In the evening, in the bedroom, Empress Yuchi Chifan sat by the couch and looked at the account book, and from time to time looked at Yuwen Wen lying on the couch.

Yuwen's eyes were closed, he was sleeping soundly, and he spoke from time to time. Yuchi Chifan listened carefully, but could not hear what the other party was saying.

Not long ago, Luo Khan, a nickname of the Turkic (Western Turkic), arrived in Beijing. Yuwen Wen held a banquet today. In order to make the other party feel at home, he specially set up a large tent, and the decorations in the tent were just like the Turkic customs.

Food also has various grassland flavors. Of course, wine is a fine wine in the Central Plains.

At the banquet, Yuwen Wen saw Luo Khan in the mud, and in order to liven up the atmosphere, he raised his glasses frequently and talked to the other party about "strange stories in the world" in Turkic language. The banquet lasted from morning to afternoon, and the two drank unconscious.

Yuwen Wen, who was drunk, was helped back by the guards and vomited a lot. Yuchi Chifan, who rushed over after hearing the news, felt a little distressed when he saw his husband being so drunk. He quickly brought hot water to bring him, changed his clothes and wiped his body.

Then I stayed aside until now.

Yuwen Wen rarely drinks heavily, and always says that alcoholism hurts the body, so Yuchi Chifan was puzzled when he saw Yuwen Wen so drunk this time.

Not long ago, the palace examination was over, and at the banquet where the court hosted the third-class Jinshi, Yuwen Wen was not drunk. Yuchi Chifan felt that now he was just a down-and-out Turkic Khan arrived in Beijing, and was in panic like a stray dog. Is it necessary to receive such a grand reception?

It was useless to think too much about this question. When Yuchi Chifan saw that Yuwen Wen turned over and the bedding slipped off, he pulled it on him.

Not long after, Yuchi Mingyue entered and accompanied the palace maids to bring dinner with them.

The two sisters were having dinner outside, and Yuchi Mingyue talked about a major event that had happened recently: the telegram line was connected.

At the end of last autumn, the new telegram was finalized, and the court then planned to establish various telegram (investment) bureaus, and planned to set up telegram lines in ten years to connect all parts of the world.

The telegram lines from Luoyang through Yecheng, Shangwan, Xinye, Suicheng, Anlu to Xiyang, Huangzhou have been powered on recently.

Not only that, the telegram line from Xiyang to Nanchang, Hongzhou through Jiangzhou, Ezhou Xiakou to Yueyang to Linxiang, Tanzhou, Guangzhou Guangcheng was laid along the Huai River, and the telegram line from Zhongli to Guangling was also powered.

Because Chang'an and Luoyang have telegram lines, Xiyang and Xiakou have telegram lines, which means that telegrams can be sent in Chang'an, and the transfer from Luoyang and Xiyang is far away in Guangling at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Linxiang on the shore of Dongting Lake, and Nanchang on the shore of Pengli Lake.

The telegram line from Chang'an to Jingxiang under the imperial court is still being set up on Wuguan Road.

Yuchi Mingyue took out an envelope and pulled out a letter from it: "Sister, look, this is a telegram sent from Chengtian Palace, which was sent at noon today!"

Chengtian Palace, namely the Xiyang Palace in Huangzhou. Because Huangzhou belongs to Chengtian Prefecture, Xiyang Palace was renamed Chengtian Palace. Yuchi Chifan took the letter and looked closely. The content on it was: "Xiyang is sunny and cloudy today, and everything is fine."

It seemed that it was a telegram sent out by trial. Yuchi Chifan was very surprised: "This is so fast? Why did the telegram line start business so quickly?"

"Well, hurry up. The court was cautious before and did not set the time to complete the plan so short, in fact."

Yuchi Mingyue said, a little excited: "In fact, Jingxiang, the two lakes and Huainan, both officials and the people, are very active in setting up telegraphs. The Telegraph Bureau was quickly established, and all parties actively contributed funds to set up telegraphs in sections."

Yuchi Chifan looked at the telegram in his hand and was still a little confused: "This... cannot be used. It is not that it is very troublesome to make the telegram wire. If you do it now, it will be too late?"

"But Chengtianfu is different! The production of wires in Daye Ironmaking Institute was very high, and Xiyang also has Lei Power (hydropower station) and often uses wires, so there are many wires in stock. Now I will take out the inventory first."

"Originally, we had to use a special telephone pole to set up wires, but now we first use a normal tree trunk to connect the line first, and then replace it slowly."

"The big households along the way have signed contracts with the Telegraph Bureau and sent a line protection team to ensure the safety of the telegraph lines along the line."

"Today, Xiyang Telecommunications Bureau is trying to send telegrams. After adjustments are made, these telegram lines will be officially operated. At that time, not to mention Xiyang, even the news from Guangling will be received by Chang'an that day."

The more Yuchi Chifan heard it, the more surprised she was, because she saw the "strength" of various places along the line from these fast-set telegram lines.

The areas where these telegram lines are located are all "stakeholder areas" of Huangzhou Group. Each telegram line raises funds at the same time and is set up in segments at the same time, so that the pain points can be achieved so quickly.

