1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 204 [Cross-sea telegram]

Dover.

This is the closest point to mainland Europe from mainland Britain.

Horse Whistle and Kelvin came to Dover, naturally for the ongoing construction of cross-sea cables.

Compared with the beginning of its establishment, General Electric finally has the appearance of a company, with a group of engineers and telegraphers, mainly the latter, who are the basis for the company's business operations.

Telegraph operators at this time are like programmers in the early 21st century.

They don't work like factory workers, but sit in a clean room, wear decent clothes, press buttons, and get paid a lot of money.

At this moment, the staff of Horse Whistle, Kelvin, and General Electric Company were intensively debugging the telegraph machine in the telegraph station.

"If there are no accidents, the cable on the French side will be able to pass through in an hour at most." Ma Whistle said.

Kelvin: "I hope everything goes well. Having said that, this cross-sea cable is really expensive. I don't know how long it will take for the company to recover the cost."

"It won't take long." Ma Shao said, "As long as the telegram is connected, the company will be crowded with customers who want to send telegrams every day."

Telegrams are very expensive, not to mention cross-sea telegrams. Just sending a few telegrams may cost an ordinary person's entire monthly income.

Despite this, the telegraph business is not worrying, and it is getting more and more prosperous.Especially speculative businessmen, for those who rely on information asymmetry to make a fortune, sending news with a few pounds is nothing at all.

Ordinary people are willing to spend some money to send a short telegram such as "Father's illness, please return soon" when encountering urgent matters.

Ma Shao: "Besides, after the news of the success of the transoceanic telegram is publicized, we will strike while the iron is hot and present the blueprint of the transoceanic telegram to people, and the company will be able to sell some of its shares at a wonderful price, which can bring in a lot of money .”

Kelvin asked again: "How long do you think it will take for transoceanic telegraphy to be realized? You should know that for thousands of miles of transoceanic cables, our current scheme is not feasible."

"It is true that it is much more difficult to cross the Atlantic Ocean than to cross the English Channel." Ma Shao must admit this, even with him and Kelvin, it is still quite challenging to realize the transatlantic cable.

This kind of super engineering involves all aspects of the field, and it is easy to be constrained by the framework of the times.Among other things, the transportation of thousands of miles of cables is not an easy task.

Even if you only consider money, spending £10,000+ is a conservative estimate.

If Horse Whistle were the ruler of England, he would certainly include the project in a five-year plan.

"But in any case, it is enough to attract investment..."

Just then, an engineer shouted: "The telegram is connected!"

"It's connected!" Everyone at the telegraph station became excited.

Soon, they received greetings from across the English Channel.

The skilled telegraph operator quickly translated the code like a simultaneous interpreter: "This is the Calais telegraph station, please reply if you receive it."

Horse Whistle and Kelvin's well-designed submarine cables worked as well as cables on land, allowing telegraph operators to clearly distinguish incoming signals.

After several attempts, the submarine line between Dover and Calais was confirmed to be unimpeded, and the cross-sea cable project was a complete success.

"We succeeded!" Many telegraph operators were very excited, and they felt that they had witnessed history.

The horse whistle also smiled, and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to London and tell the Queen and the husband the news."

"Also, inform the major newspapers that General Electric has successfully built the world's first transoceanic cable, and is planning a transatlantic cable to connect two continents!"

In fact, this news does not need to be spread deliberately-the newspaper office is one of the important customers of the telegraph station.

In Britain, the most developed place in the world, any newspaper office with a bit of pursuit will use telegrams to convey important news, and will specially mark "Telegraph News" on the newspaper to show the importance and urgency of the news.

Readers also liked this set, and were attracted to it as soon as they saw the large "Telegram".

So in just a few days, the success of the cross-sea cable spread throughout Europe.

General Electric, a little-known company that has just been established, has also become a top-notch star company, attracting much attention, adding fuel to the telegraph craze.

After the news reached London, Mashao also quickly received a reply from the King of England, asking him to go to see him.

Shortly after.

Buckingham Palace.

Horse Whistle once again saw Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

"You've done a good job, Horse Whistle, this cross-sea cable is more successful than I imagined." Prince Albert enthusiastically praised it almost as soon as we met, "The cable makes the obstruction of the English Channel insignificant. "

Queen Victoria also smiled and said: "Now as long as we stay in London, we can receive news from Europe very quickly."

Ma Shao said a few words of modesty and politeness.

Just when the host and guest are enjoying themselves.

Prince Albert suddenly changed the subject and said: "When the United States was at war with Mexico, I received a protest. The Americans believed that Britain sold revolvers to Mexico in violation of the patent law through the intermediary of Indians..."

Ma Shao lowered his head, his expression unchanged.

Prince Albert looked at him and continued: "At first I did think some British company did it, but never considered the possibility that the Indians themselves made and sold the revolvers."

He paused: "I didn't realize until recently that it didn't seem out of the question to have a genius scientist as a great chief - like you, especially after I knew that the Indians were selling pistols like Bicol It's time to be more advanced."

The horse whistle was silent for half a second, and said frankly: "You guessed right, it is indeed a revolver produced by my tribe."

"Why do you do this?" Prince Albert asked.

"In order to fight for more chances of survival." Horse Whistle replied, "Although there are no good memories between the Apache and the Mexicans, we don't want the Americans to completely control the place where we live..."

Prince Albert nodded: "I have to admit that this is indeed a good choice for you. Although it is a pity that the Americans still won the war, they also suffered a lot. However, when When you suggested that you had a British company behind you, did you consider the impact on the UK?"

"I'm sorry about that, Prince," said Whistle.

Prince Albert waved his hand and said slowly: "Actually, this is not a big deal. I don't mind making the increasingly arrogant Americans suffer...Of course, in general, it's best not to be too serious. Go too far."

Horse Whistle: "I understand this. In the final analysis, Apache's goal is to survive."

Prince Albert watched him, and after a moment of silence he said, "Would you like to be a knight?"

(End of this chapter)