Chapter 581.

Zhu looked like he got it for the most part.

Yet it seems to understand a loneliness.

Zhang Anshi’s words were understandable to him.

For example, how about using numbers to decipher words.

And the problem lies in the fact that this digital deciphering of the text is still no way to solve the countless doubts generated by Zhu Di.

Zhu is a pragmatist, he doesn’t like to make a fuss.

That’s why, he’s not a fan of Confucians.

This is because Confucianism has certainly undergone constant refinement for more than a thousand years, and it has always managed to summarize a set of seemingly infallible theories.

However, as good as the theory is, it’s useless.

So Zhu said bluntly, “How did you get the message out?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I have laid a line since these months, this line, is from Ganzhoufu in Jiangxi, to Nanjing City ……”

Zhu said, “Line?”

Zhang Anshi took this lacquer line and gave it to Zhu Di to see, Zhu Di looked at it carefully and didn’t think there was anything different.

Zhang Anshi then said: “This line is not simple, is made of copper wire drawing, your majesty, if a few years earlier, this copper and iron want to draw silk, but not easy. Good in these years, the skills of the various mechanical workshops have risen greatly, on this …… or when the Academy of Sciences many senior craftsmen, as well as countless researchers, spent several years of hard work results.”

Listening to Zhang Anshi talk about the uncomplicated nature of it, Zhu Di stared at the thing more attentively, as if he wanted to find out the magic of it from the details.

Zhang Anshi then said, “Originally these things, this is to build barbed wire with, various clans, the demand for this barbed wire is quite large, wartime against the natives, very effective. And after this improvement, it can be made into this copper wire, in addition to the outside is used to insulate the paint to insulate.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued, “In fact, since last year, I ordered people to develop this kind of wire, and also produced a number of them, only …… at that time also did not think of the telegraph such a wonderful use.”

Zhang Anshi is indeed interested in electricity, only, he has been mindful of, is hoping to be able to in their own Wang Fu, point the first light, only a pity …… that this large scale power generation device, although secretly invested in a lot of silver, but finally landed, but there are no eyebrows.

Who knows that there is no way out of the darkness, but this thing can come in handy in telegraphy.

Zhang Anshi continued: “This line, in this few months ago, directly along the railroad to lay, and after arriving in Ganzhoufu, I will temporarily this Ganzhoufu, as a transit, teach the people of the Jin Yiwei, send and receive news from Ganzhoufu, temporarily this Ganzhoufu, as a collection center of information, but all the news of the north and the south, once arriving in Ganzhou, if it is critical, it will be sent directly to the minister here. send it to the minister here.”

“As for the news of Annan and other places, by and large, after their fast horse arrived in Ganzhou, it can be immediately conveyed to the capital, therefore, if other people fast horse transmission, even if it arrived in Ganzhou province, this Ganzhou province distance from the capital, still need a few days, not to mention that, jiangxi is mountainous, the fast horse needs to be constantly relay relay, but also consumes a lot of time, therefore … … often Annan or other places message, more than ten days can be fast, less can also be fast on three or five days. …Often messages from Annan or other places, on my side, can be as fast as ten days, or as fast as three or five days.”

Zhu Di frowned up, looking left and right at this lacquer line, could not help but say, “Just like this, sitting here …… long press this copper key, you can send a message?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Exactly.”

Zhu Di said, “Pass it on to me.”

Zhang Anshi then instructed the young men, “Send a message to Ganzhou and inquire about the weather.”

Several young men listened, one of them took out the stage book, and then first wrote down a note, which, on the note, only briefly wrote down the word ‘weather’, and then looked for the code through the stage book, and handed it to the person who sent the newspaper, who then began to send out the newspaper.

Zhu was silent, only carrying his hands behind his back, and walked around a few times.

After an incense stick of time, all of a sudden, the bell connected to the receiver began to ring.

With that, the charcoal pencil attached to the brass piece began to tap the pad of paper over and over again.

And then the pad was left with a black dot as well as a long strip.

Zhu Di looked fresh and scrutinized it for a long time.

