C1787 Missed Telegraph (2/2)

”I never thought that this Xiao Letian would be so ruthless. He actually buried Molière alive … to turn the Frenchman into a kneeling statue! ”

”Hiss …” Li Lianying sucked in a breath of cold air, ”Is this Molière the large nose that you mentioned before? Heavens, this kind of person was buried alive by Xiao Letian? ”The French shouldn't go crazy …”

”More or less, I think that the Minister of France will come and look for me today as well. That's why I won't be entering the palace today …”

”Don't! Prince, you can't not enter the palace. What about the empress dowager? ”It's getting more and more infuriated …”

”Are you stupid? The key to breaking the trap is here, once Molière dies, some things will be easy to handle!”

At first, the Great Qing rejected telegraphic technique s, but in fact, not only the telegraphic technique s, but also the Western new technology.

However, Xiao Letian's appearance had forcefully suppressed the changes in the Manchu. Fu Qing, who was later honored as the one who had contributed the most to the development of the telegraphic technique, had actually borrowed Xiao Letian's strength to successfully build the telegraph network that covered the entire Qing Dynasty.

At the moment, the Great Qing's telegraph message connected the north and south from the Shengjing to Shanghai and Guangzhou. The Western telegraph line had arrived in Xi'an and was slowly advancing towards Lanzhou.

There was even a telegraph line heading towards Heavenly Province, and all of these were under the responsibility of the Qing San Ye's department. It was precisely because the team Fu Qing led was one of the few practical ones within the Manchu, that the speed at which the telegraph network was being built was extremely fast.

Nowadays, the county towns that had received telegrams had abandoned their old business of hasty delivery and instead decided to report their affairs to the Imperial Court by telegraph.

Add to that the fact that the Chinese telegraph company was constantly laying submarine cables in the sea, and now the imperial court could telegraph directly with North Korea, Japan, the Ryukyu and even the Southern Ocean, and even send a report to Europe.

The telegraph network was growing larger and larger, and the number of messages that the Head Office received every day was also increasing. It was impossible for them to be intimate with each other and handle hundreds and thousands of telegrams every day.

In the end, the only thing they could do was to draw lessons from the way the Military Intelligence Service handled government affairs. Subordinate officials would classify the telegrams and give priority to their superiors for them to read, generally speaking, it was the most urgent classification, while the remaining would depend on whether there was still time and selectively review.

This was the problem. Ryukyu giving in, Sha Russia surrendering, Far Eastern Kingdom being established — these were all the most urgent intelligence, but to kill a French prisoner, even if he was a knight, could not be considered as an emergency.

The unlucky branch officials had actually placed the news of Molière being buried alive into the general category, which resulted in the previous joke.

Prince Kung actually heard this news from Ulangeli's mouth.

”Old Li, when the time comes, tell the empress dowager so!” The key to breaking the trap lies with the Frenchman. Xiao Letian had taken a step forward with his smelly chess piece, he is courting death! ”

”Don't look at how happy he is right now. He will definitely get the list in the future! If we kill Molière, France would have no way out, let's just watch the fight from the sidelines! ”