The campus of the Royal Institute of Technology is located in the old town of Jinling City, northwest of the Royal Palace. To the south of the campus is the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and on the left and right sides are the Yamen of Gyeonggi.
In other words, the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology is actually located at the innermost level of Jinling City, surrounded by Gyeonggi Yamen, and further away is the Royal Palace.
The importance of the Royal Institute of Technology can also be seen from its geographical location.
You must know that even the two universities, Imperial College and Jinling University, although their original campuses were still in the city, have been gradually relocated to Xicheng District.
This is because the Royal Institute of Technology has never been a pure institution of higher learning, which can be seen from the fact that all the students there are of high quality.
Li Xuan's definition of the school is actually a very large official research and development institution, and the teachers and students inside are actually scientific researchers.
The Royal Institute of Technology was built with a lot of national effort. By recruiting super talents across the country every year, coupled with the support of strong R&D funds, the school currently has a faculty R&D team of thousands of people.
Among these more than 1,000 people, about 80 people have obtained the title of full professor, more than 200 people have obtained the title of associate professor, and the remaining several hundred people are graduate students.
These more than 300 full and associate professors, plus nearly a thousand graduate students, together formed the top scientific research force in the Tang Empire.
In order to train these more than a thousand people, the Tang Empire made great efforts, providing them with the most generous treatment and the greatest expectations.
The researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology also lived up to Li Xuan's expectations. They took the lead in successfully developing steam engines, various mechanical equipment, and pioneered modern medicine, not to mention basic subjects such as physics, chemistry, and materials.
Now, they have produced a telegram again, which makes Li Xuan quite happy and feels that the huge investment over the years has not been in vain.
However, although the report said it was successful, Li Xuan was still a little worried without seeing it with his own eyes, so that's why Li Xuan took someone to inspect it in person on this day.
After arriving at the Royal Institute of Technology, Prince Li got off the other carriage first, then quickly walked to Li Xuan's carriage, personally opened the curtain and helped Li Xuan get out of the carriage.
After getting off the car, Li Xuan looked at the adult prince in front of him and asked, "I'll show you something good later. I hope you can gain some insights after reading it!"
Li Xuan did not say it too clearly. The significance of the telegram is huge, especially for the subsequent global rule of the Tang Empire, it is definitely a powerful weapon for the country.
However, today's telegraph is still too primitive, and many people do not understand it. They may not be able to understand the great significance of the telegraph in the future for a while.
However, Li Xuan doesn't want this person to include Li!
In the past ten years or so, Li Xuan has spared no effort in cultivating Prince Li, personally taking him with him to let him know what an emperor should do.
But the prince's performance still made him quite satisfied.
Ambitious, patient, and good at pretending, and more importantly, ruthless enough, not only to others, but also to yourself!
Perhaps the above adjectives are inappropriate and make people think that he is not a good person.
But Prince Li is not an ordinary person to begin with. He is the crown prince and the one who will be the emperor in the future.
And the emperor doesn’t need good people!
After hearing this, Li said: "Father, what is it that makes you so interested?"
Li Xuandao: "Good thing, let's go!"
Immediately, Li Xuan led everyone forward, and at this time, people from the Royal Institute of Technology were already waiting in line, shouting long live.
Li Xuan walked directly over the crowd and asked Professor He Shengzhong as he walked: "What test are you going to take today?"
Professor He Shengzhong said: "Reporting to your Majesty, when I conducted the first test, it was mainly to test the reliability of the telegraph equipment. After the first test passed, we have temporarily set up a telegraph line around the campus, with a total length of
It has reached ten kilometers. Today we are testing the reliability of long-distance communication and the weakening of electrical signals!"
"Oh, so the communication distance tested today is ten kilometers?" Li Xuan was very interested after hearing this.
Professor He Shengzhong said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, yes, we will also test the compiled code to turn meaningless electrical signals into confirmable text!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.
The telegraph research and development project has always been under his control.
Even many general directions were proposed by himself, and He Shengzhong was just the executor.
For example, at first He Shengzhong and the others proposed using electrostatic transmission of information, but this was directly rejected by Li Xuan, who directly asked them to study electromagnetic communication, and even directly asked them to develop a set of codes to encode existing text.
Then the code is directly transmitted when the telegram is transmitted, and the receiving end accepts the code and then translates it into text.
In many places, Li Xuan was involved and guided the general direction.
The detailed research and development work naturally depends on the telegraph project team, which not only includes electromagnetic scientists, but also mathematicians who are engaged in coding, and engineers who are interested in mechanics.
In total, a team of more than 30 people worked hard for so many years and finally succeeded.
You must know that these thirty people are all the top scientific talents in the Tang Empire, and they are very important.
As they were talking, everyone also walked to the small R&D building of the telegraph project team. When they entered, Li Xuan saw several pieces of equipment placed on the table in the center.
These devices have a retro look to them!
He Shengzhong pointed to one of the devices with buttons and said: "This is our telegraph output machine. The buttons can output electrical signals of different meanings and different lengths!"
