Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1450 Censor
The Censor Zheng Xuan came to Shangluo.

This image was exactly what he expected. Although he was only a few years younger than Mr. Wen, Director Zheng looked much better than Mr. Wen. He was wearing a black coat and a narrow-brimmed hat that covered his facial details. He went up to the second floor and went straight to meet Shangluo.

When he went upstairs, he was still holding a cell phone in his hand and talking to Lord Wen to confirm their location.

[Eh? How come he has one too? ]

Shangluo almost didn't react - because the sight of a man going upstairs with a cell phone in his hand suddenly brought back Shangluo's long-lost memories, and he didn't think there was anything wrong at first.

"Old Zheng, this way." Elder Wen waved his hand, and Director Zheng came over.

Zheng Xuan, Inspector General of the Fourth Bureau of the Internal Affairs Committee of the Censorate.

Shangluo used to care more about his identity, but now he cares more about his mobile phone.

"Shang Tianjun." He recognized Shang Luo at a glance, although Shang Luo had never seen him before.

The two stood up and shook hands with each other. The Ming Dynasty also had a handshake ceremony, but it was a more casual etiquette, not formal, and mainly used in informal occasions. After all, this was a cafeteria, and it would be a bit strange if both sides sat upright and saluted.

However, shaking hands is not done with the palms, but with the wrists, so there is no physical contact. This is a custom that has only emerged in modern times, because informal social occasions have increased with modernization.

The two shook hands before sitting down. Shangluo got straight to the point and asked:

"Director Zheng, what is this tablet-shaped personal communication device in your hand?"

"You mean the cell phone?"

“This is also called a mobile phone?”

"It's not 'also called' a mobile phone. This is modified based on your mobile phone. It was you, Shang Tianjun, who brought this form here first, so we did this."

"But Director Zheng, you know that our jade token uses spiritual power. What does your jade token use?"

“Chips and batteries.”

"???"

【? ? ? 】

Shangluo and Apollonia were both stunned.

"What chip?"

"It's the chip you were always talking about, Shang Tianjun. It's the large-scale integrated circuit, right?"

"what?"

Seeing Shangluo still didn't believe it, Director Zheng directly handed the phone to Shangluo for him to see -

A square glass plate with a metal shell. It felt a little hot to the touch, and there was a small seal with six cinnabar characters "Qingyang Lingying Sanren" on the lower right corner of the back.

Qingyang Lingying Sanren is the Taoist name of Lan Daoxing Lan Zhenren.

It looks like this was produced by Master Lan, and it seems to have been made by hand.

Shangluo entered the mobile phone's operating interface
That's right, it's exactly the same as what he's using now, and the operating logic is the same as Fetion's. The logic of the page is similar to the forum. This seems to be a magical operating system designed by inverting the design language of the program.

"This was done by Master Lan?"

Director Zheng nodded and said, "This is the gift given to me by Master Lan. It is a souvenir from the last time I went to Shuntian to exchange ideas with the 9th Bureau. Master Lan is the consultant of the 9th Bureau."

"So that's it."

If it was done by Master Lan, it wouldn't be surprising.

After trying it out for a while, he found that the phone fulfilled 95% of the functions he expected. It can make calls, send text messages, and run programs. Apart from being a little heavy, there is nothing wrong with it.

But the weight is indeed a bit outrageous. It seems that only martial artists can use this thing smoothly. The weight in the hand feels more than 1 kilogram, heavier than a piece of iron. The volume is also quite large, and it is difficult to hold it in one hand.

But it was a cell phone. At least it met his definition of a cell phone: a handheld mobile telephone.

In fact, if it was just mobile communication, it already existed before. The Wang Division was equipped with many walkie-talkies, which were individual integrated radios, and they worked just like phones. You could hold them in your hand and talk while moving.

But it's not based on a communication network, it's just a radio station. It has a lot of limitations.

The so-called communication network is not just dependent on devices, but on infrastructure for communication. Handheld devices should only be a node in the network. Walkie-talkies cannot form a network and can only broadcast signals within their power range. This makes large-scale communication difficult to achieve - both in terms of quantity and quality.

If it is just pure voice or Morse code, the signal does not need to be very clear. But if you want to transmit Internet signals in time, it is almost impossible to rely on radio, because no one knows how much noise the atmosphere and ocean can mix in. Even if you use a satellite network, you have to wait until the satellite is overhead.

If the communication technology is advanced enough, it is possible to establish self-organizing networks between devices without relying on infrastructure, which is more suitable for use in industrial environments or under extremely high load conditions.

At present, this mobile phone seems to be connected to the spiritual network, but it can also convert the communication information transmitted by the spiritual network into video signals, and then display them through the LCD panel.

This has skipped the development process of mobile phones that Shangluo referred to, and directly updated the product form to the stage where even he would feel that "this thing can be used."

“So, this is how this thing is made?”

"With his hands - I mean, Master Lan did it with his own hands."

"The chip too?" "Yes, he carved it by hand."

[Ah, this... This is already a magical instrument, right? ]

"In fact, it is difficult to tell the difference between magic tools and technological creations. Because as long as the technology is advanced enough, there is no difference between technology and magic. If you have to find one, it is whether there are buttons. This mobile phone has buttons, so it is a technological creation. Fetion has no buttons, so it is a magical creation."

Buttons are very important. They represent whether the item accepts interaction from the physical world and whether the item is a closed black box.

Fetion is obviously a closed magic black box that is detached from the physical world. Although this phone runs a complex computing process that is difficult for the human brain to understand, at least it has a power button and a volume button on the outside, and it also has a screen that can be swiped with the hand. It accepts interaction from the physical world and is not a closed black box.

