Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 737 The spread of telegraph
  Zhu Xuan just said it casually, but Ji Wenjing was still very serious.

I saw him mumbling something, and after calculating seriously for a while, he laughed loudly and said: "Your Highness has really had a big event recently, congratulations to Your Highness!"

What did it really count?
  Zhu Xuan asked curiously: "What's the big happy event?"

"I don't want to say anything yet, but your highness is looking forward to it. Within three days, any big event will be announced soon."

Ji Wenjing pretended to be mysterious and said: "His Highness will come to thank you when the time comes."

Zhu Xuan: "..."

"If you can't figure anything out, you can just say it without any shame in front of me."

He said.

Ji Wenjing was full of confidence in his calculation and said confidently: "It's not that I can't calculate it, but I want to give His Highness a surprise. His Highness will be able to see it soon."

Zhu Xuan shook his head and said: "He is indeed a magic stick."

Then he found the person in charge of the cross-river bridge project and asked when it would be completed.

The person in charge said that it would take seven days at the earliest.

There are still many projects that need to be followed up in the later stage. Regarding the load-bearing capacity of the bridge and the testing of various structures, it will take a while and it will not be completed so quickly.

Zhu Xuan also knew that these projects were very troublesome and needed to be inspected and accepted.

The person in charge of the project must record everything. If there is any trouble later or any accident occurs, he can be held accountable at any time. In serious cases, he must be jailed or thrown to the Jin Yiwei.

These systems were all brought by Zhu Xuan.

"Seven days at the earliest."

Zhu Xuan said: "After waiting for so long, I don't care about waiting another seven days. Let's go to the factory for a walk. How long has it been since you last been to the factory?"

Ji Wenjing said: "Your Highness has been dealing with political affairs and has no time to go outside. I have been helping His Highness coordinate the factory. Zheng He went to America again and brought back a lot of tobacco. Some of it was sent to Yingtian, too. I received it for His Highness."

Zheng He is already one of the Ming Dynasty's business cards with the outside world. He has always been responsible for helping Zhu Xuan on his missions to various overseas countries. The exchange of supplies, trade and the like are also going very smoothly.

Many small overseas countries may not know Zhu Xuan, but they must know Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty.

"Zheng He's voyages are of great significance!"

Zhu Xuan thought for a while and asked, "How is Zheng Guangcheng now?"

"very good!"

Ji Wenjing nodded and said: "He is a good young man. He has an active mind, thinks about many things, and learns very quickly."

Zhu Xuan thought for a while and said: "Find a time to arrange for him to go to the Imperial Academy to learn something formally and systematically first. After all, if you want to enter the court in the future, the process must be necessary. As for Mr. Ji... I will arrange a Zuo Chunfang for you. With the title of Grand Bachelor, will you also come to my Zhan Shifu from now on?"

Today's Ji Wenjing is completely usable.

Lao Zhu also knew about the existence of Ji Wenjing and knew that he was Zhu Xuan's staff. He must have checked Ji Wenjing over and over again. He also knew that Ji Wenjing could be used and that his abilities were very good, so he had no objection to Zhu Xuan recruiting Ji Wenjing as his staff.

"Alright!"

Ji Wenjing did not refuse. Sometimes he wanted to assist Zhu Xuan. Some serious positions were necessary, but he asked: "What about the factory?"

Zhu Xuan said: "I plan to leave the factory here to the Ministry of Industry. Of course, the core technologies are still in my hands and the Ministry of Industry cannot touch them. I am personally responsible for the core technologies, and the people below are directly responsible to me. .”

For more advanced technology, Zhu Xuan still has to take it into his own hands.

For example, a few hundred years later, under normal circumstances, the technology used by the military will be much more advanced than that used by civilians. Only when military technology is eliminated can it be transferred to civilian and commercial use.

Ji Wenjing thought it was normal for Zhu Xuan to arrange this.     The important things should be in your own hands.

They chatted and hurried on, and soon arrived at the factory. What Zhu Xuan learned most about this time was the development of the telegraph. This was the most important thing, and it was also one of the things that revolutionized communication methods in the Ming Dynasty.

With the telegraph, Ming Dynasty's control over local areas can be strengthened a lot in the future.

Today, the development of telegraph is getting faster and faster.

Zhu Xuan does not require that every county have a telegraph, but at least every prefecture must have at least one and a base station. For the border town area, every large garrison barracks must also have a telegraph station and signal base station. It is convenient to receive orders from Yingtian at any time.

To have these, you must have electricity, so some small power stations have also begun to be laid out and developed. Small power stations are only used by local governments, and most of them are based on hydraulic power.

The voltage and power generation do not have to be large, but they must be able to be used by telegraph.

This is the case for the time being. Others will develop in the future. There is no rush to popularize electricity. At present, even in a core area like Yingtianfu, electricity cannot be fully used for commercial and civilian use. Other areas are for official use.

"The current distribution of telegraph and base stations is still centered on Yingtian and then spread to the outside."

"As Tianfu expands to the outside world, within a thousand miles of the surrounding area, it will be possible to have a telegraph station and base station in every prefecture before the end of this year."

"The nearby hydropower technology is becoming more and more mature, and the supporting hydropower facilities are being covered very quickly."

"But it will take a certain amount of time to get to the border town, especially the edge of the grassland. It's not that fast."

Ji Wenjing briefly introduced the current telegraph layout.

Zhu Xuan could see that there were many more base stations and signal towers in the factory, and they were larger than before.

Various invisible signals are constantly being sent and received at this time.

This has basically become a fixed signal base.

"Arrange for people to enter the palace and build a small signal tower that can receive the signal from the factory. I also want to have a telegraph station in the palace." Zhu Xuan ordered.

"This is simple, you can do it now."

Ji Wenjing nodded and said: "Even if His Highness has not raised it, I will mention this matter to His Highness in two days. Various signals from the Ming Dynasty will be sent to all parts of the Ming Dynasty in the future, centered here."

This is what Zhu Xuan wants too.

"Currently, the frequency of telegraph usage is not high. There is currently no news that needs to be sent via telegraph."

"Most of our technical staff are still focused on testing."

"A Tang poem is sent to various places every day to test the stability of signals in various places and ensure continuous connection."

"If there is a telegraph station in the palace, then confidentiality needs to be considered for issuing decrees and receiving memorials and other information in various places."

"Your Highness, do you want to do another kind of coding to enhance confidentiality?"

Ji Wenjing proposed this idea.

Zhu Xuan felt the need to use a new set of codes to encrypt various signals and information from the palace in the future, but this gave him a headache.

How should I write new encoding?
  "Find a group of technical personnel and go to the Science Pavilion."

"When I have time, I will explain to them a new encryption method to see if they can accept it."

Zhu Xuan tried hard to recall what he had learned before time travel. Fortunately, he learned a lot and understood a little bit of everything.

(End of this chapter)