Become a feudal king from today - #881 - Chapter 895 Report back

“In the current Jiangnan states, before I return to Yancheng, only Bazhou and Yunzhou have not been taken back. Among them, Bazhou does not need to worry about it. It can be taken over as soon as the army arrives. Only Yunzhou will take some time, but it will not exceed One month. ReadМ”

Wuji Palace, Jinluan Palace.

Zhao Heng sat on the dragon chair, while Zhao Xu stood in front of him and introduced the war in Jiangnan to the officials.

“After two assassinations, Dou Wei, Xiao Cheng and other powerful family heads were all dead. Han Zheng, Wang Zi’an and Xie An were killed by Liang Feng’s troops. Of course, the eldest prince Zhao Gang was also killed.”

When saying this, Zhao Xu glanced at Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng’s expression remained as usual, and he said: “Such a rebellious son brings the blame upon himself.”

Ever since Zhao Gang and Xie Duanze established themselves in Jinling, there was no friendship between him and the eldest son.

Zhao Xu nodded. In this civil strife, most of the princes with powerful family backgrounds died in the war.

There are only two princes in Yancheng at the moment, and like him, their mothers are not from powerful families.

One mother is the daughter of an official, and the other mother is a palace maid.

These two princes are not very old. One is twelve years old and the other is fifteen years old. They are the tenth prince and the eleventh prince respectively.

In addition to the two princes, there are also six princesses. Their mothers are either from poor families or from powerful families.

But since they followed Zhao Heng to Yancheng, they basically regarded themselves as members of the royal family and completely separated themselves from the powerful clan.

Currently, these princes and princesses are living in Qionglin Courtyard adjacent to Wuji Palace.

Zhao Xu’s principle for treating them is very simple.

Just eat, drink and have fun, don’t have any other unrealistic ideas.

After talking about the war situation in Jiangnan, Zhao Xu sat down in his seat and listened to Liu Fu and Yang Feng’s reports on their respective affairs.

He had not been in Yizhou for a long time, and there had not been much change in Jiangbei.

In addition to other affairs going on normally, he cooperated with the Ru0026D Institute to allocate personnel and funds to build thermal power plants.

“There is a happy news. At present, there is a wired telegram to the south, to the north bank of Jiujiang, to the west to Qinzhou, to the north to Jinzhou, and to the east to Qingcheng of Qizhou. From now on, His Highness can give orders to these places in the palace. Liu Fu said with a smile.

“This is good news.” Zhao Xu felt happy.

It is naturally much easier to lay telegraph lines than railroad tracks.

Railway tracks need to build bridges when they encounter water and open roads when they encounter mountains.

But the telegraph cable only had to be stretched from one end to the other like a chain bridge.

As for the deep mountains and old forests, it is even simpler. They can be supported by wooden poles like wires.

And with the advent of generators, the power of wired telegraphs can be completely replaced from batteries to alternating current.

This would make wire telegraphy more stable.

In modern times, even within a few decades after the founding of the country, wire telegraphy was still in use.

It can be seen that this method of transmitting information can be used for a long time.

Even after the spread of electricity and the advent of telephones, wired telegraphy could still exert its residual heat.

Furthermore, the laying of wired telegraph lines will also provide experience for the laying of electric and telephone lines.

As for the present, just as Liu Fu said, it is even more important.

In the future, the imperial court will be able to transmit orders to localities instantly via telegraph.

Administrative efficiency will thus be greatly improved.

For newspapers, it is possible to publish news about Dasong at the same time and in different locations, without any delays.

To put it simply, the information transmission method of wire telegraphy is like the nerves in the human brain that transmit information to the country.

The feudal dynasty conveyed information slowly, like a sloth.

Today’s Dasong is as agile as a monkey.

It goes without saying that there is a huge gap in social efficiency between a country as slow as a sloth and a country as agile as a monkey.

This is why it is so easy for industrial countries to defeat agricultural countries.

“In addition to the wired telegram, the Ship Department delivered twelve civilian steamships, and I used these steamships to pull coal from Jinzhou.” Liu Fu added.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he secretly calculated the time in his heart, which was almost the same as the time given to him by Chen Shou.

Next, steamships will continue to be put into civilian use.

After that, Liu Fu reported back some government affairs matters.

But he handled it appropriately and didn’t say much.

After Liu Fu finished speaking, it was Yang Feng’s turn.

Yang Feng first reported back on the Battle of Yizhou, the consumption of grain, grass and ammunition, and the amount of ammunition he ordered again from the Bingzhan Division.

He also said that the pigs raised in the army grew well and that eating meat would make it easier for soldiers to wait for trivial military duties.

Finally, he said: “Your Highness, during this period, the feudal lords of Korea and northern Japan have transported all the ordered muzzle-loading rifles, and their money and supplies have also been secured.”

“Really? In this case, the war in Japan should be over.” Zhao Xu’s eyes narrowed.

At present, the lords of the Tohoku Northern Domain are unable to completely eliminate the Watanabe case. After all, there is a big gap in strength.

But after the northern feudal lords installed front-loading rifled guns, the strength of the north and the south would be reversed.

With the cooperation of the Marine Corps, Watanabe’s death is approaching.