However, this division is very broad. After all, Shangluo's own Feixin card has buttons because of his own operating habits. He created a virtual function area on it, including numbers and direction keys. For other people, their Feixin card is just a whole piece of jade card. Using it is no different from Jia Baoyu using Fengyue Baojian. Looking in the mirror, you can see things that only you can see.

But
Although I already knew this, being able to complete the production of the chip with just my hands was worthy of the craftsmanship of a Jindan-stage immortal. And being able to make a whole set of machines including the screen was no longer an ordinary immortal.

"How much did Master Lan do?"

"Well, the real person said that this was just a game, and he did it for fun. He saw that we were here to do our work, so he gave it to us as a gift before we left. I saw that many of my colleagues in Shuntian already received one each."

"So many?"

Shangluo himself didn't know that Yingtian had already begun to use this level of equipment on a large scale - although it was only used in the imperial court, the scale could indeed be considered large-scale, after all, it had already stepped out of the laboratory.

[No wonder I found that the spiritual network has been quite lively recently, with hundreds of new users. I was just wondering which sect decided to connect to the spiritual network to see the excitement, but I didn't expect that they were using their mobile phones to access the Internet. But Shangluo, how come you don't know? ]

Shangluo referred the question to Wen Zhong:

"This is common sense," Wen Zhong replied. "The operations of the two capitals in the north and south are relatively independent - absolutely unified, but relatively independent. This means that both sides are very clear about their own responsibilities and responsibilities, so they know what they can and cannot do without communication. So both sides can make decisions independently. It seems that the northern Zhili has been thinking about how to mass-produce large-scale integrated circuits recently."

"Could it be that they rely on tying Master Lan to an assembly line to mass produce him?"

"That's not necessarily the case. I think they might let Master Lan complete some key steps, and then pile on the manual labor in the remaining processes. Just like when Coke is sold in a store, they don't just deliver bottled Coke directly, but deliver the original Coke, and then add water and carbonation on the spot to make soda."

"So Master Lan has come up with some kind of 'chip pulp'. He makes the semi-finished product himself and then takes it to the factory to add water and gas?"

"I don't know about that." Elder Wen said helplessly, "This is the business of the immortals, how can I know it?"

"Well, this is actually pretty good. It's great." Shangluo pondered for a moment.

If all the imperial censors took the golden elixir and obtained the body of a semi-immortal, they would not die so easily and could hold on until the real ascension came.

However, they did not gain mana just because they had acquired a semi-immortal body. The current spiritual network could only be connected through mana.

The spiritual network is very important to the society of immortals. Because if they can't even chat together, then the two sides obviously can't enter the same social group. And immortals must expand it at this stage - the current forum is already quite closed, and this closed forum can easily become the immortals' own private club, rather than being suitable as a network platform for the spiritual life of the residents of the heavenly court.

At this time, injecting more users into the closed platform will naturally solve the problem. These users are also screened, at least they are all censors, allowing them to connect to this network can be regarded as a special treatment.

From this perspective, the importance of mobile phones is self-evident. To some extent, it can be seen as an evolution of human civilization, a silicon-based external organ. Humans rely on mobile phones to connect to the "world of information" and obtain and send information from it. The human eye can only see what is within its sight, and mobile phones can help humans connect to places that they may never be able to see in person in their lifetime.

This is something that only a product like a mobile phone can do. In the past, there were computers, but they could not be carried around all the time. Only mobile phones can be used at any time, like an organ.

"So, this thing uses electricity, right? How do you charge it?" Shangluo suddenly thought of this question. Since the chip is used to process the signal, it must use electricity.

"This is actually a very embarrassing problem at the moment." Governor Zheng said helplessly, "This mobile phone actually has no way to connect to the current power grid - it can't be used in many places. Because its energy density is too high, if a group of people use such high-power appliances at the same time, it will easily cause the power grid to collapse. We won't use them together in the Censorate, so we can only take them home to charge them."

"What about when we go out?"

"Solar power," Governor Zheng replied. "All of our phones are equipped with solar panels, and we use them to charge them when we go out. After all, we don't know which plugs can be used and which plugs can't be used. These days, the interfaces for electrical equipment in many places are not yet unified."

This point made Shangluo deeply understand.
Nowadays, many home appliances are not connected to the home power grid through sockets, but directly connected to the inside and outside through wires. A typical example is a lamp, which is often installed separately except for the lamp tube and bulb, and there is no plug that can be flexibly plugged in and out.

In addition to lights, large appliances such as refrigerators and radios often rely on connecting wires directly to the power grid to obtain electricity.

Sometimes, it's hard to find an outlet at home.

"Many people actually pull a wire at home and pull a separate wire to use as a charger."

"Huh?" Shangluo noticed, "How do you charge it? I don't see any port."

"For wireless charging, just stick the magnetic cover on the back."

Shangluo covered his forehead with his hands: "Why is it so advanced in some places, but so outrageous in others? There are no standard sockets, but there are mobile phones and wireless charging."

But as long as it works, it's fine.

"I'll ask Master Lan to do some research later to see how this was done."

Shangluo's construction of the Heavenly Palace has begun. The right to access the Internet originally belonged only to the Qigong practitioners, and Shangluo decided to popularize it as soon as possible, starting with the operators around him.

"Commander-in-Chief Zheng, let's exchange contact information. We will send the golden elixir to you in the near future. Also, I want to see how this phone is made. There can't really be such a thing as 'chip puree'."

What if not?

"At least 700 machines should be equipped. This is a privilege for the imperial censors. If you bring people to the Thunder Department, they will become people of the Heavenly Court. People of the Heavenly Court should have the right to surf the Internet. If you don't surf the Internet, how can you say that you are living in the Heavenly Court?"

(End of this chapter)