Liu Mingqi’s biggest feeling when she came to this world was the inconvenience of transportation and communication.

The inconvenient transportation makes the connection between different places less closely.

If there is a high-speed rail network for later generations, you can arrive from Chengdu to Shanghai within one day and directly from Beijing to Shenzhen, then there is really nothing that can separate the country.

The inconvenience of communication has made it hindered everyone's communication and many things cannot be summarized as soon as possible.

All kinds of information cannot be effectively transmitted.

This is why the rich people in ancient times, even before the Internet was popularized, had strong local characteristics; and after the Internet was popularized, the rich people were all facing the whole country, and those who rely on local businesses basically had no trouble.

But my Lao Ganma is an exception, he is a god.

Of course, this one is just this one from beginning to end, and her two sons have already started to lose their fortunes. It is estimated that after 10 or 20 years, Lao Ganma will either fall into decline or be acquired by capital, and the legend will no longer be born.

Back in front of you.

Ge Songdao is now on the way to Yibin.

Because the Minjiang River has risen sharply, even if the Dujiangyan releases water to destroy Ziyang downstream, more water flows to Yibin and converges with the Jinsha River.

Ziyang is a flood discharge area in Chengdu, but fortunately, it is Tuojiang River next to them. The water flow directly returns to the Tuojiang River, so it will not suffer for long.

Besides, they had harvested rice in advance before, and even if they delayed for a few more days and then dried it, the loss would not be too great.

Because the water levels along these routes soared, Gesong Road could not go through the waterway, but could only go through the official road.

At this time, the official road cannot be walked very quickly, and it will not be possible to reach Yibin in two or three days.

But halfway through, flying pigeons from all over the world had to fly over. It was impossible for him to receive it on the road, right?

Fortunately, after decades of practice, officials have already established a set of standards.

At this moment, Fei Ge usually sends letters to Chengdu.

After summarizing the officials in Chengdu, we estimated where the governor should go to at night today, and to which town to send the flying pigeon to.

If the carrier pigeon arrives but Ge Songdao has not arrived, he can wait for a day and a half.

If Ge Songdao had already left when the carrier pigeon arrived, then the officials in this place would have to send another town immediately.

Tell me, is it troublesome to pass on such a flying pigeon?

When Chen Xinggui talked about this method, Liu Mingqi was beginning to think about whether to start in a few years and do telegram communication seriously?

I can do it even in the Qing Dynasty. There is no reason why I have a future zongzheng like me, and with such loose conditions, I still can't do it, right?

In fact, making a telegram is too simple for Liu Mingqi.

There is a special discipline in physics that is about modern electrostatic telegraph and radio telegraph.

In the era when Liu Mingqi grew up, telegraphs had almost become history and did not assume any specific and important functions. Therefore, in order to practice this subject, he and his classmates built a one-kilometer-long telegraph line in the back mountain of the school to realize static telegraph communication.

In fact, this is enough.

There is no difference between the principles and functions, long-distance and short-distance.

As long as this telegram line is expanded, a telegram network connecting the whole country will be formed.

Even if the terrain of some places is dangerous and cannot be obtained, with telegrams and communications from most places, the power of timely feedback and contact is far from comparable to the ability to deliver cars, horses and boats.

But this requires a lot of money, manpower and material resources.

It is impossible for the court to pay this money.

My Qing Dynasty made telegraph lines all over the country, and it was not paid by the court, but by the wealthy businessmen.

Li Hongzhang said in his memorial, "In the past five years, my country has created power lines in various provinces along the river and coastal areas, with a total of more than 10,000 miles. The country has not spent much, and the huge amount comes from the people."

The people naturally do business, but from another aspect, it also helps the various mobilizations of the court.

For example, the battle between us and the Gaul Rooster in Zhennan Pass was thanks to telegrams for the mobilization of various materials and the dispatch of various armies.

It was also Li Hongzhang's report on the news that "At that time, the generals reported military information, and the court conveyed instructions, all of which were moved by camera without any obstacles. China has never used military force so quickly since ancient times. The ministers went on a mission to ask questions and answers, and arrived day and night, thousands of miles apart seemed to be living together in the courtyard."

But Li Zhongtang never expected it.

Just a few years after he and Cixi passed away, the progressive people of the new army directly overthrew our Qing Dynasty by relying on various radio connections.

