It is also a loss for the fact that the coins in the Ming Dynasty are all new-style coins, so a lot of copper materials are saved, and a steam engine is used as a power to pull out very thin and even copper wires.

As for insulation, it depends on raw paint, and a thin bamboo tube with raw paint is also covered with thin paint on the outside. It is only in the capital city, which is fine, but if you want to pull it to Nanjing and save it to the fifteenth capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is still unrealistic, and you need to wait for the rubber tree.

Unless, there is money tossing!

Because of the golden finger that travels through time, science no longer develops according to the natural process. Originally, there was a telegram first and then a telephone. Now, the telephone comes out first, and the telegram is embarrassing.

With the demonstration role of the imperial palace and the highest yamen in the Ming Dynasty, this demonstration role is actually not needed. Just to realize the ability that even gods cannot do in the legend, the popularity of this telephone can be imagined.

As long as you can invent something and solve it with money, it is no longer a problem.

Just as Zhang Mingwei's suggestion, a telephone joint-stock group was established. Logically speaking, this was invented by Zhang Mingwei and belonged to him alone.

But he understood that any good thing, one person, would not last long.

So, as always, he donated this good thing, and established the Telephone Co., Ltd. Group, which gave the imperial court's 50% shares, left five percent himself, gave Emperor Chongzhen ten percent, and took out another 35% to raise funds.

The fundraising method is still the same as before, divided into 15% of the shares, auctioned in Beijing and Nanjing. It is also necessary to deposit deposits through banks to give banks the opportunity to further attract deposits.

After some operation, it was equivalent to the imperial court not spending a penny, and the Telephone Co., Ltd. Group was established and started to operate.

Among them, it is divided into two parts: official and civil.

On the government side, the Ministry of Revenue of the Court paid for the wire-pulling and installation of telephones; as for the people, whoever has more money will be able to install the telephone. At the beginning, this telephone is definitely not something that ordinary people can afford.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen is rich and confident. After finding that this phone was too convenient, he waved his pen and even if he spent more money, he had to pull the phone line to major towns, such as Nanjing and other places.

I have to say that this will cost a lot of money.

However, when the capital goes to Nanjing, it is not about how many long telephone lines it takes to set up to the capital from Nanjing, but about separating this. First, if the capital goes to Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture, the cost, or the pressure of pulling the line, will be much smaller.

For the north, the biggest difficulty in pulling the line is how to pass through the wide rivers.

It’s okay if you have a bridge, you can pull a line to cross the bridge; but if you don’t have a bridge, you have to rely on ferrying, that’s a difficult point to overcome.

For the south, high mountains and ridges are a difficult point, with more rivers and lakes. Pulling a telephone line along the road is an option, but there will be a lot of lines.

In short, the job of pulling the string is not as simple as imagined, and there are also problems such as rain, snow, floods, etc.

Zhang Mingwei basically didn't worry about these issues. Since he established a special telephone group, they would naturally find ways to solve the problem themselves. Only when they could not solve the problem would they go to him.

It should be noted here that the two contents of the production of telephone and cable are not included in the Telephone Co., Ltd. There are also two other companies for operation.

Unlike other companies, the two experimental groups brought by Zhang Mingwei with his apprentice were renamed as the Research Institute. They hold shares in their company and the shares they earned are not allowed to be sold. The dividends are used for the welfare of the Research Institute and further scientific research.

The leading personnel of these research institutes have official positions in the court and are also under the head of the Science and Technology Department under the Ministry of Industry.

This model is also found in several previous inventions of Zhang Mingwei, such as steam engines, spinning machines, etc.

Because of all this, there is room for improvement.

For Zhang Mingwei, his power alone is limited, and it is impossible to participate in everything. After starting a head, he will point them in the direction, and the rest will have to be spent on their energy to improve.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty is now in peace and prosperity, with a large population base and talents of all kinds can be found.

The most important thing is that the treatment of each research institute is obvious to all. Not only can you get official positions in the court, but you can also have the opportunity to be taught by Duke Xingguo and appreciated by the current emperor; but you can also have money to benefit your family.

All of this is naturally very attractive to those smart talents.

If you want to join the research institute, you must be familiar with the content of the research institute, and be able to master the relevant new theories.

This led the people to spontaneously learn new things.

Before, the local government recommended it to Duke Xingguo to pass the interview immediately. However, the new student will soon join the scientific examination, and you must check the scientific examination results in the future, which made the Ming scholars attach great importance to the new study.

