"How does this telegraph achieve long-distance and timely communication?"
Emperor Hongzhi held the report submitted by Imperial College in his hand. Looking at the miraculous words written on it, he couldn't figure it out.
What, even though there are hundreds of miles away, you can contact us immediately by relying on this telegram. The information is transmitted very quickly. There is no need to run around and talk to each other, only electromagnetism is needed.
"Your Majesty, this is a technology that His Royal Highness and many researchers at Imperial College have been studying for several years."
"Its principle is to use the transmission of electromagnetic waves to transmit information."
"This electromagnetic wave is an invisible wave band that can propagate at the speed of light, and the speed of light is very fast and can propagate more than 300,000 kilometers per second."
"So even if we are separated by a long distance, we can use this electromagnetic wave to contact us in a short time."
Liu Jin tried his best to explain the principle of electromagnetic communication to Emperor Hongzhi.
For people who have not understood electromagnetism, electromagnetic communication seems to be a fantasy, and they find it incredible and unbelievable.
"Electromagnetic waves~"
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to understand but could only say this.
"Then how does this electromagnetic wave transmit information?"
After thinking for a while, he asked again. He was really curious about this electromagnetic communication technology and how it worked.
"Your Majesty, this electromagnetic wave is related to electric current. When the magnetic field is cut, electric current will be generated, and the oscillation of the electric current will generate electromagnetic waves."
"Electromagnetic waves themselves have many characteristics. By using these characteristics of electromagnetic waves, coupled with the deliberate intermittent emission of electromagnetic waves when transmitting information, and using regular combinations, they can naturally represent different meanings, and then according to the combination Expressing rich meanings also leads to communication in advance.”
Liu Jin found it very difficult to explain this to Emperor Hongzhi, after all, he didn't even understand the most basic electromagnetic knowledge.
"That's it~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. As for the other ministers, all of them seemed to understand. They knew nothing about this electromagnetic technology, and they all sounded like they were listening to heavenly scriptures.
"What is the use of that electromagnetic communication technology?"
Liu Jian, who was almost eighty years old, thought for a while and asked.
He has experienced too many things in his life. In his later years, he has experienced many changes in the Ming Dynasty, experienced overseas colonies and geographical discoveries, and also experienced the rise of capitalism. Now he heard about electromagnetic communication. He felt that he was really old.
“It makes a huge difference!”
"Now, if there is any major matter from Nanyun Province or Huanghuangzhou, it needs to be conveyed to the capital. Even if it takes 800 miles to speed up, it will take about a month to convey it to the capital. Come."
"If it comes back and forth, it will take two months. It can be said that the transmission of information is very slow, which is very detrimental to the Ming Empire's management and rule of various places."
"But if we have this electromagnetic communication technology, we only need to build a few electromagnetic communication stations in these places between Nanyun Province and the capital. Using the characteristics of electromagnetic communication that can enable long-distance communication, we may only need a short time. The information can be passed to the capital."
"Even if an electromagnetic communication station is built in the palace by then, His Majesty will be able to control this major world event at any time."
"For example, if the Yellow River overflows and a famine occurs, through electromagnetic communication, we in the capital can know immediately, and we can immediately use electromagnetic communication technology to order Jiangnan to immediately transport food and materials to the disaster area for disaster relief."
"For another example, the situation in the Middle East, West Africa, and Western Europe is changing rapidly and wars are raging. It is difficult for us to know the situation there in a timely manner due to the long distance."
"But with this electromagnetic communication technology, it is different. We only need to assume that there are many communication base stations and through electromagnetic propagation, we can accurately grasp the situation of the warring parties, and then make deployments that are beneficial to our Ming Empire."
"Because the speed of electromagnetic propagation is fast enough, this kind of information can be transmitted without any delay. This is of epoch-making significance for our Ming Empire."
"Our Ming Empire has a vast territory, from Nanyun Province to the easternmost Golden Continent, from the northernmost Arctic to the southernmost Southern Golden Continent's Antarctic, and the vast Pacific Ocean is our inland sea."
"The huge Australia is our island, and the vast Eurasian continent is our grassland. In such a huge territory, there are hundreds of millions of people and countless tribes living in it."
"Once we have electromagnetic communication technology, even if we are in the capital, we can keep track of things happening in various parts of the Ming Dynasty anytime and anywhere. Once something happens, we can make timely deployment and response."
"In areas where there is a famine, we can promptly dispatch food and grass from the surrounding areas to support it. In areas where there is rebellion, we can also promptly mobilize troops and generals to quickly put down the rebellion. Everything in the world will be under control because of it."
Liu Jin tried his best to describe to everyone the changes brought about by electromagnetic communication technology. This change will be epoch-making. The originally huge, bloated, and difficult-to-control empire will be completely controlled by the imperial court because of the emergence of electromagnetic communication technology.
