Chapter 137 Layout
Wan Jun changed the pattern and drew a rough diagram and handed it to everyone, "One of them is the Land War King, and the other is a more difficult aircraft. You can choose it yourself."
Several people thought about it and stood behind the two people holding the drawings. Only Gong Bisheng stood there and looked at Wan Jun.
Wan Jun said strangely, "Gong Bisheng, why don't you choose?"
Gong Bisheng said, "I want to study the weapon that the head of state said halfway through the last time."
Wan Jun couldn't remember, "What did I say last time?"
Gong Bisheng said, "The Head of State doesn't remember it. The head of state last time told me about the aircraft carrier, and then said that it could kill atomic bombs that could kill 100,000 enemies with one shot, and be destroyed by a hundred miles."
Wan Jun said, "Don't talk nonsense, you're the one who is a bullet."
Gong Bisheng hurriedly said, "The Head of State for forgiveness!"
Wan Jun said, "But no matter how you say, this tank and aircraft have no power, and it is impossible to achieve it. You should take people and continue to study the steam engine."
Gong Bisheng said, "The steam engine has been developed."
Wan Jun said, "Your thing is at most a primary test item, I want an internal combustion engine."
As he said that, Wan Jun picked up a pen and painted it on the paper, "Four stamping cylinders, directly replace the steam with gas, and here the explosion is ignited to provide thrust."
Gong Bisheng looked confused, Wan Jun stopped writing after finishing drawing, "Do you understand?"
Gong Bisheng said, "I probably understand a little bit."
Wan Jun said, "It's okay if you don't understand. I think there will always be someone who understands it, so you can study it slowly."
After sending Gong Bisheng, Wan Jun said to the human who was holding the drawings, "I will tell you these two things separately, and the people from the aircraft team will go out first."
After only a few people were left in the room, Wan Jun picked up the drawing and said, "This thing is called a tank, five pairs of wheels and crawlers, covered with iron armor, and the knife cannot be cut in, and arrows cannot be shot through. Even if the red-clothed cannon hits the front, people will have nothing to do here. What you have to do is use the existing steam engine as power and make it for me."
After the tank team left, the crew members came in. Wan Jun was not very clear about the principle of the aircraft. He took the drawing and thought, "The hot air balloon can already fly into the sky, but it is greatly affected by the strong wind and cannot fly maneuver. This plane has propellers, and rotation will generate thrust. This wing will have lift and the tail can remain stable."
Several people seemed to be listening to a book of heaven, and the few people looked confused when Wan Jun described it.
"If an aircraft can fly, it must have the lifting force to rise, the thrust force to fly forward, and the control force to control people. You can do these three things one by one, and you will make three of them together for me to see."
In the end, Wan Jun, who was exhausted in the word, could only send a few people like this.
After everything was said, it was already late, Wang Lihui smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, the head of state."
Wan Jun said, "This brush drawing is really inconvenient. Have you ever thought about getting another pen?"
Wang Lihui said, "I'll do it."
Wan Jun nodded and said, "Lihui, the hot air balloon is good. This silver cost is worth it. You can get a few more as soon as possible and send them to Chang'an to equip various troops."
After resting at the research institute for a night, the next day, Wanjun arrived at the Hanyang Shipyard.
Du Changqing and Jiang usually brought many craftsmen in the shipyard to welcome the door of the shipyard together. Wan Jun said, "I didn't say last time, don't delay shipbuilding, come and tell me.
Just say it."
A group of ship craftsmen were dismissed and Wan Jun said, "How is it? What's the result of the battle last year?"
Du Changqing said, "Last year, four batches of 93-meter warships were produced, two batches of each batch. Six batches of medium-sized warships were 55-meter, two batches of 2. Ten batches of light warships were 28-meter, six batches of 6. A total of eighty ships of all sizes were 20."
Wan Jun said, "If eighty warships are fighting a war, it is enough, but it is still too far behind to fight a naval battle with the Europeans."
Du Changqing said, "Sir, building a big ship requires money, manpower, materials, and time, not every night."
Wan Jun nodded. To build a navy, it is not just a matter of shipbuilding. The sailors need time to develop combat effectiveness. "I will let more money be distributed, and the skilled boatmen hope that the two of them will cultivate more."
Du Changqing said, "The shipbuilder, Lord Jiang, has trained a lot, but the wood is short of it."
Wan Jun glanced at Du Changqing. This man called his apprentice Jiang usually "Master Jiang". The relationship between the two seemed to be a little wrong. Wan Jun said, "There are so many trees now, why are there shortage of wood?"
Du Changqing said, "I don't know that shipbuilding is not something that can be used for shipbuilding, especially for sea boats. If pine and cypress are used, it will be too brittle and cannot withstand wind and waves. Moreover, the wood used in different places on the boat is different. The mast should be straight fir, and the boat beams and stairs should be made of nanmu, camphor, elm, elm, bet, and pinewood. There are detailed records in "Tiangong Kaiwu", which are all of which are of particular importance."
For the first time, Wan Jun heard that there were so many words about the wood for building ships. "If you look at it this way, stop the 93-meter-long ship, build more river ships, and there will be some places to use in the future."
Du Changqing said, "A new 93-meter ship has been launched. Then these two ships have been created. This year, we will stop as the adults wish."
Wan Jun remembered the conversation just now. "The Art of Heavenly Works" is a very famous masterpiece. "I wonder where the master of the book "The Art of Heavenly Works" is now?"
