Chapter 314 "Telegraph" Experiment
What a dangerous era. With this thought in mind, Paul returned to Lake Town by boat.
Orcs, rebels... He used to think that they were all far away from him, but as he came into contact with more and more people and things, he suddenly felt that they were close at hand.
The Lord's Castle, the tallest building in Lake Center Town, appeared in front of him, and then there was the whole town... Maybe it shouldn't be called a town. All kinds of people are constantly pouring into Lake Center Town, including Alda Local workers, resident businessmen doing business, various talents recruited from the south, and some refugees resettled here, the population of Huxin Town has exceeded 10,000.
The island originally located in Lake Weiss naturally could not accommodate such a large population, so large-scale construction work was being carried out on the south bank, and simple houses were built one after another. The island in the middle of the lake was not actually located in the middle of Lake Weiss. The center is closer to the south shore of Lake Weiss and connected to the land through a newly built double arch bridge.
In the outer parts of the South Bank residential area, there are several new factories that are still under construction. With the end of the Northwest Gulf War and the recovery of various trade routes, the Government Administration has increased the output of various commodities in a timely manner.
A small town is gradually taking shape. Looking at the new houses, Paul's heart gradually calms down. This is his home in this world. No matter how rough the waves are outside, here is Always a haven where you can take shelter from the wind.
This time when he returned to Lake Town, only Schroeder came back with him. After discussion, the army left the second infantry battalion in Manda. Other troops will take the navy's warships back to Arda one after another. Also returning were the militiamen drafted during the war, who were to be disbanded and sent home, as were the auxiliaries raised locally.
The Arda army will eventually retain a size of about 5,000 people, including 6 infantry battalions, an independent artillery company, an independent transport company, and a naval force of more than 1,000 people.
Old manager Ford led the people from the Government Affairs Council to greet him at the dock. After chatting with everyone for a while, Betty came to him full of excitement.
"Paul! Paul!" She was the only one in the entire territory who called the lord by his first name, no matter how big or small.
"Looking at you so excited, something good must have happened, right?"
"Yes! Let me tell you..."
Irene's current expression Just like a child who has perfect scores in the exam and is waiting for praise from his parents, "Our first flag-raising signal line is completed!"
"Oh! That's great!"
This was really an unexpected surprise. Since the second war in the Northwest Gulf started, he had not paid much attention to the construction of the [Chapu Telegraph], and he had only pushed it to Irene and Old Ford. Paul's personality is the kind of person who is passionate for three minutes. He is okay with the overall plan and outline design. Once he gets to the details of each link of the plan and the detailed steps of project implementation, his enthusiasm immediately drops.
According to the plan, the first communication line is [Fulan Port-Huxin Town-Butuya].
Paul asked eagerly: "Is it easy to use? Has it been used to convey any messages?"
Irene held the hem of the skirt on both sides with both hands, bowed lightly, and saluted Paul. After raising the skirt, he said with a smile: "We have passed the internal test, but we still have to wait for you, the earl, to come back and demonstrate it publicly."
Paul rubbed his hands and said happily: "I am impressed. My heart is so deep in my heart.”
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Two days later, a large group of people gathered in the small square outside the Lord's Castle in Huxin Town. The people were informed that the Lord would publicly experiment with a long-distance communication method, using different signals to represent different The words are relayed to the distance through high towers.
At the same time, there were also crowds of people around the newly built high tower near Fulan Port City Hall. Among the crowd were the mayor Theodore, consultant Peter, Navy Commander Austin, as well as big businessmen such as Todd and Godwin. and factory owners, who are all waiting for the first long-distance signal communication experiment in the Northwest Bay.
The signal tower in Lake Center Town is the tower on the Lord's Castle. As the hub of the entire communication network in the plan, and in order to minimize the time consumed in obtaining emergency messages, Paul of course let the [base station] rely on himself The closer, the better. With everyone watching, Paul walked out of the gate of the castle, stood on the steps and shouted loudly to the people: "You must already know what we are going to do next. In order to test this new communication method, I thought about it and made the following decision. ——”
"Everyone present will make suggestions on what news we should send——"
As soon as Paul finished speaking, the square exploded with a bang. The first sentence of the long-distance communication experiment was proposed by the person Maybe it will go down in history.
Everyone used their brains to think of the most powerful words they could come up with, and the whole square was buzzing with discussions.
The attendants set out a table and placed quills, ink and white paper on it. Paul continued to shout: "The experimental process is like this. We first pass the message to Fulan Port, and then pass it back intact from Fulan Port. The sender of the message confirms whether the message sent back is consistent with the original message. Difference. So, who will provide the first message? Someone has thought about it and written it on the paper."
To his surprise, the crowd in the square was silent.
After the initial excitement passed, people thought that this was an experiment of extraordinary significance. What if they said something wrong and were blamed by the lord?
Hansel on the side bowed to Paul and suggested: "The Earl has the highest status here. If you don't write it yourself, then someone you designate should do it..."< br>
Paul said: "Okay, Hansel, then I will pick someone."
His eyes scanned the melon-eating crowd over and over again, and he saw a familiar figure. , so he pointed forward and shouted: "Morrison! Come on!"
The vice-president of the monastery, crowded in the crowd and watching, was stunned, pointing to his nose, "Me?" ”
Paul confirmed: "Yes! It's you!"
The onlookers immediately pushed Morrison to the front of the table. It was obvious that Mr. Vice-President was a little nervous.
What kind of sentence should I write? This sentence must have meaning. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to make a random statement? Morrison scratched his head.
Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and picked up a pen to write down a sentence.
Soon this piece of paper was delivered to the tower of the Lord's Mansion. The onlookers held their breaths and stared unblinkingly at the signal arm towering high on the tower, which was transmitting the message. It is continuously placed into different shapes under the operator's operation.
Finally, the signal arm stopped swinging, and the next step was to wait for Fulan Port to transmit it back - if the message could arrive successfully.
The square was abuzz again, and people began to speculate about what Morrison wrote that sentence, or whether the news would arrive as expected.
Less than 20 minutes had passed since the signal arm stopped swinging. A servant suddenly ran out of the castle gate. He held up a piece of paper and shouted excitedly: "Back!" Back!"
The square became lively, and then quickly fell silent. People listened quietly to the attendant reading out the message on the paper:
"If successful, you will take a bath soon. In Sogo! ”
Morrison shouted: "Exactly!"
With a bang, the square was boiling. You know, running back and forth between Huxin Town and Fulan Port will take almost a day even if you are riding a horse.
(End of this chapter)