"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince never engages in loss-making business. Surely he didn't ask you to come here just to give you this little thing?"
Han Xin stared at Cao Shen and asked with a smile.
"Hehe! Old Han, as expected of someone who follows His Highness the Crown Prince, really understands His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Huh? Is it possible that there really is another purpose?"
As soon as Cao Shen finished speaking, Wang Li and others suddenly became interested.
"That's right! You have been away from Xianyang for a month or two and there has been no news. The whole court is very anxious. They sent me here to deliver supplies, investigate your situation, and report back to the court so that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can feel at ease!"
Having been guessed, Cao Shen stopped teasing them and spoke seriously.
"We had no choice. We encountered wind and waves at sea and were delayed for a long time. After we arrived at the Maurya Dynasty, we had no proper way to deliver the news, so we were delayed! We were thinking of capturing the entire Maurya Dynasty and reporting it all after returning to Xianyang. !”
"When we met the naval officers in Jilinga, we already passed the news back to reassure His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"How many ships were sent to report back?"
However, upon hearing this, Han Xin immediately frowned.
If only one or two ships are sent back, it will be a long journey, and I am worried about what risks they will encounter at sea.
But if too many are sent, where can these prisoners be packed when the war is over?
His change of expression even confused Cao Shen.
"You may not know that there are a lot of prisoners this time. I'm afraid there won't be enough ships when we turn back!"
"I see!"
Cao Shen breathed a sigh of relief and joked with them again, "Don't worry, while you were away in Xianyang, I learned a new skill from His Highness the Crown Prince, called Thousand Miles of Sound Transmission... Uh... no, it's called Thousand Miles of Sound Transmission, no. If we need to send a ship back, we have already passed the message back!”
"Nonsense, how is this possible...?"
Peng Yue rolled his eyes at him and sneered, "Do you think you are also the disciple of a god? Are you still transmitting messages thousands of miles away?"
"Could it be that the telegraph machine was successfully developed?"
Han Xin's eyes lit up.
Before they even set out on the expedition, they had already heard about the telegraph machine.
Now Cao Shen said that he had already sent the message back without sending any ship. Doesn't that mean that the telegraph machine was successfully developed?
"Haha! You guys should learn from it. Look at General Han, his brain is faster than yours!"
Cao Shen laughed jokingly.
"Okay, pull it down quickly and bring the telegraph machine over so we can take a look!"
Hearing the sound, everyone couldn't wait to see what this so-called thing that could transmit sounds over thousands of miles looked like.
"What else are you moving? It's already here!"
"Already here? Where are you?"
Wang Li and others looked around, but after looking around, they didn't find anything that seemed to be high-tech.
"Okay, Lao Cao, stop being so pretentious and tell us where is the thing that can transmit sounds thousands of miles away?"
Peng Yue, Fan Kuai and others were extremely anxious and asked urgently.
"Isn't it right there?"
Cao Shen pointed at two small iron boxes at the door.
"What? Are you telling me that this bit of scrap metal can carry sound thousands of miles?"
Peng Yue and others were almost shocked when they learned that the two boxes placed casually at the door were telegraph machines.
If you don't tell them, they can be used as chamber pots at night!
"Don't underestimate these two small iron boxes. Because of them, all the ministers in the court were fighting for their heads. Six ministers found excuses to install them, and they almost started a fight!"
"What? Just for those two iron boxes?"
"That's right! It's really just for those two iron boxes!"
Cao Shen nodded firmly.
"Huh? Then I really have to take a good look!"
Hearing the sound, Fan Kuai, Wang Li and others picked up the box and looked at it carefully for a long time, but they didn't see any clue.
Even Han Xin shook his head repeatedly, not understanding how this thing conveyed news!
"You said...this thing can't fly, can it fly directly back to Daqin?"
"Well, it's possible. The mechanism is probably on these buttons!"
As soon as several people gathered together, they reached out to pull out the button on it.
"do not move……!"
However, before they could take action, Cao Shen ordered to stop them.
Several people were startled and looked at him with blinking eyes.
"Don't move around. This telegraph machine needs a specialist to operate it. Even I don't know how to operate it. If it's broken, I won't be able to explain it when I get back!"
Cao Shen said seriously.
"What? From what you're saying, this thing can really send news back?"
Cao Shen slapped his forehead helplessly.
He's been talking about his feelings here for a long time, but these guys still don't believe him!
“Not only can the message be delivered, but it can also be reached instantly!”
"Are you kidding? It's instant? Even if this thing can really fly, it's impossible!"
Everyone curled their lips.
"Do not believe?"
"I definitely don't believe it!"
"Then I will give you a demonstration, just in time to report the progress of the war to His Majesty!"
Cao Shen ordered his men to call the telegraph operator.
After a while, the telegraph operator covered himself tightly and got into the house. After dealing with the locusts all over his body, he found a stable place and started tinkering with the telegraph machine!
"General Han, take advantage of the debugging time to quickly write down the war situation on paper and hand it over to the telegraph operator later!"
Cao Shen looked at Han Xin.
"okay!"
Although Han Xin didn't know how this thing could convey messages, he still responded and went to find paper and pen.
After a long while, the machines had been debugged, and then he came back and wrote three pieces of paper full of eloquence, recording all the wars of the Mauryan Dynasty on them!
When he handed these papers to the telegraph operator, the operator immediately looked at him with confused eyes and did not dare to accept them at all.
"Hahaha! Good guy, are you writing an article here?"
Cao Shen burst out laughing.
"What? Is something wrong?"
Han Xin was confused.
Even Wang Li and others around him were very puzzled.
They have been out for so long, and a lot of things have happened. It is very concise to write these things on these three pieces of paper. Why do you still say that he is writing an article?
"Hahaha! My General Han, you should be more concise and streamlined. Get rid of all the useless things and summarize it in the fewest words!"
"Then didn't you tell me earlier?"
Han Xin rolled his eyes at him, turned around and started writing again.
This time it was faster. It only took a moment to turn back and blow the ink on the paper!
"Your Majesty, the army is going well. It has broken through four cities in a row, defeated the Maurya Dynasty's one million troops and ten thousand elephants, and captured three hundred thousand prisoners!"
Cao Shen looked at the contents on the paper and nodded repeatedly, "Well, it's almost the same this time! I'll report the detailed process to His Majesty when I return to Xianyang!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's see how this thing delivers this piece of paper to Xianyang?"
Peng Yue urged impatiently.
"The telegraph machine does not send the paper to Xianyang, but transmits the words on it!"
"Character?"
When Cao Shen explained this, everyone was even more confused.
"Okay, just watch. Anyway, you won't understand if I talk too much!"
Just like when the telegraph was first tested, no one in the civil or military administration believed it.
It can be seen that after seeing the actual operation, don’t everyone call them good guys?
They will be shocked when they receive His Majesty's reply!
"Didi... Didi..."
After handing the paper to the telegraph operator, the two began to work.
The little box also made a sound.
Han Xin, Wang Li and others stared at the machine intently, fearing that they would miss something in the blink of an eye.
However, the telegraph operator only pressed a few buttons on it. After the machine made a few sounds, there was no more movement!
"General, the telegram has been sent!"
The telegraph operator bowed his hands to several people.
"What? This...is it over?"
Several people suddenly looked at each other in disbelief.
"That's right! It's over!"
Cao Cao nodded firmly.
Looking at their current expressions, it seems like they are seeing themselves back then!
He also looked like an idiot, showing that unbelievable expression!
"Old Cao, I don't have much education, please don't lie to me?"
"Whether I lied to you or not, you will know later!"
Cao Shen held his chin and looked at the confused expressions of several people with interest.
