Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 697 Daming's Pacific Island Chain (First update, please subscribe)
Of course it is not easy to recognize the father.

Even according to the tradition, there is a price to be paid for recognizing a godfather.

What price do you need to pay?
Everyone understands this matter.

Therefore, the matter of Japan's recognition of ancestors can only be relied on for the time being. Of course, the simplest reason for making this judgment is that the Tokyo government can last for a while.

So, this matter is not in a hurry for the time being.Moreover, Emperor Zhu had already made corresponding arrangements for the affairs of Japan.And now the fleet is still in Hiroshima, and the military headquarters can get in touch with the fleet and Ryukyu at any time-last year, Daming finally produced the world's first radio station.

It is not the kind of spark radio station invented by Marconi, but a radio station using vacuum tubes, that is, electronic tubes. An island chain of its own.

This island chain starts from Ryukyu, passes through the Marshall Islands, the Success Islands, Samoa Islands, Easter Island, and then to the mainland of Ming Dynasty South America. As for the central Pacific Ocean, there is an island chain composed of islands such as Midway Island.

These island chains were originally served by immigrants. During the long voyage, the steamship needed coaling stations, and the immigrants also needed a foothold for temporary rest. Therefore, Daming seized many islands in the Pacific Ocean first.Now those islands are not only a seafaring coaling station, a landing point for immigrants, but also a transfer station for radio stations.

This kind of relay-style telegram sending may seem a bit cumbersome, but it is already a great improvement compared to the past.After all, in the past, telegrams were sent from Daming to China and other places.Transit via Europe is required.

Now the aspect of wireless telegraphy changed everything.Even the "Nanhua" temporarily installed a radio station in Ryukyu at the beginning of the year, but the island chain communication system is still under testing until now.

Looking at the telegram about the Hiroshima incident just received from the "Nanhua" in his hand, although it will be a few days in Japan, there are still some things that need to be adjusted.

"It seems that the plan has to be adjusted a little bit."

Emperor Zhu thought for a while, and then called Qian Zizhuang from the investigation department.Dozens of minutes later, a telegram was sent from the wireless telegraph room of the Imperial Investigation Department. The radio signal was sent through the transmission tower on the roof of the building, and after the first transfer in Linhai, it was sent to the next station.

……

Easter Island is a full 1862 kilometers away from the west coast of Daming. In the Age of Discovery, because it was not on the route, almost no country had any interest in it. Even if someone was interested in it, it was just a slave trade. .In 15, Peruvian pirates captured more than a thousand people at once, and almost all the men on the island were caught and sold into slavery.Although under the condemnation of international public opinion, the Peruvian government had to release more than 15 surviving Rapa Nui people, but these people contracted smallpox again on the way back to Easter Island, and only [-] people finally returned to the island. hometown.And these [-] people brought smallpox to Easter Island, and all the chiefs and priests died.There are only a few hundred people left on the island.

In 1863, when smallpox was raging on the island, the merchant ship of the Nanhua Company entered the island. The doctors on board saved many local people through vaccination. Nanhua entered the island as a savior. Naturally, was welcomed by the people.

Since then, the island has become the land of Ming Dynasty.

Stone Statue Port is the largest city on Easter Island. In the past 12 years, dozens of immigrant boats have moored here every year, adding coal and water to the harbor. They settled down on the island, and their arrival prospered this seaside town.

But for anyone who is used to the bustling metropolises of Nanhua, this so-called small town is just a small village.

Standing in front of the radio signal tower, staring at this coastal town, Wang Wenxing felt homesick.

"I don't know when I can go home!"

He is an employee of Nanhua Electric Company. Three months ago, he and his colleagues came here by boat and built a [-]-meter-high signal tower near the Binhai Fort.

With this signal tower, the wireless TV station can send telegrams to the mainland or other telegraph stations in the Pacific Ocean thousands of kilometers away.

"Wait, the radio station is still going to be tested, we have to teach them how to use and maintain the radio station, and then we have to ensure that the equipment is stable before leaving."

Lighting a cigarette, Zhao Wei looked at the huge stone statue in the distance with a smile.

"Actually, although this place is not lively, if we don't come here, how do we know that there will be such giant stone statues in the world? And there are so many stories behind them. By the way, I came from I bought a few pieces of Lange Lange wooden boards from the aborigines, and the writing on them looks quite exquisite. I heard that there is someone on the other side of the island who can write this kind of writing. I plan to go find that person and figure out the wooden board what was written."

Although he is an engineer, Zhao Wei is very interested in Easter and local culture, and because of this, he has been fascinated by it since the first time he discovered those exquisite Lange Lange boards.

What he didn't know was that in another world, under the leadership of the French missionary, almost all of the Lange Lange planks were burned, and only 25 planks were left privately.More than [-] years later, when Chile occupied the Easter Islands, archaeologists came here and discovered the Lange Lange board. The last person who could read the text died.Since then, no one has been able to decipher this writing.

Under the rule of Ming Dynasty, instead of being burned, these Lange Lange boards were even sold as handicrafts to the crew and soldiers traveling here.And Zhao Wei didn't know what kind of impact his personal hobbies would have in the end?

But what is certain is that with the development of the Ming Dynasty around the world, just like the British scholars of this era, there will be many scholars of the Ming Dynasty to study cultures around the world. In archaeological discoveries, cultural relics from all over the world Bringing it to Daming, people like Daming can intuitively feel the achievements of civilizations in various eras around the world.

Of course, corresponding disciplines will also be opened up in the universities of Ming Dynasty to study the history and culture of various parts of the world.

While they were chatting, a soldier in the telegraph room spoke up and shouted at them.

"Wang Gong, Zhao Gong, the signal of the radio station is not very stable. I just received a telegram from Linhai, and some of the signals are not clear. The station director invites you to come and have a look."

The soldier's shout made Wang Wenxin and Zhao Wei look at each other helplessly, then Zhao Wei laughed.

"Do you see it? It's malfunctioning again. If we want to go home, at least we have to wait until the signal is stable."

As a new product that has just been invented, of course there will be some problems with the reliability of the product.That's why these engineers are here to stay.

"Okay, let's go and check to see where the problem is."

Compared with personal hobbies, the current work is undoubtedly more important.It's because the radio stations aren't very reliable that they're here.

　A book friend group has been established: 335260551, everyone is welcome to join, discuss the plot together, and deduce the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)