Wei Junqian was a little dizzy, "What is this?"
Ren Ning taught him Pinyin, and finally said: "The First Emperor stipulated that books should be written in the same way as writing. But he did not stipulate that words have the same pronunciation. Therefore, there are many dialects in Yunchui, making cross-county communication very difficult."
Wei Junqian nodded.
When they arrived in Guangxin, they usually had to find a translator before going out, otherwise they would not be able to understand what the people nearby were saying.
After thinking about it, Wei Junqian raised his head and glanced at Ren Ning cryptically.
Because of the pronunciation problem, not to mention the border minority areas, even Xingji City has not had accidents before.
For example, in scientific examinations, there are many people with outstanding academic achievements and outstanding literary talents.
However, these people spoke in tongues. Everyone from the emperor down to officials at all levels could not understand what the other party was saying. They were at a loss when communicating at work.
In the end, I could only arrange for him to be a minor official in his hometown...
Another example is Ren Ning's father, Ren Jie, the fourth master of Taishi Mansion.
This is also a character who has been fooled by his pronunciation.
Ren Jie lives up to his reputation. He has been highly praised by high-ranking officials in the imperial capital for his cleverness since he was a child. He even arranged a baby marriage early.
It's just that he is unruly by nature and likes to wander around various counties. Sometimes I am gone for months or even years. Later, Ren Jie learned a bunch of messy dialects and completely forgot the pronunciation of Xing Ji City.
Emperor Changxing was an emperor who cherished talents, so he gave him the official position of supervising the censor. He specially traveled to various counties to supervise local officials and understand the people's conditions in each county, which was also considered as making the best use of his resources.
However, one time he suddenly returned to Star City and brought back a baby boy. He openly told others that he was his illegitimate child.
This outrageous action completely pissed off the censors in Xingji City who couldn't bear to see anything in their eyes. Countless impeachment papers were sent to Emperor Changxing like snowflakes.
Emperor Changxing had no choice but to call Ren Jie into the palace for questioning, but the two sides ended up having a bad time due to language communication problems.
In the end, Ren Jie ran to Jinghu County in the north and became a minor county magistrate. It was not until Ren Ning was six years old that he was sent back to the Grand Master's Mansion in Xingji City...
Jinghu County!
Wei Junqian subconsciously looked at the Yunchui map hanging on the wall.
There are several small counties in the north of Yunchui, and Jinghu County is relatively easy to find.
Because there is a huge mirror lake in the county.
The reason why it is called Mirror Lake is that the climate in the north is cold and the lake is frozen most of the time, like a calm mirror. Therefore, it is called Jing (Jing) Lake.
Jinghu County is not considered a frontier, but it is also connected to the other two border counties. If you are going from the imperial capital or the south to Yumu or Yanhui County, you must first pass through here.
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"General, general?"
cough!
Wei Junqian coughed covertly, "General, I'm listening. You continue."
Ren Ning nodded.
"Although there are only twenty-four letters, they can combine all our words and determine their pronunciation. As long as they are popularized, then the people of the entire empire..."
Having said this, he hesitated.
"From then on, officials and students throughout the empire, no matter where they are from, can communicate with each other unimpeded."
"So sharp?" Wei Junqian was dubious.
Ren Ning casually wrote down two relatively simple words and signaled: "General, you can give it a try."
"Xing luo! Xingluo?" Wei Junqian quickly spelled it out.
Ren Ning smiled: "General, you did a good job. My subordinate wrote Xingluo."
He wrote a few more intelligence phrases.
Wei Junqian was more familiar with these words and quickly spelled them out one by one.
"Good stuff." Wei Junqian couldn't help but rub his hands.
Compared with tens of thousands of Yunchui characters, twenty-four letters are much simpler.
However, his expression soon became a little weird: "You should have used this Pinyin pronunciation method when you were in Star City."
The old master, Ren Ning's grandfather, had a high position and could come in and out of the palace at any time even after retirement, and he had been working hard to standardize various Yun Chui characters.
