Chapter 873 The Price is High and Tried for Commercial Use
"This" Zhu Yuanzhang thought about one hundred words per word and looked towards the inside.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness King Wu, there is something going on here. Businessmen are sending people to other places. It is not just one businessman, but many businessmen." The chief reminded.
Zhu Yu looked confused and didn't understand. Why didn't many businessmen send telegrams?
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, "There are many businessmen. When something is lacking in a place, their People will pass on the news to them one after another.
In this case, it is not just a businessman organizing the goods to be transported, but everyone transporting them together. If the judgment is not good, not only will they not make money, but they will even lose money.
The merchant who sells the goods first will have a low price when he buys the goods, and will sell them at a high price after passing.
If the buying is slow, the price here will rise and the price there will be low. Of course I have to lose money."
"Ah" Zhu Xi understood this time, "In this case, ten coins is still a lot."
"Your Highness, you can use it accordingly. Adjust according to the number of people. If there are many people queuing up all day to send reports, the price will be higher. If there are fewer people, the price will naturally be reduced.
When the phone lines are laid out later, you can still make calls, and the price will be higher. For some, I think it’s okay to charge the same price per minute.
Because the lines are limited and the phone lines are expensive, I think the merchants are willing to pay.” The director has not determined the final price. Things are more expensive when they are rare. It depends on the purchasing power. Hanhan said that a telegram worth 200 Chinese characters would be used by some people.
Thinking about this, the manager looked at Hanhan, who handed over the grilled mutton skewers.
Zhu Wentian did say that he calculated it based on the price of telegrams in the late Qing Dynasty, and sending two words would cost an ocean.
In the 1980s, the average monthly income was 50 yuan, and a telegram could send 358 words for 10 cents.
The average income of Nanjing people is 800 cents. One word costs ten cents, and only eighty words can be sent.
The government does not spend money to send telegrams, it is just for them to use. Naturally, the army does not spend any money. They are not profit-making departments.
Department stores are state-owned enterprises and need separate accounting to make profits.
So after talking about the phone call, the manager brought up the issue of business separation.
"Your Majesty, the telegraph department accounts separately. If the department store uses normal telegraph business, it will also have to spend money.
If it uses its own telegraph machine, it will not cost money, including other Our business.
If necessary, the telegraph in the department store can also be used by merchants for a fee.
At the moment, the equipment must be built, and the telegraph line, location, and number must be determined.
The advantage of wireless telegraphy is that it saves wires, but the disadvantage is that if there are a large number of them, all the surrounding telegraph machines can receive the signal, which is a bit messy."
After the commander finished speaking, he picked up the beer. Take a sip and talk until you feel thirsty.
Zhu Yuanzhang drank and took"Leave it to them to worry about it. We just wait to collect the money. We are short of money. Alas."
Everyone nodded and expressed their support. There is indeed a lack of money. Weapons for the army need to be built and railways need to be laid. , telephone lines, production of steam engines and other machinery, and grain reserves require money to buy
It is very frustrating when you have no money, and you have to issue treasure notes in the end.
Now that we make more money, we also spend more money. The infrastructure construction of transportation and water conservancy in Ming Dynasty used to take one month of labor to complete the work of the people.
Organizing manpower back and forth is particularly time-consuming. Some people have no land and can only make money by doing other work.
If you want to build river embankments, you must separate them and stop them when the people are busy at farming. Those without land will work for a month and then work on them.
This model is not good, not professional enough, and the people are not skilled in another kind of work. If they have to do a month's work, it is inefficient and prone to casualties.
If you want to be professional and efficient, find people without land and give them money. It will take them half a year to build a river embankment, and the half year will belong to them.
After a section of the river embankment is completed and there are still others that need to be repaired nearby, then drag them over to work, such as the craftsmen in the industrial zone.
"Turn on the fan, let's talk about it, why is it so hot?"
Zhu Yuanzhang ate a skewer, feeling the temperature at noon, and turned on the electric fan.
The electric fan is simple. It only has a motor that rotates the fan blades, and a mesh cover is added to the outside to avoid hurting people.
In fact, there is no problem for children to put their hands there. The speed and strength are controlled during the design. It is better to have less wind than to avoid accidents.
Nanjing is hot after the Grain Rain. It is so hot in the south of the Yangtze River. Unlike the northeast and north, it is still cold in some places. The ice in the river has just melted.
As soon as the fan blew, Zhu Yuanzhang wiped his sweat. "Now the phone lines are extended to several nearby houses. Let's try to see the charges. Leave a phone at the convenience store. According to Yi Chang, it will last one minute."
If no one calls, it will be cheaper. We mainly use it to make money. Don’t underestimate this. We can always get back the money on the phone line little by little.
It’s always about money. A thousand copper coins can also be used to pull out a lot of telephone lines. Does Yi Chang have any arrangements?"
The chief stood up first and turned the fan facing the wall, which is softer.
After sitting down again, he said, "Since we need someone on the phone to find someone, we can call you for two minutes and you need to call back."
This matter has been mentioned before. Call someone. , call over there first, find someone here, have someone come here and then call back. The waiting time may not be long, and then the person called will answer the call.
Just one-way charges, just one phone and many people just wait
When the mayor finishes speaking, the meal will be finished.
That night, a telephone line was put up at the convenience office. This was a good notice. One phone call was made, and the nearby state capital immediately made arrangements.
So the sun rose and was covered by dark cloudsWhen the rain falls, there will be merchants waiting at the convenience store.
With a resting place in a convenient place, merchants don’t have to run around and can recruit workers or buy and sell here at any time.
It is open for twelve hours, plus food and drink, etc., making money.
When the wiring started last night, the businessmen asked what was going to be done. When they heard that a telephone was being installed, they couldn't sleep one by one.
They know what a telephone is. The imperial court has posted a notice saying that people are not allowed to touch the telephone line. It is an important thing of the imperial court and is used for timely communication in various places. Touching it is a capital offense.
Everyone who pulled the phone line knew the purpose of this, and the businessmen naturally knew it too. They originally thought it had nothing to do with them.
This is a good thing for transmitting messages thousands of miles away. The imperial court never thought of preparing a convenient place for everyone.
I also found out about the fee. It usually costs two minutes, and the minutes are clear. There is a pendulum clock in the convenience store with minute and second hands.
One revolution of the second hand is one minute, and one thousand coins can take up two revolutions.
Some businessmen have a large business, and they live in a convenient place here, while their partners or subordinates live in another convenient place.
They just wanted to try to see if they could call someone over the phone.
"The phone can be connected. There are only six prefectures that can make calls now. They are all written there, including the rules. You can read it yourself."
People from the convenience office have specially set up a separate One person is responsible for the phone calls and is charged at the same time.
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