My life skills in Daming Liver.

Chapter 545 Passage to Shu (I feel like I’ve been tricked, I owe you a thousand words for asking for leave today)

In addition to stocks, telegrams also include bank settlement.

Banks set up by stations and shipping companies in various places can conduct inter-bank settlements, but the security and timeliness of inter-bank settlements have always been a problem.

It often happens that merchants have arrived in another city, but the settlement notes have not yet been delivered.

Nowadays, there are also cases of people colluding to deliver settlement messages and forging transfers. This has caused major banks to increase the bill verification process. Each transfer message must be passed through two routes for verification, and it must be completely consistent before lending.

This has also affected the settlement efficiency of banks, and some businessmen who are anxious to do business have begun to use cash again.

Seeing Su Ze's worried look, Yu Zongyuan thought that he would not lose too much by building a telegraph company, so he said:

"Grand Governor, if you trust me, let me first set up a telegraph company between Suzhou and Songjiang to deliver news between the two cities."

Yu Zongyuan's calculation was that the distance between Songjiang Prefecture and Suzhou was not far, so he shouldn't lose too much.

Su Ze looked at Yu Zongyuan. Did he also see the advantages of building telegraph lines along the railway?

In this case, let Yu Zongyuan try it first and use commercial behavior to promote telegram.

As long as certain benefits can be obtained from the construction of telegraph lines, the cabinet should not object to the construction of a telegraph network.

As long as the telegraph network is built, Su Ze believes that the entire telegraph system will play a huge role.

Thinking of this, Su Ze said to Zong Yuan:

"Since Brother Yu is interested in investing, I will ask someone to give you all the telegraph technology patents. You can find a few people to take charge of this project."

Next, Su Ze took Yu Zongyuan to the family banquet. When Yu Zongyuan came out of the Governor's Mansion, the old housekeeper said excitedly:

"Maybe our young master is close to the Governor. My old servant heard that the Governor rarely holds banquets."

Yu Zongyuan was also a little tipsy. It was rare for Su Ze to drink some wine at the family banquet today. It was said to be sugar cane wine from Nanyang.

This kind of wine has a high alcohol content, but it tastes sweet, smooth and easy to drink. Yu Zongyuan accidentally drank too much.

He supported the old housekeeper and said:

"That's right, I have an old friendship with the Governor. The important task that the Governor has entrusted to me this time must be completed!"

Then Yu Zongyuan began to worry again.

He couldn't understand a word of the principles of the telegraph that Su Ze gave him today, and no one in the southeast today understood the technologies Su Ze mentioned.

Even if the Metropolitan Governor's Office provided all the technical information, Yu Zongyuan, a scumbag, couldn't understand it at all. How to build a telegraph company?

This was the only request Su Ze made of himself after becoming the Governor, and Yu Zongyuan naturally took it to heart.

The old butler said: "Sir, the Governor asked you to organize this project. Is it because you know the technology?"

Yu Zongyuan shook his head. His character was very stable, and Su Ze also knew his abilities.

The old butler said: "Sir, the Governor still likes you for knowing how to invest and employ people!"

employment?

Yu Zongyuan slapped his thigh, yes, I don’t understand, but I have money!

Is it possible that the Grand Governor really expects himself to understand technology?

Yu Zongyuan thought for a while, among the young men under his command, who was qualified for the task of building a telegraph company.

If anyone knows technology best, then it’s Ren Fu.

By the way, it’s this guy!

Yu Zongyuan remembered that Ren Fu had recently asked for a sum of money to improve the steam engine. If this guy did it, wouldn't he make another huge sum of money? It would be better to give him the Telegraph Company's project, which would divert his attention from improving the steam engine.

Yu Zongyuan immediately said to the old housekeeper:

"Go, take my letter of invitation to the factory director Ren Fu, and ask him to come to Songjiang Prefecture to work on this telegraph company project!"

Yu Zongyuan lay on the carriage contentedly. This telegraph company looked like a hit project at first glance. Ren Fu would definitely lose a lot of money. At the same time, it could also delay the steam engine project. It was really killing two birds with one stone!

Are you really a genius?

Yu Zongyuan fell asleep contentedly.

At the same time, Hanzhong leads to the Yinping Mountains of Sichuan.

Xiong Kuang has completely lost contact with the 5th Brigade in Hanzhong. He really underestimated the difficulty and danger of fighting in the wild.

Fortunately, Xiong Kuang's army still had staff officers who knew geography. The staff officers used stars to determine that they were still in the Yinping Mountains.

It’s so hard to leave!

Xiong Kuang explored the road to Shu this time and brought enough supplies. Even so, half of his supplies had been consumed.

It was difficult for him to imagine how Deng Ai crossed the Yinping Mountains when he was conquering Shu during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Yinping Mountain is not a mountain, but a large continuous mountain range. The highest peak is more than 3,000 meters high. There are countless cliffs in the mountain. Xiong Kuang has been exploring the mountain for half a month, and several soldiers have already disappeared. .

Needless to say, these missing soldiers are presumably dead.

Moreover, what Xiong Kuang wants to explore is not a single expedition route, but a reliable road that can accommodate an army.

Staff officer Jin Zhan, who claims his hometown is Yinping, holds an ancient map from the family tree in his hand, but he has no direction.

"Captain, why don't you go back?"

Jin Zhan also retreated. It was too difficult to find a road that could accommodate the army in such a steep mountain.

But Xiong Kuang said: "No, didn't we see traps where we camped yesterday? There must be villages nearby. Let's see if any of these villages know the way out of the mountain!"

"Captain!"

A scout rushed over excitedly and said to Xiong Kuang:

"Captain! I found the village!"

Xiong Kuang stood up immediately and followed the scouts out of the temporary forest. He picked up his binoculars and looked, and sure enough he saw the smoke in the forest.

village!

Xiong Kuang put down his telescope and immediately gave the order: "All hands on deck, let's go!"

The group of people followed the smoke, which looked very close, but in fact they broke their legs while running towards the mountain. It took the group half a day to reach this ancient village.

When Xiong Kuang went into the mountain to investigate, he pretended to be a merchant and stopped a woodcutter at the entrance of the village:

"Brother, we are merchants and we got lost in Yinping Mountain. Can't we go to the village to ask for water?"

The woodcutter saw that Xiong Kuang and his party were all young and strong men, and felt a little reluctant. Xiong Kuang took out some copper coins and said:

"We are resting outside the village, just want to find out the way?"

The woodcutter looked at the copper coins and then nodded to let them rest outside the village.

Xiong Kuang became excited. The woodcutter could recognize the copper coins circulating in the Ming Dynasty, which proved that this village was not isolated from the world. They must know the way out of the mountain!

　I feel like I've been infected. I don't know if it's influenza A or Yang. I feel uncomfortable. I owe you one thousand today. I'm sorry.

　　I've taken medicine, I hope I don't have a fever.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)