On the other hand, someone had already torn off the pad, and in a moment’s time, the symbol was deciphered.

“Clear, no rain.”

Chu: “……”

Zhang Anshi then said: ”Your Majesty, in fact …… there are still a lot of places here that have not been perfected, to put it bluntly, all of this, in the end, still need a lot of manpower as well as material resources to go in, in order to continuously improve and ultimately …… The first thing I want to do is to make sure that I have a good understanding of what I’m doing. But right now, this alone, has been faster than the current fast horse transmission, to be a thousand times a hundred times faster. In my opinion, drumming up such a thing, in fact, is not difficult, the difficulty is difficult in ……”

Zhu Di was silent, he and Zhang Anshi were completely in two minds.

Zhu was still immersed in the fact that there was really such a thing in the world that only appeared in myths.

And Zhang Anshi’s mind is, this thing structure is too simple, really want to this telegraph, and even this electromagnet derived from power generation, wireless transmission and even the function of receiving and releasing the sound, in fact, but need to be a around the periphery of this a huge industry.

Only when millions of trough workers are fed and clothed, will there be countless schoolchildren who begin to learn about electromagnets, electricity, and machinery, and even more countless intelligent people who will enter this system and continue to study and refine it, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of repair and maintenance personnel.

And when this world, there are countless people are beginning to rely on this, through this convenient news transmission, to carry out business transactions, or to pass on the message, then …… all the people in this world will not be able to go back.

Thus, it does not matter whether the structure is simple or not, even if there are many problems that still need to be improved.

Importantly, work needs to start immediately to get this thing rolling.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……”

Zhu Di came back to his senses, at this time, just returned to reality, his face has swollen red, staring closely at Zhang Anshi said, “You say, I listen.”

Zhang Anshi said: “I thought, under the postal department, to set up a telegraph bureau. In addition to this, it is also necessary to set up a joint telegraph merchant bank, ready for large-scale investment, will be this telegraph, spread to all parts of the world, and even …… if there is a condition, can even be promoted to the various clans and towns to go.”

Zhu Di instead asked directly, “How much silver is needed?”

Zhang Anshi thought for a moment and said, “The cost is countless, but …… I thought that this silver, you can find a way to raise funds.”

Zhu Di seemed to have thought of something, his eyes slightly sheeted, said, “Just like what the minister said just now, teach the major merchants to join the stock?”

Zhang Anshi nodded with his head, “Messages are of course vital for the court, but for merchants and traders, it is also the same, whoever masters the message will be invincible.”

Zhu Di, however, said with misgivings, “I am only afraid that they may not be willing to break the bank.”

For this difficult problem, Zhang Anshi was calm, smiled and said, “Then the minister will have to bear the humiliation, first in this exchange, and then earn some more silver, to give everyone an example.”

Chu: “……”

At this time, Zhang Anshi that pair of bright eyes swept through a trace of cunning color, said: “I thought, at the moment or first do not leak out the news, need to wait for another month or two of work, now outside, has been rumors flying all over the place, this is actually a good phenomenon, this kind of thing, in fact, let everyone talk about more talk about it, the more people discuss, the world the more people are concerned about, and so on, until the future, the court explicitly issued the preparations for the construction of the telegraph bureau news time, we know more about the power of the telegraph. When the future, the court expressly issued the news of the preparation of the telegraph bureau, we know more about the power of the telegraph, and at that time, who is still willing not to pay the silver?”

After a pause, he was confident that he said: “Even if now do not pay out the cost of building, wait until the future, there is no wonder …… this telegraph business, the various commercial banks, is not to obediently give silver?”

Zhu Di seriously contemplated for a long time, and for a moment, he could not pick out the loopholes in Zhang Anshi’s words.

You say that he is favoritism, he did say that it is reasonable and sensible. This kind of thing, the more people pay attention to, the more people know the power of the telegraph, for the future preparation of the telegraph of the states and counties, the more favorable.

But you say that he is iron faced and selfless, but can not talk about it, this guy …… some time ago, has relied on this to earn a lot of silver, and now actually want to continue to cover the news, and then make a big profit, it is really black hearted.