The telegram communication that was instantly accessible was something I never dared to think about before, but now it has been realized so quickly.

What will happen to the world when several other major telegram lines are powered on?

"At that time, the connection between the central government and various provinces will be very convenient." Yuchi Mingyue finished speaking, thought for a while, and said: "Father and mother, you don't need to write any more letters. If you have anything to say, just send a telegram."

My sister said this, which reminded Yuchi Chifan of her parents far away in Yecheng. Now the Yongji Line (a telegram line arranged along the Yongji Canal) is being built. Once the electricity is turned on, it means that the contact between herself and her sister and her parents can be completed the next day.

When she thought of her white-haired parents, Yuchi Chifan felt a little sad. The two old men could only live in the manor beside the King of Shu. As a daughter, she could not serve the two elders.

Yuchi Mingyue was so open-minded: "Sister, father and mother are all fine, don't think so much."

"When the telegram is announced, we send telegrams to greet each day."

Yuchi Chifan smiled when he heard this: "That's so troublesome, and the telegram is not cheap either."

"How expensive can it be? Even if it is so expensive that it is a word of money, we can afford it."

Just as Yuchi Mingyue finished speaking, she heard a voice coming from the side: "Who is so luxurious? I can send a telegram that is always just a word?"

The two sisters turned around and saw Yuwen Wen slowly walking out. Yuchi Chifan quickly stepped forward to support him and sat down with Yuwen Wen: "Well, why don't you say something?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm drinking too much, not that I can't walk." Seeing that the two sisters were having a meal, Yuwen Wen directly pinched a piece of meat on the plate of Yuchi Chifan's table and put it in his mouth.

Yuchi Chifan asked the palace maids to bring Yuwen Wen's food quickly, while Yuchi Mingyue brought his food to Yuwen Wen.

Yuwen Wen didn't take action and asked, "Mingyue just said that Guangling's telegram was communicated?"

"Well, it's done..." Yuchi Mingyue replied, and then added: "I just said it casually."

"This idea is wrong. Telegram is not used to show off wealth." Yu Wen Wen finished speaking, thinking for a while, and then said: "There is a poem that is well written: There is a close friend in the world, and the world is like a neighbor."

Yuchi Chifan doesn’t remember any poem that wrote this content, so he listened carefully to Yuwen Wen.

"When the telegram connects the world, it brings a different communication speed. A person who lives in Yecheng, Xiangzhou took a boat to Guangzhou Fanyu to do business. On the day he arrived at Fanyu, he sent a telegram to his home to report his safety. What does this mean?"

"The soldiers in the Central Plains who were guarding Longmen in Jiaozhou can send telegrams with their families far away from the Central Plains through military posts. It takes only a few days to go back and forth. What does this mean?"

"What does it mean if you work in Liaodong have a telegram with your family far away in Shu?"

"The steamship that travels thousands of miles a day shortens the geographical distance between all over the world, and the telegram that comes in an instant shortens the psychological distance between the people in all over the world. The combination of the two means that the world has become smaller."

Yuwen Wen looked at the sisters and said, "In the past, a distance of two thousand miles was the end of the sky for many people. Now, as long as a place two thousand miles away is open to sail, you can arrive in just three or four days by boat, send a telegram, and communicate with your relatives and friends within a few days."

"The world has become smaller, so the densely populated Hebei and Henan no longer need to squeeze and wait for others to hire arable land. They can take steamships, go to Lianghu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiaozhou, Nanzhong, Liaodong, Hetao, and open up new worlds."

"It doesn't matter if it's cold in the winter of Hetao in Liaodong. There are cotton coats and quilts to keep the cold. Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiaozhou, and Nanzhong are smokey places. It doesn't matter if there are mosquito coils made of pyrethrum to repel mosquitoes."

"With the fortresses and artillery protection from the government army, they don't have to worry about the barbarians' harassment."

"The times are different. The new world outside the Central Plains can serve as the new home for the people of the Central Plains. Large-scale immigration to foreign countries is already in place."

"As long as the court is well organized, hardworking and brave, the people will definitely have their own fields and houses in the new world and live a new life."

"In the new world, immigrants will not feel that they are far away from their hometown, because there is a telegram and their connection with their hometown. Only a few days can there be a round trip. This is like a neighbor in the world."

"You know, in the past, it took a few days for an ordinary citizen to visit relatives in the next county to visit relatives."

Yuwen Wen's description gave Yuchi Chifan and Yuchi Mingyue a beautiful vision for the future, and then he changed the subject: "When the telegram line from Fengzhou to Chang'an from Hetao is set up, the Eastern Turks will never cause any storms."

"When the telegram line from Jiuquan to Chang'an in Ganzhou is powered on, Western Turks and Tuyuhun will not be able to jump around for many years."

"Chang'an and the grassland are thousands of miles apart, but with the telegram line, the ends of the world have become neighbors living nearby. Their every move is well known to the center."

"Since you are neighbors, you should watch and help each other. In the future, if there is any movement between neighbors, such as brothers fighting against each other, children are unfilial, the court will send people to preside over justice in time."
Chapter completed!