Chapter 895 Report
"Among the states in Jiangnan, only Bazhou and Yunzhou have not been recovered before I return to Yancheng. There is no need to worry about Bazhou. Once the army arrives, it can be taken over. Only Yunzhou will take some time, but it will not exceed a month. Read М"
Wuji Palace, Jinluan Palace.
Zhao Heng sat on the dragon chair, and Zhao Xu stood in front of him, introducing the war in Jiangnan to the ministers.
"After two assassinations, Dou Wei, Xiao Cheng and other powerful family heads were all killed, Han Zheng, Wang Zian and Xie An were killed by Liang Feng's troops, and of course, the eldest prince Zhao Gang."
When saying this, Zhao Xu glanced at Zhao Heng.
Zhao Heng's face was normal, and he said: "Such a rebellious son, it's his own fault."
Since Zhao Gang and Xie Duan established themselves in Jinling, there was no affection between him and this eldest son.
Zhao Xu nodded. In this civil strife, the princes with powerful family backgrounds basically died in the war.
At present, there are only two princes in Yancheng. Like him, their mothers are not from powerful families.
One mother is the daughter of an official, and the other mother is a palace maid.
The two princes are not very old. Now one is twelve years old and the other is fifteen years old. They are the tenth and eleventh princes respectively.
In addition to the two princes, there are six princesses. Their mothers are either from poor families or powerful families.
But since they followed Zhao Heng to Yancheng, they basically consider themselves to be members of the royal family and have completely drawn a line between themselves and the powerful families.
At present, these princes and princesses live in the Qionglin Courtyard adjacent to the Wuji Palace.
Zhao Xu's principle of treating them is very simple.
Just eat, drink and have fun, don't have other unrealistic ideas.
After talking about the war situation in Jiangnan, Zhao Xu sat down in his seat and listened to Liu Fu and Yang Feng's reports on their respective affairs.
He didn't go to Yizhou for a long time, and there was not much change in Jiangbei.
In addition to the normal progress of other affairs, he cooperated with the Research Institute to allocate personnel and funds to build a thermal power plant.
"There is a good news. The wired telegraph now reaches the north bank of Jiujiang in the south, Qinzhou in the west, Jinzhou in the north, and Qingcheng in Qizhou in the east. From now on, Your Highness can issue orders to these places in the palace." Liu Fu said with a smile.
"This is good news." Zhao Xu was delighted.
It is naturally much easier to lay wired telegraph lines than railway tracks.
Railway tracks need to build bridges when encountering water and open roads when encountering mountains.
But the cable of the telegraph only needs to be pulled from one end to the other like a cable bridge.
As for the deep mountains and old forests, it is even simpler. It can be supported by a wooden pole like an electric wire.
And with the generator, the power of the wired telegraph can be completely replaced by alternating current from batteries.
This will make the wired telegraph more stable.
In modern times, even within a few decades after the founding of the country, wired telegraphs have been used.
It can be seen that this way of transmitting information can be used for a long time.
Even after the popularization of electricity and the emergence of telephones, this wired telegraph can still play its residual heat.
Furthermore, the laying of wired telegraph lines will also provide experience for the laying of power and telephone lines.
As for the present, as Liu Fu said, it is even more important.
In the future, the court will be able to transmit orders to the local area instantly through telegraph.
Administrative efficiency will be greatly improved.
For newspapers, they can publish news about Dasong at the same time and in different places, and there will be no delay.
In short, the wired telegraph is like the nerves that transmit information in the human brain to the country.
The transmission of information in the feudal dynasty was slow, like a sloth.
Now Dasong is as sensitive as a monkey.
There is no need to say how big the social efficiency gap is between a country as slow as a sloth and a country as sensitive as a monkey.
This is also why it is so easy for industrial countries to beat agricultural countries.
"In addition to the wired telegraph, the Ship Department delivered twelve civilian steamships, and I used these steamships to pull coal from Jinzhou." Liu Fu said again.
Zhao Xu heard this and secretly calculated the days in his mind. This was about the same as the time Chen Shou gave him.
Next, there will be more and more steamships put into civilian use.
After that, Liu Fu reported some government affairs.
But he handled them very well, so he didn't say much.
After Liu Fu finished speaking, it was Yang Feng's turn.
Yang Feng first reported the battle of Yizhou, the consumption of food, grass and ammunition, and the number of ammunition ordered from the Armory.
He also said that the pigs raised in the army were growing well, and it would be easier for the soldiers to eat meat and other trivial military affairs.
Finally, he said: "Your Highness, during this period, the lords of Goryeo and the northern part of Japan have transported all the muzzle-loading rifled guns they ordered, and their silver and supplies have also arrived."
"Really? In this way, the war in Japan should also end." Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.
At present, the northern lords of the East cannot completely wipe out the Watanabe case. After all, there is a big gap in strength.
But after the northern lords are equipped with muzzle-loading rifled guns, the strength of the north and the south will be reversed.
With the cooperation of the Marine Corps, Watanabe's death is approaching.