1840Indian rebirth

Dover.

This is the closest place in the UK to mainland Europe.

Mashao and Kelvin came to Dover, naturally, for the ongoing cross-sea cable erection work.

Compared with the beginning of its establishment, General Electric finally has a company appearance, with a group of engineers and telegraph operators, mainly the latter, who are the foundation for the subsequent operation of the company's business.

Telegraph operators at this time are like programmers at the beginning of the 21st century.

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

At this moment, Ma Shao, Kelvin and the employees of General Electric Company were busy debugging the telegraph machine in the telegraph station.

"If nothing else happens, in another hour at most, the cable on the French side will be connected," Ma Shao said.

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

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

Telegraphs are very expensive, not to mention cross-ocean telegraphs. Sending just a few telegrams may cost an ordinary person's entire monthly income.

Despite this, there is no need to worry about the telegraph business, and it is becoming more and more prosperous. Especially for speculative businessmen, for those who rely on information asymmetry to make a fortune, sending messages with a few pounds is simply trivial.

Ordinary people are willing to spend some money to send a short telegram such as "My father is sick, please get back soon" when something urgent happens.

Ma Shao: "Moreover, after the news of the success of the transoceanic telegraph is publicized, we can strike while the iron is hot and present the blueprint of the transoceanic telegraph in front of people's eyes. The company will be able to sell part of its stock at a wonderful price, which can bring in a lot of funds.

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

"Indeed, it is much more difficult to cross the Atlantic than to cross the English Channel." Ma Shao must admit this. Even with him and Kelvin here, it is still quite challenging to realize the transatlantic cable.

All aspects of the fields involved in this kind of super project are easily bound by the framework of the times. Among other things, transporting thousands of miles of cables is not an easy task.

Even if we only consider money, spending hundreds of thousands of pounds is just a conservative estimate.

If Ma Shao were the ruler of Britain, he would definitely include this project in a five-year plan.

"But no matter what, it's enough to attract investment..."

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

"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 when you receive it."

The submarine cables carefully designed by Mashao and Kelvin ran well and performed as well as cables on land, allowing telegraph operators to clearly distinguish incoming signals.

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

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

The horse whistle also showed a smile and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to London and tell the queen and her husband the news."

"Also, inform 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 did not need to be spread deliberately - the newspaper company was one of the important customers of the telegraph station.

In the UK, the most developed place in the world, any newspaper with some ambition will use telegraph to deliver important news, and will specifically mark "Telegraph News" on the newspaper to show the importance and urgency of the news.

Readers also liked this idea very much, and were attracted to it as soon as they saw the large words "Telegraph".

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

General Electric, a little-known company that had just been founded, suddenly became a top-notch star company, attracting much attention and adding fuel to the telegraph craze.

After the news reached London, the horse whistle quickly received a reply from the King of England, asking him to go to the audience.

Soon after.

Buckingham Palace.

The horse whistle once again met Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

"You've done a great job, Ma Shao. This cross-ocean cable is more successful than I imagined." Prince Albert praised enthusiastically almost as soon as they met. "The cable makes the obstacles of the English Channel become insignificant.

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

Ma Shao said a few words of modesty and politeness.

Just when the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves.

Prince Albert suddenly changed the topic and said: "When the United States and Mexico were at war, I received a protest. The Americans believed that the United Kingdom violated patent laws and sold revolvers to Mexico through Indian intermediaries..."

Ma Shao lowered his head, his expression showing no change.

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

He paused: "Until recently, I realized that if there is a genius scientist as a great chief - such as you, this does not seem to be impossible, especially after I know that the Indians sell Bicol pistols.

We need to be more advanced."

Ma Shao was silent for half a second and confessed: "You are right, it is indeed a revolver produced by my tribe."

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

"In order to gain more chances of survival." Ma Shao replied, "Although there are no good memories between the Apaches 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 hinted that there was a British company behind you, did you consider the impact on the UK?"

"I'm sorry about that, Prince." said the horse whistle.

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

Overdone.”

Ma Shao: "I understand this. In the final analysis, the Apache's goal is just to survive."

Prince Albert stared at him, and after a moment of silence he said, "Will you become a knight?"