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"My subordinates understand." Guo Jia continued, "But it takes a long time to build the high platform. If my subordinates have been supervising the work, I'm afraid I don't have time to train the semaphore of the soldiers."

From Guo Jia's words, Han Zhan heard that he wanted to arrange another assistant for him. After thinking for a while, he said to him, "Feng Xiao, what do you think of Tian Tian Yuanhao?"

"Tian Yuanhao?"

"That's right, it's Tian Yuanhao." Han Zhan felt that it would be a waste of talents to put too many advisers in Yedu, so he planned to send them out as officials one after another.And the construction of the communication platform this time is undoubtedly the best opportunity: "The Marquis feels that he is a bit too inferior to stay in Yedu, and wants him to go to Qingzhou to take up the post of long history."

"My lord's arrangement is very thoughtful." Regarding Han Zhan's decision, Guo Jia immediately expressed his agreement: "Since Zang Hong took the post of governor of Qingzhou, although he has worked hard, he is weak after all. With Yang Qi and others from Beihai holding him back, it is really not easy for him to accomplish anything. If Tian Yuanhao is the governor of Qingzhou, it must be a great help for Governor Zang to manage Qingzhou well."

After arranging Tian Feng's whereabouts, Guo Jia shifted the topic to the training of signal soldiers: "My lord, a high signal platform thousands of miles away requires three thousand to five thousand soldiers. If you want each soldier to Knowing semaphore may not be achieved overnight."

"Feng Xiao, Ben Hou believes that the soldiers don't need to understand the semaphore. What they have to do is to pass the semaphore they see to the next high platform faithfully." Han Zhan explained to Guo Jia: "Every sending point, One or two compilers will do. They will compile the information into semaphores, which will then be sent out by the signalmen."

"My lord's words are very true," Guo Jia thought over Han Zhan's words, and felt that they were very reasonable, so he nodded and said, "If the number of people who understand semaphore can be controlled within a certain range, then even In the future, if someone attacks the high communication platform and captures the signal soldiers, they will not be able to know the content of our communication."

Speaking of the content of the communication, Han Zhan still felt that the plan he proposed was not perfect enough, and added: "In order to facilitate the compilation of information, you can use four numbers to replace a word. Go to the Book of Songs and look it up, so you can know what the other party said in the summons."

"If according to what the lord said, the signals sent by the signal soldiers are all a set of numbers. After we receive the information, we can look up the corresponding words in the Book of Songs according to the numbers, and we will be able to understand what the other party is talking about." Guo Jia clicked Then he asked: "Then what standard flag should the signal soldier use?"

"All signal soldiers use two signal flags, one red and one green." Han Zhan replied, "The flags are one foot square, which is convenient for the signal soldiers to use for signaling."

When he heard that the signal soldiers were actually two small flags one foot square, Guo Jia couldn't help being a little surprised. According to his thinking, the signal soldiers must use red flags when sending messages on the high platform. It can be seen clearly, but it is a new type of flag.

"Feng Xiao, in order to make it easier for those compilers to edit information, Ben Hou has just figured out a set of numbers, just to show you." Han Zhan said, picked up a pen and paper and wrote "1, 2, 39, 0" digits.

Guo Jia tilted his head and looked at the Arabic numerals written by Han Zhan on the paper, and asked in surprise, "My lord, what did you write? Why don't the subordinates know anything about it?"

Han Zhan thought to himself, you're right if you don't know him.This Arabic numeral was invented by the ancient Indians in the fifth century AD, and it was not used in my country until the beginning of the twentieth century.Now it will take another 300 years for the Indians to invent these numbers, and no one in the whole world knows them except themselves.

Since the Indians hadn't invented these numbers, he naturally took them for himself without blushing. "Feng Xiao, this is a set of numbers from Ben Hou Xinxiang, which is convenient for compiling information." He was still writing next to the Arabic numerals one by one, and explained to Guo Jia, "This is the corresponding number. Character."

Guo Jia stared at Han Zhan's writing of Arabic numerals and Chinese numerals for a long time, then nodded slowly, and said, "My lord is so clever that he can come up with such exquisite numbers. In this way, it will be more convenient to compile information." too much."

Although Han Zhan made the Arabic numerals popular in later generations come out 200 years earlier, he still felt hot on his face when he heard Guo Jia's praise for him.He waved his hand at Guo Jia, and said, "Feng Xiao, you can start this matter immediately. If you need any manpower, the military, soldiers, horses, money and food in Jizhou are at your disposal."

"Your subordinate obeys your orders." Guo Jia quickly replied, "Your subordinate will go back and start working on this matter. We will post a notice tomorrow to recruit migrant workers for the construction of the high platform in the city and mobilize money and food, so that we can start construction as soon as possible."

