674 Daming’s legs are thick enough

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It is also a disadvantage that the coins of the Ming Dynasty are all new coins, so a lot of copper materials are saved, and with the steam engine as power, very thin and uniform copper wires can be pulled out.

As for the insulation, it still relies on raw paint, and the outside is covered with thin bamboo tubes that are also painted with raw paint. This is not a problem within the capital city, but if we want to drag it to Nanjing or the two capitals and fifteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, it is still unrealistic and we need to wait for the rubber trees.

Unless you have the money to spend!

Because of this golden finger of time travel, science no longer develops according to natural processes. Originally, the telegraph came first and then the telephone. Now that the telephone came out first, the telegraph is awkward.

With the demonstration role of the imperial palace and the highest government office in the Ming Dynasty, there is actually no need for this demonstration role. Just by achieving the legendary ability that even gods cannot do, one can imagine the popularity of this telephone.

As long as something can be invented, problems that can be solved with money are no longer problems.

No, under Zhang Mingwei's proposal, a telephone joint-stock group was established. Logically speaking, this was invented by Zhang Mingwei and belongs to him alone.

But he understands that any good thing will not last long if only one person has it.

So, as always, he donated this good thing and established a telephone stock group. He gave 50% of the shares to the Imperial Household Department, kept 5% for himself, and gave 10% to Emperor Chongzhen. In addition, Thirty-five percent will be used to raise funds.

The method of raising funds is still the same as before, divided into 15% shares each, and auctioned in Beijing and Nanjing. It is also necessary to deposit a deposit through the bank first, giving the bank the opportunity to further attract deposits.

After some operations, it was equivalent to the court not spending a penny, and the telephone joint stock group was established and started operations.

Among them, it is divided into two parts: official and civilian.

On the government side, the Ministry of Household Affairs paid for the installation of telephones. As for the private sector, whoever had more money could install the telephones. Anyway, at the beginning, this telephone was definitely not something that ordinary people could afford.

Today's Emperor Chongzhen is also rich and confident. After discovering that this telephone is so convenient, he spent a lot of money to extend the telephone lines to major towns, such as Nanjing. land.

I have to say, this will cost a lot of money.

However, when it comes to the journey from the capital to Nanjing, it does not depend on how many long telephone lines it takes to set up the capital to Nanjing. Instead, it is divided. First, the capital goes to Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture. If this continues, the cost, or in other words, The pressure on the cable is suddenly reduced a lot.

For the north, the biggest difficulty in pulling lines is how to pass wide rivers.

It's okay if there is a bridge, you can pull a cable to cross it; but if there is no bridge and you have to rely on a ferry, that's a difficulty to overcome.

For the south, the high mountains and ridges are a difficulty, and there are more rivers and lakes. Running telephone wires along the road is an option, but will cost a lot more wire.

In short, the job of pulling wires is by no means as simple as imagined. There are also problems such as rain, snow, waterlogging, etc.

Zhang Mingwei basically doesn't worry about these issues. Now that a special telephone joint-stock group has been established, it is natural for them to find a way to solve the problem themselves. I would go to him only if there was a problem that really couldn't be solved.

It should be noted here that making telephones and pulling cables are not included in the Telephone Group. Two additional companies were established for operations.

What is different from other companies is that the two experimental groups brought out by Zhang Mingwei as apprentices were renamed research institutes and held shares in his company. The shares obtained were not sold and the dividends were used for the welfare of the research institute and further scientific research.

The leading members of these research institutes have official positions in the government and are under the supervision of the Science and Technology Department under the Ministry of Industry.

This model is also found in several previous inventions of Zhang Mingwei. For example, steam engines, spinning machines, etc.

Because in all of these, there is room for improvement.

For Zhang Mingwei, his power is limited and he cannot participate in everything. After getting a head start, point them in the direction, and let them spend their energy improving the rest.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty is now peaceful and peaceful, with a large population base and all kinds of talents.

The most important thing is that the treatment of each institute is obvious to all. Not only can he get an official position in the court and be regarded as a person of status, he can also have the opportunity to be taught by Duke Xingguo and be appreciated by the current emperor; he can also make money and benefit his family.

All these things naturally attract those smart people.

If you want to join the institute, you must understand and be familiar with the content of the institute, and you must be proficient in the relevant new theories.

In this way, people are encouraged to learn new things spontaneously.

In the past, it was recommended by the local government to Duke Xingguo immediately after passing the interview. However, Xinxue will soon be included in the scientific examination, and the results of the scientific examination will have to be seen in the future. This made the scholars of the Ming Dynasty attach great importance to Xinxue.

