Chapter 989 Lay the telephone line to Daxia
As the telephone gradually installed in the Izumo city lord's mansions, the originally hazy veil on this new thing was finally unveiled.
No limit on distance, hundreds or thousands of miles, you can call at any time.
You can clearly hear the other person's voice.
Even the two city lords can use this thing to chat and chat about family matters.
If there is anything to do, there is no need to send someone else, just make a phone call.
Soon, everything about the phone swept across Izumo like a storm.
Whether on the streets or at the alleys, whether in brothels or restaurants, there are people discussing the phone number.
Coupled with the advertisement of "Homesickness, just make a phone call!", the limelight was unpredictable.
Ren Baqian's reputation also rose with it. The name "Tiangong" quickly replaced the original "poison warrior" and "stinky king"
Ren Baqian was very happy about this, and he finally didn't have to keep those two names on his back.
Fortunately, the poisonous man was the name Stinky King, which was often passed to his ears through the Duwei Mansion, and he would feel inexplicably sad every time.
It was the feeling that I felt like I had become a bed bug crossing the street.
What followed was a large number of private orders.
Especially for those families and chambers of commerce, the high installation costs and monthly rent of telephones are not a problem for them, and the benefits of timely communication are countless.
In just half a month, more than 40 royal communication stores spread across Izumo received orders for more than 7,000 phone installations, and a total of more than 40,000 phones were required to install more than 40,000 phones.
On average, six phones are installed on an order. Many chambers of commerce and families have several cities in the range of activities, and each city is equipped with one.
This number is ten times the number of telephones installed by the Dayao court and Izumo city.
It can be seen that the prosperity of Izumo people and the popularity of Izumo people for telephone calls.
With Ren Baqian's current personnel, he can install more than 300 telephones a day, and these more than 40,000 telephones will be installed for more than three months...
In addition, the telephone installations of various cities and Tianjing Land in the southern part of Dayao will be filled up within at least half a year.
With those public telephones expected to fill the entire city of Dayao, it is expected to take at least one year.
And one month later, Ren Baqian received a special phone call to install.
"Your Highness, you won't even refuse such a small request, right? Don't forget that we are still... partners now!" Qing Lian looked at Ren Baqian with a smile.
Well, the word partner is still what she saw from the book that Ren Baqian got.
"You asked me to lay the phone cable to Daxia?" Ren Baqian said with a smile: "Do you know how much it costs to lay these cables alone?"
Qing Lian smiled and looked at Ren Baqian and slowly spoke: "Your Highness is calling that telephone cable. Your Highness uses 20 pairs of telephone cables, one thousand meters of consumables, and 15.1 kilograms of copper, which contains 51%, which means that 7.7 kilograms of copper and 7.4 kilograms of insulating material per kilometer.
A total of 2,400 kilometers from Tiecai Pass to Xiaoyujing, and we need Xiaoyujing to Longchuan, Jiangzhe, Qibei, Duyao, Shendong, Shenglong, Shengqing, Wulu Pass, and eight routes, totaling 6,300 kilometers.
Adding to the previous two thousand four hundred kilometers, a total of eight thousand seven hundred kilometers.
The weight of a copper coin is four to five grams, so we calculate it in five grams. One tael of silver costs 1,200 copper, which is equivalent to six kilograms. I also slightly estimate the price of rubber. One kilogram does not exceed 100 copper, which is half the price of copper.
From this, it can be concluded that not counting manpower, the cost per kilometer is 2180 copper.
Just counting as two taels of silver, the total is only 17,400 taels of silver.
We can pay 200,000 taels of silver.
Of course, I also know that these silver is nothing in the eyes of Your Highness. It’s just that Daxia is vast and only His Highness has the technology of this telephone. In the future, the entire Daxia will rely on His Highness in this regard.
These eight routes are just the beginning, or His Highness did it with his own hands.
But Your Highness’s easy-to-doing is of great use to us! We are so grateful to Your Highness!”
Ren Baqian looked at Qing Lian's confident face and felt even more and more apology. It was a waste to use such talents to fight and kill.
Scientific research should be her destination.
The stars and sea should be her goal.
"You should continue to study in the school!"
"Are those sword masters doing well with Your Highness?" Qing Lian said with a smile. "When this place is over, I may have to come to join Your Highness like them!"
"I really have to accept your favor in this matter! I can't forget it, you don't need to remind me!" Ren Baqian said with a slap in the case.
"It's not that I can't agree to you." Ren Baqian thought about whether he needed to take this opportunity to give them a tax-free agreement to open a communications company in Daxia in the future.
Merchants in this world have to pay taxes, and so do communications companies.
Especially after more than ten or twenty years later, after everything in Daxia was stable, with the population base of Daxia, it is not necessary that a few talented people could copy and research telephones and switches.
No, but no one thought of it.
More than ten or twenty years have been enough for them to develop principles based on physical objects.
At that time, this agreement would give royal communications a huge advantage in the market.
But if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t matter much to me and these little thoughts about me and these people.
This is not the earth, not the world where everything is linked to the economy.
The aliens outside the exile land and the exploration of this world are their goals.
Qing Lian saw Ren Baqian thinking about it, and after waiting for a while, he took the initiative to speak: "What are your highness's requests?"
"Forget it, nothing more. It's just that it won't work in a short period of time. There's not enough manpower. It's not a year later!" Ren Baqian calculated the time in his mind.
"Although I don't know what Your Highness is thinking, I think Your Highness has given up a request that is beneficial to Your Highness. Qing Lian thanks you here!" Qing Lian was so thoughtful. Looking at Ren Baqian's expression, he probably guessed something, but he didn't know the specifics.
"You!" Ren Baqian pointed at her: "It's good to know in your heart. Don't behave like a good person if you get a cheaper one!"
Qing Lian chuckled and said again: "I think the route is not complicated, we can complete most of it ourselves. Your Highness only needs to send a few people to help. I believe that your Highness can still send out this number of people."
Ren Baqian once again felt that it was a pity for Qing Lian to fight and kill with those chaotic troops.
Such talents are still a leader even if they are not sent to the research institute!
Nowadays, no one of the students he most likes in the academic institution, whether they have knowledge or their thorough thoughts, can compare with her.
What a pity!
"That's it, I'll send ten people to help you!" Ren Baqian nodded.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Qing Lian did not show any joy when she was successful in her trip.
In fact, she never worried about it.
Therefore, after the negotiations were completed, Qing Lian said: "It was a business before, and now the business is done. Qing Lian first wants to congratulate Your Highness and Emperor Da Yao for their joy in the Qilin son!"
If it is someone else, you naturally need to get closer before talking about business.
In Qing Lian's mind, there is no need to do this at all.
"Qing Lian has received several ancient scrolls these days, and this time she brings a gift as a little princess!"
Ren Baqian subconsciously said, "Have you dug someone's grave?"
Qing Lian covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your Highness will hit it as soon as he guesses!"
Chapter completed!