In the field on the track side, there is an elevated mount at a certain distance. The shelf has two legs, several meters high, and two crossbars on the top, which look like the word "well". Long lines are carried by these shelves and extend to the distance.

Zhang Yu, sitting in the carriage carriage, looked at the "telecommunication line" parallel to the track, and asked Lin Youdi excitedly: "Is the telegram done?"

Lin Youdi nodded: "Well, the telegram line from Chang'an to Luoyang has been pulled up. When you set off last year, you started pulling it. Chang'an and Luoyang are tied up. At the beginning of this year, the electricity has been used, both public and private, and the telegram stations are crowded."

"No, I'm asking, has this old telegram problem been solved?"

"Huh?" Lin Youdi looked at Zhang Yu and then smiled bitterly: "Where did it be solved? It's not the same as before. You can only point to point, sending newspapers on one side, and receiving them on the other side. Both sides cannot send newspapers at the same time. Only when the two capitals have frequent contacts, the court pulled the telegram line."

When Zhang Yu returned from the voyage heard this, he didn't know what to say. He was not someone who liked to inquire about confidentiality, and the telegram matter had nothing to do with him, so it was even harder to inquire about it.

Telegrams were found before the steam engine was still visible, but more than 20 years have passed and they are still the same. Because technical difficulties have never been overcome, there are only four practical telegram lines that have been used before.

Three of them are paved along three rail carriage railways, and the other is a cross-sea line connecting Huangcheng, Laizhou and Lushun, Liaodong.

The telegram, which was once highly expected by the emperor, was unable to overcome the technical difficulties for a long time, so it became a waste. Zhang Yu knew that this incident had become the emperor's heart disease, and Lin Youdi and others also worked hard for the telegram, but they never got what they wanted.

He thought about it and decided not to inquire.

Zhang Yu and his men spent a year walking around the extreme east, returned safely, returned from Luzhou to the Central Plains, headed west, took a boat to the lower reaches of Sanmenxia, ​​took a rail carriage and continued westward, arrived at the station, and rode a horse to Chang'an.

The experience of this year is unforgettable for Zhang Yu. He completed a feat, with a total voyage of nearly 60,000 miles. He saw the vast land of the extreme east with his own eyes and opened up an amazing route for the emperor.

Through this year's experience, he can brag about his relatives and friends for the rest of his life.

"Old Zhang, you are so amazing this time. Your Majesty was so happy that he heard that you were back safely. He had been smiling these days. And the newspapers spread, saying that you said that in that extreme east, I met suspected survivors of the Shang Dynasty..."

Lin Youdi said and asked, "What the hell is going on? Who are you meeting over there?"

Zhang Yu knew that Lin Youdi was not interested in inquiring, but principle was principle, and waved his hand with a smile: "Hey, that is, 'suspected', who knows if it is? Anyway, looking at the patterns on their vessels, it looks a bit like... like Lao Wu and the others imitated them back then, and used the patterns on the antiques of the pre-Qin period...''

Lin Youdi was drinking tea, and when he heard this, he almost choked: "No, can it be that the fake pre-Qin cultural relics from Xiyang were taken there by a tyrant vendor?"

"I think it's impossible to come to that place. It takes more than two months to take a boat trip just to go. Which kind of profiteering business is desperate and sells goods to that place."

"Can you communicate with each other?"

"It's difficult, I can't understand language, and I don't know anything. I rely on gestures and gestures, and I often get the meaning wrong..."

Zhang Yu smiled and said, "We explored along the coastline and had not seen people for a long time. We finally found an indigenous tribe and competed with them for a long time. We originally wanted to ask if there was a city nearby..."

As he was talking, Zhang Yu dipped his fingers into tea and scratched the tray: "We drew the city and gestured for a long time, but what happened? People thought we were looking for a utensil, so they brought a pottery..."

......

