Chapter 915 Telegraph Network

In Zhengzhou, Wu Changqing watched the program arranged for him by local officials while he was inspecting.

A girly singing and dancing show.

The girl is not very old, only thirteen years old, but she has already shown the appearance of disastrous to the country and the people.

Needless to say, in terms of talent, it can be seen that it has been honed through a lot of hardships.

Wu Changqing and other ministers were enjoying watching, Hong Chengchou came over with a telegram and said, "Your Majesty, I am overjoyed. King Narai of Siam has announced his abdication in Bangkok. Siam has been merged into Dahua. I will regain the lost land for 60 years." million square kilometers."

When everyone heard this, they immediately raised their brows with joy.

More than 600,000 square kilometers, which is already quite large, almost as big as two Fusang.

Moreover, Siam has a large population and a piece of fertile land suitable for growing food, which can be called a treasure land.

Recovering this kind of place is much more meaningful and difficult than recovering Siberia.

But now, without even a single battle, the king of Siam took the initiative to merge with Dahua. This is a precedent, which is gratifying.

If there are more such things in the future, the peace of the world will be just around the corner.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for convincing people with virtue, and making the homeland willing to return with charm..."

"Your Majesty's achievements are unprecedented..."

Wu Changqing didn't like such unreasonable and well-deserved flattery, but if it was really his credit, he would still be very useful if he flattered him.

The ministers who had been with Wu Changqing for a long time knew his personality, so they praised him fiercely when they got the chance.

On the stage, Chu Jiao also stopped her performance, looking curiously at those people who suddenly knelt down, and at the same time curiously looked at the only one who didn't kneel down.

Until someone next to her pulled her to kneel down too.

"Get up, this is the joint contribution of all the lovers. Let the people in the Ministry of Rites arrange a grand celebration."

Wu Changqing was in a very good mood, this was the first time that Dahua won without a fight.

A huge Siamese country did not fight a single battle, and it suppressed the opponent with its strength alone. It is very cool to surrender without a fight.

When the emperor is in a good mood, the rest of the people are relaxed, and the mood can follow suit, and everyone is happy.

Those in power are comfortable, and so are those in charge of the show.

Wu Changqing opened his mouth to give a big reward, which made these people gain more than all previous gains.

The one who gained the most was the little beauty Chu Jiao. She was taken away by Feng Debao directly, and she was going to take her back to the palace to perform for the emperor alone.

He just saw that Wu Changqing was very concerned about this little girl.

Of course, Wu Changqing is just a simple liking, he doesn't think too much about a little girl.

But Feng Debao doesn't know, and in Feng Debao's view, thirteen years old is not too young.

He has seen a lot of things like getting married at the age of thirteen and having a baby at the age of fourteen.

Moreover, even if they are still young, they can be brought up in the palace. The huge palace is really not short of such a ration.

King Narai announced his abdication in Siam, and it took less than two hours for Wu Changqing to receive the news.

Most of the time-consuming is consumed from Bangkok to Saigon.

After the news arrived in Saigon, it was sent to Wu Changqing via telegram.

Today, Dahua's telegraph network has completed the initial construction, connecting all major cities in China.

At the northernmost point, the telegram has already reached Daqing, and it has also connected dozens of cities such as Changchun, Shengjing, Tianjin, etc., and 20 of them have set up sending and receiving stations.

At the westernmost end, the wires have reached Hami, passing through Xining, Lanzhou, Xi'an and Zhengzhou, and there are also some branch lines to Taiyuan, Datong, Hanzhong, Shangluo and other places, distributed like veins on leaves.

At the southernmost point, the telegraph went from Guangzhou to Guangxi, and from Guangxi into Hanoi, it was connected to Saigon.

As for the easternmost point, it enters North Korea from Shengjing, connects Pyongyang and Seoul, and is currently in Busan, where a submarine cable from Busan to Fukuoka is being laid.

Once this cable is completed, what happens in the four provinces of Fusang in the future can also be reported to the central government as soon as possible.

This is another historic feat. Once the communication between the two places is connected, Dahua's control over Fusang can be raised to a higher level.

At the same time, the communication between the two places will be infinitely more convenient.

In the past, the exchange between the two places took several days at the fastest, and it cost a lot of money.

In the future, by telegraph, the two places can communicate quickly, which is many times cheaper than using ships to transmit information.

The distance between Busan and Fukuoka is only more than 200 kilometers, which is very short, and the depth of the seabed is relatively shallow, so the laying of cables is not difficult.

At least, it is not difficult for Dahua. If you are in other countries, you may not dare to think about such a thing.

In addition to laying submarine cables to the four provinces of Fusang, Dahua is now planning to extend the wires to Bangladesh and Delhi.

Although the high-level officials of the Mughal Empire gritted their teeth with hatred for Dahua, they agreed with 10,000 people, such as the establishment of telegrams, which is beneficial to both parties.

After all, this can make the communication extremely fast, and it can facilitate their communication with the ambassador in Nanjing.

In terms of civilian use, it also benefits a lot, and can quickly understand the prices of various commodities on the Dahua Market.

These high-level Indians are already using their power at this time to send their family members to Dahua to do business and make money for themselves.

money.

They are all making two-handed preparations. The one hand is to cooperate with Aurangzeb to actively reform and try to make the Mughal Empire rise so that they can keep their power.

On the other hand, they are also preparing for the fact that the Mughal Empire cannot stop Dahua.

First go to Dahua to make money, and then make some senior officials from Dahua.

In this way, after the Mughal Empire was destroyed by Dahua, they would not have nothing, and they could still use connections to keep their power.

There are many high-ranking Mughal officials who did this, and even some Aurangzeb knew it well, but they managed to eradicate it all at once.

Aurangzeb's reform journey was also quite difficult.

In addition to going to Delhi, Dahua is still preparing to go to Persia, and the route to Ottoman, and finally extend from the Ottoman Empire to Europe and North Africa, so as to solve the communication problem with Europe and other places.

Dahua paid for the construction of these things, and other countries only need to provide the land and then be responsible for protecting these lines.

Dahua is not at a loss. After all, as long as the communication is solved, it can generate greater economic benefits.

More importantly, in the eyes of Dahua's senior management, no matter what South Asia, Central, Eastern, and Western Europe are, they are all Dahua's territories, and they will be taken back sooner or later.

Whether to build now or in the future, it will be built sooner or later, there is no big difference, and it will always serve Dahua.

Dahua is willing to pay, and other countries naturally welcome it with their hands up.