Chapter 550 - Determined to build a carrier pigeon communication system

After the speech was over, all the backbone of the Wenxiang Sect began to deal with it in different ways: those who entered the army entered the army, and those who went to the former office of Wang Xuzhai went to the former office of Wang Xuzhai. Zhang Zhun's order was to rush to their respective posts quickly, and not to continue to stay in Qixia County if they had nothing to do. Everyone, it's best to leave before dark.

Because, this place will soon be taken over by Liu Baoyu and completely handed over to the Ministry of Government Affairs to govern. Except for a battalion of Tiger Ben troops stationed here, continuing to track down the whereabouts of Wang Yilun and others, and escorting the land reform, the other Tiger Ben troops had to devote themselves to intense training to prepare for the fight against the Tartars.

By the evening, in Qixia County, there were only 500 people in the backbone of the Smelling Fragrance Sect. They were going to follow Dong Shuyan to Beizhili. These 500 people were personally selected by Dong Shuyan, so naturally she trusted them the most. Compared with others, Dong Shuyan's task is quite dangerous, of course, you have to take precautions and do enough work.

In fact, Dong Shuyan is really a little reluctant to set off. Because Zhang Zhun's speech brought her great interest, she really wanted to know from Zhang Zhun how he described such a picture. What a picture this is! If this picture is really realized, how happy people's lives will be!

However, Zhang Zhun's mind is no longer here in the ideal country. In the eyes of others, Zhang Zhun's words are simply crazy, too shocking, too desirable, but in Zhang Zhun's own eyes, they are very commonplace. What he cares about now is Xu Qingluan's pigeons.

Once Dong Shuyan and her subordinates enter Beizhili, the land communication between Shandong and Shandong will become very difficult. Under normal circumstances, cavalry communication is simply impossible. The government along the way will definitely find a way to intercept it. At the same time, the use of cavalry communication took too long to react quickly. Therefore, Xu Qingluan's carrier pigeon system is very important.

"I want to meet the pigeons."

Zhang Zhun said with interest to Xu Qingluan.

"You come with me."

Xu Qingluan nodded.

Dong Shuyan also quietly followed.

The group re-entered the county seat of Qixia and came to a courtyard located near the east of the city. Zhang Zhun heard the sound of pigeons fluttering up and down from afar. When I entered the yard, I saw a lot of pigeons flying around. Since it is evening, the activity of the pigeons is not so high, otherwise, it must be a magnificent sight of pigeons flying all over the sky.

Next to the pigeon cage, there are several older women who are taking care of the white pigeons. The white dove, which is used for communication, still needs to be taken care of, not just throwing some grains. It's like the white dragon foal and the fire dragon foal under Zhang Zhun's crotch, and special feed must be used. The better the animal, the more it needs to be fed carefully.

The feed for these pigeons is specially prepared by Xu Qingluan according to his own experience, which contains peas, soybeans, mung beans, brown rice, wheat, sorghum, white flower seeds, hemp seeds, etc. After the appearance of corn and sweet potatoes, Xu Qingluan also mixed corn and sweet potatoes in the feed. The pigeons at different times have different proportions of various ingredients. Therefore, a white dove soaring in the sky is by no means an ordinary dove that can be domesticated.

"They were all guards when I was a kid and a veteran pigeon breeder. The carrier pigeons I use are domesticated by them. They are also responsible for receiving and sending most of the information. In addition to these in Qixia, there are still a few people lurking in many places in Shandong and Beizhili. They all have carrier pigeons in their hands, which they can use to communicate when necessary. ”

Xu Qingluan pointed to the women who kept pigeons and explained slowly. Now that the Wenxiang Sect has completely disappeared and merged into the Tiger Army, Xu Qingluan has not hidden anything in front of Zhang Zhun. The station of the carrier pigeon was originally the biggest secret of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, but now it has been told to Zhang Zhun.

"How many people are there?"

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and asked expectantly.

"About two hundred people."

