In the past few months since Ying Feiyu left, although Ying Zheng was in charge, he was very lazy and left everything to Ying Feiyu as long as it could be postponed.
He only does what is urgent.
Therefore, during the more than half a month that Ying Feiyu returned to the palace, he was never idle!
Finally, everything was settled, and Ying Heng and Huang Yuan entered the palace excitedly.
"Why do you two have time to come together today?"
Ying Feiyu was quite surprised to see the two of them.
Both of them have a lot of things at hand now. It's not a major festival, so it would be good to see one of them. It's rare for two people to enter the palace at the same time.
The last time was when Yu Ji gave birth to twins, the two of them brought gifts and came together to congratulate her!
"Of course there is a happy event!"
Ying Heng has squinted his eyes since he walked in, always smiling.
"A happy event? What? You kid has figured it out and wants to take a concubine?"
Ying Feiyu joked.
"Royal brother, what are you talking about? I don't shoulder the heavy responsibility of spreading branches and leaves. There is no need to take concubines. The royal family only wants you to flourish! Brother, I have already promised Feng Lian at the wedding that I will only take concubines in this life. Marry her and no more concubines!”
Ying Heng immediately changed his face and emphasized seriously.
"Master, why should you be serious? Don't you see that His Majesty is joking with you?"
Huang Yuan on the side was amused by his serious look.
"Huh? A joke...?"
Just now he was just focused on explaining, but after he said this, Ying Heng realized that Ying Feiyu was suppressing a smile at this time, "Okay, my dear brother, you actually made fun of me. I didn't even eat at the loss, so hurry up and report the good news! "
"Haha! Brother Emperor, don't be angry. Tell me quickly. What is the good news? Is the bus finished?"
Ying Feiyu stood up, walked around from behind the dragon case, and asked with a smile.
He had previously promised to mass-produce buses to make up for the shortcomings of the trains!
Where trains can't reach, buses will do the trick!
Just like this disaster relief, if buses are popularized, they can save a lot of time in arriving at the disaster area!
"Brother Emperor, why did you forget? The manufacturing of buses is handed over to Huang Yuan!"
Ying Heng shook his head and pursed his lips towards Huang Yuan beside him.
"Yes, Your Majesty...!"
Huang Yuan took over the conversation and continued: "The first batch of buses will be built soon. It won't be long before all counties and counties are fully open to traffic!"
Buses can be built much faster than trains, and they can be used as soon as they are built.
Unlike trains, we also need to build roadbeds and lay rails. Just building these infrastructures will take several years!
"Then what are you...?"
Ying Feiyu was suspicious.
"Brother Emperor, you really forgot, right? It's a phone call!"
"Telephone? Is the phone ready?"
When Ying Feiyu heard this answer, he almost jumped up with joy.
Testing of the phone has been successful and has solved the problem of the large amounts of copper consumed in producing phone lines.
All that was left was to pull telephone wires and mass-produce telephone sets.
After all the fuss about the Longxi disaster, he almost forgot about it!
"The first batch of telephones had already been built when the emperor went to Longxi, but since the emperor was not in Xianyang, we couldn't make the decision without permission! And at that juncture, we didn't send any telegrams to bother us! We continued to make the second batch, and we wanted to wait. After the second batch is built, we will install it together!”
Yingheng opened his mouth to explain.
"Has the second batch been made?"
Ying Feiyu's eyes lit up and he said with great interest.
"Yes! There are enough telephones now for wealthy businessmen in every county to install them!"
Ying Heng said with confidence.
"Where's the phone line?"
If the telephone line is not properly pulled, no matter how many telephones are produced, it will be useless.
"Your Majesty, you can rest assured. Ever since the copper problem was solved, telephone lines have been in production, and main lines have been built in every county. Once the telephones are built, they can be installed immediately! The relevant talents have been released. The training is complete, just waiting for His Majesty to set the price and start construction!"
Huang Yuan cupped his hands and reported.
"Okay! I will order the newspaper to publish this matter later! Before other wealthy businessmen sign up, you should install it for a few ministers! In case they come back to me and complain about it!"
On this trip to Longxi, the old guys were more noisy than before, and the noise was huge.
"yes……!"
Huang Yuan accepted the order with his hands raised, and then asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know how to charge the fee?"
"Has the cost been calculated?"
"I've already calculated it. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty!"
Huang Yuan nodded and handed over the prepared list.
Ying Feiyu glanced briefly, thought for a moment, and said, "The monthly usage fee will still be charged at the original planned fifty gold. As for the previously negotiated installation fee... let's also charge it at the fifty gold!"
"What? Fifty gold? How can that work? Not to mention how much it costs to make telephones, it costs a lot just to install telephone trunk lines throughout Daqin. If the installation fee is only fifty gold, when will the money be recovered? ?”
"Yes, my dear brother, this is not a small amount of money!"
Huang Yuan and Ying Heng persuaded each other one after another.
The installation fee has gone from the initial five thousand gold to the current fifty gold, which is a hundred times different.
"If there had been a telephone in Longxi at that time, the court should have received news of the disaster earlier!"
Ying Feiyu said thoughtfully.
The two understood what he meant and looked at each other, "So this is what your Majesty wants!"
"Yes! If communications were more developed, the news would spread faster, and it wouldn't be delayed for so long...!"
Ying Heng also nodded, "Okay! Then according to the emperor's wishes, the installation fee will be reduced to fifty gold!"
"In the past few years, the household electricity fee has been reduced again and again, and it has reached half of the households in Daqin! It is estimated that before long, ordinary people will also have telephones installed in their homes, replacing letters!"
Huang Yuanchang thought.
Letters are no longer the main communication tool in Daqin. With the advent of telephones in the future, letters will probably be used even less!
"This is inevitable, but it will take a long time to develop!"
Ying Feiyu nodded in agreement.
This matter has been verified by later generations.
It’s also from letters to telegrams to phone calls and mobile phones!
It's just that all of this has been brought forward a bit under his promotion.
No matter how hard he pushes, it is impossible to push the quality of life of all people in the world to the peak at once. There will always be poor and rich, so he must take his time step by step!
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Your Majesty will soon order people to install telephones for the palace and several ministers. At the same time, he will notify the communications departments of various places to install them for the government offices. In the future, the speed of reporting information will be faster and more direct!"
Huang Yuan said with a happy face.
After all, telegrams are transmitted through text and are not as accurate as direct calls!
"good!"
Ying Feiyu smiled and nodded.
Then they made arrangements for the telegraph machines and telegraph operators in each county, and then they were allowed to leave!