Under such a background, even if the Confucius family in Qufu did not rebel, they still existed and could not stop the general trend of the times. The impact of the new learning on the Four Books and Five Classics is unparalleled.

The reason for this is ultimately because of the practicality of the new learning. Zhang Mingwei, the cheater, applied the most practical application and changed the Ming Dynasty.

The wealth brought by these changes that can be seen by the naked eye, even if Zhang Mingwei's status is not so high, it will definitely be accepted by the world. Because it is all interests and can bind everyone's interests!

Of course, Zhang Mingwei's status is also beneficial to have a high level of status and great power, at least it will be smoother at the beginning. This makes the popularization of new learning affect the entire Ming Dynasty in just a few years and impact the status of the Four Books and Five Classics.

It can be said that under the leadership of Zhang Mingwei, the Ming Dynasty became energetic and opportunities were everywhere. As long as it was not lazy people who were lazy and refused to work in bed, they would definitely make money.

It was almost the end of the 20th year of Chongzhen, and the Portuguese prince Theodosio arrived at the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible, accompanied by Johnson.

Theodosio couldn't wait to rest in Haojingao, so he rushed to the capital immediately. Along the way, Du Chen, who stayed in Haojingao, told Theodosio about what happened in the Ming Dynasty in the past year.

Theodosio was actually only thirteen years old at this time.

Although people in ancient times were precocious, this precocious puberty was actually limited.

Once we arrived at the Ming Dynasty, we were shocked by the territory of the Ming Dynasty. We couldn't even calculate it. How many Portugals are large, one hundred or two hundred? Anyway, Portugal is used as the unit of measurement, and it seems that this unit is too small. At least Spain is better calculated.

Not to mention, along the way, Theodosio heard about the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Luzon has become the place of the Ming Dynasty, and the Spaniards here were destroyed by the Ming army. There are also the Dutch, who had already heard about this when he was in Portugal.

For him, Spain was a powerful country and a country that needed to be looked up to. Although the troops in the Far East colonies were not large, they were destroyed by the Ming army, which was really shocked to him.

As we headed north, we saw the large population of the Ming Dynasty, so that he made many jokes.

With so many people and such a prosperous city, it should be the capital of the Ming Dynasty?

As a result, this is a small town that is not in the ordinary!

Then the next one must be true. The more people there are, the more prosperous they are, they will probably catch up with the famous Paris.

As a result, this is just an ordinary city in the Ming Dynasty!

In short, Theodosio went north and saw one prosperous city after another, refreshing his understanding again and again.

There are also new things he saw in the Ming Dynasty, which made him open his eyes wide and feel like he was blindingly blind.

Less than halfway through, Theodosio was already impressed by everything about the Ming Dynasty.

However, he had another thing that was sober, which was the focus of attention his father had assigned him.

Therefore, when we arrived in Tongzhou and were about to arrive at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Theodosio closed his mind and began to pay attention to other missions.

After booking a train carriage and there were no outsiders in the carriage, he asked Johnson: "Last time, was it the Duke of Xingguo who talked about it?"

At this time, Theodosio's identity was the Duke of Braganza of Portugal.

"Yes, Lord Duke!" Johnson calmed down his mind after hearing this and quickly replied.

After confirmation, Theodosio immediately continued to ask: "So, do you also want to talk to this Duke Xingguo, can he represent the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Du Chen next to him couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Hisser Duke, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely listen to what the Duke of Xingguo said, so there is no need to doubt this!"

"Yes, no doubt, everyone knows this!" Johnson nodded and agreed.

After hearing this, Theodosio said "Oh", then his expression became more serious, and he said to Johnson: "What is this person's character? Are there anyone who doesn't keep his word?"

Hearing his doubts, Du Chen's face changed immediately. He immediately looked around, then breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Theodosio: "This sentence cannot be said in Ming Dynasty. By the way, it will attract the anger of the Ming people!"

When Theodosio heard this, he was a little stunned and came to his senses. He couldn't help but look around and looked around. After confirming that no one heard it, he said to Johnson: "Before I left, my father had repeatedly told me that I could not just listen to what the Ming people said, but also what they did. I confirmed that this was a trustworthy ally. Then the father authorized me to sign the covenant!"

After all, after thousands of mountains and rivers, once this covenant is signed, Portugal will become an alien among European countries in the future, and the pressure it will be imaginable. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the Ming Dynasty's leg is thick enough and can be held!
Chapter completed!