When Nangong left, he stared at Su Wen for a long time and said quietly: "You have been sleeping for five years, and you woke up to create such a thing?" Then he added: "It is inhumane for you to create such a thing.
"
He saw the battleship cut a hilltop into flat ground - the iron cannon cast by Su Wenjianyan naturally could not achieve this effect.
But Zhong Wen and Taoyao made innovations based on Su Wen's design, replacing solid iron cannons with spiritual crystals, and even infused cannonballs with extraordinary power.
Such a shell hits the target area and explodes into a deep crater with a radius of dozens of feet!
If such a weapon is used on ordinary soldiers, it will harm the world, and the backlash on the user will be extremely serious.
"How is it possible... I just provided some ideas. The power of the cannonballs is the credit of Senior Brother Zhong and Tao Yao."
"……Ah."
According to Su Wen's explanation, Nangong didn't even believe the punctuation marks.
It's just that at this time, the imperial court was surrounded by enemies on three sides, and at a time when the situation was in turmoil, it was precisely the power to suppress powerful enemies that was needed.
Battleships can be considered a trump card.
Moreover, Su Wen also figured out a way to avoid the consequences of using extraordinary power to kill mortals.
Spiritual crystallization and extraordinary power cannot be used in a certain way. They must be purified before they can be used. In this way, even if heaven is hostile, it is impossible to find an extraordinary person who can output power.
Moreover, the owners of many spiritual crystals have long since passed away, and God's punishment cannot be punished on them.
As for the craftsmen who cast the spiritual cannons... Su Wen also fully considered asking Nangong to send a group of death row prisoners and heavy-duty prisoners to do heinous work. What ordinary people can't do, the extraordinary beings imprisoned in the spiritual prison can just use it.
residual heat.
Anyway, these guys were imprisoned after committing crimes. Let them do these things and use their own merit to atone for their sins, which can be regarded as part of atonement for their sins.
Nangong expressed satisfaction with Su Wen's proposal.
He is in charge of the inner factory, so he can naturally cooperate with Su Wen's plan to the greatest extent.
With Nangong's approval, Ji Changge soon gave key instructions on the construction of battleships. In order to keep it secret, he even directly mobilized resources from the internal treasury to support it without going through the court's review.
A heavy force secretly trained by the royal family also quietly left the capital and went south to Jiangnan Road to participate in battleship combat training.
"Your Majesty is really rich..."
With the support of the royal family, in just ten days, Zhong Wen secretly built ten docks in the back mountain, which could build ten battleships at the same time.
Su Wen lamented repeatedly, thanks to the floating battleship, otherwise it would have taken less than half a year to just build the dock and dock.
However, the deployment of large-scale resources still attracted the attention of the spies lurking in the capital, especially the spies in Jingchu.
If we advance, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to Jingchu!
Seeing this news, Yi Xiongqiong was a little dumbfounded.
The Yan State is invading with a large army, and Rouran is also stationing troops on the border. At this time, the Liang Dynasty should be in an unprecedented difficult situation.
But at this time, Daliang did not use his power in the direction of Yan State and Rouran. Instead, he aimed his spearhead at Jingchu. What was his intention?
After thinking about it carefully, Xiong Qiong broke out in a cold sweat.
Jing Chu also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to bite off a few pieces of fat from Daliang Chao, and he was also prepared on the border.
But compared with the Liang army that has been fighting against Rouran and Yan all the time, Jingchu's army is still weaker. With the same strength, it has almost no chance of winning.
If the Liang Dynasty realized that they could not win in the north, turned their attention to the south, quickly attacked Jingchu, and occupied a large area, and if the mainland fell in the future, they could continue to rebuild their political power by relying on the occupied Jingchu land, waiting for the right time.
Although this idea sounds absurd, in fact... there is room for maneuver.
The land area of Jingchu is so large that Daliang and Jingchu combined only account for two-thirds of the territory of Jingchu. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many tribes. In addition, the rivers and rivers divide the land into pieces. If North Korea is determined to conquer several areas, it can be done.
After that, a large number of Daliang people flowed in, and within thirty years, they were able to regain their strength and compete with the Yan Kingdom.
In this way, in this massive war, only Jingchu is the biggest loser.
"this……"
After Xiong Qiong thought about it carefully, he finally made a decision: "We must not let the Liang Dynasty regard us as a target... At the moment, we can only show goodwill to it, dissuade it from thinking about going south, and let it use its full strength to deal with the Yan Kingdom... Wait for it to fight for a few times After losing the battle and depleting their military strength...even if they go south with all their strength, we don't have to worry."
After having an idea, Xiong Qiong went to see the emperor and reported his idea to the God Emperor.
Although all major military and national affairs were in Xiong Qiong's hands, when it came to the country's fundamental policies, he still had to report them to the God Emperor and let him make up his mind.
Soon, the God Emperor sent an envoy to Daliang, saying that the two countries are brotherly countries and that the two sides have not been at war for more than a hundred years. Now the Liang Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom are at war. In order to support Daliang, Jingchu is willing to withdraw from the border army. If necessary, we can also respond to his request and send troops to Liang to help out and face the invasion of Yan together.
