Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 877

[Chapter 877]

“Before this king returns to Yancheng among the states in the south of the Yangtze River, only Bazhou and Yunzhou have not been taken back. Among them, Bazhou does not need to worry about it. It can be taken over as soon as the army arrives. Only Yunzhou will take some time. But it won’t exceed one month.” The

Promise Palace, the Golden Luang Palace.

Zhao Heng sat on the dragon chair, and Zhao Xu stood in front of him, introducing the war in Jiangnan to the officials.

“After two assassinations, Dou Wei, Xiao Cheng and other powerful family heads were all killed. Han Zheng, Wang Zi’an and Xie An were killed by Liang Feng’s troops. Of course, the eldest prince Zhao Gang was also killed.”

When Zhao Xu said this, He glanced at Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng’s expression was as usual, he said: “Such a rebellious son, he has to take the blame.”

Since Zhao Gang and Xie Duan made Jinling stand on his own, there has been no affection between him and the eldest son.

Zhao Xu nodded. In this civil strife, the princes with powerful backgrounds basically died in the chaos.

At present, there are only two princes in Yancheng, and like him, their mothers are not from powerful families.

One mother is the daughter of an official, and the other is a court lady.

These two princes are not very old. Now one is twelve years old and the other is fifteen years old. They are the tenth prince and the eleventh prince respectively.

In addition to the two princes, there are also six princesses, whose mothers either came from poor or powerful families.

But since they came to Yancheng with Zhao Heng, they basically considered themselves members of the royal family and completely separated themselves from the powerful clan.

Currently, these princes and princesses live in the Qionglin Courtyard adjacent to the Promise Palace.

Zhao Xu’s principle for treating them is very simple.

Just eat, drink, and have fun, and don’t have other unrealistic ideas.

After talking about the war situation in Jiangnan, Zhao Xu sat down in his seat and listened to Liu Fu and Yang Feng’s reports on their respective affairs.

It wasn’t long before he went to Yizhou, and Jiangbei didn’t change much.

In addition to the normal progress of other affairs, he cooperated with the research institute to deploy personnel and funds to build a thermal power plant.

“But there is a happy event. At present, the cable telegram goes south to the north bank of Jiujiang, west to Qinzhou, north to Jinzhou, and east to Qingcheng in Qizhou. From now on, His Highness can issue orders to these places in the palace. “Liu Fu laughed.

“This is good news.” Zhao Xu burst into joy.

The laying of wires for telegraphy was naturally much easier than railroad tracks.

Railway tracks need to repair bridges when encountering water, and open roads when encountering mountains.

But the telegraph cable only needs to be pulled from one end to the other like a chain bridge.

As for the deep mountains and old forests, it is even simpler. It can be supported by a wooden pole like a wire.

And with the generator, the power of the wired telegraph can be completely replaced from the battery to the alternating current.

This will make the wire telegraph more stable.

In modern times, even in the decades after the founding of the country, the wired telegraph was still in use.

It can be seen that this way of transmitting information can be used for a long time.

Even after the popularization of electricity and the appearance of the telephone, the wired telegraph can still exert its residual heat.

Furthermore, the laying of wire telegraph lines will provide experience for the laying of electric and telephone lines.

As for the present moment, as Liu Fu said, it is even more important.

In the future, the imperial court will be able to transmit orders to places instantly by telegram.

Administrative efficiency will thus be greatly improved.

As far as the newspaper office is concerned, the news that happened in Dasong can be published at different places at the same time, and there will be no more delays.

To put it simply, the information transmission method of the cable telegraph is like the nerves in the human brain that transmit information to the country.

The transmission of information in feudal dynasties is slow, like a sloth.

Now Da Song is as sensitive as a monkey.

There is no need to talk about the difference in social efficiency between a country that is as dull as a sloth and a country that is as sensitive as a monkey.

This is why it is so easy for industrial countries to defeat agricultural congresses.

“In addition to the cable telegram, the Ship Department delivered twelve civil steamships, and I used these steamships to pull coal from Jinzhou.” Liu Fu said again.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu secretly calculated the days in his heart, which was about the same as the time Chen Shou gave him.

Next, steamships will be put into civilian use one after another.

After that, Liu Fu reported some government affairs.

But he handled everything appropriately, so he didn’t say much.

After Liu Fu finished speaking, it was Yang Feng’s turn.

Yang Feng first reported the battle of Yizhou, the consumption of food, grass and ammunition, and the amount of ammunition ordered from the Bing Zhansi.

It is also said that the pigs raised in the army are growing well, and it will be easier for soldiers to wait for trivial military affairs if they eat meat.

Finally, he said: “Your Highness, during this period, the lords of Goryeo and Dongying North have transported all the muzzle-loading rifles they ordered, and their money and supplies have also been received.”

“Really? So, the war in Dongying should also be It’s over.” Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.

At present, the feudal lords in the east and the north cannot completely eliminate the Watanabe case. After all, there is a big gap in strength.

But after the northern feudal lords installed front-loading rifles, the power of the north and the south would be reversed.

With the cooperation of the Marine Corps, the death of the Watanabe case is approaching.

(end of this chapter)