The group rested for one night at the pastoral guide's home and started their return journey early the next morning.
Originally, Zhou Yu was planning to take the little princesses to visit Mount Emei and the Leshan Giant Buddha, but after playing for so long, the little princesses no longer had the desire to continue sightseeing.
After returning to the ancient city, everyone rested in the villa for two days.
It was not until the early morning of the third day that Zhou Yu brought the little princesses to the Tang Dynasty.
After some frantic work, the main telephone lines from the imperial palace to the residences of court ministers in Chang'an City have now been completed.
Fortunately, Datang now has solar power supply systems installed in many places. After the power network is established, there will be no problem in ensuring the power supply of the fixed-line telephone system.
As early as when Yan Liben led the team to lay the telephone lines, people with some influence in Chang'an City had already found out the truth.
As the telephone service was officially launched, even before Li Er could make the announcement, a long queue formed in front of the Datang Telecom business office outside the palace.
If other stores have any activities, those prominent families may at most send a servant over.
Even if we give him face, the most they can do is send a housekeeper.
But today, those queuing in front of the Datang Telecom business hall are either dukes or marquises.
As for those officials of slightly lower ranks, although they did not dare to compete with these big men, they still lined up at the end of the line with excitement on their faces.
Even the merchants with some fame were all excited.
They have witnessed all the changes that have taken place in the Tang Dynasty in the past one or two years.
Anything related to the Little Princess of Jinyang is magical.
Although they still don't understand what a telephone is, it doesn't stop them from flocking to it.
Even though installing a telephone cost three thousand taels of silver, they didn't even blink an eye.
Although three thousand taels of silver may not sound like a lot, for ordinary people, it is an astronomical figure.
Under normal circumstances, ordinary people may not be able to save a few taels of silver even if they work hard for a whole year.
certainly.
Zhou Yu didn't prepare landline phones for ordinary people.
Even those who spent three thousand taels of silver to install a telephone only had it installed at home.
Want to make a call?
OK, please prepay the phone bill first.
By the way, the telephone system is set up for two-way charging.
That is, the person who makes the call is charged, and the person who receives the call is also charged.
If their phones weren't fixed, Zhou Yu would have charged them roaming fees.
The three major operators have already implemented these charging methods long ago. Now you just need to learn one or two of them, and you will definitely make a lot of money.
"Hey, hey, hey, Yuchi Laohei, it's fine if you line up yourself, but why did you let your stupid son line up as well?"
"I am me, my son is my son, and we don't live in the same yard, so how can it be the same?"
"Hey~ What you said makes a lot of sense. I have to get my good-for-nothing sons over here quickly."
"You're just too anxious. Didn't you see that Cheng Yaojin only took his eldest son?"
"Is there any other explanation for this?"
"I don't know whether there is an explanation or not, but I do feel a little pained to spend those three thousand taels of silver."
"Ahem~ That's right, that's right. Then my family should apply for one first~"
"By the way, I heard that this installation isn't a voluntary application, and there's no forced application. Why are all the officials queuing here?"
"It's indeed a free application, but I heard that His Majesty will call directly by phone when he summons you. If I don't have a phone at home by then, wouldn't that be a betrayal of His Majesty's grace?"
"This... no wonder even Wei Zheng is queuing up."
"Haha~ Wei Zheng is no longer the same Wei Zheng as before."
"Oh? Is there any other explanation?"
"There's no such thing as that. Ever since Wei Zheng learned to ride a bicycle, he has become a completely different person."
"Yes, according to the palace eunuchs, Wei Zheng is now a staunch reformer."
"What the hell? Wei Zheng is a reformist? Then what about us who got the bicycles first?"
…
When Zhou Yu, holding the little girl, and Li Er came to the door of Datang Telecom's business hall, these were the discussions he heard.
Especially Wei Zheng's change, even Li Er next to him couldn't help grinning when he heard it.
Ever since Wei Zheng was assigned the responsibility of overseeing the construction of warships for the expedition against Japan, this stubborn guy had indeed not contradicted him for a long time.
The two of them stood in front of the Datang Telecom business hall, and a maid in Tang suit brought them ribbons and scissors.
That's right.
The chief planner of this opening ceremony was Li Lizhi.
The entire process is the same as opening a supermarket at the entrance of a residential community.
Even outside the Datang Telecom business hall, there were various congratulatory banners she made herself.
Fortunately, she did not write the recipient on the banner, otherwise those who were queuing would definitely be confused.
certainly.
They did not forget to congratulate, but the gifts they sent had already been cleared away by Yan Liben in advance.
The area of this business hall is not very large. If all these things were piled up here, it would be difficult to even open the door normally.
After Li Er cut the ribbon with Xiao Naituanzi in his arms, one of them pulled a rope and ripped down the red silk hanging on the sign above the main entrance of the Datang Telecom business hall.
As the red silk was pulled down, the firecrackers and gongs and drums that had been prepared long ago soon began to beat.
After some knocking and banging, it was time for Li Er to give his speech.
As for the content of the speech, it was still written by Li Lizhi.
Li Er first thanked all the guests, and then emphasized the necessity of building Datang's communication business.
The final look into the future made everyone present excited.
When planning the opening, Li Lizhi fully drew on the opening process of the Little Rhino Supermarket, so the lottery session was naturally indispensable.
As for the conditions for the lottery, of course you have to prepay your phone bill.
The standards set by Li Lizhi were also simple and crude. For every 1,000 taels deposited, one entry into the lottery would be granted, with no upper limit on the number.
If there had not been the opening event of the Little Rhino Supermarket, Li Lizhi would have been called crazy if she had asked for a deposit of 1,000 taels right from the start.
However, after experiencing the lead-up to the Little Rhino Supermarket’s lucky draw, people with sufficient financial resources simply felt that this event was too cost-effective.
On the one hand, it is because the special prize is a free service. As long as you win the special prize, the three thousand taels of silver for installation will be fully refunded.
On the other hand, the remaining prizes are also very attractive.
There are not only large items like bicycles and human-powered tricycles, but also all kinds of strange and unusual things that Li Lizhi bought from the Internet.
I don't know what those things do, but they look really intimidating.
Coupled with the various short stories Li Lizhi found on the Internet, those people were stunned.
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