Chapter 1011 1006 [Beggar's Version of Semi-Finished Telegram Conveying Military Orders over Thousands of Miles]

Compared with the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and Xixia, the annexation of Goryeo is not worth writing about, but it is destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

Not only will it be recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but it will also be written into the history of human civilization.

Because it has something to do with the telegraph!

Last winter, Zhu Guoxiang brought his family to Luoyang and started developing telegraph machines before the Chinese New Year.

His R&D process was particularly unscientific.

The telegraph code was designed even before there was even a single part of the telegraph machine.

Zhu Guoxiang has never learned Morse code, but he knows that it is a combination of long and short signals. So he simply abandoned English letters and only used long and short signals to express numbers and punctuation.

Each commonly used Chinese character consists of four numbers.

Even the rhyme date was created, using the latest version of "Da Ming Zheng Yun" to replace the specific date of dispatch.

The design work of converting code to Chinese characters was relatively trivial, and was left to a few wives under my command. Shen Yourong, Li Qingzhao, and Wen Xiaomei were the main force.

Zhu Guoxiang thought that wired telegraphy should be very simple, but he discovered that there were many problems when he actually started working on it.

The first wired telegraph prototype was built in just a few days after all the materials were prepared.

However, the effective transmission distance is only a few meters.

Using wires to propagate signals can only travel a few meters!

Because the power of Zhu Guoxiang's telegraph machine was too low, it was not called a battery at all, but the most primitive volt pile.

After many improvements, although the transmission distance was greatly increased, the effect was still not satisfactory to Zhu Guoxiang.

After discussing with his son and student assistants, Zhu Guoxiang replaced the electric pile with a hand-operated generator. It was not until after the Lantern Festival that he simply stopped doing wire telegraphy and went straight to wireless telegraphy. He knew that radio was transmitted through electromagnetic waves.

The first wireless telegraph prototype had an effective transmission distance of about 200 meters.

A few months later, during the Dragon Boat Festival, which was the time of the Goryeo military coup, the sixth wireless telegraph prototype came out.

Zhu Guoxiang called his son over and said the first thing he said: "The wireless telegraph is completed."

"Wireless telegram?" Zhu Ming was extremely shocked.

Zhu Guoxiang said helplessly: "But the telegram can only be sent as far as Baima Temple Town."

Ju Ming laughed and said: "It's only thirty miles. But it's still a good start. Dean Zhu, please keep up the good work."

In half a year, Zhu Guoxiang was able to build such a beggar's version of the machine, which is already very rare.

There is huge room for continued improvement.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The students and I have racked our brains and tried every possible way. It will be difficult to improve in a short period of time. Now there are two powerful ways to achieve miracles."

"What can we do?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "First, build large-scale transmitting and receiving antennas; second, establish transfer stations in or near each county."

"How big is the antenna?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The Buddha Tooth Pagoda at Luoyang Tianwang Temple is tens of meters high. Antennas can be erected along the Pagoda. Many such antennas can be built along the way. As for the transfer station, it can also help relay signals. It takes two to three hundred miles to build one.”

In another time and space, humans used wireless telegraphy for the first time to send information across the Atlantic Ocean. This was achieved by building huge antennas - powerful enough to fly!

As for the transfer station Zhu Guoxiang mentioned, it can also be called a relay station. The main equipment is a relay.

"Do the two methods you mentioned really work?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "You can give it a try."

Ju Ming said: "Then give it a try."

If the emperor and the emperor want to do something, they can mobilize all resources to do it.

A few days later, a group of soldiers and craftsmen rushed into Tennoji Temple in a hurry.

Come again?

The monks were shocked, thinking that they had committed another major crime.

Zen Master Zonggao came out to greet him personally: "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Min before. I wonder what important matters His Highness has come to visit?"

Zhu Wenzhu put his hands together and returned the gift: "Zen master, don't panic, this matter has nothing to do with your temple. If the experiment goes well, the imperial court will send manpower to stay at Tianwang Temple to guard and maintain the Tooth Relic Tower in the future."

Once he heard that they were not here to arrest anyone, Zen Master Zonggao stopped asking.

He found that Zhu Wenzhu was not in the mood to chat, so he asked the monks to disperse, leaving him alone to accompany him throughout the whole process.

The Tianwang Temple in Luoyang is under construction, and the Xiangguo Temple in Kaifeng is also under construction.

Zhang Congdao, who had exchanged birth dates with the eldest princess (Zhu Guoxiang's third daughter), was heading to Kaifeng with a group of craftsmen.

