C622 telegraph line

There was a door on the left and right sides of the Supreme Harmony Palace plaza, and the left wing led to the Sanyuansi, while the right wing led to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was an extremely busy door in the imperial palace.

Weng Tonghe stood at the entrance of the left wing, looking at the few New Army soldiers adjusting their telegraph on the table, he felt extremely furious. He raised his head to take a look at the situation at the right wing's entrance, but they were blocked by the three-storey, eight-metre high platform of the Supreme Harmony Hall.

"Master Weng, the telegraph has been prepared. Please write a sentence." Forces nouvelles soldiers pushed the brush, ink and paper over.

Weng Tonghe looked at the telegraph in front of him in anger, then at the bald new troop that was even angrier, and then at the giggling Xiao Letian on the Tai He Temple's base seat, he was even more angered.

The Hall of Martial Spirits' Grand Scholar raised his pen and furiously wrote 'The Devil, the Devil.' When he was done writing, he threw the brush to the side.

The two New Army soldiers were stunned, the ink in their stomachs could not compare to Weng Tonghe's. They did not even know what the first four words meant, and what the last four did not understand.

The meaning behind Weng Tonghe's words was clear, it came from "Three Years of the Left Announcement", which implied that they were evil spirits. People could not predict when they would appear to harm people, but the truth was that they were implying that Xiao Letian and the New Army were all evil spirits, and would not spit vulgarities even if they wanted to.

But you, Weng Tonghe, just think about it. Don't you think that these new recruits can understand? The word evil is not the common word of the people.

"Lord …" Can you put it another way? We don't recognize any of these words, and there's no way these four characters can be coded into the codebook. We can't send that! "

"What?" You can't even send such a simple sentence, and you're still bragging about how powerful the telegraphic technique are? You are deceiving the imperial government! "

"Ahh, my lord, you have to be reasonable when you speak. This telegram is used to transmit urgent information, not to post articles. You don't have to write about these things in your life, let alone fighting! "

"That's right. You even wasted your telegraph resources when you were clearly useless. Isn't that enough to fill your stomach? In my opinion, you just don't know how to say nice words properly. You just need to get some acid, fake, and vinegar stuff to show off your high standards! "

"You …" Weng Tonghe was so angry that his face turned red. They never thought that the two newbies would dare to teach him a lesson.

"Is my lord still sending the telegram? We can wait. Do you still want the emperor and the empress dowager to blow cold air on such a cold day? "

When Weng Tonghe heard this, he immediately shut off the fire. He picked up the pen and casually wrote a few lines of ancient poem 'Li Yuan Yuan Grass, one year old one year old one year old one year old', and then roared angrily: "Do you know each other now? "Don't tell me you don't know this either!"

"Haha, please, my lord …"

Ta ta … Ta ta … At the same time, the telegraph on the right side of the gate suddenly spat out a small slip of paper, and Morse code appeared on it.

"It's out, the note is out …" Prince Kung and a bunch of Qing Liu watched in amazement as the machine spat out the paper slip, but no one could recognize the little dots on it.

"Found it! This is an ancient poem. It's from the beginning of time, one year old!"

With a bang, everyone rushed out. The eunuch shouted in the square, "The translator has been translated! The grass on the ground is now only one year old, but it is still one year old and has become one year old!" Master Weng wrote an ancient poem! "

In that moment, Weng Tonghe's mind buzzed like thunder, "How can that be? How could this be possible!? You must be cheating! "

Weng Tonghe started to write another ancient poem, and before even two minutes had passed, he translated it out. The eunuch then shouted, "I translated it again!

This time, Weng Tonghe was completely mad, he jumped up and shouted, "Cheating, it must be cheating, they must be using hand signals, sign language, or an evil technique or demonic technique!"

Xiao Letian curled his lips: "The facts are already in front of you, but you're still as stubborn as a cooked duck. You, Qing Liu, only have this much potential."

"Your Majesty, this subject asks that the telegraph line be extended. We will retreat into the Sanyuansi and let the other side retreat into the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This way, we won't need to worry about our hand signals, right …"

"Alright, let's do it!" Weng Tonghe nodded.

The telegraph line began to lengthen again. Eastern Head Weng Tonghe dragged them all the way to the Nine Dragons Wall in front of Sanyuansi. Prince Kung and the others directly retreated to the courtyard of Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Another message was sent. Two minutes later, the eunuch who received the translation shouted again, "The translation is done, this time it's a recipe, it's Master Weng's recipe from last night, 'What Spice Duck Set One, Stir-Fried Meat Plate, Five Fragrant Peanut Rice Plate, Six Paths and Soy Sauce Plate, Soggy Soup Pot, Sesame Seed Cake One..." "Aiyo, Sir, you've eaten enough tonight, aren't you afraid of eating too much?"

