Before there were telephones, Ying Feiyu arranged special telegraph operators and telegraph machines for each county in order to better maintain communication and convey orders.
Now with the phone, both can be removed.
It’s not that telegraph operators lost their usefulness and therefore lost their income.
Instead, send them all to the local telegraph office, while reducing the cost of sending telegraphs slightly!
After the cost is reduced, more people will use telegraphs to send messages, which means small profits but quick turnover!
The installation fee for telephones has indeed been reduced a lot, and ordinary wealthy households can afford it, but ordinary people still cannot, and they still have to rely on telegraph machines.
Therefore, reducing the cost of sending telegrams is a real good thing for the people!
There was no need to wait for the newspaper to be published. When the craftsmen were carrying ladders and telephone wires to install telephones for Wang Ben and others in the city, the news had already spread!
"Look what Wang Shangshu's house is doing? Isn't it already powered on? Why are you still pulling the wire?"
"Don't you know yet? The craftsmen are installing telephones for several ministers!"
"What? The phone was built? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"It is estimated that it has just been built, and the newspaper will announce it in the next two days!"
"That's great. From now on we can also transmit messages thousands of miles away...!"
The common people's faces were filled with curious and expectant smiles, watching the craftsmen busy at work.
The same was true in the palace. Huang Yuan went back to make some preparations, and then personally brought people to install it.
Every department in the palace that had a telegraph machine in the past would have a telephone installed!
Ying Zheng, who was hiding in Yuxiu Palace and whispering to Lian'er, received the news and ran out quickly, "The phone is built? Why didn't I receive any news?"
"I just finished building the son and ordered Huang Yuan to install it. I didn't even have time to report it to my father!"
Ying Feiyu's eyes fell on the busy craftsman and he said a casual sentence.
"Haha! That's great. From now on, while I'm lying in the palace, I can just make a phone call and know what's going on in the world!"
Ying Zheng grinned and said happily.
"Father, the telephone installed this time is to replace the previous telegraph machine! If I remember correctly, there was no telegraph machine in your palace before, right?"
Ying Feiyu glanced at him.
This old guy has become very selfish since he took the Zen position.
He would enjoy it, and would immediately install a telephone in his palace.
I never imagined how rare the number of telephones would be once they were made!
Fortunately, this is two batches combined. If he said this just after the first batch was built, he would have to give him a few words!
"Replacing the telegraph machine? I remember that last time Tongwuhou and others signed up to install telephones. Don't we also install it for them?"
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows, somewhat unhappy.
"They paid the money, so of course...!"
Ying Feiyu said truthfully, "I guess the craftsmen are installing it for them at this time!"
"They didn't have a telegraph machine in their house before, right?"
"No!"
"Then why can they be safe but I can't?"
Ying Zheng put his hands on his hips and was indignant.
"Father, didn't you listen to what I just said? They paid for it!"
Ying Feiyu somewhat lost his patience.
"Pay? Isn't it just money? How much did they pay? I will pay too! Before the craftsmen leave, let them install a phone in Yuxiu Palace!"
He has been looking forward to it for so long, and now that it is finally finished, how can he not rest and play with it?
"Five thousand gold!"
This was the previously planned installation fee.
Although the old guys thought it was a bit expensive, they gritted their teeth and paid the money.
"Okay, I will also pay five thousand gold and let them install it in Yuxiu Palace!"
Ying Zheng said impatiently.
"Father! Even if you want to install it, shouldn't it be installed in your own palace? Why should it be installed in the mother's palace?"
Ying Feiyu has a flat mouth.
Could it be that this old guy plans to stay here forever and has no plans to leave at all?
"What's the difference?"
Ying Zheng actually asked him in turn, leaving him speechless.
"Just think of it as a gift from me to your mother. Anyway, I'm in Yuxiu Palace every day. What's the use of installing it in the bedroom? I can't run back to the bedroom from Yuxiu Palace to make phone calls every time, right?"
As expected by Ying Feiyu, Ying Zheng plans to die in Yuxiu Palace from now on. Unless there are special circumstances, he has no plans to return to his dormitory!
"Okay! Father, take the money, and I will ask them to go back and get the phone right away!"
Ying Feiyu originally planned to install it for his mother, but now his scumbag father has sent the money right under his nose, and he will accept it as soon as he sees fit.
"Don't worry, I promise you a thousand pieces of gold. As long as I promise you, when will it be less?"
After agreeing to install it for him, Ying Zheng's tense face was filled with a smile again.
Then he told Jing Fu to get the banknote and handed it to Ying Feiyu, "How about it? I didn't lie to you, did I? I am also the Supreme Emperor after all, how can I break my promise just because of this small amount of money?"
At this moment, the guards came to report that Wang Ben, Zhang Han and others asked to see him.
"Huh? These old guys are not studying the phone at home, why are they here?"
Before Ying Feiyu could speak, Ying Zheng became confused.
"Bring them here!"
Ying Feiyu smiled lightly and already had a rough guess.
I guess I learned from the craftsman that the installation fee for the phone is only fifty gold.
At the beginning, they paid five thousand gold, and there was a difference of 4,950 gold.
Although these old guys are extremely rich, they are all very stingy.
Not to mention more than four thousand gold, even if it costs forty more gold, they will feel heartbroken!
"yes!"
After the soldiers received the order, they quickly went to do it.
After a while, he returned with a few old guys.
They didn't expect that Ying Zheng was there. They were stunned for a moment, then strode over and bowed to the two of them.
"Old minister, I see your Majesty, I see the Supreme Emperor...!"
"Yeah! Free of charge!"
Ying Feiyu nodded slightly.
"How come you guys are here when you are not at home tinkering with the newly installed telephone?"
Ying Zheng directly asked about the doubts in his heart.
That is to say, the craftsmen have not yet spared their hands to install it in Yuxiu Palace. Otherwise, he would definitely not waste time here and try the effect anyway!
"I'm waiting... I'm just here because of the phone call!"
The old guys were frightened when they saw Ying Zheng, so they didn't want to say anything at first.
But thinking about it on the other hand, His Majesty tricked them into this matter. It is normal for them to come to ask for money. They can't suffer losses in vain, right?
"What? You don't know how to use it?"
When he said this, Ying Zheng was still very proud.
He had personally tested the phone back then and probably knew how to use it. "The phone is much simpler than the telegraph. Just pick up the phone..."
"No, Your Majesty, we are not here to use methods!"
Before Ying Zheng could finish explaining how to use it, the veterans said with a sad face.
"Not for using methods? What else can it be?"
Ying Zheng was quite surprised.