Zhu Di is suddenly a smile, “Zhang Qing …… the silver in your hands can be enough, if it is not enough? Can also take out some from my internal money, both to give the world merchants a lesson, I since I can also help you a hand.”

Hu Guang: “……”

He’s numb.

Originally Hu Guang heard here, but also wondered at the world really have such a treasure, and greatly relieved, the original son, but Zhang Anshi incidentally a fortune. Both got a fortune, once announced in the future, the world can not be blamed, can be said to be both fame and fortune.

Just when he thought he could breathe a long sigh of relief.

Who expected, Zhang Anshi this side, hope to cover the news, His Majesty’s side does not stop not to say, even want to help a hand.

He Hu Guang can not be naive so completely, after all, is the cabinet university scholar it, all of a sudden thought of the key here!

Is it so easy to take the silver of the internal coffers? Is it so easy to take the silver of the internal money? Is it considered as a loan or an investment?

If it was counted as an investment, then it meant that as much as Zhang Anshi and the others earned, they would have to give back according to the profits.

Yoki His Majesty is the one with the blackest heart.

Of course, Hu Guang could only silently spit in his heart, these words couldn’t be put out there and said.

Zhang Anshi, of course, also understand the meaning of this, so awkwardly said, “Your Majesty, in fact, earlier, I also considered this problem, but later …… thought otherwise, after all, although this matter …… is considered to be name and honor, but in the end …… it is still competing with the people for profit!”

“In the future, if the truth is revealed, the ministers and so on, although reasonable, can not help but be said a few words through this matter by convergence of some wealth. If you teach people to know the palace is also involved, it will inevitably affect the reputation of the saint. So …… I thought …… at this time or not bother the palace is appropriate.”

Zhang Anshi’s words were sincere and true.

Zhu Di can not help but have a few regrets, but then, he cleaned up the mood, but revitalized: “Zhang Qing said, not unreasonable, both so, I will not be involved in, the Secretary and so on should pay attention to some, not to do everything to fish, I give you a month of time, after a month …… … that is, the express issuance of the decree, as for today’s matter, the Secretary must not divulge, violators to deceive the king on the punishment.”

Zhang Anshi busily said, “I obey the decree.”

Zhu Di’s mood at this time is still very good, he was full of red light then said: “This time, many things have a way. Yes, these things, who made them?”

Zhang Anshi cheerfully said, “Qixia Research Institute, led by Xu Jingchang and others, up and down hundreds of people, spent one or two years of effort to perfect.”

“That kid?” Zhu was actually a bit surprised.

This Xu Jingchang, is Zhu Di’s nephew, not to mention this guy’s father Xu Zengshou, as Zhu Di’s great-uncle, but also because of the Jingan support Zhu Di was killed by the then Jianwen court.

Therefore, once upon a time, Zhu Di on this nephew is also very care. However, later Xu Jingchang follow Zhang Anshi do things, Zhu Di has rarely care about the news of Xu Jingchang, at this time by Zhang Anshi reminded, violently remembered, couldn’t help but laugh and said: “Where is this guy now, will he be called?”

Zhang Anshi truthfully said: “He led more than ten partners, these days, has been in the king’s residence to live, is to test this telegram, collect problems, so as to make improvements. But their weekdays, mostly day and night, only afraid that now is still resting, I will order people to go to invite.”

When Xu Jingchang appeared in front of Zhu Di, Zhu Di was nearly a bit unrecognizable.

He appeared much more mature, his face no longer childish as it had been before, and he seemed to be wearing a glass lens because his eyes were a little bad, and thus he was wearing a glass lens.

“I, Xu Jingchang, meet Your Majesty.” Xu Jingchang bowed in a regular manner.

Zhu Di looked up and down, couldn’t help but say, “Usually it is always a god and dragon, and today I see you, I already don’t recognize it. This time …… you drummed up this, can be said to be outstanding ……”

Xu Jingchang said, “Your Majesty, this is the idea that His Highness the King of Song has put forward, and roughly the principles have been elaborated, and the ministers, however, are just to carry out the refinement and improvement, to put it in a bad way, in fact, it is to try out some finished products, to carry out the test again and again, to determine a most worrying program, and after that, to carry out test again and again, to look for the problems in the testing process, and to continuously improvements.”