After receiving the credentials from the mission, Ji Changge was completely confused.
"Could it be a scam?"
He summoned the Minister of Rites and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple to hold Jingchu's credentials, but they were confused.
It's just that neither the Ministry of Rites nor Honglu Temple could give Ji Changge an answer. In fact, they were much more shocked than Ji Changge. With the situation they knew, they couldn't understand Jingchu's operations at all.
"That's all...just tell the soldiers in the south to be more careful. That guy, King Chu, is so talkative, I don't know what he thinks!"
Ji Changge finally decided to be prepared and be wary of Jing Chu. Only by being cautious would he not make any mistakes.
Because there is Qingshan Academy and a palace guard in Jiangnan Road, Ji Changge is not worried about the movements in Jingchu.
Whether it is the Emperor of Chu or Xiong Qiong who wants to send troops, the "battleship" fleet described by Nangong will definitely give the Chu people a surprise.
But in this way, the power of the battleship will be exposed in advance. If it is used again against Yan State, it may be difficult to achieve a decisive victory.
More importantly, whether it is a battleship or an invented artillery fire, as long as it is seen by Mohist extraordinary people, there will be imitations soon. Yan and Chu also support many Mohist extraordinary people, give them some time, they will definitely be able to Build battleships belonging to both countries.
"As a result, it is even more urgent to build battleships and more lethal weapons."
After Ji Changge signaled the officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to leave, he ordered: "Ask Nangong to send a message to Su Wen, asking him to bring some backbones of the Mohist family to the capital to set up the second battleship factory. Time is tight, and only one produced in Jiangnan Road Battleships are far from enough, we need to increase our efforts!"
"His Majesty……"
Luo Changyang, the eunuch who served him, was immediately shocked: "With ten battleships every month, the inner government's money and food supply and turnover are already a bit difficult. If a new factory is opened, I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."
"Open the sealed warehouse and take it from inside..."
Ji Changge smiled coldly.
The sealing of the treasury means that since the founding of the Liang Dynasty, every year, regardless of whether there is a fiscal surplus or not, some gold, silver, minerals, spiritual crystals, etc. will be squeezed out of the treasury to be used as resources for national emergencies.
During the more than 300 years since the founding of the country, the Liang Dynasty only closed its treasury twice. Once was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, which resulted in no harvest for five consecutive years. The imperial court opened the treasury, transferred gold and silver goods from it, and purchased grain from Jingchu and Beiyan to help the people.
, and thus the crisis was overcome.
The latter time was when the Liang Dynasty and the Northern Yan Dynasty fought for the twelve border states, with millions of soldiers fighting for eight years. In order not to increase the burden on the people, the treasury was sealed again. The last time the treasury was opened was more than a hundred years ago.
In the past hundred years or so, although the Liang Dynasty could not be said to have had good weather and good harvests every year, the stock of goods in the closed warehouses has been steadily increasing.
Especially in recent years, Ji Changge has implemented the New Deal, and many aristocratic families who have violated the law have had their homes confiscated, and their belongings have piled up like mountains.
Now that the imperial court is facing such a crisis, Ji Changge naturally thinks of closing the resources in the treasury, and it is time to take action.
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"Your Majesty wants me to go to Daliang City?"
When Su Wen heard Nangong's summons, he was a little confused.
Nangong personally sent him a message, saying that His Majesty wanted him to lead a group of battleship-building craftsmen to Daliang City to build a battleship factory.
Although Nangong did not elaborate on the reason, Su Wen still felt a sense of urgency.
Daliang City is the most unsuitable place for building a battleship factory. There are too many people of all kinds, and spies from various countries have almost penetrated the entire Daliang City like a sieve. There is no possibility of keeping it secret.
Ji Changge should know this fact better than him, but he still did so for only one reason. The imperial court was about to fight a difficult war in the near future, and there was no time for the battleships to form an army as planned.
According to Zhong Wen's plan, the academy's shipyard can build thirty battleships and corresponding artillery in half a year. The Imperial Guard has actually begun training with prototype battleships, and it will only take a few months to adapt.
Using battleship tactics, an army can be formed in one year.
But after one year, Ji Changge couldn't wait any longer.
Even a fleet is far from enough for Ji Changge.
Taking into account the battle situation ahead, Su Wen felt that Ji Changge's idea was indeed correct.
The troops in Daliang have been losing more than they have won recently. Marquis Wuling, who is quite famous as a general, was ambushed by the Yan army. Thousands of soldiers died fighting Marquis Wuling. The entire defense line was completely defeated. Fortunately, the black cavalry in the inner factory managed to win unexpectedly.
He hunted and killed three of the opponent's generals who were commanding the battle, causing the Yan army to be in chaos, and then managed to stabilize the front line. Otherwise, the Yan army would have broken through the defense line and marched straight in.
"Right now, there aren't many choices."
Su Wen sighed and said to Taoyao: "You pick a few capable Mo people and we will go to Daliang City."