Once this pinyin is in the hands of the old master, it will not take long to be promoted throughout Yunchui.
The First Emperor's "writings were written in the same text, and his carriages were in the same track", creating a unified empire.
Now that a "word with the same pronunciation" was placed in front of Emperor Changxing, he would definitely not refuse it as he wanted to go to Qingshi.
Ren Ning scratched his head, "If this pinyin pronunciation method is spread, all Yunzhui people will speak the same language in the future. It will indeed strengthen the centripetal force and cohesion of the entire empire. But..."
He pointed at the three-page windmill, "If we use it to deliver messages in the future, it will be easily discovered by other scouts and spies."
"It doesn't matter." Wei Junqian laughed, "If it can enhance the centripetal force and cohesion of the entire nation, that is a great achievement. This loss is nothing."
He blinked, "Perhaps by that time, you kid will come up with even weirder or more convenient communication methods?"
Just do what you say is the style of the Starfall Legion.
In the next few days, Wei Junqian immediately ordered people to erect a huge "communication tower" on the top of Yingshan Mountain, Zhennanguan and Huchou Mountain to test Ren Ning's communication method.
It's just three large wooden boards that can rotate, and it takes no effort at all to make.
The weather was sunny and cloudless that day.
"Can you see the communication tower at Zhennanguan?"
"Come back to the school captain, everything is clear."
In this case, the same happens in Zhennanguan and Huchou Mountain.
Snapped!
Colorful clouds exploded in the sky.
In the first test, a cloud-piercing arrow was fired to remind the distant place that it was about to begin.
"General Wei Junqian of the Starfall Army would like to say hello to General Yuan Zhennanguan and all the brothers."
The soldiers climbed up to the tower and turned three long wooden blocks in sequence.
On the relay tower at the south gate of the old town, the soldiers were deft and followed the same pattern to turn the wooden planks at the top of Yingshan Mountain.
They had undergone rigorous training earlier, and now they were calm and calm.
Not long after, Yuan Xingwen received the translated message at the Chinese Army's tent in Nanguan, New Town.
He was surprised and delighted: "I didn't expect that complete news could be transmitted. Where did this kid get his head?"
Li Hebai next to him was also shocked.
He nodded: "Yes. Lao Ren's ideas are all kinds of weird, but they are also super practical. It's a pity..."
Li Hebai beat his chest in annoyance, "Grandpa and eldest sister, you should have taken action earlier."
Yuan Xingwen didn't know what his general Ai was worried about. After thinking for a while, he wrote: "Zhennanguan has received the news. Yuan sends his regards to General Wei and the brothers of Xingluo. Long live the Yunchui Empire!"
This news was sent to the Yingshan camp by Kuai Ma on one side, and on the other side it was sent directly from the communication tower on Huchou Mountain.
The Yingshan Daying Communication Tower quickly received the news.
After a long time, the sound of horse hooves sounded.
Wei Junqian compared the note sent by Kuai Ma and suddenly became happy.
"The news is accurate, we succeeded!" He waved to Ren Ning with laughter, "You have made great achievements again!"
Fifty miles is not far or close, but using communication towers to deliver messages is already much faster than using horses. If the communication tower was erected all the way north to Star City or even Tamaki County or Yancheng Fortress...
Wei Junqian turned around, strode back to camp and started writing.
As for delivering messages on rainy days, foggy days and at night, you can use light or other methods that can be seen clearly from a distance.
As the saying goes, as long as you are willing to think about it, there are always more solutions than difficulties. There is no need to trouble Wei Junqian or Ren Ning, their subordinates can think about it.
The only thing that bothered Wei Junqian was that it would definitely require a lot of manpower and material resources to establish such a communication method throughout Yunchui.
With Yun Chui in the treasury, it may not be easy to convince Emperor Changxing or Qian Liang. But no matter what, spending more money on infrastructure is worth it.