In his hands, everything changed dramatically.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone realized how powerful and terrifying this electromagnetic technology was.
In the past, conveying information required a lot of speed. After rushing for 800 miles, the speed has been reached to the extreme, but this is still far from enough.
Because of the Ming Dynasty, its territory was too vast and too big, and relying on traditional horses seemed too slow.
But with the advent of electromagnetic communication technology, these are no longer problems. Information can be grasped anytime and anywhere, and the affairs of the world can be gathered in the imperial capital in the shortest possible time.
"It's so magical~"
Li Dongyang was still a little unbelievable, it really sounded like a fantasy.
"Yeah, it's really hard to believe."
Zhang Mao also sighed.
But I was thinking in my heart, once this electromagnetic communication technology is real, wouldn't it be of great use? Apart from other things, if we do business in the future, if we can know the prices and conditions of goods in various places in time, it will be very easy for us to do this.
You can also earn a steady stream of wealth at home.
Well, Lao Zhang is just this good now, he always thinks about making money.:.
"If you don't believe it, you might as well go to Imperial College and have a look."
"They seem to be doing testing. This time the distance is relatively far. They took a train to Xi'an and Yili in the Western Region for testing."
"If the test is successful, it will be of great significance. It means that even though they are so far apart, they can be connected in time, and everything can be known as soon as possible."
Seeing that everyone still didn't believe it, Liu Jin suggested that everyone go take a look and try it together.
"Let's go, let's go, I want to see what's so magical about this electromagnetic communication."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested. He couldn't sit still and hurriedly walked to Imperial College.
The arrival of the Imperial College of Technology, the Emperor and many ministers also made the entire normal college excited, and the teachers and students were extremely excited.
Here in the laboratory, Lai Ji demonstrated in detail to Emperor Hongzhi and many ministers, explaining the many scientific research results of Imperial College, the focus of which was naturally electromagnetic communication technology.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, we have sent people to Xi'an and Yili for testing. His Royal Highness, as the founder and pioneer of this technology, even took the train to Yili himself."
Lai Ji gave a detailed introduction and immediately spilled the beans about His Royal Highness the Prince's flight to the Western Regions.
"The prince ran away to Yili in the Western Region?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately asked.
"Uh~"
Everyone immediately didn't know how to answer.
"Forget it, let him go. It doesn't matter if he likes to walk around. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone's expressions and knew immediately, but soon he didn't care anymore.
Anyway, he now has dozens of grandchildren. If Zhu Houzhao likes to run, just let him run around. He has grown up and can no longer control everything.
Liu Jin on the side was dumbfounded when he heard this.
At the time, Emperor Hongzhi strictly prohibited Zhu Houzhao from running around, but now he allowed it and let him go. It seems that times have really changed.
But thinking about the dozens of grandsons Zhu Houzhao gave birth to to Emperor Hongzhi, I immediately felt relieved. The son's signal was useless, but fortunately there were dozens of grandsons who could practice again.
"Start showing how you communicate across long distances~"
Emperor Hongzhi turned his attention back and ordered.
"Yes~"
When Lai Ji heard this, he immediately ordered people to start contacting him.
At this time, here in Yili, Zhu Houzhao had just gotten up from the nest of two beauties from the Western Regions. This Western Region is really fun, with beautiful mountains and rivers. The key is that the beauties here are so beautiful, with graceful figures and fair skin, which is really fascinating.
"Your Highness, Your Highness~"
"The telegraph signal is available, the signal is available~"
At this time, Liu Jin hurried over and shouted excitedly.
"Is there a signal?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was immediately excited and hurried to the electromagnetic communication laboratory.
"Hurry up and translate it~"
Zhu Houzhao listened to the regular beeping and immediately gave the order.
"You brat, come back early when you've had enough fun."
Soon, a message was translated, and there was no doubt that it was the words of Emperor Hongzhi.
"Ah, who told my father that I came to the Western Regions?"
When Zhu Houzhao saw it, he immediately became furious. He finally came to the Western Regions secretly to play once. This was immediately known to Emperor Hongzhi. But looking at the tone again, Zhu Houzhao grinned happily again.
"Dad, I will come back after I give you a dozen grandchildren."
On the other side of the capital, Emperor Hongzhi twitched slightly when he saw the message sent back. God knows how many girls are going to suffer. His son, there are already hundreds of people in the harem, and he is still not satisfied.
"How is your situation now?"
"It's still morning~"
"It's already sunny here in the capital~"
"Remember to bring some specialties back to your mother. She is tired of taking care of your children now."
"Got it~"
"..."
Across a long distance, Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao actually started a family affair, which left Liu Yuan beside him speechless. We provide you with the fastest update of Ming Zhenhai King, Chapter 1602, epoch-making significance for free reading.:.