Looking at the back of Guo Jia's departure, Han Zhan was still quite proud in his heart. Since none of the previous traversers had created such a high platform for thousands of miles of communication, his actions today will surely set a precedent for future generations. The traversers set an example, let them learn from themselves in ancient times, and set up a series of high-level communication platforms to facilitate the transmission of information from all over the place.

Unexpectedly, not long after Guo Jia left, Ju Shou hurried in from the outside.He asked Han Zhan anxiously: "My lord, I heard that you plan to order the military to build beacon towers in Jizhou. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"That's right," Han Zhan didn't want to report on Gaotai's matter, and he replied casually, "Although it is unlikely that Yedu will be invaded by foreign enemies, the awareness of being prepared for danger in times of peace is still indispensable. Therefore, I ordered Feng Xiao to build a high platform for future defense against foreign enemies, lest the enemy suddenly approach the city and catch us by surprise."

After learning about Han Zhan's purpose of building the tower, Ju Shou took the initiative to invite Ying: "If the master does not give up, my subordinates are willing to assist the military division to build this beacon tower together."

Han Zhan was worried that Guo Jia would not have enough manpower to help when he was building a large-scale construction project. Now he heard that Ju Shou offered to invite Ying, and if he really wanted to fall asleep, someone would give him a pillow. The Beacon Tower outside, then the Marquis will appoint you as the deputy of the military division to jointly supervise the construction of the Beacon Tower."

"My lord, please rest assured." Seeing that Han Zhan agreed to his request so easily, Ju Shou couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "This subordinate will definitely assist the military division and build the beacon tower outside the city, and will never disappoint the lord's expectations .”

Chapter 533 History of the Governor of Qingzhou

Before building the communication platform, Han Zhan had one more important thing to do. He planned to play Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, appoint Tian Feng as the governor of Qingzhou, and assist Zang Hong in managing the newly recovered Qingzhou.

But before the performance, Han Zhan felt that it was necessary to talk to Tian Feng to let him know his mission after going to Qingzhou.So as soon as Jushou left, Han Zhan ordered Rob to invite Tian Feng to the mansion to discuss matters.

Coincidentally, when Tian Feng arrived at the mansion, Xun Yu arrived right after.He met Tian Feng at the door, and asked in surprise, "Why is Yuan Hao here?"

"I've seen Chang Shi." After saluting to Xun Yu, Tian Feng replied respectfully, "My lord sent Luo's bodyguards to summon the lower officials, saying that they had something important to discuss, so the lower officials hurried over."

"It's just right, I also have something important to see the lord immediately." Now that he has reached the gate of the mansion, Xun Yu did not continue to ask the truth, but said to Tian Feng: "Let's go to see the lord together."

The two came to the main hall and saw Han Zhan sitting here reading a book, so they stepped forward to salute: "I have seen the lord!"

"Chang Shi, Yuan Hao, you are here!" Han Zhan put down the scroll in his hand, stood up and greeted them politely: "Hurry up and sit down, please."

After Xun Yu and Tian Feng sat down on the left and right, Xun Yu took the lead and asked, "My lord, I heard that you are planning to build a beacon tower. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"It's true." Han Zhan didn't hide anything, nodded, and replied, "I don't know what Changshi can teach you?"

"My lord," Xun Yu got up and said, "If you want to build a beacon tower, you can build one every three or five miles to transmit the fireworks signal. But now the lord is ordering people to build a high tower every mile. It would be too much to do so." Is it a waste of time and money?"

Hearing what Xun Yu said, Han Zhan didn't explain the reason, but asked instead: "Chang Shi thinks that the Marquis has spent too much money and food to build a high platform like this?"

"Exactly." Xun Yu said unceremoniously: "If you build a high platform every one mile, no matter how simple it is, the money and food consumed will be double or even more expensive than building one every three or five miles." Several times the amount of money, food, and labor. When the beacon tower is repaired, it will almost be the season of spring sowing, and the people will be exhausted by then, which may affect the farming in the new year."

"Chang Shi, since you mentioned the Beacon Tower, I will explain it to you in detail." The two people in front of him can be regarded as his confidantes, and Han Zhan thinks it is necessary to let them know that he built a communication platform Therefore, he patiently explained: "You tell me first, what is a beacon tower?"

Xun Yu couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that you are planning to build a beacon tower, how could you not know what a beacon tower is?But based on his understanding of Han Zhan, he knew that his nephew would not ask this question for no reason, so he quickly answered truthfully: "The beacon tower is also called the beacon tower, commonly known as the beacon tower, Yandun, and piers. It is used to light As an important military defense facility, the high platform where fireworks convey important information is built to prevent foreign enemies from invading. Once an enemy situation occurs, it is the most effective way to smoke during the day and ignite at night. The platforms are connected to transmit messages. way of messaging."