Du Changqing finished reporting all the big and small matters of the shipyard, said a word and said, "Let's leave," turned around and left, without even looking at Jiang Pingchang.
After Du Changqing walked away, Wan Jun said to Jiang Pingchang, "What's the situation with your master?"
Jiang Pingchang said, "According to the command of the head of state, I taught the boatmen privately. The master found out that he broke off the relationship between master and apprentice with me."
Wan Jun said, "You are wronged."
Jiang Pingchang said, "For the sake of the great cause of the empire, what's the point of being wronged by me alone?"
Wan Jun patted Jiang Pingchang's shoulder and said, "You are very good. There are other arrangements this time. You can go with me."
Jiang Pingchang said, "The people who have received the order."
Wan Jun smiled and said, "What kind of people are you? You are the hero of the empire now. Let's go to the south and build the empire's navy!"
After a round trip to the shipyard, Wanjun gave Jiang Pingchang the order, leading a reliable ship craftsman to go south together.
After staying back and forth in the shipyard and research institute for several days, Wan Jun accompanied Wang Huan at the Hanyang Prefecture Office for several days. After half a month, all the supplies had been gathered. It was time to go to Yunnan.
Wang Huan held Wan Jun's hand with tears in his eyes and sent it to Hanyang Wharf. The fleet was about to go up the river and headed all the way to Yuezhou Prefecture.
Wang Huan originally wanted to follow Wan Jun, but the war was fierce and dangerous. Moreover, the jungle in Guangdong and Guangxi was densely populated with miasma and poisonous insects, so Wan Jun refused to be sure.
The two of them said a while on the dock. The more comforted Wan Jun was, the more no wonder Wang Huan was. Tears fell down. Wan Jun had no choice but to hug Wang Huan, and stepped onto the big ship, signaling Zhang Fan to set off.
The dock was getting farther and farther away, and thousands of troops waved to the dock, and finally felt relieved. Sometimes women were more difficult to deal with than military affairs, and at least they could analyze how the situation would develop based on the strength of the enemy and us.
The fleet went up the river to Yuezhou, entered Dongting Lake from Yuezhou, and then went all the way to Guiyang.
Guizhou has many mountains and almost all the land is in the hands of the chieftains. The Ming Dynasty tried hard to change the land and return the land. In the end, it only changed the two prefectures of Zunyi Prefecture and Pingyue Prefecture.
The result of the transformation of the land and returning to the land was that the court's income was limited, which caused resistance from many chieftains. When the She'an chieftains rebelled, the chieftain forces in various places responded, and the rebellion lasted for seventeen years.
According to historical records, this southwestern chieftain rebellion consumed 5.6 million soldiers, 74 million taels of silver and 446 million stones of food. It was useless in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty's national strength, further deteriorating the war situation in Liaodong, and was finally killed by Hu Qing to the Central Plains.
The Chinese Army's Southwest Front Army had limited troops and under the current circumstances, it only controlled Zunyi and Guiyang. Most areas only surrendered in name only the chieftains.
Wanjun didn't care about this, but he was extremely careful about this situation. Changing the land and returning to the current was an inevitable trend of national unity, and independent forces would only disperse the power of China.
After Li Laiheng established his authority in the battle, the chieftain soldiers in the southwest became much more well-behaved. When the Chinese army confronted Wenshan and Shadingzhou, many chieftains sent troops to express their loyalty.
Because he was delayed in Wuchang, when the troops arrived in Kunming, Zhang Wuyang, Li Dingguo and Yang Zhan had already arrived.
As the troops expected, due to the rebellion of surrendered generals, the Qing soldiers on the northern front would be unable to attack the Chinese army for a period of time, but it would not take too long. The war to attack Annan should not be delayed for a long time.
During the rebellion of Shadingzhou, Mu Tianbo besieged Chuxiong and almost turned his head away. Fortunately, the Chinese army rescued the siege in time and surrendered to the Chinese army, Mu Tianbo was considered to be aware of the current affairs. Although his family property was filled with the national treasury of the Chinese army, Mu Tianbo was only grateful to the Chinese army, and his resentment was all recorded on Shadingzhou.
At the military meeting, Mu Tianbo was afraid of forgetting Shadingzhou. "This dog thief in Shadingzhou has colluded with most chieftains in Yunnan. Now he has fled to Annan and wants to capture him and execute him in Lingchi."
Considering the prestige of Qianguo Duke of Yunnan and its hundreds of years of prestige, the Chinese army should also make good use of it. Mu Tianbo performed well, so Wanjun asked Mu Tianbo to attend the meeting.
Wan Jun said, "How much do you know about Annan?"
Mu Tianbo Road, "A small country of Annan, once the soldiers arrive, they can be destroyed by a blink of an eye."
Wan Jun said politely, "Since you can destroy it with a blink of an eye, why did the Yongle Dynasty destroy Annan and restore the country in just twenty years? Are you providing false information to our army?"
Mu Tianbo said, "I dare not, even though Anguo has nominally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty since his independence, he has done his own way in China. The king calls himself "emperor". While observing the righteousness of China, he privately proclaimed his own reign and often raided the Ming Dynasty's Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan border areas. As far as I know, the Annan Li Dynasty is now just an airshot and has been undermined by the powerful minister Zheng. There is also Mo family in China, and he has always been incompatible with the Zheng family."
Chapter completed!