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Chapter 570 Telegram
Chen Mugang and Yin Zhengmao joked about the 'first five-year plan', and ran into Beijing within two days.

He ran into the city of Beijing definitely not for any five-year plan, he hadn't expanded himself to that extent, and he never felt that he could formulate a five-year plan for the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why he came to Beijing is ridiculous. Marshal Chen went crazy to deforestation and construction on the north bank of the Weihe River in Tianjin. Mr. Zhang Ge was doing more construction than him—since he discovered that the telegram was really useful, Mr. Zhang Ge He ordered the Ministry of Industry to produce wires and supporting motors that can be laid ten miles or even farther as soon as possible, and even paid more attention to it than the Beiyang Army.

The telegraph line was installed in Tianjinwei in a blink of an eye, and it was built southward along the canal. Chen Mu moved into the newly built barracks and lived there for only three days. Mu looked at it for a long time and didn't know what it meant, so he asked the postman what it meant, but they didn't know what it meant either.

The postmen at the Tianjin Wei post station knew that the black dot on the top referred to their post station, and the black dot below meant east. An officer had taught them some ciphertexts about directions and markings before, and they would not I no longer know.

The reason why the ciphertext was sent to Chen Mu was because the postman’s eyes were darkened and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He really didn’t know where to send the ciphertext, so he had to be bold enough to send it to Chen Mu. Live horse doctor.

Of course Chen Mu couldn't understand it!
He heard that Qi Jiguang compiled a set of ciphertext for Zhang Juzheng, but this set of ciphertext was not sent to Chen Erye, how could he understand it?
Fortunately, Chen Mu has always had the aura of giving me nothing. At this time, there should be only one telegraph point in the capital, which is Zhang Juzheng's mansion. After all, the cabinet is in the palace, and more consideration must be given to setting up telegraph lines, but Zhang Ge's old mansion Don't worry too much, no one else can send a telegram except him.

And Zhang Juzheng sent a telegram here, who else could it be besides himself?Hundreds of households in Dagu?
In this regard, Chen Mu felt that Zhang Juzheng was really smart to think of this method, and he was extremely smart to understand that Zhang Juzheng used this method to find himself!
Chen Mu packed up and left for the capital. He wanted to ride a horse alone, and galloping for three hundred miles a day would kill Chen Mu.

It happened to be in the afternoon when he arrived in Tianjin Wei. He took three Wu Bian entourages to take a boat in Tianjin Wei. He paid some extra money for the night journey, and listened to the night singing of the boatman. Already in Tongzhou, riding a horse to Beijing from here, you can still catch up with the hot horse meat at the rice market outside Xuanwumen.

Horse administration has existed since the founding of the country, but in the past, the people raised horses for the government and handed them over during wars, which was equivalent to foster care, and the pressure was not too great; but after Yongle, the imperial court stopped fighting everywhere, and households raised The horse asked for "fruits", and the horse gave birth to a pony, and was not allowed to raise it to death.

Officials and herdsmen collapsed quickly, and civilian herdsmen collapsed even faster in such an environment. People still have birth, old age, sickness and death, so can horses not die?

Therefore, people have the pain of raising horses, but officials have no benefits in raising horses. A few years ago, when Emperor Longqing was still alive, he sold stallions on a large scale.

Over time, folks have divided horses into several types, including war horses, pack horses, and meat horses.

Zhang Juzheng's mansion is not far from Xuanwumen. Zhengyangmen turns south and west. On Luomashi Street, Liulichang is to the north, and Nancheng Bingmasi is to the southwest. Although it is in the outer city, it is rare in the outer city. It's a good location... It's not like Chen Mu's mansion. Although it's close to the Forbidden City, it's all small houses, and the outer city is full of big houses.

Chen Mu prefers to call this area the Royal Zoo. To the north of Zhang Juzheng’s mansion, the corner of Luomashi Street is the Hufang Building. As the name suggests, it’s a place where tigers are raised; at the intersection of Xuanwumen Street in the northwest is Xianglai Street, where elephants are raised. Opposite the elephant pen is Eagle Feeding Alley, where eagles are raised.

In the meeting of Emperor Zhengde, these tigers and elephants had to be trained well. The elephants had to be the emperor's guard of honor and learned to control the pack treasures; The kind that can't fight back.

Now that the world is getting worse, people's hearts are not the same. Since the Jiajing Dynasty, the emperor didn't like such big things, and everyone started to suck cats. For example, the one who ate pie with Chen Mu and Wanli at the gate of Qianqing Palace last time, The people in the house have to respectfully address them as "little master" when they meet, and their identity and status are different from those in Maoerfang's male "a certain servant" and the mother's "a certain girl".

Just in time for June, the moat of Xuanwumen is crowded with people early in the morning. Ladies and gentlemen go out to watch the elephants spraying water in the moat.

At this time of year, elephants are taken to bathe in the moat, and young people compete to play, which has become a festival.

Chen Mu and his Wu Bian are not interested in elephants... They have already seen them in the Southwest War.

After eating and drinking enough, Wu Bian asked Wu Bian to sit in a teahouse. Chen Mu led his horse across the long street and strolled to the gate of Zhang Juzheng's mansion. How are the wires routed on the walls of the mansion? The wooden pipes are erected on the branches protruding from the courtyard, passing through the hidden green shade and going down to the towering electric poles on both sides of the road.

There are wires in the thin wooden tube, and the material of the wire is copper wire. Chen Mu knows it, but he also knows that the wires and wooden tubes he sees at this moment are not just copper, but the copper wire is covered with a layer of black. Not sure.

"No. 20 seven."

Just when Chen Mu wanted to get closer to the telephone pole to find out, he heard someone talking at the gate of the courtyard, turned his head and saw the big butler You Qi standing at the door in a blue silk shirt and wearing a jade black hair scarf, arching his hands and laughing: "Since the telegram was sent, Jing Haibo has come to visit the mansion with No. 20 seven in three days."

"My lord, please come in quickly. My lord is talking with the guests. Please wait for a while and drink a cup of tea. I will report here."

You Qi smiled and led Chen Mu into the mansion. When Chen Mu entered the door, he saw a few western horses in the stables in the front yard. He guessed that the guest the butler was talking about was someone he knew. He asked You Qi when he sat in the side hall : "Brother You, what is the reason why Ge Lao sent the letter this time, can you tell me a thing or two?"

"Hey, master's thoughts, this is not something a villain can fathom, but Sir, let's put one hundred and one thousand hearts in mind, it's not a bad thing."

Shaking his head with a smile, he took the snack tray and refreshment from the maid, put it on the table properly, and said beamingly: "Wait a while, I will inform you."

You Qi went to report over there, while Chen Mu idly looked at the refreshments at the imperial prime minister's mansion, but saw a brand new wooden pipe stuffed with shredded tobacco and an unused jade cigarette holder on the lacquer plate .

Anything that makes people enjoy themselves is popular far faster than everything else.

He shook his head and didn't touch the lacquer plate. He became more and more convinced that his proposal to impose a heavy tax on tobacco was correct. This tax will be compared with salt and iron in the future. It is a great thing that the customization has been taken out early.

"Jing Haibo came just in time. The master is discussing matters with Mr. Wang of the Household Department in the study, please come with me."

Hube, Wang Guoguang?

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)