Chapter 173 The Signal Tower on the Top of Mount Tai

After verifying their identities at the city gate, the group of people carrying the goods paid for several vehicles at the water transport terminal to haul the goods into the city.

"Instructor, the Jin Yiwei who is in charge of the city has already arranged the house of the company, and Jining Zhizhou has also made an appointment, waiting for you to come over later."

"Okay, brothers in Jining have worked hard. We will integrate them later and announce that His Majesty's condolences will be distributed tomorrow.

In the evening, we will check out the situation and find out those who are serious about their work and have little connection with various families, and those who have a bad reputation in the city will be cleared out as soon as possible."

"Understood instructor."

Fan Cai and others arrived at the shop Jinyiwei had found and were decorating it when a clerk came to deliver the invitation.

"Excuse me, who is General Fan Caifan who came from the capital?"

"I am Fan Cai, Class 1, Class 2, Royal Army Academy. You can call me instructor."

"Well, General Fan, this is a post from our governor inviting you to a banquet. After a long journey, we specially invite you to pick up the wind and wash away the dust."

The clerk looked at Fan Cai, who was wearing a neat dress and was spotless. He thought to himself that he was so majestic. Although he didn't know what an instructor was, he sent the post.

If an ordinary military household came to Jining, the magistrate of Jining Prefecture would definitely not pay so much attention to it, but Fan Cai was different.

He set out with more than a dozen people, each with a mission: to integrate local imperial guards, recruit manpower, open a royal business, and train propaganda department personnel.

And most importantly, use the radio to keep in touch with the capital and monitor officials along the canal.

Therefore, they need to have a clear official status, and this official status is to supervise the imperial guards and coordinate the military affairs of various states.

As for Fan Cai, in addition to having the status of the Royal Army, he also had the status of a sixth-grade official, Wailang. This status, compared with the official of Zhizhou, Ke Zhizhou could not offend the officials of the capital.

As for the lower-level county-level units, Chongzhen was no longer able to control them. He could only wait for them to gain a foothold first.

Suddenly a great god came with a will. As a local governor, Zhizhou had to carefully plan his journey, so even though Jin Yiwei had already sent an invitation in advance, Zhizhou still sent out the same invitation.

In this way, both parties will have etiquette and will be able to be harmonious in the future.

"Please also reply to Zhizhou, I will arrive on time."

"Then I'll leave first, General, you are busy."

Holding the invitation in his hand, Fan thought for a moment, handed it to the assistant beside him, walked to the backyard, and turned on the radio.

A Jin Yiwei from the other side came over, set up the solar panel, simply connected the battery, and stepped on the pedal generator.

As the computer started up, the situation in Jining was sent to the capital as scheduled.

In the afternoon, Fan went to attend Zhizhou's banquet. Jin Yiwei and Jun Jun put on their own clothes and pulled the movie projector to the largest open space in Jining and an intersection, Houjia Street.

The Jining Prefecture inspector was arbitrarily dragged over by Jin Yiwei and made into a strong man, and all the people at the intersection of the two streets were separated.

Then the Army began to arrange generators, projectors and other items, and several Army soldiers stood in front of the crowd wearing handsome uniforms and holding flintlock guns in their hands.

On the way to the army's deployment, the Jin Yiwei began to hold a loudspeaker and call along the road.

“I’ve come to watch a movie, I’ve gone to watch a movie. Movies that only the nobles from the capital can watch can now be watched for free!

The Emperor's personal army, the Royal Army, and the Imperial Guard jointly screened - The Legend of the Heroes of the Ming Dynasty.

Don’t you still know that Governor Lu was granted the title of Prince Lu? Don’t you still know what happened in the capital recently?

If you want to know, go to Houjia Street Caishikou and we will show you different movies and operas."

"Come to watch a movie! Come to watch a movie! Why did the Jiannu frequently attack the Ming Dynasty? Why did Liao's wages increase every year? Why did the capital need water transportation so much?

Is all this moral decay, or is there an unspeakable secret? Please tune in, Lu Xiangsheng, Prince Protector of the Ming Dynasty."

Jin Yiwei's shouts were full of novelty. People who didn't have much entertainment life, when they heard that there was a new opera and it could be watched for free, they all put down what they were doing and went to watch it.

The magistrate of Jining, King Lu, who had just arrived from Yanzhou Prefecture, and the nobles entertained Fan Cai with a banquet. However, under Fan Cai's persuasion, they also went to the movie screening room after a simple meal.

The areas where you can watch the movie on both streets were already full of people. Fan Cai and others, led by a guard in uniform, walked from the shop on one side to the window.

Across the street, amid the bustle of people and people on the rooftops all around, I watched a movie.

The group of people have all heard about the movie more or less, because Jining is not far from Daming Mansion, where the movie was recently shown.

At this moment, I was shocked to see the light suddenly light up on the movie screen, and the images appeared out of thin air on the already almost sunset screen.

The loudspeakers play simultaneously, and the number of people watching the movie is never small. Many people on the periphery still listen to the lines and narration even if they can't see it.

Various music and pictures, as well as exciting explanations, made people who could not see or see it all fascinated by it.

The nobles on the city wall watched the movie, but their expressions were different.

As an expatriate official, the prefect of Jining was very enthusiastic, and his views on Lu Xiangsheng were also extremely fervent.

