Zhu Zhanchun's words shocked Zhu Zhanchang. There was nothing he could do to rectify the officialdom, and Zhu Zhanchang did not dare to do it.

Rectifying the officialdom is much more difficult than suppressing bandits. Every one of them is scheming and intertwined. Not to mention Zhu Zhanjuan's, third uncle Zhu Gaosui has a headache every time he goes to the governor's office.

I thought it was impossible for Zhu Gaochi to agree no matter what.

But Zhu Gaochi uncharacteristically agreed to let him go this time: "Since you want to go, go ahead. If you do well, you will be rewarded heavily."

Zhu Zhanquan immediately smiled: "Thank you father, I will do everything beautifully."

"Things are beautiful for people to see. The main thing is to do things well and solve the problems. Do you understand?"

"My son understands."

Zhu Zhanzhen then took the errand and went to prepare. He imagined that he was riding a tall horse and looked mighty as a governor for heaven. He would definitely not lose to his second uncle and third uncle, nor would he lose to his eldest brother, let alone

He will lose to his fifth brother.

Looking at Zhu Zhanzhen's loyal back, Zhu Zhanzhen reminded him: "Father, my second brother is probably no match for those veterans of the officialdom."

"Your second brother has a character that never looks back, and he won't give up even if he gets into trouble. It's good to let him practice. You are better than him at this point."

"Oh, really?" Zhu Zhanchen was puzzled. He had obviously sneaked out, so why did Zhu Gaochi still think that he was better than him?

Zhu Gaochi explained: "With your temper, you will never hit the south wall when you see it. It is possible to climb over the wall and dig a hole to take a detour."

"Father was so impressed."

"I'm not complimenting you."

The laying of electric wires was not a small project, and every step in the palace was done with great care. From early in the morning, two hundred people including eunuchs and maids worked together to lay and build the wires, and it was only completed at dusk.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't wait to give it a try, so he picked up the phone in his study and called Zhu Zhanchen.

"Is Zhan Zhen here?"

"Father who is here."

"This sound is much clearer than the one you made before."

"Father, the craftsmanship is improving and will get better and better."

"Very good, keep doing it."

Zhu Zhanchen thought about it carefully. Telephones cannot only be made in the palace. For example, only by turning the telephone into a profitable project can we continue to develop it sustainably. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the princes and ministers.

The first wave of cutting these people with leeks is great.

Zhu Zhanzhen picked up the phone and dialed the main station and said: "Help me pick up the cabinet."

After a while, the phone was picked up. The person on the other side was Hu Guang, the chief minister of the cabinet. It was the first time for Hu Guang to use the phone and he was a little at a loss.

"Hey, hey, who's on the other side?"

Hu Guang heard the voice from the microphone, hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it His Highness the Fifth Prince? The veteran is Hu Guang."

"Mr. Hu Ge, have you had dinner?"

Hu Guang cleared his throat: "Go back to Your Highness, we are about to go back to the mansion."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Hu Ge. I'm just trying to see if the phone works."

This was Hu Guang's first time coming into contact with a telephone. He didn't expect that it could really transmit sounds thousands of miles away. He was instantly pleasantly surprised. This thing could save a lot of effort.

"Your Highness, do you know if this thing called a telephone is extremely expensive?"

"Expensive? It's not expensive. It costs only six to seven hundred taels of silver to make such a large sum of money in the palace." Zhu Zhanzhen still quoted an inflated price. In fact, the cost is earphones, microphones, wires, steam generators and other things.

Not counting R&D costs, less than two hundred taels is actually enough, but you have to calculate the profit.

If the quotation is low at the beginning, it will be difficult to raise the price later. Moreover, these ministers are all extremely rich. If you don't kill them, who will they kill?

"I wonder if I can install a phone like this in my home. I am old and have inconvenient legs, so it would be good to simply notify my family." Hu Guang was indeed interested in the telephone.

"Of course it's possible. Is Mr. Hu Ge free tomorrow? If so, I'll ask the craftsmen to come and take a look at your yard and see how to install it." Zhu Zhanyi agreed immediately.

"How dare you trouble Your Highness the Fifth Prince?"

"Mr. Hu Ge has worked hard and devoted himself to the country. I will personally bring someone to visit him tomorrow. It just so happens that I can also pay a visit to Mr. Hu Ge."

"Your Highness, how can this make me, veteran..."

"That's what Mr. Hu Ge has decided."

Zhu Zhanchen hung up the phone, and Hu Guang carefully put the receiver and microphone back to their original positions. He circled the phone several times and still felt it was magical.

In the eyes of people of his age, this is no different from a magical spell that transmits sounds thousands of miles away, but this child-like Fifth Highness seems to have made it very easily.

I have to lament that the times are developing. If old guys like them don't change, they may not be able to keep up with the times.

Isn’t this the first business that comes to your doorstep?

Consider each prefecture and hospital as a small unit. First, build a telephone system within each prefecture. Then, when the technical conditions are mature and can be used as a power plant, wires will be built to connect the prefectures. In this way

A telephone network emerged.

Nowadays, it is too difficult to build a power plant, and it is even more difficult to transport electricity over long distances. We need to build domestic ones first to let the demand grow.

Everyone will be able to make phone calls in the future.
Chapter completed!