“The mechanics, electromagnetism, and material science involved in this telegraph are not something one can do, but I am considered to have led the way, and in terms of credit, it is the result of these hundreds of people up and down the line.”

Xu Jingchang is not good at all.

Rather humbling.

Of course, one aspect of it was that he was drunk on research these days, and knew that if he wanted to continue to take the group deeper in that direction, he couldn’t do it without sweetening the pot a bit.

On the other hand, as a hereditary duke, may not really put these credits in the eyes, to put it bluntly, what is this?

Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, “Then, how shall I reward you?”

“This is easy.” Xu Jingchang is very direct, “Give silver, give more funding! Now the research institute, the most lack of funding, to recruit manpower, not simple, unusual salary, can only recruit unusual people, if you want to recruit excellence, this cost can not be small.”

After thinking for a while, he then said: “In addition, there is a need to have a variety of special customized instruments from the workshop, specifically for research and experimental purposes, I have always wanted to expand the Institute, set up the electromagnetic Institute, materials, as well as the original machinery and other institutes, also need to be expanded, right now, the Institute, but a few hundred people, once upon a time there are a lot of training out of the people, but by the workshop and the merchant bank solicitation run, if the more funding, I can rest assured. If you give some more funds, I can rest easy.”

Zhu Di could not help but say, “This is good, these silver …… I give.”

Zhang Anshi in the side also could not help but say: “I this side, in fact, every now and then also want to find a way to ask the proprietor of the major commercial banks, and the Institute of up and down people, some talks, in fact, is also a solution to the problem of funding, so that they communicate with each other, and perhaps each other, there is some cooperation. Institute behind closed doors is not, many projects, have to have the actual output to become.”

Zhu Di thought deeply nodded, then said: “In my view, this is effective, but also should be appointed school officials, this matter, can be under the Ministry of Education to manage.”

After saying that, Zhu Di glanced at Xie Jin: “Xie Qing has to have a charter.”

Xie Jin said, “Follow the order.”

After a pause, Xie Jin said: “His Highness the King of Song said that not closed doors, I also feel a lot, the so-called read ten thousand volumes of books, walk ten thousand miles, this Institute up and down, occasionally to every now and then, teach them to walk around only good, perhaps for them, can be inspired.”

Zhu Di glanced at Xie Jin: “Is it possible that Xie Qing …… wants to invite someone to Java?”

“Just traveling ……,” Xie Jin said without blushing or jumping, “I have no other meaning.”

Zhu nodded, “You draw up the charter first.”

“Yes, sir.”

Zhu then said, “For the gossip of the outside world, there is no need to care about it, we all do our own business and do our own business at hand.”

Then he looked deeply at Zhang Anshi and said, “Zhang Qing is really my son of the room, with Zhang Qing, I can be free of worry even if I die now.”

Zhang Anshi panicked and tried to say something.

Zhu Di, however, put his hand on Zhang Anshi’s shoulder, said in a heavy and deep voice: “Protect your head well, you this head, but the treasure, the gold is very expensive. In the future, if there is any such idea …… can say with me …… I give you to do backing, do not always hide, so as not to breed misunderstanding.”

Zhang Anshi said: “In fact, when it comes to the idea, I have a lot of here, just …… but need the cooperation of the Institute, but the party Dingguo Gong just said right, now with the depth of the Institute of Research, has long been subdivided into many disciplines, depending on the number of hundreds of people, the number of people is still too small, even if there is an idea! Even if you have an idea and want to practice it, it’s not easy. To put it bluntly, there is no pie in the world that falls from the sky for nothing, there is no input, there is absolutely no output.”

Zhu Di smiled with interest, “Then give silver, how much do you want, I will give how much, what else does Zhang Qing have in mind?”

“This ……” Zhang Anshi searched his intestines and thought for a long time before saying, “I have to think about it again, and in a few days I will go to the institute for a good walk to see . . whether there can be any inspiration.”