Twenty days later, large antennas in Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Xingze were built one after another, and a relay station was built in Xingze in the middle.

Luoyang Imperial Palace.

Ju Ming watched the telegraph machine punch holes in the paper tape and couldn't help but ask: "Why doesn't this thing beep? It's different from what I remember."

Zhu Guoxiang explained: "I haven't figured out how to produce sound through electric current yet."

"Not only is this a beggar's version, it's also a semi-finished product," Ju Ming joked. "There is no display light and no sound. Do you think it has to be turned on 24 hours a day? It's okay to have people watching it all the time, but you It’s a hand-cranked machine that generates electricity, and it turns the telegraph operator into a manual worker. Why don’t you use a battery?”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The voltage of the battery invented before is too low, and it is not even as good as hand-cranked power generation. Not to mention wireless telegraphy, even wired telegraphy cannot meet the power requirement."

"Let's build a hydroelectric generator. Is this difficult?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The principle is similar to that of hand-cranked power generation, but it still needs continuous experimental improvement. There are so many relay stations across the country, and we cannot have hydroelectric power generation everywhere. I plan to ask telegraph operators from various places to agree on a fixed section in the morning, noon and evening every day. Time, stay there and turn on the phone to send telegrams."

Ju Ming thought about it carefully: "Let's do this. Build a hydroelectric generator in all provincial capital cities across the country. If the provincial capital city is not next to a river, build it in the nearest city. In cities at the prefecture level, build one in every place. A telegraph machine."

"Okay," Zhu Guoxiang said, "those hydroelectric generators don't need to be too big, they just need to be able to meet the needs of the telegraph machine. There is no need to build a dam, you can build a water tower, use animal power to lift the water, and then release the water from the water tower intermittently Sexual power generation. In fact, continuing to improve the hand-operated generator should be able to meet the demand. After all, during the Anti-Japanese War... you know."

Ju Ming nodded and said: "You can do this in the early stage, and then develop slowly in the future."

The telegraph operator was one of Zhu Guoxiang's students. He suddenly turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, please write a random sentence."

Zhu Ming wrote: "The fortunes of the Ming Dynasty are prosperous."

The telegraph operator sent these six words and immediately bowed and resigned. A new telegraph operator came in from outside who didn't know what he had sent.

Then it became quiet. It was estimated that Kaifeng received the signal and was busy translating it into Chinese characters.

The telegraph operator in the palace, fearing that there would be insufficient power, had been frantically cranking the electricity by hand.

After a while, the telegraph machine began to punch holes in the paper tape.

The telegraph operator flipped through the codes of commonly used characters and translated them into Chinese characters one by one. He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the Emperor, the message from Kaifeng is 'The Ming Dynasty's national fortune has been prosperous, received.'"

Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said: "Successful."

Ju Ming was in a daze.

Is this how the wireless telegraph transmission between Luoyang and Kaifeng was accomplished?

It only took more than half a year since Zhu Guoxiang began to develop the telegraph machine.

What a coincidence, half a month later, Liaoyang sent urgent documents. Claiming a coup by Goryeo warriors, Liaoning planned to send troops and asked the emperor for approval.

Ju Ming was not in a hurry to reply, but sent all Zhu Guoxiang's students out.

Let them bring various materials, make repeaters on the ship, and deploy them all the way from Kaifeng to Shandong. Then repeaters were also laid out in Lushun to extend the telegraph system to Liaoyang and Pyongyang.

It is too easy to destroy Goryeo. You can send troops at any time.

Ju Ming wanted to get addicted to high technology and issue military orders to the front line in Luoyang!

Afraid of poor cross-sea signal, Ju Ming also asked the students and craftsmen to set up large antennas in Dengzhou and Lushun - the antennas were placed on lighthouses, so there was no need to build any additional buildings.

There are several big cities along the way where large antennas are also set up.

…

The current political envoy to the left in Liaoning is Fang Tingshi.

He and Ju Ming were quite destined. In the same year, they were admitted as Jinshi of the former Song Dynasty.

When Zhu Ming was put in charge of Guizhou, Fang Tingshi happened to be the magistrate of Lingui County. He also arranged a place for Ju Ming to live, and often went to listen to Ju Ming's lectures and visited Guilin's landscapes with Ju Ming.

Whether it was Zhang Bor, Li Bao and others who followed Ju Ming at that time, or Chen Dong, Wei Liangchen and other imperial students who came from thousands of miles away, they all received Fang Tingshi's care in Guizhou.

