Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 515 Project Approval
"Pang Shangshu, so the effect of this mental wave transmitter is to allow two people to communicate silently?" Yu Fan looked at the two civil servants with their hats connected in front of him, who were communicating with each other using "mental power", and his face was a little ugly. .

Firstly, Yu Fan has been frowning and grimacing all year round, which is a standard expression. Secondly... it is such a thing, and the Ministry of Household Affairs needs to allocate a large sum of money for research and production, which makes Yu Fan very uncomfortable.

At this time, Bai Tu was holding a palace meeting to prepare Pang Tong's "fine report" to be recognized at the court level.

"The main effect is not silence, but distance... Theoretically, as long as it can connect to Jinglan as far away as possible, it can transmit information almost synchronously over any distance." Pang Tong also said with a straight face.

As the head of the Ministry of Works, Pang Tongyi had never had a good impression of the fussy Household Department!

Although Pang Tong did not join the cabinet, in terms of status, it can be said that he has reached the level of "transcendence" in Chu State.

Pang Tong didn't say anything yet. Because there is no rubber, the durability of the fine cable is very poor, so it must be laid in small sections in the end.

"That is, this method can be used to replace the original signal tower? No... if intercity 'fine cables' can be laid directly, there will not even be a need for signal towers, so that major cities can communicate in real time?" Lu Su Wenyan's eyes lit up and he said.

If there is such an effect, how important it will be to Chu State, everyone present knows...

Of course, I only "know", and I still can't fully understand what this information dissemination method that can bring about earth-shaking changes in the concept of "land" can bring!
"Theoretically, this is true, but the premise is that the fine cable will not be damaged, so it is best not to be too long... but it will definitely be much further than the signal tower." Pang Tong said.

The "telegraph" system, which is similar to the "Essential Telegraph", was a product of the mid-19th century without the White Rabbit Effect.

It was also originally established in the form of "wired". It was not until the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries that wireless telegraphy began to appear, which is the kind of equipment in various spy movies that does not look big but can communicate over a variety of long distances. !
However, Pang Tong's "cable news" is still in its infancy...

First of all, the threshold for receiving and sending signals needs to be lowered—otherwise, does every signal station need to have an official with second-rate mental power?
Even the talent pool of Chu State is not enough to cause such a disaster!
"Since this is the case, please order to lay it in the Jinling Mansion first to see the effect later. If it really has such a miraculous effect, then prepare to lay it among the various prefectures and states according to the priority." Lu Su suggested.

Lu Bu took the mental wave transmitter and looked at it in his hand. Although he found nothing, he still said: "Is this somewhat similar to the transmitter on the armor? But the transmitter on the armor is similar to the transmitter on the armor. , no need for lines...Pang Shangshu can refer to it in terms of battle armor."

"Privy Envoy Lu is right. In fact, I have observed it before... It's a pity that I couldn't find the fluctuations of the transmitter on the armor. Maybe they are different." Pang Tong also showed some thoughts after hearing this.

Indeed, this kind of effect is impossible not to remind people of one of the functions of the armor - transmission of messages.

Within a certain range, generals can use the armor to send messages to other generals. Of course... the armor's message transmission is wireless, and the communication ability is related to the general's own ability, and he can get an increase in "Commanding Flag".

According to Pang Tong's experiments, this ability to transmit information should be essentially different from "Jingbo". It is not a problem of wired and wireless, but the fluctuation of information transmitted by the armor. Pang Tong is completely unable to discover it through existing experimental methods. The only way to What is confirmed is that when military morale is unstable and the war situation is chaotic, this signaling capability will be weakened.

In other words... this kind of signal will be affected by the "emotion" emitted, so can it be deduced that this signal itself is also a fluctuation similar to "emotion"?

In comparison, this is closer to "mental communication"!
Moreover, it is purely mental power communication. Pang Tong's "Jingbao" is ultimately converting mental power fluctuations into "electric waves", or in other words, causing mental power to spread in the electric field.

As for the spiritual power spread out of thin air, let alone how to receive it, with current methods, Pang Tong cannot even detect such fluctuations!

And you must know that the signal transmission range of the armor is only related to the generals. The mid-level generals who receive the information do not have any mental requirements - of course, they cannot actively send information in the reverse direction.

Although I can't understand it temporarily, it did give Pang Tong some inspiration, such as the propagation of radio waves...

It's just that cable TV is still in its infancy, and Pang Tong doesn't have high ambitions.

Huang Chengyan thought about it again and again, and then specifically suggested: "If it can really be promoted, Jiangling and Xiangyang should be the first priority."

Relatively speaking, the Chu State is still very harmonious, but there are also different voices.

After all, unlike when there was one city and one place, with the expansion of power, new interest groups are constantly joining, and it is impossible to have no differences at all.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu and Wu all reached the point of bloodshed in this regard - Wei's Gaopingling Incident and Wu's Second Palace Controversy, which one was not a major reshuffle in the court?The Kingdom of Shu was relatively better, but... Jiang Wei led his troops outside in the later period and did not even dare to return to the city for fear of being detained by other treacherous ministers. The internal chaos was also evident.

