Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh … "Hello! Is this Xiao Yi? This is the Li Family Zhuangzi Political Affairs Hall. "
Before dinner, the people in the village pulled out a telephone wire. It was a copper wire. Li Yi led the people in the workshop to make a telephone with the storage battery, dry battery, and other things that they already had.
Bi Goo learned how to use it from the workshop to the Political Affairs Hall. He shook it to generate electricity and told the other side that he wanted to make a call.
There was a small electric bell on the other side. Once the electricity was turned on, the bell would ring.
Li Yi listened and realized that it was Bi Guo. He replied, "It's done. Next, we need to pull the wires to the same place and manually transfer them. I'll make another magnetic stone switch. Let's eat first."
After Li Yi finished speaking, he put down the phone. The phone he made was connected to the receiver, unlike the original magnetic phone, where the receiver was separated from the receiver.
"Hello! Is Xiao Yi still there? Why is there no sound? Is it broken? "Bi Goo wanted to say a few more words.
The craftsman in charge of the installation took out his walkie-talkie. "Dongzhu, is it broken?"
"It's not broken. Let's eat." Li Yi's voice came out.
The craftsman looked at Bi Goo. Bi Goo took a deep breath. "Wash your teeth after dinner! When you return to Zhuangzi, forget about this important matter. "
Li Yi ate dinner in a small room next to the workshop. When the craftsman was too busy, he would even save time to go to the cafeteria.
Li Yi ate half of his rice and ate it with the vinegar cabbage soup. He also ate a cantaloupe as fast as he could and entered the workshop with the craftsmen who also ate quickly.
No one was allowed to eat in the workshop, and they had to go to the room next door to drink water.
Everyone built a manual switch, and there were people outside who set up electric poles to connect the wires.
Some phones can be combined at a certain location to save power poles.
They would connect the wires in the nearby areas first. Tomorrow, they would connect the wires to the Pure Flowers Palace, the Imperial Plantation, Xingqing Palace, and the Imperial City.
They would connect the wires from under the eaves of the courtyards to another location, then connect the wires to the switch.
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"When I'm done with the construction of the corridors, we'll all walk through the corridors. We'll try our best not to hang electric poles. It looks awkward, like a spider web."
The sky brightened again. Li Yi looked up at the phone line and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
When he was young, he had built electric wires like this. Whenever he went out, there would be electric poles. Some were made of asphalt, and some were made of cement.
When he went to the market in town, some of the wires were less than a meter away from his head.
Later on, at some point in time, it seemed to have happened overnight. It was gone. The wires were gone.
There were also very few switches with fuses and fuses, and they were replaced by air switches.
"That's a good thing. If there's anything, just give me a call so I don't have to run all over the place." Su Yi felt that the phone cord above his head was beautiful.
He made it sound as if he was always running errands. It turned out that while others were running errands, he was sitting in the political affairs hall.
"Let's talk about the rules first. Everyone, get used to it. When you make a call, you have to shake it first and report the number or location. Theoretically, you should report the number.
When the call ended, he would shake it again. Otherwise, the operator would listen and see if he was still in a call.
The operator in charge of the exchange is not allowed to listen to the entire call. I will give everyone a manual on the rules.
All the numbers here are temporarily available. Currently, there are 300 numbers. In the future, we will need to increase the numbers and expand the exchange. "
Li Yi explained briefly. He then brought a few palace maids and eunuchs into the exchange room. He wanted to teach them personally.
Everyone took a manual and returned to their own courtyards. The manual listed the phone numbers.
The Retired Emperor, the Emperor, Noble Consort Lu, Empress Wang, Jie Yu, Princess Yongmu, Princess Jincheng, King Song, King Shen, the political affairs hall, Guo Ziyi's office …
The number of the workshop could not be seen on the manual. The workshop was not under anyone else's control. The number of the inpatient building was there, but Song De's office was not.
Next, Li Yi was busy. When the number came down, he picked it up and sent another good signal. He picked it up and raised the number.
Another number came in. He picked it up again and repeated the previous steps.
Another number came down. Li Yi looked at it and picked it up, "Calling number!"
"Looking for His Majesty." Bi Goo said.
"Number, there's no His Majesty in Zhuangzi. Wait for the Xingqing Palace and the Imperial City to connect to you." Li Yi replied.
"Looking for your third brother." Bi Goo changed the way he addressed him.
"You know who I am and you're looking for my third brother? Number! "Li Yi followed the instructions strictly.
"001." Bi Gou's voice was filled with helplessness.
"There's no such number."
"Dong Dong One."
"The other party is on the phone. Are you waiting or will he call back later?"
"Who are you talking to?"
"Dong Three. Do you want to wait or call back later?"
"Pick up Dong Five. I'm looking for the Assistant Minister of Revenue."
"Dong Five. Are you waiting or …"
"Who allowed him to make a call outside? Xiao Yi, tell me who it is. "Bi Goo was furious.
"Dong Three." Li Yi answered. Go and ask Su Yi. He's on the phone with the Assistant Minister of Revenue.
"How did he …"
Li Yi hung up, picked up another one, and continued to connect.
"Dongzhu, can I help you? Let me try? "Taohong One found it easy to learn.
"Okay!" Li Yi agreed. It was still an experimental period. It didn't matter if he was wrong.
The morning passed just like that. There was nothing to talk about.
During lunch, two people were on duty in the exchange room. Some of the craftsmen could communicate with another workshop and make a call. They didn't have to run over.
Some workshops were far away from each other. It was a waste of time.
Song De made the most calls. He used the phone to arrange things.
Everyone used batteries to make their calls. Li Family Zhuangzi could charge the batteries. It was too wasteful to use batteries.
"Xiao Yi, he's on the phone. How do I know when he's done? Is there any hint?"
Bi Goo stayed in the room in the morning. It wasn't hot. He chose to eat rice for lunch. The dishes were hot. He sat in front of Li Yi.
"There is. You can talk to the Assistant Minister of Revenue. He's talking to someone else. When he stops talking, I'll tell you.
In the future, I'll charge you by the second. Put a clock at the side. I need to build human-powered generators to charge the batteries.
Batteries are a backup. Don't use them under normal circumstances. It's costly. Bring them back to me. "
Li Yi talked about the cost. The wiring, batteries, and labor were all money. The phone equipment was not included. This included the patent fees.
"Zhu Yi, do you think that if there are telephones between relay stations, and the relay station sends a message to the next relay station as soon as they leave, the relay station will call the next relay station, and the next relay station will prepare a horse in advance. Wouldn't the message spread faster?
For example, if there was a heavy rain in Ezhou, the relay stations would prepare horses in advance. The news from Ezhou Provincial Governor Lu Zhengdao would arrive half a day earlier. "
Bi Goo thought about the relay station's horses. Telephones could inform people in advance.
"It depends on the news. Normal internal news from the Tang dynasty. For example, heavy rain or hail. Can't Lu Zhengdao make a phone call? Why do you need horses? "
Li Yi was surprised. What's the purpose of me taking out telephones and telegrams? Is it to let people ride horses to spread the news faster?
It's okay to send things. Why do you need to go to the relay station to say a few words?
Bi Goo: "…"
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