"Send this letter back home."

After reading this issue of Dahua Daily, the British Ambassador to China William wrote a report and prepared to send it back to China.

At this time, he was a little bit depressed.

Because the telegraph technology is in the hands of Dahua, and in his report, there are some contents that Dahua cannot know, so the telegram cannot be used.

Otherwise, it can be sent to Guangzhou instantly by telegram, and then sent back to China from Guangzhou.

It takes more than a week to start from Guangzhou than from Nanjing.

For him, it is very important to report Dahua's situation to China as quickly as possible.

"Dahua's communications and transportation are really enviable."

After William finished the report, he sighed with emotion.

Being in Dahua, it is not easy for him to communicate with the country, which makes him even more aware of the importance of fast communication.

Only by mastering this fast communication method can we effectively rule a vast empire.

William imagined that if England mastered the telegraph technology, Scotland in the north would be more honest, and would not cause trouble in two days.

Unfortunately, he can only think about this kind of thing for the time being.

Dahua kept the principle and technology of the telegraph tightly sealed, and William asked many questions, but he didn't have a clue at all.

No way, William could only read the newspaper reports about Dahua Transportation and Communications in the newspaper again.

In the five years of Yongxing, Dahua’s telegraph has achieved rapid development. With the efforts of the royal family, the military and private businessmen at no cost, Dahua’s telegraph line was built very quickly, much faster than the railway construction.

Not only have the telegraphs been erected on the sections that have already been opened to traffic, but also many important routes have been connected, including Nanjing to Guangzhou, Nanjing to Beijing, and Nanjing to Wuhan.

Now the imperial court’s orders can be transmitted to the central Wuhan in an instant, and the speed is eight or nine days faster than before.

The central government's control of localities has directly taken a step up.

The appearance of the telegraph has a great impact on Dahua, saving a lot of time and money.

In the past, Dahua newspapers had to be transported to Wuhan by speedboat in order to appear in Wuhan, and then the printing plant in Wuhan would start work again. The timeliness was bad for several days.

Now, Dahua only needs to send the content by telegram, and the printing plant in Wuhan can start work directly, saving time, effort and money.

For business, the economic impact is even greater.

In the past, the use of communication was backward, unable to grasp the prices of commodities in various places, and it was easy to lose money.

But now, with the development of communications, businessmen in Nanjing are well aware of the market prices of commodities in various places.

Those who can keep pace with the times and who are good at using telegraph can take a step forward in everything and make a lot of money.

As for the stock market, after the telegraph, the stock prices of the two stock exchanges in Nanjing and Shanghai also tend to be the same, and no longer have the same great differences as before.

In terms of people’s livelihood, the impact of telegrams is not particularly large, mainly because telegrams are not cheap.

The court and businessmen are willing to spend this money, but ordinary people cannot send telegrams just to communicate with others. Only a very small number of rich people can be so extravagant.

The communication between ordinary people in different places is still mainly based on letters.

However, as the number of transmitters and receivers increases in the future, as well as the advancement of technology, the price of telegrams will become lower and lower.

In the newspaper, William also saw a word, telephone.

This is a science and technology project that Dahua is studying recently. It is said that after successful telephone research, two people in different places can talk directly and hear each other's voice.

William thinks this is a bit of a fantasy, simply outrageous. However, he can't guarantee that Dahua is bragging.

After all, Dahua is very technological, which seemed outrageous in the past, but now it's really realized.

It seems reasonable that something magical will appear in the future.

Compared with the vague phone calls, William is more concerned about Dahua's transportation construction.

In the five years of Yongxing, Dahua’s railway mileage has reached 2,500 kilometers, an increase of nearly 2,000 kilometers over last year, and rapid development has been achieved.

The two thousand five hundred kilometers of railway, if two thousand five hundred kilometers are paved in England, it will be enough to connect several major cities in England.

The effect of this transportation capacity on the economy is exciting just to think about it.

William was a little excited and worried when he learned that a steam engine that can continue to work has been developed in China.

The excitement is that the country has finally achieved a technological breakthrough, and the worry is that Dahua is developing faster, and it is still far away to catch up.

In the five years of Yongxing, Dahua added five new shipyards, adding more than 40 ships each year, with a total tonnage of 30,000 tons.

At present, Dahua's shipbuilding capacity can build about 100 large and small ships each year, with a total tonnage exceeding 80,000 tons.

This number is about fifty times that of the United Kingdom. Moreover, this is only a comparison of tonnage, not quality.

British wooden sailboats are incomparable to Dahua steamships. Not to mention Dahua's pure iron armored warship, it is a two-dimensional equipment.

Seeing Dahua's maritime power, although William didn't want to admit it, he couldn't deceive himself in his heart. He admitted a reality.

That is, Britain will never be able to surpass Dahua.

In the latest report, William has suggested that the king marry a princess, and it is best to marry the emperor of Dahua. It is really not good. It is fine to marry the King of Qin or a minister of the first grade.

Wu Changqing was actually quite surprised about his achievements in transportation. He once suspected that the people below had lied about their political achievements.

You know, in addition to the 2,000-kilometer railway, Dahua completed a 10,000-kilometer road expansion in Yongxing five years ago.

Although it is only widened, straightened, and covered with sand or cement on the original basis, the figure of 10,000 kilometers is still quite amazing.

There are official road connections between major cities.

However, it seems understandable that Dahua currently has more than 400,000 prisoners and nearly 300,000 hired workers working on roads.

This is an unprecedented feat for a large project of 600,000 to 700,000 people.

Looking at the world, only Dahua's national strength can support the consumption of this kind of project.

Not to mention whether other small countries have the strength to support this kind of consumption. It is already impossible to pool so much labor.

By the sixth year of Yongxing, Dahua’s railway planning can already shift from economic priority to strategic priority.

Some railways with mediocre economic benefits but very strategically important should also be put on the agenda.

For example, there must be one railway connecting the Western Regions.

There must also be one railway to enter Sichuan.

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