"The indigenous tribes I encountered along the coast were very hostile, like a bitch with a cub. They grinned as they heard the movement. After three months, the tribes that had finally discovered had either clashes or the other party avoided them from afar..."

"These tribes have very poor military equipment. The arrows are made of bones, and they are also made of stone axes. Cutting people may not be killed because the team members are wearing armor, but they are still shocked by the stone axe."

"There are few people in the expedition team, and there are many people on the other side. Fortunately, everyone has firearms. As soon as the gun is fired, the other side is so scared that they flee in panic. But they are unwilling to get closer. Weichen has thought of many ways and tried to contact the other side, but it has not worked."

"For example, put some beautiful glass beads and handicrafts in the open space, and then leave. After a few days, the other party took it, but it just didn't show up..."

In the hall, Zhang Yu introduced his exploration experience in the new world to Yuwen Wen. Although he had written his experience into a detailed report and submitted a copy of the navigation log together, Yuwen Wen still had to listen to Zhang Yu's statement with his own ears.

Zhang Yu went there for a year and had a round trip of nearly 60,000 miles, but Zhang Yu, who had been back after many hardships, did not bring back any American specialties.

Not to mention the "difficult" specialties such as cinchona, cocoa, and rubber, there are not even the simplest chili, corn, or potatoes.

According to Yu Wenwen's memory, various popular science books say that peppers, corn, and potatoes are crops that Native Americans have long been domesticated. Potatoes and corn are staple foods, and peppers are "vegetables", which are indispensable in daily life.

He had thought it clearly before that the fleet was in America for the first time and could not have any "deep friendship" with the local natives, so he had to "draw" high-value plants such as cinchona and cocoa, which was like winning the big prize, and the chance of winning was as low as nothing.

But as long as you get familiar with the local natives and go to someone’s house to grab a few bags of chili, corn, and potatoes, isn’t it difficult?

For this reason, Yuwen Wen also specially drew patterns of peppers, corn and potatoes for Zhang Yu to carry them so that he could "follow the map."

As a result, when people see foreigners, they are like seeing ghosts, and they cannot avoid them.

There are no peppers, corn, and potatoes, so that's all. Just say, the huge profit-making transaction that is popular in the "Age of Discovery" is not done.

Because they don't have any contact with you.

As he thought about it, Yuwen Wen was a little puzzled: Didn’t it mean that the Native American city-states are all "gold city" and "silver city"?

The vast fleet of ships took all kinds of goods to America, and they didn't even make a fortune of one or two gold and silver!

He really wanted to say: This is unscientific!

Although Yuwen Wen did not expect Zhang Yu to bring any corn or potatoes to rescue the deserter, nor did he expect the fleet to return to raise military expenses to train the new army with a load of American gold and silver, Zhang Yu came back empty-handedly. This result was really disappointing for Yuwen Wen.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Zhang Yu and other members of the expedition team. The local natives are unwilling to contact each other, and they are not able to understand the language. What else can they do?

Yuwen Wen would not blame Zhang Yu for anything. After all, the fleet has successfully established a stronghold in the west coast of North America, which is a great thing. The other party travels thousands of miles to report the news first, so we can't blame him.

In addition, this "Geographical Discovery" is of great significance and can be recorded in history, so Yuwen Wen cannot treat his meritorious officials unfairly.

The glory that should be had must be there, and the reward that should be had must be there. Not only that, but also need to be promoted with great fanfare so that the government and the public know that it is such a great thing that Zhang Yu went on a mission to the "East Region" to discover the new continent.

Although this "big discovery" failed to bring back strange flowers and plants, the initial stronghold in the Americas has been established, and everyone has successfully survived the cold winter in the Americas. With a good start, they will get better in the future.

"In a few days, you will go to the Political Affairs Hall and tell the three senior officials about their experience of this journey. You must prepare the information and think carefully about what to say."

Yuwen Wen explained it carefully, and then handed the information to Zhang Yu: "Look carefully and think about it carefully, how to say that day."
Chapter completed!