"This is a receiver. After receiving the encoded signal, it can be translated into text!"
"This is the power supply equipment. We currently use zinc-tin batteries. Please be careful, they contain dilute sulfuric acid!"
Professor He Shengzhong explained one by one, but when he explained, it was clearly found that except for His Majesty and the Crown Prince who listened carefully and understood, the other military and political officials seemed not to understand.
Among those who don’t understand is Chen Lifu!
Chen Lifu was just transferred back to Gyeonggi Province last year to take up a post. Of course, he did not rise to the top directly by entering the imperial study room and becoming the minister on duty.
Instead, he was transferred to the Ministry of Commerce as Zuo Shilang. His rank seemed to remain unchanged, but from the governor of a province to the Zuo Shilang of an important institution such as the Ministry of Commerce, this was already a promotion, and the promotion was not just half a level, but a full one.
Level.
Under imperial control, except for the extremely special Taoist priests of Jiangnan Province, the promotion paths for governors and Taoist priests of other provincial highways were basically the same, that is, after accumulating enough qualifications, they would be transferred back to Gyeonggi and serve as the right minister of each ministry.
Then it takes several years before you can be qualified to serve as Zuo Shilang.
It will take a few more years to be promoted to minister. At this time, you can expect to become the minister on duty in the imperial study room.
During this period, it also depends on the importance of each ministry. The status of ministers and ministers in different ministries is also different. For example, if the minister of the Ministry of Industry is transferred to the minister of the Ministry of Commerce, it will definitely be a promotion.
Of course, because the importance of each province is different, although they are all governors, the political status of governors in different provinces is also different.
Chen Lifu previously served as governor of Guangdong for a long time, and Guangdong was the second largest economic province in the empire, second only to Jiangnan Province, so its political weight was still very heavy.
It is normal for him to be transferred back to Gyeonggi Province and recognized as Zuo Shilang.
But as soon as he was transferred back to Gyeonggi Province, he became the left minister of the Ministry of Commerce, which was a bit surprising.
After returning to Beijing to take up his post, Chen Lifu kept a low profile and basically did not show his prominence in the past year. It was not like when he was in the local government, he would make trouble every day.
We have no choice but to keep a low profile. There are many high-ranking officials in Jinling City. Although Chen Lifu is the left minister of the Ministry of Commerce, he is nothing in Jinling City.
At least, he hasn't even entered the imperial study room yet.
Chen Lifu has been in the local area for many years and his vision is broad enough. He has seen many giant ships of several thousand tons and ignored them calmly. However, he really couldn't understand the telegram in front of him.
There was no way he could do it. In his early years, he read the Four Books and Five Classics. Later, he also read some new studies, but he didn't read them for a few years. Later, he worked in politics and studied the techniques of how to get promoted. He had no time or energy to understand the latest knowledge.
scientific research.
Electrical research is naturally the most advanced research in the empire. At present, except for the Royal Institute of Technology, it is basically impossible to find any decent electrical talents elsewhere. That is to say, professors at various universities still know some.
Two years ago, it was said that the 7,000-ton giant ship Guangdong would be built and electric propulsion would be used to push the turret. The Royal Institute of Technology designed the plan, but in the end it was discovered that there was no one across the country that could produce generators.
Manufacturer of electric motors.
In the end, it was the teachers and students of the Royal Institute of Technology who took the initiative in person and led a large group of workers to manually fiddle with a set of samples in the laboratory. It was almost step-by-step instruction that allowed Jiangnan Weapons Company to produce engines and motors.
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It was normal for Chen Lifu not to know what a telegraph was, and so did everyone else, and Professor He Shengzhong didn't care, because he knew that the Holy Emperor knew it.
Well, the prince also knows.
This prince also often visits the Royal Institute of Technology.
Why, because the one with the big fist is the boss!"
What is the fist these days?
Someone has a cannon!
And what do these depend on?
Depends on productivity.
And how to improve productivity.
Science & Technology!
Although it seems circuitous, it is not important. What is important is that Li Xuan told him many years ago: The Royal Institute of Technology is worth more than a million troops!
For such an important place, he would naturally come here to see it often!
This is a lot to see. In addition, Prince Li also attended the Royal Youth Military Academy and then the Imperial College. Although he learned more about history, economics and politics, he was not very proficient in science.
, but I still know the basic things.
As far as He Shengzhong was concerned, it was enough that a few people, including His Majesty and the Prince, knew the importance of the telegram.
After some explanation, He Shengzhong personally took the people to start the operation, preparing for the first telegram sending and receiving test!
Li Xuan also wrote down a few words with great interest and asked He Shengzhong to send them out, which served as a practical test for the first telegraph.
When He Shengzhong personally sent the telegram, in a room next door, several people were also copying the telegram into the telegraph receiver, then translated it, and then took a piece of paper and sent it to the hall.
Li Xuan took a look and saw exactly the words he wrote: "Hello, world!"