"Changshi is right. Beacon towers are used to send messages and warn people." Han Zhan nodded first, and then continued to ask: "But I want to ask, once you see beacon smoke everywhere, how do you know where it is?" How big is the enemy's attack?"

"What?" Han Zhan's question stopped Xun Yu, and he thought for a long time before he said, "If you return to the Lord, usually the place where the beacon fire is sent out will be sent back within a few days."

"Chang Shi, if there is a foreign invasion at the border, even the border guard will send someone to deliver the letter day and night. I am afraid that it will take us two or three days at the earliest before we can figure out where the invading enemy comes from and how big it is." Han Zhan Zhengse said: "If we can shorten the time for obtaining information from two or three days to one or two hours, will we have more time to prepare for the war?"

"My lord, it is simply impossible to shorten two or three days to one or two hours." Hearing this, Tian Feng couldn't help interjecting, "Even if we use flying pigeons to transmit letters, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time." It took a day for us to have a chance to figure out what happened at the border."

"Yuan Hao," Han Zhan turned his head to look at Tian Feng, and said with a smile, "If Ben Hou said that there is a way to shorten the time for obtaining border information from the current two or three days to one or two hours, would you Do you believe it?"

Tian Feng racked his brains for a while, then shook his head, and replied with a wry smile: "My lord, it's not because my subordinates are disrespectful. This matter is really unimaginable, and my subordinates can't believe it."

Tian Feng's reaction has long been expected by Han Zhan, he smiled lightly, and then said: "The high platform that the Marquis is planning to build now is called the Beacon Tower. Within one or two hours, receive the message from the border, or send the message from the capital to the border."

Han Zhan's words aroused their curiosity. Xun Yu and Tian Feng looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.In the end, Xun Yu asked, "Dare to ask my lord, how did the new communication station you mentioned transmit the message to the border within one or two hours?"

Seeing that both of them were interested in this matter, Han Zhan introduced to them in detail the process of how to compile the information into semaphore, and then the signal soldiers pass it down through the semaphore one by one.After he finished speaking, he asked, "I wonder if you two have any different opinions on this method of communication by the Marquis?"

Xun Yu and Tian Feng had never heard of Han Zhan's communication method that transcended the times before. When they were admiring Han Zhan's pioneering work, when they heard the other party's question, they quickly waved their hands and said, "My lord's communication method , It is indeed unheard of, but it is definitely more effective than the Beacon Tower."

Tian Feng thought that Han Zhan specially recruited himself into the mansion, speculated that it might be related to the construction of the communication platform, and immediately volunteered: "My lord, if you trust me, I will do my best to build the communication platform."

Regarding Tian Feng's self-recommendation, Han Zhan just smiled and shook his head: "Yuan Hao, I have already handed over the construction of the communication platform to Feng Xiao and Gong He, so you don't have to worry about it."

Knowing that Han Zhan was not going to let him supervise the construction of the communication station, Tian Feng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, so he could only turn the topic to Han Zhan's recruitment of himself: "Since the lord is not going to let his subordinates supervise the construction of the communication station, how about recruiting subordinates today?" What's the matter with going down to the government?"

"Yuan Hao, I want you to go to Qingzhou to take up the post of chief historian and assist Zang governor to govern Qingzhou." Han Zhan was deeply afraid that Tian Feng would have any scruples, so he specially emphasized: "Qingzhou is a newly recruited city. The land, the people's hearts are not stable, and Yang Qi and others are holding back everywhere, Zang Inspector is unable to support it alone. Benhou believes in your ability, with you assisting Zang Inspector, it will take less than a year to govern Qingzhou to perfection Well-organized, the people live and work in peace and contentment."

Tian Feng didn't expect that Han Zhan recruited him into the mansion because he wanted him to be the governor of Qingzhou, and his real power was much greater than his current official position.Tian Feng hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Thank you for your kindness, my lord. This subordinate will definitely live up to your trust and assist Governor Zang to manage Qingzhou well."

Chapter 534 External Strategy

Shortly after Tian Feng, who was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, set off for Qingzhou, the communication high platform built by Guo Jia and Ju Shou officially broke ground.

At this moment, Yuan Shao, who was far away in the Bohai Sea, began to move around.He summoned his few remaining civil and military personnel to the main hall to discuss matters and discuss what to do next.

After the discussion started, Yuan Shao asked Xin Pi who was standing next to him: "Mr. Xin, now we are settled in Bohai County. If we continue to develop like this, we will either be wiped out by the children of the Han family, or driven to nowhere by Gongsun Zan."

Since Fengji's death, brothers Xin Pi and Xin Ping have become Yuan Shao's most trusted advisers.In the past few months, the two are also looking for a way out, lest they die without a place to die in the future.