Against this background, even if the Kong family in Qufu did not rebel and still existed, it would not be able to stop the general trend of the times. The impact of the new learning on the Four Books and Five Classics was unparalleled.

The reason for this, in the final analysis, is the practicality of new learning, and Zhang Mingwei, a cheater, applied the most practical ones and changed Daming.

Even if Zhang Mingwei's status is not so high, these changes that are visible to the naked eye and the wealth that they bring will definitely be accepted by the world. Because those are all interests, which can bind everyone’s interests!

Of course, Zhang Mingwei's status and power are high enough, which is also beneficial, at least at the beginning it will be smoother. The popularization of new learning affected the entire Ming Dynasty in just a few years, impacting the status of the Four Books and Five Classics.

It can be said that under the leadership of Zhang Mingwei, Ming Dynasty became vibrant and full of opportunities. As long as you are not a lazy person who is lazy in bed and refuses to work, you can definitely make money.

It was approaching the end of the 20th year of Chongzhen, and the Portuguese prince Theodosio, accompanied by Johnson, rushed to the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible.

Theodosio couldn't even wait to rest in Haojing'ao, so he immediately rushed to the capital. Along the way, Du Chen, who stayed in Haojingao, told Theodosio what happened in Daming in the past year or so.

Theodosio at this time was actually only thirteen years old.

Although people in ancient times were said to have matured early, this precocity was actually limited.

As soon as I arrived in Ming Dynasty, I was first shocked by the territory of Ming Dynasty. I can't even calculate it. How many Portugals are there? One hundred or two hundred? Anyway, using Portugal as the unit of measurement seems to be a bit too small. At least Spain should be used as the unit of measurement for easier calculation.

Not to mention, along the way, Theodosio heard about various things about the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Luzon has become a place of the Ming Dynasty, and the Spaniards here were wiped out by the Ming army. There are also Dutch people. He had already heard about this when he was in Portugal.

For him, Spain is a powerful country, a country that needs to be looked up to. Although it did not have many troops in the Far East colonies, it was completely destroyed by the Ming army. It was really shocking to him.

Going all the way north, he saw the population of Ming Dynasty was so large that he even made a lot of jokes.

A city with so many people and such a prosperous city should be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, right?

It turns out this is a small town that is not popular!

Then this must be the next one. There are more and more people and it is more and more prosperous. It may have caught up with the famous Paris.

As a result, this was just an ordinary city in the Ming Dynasty!

In short, Theodosio went all the way north and saw the prosperous cities of the Ming Dynasty one after another, refreshing his knowledge again and again.

And the new things he saw in Daming made him open his eyes wide and feel overwhelmed.

Less than halfway through, Theodosio was already impressed by everything about Ming Dynasty.

However, there is one thing that he is clear about, which is the key points that his father told him to pay attention to.

Therefore, when he arrived in Tongzhou and was about to arrive at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Theodosio stopped thinking and began to focus on other missions.

After he booked a train carriage and there were no outsiders in the carriage, he asked Johnson: "Last time, it was that Duke Xingguo who talked about it, right?"

At this time, Theodosio's identity was the Duke of Braganza in Portugal.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke!" After hearing this, Johnson calmed down and replied quickly.

After receiving confirmation, Theodosio immediately asked: "Will we also talk to Duke Xingguo this time? Can he represent the Ming Emperor?"

Hearing this, Du Chen, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but interject: "Your Excellency, the Duke of Xingguo will definitely listen to what Duke Xingguo says, there is no doubt about it!"

"Yes, no doubt, everyone knows this!" Johnson nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Theodosio said "Oh" after hearing this, and then his expression became more serious, and he said to Johnson: "What is this person's character like? Does he always keep his word?"

Hearing his question, Du Chen's expression immediately changed. He immediately looked around, then he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Theodosio: "This is something you cannot say in the Ming Dynasty. By the way. , will attract Akito’s wrath!”

Theodosio was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He came back to his senses and couldn't help but look around. After confirming that no one had heard, he said to Johnson: "Before I left, my father repeatedly told me that We can’t just listen to what the Ming people say, but also see what they do. Only after confirming that they are trustworthy allies will my father authorize me to sign the alliance!”

After all, there are thousands of mountains and rivers between them. Once this alliance is signed, Portugal will become an outlier among European countries in the future, and the pressure on it can be imagined. Therefore, we must ensure that Daming’s legs are thick enough and can be hugged!

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