shishun to make a fortune.Now that you have gained wealth, once it is announced in the future, people in the world will be blameless, which can be said to be a double gain of fame and fortune.
Just when he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, on Zhang Anshi's side, he hoped to suppress the news, but His Majesty's side did not stop or speak, but actually wanted to lend a helping hand.
He, Hu Guang, was not as naive as he was. After all, he was a cabinet scholar, so he immediately thought of the key point!
Is the silver in the money so easy to get?If the internal money is taken away, is it a loan or an investment?
If it is counted as investment, it means that how much people like Zhang Anshi earn, they have to return it according to the profit.
Anyway, His Majesty is the most black-hearted one.
Of course, Hu Guang can only complain silently in his heart, these words cannot be expressed.
Of course, Zhang Anshi understood the meaning of this, so he said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, in fact, earlier, I also considered this issue, but later... I thought otherwise. ...or compete for profit with the people!"
"In the future, if the truth is revealed, the ministers will be alright. Although it is reasonable, it is inevitable that people will say a few words to make some money by taking advantage of this. But if people know that the palace is also involved, it will inevitably affect the reputation. So ...I think...it's better not to bother the palace at this time."
What Zhang Anshi said was sincere, but it made sense.
Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little bit regretful, but immediately, he calmed down and cheered up: "What Zhang Qing said is not unreasonable. If so, I won't get involved. Qing and others should also pay attention to it, and don't exhaust the water. I will give you one month, and after one month...the decree will be fulfilled. As for today's affairs, you must not disclose, and those who violate it will be punished as deceiving the emperor."
Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "I obey the order."
Zhu Di was still in a good mood at this time, and he continued with a flushed face: "Now, many things can be solved. That's right, who made these things?"
Zhang Anshi happily said: "Qixia Research Institute, led by Xu Jingchang and others, there are hundreds of people up and down, and it took a year or two to complete it."
"That kid?" Zhu Di was actually a little surprised.
This Xu Jingchang is Zhu Di's nephew, what's more, this guy's father, Xu Zengshou, as Zhu Di's brother-in-law, was killed by the Jianwen court because he supported Zhu Di during Jingnan.
So in the past, Zhu Di took great care of this nephew.However, after Xu Jingchang followed Zhang Anshi to do things later, Zhu Di paid little attention to Xu Jingchang's news. At this time, Zhang Anshi reminded him, suddenly remembered, and couldn't help laughing: "Where is this guy now? Call him here?"
Zhang Anshi said truthfully: "He led a dozen of his companions, and they have been living in the palace these days, just to test the telegram, collect problems, and make improvements. However, most of them stay at night during the day, I'm afraid I'm still resting now, so I will order someone to invite you."
When Xu Jingchang appeared in front of Zhu Di, Zhu Di almost couldn't recognize him.
He seemed to have matured a lot, and his face no longer had the childishness before. It seemed that he was wearing a glass mirror because of his bad eyes.
"My subject Xu Jingchang, I have met Your Majesty." Xu Jingchang saluted politely.
Zhu Di looked him up and down, and couldn't help but said: "Usually, the dragon always sees the head but doesn't see the end. Today, I don't recognize you. This time... you have made this, it can be said that you have made great achievements..."
Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, this is the idea proposed by His Royal Highness King Song, and the general principles have been explained, and the ministers and others are just perfecting and improving. To put it bluntly, it is actually a trial production of some finished products. Test again and again to determine the most worrying solution, and then conduct tests again and again to find out the problems in the test process and continue to improve."
"The mechanics, electromagnetism, and material science involved in this telegram cannot be done by one person, but I have taken the lead. In terms of credit, it is also the result of hundreds of people."
Xu Jingchang was not at all happy about his accomplishments.
It's very humble.
Of course, on the one hand, he is now obsessed with research, and he knows that if he wants to continue to lead everyone in this direction, it will not work without giving everyone some sweetness.
On the other hand, as a hereditary Duke, I really don't necessarily take these credits seriously. To put it bluntly, what is this?
After hearing this, Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then, how should I reward you?"
"It's easy." Xu Jingchang said very straightforwardly: "Give money, give more funds! Now the research institute is most short of funds. It is not easy to recruit people. With ordinary salaries, only ordinary people can be recruited." , if you want to recruit talents, this cost is not small."
After thinking for a while, he continued: "In addition to this, there are also many specially customized instruments from the workshop for research and experimentation. I have always wanted to expand the research institute, set up an electromagnetic institute, and a material institute. There are also the original machinery and other institutes that also need to be expanded. Right now, this research institute only has a few hundred people. Many people who were trained in the past were recruited and run away by workshops and commercial firms. If more funds are given, the minister Then you can sit back and relax.”
Zhu Di couldn't help saying: "This is easy to handle, the money... I will give it to you."
Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said: "My minister, in fact, think of a way every now and then, invite the bosses of the major commercial firms, and the staff of the research institute to hold some discussions. In fact, it is also to solve the problem of funding and let them communicate with each other. Maybe we can cooperate with each other. Research institutes can’t do it behind closed doors, and many projects must have actual output.”
Zhu Di nodded in agreement, and continued: "In my opinion, those who are successful in this work should also be awarded the title of academic officer. This matter can be managed by the Ministry of Education."
After all, Zhu Di glanced at Xie Jin: "Xie Qing must have a charter."
Xie Jin said: "Follow the order."
After a pause, Xie Jin said: "His Royal Highness Song said that he would not build cars behind closed doors, and I also felt a lot. The so-called reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, this research institute occasionally has to go up and down every now and then. It is good to teach them to walk around. Maybe it can inspire them."
Zhu Di glanced at Xie Jin: "Could it be that Xie Qing... wants to invite someone to Java?"
"It's just traveling..." Xie Jin said without blushing and heartbeat: "I have no other meaning."
Zhu Di nodded: "You should draw up the charter first."
"According to the order."
Zhu Di immediately said: "There is no need to worry about the rumors and gossips from the outside world. Everyone should do their own things and do their own things well."
Then he took another deep look at Zhang Anshi, and said: "Zhang Qing is really my son's wife, with Zhang Qing here, even if I die now, I will be safe."
Zhang Anshi hurriedly wanted to say something.
But Zhu Di put his hand on Zhang Anshi's shoulder, and said in a deep and deep voice: "Protect your head, your head, but baby, it is very precious. If you have any such thoughts in the future... you can tell me ... I will be your backer, don't always hide it, so as not to cause misunderstandings."
Zhang Anshidao: "In fact, when it comes to ideas, I still have a lot of ideas here, but... they all need the cooperation of the research institute, but what Duke Ding said just now is right. With the deepening of research, the research institute has already subdivided There are many disciplines, but the number of these hundreds of people is still too small. Even if you have an idea, it is not easy to practice. To put it bluntly, there is no pie that falls from the sky for nothing in this world. It's absolutely unproductive."
Zhu Di smiled with great interest and said, "Then give the silver. I will give you as much as you want. What else does Zhang Qing think?"
"This..." Zhang Anshi searched his stomach, thought for a long time, and then said: "I have to think about it again. I will go to the research institute in a few days and see if... I can get any inspiration."
(End of this chapter)