Almighty System Great Master Qin

Chapter 161 Flying Pigeon Passing Letters

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wu An is visiting." The servant stepped forward and bowed.

"Oh, Lord Wu An is here, please hurry up" Qin Shihuang was bored, and playing cards every day was also boring, mainly because the concubines in the harem didn't dare to beat Qin Shihuang, they always won, so playing mahjong was boring.

"Your Majesty, I have come to bring you some good things." Xiao Hong walked into Qin Shihuang's bedroom with a bamboo cage in his hand, which contained several pigeons.

"Mr. Wu An, did you invent some new cuisine?" Seeing Xiao Hong carrying the pigeon, Qin Shihuang thought he was here to deliver food to him.

"Your Majesty, these pigeons are not edible, they are all precious." Xiao Hong put down the pigeons, poured himself a cup of tea, and frowned after taking a sip.

This tea is too difficult to drink, and I don't know how Qin Shihuang drank it.

"Baby? This pigeon is very ordinary, what kind of treasure is it?" Qin Shihuang asked in confusion as he looked at the pigeons in the cage.

"Your Majesty, let's do an experiment." Xiao Hong took out a pigeon and said, "Your Majesty, you can write a few words casually and give it to this pigeon, and it will send the note to my housekeeper, Wang Chen." hands"

"It's impossible!" Qin Shihuang didn't believe it. He had eaten too much pigeons, but he had never seen a pigeon with this ability.

"Your Majesty will know after you try it." Xiao Hong did not refute Qin Shihuang, but let the facts speak for themselves.

"Okay" Qin Shihuang picked up a pen and wrote Daqin Wannian on the note. In order to cheat Xiao Hong, he even used it to stamp his own jade seal on it.

【Ordered by the heavens to live forever】

After Qin Shihuang handed the note to Xiao Hong, he stared at Xiao Hong, for fear that he would cheat.

With a smile on his face, Xiao Hong took the note, tied it to the pigeon's leg, and had someone take it out of the hall to let the pigeon fly.

Although Qin Chao kept all kinds of pigeons, they were all used for food, not for sending letters.

Around 3000 BC, the Egyptians and Greeks had domesticated wild pigeons as domestic pigeons for messengers, and our country also had carrier pigeons that did not begin to exist until the Han Dynasty.

The cultivation of homing pigeons is actually very simple.

First of all, homing pigeons love nests by nature, and they can locate their nests through magnetic fields.

The simplest training method is to raise carrier pigeons in the two places separately, and regularly switch from one place to another. Over time, the carrier pigeons can remember the nests of the two places, and then achieve the purpose of sending letters.

And the most important thing is that the flying speed of homing pigeons is actually very fast. Generally, the flying speed of homing pigeons is 70-110 kilometers per hour.

It only needs to be properly cultivated, and within half a year, Daqin will be able to set up carrier pigeons in various counties to replace cavalry to deliver letters, which is safe and convenient.

These pigeons were cultivated by Xiao Hong himself during this period of time. In fact, because they are only one-way messengers at present, they are still very simple to cultivate.

Xiao Hong had already made an appointment when he left the mansion. As long as a carrier pigeon came back with a letter, he would bring the note to Xianyang Palace.

Taking advantage of the time when the carrier pigeon delivered the letter, Xiao Hong chatted with Qin Shihuang.

"Your Majesty, why haven't I seen you playing mahjong recently?" Xiao Hong instinctively picked up the cup to drink water, but when he thought of the unpleasant taste, he put the cup down again.

"Oh, it's not because I always win. The concubines in the harem don't dare to win against me, and Fusu and the others are even more afraid." Qin Shihuang sighed, and the few rides were gone.

"This is inevitable. Your Majesty is the emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, and his prestige suppresses the world. It is normal that no one dares to win against you." After all, not everyone is as casual as Xiao Hong.

"Otherwise, Lord Wu An, why don't you play a few games of mahjong with me!" Qin Shihuang knew that Xiao Hong dared to beat him. The last time he played mahjong, Xiao Hong won a jade pendant from him.

"These two people can't play. Since Your Majesty is bored, I'm thinking of a way to come up with something new." Judging from Qin Shihuang's performance, mahjong is fun, but for people with aloof status, There really isn't enough fun.

But soon, Xiao Hong thought of a new entertainment project, that is cross talk.

Modern cross talk evolved from "Xiang Sheng" in the Song Dynasty.In the late Qing Dynasty, cross talk had formed its modern characteristics and style.It is mainly spoken in Beijing dialect, and there are also "dialect crosstalk" in local dialects in various places.

The advantage of cross talk is that no matter how high or low your status is, you can feel its fun and charm. Although Xiao Hong doesn't know cross talk, it doesn't involve it. Who made him have a system?

While Xiao Hong was chatting with Qin Shihuang, a servant walked into the palace, bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, the guards at the gate of the palace have reported that Wang Chen, the steward of Lord Wu An, is holding a letter written by His Majesty and wants to enter the palace."

"So fast!" It took less than 15 minutes at most, and Wang Chen arrived at the gate of the palace.

"Bring him into the palace" Qin Shihuang looked at the smiling Xiao Hong in disbelief.

Soon, Wang Chen walked into Qin Shihuang's bedroom under the guard of two Xuanwu guards, bowed ninety degrees to salute, and said: "See Your Majesty, Your Majesty Wannian"

"Get up." Qin Shihuang waved his hand, making Xuanwu Wei retreat.

"Give me the note" Wang Chen, the servant on the side, took the note and handed it to Qin Shihuang.

"This is actually true!" Qin Shihuang looked at the words written by himself and the seal of the jade seal in his hand.

Qin Shihuang stared at the note for a long time speechless.

It takes at least half an hour to go back and forth from Xianyang Palace to Wu'an Junfu.

And this one has passed 15 minutes, which means that this pigeon can really send letters, and the speed is very fast.

Qin Shihuang took out a pigeon from the cage and looked at it carefully.

The body of the pigeon is gray, the neck is dark blue, and the size of this pigeon is obviously much larger than that of ordinary pigeons.

Qin Shihuang carefully put the pigeon back into the cage, looked at Mr. Wu An and asked, "How fast is this pigeon?"

"It's similar to cavalry, but pigeons can fly, and they can directly cross mountains and mountains without detours."

It would take three days at the fastest for the cavalry to transmit military information from Hetao to Xianyang, and during this period, they still ran around the clock without changing horses.

But if you use pigeons, you will arrive in one day and one night.

The time has been shortened by more than twice!
"So how far can this carrier pigeon fly?"

Xiao Hong thought for a while and said, "It's about 600 kilometers. Of course, if you fly at the limit, you can reach [-] kilometers, but this may exhaust the pigeons to death."

There are indeed pigeons that can fly more than 1000 kilometers in later generations, but they are all carefully bred ultra-long-distance pigeons for ultra-long-distance racing, which is very impractical for Daqin.

"Mr. Wu An, the surprise you gave me today is too great. With this carrier pigeon, no matter what happens in any part of Daqin, I will know it within three days at most, and the order will be delivered more quickly." Qin Shihuang was very satisfied Xiao Hong's good stuff.

(End of this chapter)