Popularity is directly boosted!

When Zhu Guoxiang proclaimed himself emperor in Kaifeng and founded the country, Fang Tingshi was still an official in Guangxi and continued to serve Song Huizong's small southeastern court.

Li Bao rushed to the south of the Yangtze River and then occupied Fujian and Guangdong. Fang Tingshi took the opportunity to respond in Guangxi. He came forward to connect with Guangxi's civil and military officials and promoted that he was Ju Ming's friend. He actually persuaded half of Guangxi to submit to the Ming Dynasty as a mere state magistrate.

Then, he was promoted all the way through the Ming and New Dynasties.

Lu Fang, the right chief envoy, was walking up and down in the lobby. Fang Tingshi comforted him and said, "Brother Yingcai, we are having a meeting today. What are you doing walking back and forth? Don't be anxious."

Before Lu Fang could speak, Liaoning Commander-in-Chief Zhe Yanzhi said: "We asked the imperial court for instructions in the summer, but why haven't we received a reply in autumn? If we continue to delay, it will be winter!"

Sun Lan, commander of the Liaoning capital, said: "Perhaps Your Majesty has other deep intentions."

The civil servants didn't care, but the military generals were extremely worried, fearing that the imperial court would send another general.

If a general is really sent to lead the army, the achievements of the Liaoning generals in destroying the country will be diluted.

"Report, urgent delivery from the imperial court, and packages!"

"finally come."

All civil and military officials smiled.

But when Fang Tingshi opened the official document, he looked puzzled. After reading it, he said: "The imperial court did not talk about sending troops. It only asked us to make copper and iron objects. It also said that it sent several samples, so that the craftsmen must make them." Made with all our heart.”

Everyone opened the package and found some basic parts for making antennas.

Moreover, it is also required to lengthen a certain amount and then connect them during erection.

Fang Ting really didn't know what he meant, so he had to send someone to do it.

A few days later, the quasi-consort Zhang Congdao came to Liaoyang. After revealing his identity, he immediately began to build an antenna and set it up directly on the pagoda left by the Liao Kingdom.

After a busy day, Zhang Congdao invited Liaoning civil and military officials over the next day.

They watched Zhang Congdao take out a strange machine, and then his attendants shook it wildly with their hands. There was also a booklet next to it.

"May I ask Zhang... Langjun, what are these?" Fang Tingshi asked.

Zhang Congdao said: "It's almost Chen time. This is the first reporting time every day. I can't tell for the moment, so please just wait."

But Zhang Congdao kept pressing something with his right hand, and suddenly the small needle of the machine began to hit the paper tape.

Zhang Congdao quickly recorded the numbers, leaving everyone confused.

Then, Zhang Congdao typed again and replied to Luoyang, "Received." Then he opened the code booklet and translated it into Chinese characters not very skillfully.

After more than ten minutes of tossing and turning, Zhang Congdao handed Fang Tingshi a piece of paper.

Fang Tingshi read out:

"Shen Jia."

"Permitted to send troops to Goryeo."

"Zhe Yanzhi commanded the troops, Fang Tingshi provided logistics, and Li Yi accompanied the army to negotiate. All matters concerning this war shall be handled by the three of you at your discretion."

"Joint telegram from the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites."

Zhang Congdao explained: "The twelve earthly branches represent the months, and the characters from the "Da Ming Zheng Yun" represent the dates. Shen Jia means September 9 (Lunar calendar), which is today."

Zhe Yanzhi said confusedly: "Is this a court document? It is not even stamped."

Zhang Congdao took out a real document: "This is an imperial edict, asking you to obey the telegram orders. If there are any emergencies in the future, you can also contact the court by telegram."

Lü Fang asked: "What is a telegram?"

Zhang Congdao simply explained: "His Majesty the Emperor is a scholar, and has mastered the mysteries of electricity. He can use electricity to convey messages thousands of miles away. At this moment, it is actually His Majesty who is sending a telegram, and the important officials of the Cabinet and the Ministry are watching from the side."

When these words came out, everyone was even more confused.

What does it mean that the emperor controls the secret of electricity?

Could it be that the emperor is really a god who has descended to earth, or has learned immortal arts overseas, or has learned the art of controlling electricity from Lin Lingsu?

Zhe Yanzhi looked at the imperial edict, then at the telegram: "Should this order be executed?"

"It should be." Fang Tingshi was not sure.