Xu Qingluan replied.

"More than 200 people ......"

Zhang Zhun muttered to himself softly.

He was carefully weighing whether the number of women was enough to establish an initial circulatory communication system. The communication of the Wenxiang Sect is secret and accidental, and there are only a few very rare points, and the number of manpower and carrier pigeons needed will not be very large. However, the communication of the Tiger Ben Army is open and normal. This means that the Tiger Army needs more manpower and more carrier pigeons. At the same time, there will be a greater number of pigeon drop-off points, let's call them communication stations.

Zhang Zhun means that every county and every military base has a special communication station, which is equivalent to the current communication base station. In other words, it is necessary to set up white pigeon contact points between cities. Important information, urgent information, is handed over to carrier pigeons to transmit. To do this, a large number of white pigeons are needed, as well as a large number of skilled people who domesticate white pigeons.

There are so many people around Xu Qingluan who know how to domesticate white pigeons, which is naturally the best. Zhang Zhun is most worried about the lack of professional talents. As long as there are professional talents, plus a lot of silver, this pigeon system will definitely be established. Xue Zhidie's shipyard, isn't this how it got up? As long as someone lays the foundation, things will be easier to do in the future.

"How far can a pigeon go?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhun looked at the carrier pigeons that still refused to be quiet, and asked curiously. He inadvertently thought of the entire map of China. From the easternmost to the westernmost, from the southernmost to the northernmost, the distance seems to be more than 4,000 kilometers. That's a long way off. If the territory is further expanded, the distance between each other will definitely be longer.

In ancient China, the larger the territory, the more difficult it was to communicate. The higher the test of the ruler. In the Han Dynasty, it took a month to walk just one Hexi corridor. In the Tang Dynasty, even if an 800-mile urgent document was used to send the news of An Lushan's rebellion from Fanyang to Chang'an, it took a full six days. Obviously, such a method of communication is very detrimental to the ruler's decision-making.

"A thousand miles or so."

Xu Qingluan replied with a more conservative number.

She gently explained that the most important feature of carrier pigeons is the circuit, that is, after being released, they return the same way. Most carrier pigeons only have such primitive functions. After domestication, the pigeons are able to fly skillfully between two fixed communication stations. However, the pigeon cannot fly from one point to another. Its flight path is basically fixed.

Therefore, the laying of this communication site must be carried out with great care. A carrier pigeon can only fly between two stations. If you change too many stations, there will be problems with the carrier pigeons. At present, Xu Qingluan has more than 50 carrier pigeons that can be used for communication, and can only be used for less than eight sites. Each station is generally equipped with about eight carrier pigeons. If the communication is busy, the number of carrier pigeons needs to be equipped.

"Lay the connection of the military base first."

Zhang Zhun said decisively.

He first incorporated several large military bases into the scope of communications, such as Fushan City, Partridge Bay Military Port, Weihai Weijun Port, Aoshan City, Zhaoyuan, Laizhou City, and so on. Government information can be transmitted through fast horses, and it doesn't matter if it's late. Only military intelligence is that the faster the better, and even a one-minute advantage can make the difference between victory and defeat in a war.

Fushan City is obviously the heart of the whole pigeon communication. Under normal circumstances, the information is aggregated to Fushan City, and then sent from Fushan City to various bases. At present, the territory controlled by the Tiger Ben Army, the farthest from Fushan City, is Weihai Weijun Port. Even Dengzhou City, the distance from Fushan City is not the farthest. A distance of 1,000 miles is enough to cover the above areas.

"After Dong Shuyan went to Beizhili, can she contact her directly?"

Zhang Zhun thought about it and asked with concern.

"Yes."

Xu Qingluan replied in the affirmative.

"Good!"

With Xu Qingluan's affirmative reply, Zhang Zhun was relieved.