"Hahaha …" The courtiers laughed loudly, while Weng Tonghe's face was flushed red. The iron-like reality shattered his fantasies, Xi Yang's wondrous technology left him speechless.

When they returned to the Supreme Harmony Hall, the officials were already discussing amongst themselves. When the old man came up to them, no one spoke a word, as they were too embarrassed to attack this Qingliu Leader.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager …" This subject admits that the telegraphic technique is indeed mysterious … But this subject still has to oppose it, there's only one reason, it's too expensive, it's too much! "

Yes, a telegraph line would cost over a hundred thousand gold, but it would cost a hundred thousand gold every year for maintenance. Wouldn't this be a bottomless pit?

Just as everyone was discussing, the Qing San Ye appeared again. "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager! How could a telegraph line lose money? telegraph line is clearly just making money! Why don't we send it out at a fee? "

"The construction of the telegraph line is completed. Not only the imperial government, the citizens can use it too. The merchants can use telegrams to exchange information on the business. "Using a fee to subsidize maintenance costs, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

The Third Master did not finish before Weng Tonghe shouted, "Fuqing! Do you want to compete with the people? How can you amass money from the people? How can the imperial government do business? "

"Why do you say that, my lord? telegraph line s could provide convenience to the commoners, so naturally there would be a fee. Wasn't it reasonable to accept money? "I won't talk about anything else. Last month, Master Zhang Han Lin, the grandfather of his hometown passed away a month and a half ago. By the time Master Zhang returned to his hometown, the funeral was already over. He didn't even see the last time!"

"If there is a telegraph line, then Great Master Zhang's family can telegraph message when the old man is in critical condition, maybe Great Master Zhang can see the old man's last visit, I think Great Master Zhang won't be stingy with telegraphic message fees for that, right?"

Especially the daoyin s that were foreign to the region, they could obviously see the benefits of the telegraph line. If there really was such a communication device, then the exchange of information between the imperial government and the would be much smoother.

At this time, Ceng Guofan also spoke up, "This humble subject also feels that the telegraph is a good thing. Back then, when the hairs were pacified, there were often situations where the commands were not smooth enough, and the entire Yangtze River coast's manpower was all relied on war horses. How many mistakes were made, the delayed number of battleships can't be counted …"

"This time, Zuo Zongtang's most important mission after taking over the position of Governor of Ganshan was to calm the chaos. I do not wish for him to suffer any losses, the telegraph line still needs to be cultivated, isn't that just a few hundred thousand taels of silver? After a few victories, there is everything! "

With the Marshal as the guarantor, all the officials became more and more lively. There were more and more officials supporting the construction of telegraph line, while Weng Tonghe's face became even paler.

In the end, Xiao Letian actually made a fatal move. He cupped his hands and said, "The telegraph line still has a very important use, and that is disaster relief … Everyone, think about how the Yellow River has been plagued by water for so many years, if we suffer a loss, it would be because our information is lacking. "

"If there was a rainstorm in Chongqing, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, then this message would be sent to the Jinling and Hangzhou. Then, wouldn't the officials downstream have had more time to prepare?" "Isn't it easier to evacuate the people and mobilize food and medicine?"

"By the time Hong Feng arrived, I'm afraid that the people downstream have already made all their preparations. It's not impossible for them to survive after the great waters have passed. How could no one see such a great benefit?"

"Don't you all keep saying the words of a saint? Isn't a saint just teaching us the word benevolent? A telegraph line could live for many people, if this wasn't benevolent, then what was? He keeps saying that he is doing it for the good of the people, but when it comes to showing his sincerity, why are all of you dragging him down? "

Xiao Letian sneered and said, "If you have the guts, go to the Kong Temple and explain it to the Saints. You are just afraid that your dark thoughts will cause the Saints' eyes to flash like lightning!"

"You …" Weng Tonghe's vision darkened and he immediately fell to the ground.

"Send word to the imperial physician!" Hurry and transmit the news to the imperial physician … " The area in front of the Supreme Harmony Temple was immediately thrown into chaos.

No one would have thought that in just the first round, Weng Tonghe would already be so angry that he would faint. There were still a lot of questions left to discuss, how could Xiao Letian's fighting strength be so strong?

Under the urgent treatment of the imperial physician, Weng Tonghe finally woke up.

"Daughter …" Master... "Why don't you go back and rest for a bit?" The little emperor said worriedly.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this old subject. It will be alright if I stay here …" I must persevere through today's Grand Commission, I must! "

Ci An saw that it was impossible, and quickly said: "Since that's the case, then let's change the rules, the Supreme Harmony Temple will give each of us an embroidered seat, let's all sit down for the meeting, this way our Esteemed Master can get some rest, the other ministers will not have to overwork themselves too much!"

No one objected to the empress dowager's decision. It didn't take long for the eunuchs to line up and bring the Embroidered Piers into the Supreme Harmony Temple.