What was the best way to spread information? Everything from news, gossip, and emergencies
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Horse back riders, I mean the Pony Express wasn’t the first, just the longest.
for cross ocean news it was common for investors to have swift boat (schooner?) stationed out by normal shipping channels to intercept and collect letters/newspapers. Getting info a few hours earlier meant buying or selling stocks or shares of whatever is coming in on the ship.
The Rothchilds made a massive fortune because their intelligence system was better/faster than England’s and Paris literally thought Napolean was the victor for a week after.
even today with speed of light electronic info/stock deals, someone wanted to tunnel through a mountain to install a fiber optic cable to shave micro seconds off the time it takes to go over.
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