If there were no convenient contacts and no telegram, I might be able to hold on to the Qing Dynasty for a few years.

Telegrams have had such a great effect on the Qing Dynasty, and they are naturally of great use for Dakang, which actively promotes commerce.

There is no need for Liu Mingqi to be eager for quick success and instant benefits.

As long as telegrams can be popularized in important towns within thirty years, it can be called infinite merit!

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This matter will not be mentioned for the time being.

No matter how much you want to act, you must wait until Liu Mingqi integrates the royal family and make a lot of money by relying on the products of Prince Yu’s mansion to have the ability and interest to promote this huge project.

It’s important to take care of the moment now.

Since Ge Songdao said that Liu Mingqi could be exposed to documents related to flood disasters, Chen Xinggui could also collect copies of these documents from the government office to show him.

Those food merchants were very fast.

In just two days, they have bought 12 million stones of bran in suburban areas such as Xindu, Xinfan, Longquan, Shuangliu, Pixian and other areas around Chengdu.

This is the foundation of the Chengdu Plain, a place that carries the reputation of the country of Tianfu.

This hasn't ended yet.

This is only within a 50-mile range around Chengdu. If the redemption and purchase range is extended to a distance of 100 miles, it is the essence of all the Chengdu Plain.

No wonder Ge Songdao was so confident in exchange for enough food.

Sichuan has a population of only 8 million. Even if one million are affected, so much bran is enough for them to live.

Besides, in Sichuan, it happened that the rainstorm was rushing to harvest rice in a few days.

Now the rain has completely stopped. As long as the rice is dried, you can use it to remove the shell and get the rice and obtain the food.

The harvest this year was not in vain, and most of the people were not suffering that much.

Only those ordinary people whose homes are flooded have no choice - even if you harvest rice and your homes are flooded, where will you put it?

So all the rice was destroyed, so they could only be rescued through Chengdu.

The disaster situation in various places was sent to the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office to summarize them one by one.

Liu Mingqi saw reports from Yibin and Chongqing.

Four of the seven counties under Yibin were flooded, and the prefectures and cities were almost flooded.

The affected fields are as high as millions of acres, and more than 300,000 people are affected.

That's pretty light.

Chongqing has become the worst place without exception.

The Minjiang River and Jinsha River converge in Yibin to form the main trunk of the Yangtze River, rushing all the way to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The first stop is Chongqing.

However, Chongqing is even more powerful than Yibin, and it is the place where the four rivers meet!

The Jinsha River, which originated from Shaanxi, directly gathered with the Fu River and Qu River, and then hurriedly converged with the Yangtze River in Chongqing.

Take a look!

On weekdays, Chongqing is a place that is prone to floods, not to mention that all these rivers have increased their flow due to heavy rains.

It doesn’t matter if one or two is one. All of them increase the water flow, which will make people die!

Among the eighteen counties under Chongqing, only three were not affected by the disaster.

Thanks to Chongqing as a mountain city, there are far fewer people living in the middle of the plains and basins, so the number of people affected here is only more than 500,000.

There were less than a million people in total.

After saying this, I still feel a little grateful.

At least it was not flooding on the Chengdu plain, nor was it unlucky in densely populated areas.

Compared to Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi, it is probably better.

But so many people are affected by disasters, it is still a troublesome to deal with.

Sichuan governor Zhang Zizhe sent documents five times within seven days, his tone getting more anxious.

This is the latest one.

"The humble job is located in the urban area of ​​Chongqing. People who have been displaced due to floods, both young and old, cry without food, clothing and no place to stand, not to mention the criticality of the people in other rural areas.

Beizhi begs the Lord to send troops to help the people as soon as possible, and transport food, honeycomb coal and other materials as soon as possible. This is a blessing for our Chongqing people! You will be grateful to the Lord for saving thousands of people from the fire and water!"

Zhang Zizhe has a somewhat similar personality to Ge Songdao, and is also a student of the Legalist.

He was talking in this tone, which shows how bad the situation in Chongqing was.

Ge Songdao probably knew this situation, so he hurriedly went to Yibin to stay in Yibin. He thought he wanted to rely on Yibin's manpower and materials to relieve Chongqing's sleepiness!
To be continued...