In contrast, Chu State has few problems now. The most acute disagreement is the Jingyang dispute, or the dispute between the Nanjun gentry and the Jiangdong gentry.

After all, the two sides had been in a state of confrontation for a long time before the establishment of the Chu State. At the beginning of the establishment of the Chu State, the Jiangdong gentry used their knowledge of workshop construction to take advantage of the initial stage of Jingzhou's industrial construction to make a fortune. Now, Many workshops in Jingzhou were established by Jiangdong nobles!

Bai Tu didn't stop him too much. After all, the Jiangdong nobles were the original team of the Chu State. It was already very interesting to treat the Jing Yang nobles equally. How could Bai Tu also have to suppress his cronies and support those who were reluctant to surrender? A willing guy?
What's more, in terms of laws and regulations, it is obvious that the Jiangdong gentry have a deeper understanding. Often when it comes to official troubles, it is the Jingzhou gentry who suffer.

The Chu State also took the opportunity to support a group of originally second-rate noble families in Jingzhou to "dilute" the prestige of the original Nanjun families.

Of course, compared to other princes, the extent of the Jingyang Controversy can even be described as "positive energy".

After all, in other aspects - whether it is the establishment of official offices or the appointment of officials, Baitu is still "trying to" keep a bowl of water as flat as possible, especially in terms of infrastructure construction... The Hanshui Weir is right in Jingzhou!
For this reason alone, no one dares to say that Chu is partial to Jingzhou...

At this time, Huang Chengyan proposed that Xiangyang and Jiangling be included in the information network that would be formed in the future. This was obviously to further shorten the "distance" between Jingzhou and the central hub.

The easier communication is, the weaker the barriers are.

Jia Xu asked: "If it is deep in the mountains or under the sea, is it easy to lay it?"

"Construction in deep mountains is somewhat difficult, but considering that it is inaccessible and will not be easily damaged, you can consider laying in shallow layers. In the sea, it is theoretically the easiest, but it requires the determination to suffer losses and some luck... as well as better corrosion resistance. Insulating material." Pang Tong replied.

Jia Xu didn't say anything else, but everyone understood that he wanted to talk about overseas places such as Yizhou, Danzhou, and Zhouhu, as well as the southern part of Jingyang where dense forests are widespread and roads are difficult to repair!

It's just that Jia Xu won't say it so clearly, and will have to wait for others to mention it later.

In contrast, Lu Su and others are obviously more confident in the deep mountains and old forests. After all... As for Haiyang, even the current Chu State does not dare to say "understanding".

In their imagination, laying this kind of "precision cable" across thousands of miles without any transit would be more difficult than laying it in the deep mountains and old forests.

Although Pang Tong mentioned "the simplest", he later mentioned luck, determination, and unknown "insulators". Obviously, it can't be completed now, right?

In fact, from this point of view, the laying of submarine cables is far less difficult than they imagined, especially this kind of cable that only transmits signals, rather than transmits high-power electrical energy!

Historically, not long after the emergence of wired telegraph, some people began to try to lay it across the ocean, and it was declared successful more than ten years later, also in the middle of the 19th century...

The principle is very simple. It does not require any undersea operations. It is just to prepare a long enough cable on the ship, and then use the winch to lower it little by little during the voyage. The ship will be successful after it reaches the destination.

When the first transoceanic cable was laid in history, the only "technical upgrade" in the process was from one ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean to two ships each carrying half of the cable. After they met in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, the cables were connected and then separated. Sail to destinations at both ends.

It sounds very childish. It is as simple as digging an undersea tunnel in the United States. It seems that two people can dig with hoes facing each other...

However, the first transoceanic cable was successfully laid in this way!
Of course, behind the success, there is also a lot of sadness and blow. As Pang Tong said, this requires "luck" - Cyrus West Field, the builder of the transoceanic cable, also succeeded after many failures.

Each failure not only means that the large sailing expenditure has not been repaid, but also... the cable has been wasted!
More importantly, this matter was considered too difficult by people at the time, so they had doubts about it in their hearts. After the failure, both the public and shareholders began to doubt whether this matter was reliable.

If it weren't for Field's persistence, I'm afraid it would have been an unknown amount of time before submarine cables with simple principles appeared.

It was only after the success that everyone discovered that the cost of submarine cables is actually much lower for the same length. After all, it only needs to be sunk to the bottom of the sea, without being buried deeply or elevated!

It’s just that when laying, the fault tolerance rate is extremely low. If there is a storm during laying, even if the ship is fine, the cable will probably be useless...

But for Chu State now, there is a big problem with submarine cables - the insulation layer!

The Chu State, which has not yet introduced rubber, has always been weak in terms of industrial sealing.

The current insulation layer of "fine cable" is "painted insulation + thick tarpaulin waterproof" model. If you want to build long-distance, you can only choose to bury it underground. The durability is extremely poor, it cannot withstand wind and rain, and the bottom of the sea... Forget it!
Although everyone still cannot understand the miraculous construction of the submarine fine cable, the Ministry of Industry's "Jingbo Communication" still has the support of the palace, and the project has been officially approved...

(End of this chapter)