King Lu stared at Chongzhen the whole time, thinking about something in his mind. He had a long-term view and analyzed many things that shocked him.

The other nobles in the city were in a state of indifference.

The movie shown this time has included the subsequent deeds of Chongzhen's pursuit of Lu Xiangsheng, shooting Gao Qiqian in front of the Monument to the Heroes of the National Defense, kissing children, and arranging the clothes of the veteran.

The last two points attracted a burst of applause from the onlookers, and the young people looked at the army soldiers saluting Chongzhen in the movie.

The specially placed light bulbs reflected the radiance of the metal parts on their bodies, making them look extremely mysterious and handsome.

Like Jining Prefecture, there are seven state capitals, starting from Dongchang in the north to Xuzhou in the south. Movie screening teams have been arranged in the state capitals along the canal, and Jining is not the first to arrive.

After all the teams arrived, they did not seize power from the local government, nor did they show their fangs. They just said they wanted to do business, do publicity, and organize the royal guards, so there was no backlash from the state governments.

There are also smart people in the prefecture and counties who can see their intentions, but they can't figure out which faction is fighting, whether they are selling things, and under the banner of Chongzhen, so they have taken no action for the time being and let them develop on their own.

After the movie screening, Fan Cai gave everyone present a newspaper and a copy of Royal Merchant's promotional merchandise before leaving.

This night, Jining Prefecture was as lively as when the capital first came into contact with the movie. People who watched the movie were discussing intensely, but no matter how they discussed, they could not do without Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng.

Through Lu Xiangsheng's righteous deeds and his performance in the movie, Chongzhen was successfully transformed into a wise king who loved the people like a son, cared about the people, discerned people with a keen eye, and cared about his soldiers.

The handsome costumes of the Royal Army and the latest promotion of the military camp have also made many young people in the city excited.

After Fan Cai and his assistant returned to the store, the store was basically decorated, but it was still missing the necessary goods.

"Instructor, His Majesty has replied."

"Show me quickly."

Fan Cai couldn't wait to take the note. After looking at it for a few times, he clapped his hands excitedly and tore the note into pieces.

"Great, Your Majesty will send a drone to airdrop the supplies in a moment. The large signal lights at the four corners of the yard should be prepared quickly, and the No. 2 box must be turned on as soon as possible.

It is Beijing time now, 7:20 pm, and the drone from the capital is expected to arrive after 9 o'clock."

"It's really amazing. Your Majesty is so amazing. You can deliver supplies even if you are thousands of miles apart."

While the two were talking, Chen Ye on the other end, after receiving Chongzhen's message, took the time to come over and join Chongzhen, driving a drone and cruising towards the south.

The longest video signal transmission distance of the drone is 500 kilometers. This is when there is no relay signal tower and Liaodong is relatively flat.

If there are mountains and mountains, the distance will be shortened, so a transfer station is needed at this time to extend its flight range so that the drone can fly farther.

According to the map, Jining is about 500 kilometers away from the capital in a straight line, and this distance is relatively dangerous for drones.

"Lao Zhu, the highest mountain in front should be Mount Tai."

"Is Mount Tai the highest mountain in Shandong? No wonder it is called the first of the five mountains. It is more than 1,400 meters high. It is so high."

"In the future, when I get to reality, I will take you to the nearly 9,000-meter Everest."

Listening to Chen Ye's words, Chongzhen imagined the height of more than six Mount Tai, which made him speechless.

The entire North China Plain has unique conditions that are suitable for long-distance flight of drones. Only Taishan Mountain is considered a high mountain and will block the signals of drones flying up to a thousand meters high.

Jining is not on the side of Mount Tai. If it weren't for insurance, Chongzhen and the others would have flown over directly.

"That mountain peak will be called Jade Emperor Peak in later generations. There seems to be a Taoist temple there now. What should I do?"

"It doesn't matter, just put it on another mountain peak. As long as there is a flat ground, the signal tower will be enough for the time being. I have already made several signs to warn them not to move."

"Okay, but this large generator only has 200 liters of oil in it, so it can generate almost 700 kilowatt hours of electricity.

The transfer station has 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour when it is on, and one hour of standby is basically one kilowatt-hour. The remaining 40 liters of fuel will alarm and add 150 liters of safety points. Remember not to add the wrong amount."

"Shopkeeper, please wait a moment, I will take note of this."

Chongzhen took out a book from the display window, which recorded the numbers and locations of a bunch of generators, as well as the amount of fuel used when the alarm occurred.

After the plane flew to the top of the mountain, the roaring sound alarmed the Taoist priests from various temples on Mount Tai.

Chongzhen didn't care. He turned on the airborne radar and scanned several side peaks without houses, looking for a fairly flat hilltop.

Drop a steel plate with more than a dozen two-meter-long pointed steel pipes welded to it, ten centimeters thick, ten square meters in size, and a 50-centimeter fence.

In an instant, under the weight of the steel plate, the steel pipe was driven into the soil on the top of the mountain and fixed.

Then the waterproof field transfer station and power station appeared smoothly on the steel plate, and several stone tablets were inserted around the fence.

Specially appointed by His Majesty the Ming Emperor!

No touching allowed, anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!
Chapter completed!