Since Dong Shuyan can keep in touch with the Tiger Benjun at any time, then once she encounters danger, Zhang Zhun can still lend a hand. How can I say that he has three cavalry battalions in his hands now? The cavalry battalion set off from Qingzhou Mansion, with one person and two horses, and in two days, it was able to enter Beizhili and rescue Dong Shuyan and others.

"Master Xu, if I were to set up carrier pigeons in each battalion. Each battalion uses carrier pigeons and the front-line command to communicate with the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Fushan City, how many carrier pigeons are needed? How many people? How much does it cost? ”

Zhang Zhun then asked the most important question.

Front-line operations, the situation is changing rapidly, relying on traditional cavalry communications, it will take a lot of time. If Zhang Zhun commanded remotely in Fushan City, unless there was a telegram, he would not want to know the situation on the front line in time. This is true even if the headquarters is set up near the front line. At this time, carrier pigeons are very important.

If the carrier pigeon can shuttle freely through the space like radio waves, it will basically meet Zhang Zhun's requirements. However, even as a layman, Zhang Zhun knows very well that it is not easy to establish such a system. In particular, horizontal communication between battalions and battalions is simply impossible to carry out by relying on carrier pigeons. Pigeon communication, the site must be fixed. If that happens, the pigeons have to be trained in a new way.

Sure enough, Xu Qingluan said with some hesitation: "This, it's difficult." Communication between each battalion and the General Command can only be established, and then the General Command coordinates communication between the various battalions. Even this will probably take a lot of time and effort, as well as a lot of money. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said expectantly: "Can you do it?" ”

Xu Qingluan said slowly: "I'll try my best!" ”

Zhang Zhun said with satisfaction: "Okay! ”

In fact, he also knows very well that pigeon communication is by no means as simple as later generations imagined. The wisdom of the working people in ancient China was absolutely first-class. Even so, pigeon communication has not developed on a large scale. It can be seen that it is subject to many constraints. It is quite difficult to use a large area frequently. But isn't the more difficult it is, the more challenging?

Zhang Zhun does not expect the carrier pigeon to completely replace horseback communication, which is unrealistic, but at the very least, it can play a key role when necessary. Especially when crossing mountains and mountains, drifting across oceans. The future development of the Tiger Ben Army may be Liaodong, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Jiangnan. How to quickly communicate the connection between these places? The only option available is carrier pigeons.

It takes three days to sail from Taiwan to Fushan City. If there is a headwind, it may not last for ten days and half a month. If you receive the message, the daylilies may be cold. Only by cultivating carrier pigeons with super flying ability can Fushan City and Taiwan Island be linked in time.

The straight line between Taiwan Island and Fushan City just crosses the mouth of the Yangtze River. As long as a white pigeon rest point is set up in Chongming Sha, or an information transfer station, intelligence from Taiwan Island, you can smoothly reach Fushan City. The calculation time, at most, is only about a day, which is much faster than that of a ship.

The same goes for communications to and from Japan. In communication between the Shandong Peninsula and Japan, it is possible to set up an information relay point somewhere on the Korean Peninsula. Even, carrier pigeons with strong flying ability can fly directly from Japan back to Fushan Castle. The distance from western Japan to Ukiyama Castle is about 1,000 kilometers at most.

In the evening, Xu Qingluan set up a banquet to entertain the officers of the Tiger Ben Army.

After a large number of Wenxiang Sect backbones left, the current Qixia County has become a sea of tiger army. At the banquet, it is natural that the guests and hosts enjoy themselves. At the banquet, Wang Yilun was occasionally mentioned. The leader of the Smelling Fragrance Sect still has no news. However, with the progress of land reform, Wang Yilun's tail will definitely be exposed soon.

Liu Baoyu has arrived in Qixia to preside over the land reform work in Qixia County. In a few days, the fields were able to be distributed among the people. The local people who have obtained tangible benefits will of course not be bewitched by Wang Yilun anymore. As long as Wang Yilun floats his head, he can be caught immediately. In other words, everyone here has quietly pronounced Wang Yilun's death sentence in their hearts.