Chapter 767 Provocation

"Perfect!"

Zhao Xu came to the telegraph machine and picked up the paper that was scratched by the pencil. There were different combinations of dots and lines on it.

Although Xu Ke didn't understand, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

What Wang Chong performed was like magic.

He couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, what is this?"

Zhao Xu touched the parts on the telegraph machine and explained to Xu Ke.

After listening, Xu Ke was more shocked than before he heard it. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"It's incredible." According to the King of Yan, this thing can actually transmit news to Yancheng from thousands of miles away in an instant.

No wonder the King of Yan said that this thing is also very beneficial to the Fourth Supervisory Institute.

In the future, they will transmit intelligence faster.

"There will be many things that will surprise you in the future. This wired telegraph is just a gadget. In a few years, maybe you can talk directly to people thousands of miles away instead of just sending telegrams." Zhao Xu laughed.

The laboratory telegraph is done, and the next step is to lay the cable.

He already had a plan in mind. The first cable would start from Yanzhou and go to Ningjindusi. In the future, this line would continue to the north until Siberia.

The second cable would go west and reach Xiaoguan. This line would extend westward and all the way to the Western Regions.

The third cable would go southwest, pass Jingzhou, and in the future, after Yizhou was recovered, it would extend to Yizhou and all the way to Tubo.

The fourth cable would go south, and after Jiangnan was recovered, it would extend all the way to Jiaozhi.

For him, these four lines could be produced and laid immediately.

In fact, he also wanted to lay a submarine cable from the seabed to Goryeo and Japan, so as to facilitate the control of the two countries in the future.

But there was no rubber, and it was impossible to produce submarine cables that could be insulated from water. He had to wait until he got rubber before thinking of a way.

After these were laid, he would be able to remotely command the battlefield in Yancheng and understand the situation of the war.

The establishment of command communications would be conducive to victory in the war.

This was just like a person commanding his left and right hands. If he wanted to hit someone, he could swing them instantly.

The other side needs several days, or even more than ten days to react.

By the time they reacted, they were already beaten to death.

However, laying cables is not a small project and is also very costly.

It will be another big expense for Jiangbei's finances.

But fortunately, after laying cables, he can cancel the post stations in Jiangbei.

Since ancient times, feudal dynasties have all transmitted intelligence through post stations.

There will be more than 100,000 soldiers in the post station service, and hundreds of thousands of horses.

This is also a huge financial burden for the court. Li Zicheng, the King of Chuang in the late Ming Dynasty, eventually became the King of Chuang because the court reduced the burden and abolished the post stations.

Of course, this does not mean that Jiangbei will also have a King of Chuang. After all, life in Jiangbei is much more comfortable than in the late Ming Dynasty.

But even so, laying cables and laying railways is not a small expense.

Expanding overseas markets and obtaining a large amount of funds through trade is imminent.

"Hahaha, then I will wait patiently." Xu Ke and Zhao Xu said, laughing.

The three of them laughed for a while, and Zhao Xu and Xu Ke left.

When they left, they told Wang Chong to prepare the workshop for manufacturing cables.

In the future, if electricity makes a breakthrough, cables will be indispensable, and preparations must be made from now on.

When he came to the outside of the Research Institute, Zhao Xu told Xu Ke to continue to keep an eye on the movements of various forces.

Then, he returned to the palace and asked someone to send the mine design drawings to the Armory.

This mine is actually a large grenade buried underground. It is just a small thing for Wang Ying, and he only needs to give it to him to produce.

In the next month, Zhao Xu seemed to be quiet whether it was Japan, Beidi, or the powerful families.

Zhao Xu was also happy to be idle. He either traveled with Yang Susu, or wandered between the Armory and the Research Institute, and overcame technical difficulties with Wang Ying and his son and Qu Sheng.

In addition, he inspected the production of the workshop and the laying of the railway.

With the arrival of the young and strong people from Goryeo, the laying of the railway accelerated.

According to his idea, the Ministry of Industry established four railway construction divisions, and assigned the railway construction workers to them. With Yancheng as the center, four railways were built in the east, west, south and north at the same time.

300,000 young and strong men from Goryeo, plus the captives from Japan and the Northern Di, made up 400,000 people.

Each railway division has 100,000 people in charge of one railway.

Now, each railway division can lay about ten kilometers of railway every day.

Of course, this is the situation on the plains. If you encounter rugged mountain roads, you need to cut mountains and rocks, which will be much slower. If you encounter rivers, you have to build bridges.

However, even if there are many difficulties, the railway must be laid.

Fortunately, there is a course on construction engineering in the Political Affairs School. He taught a lot of construction technology, and the selected officials of the Ministry of Industry are all the best in the school.

These will not be difficult for them.

In addition to the railway, the construction of agricultural machinery and engineering machinery workshops is also in full swing. The workshops are 70% completed, and steam engines, lathes and other machinery can be installed next month.

In terms of agriculture, peppers, corn and sweet potatoes were planted in July.

The farm is currently harvesting.

The potatoes have also produced more seedlings, which can be planted in November.

Everything is going well.

However, calm is often an illusion before the storm.

On October 28, Tsui Hark suddenly sent an urgent military intelligence.

"Your Highness, Beidi has expanded its troops to three royal tents in the north of Ningjin Dusi. Cavalry continues to appear around Jincheng. At the same time, Ashur is commanding the three royal tents under his command to show off his troops and seems to intend to threaten Xiao Guan." Xu Ke said.

After a pause, he continued: "One more thing. Just six days ago, Liang Xiang suddenly proclaimed himself a minister to Beidi, and Dou Mu recognized Mule Hongzhen as his uncle and nephew."

A series of information made Zhao Xu frown, and he sarcastically said: "This Dou Mu might as well just accept Muller Hong as his father, why bother to make an uncle and nephew."

Dou Mu is no longer part of his Zhao family. If it were before, he might still be angry.

But now, he doesn't care.

"In addition, the powerful army suddenly deployed troops on the south bank of Jiujiang River. They once sent small boats to carry soldiers across the border and attacked the villages on the north bank. However, they were repelled by the patrolling cavalry of the royal family." Xu Hark added with a solemn expression, "Also, A group of Western mercenaries numbering about 10,000 people disembarked in Lincheng and were heading to the south bank of Jiujiang."

Zhao Xu nodded, his brows furrowed deeper.

This simultaneous provocation by the North and the South is obviously no accident.

As a result, he had some vague suspicions about the actions of Japan and Britain some time ago.

"Beidi is just pretending. With their old firearms, as long as Mulehong is not crazy, he will definitely not start a war. As for the Wu Kingdom, I know that Liang Kai is a bastard who is unscrupulous for profit, but I can't help but stabilize him." One month is enough, I am just looking for a reason to deal with him," Zhao Xu said slowly.

Then, he sneered, "Whether they are the powerful clan or Beidi, they should all know that with their current abilities, they are still unable to fight against me, but they just did this. As the saying goes, there must be monsters when things go wrong. I'm afraid this is The purpose of Japan and Britain's strategy of diverting trouble from the east is to buy Japan breathing time to accumulate capital to deal with this king. "

"But I, the king, will not let them get what they want!" Zhao Xu slammed the table.