Chapter 826 Traffic Communication

"Send this letter home."

After reading this issue of Da Hua Daily, the British ambassador to China, William, wrote a report and prepared to send it back to China.

At this time, he was a little depressed.

Because the telegraph technology is in the hands of Dahua, and some content in his report cannot be known to Dahua, so the telegraph cannot be used.

Otherwise, it can be sent to Guangzhou in an instant by telegram, and then sent back to China from Guangzhou to the sea.

Starting from Guangzhou will save more than a week of time than starting from Nanjing.

For him, it is very important to report the situation of Dahua to the country as quickly as possible.

"Dahua's communication and transportation are really enviable."

After William finished writing the report, he sighed with emotion.

Being in Dahua, it was not easy for him to communicate with China, which made him realize the importance of fast communication even more.

Only by mastering this method of rapid communication can we effectively rule a vast empire.

William imagined that if England had mastered the telegraph technology, Scotland in the north would have to be a little more honest, so that there would be no trouble every three days.

Unfortunately, he could only think about it for the time being.

Dahua covered the principle and technology of the telegraph tightly, and William inquired in many ways, but he had no clue.

There was no other way, William could only read the reports on Dahua's transportation and communications in the newspaper again.

In the five years of Yongxing, Dahua's telegraph has developed rapidly. With the efforts of the royal family, the military and private businessmen, regardless of the cost, Dahua's telegraph line was built very quickly, much faster than railway construction.

Not only have the telegraphs been erected in the sections that have been opened to traffic, but also connected many important routes such as Nanjing to Guangzhou, Nanjing to Beijing, and Nanjing to Wuhan.

Now the imperial court's orders can be conveyed to Wuhan in the middle of the city in an instant, which is eight or nine days faster than before.

The central government's control over the localities has gone up a level directly.

The emergence of the telegraph had a great impact on Dahua, saving a lot of time and money.

In the past, if Dahua's newspapers were to appear in Wuhan, they had to be transported to Wuhan by speedboat, and then the printing plant in Wuhan started again, and the timeliness was several days behind.

Now, Dahua only needs to send the content by telegram, and the printing factory in Wuhan can start work directly, saving time, effort and money.

For business, the economic impact is even greater.

In the past, the use of communication was backward, and it was impossible to grasp the price of goods in various places in time, and it was easy to lose money.

But now, with the development of communication, businessmen in Nanjing know the market conditions of commodities all over the place.

Those who can keep pace with the times and are good at using telegrams can be one step ahead in everything and make a lot of money.

In the stock market, after the telegraph, the stock prices of the two stock exchanges in Nanjing and Shanghai also tend to be the same, and there is no longer the great difference as before.

In terms of people's livelihood, the impact of telegrams is not particularly large, mainly because telegrams are not cheap.

The court and businessmen are willing to spend this money, but it is impossible for ordinary people to send telegrams to communicate with others. Only a very few rich people can have such luxury.

Communication between ordinary people in different places is still dominated by letters.

However, with the increase in the number of senders and receivers in the future, as well as the advancement of technology, the price of telegrams will become lower and lower.

In the newspaper, William also saw a word, telephone.

This is a technology project that Dahua is working on recently. It is said that after the successful telephone research, two people in different places can talk directly and hear each other's voice.

William felt that this was a bit of a fantasy, and it was simply outrageous. However, he can't guarantee that Dahua is bragging.

After all, Dahua is very technological, which seemed outrageous in the past, but now it has really come true.

It seems reasonable and reasonable that something magical will appear in the future.

Compared to the illusory phone call, William is more concerned about Dahua's transportation construction.

In the five years of Yongxing, the mileage of Dahua's railway has reached 2,500 kilometers, an increase of nearly 2,000 kilometers over last year, achieving rapid development.

2,500 kilometers of railways, if these 2,500 kilometers are laid in England, it is enough to connect several major cities in England.

Just thinking about the economic boosting effect of this transportation capacity is exciting.

William was a little excited and a little worried when he learned that a steam engine that could work continuously had been developed in China.

I am excited that a technological breakthrough has finally been achieved in China, and I am worried that Dahua is developing faster, and it is still a long way to go to catch up.

In the five years of Yongxing, Dahua has added five new shipyards, with an annual new shipbuilding capacity of more than 40 ships, with a total tonnage of 30,000 tons.

At present, Dahua's shipbuilding capacity can build about 100 large and small ships each year, with a total tonnage of more than 80,000 tons.

This figure is about fifty times that of the United Kingdom, and this is only the tonnage of the comparison, not the mass.

British wooden sailboats are incomparable to Dahua's steamboats. Not to mention Dahua's pure iron armored warships, which are two-dimensional equipment.

Seeing Dahua's sea power, although William didn't want to admit it, he couldn't deceive himself in his heart. He admitted a reality.

That is, Britain will never be able to surpass Dahua.

In the latest issue of the report, William has suggested that the king marry a duke

When the Lord comes, it is best to marry the emperor of Dahua, but it is really not good. It is better to marry the King of Qin or a first-rank minister.

Wu Changqing was actually quite surprised by his achievements in transportation. He once suspected that the people below had lied about their achievements.

You know, in addition to 2,000 kilometers of railways, Dahua has also completed 10,000 kilometers of road expansion in Yongxing five years.

Although it is only widened, straightened, and covered with sand or cement on the original basis, the figure of 10,000 kilometers is still quite amazing.

There are official connections between major cities.

However, considering that Dahua currently has more than 400,000 prisoners and nearly 300,000 hired workers building roads, all this seems understandable.

A large-scale project involving 600,000 to 700,000 people is an unprecedented feat.

Looking at the world, only the national strength of Dahua can support the consumption of this kind of project.

Not to mention whether other small countries have the strength to support this kind of consumption, it is already impossible to gather so much labor force.

In the sixth year of Yongxing, Dahua's railway planning has shifted from economic priority to strategic priority.

Some railways with modest economic benefits but extremely strategic significance should also be put on the agenda.

For example, there must be a railway connecting the Western Regions.

There must also be a railway to enter Sichuan.

Railways connecting North Korea, Yunnan, and Hanoi provinces are also indispensable.