Villager of Daming

Chapter 871 The artifact can make the past come back

Amidst the ticking sound, Zhu Yuanzhang stood in one position, and then he arranged a eunuch to another position. He wrote a note and asked the eunuch to read the words on it to the people in Xiaqiu Village.

"We asked you to go over there and check it for us. Yes, that's it." Zhu Yuanzhang saw the content of the message and nodded.

What he wrote to the eunuch was, "I'll ask you to go over there and check it for us." Then the telegram changed into the current characters through the ticking sound, which was absolutely correct.

"Ouch! What's going on with this thing? Can it tick out any word? No, go and invite our girl over."

Zhu Yuanzhang discovered what he didn't understand. He understood the flag language, and he also understood the drums and gongs.

But those things can only convey simple content. Why does this thing called a telegraph transmit words through ticking?

He suspected that the eunuch had leaked the information in advance, even if it was not intentional. For example, after taking out the note, other people saw it and passed the content over in other ways, such as a phone call.

Yes, there are telephones in Xiaqiu Village. A call can be made very quickly, so you can only call the person you trust most.

"Yichang, don't get me wrong. In fact, we are not... okay! We really just want to know if it is true. Let's find the queen."

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to explain to the chief, but suddenly found that he didn't believe him, so he didn't explain it anymore. It would mean nothing if he admitted it.

"Your Majesty, there is no need for this. We know that. In fact, we were suspicious when we first saw it. We always thought that someone was lying to us. Later, when we put Hanhan over there, we were sure that Hanhan can't lie. He is Aren’t you Hanhan?”

The head of the village was anxious for Zhu Yuanzhang and helped Yuan come back, otherwise what else could he do?

"Hey! Hmm! Hanhan, I, Didi, Didi, Da Da Da Da Da, hey hey hey hey..." Zhu Wentian cooperated.

He knew that this telegraph appeared before the telephone in history, and that the telegraph was followed by the telephone, but that telegram was not the wireless telegraph in front of him, it was connected to a line.

Not long after the telegraph appeared, there was the telephone, and then the telegraph was of little use. Later, there was wireless telegraphy, which surpassed the telephone in many cases.

The original telegraph signal had a short propagation distance due to the problem of the wave band used, so it needed a relay. Then it was improved. As long as the radio wave strength was enough, it could be transmitted very far.

Later, it was used in war, sending it in clear code. When the enemy could also receive the information, a code was added.

This is how it developed. Now the Ming Dynasty's telegraph can communicate over long distances. It requires a larger current and an antenna.

Fortunately, we are not in the information age. There are no other telegraphs, there are no mobile phone signal towers, and there are no satellites in the sky.

Otherwise, if the telegraph machine made in the village encounters that environment... it will be over! Completely finished!

The radio wave interference is too serious. If you send a message, it will be lost by someone in the middle of the message, or the rhythm of the ticking sound will change.

Today's telegraph machines are okay, and they don't need to be encrypted. Others don't, so they just send them in clear code.

Not long after, Queen Ma arrived in a small train after receiving the news.

"Chongba, do you think there are good things?" Empress Ma nodded to Li Chang and Hanhan, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang expectantly.

"We have a phone, and we can talk at any time. Just...well...ok! As long as we can talk, we need to lay out phone lines.

Girl, look at this thing, it doesn’t use a phone line, it turns what you want to say into a ticking sound, and converts it into numbers according to different ticking sequences.

Then don’t we have words? Using four numbers to represent a text is a bit slow, but it really works!

No matter how slow it is, is it still as slow as riding a horse to deliver the message? If this is placed on the battlefield, I estimate that we can command the battle from here. "

While waiting for Queen Ma to arrive, Zhu Yuanzhang learned about the telegram and used numbers to correspond to words.

He gradually came to believe that this was indeed the case. After memorizing the numbers, or holding a book and comparing the numbers, he could see the words.

Now let the mother-in-law come over and verify again that this thing is a war artifact. “Why not Pinyin? Our dictionary has Pinyin!”

Queen Ma also thought it was magical, but she thought of using letters instead of numbers and just spelling them out.

"Queen, because there are tones and homophonic words, using pinyin letters will cause problems. In order to avoid mistakes that may affect the entire battle situation at critical moments, numbers are used. A set of numbers corresponds to one word."

The director gave an explanation. He had originally thought of the pinyin one, but found that it really didn't work. At critical moments, some communications only had one word.

If the word is wrong, that's it. There is no way to correct this on the telegram.

"Yes, yes, that's the truth." Before Queen Ma could say anything, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

“In this way, once you find an enemy, if you have this thing with you, you can hide and scout.

Then, without exposing yourself, send the enemy's route, quantity, and baggage information to people elsewhere.

Everyone moved forward towards the place where the enemy's route must pass, and each time they were able to create a situation where there were more battles and fewer battles, and it was also a surprise attack. "

Empress Ma was not in a hurry to verify whether it was fake. She first talked about the role of this tool in war.

During the battle, both the enemy and ourselves are on the move. Even if there are cities to defend, there are also troops outside.

With the same weapons and morale, whoever can concentrate superior forces will take the initiative in the war.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to nod: "At least Helin's Beacon Tower has another safeguard. Sister, please go over there and send us a message."

"What do you want to send?" Queen Ma asked.

"You don't know what to say between the two of us?" Zhu Yuanzhang responded.

"Do you really want to let others know about our affairs?" Queen Ma asked again.

"What are you going to post?" Zhu Yuanzhang had a creepy feeling. Let's ask you to post something normally. You...

"Wait! If you don't believe it, it's something produced in our village. Check the watch."

Empress Ma glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and told the village chief and other villagers.

She got there, a mile away from here, and took a small train.

The two people checked their watches. At the same time, no one else came close, that is, the person who sent and received the telegram. There was a "book" for comparison next to them.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the watch, and then there was a ticking sound. Someone was copying the numbers, and then looking up the book.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is asking you, do the sesame cakes taste good?" the young man in charge of Xiaqiu Village asked Zhu Yuanzhang in confusion.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and his eye circles instantly turned red: "Reply the message, we will never let any girl get burned again in this life."

The lieutenant smiled. He couldn't find out about this kind of thing through normal channels, but he knew about it.

Then Queen Ma came back in the car and nodded Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead with her finger: "Are you satisfied?"

"After all, we are the king of a country. Let others see...it's okay." Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say that it was not good for others to see, but he found that everyone around him turned around.

　I guess that’s the chapter for today! The farmer's heart is not feeling well, and the temperature is too severe. Negative emotions surged up, and the farmer knew that it was caused by hypothermia, so he ate and then took medicine.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)