At this time, Zhao Si added a few words, "Last year, the counties were slightly adjusted and the names of the counties were changed. Qinchuan County was changed to Shaanxi County, Qilu County was changed to Shandong County, Donghai County was changed to Zhejiang County, and Huaixi County merged with Huaidong County.
It is Jianghuai County, and Yangzhou is divided into Jiangdong County... Then add an abbreviation for each county, Henan County is Yu, Hedong County is Jin, Hebei County is Hebei... Jianghuai County is Wan, Jiangdong County is Wu, and Zhejiang County
For Vietnam...in addition to balancing the regional economy, cooperating with the emergency reporting system is also a reason."
"In the emergency reporting system, there are destinations and places of origin. The abbreviations of these counties are one word, which only requires one set of codes, which saves a lot of trouble. Each month has another name, each month has thirty days, and each day also has an abbreviation. One East, Two Winters
...Twenty-nine beautiful, thirty-thirty. Of course, these are all plain text, and there are also cipher texts. They are based on the plain text and then add one or two layers of shells. They are also adjusted regularly. Most people cannot decipher it at all.
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After speaking, Zhao Si motioned to Xia Chi to continue.
"It's your Majesty! Dear officials, this emergency reporting system was first set up by the Ministry of War between Chicang and Zhuquemen, and then expanded to the area between Luoyang City and Kaifeng City. It has been running secretly for almost three years and has been established.
A complete set of perfect operating mechanisms. Then the first official emergency line from Xi'an City to Kaifeng via Luoyang was officially built."
"...For example, what you see now is called a base station, also called an ant station. The emergency callers at the base station do not need to know what the code means. They only need to transmit the code sent from the previous station intact.
Go to the next station, and at the same time supervise that the next station will be passed on unchanged."
"Between ten to twenty stations, there will be a sub-station, also called a festival station. This station is usually built on the county or state city tower. Between fifty to one hundred stations, there will be a collection station.
Also called a nest station, it is usually established in Zhili Prefecture or a county town..."
"...The sub-stations and collection stations are generally the intersection points of several branches. The emergency operators here need to translate the codes and transmit the information that should be transmitted to the state and county officials. At the same time, according to the weather conditions, such as heavy fog and heavy rain,
, choose to transmit it from the branch with better situation, so as not to delay things. In addition, each station is also equipped with a red indicator light, which is used to transmit emergency information at night. That is a different set of codes, which will not be introduced in detail below. "
Changsun Moli suddenly asked: "Is the delivery speed of this emergency reporting system fast?"
"Returning to Mr. Changsun, if the weather is fine, the transmission time of a set of codes is about ten seconds. We have done tests. A brief emergency report, from Xi'an to Kaifeng City, passed through 147 base stations and 15
It can be delivered to a branch station in thirty minutes, and the time it takes to complete the delivery depends on the length of the emergency report."
"What!" Everyone present understood this sentence and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
"It should be 1,100 miles from Xi'an City to Kaifeng City. Can the emergency report be delivered in thirty minutes?" Changsun Moli asked in disbelief.
Xia Chi replied affirmatively: "Yes, that's right. My subordinate was the inspector of the test at the time. He was at the scene. The dispatch time was specifically added to the emergency report, and it was accurate to the minute."
"Incredible!" Everyone exclaimed.
One thousand one hundred miles, eight hundred miles in a hurry, it takes a day and a night, how can it be compared with thirty minutes? Besides, eight hundred miles in a hurry, how many good horses and postmen must be prepared along the way? Such a huge cost, in addition to emergency military information
, who dares to use it easily?
I really don’t use it more than once a year.
But this emergency reporting system is different. After spending a huge amount of money to build it, it can be used every day - as long as the weather is clear.
Zhao Si curled his lips. With the French "telegraph" (remote writer) system during the Napoleonic period, it only took more than 20 minutes to send a briefing from Toulon to Paris, 700 kilometers away. This was the speed recorded by newspapers at the time.
There is still a gap in my system, and I still need to work hard. To put it this way, would the emperor in the parallel world say that I am too Versailles? He was in the 19th century, when all kinds of technologies were emerging. Now, I am
It was still only the twelfth century.
"However, the flaws of this system are also obvious." Zhao Si spoke quickly to suppress the various strange ideas that several important ministers were popping out. If they were not stopped, they might think of relying on this system to bring them with them.
The soldiers attacked Guanghan Palace.
"First of all, the cost is very high. On average, one base station needs to be built every thirty miles, and one substation needs to be built every three hundred to five hundred miles. Each base station requires two to three people; each substation requires four to five people.
The station has more manpower. Think about it, how many base stations and sub-stations do we need to build in DaSong? How many manpower are needed? How much money do we need to maintain each year?"
"Secondly, it is greatly affected by the weather. Heavy fog, heavy rain, and heavy snow will not work. It must be sunny. Even if a red and yellow light system is configured, it cannot make up for it much. Because signaling by flashing red and yellow lights is more complicated.
The requirements for manpower are higher.”
"The third point is that the information conveyed must be brief. If it is slightly longer, it will be very inconvenient and error-prone."
Changsun Moli said slowly from the side: "Your Majesty, you have taught us before that everything in the world has its advantages and disadvantages. Even if the emergency reporting system has many disadvantages, the speed of transmission is enough to make up for it. The cost is high, so we can open it up
Part of it is for civilian use. The most important thing for each chamber of commerce is the rapid transmission of information. Su Xingfang once joked to his ministers that for them, every minute and second is money."
"If some parts are opened for civilian use, those chambers of commerce will spare no effort to convey important information - our emergency reporting system charges per word, and the fee can be raised very high. In this way, we will enter the virtuous circle that His Majesty mentioned before.
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"Secondly, Guan Jia, you have been teaching us that technology is accumulated and developed, and it must be accumulated and precipitated before it has a chance to explode. The current Song Dynasty is accumulating, and the emergency reporting system is also accumulating. I believe that maybe a few decades later,
Better technology will emerge to replace the emergency reporting system. The emergency reporting system is its forerunner."
Zhao Si looked at his eldest son, Moli, who was worthy of being my loyal minister. He thought more long-term than ordinary people. He insisted on establishing an emergency reporting system, and spent nearly ten years in the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping and the Institute of Geography to conduct research on all states in the Song Dynasty.
After the county conducted a detailed survey, it began to implement it on a large scale, with the purpose of preparing for future telegraph and railways.
With the emergency reporting system, future telegraph and railway routes will not require too much investigation. They will just follow the routes of this system. Because the emergency reporting system is completely laid out and routed according to the surveyed main mountain and river terrain trends.
is also the shortest distance between the two places.
Zhao Si and other ministers gathered around the base station of the emergency reporting system under construction and visited with great interest.
Changsun Moli, Zeng Baohua, Xue Yugui and other local officials exchanged glances secretly.
They became increasingly aware that with this emergency reporting system that could be delivered quickly, over time, the central government would have tighter and tighter control over the local area.
"Our goal now is to build an emergency reporting system between Kaifeng City and various counties within five years. Within ten years, we will build an emergency reporting system centered on the capital city and covering all Zhili prefectures and important prefectures and cities."
Zhao Si smiled and said: "This is just a preliminary idea. It is very difficult. We must do it step by step. A new Song Dynasty includes many aspects."
He looked at the few ministers who relied on him and said meaningfully: "I have been talking about building a new Song Dynasty. Many people regard it as a simple emperor and ministers, monarch and ministers. How can it be so simple?
"New" means a new look from head to toe, from inside to outside, it is not as simple as replacing old bottles with new wine."