Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 446: Explore the North and South Poles
Facing Anna’s doubts, Zhang Yuan sighed. It was indeed effective to use technical means to advance the world, but his efficiency alone was too slow.
It's too difficult to change the essence. Don't think that the appearance of the telegraph will allow humans to transition to the electrical age normally.
The land of this world is equivalent to only the Southeast Asian islands on the earth. It is impossible to break through the real upper bound of development without looking for a new continent, just a little bit of living space.
He took a globe and explained to Anna: "This is our planet, the proven part, more than 95% is the ocean."
This globe is divided into two halves, one half is light and the other half is dark.
Boulder City is located in a dark area in the southern hemisphere, with a latitude of approximately 22.5 degrees south latitude.
"Humankind urgently needs a larger living space to be able to develop better. An area with light and suitable temperature can grow a lot of food and feed more people!"
"And the average temperature of this planet is too high, the place with light is too hot, and the place without light cannot grow plants. So...Where is such a suitable place to live?"
Zhang Yuan pointed to the two ends of the globe. The first is the South Pole, and the second is the North Pole.
The temperature in the north and south poles is lower than that in other regions, and there is a phenomenon of extreme daylight. After a series of calculations, the temperature should be able to reach about 0-5 degrees Celsius. People can live in this temperature.
If a new continent can be found in the light belt of the north and south poles, the state of human existence will undoubtedly undergo a huge change.
"Do you have to go?" Anna didn't understand why she ran out to find the New World in such a wealthy state of life. Even if she knew that her brother was an ambitious person, it was still difficult for her to understand.
And, Antarctica, too far away!
This world is not like the earth, with large tracts of continents that can be temporarily docked. Because the entire planet is locked by tides, one end is hot and the other end is cold, hot and cold convection often produces large storms and tsunamis.
The longer the voyage, the higher the chance of encountering a disaster.
Zhang Yuan smiled, and did not answer.
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The stars in the sky gradually disappear, and it is destined to be a dark night...
The crowds are staggered, the crowd is full of friends, and the burning gas lamp illuminates the entire mansion. Zhang Yuan is graciously entertaining more than 80 guests at home. Among them, a small half are scientists in the information industry, and some are celebrities, including some business giants with good personal relationships, plus some high-level government officials and so on.
They ate and drank, drank and ate, laughing and laughing at the same time, they were testing each other's business bottom line, and the invisible smoke of gunpowder was already in the air.
The topic of the banquet is only one—the telegram! Even those gossips about the playboys, no one is going to talk about it. When some old men heard about such a miraculous thing, they all showed skepticism.
The food on the dining table is very delicate. It is made from high-end ingredients from all over the world. After the hands of the court chef, even some guests with a small appetite ate a lot.
Zhang Yuan stood in the front and introduced the specific working principle of the telegraph, including the economic growth that may be driven in the future and the expected profit.
"...To sum up, it is a more reliable signal transmission tool, and it is not limited by weather and routes."
Actually, these high-ranking nobles are not interested in the principle of telegraph. They don't understand the so-called transmitting antenna and Morse code. They are only interested in interests. Anyone with a normal head knows what kind of change this thing will bring!
This is a real upheaval!
Incomparable benefits, a huge, visible cake, are all placed in front of my eyes.
The elderly Queen, is reading this latest telegram, her brows frowned and stretched. She has learned the authenticity of this news from the carrier pigeons she has returned.
In the past, it took 6 hours to use pigeons to transmit information with another island. Now, it takes less than half a second.
A new era has arrived. Old businesses will be eliminated and new industries will rise again.
However, all the patents are held in Zhang Yuan's hands. Those scientists are able to take a small share of shares. It is not important. These smart people should be rewarded.
The equity in Zhang Yuan's hands is the big one, which means how big the cake can be divided.
just thinking about it, some nobles have already held their breath, as if they saw a golden mountain that has not yet been unearthed. A few old guys are thinking a little bit crookedly. They are wondering whether this young man seems to be still unmarried, can he do a little bit about marrying his daughter...
Zhang Yuan finally said calmly: "...Of course, a new industry must require all-round cooperation. Whether it is equipment or human resources, we need steel, copper, and engineers. Both universities and steel smelters should be involved. On different islands, building signal receiving towers costs a lot of money, so our company is eager to seek more cooperation."
"Here, I announce a decision."
For a while, the room was quiet and terrible, everyone was waiting, Zhang Yuan announced.
"...I am willing to sell part of the equity in exchange for a chance to sail across the ocean!"
This announcement was unexpected!
After listening to Zhang Yuan's description of all the grand plans and ambitions, many people invariably came up with an idea-he is crazy!
Ocean sailing? Explore Antarctica? This is no longer in the category of ambition, but... crazy!
turned around and looked at the black on the globe, which means that a large number of uncultivated or extremely dangerous areas, the old duke who has a little friendship with Zhang Yuan persuaded: "Your Excellency, you are still very young, your The future is great, why do you want to do such a thing where the risks far outweigh the benefits?"
His voice has become serious: "Only those down-and-out nobles with delusions~IndoMTL.com~ will do this!"
Another scientist also stood up and persuaded: "Yes, Lord Earl, in fact, this idea has been around a long time ago. A hundred years ago, someone had explored parts of the Arctic. But They found nothing in the end, and the captain went bankrupt as a result, and committed suicide on the way back... Lord Earl, why do you do this?"
He said this because he really admired Zhang Yuan's talent.
"Oh! There is also a fleet that went to Antarctica, but they did not return. Either there was a big storm, or there was a tsunami."
"Even if you find some small islands in Antarctica, it doesn't make any sense! It's too remote, and no one wants to settle there unless you can find a whole continent! But the probability is very small!"
Most of the people below didn't know what to say anymore, and they became agitated. Many people are eager to get more equity in the Telegraph Company, and they are so happy because of Zhang Yuan's madness.
But the truth is unknown.
Some admonish, jealous, secretly excited, and some want Zhang Yuan to go mad and die in a shipwreck. Only a few are really worried about his personal health.
Zhang Yuan shook his head slightly, this is the real...human being.
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