When the war machine of the Liang Dynasty was activated, its efficiency was astonishing.
Su Wencai organized a team of Mohists, and Nangong set up an ultra-long-distance teleportation array between Daliang Dynasty and Jiangnan Road.
After arriving in Daliang City, Ji Changge summoned Su Wen and handed over the mission.
After several years of not seeing each other, Su Wen's appearance had not changed much, but Ji Changge looked a little old, with most of his hair turning gray, and he felt out of breath even after speaking a few words.
Su Wen naturally knew that this was the root cause of Ji Changge's illness after the battle with Emperor Yan.
Ji Changge didn't waste any time and asked Su Wen to build the dock and other necessary arsenals as quickly as possible and on the largest scale. Nangong brought the image of the battleship back to him, and Ji Changge concluded on the spot that this was not only
A powerful weapon that can turn the situation around, it can even hit the capital of Yan State in one go and bring the old Emperor Yan back to Daliang City.
As for gunpowder grenades and the like, Ji Changge has a huge appetite for these weapons that are not difficult and the materials are not complicated. He hopes that after the arsenal is established, it can mass produce 500,000 weapons per month.
Su Wen was shocked by Ji Changge's huge appetite.
This is not an era of large-scale industrial production. With his ability, he can only build a larger small workshop and rely on manpower to "roll" grenades. As for how much he can produce, he does not dare to guarantee.
But one thing is very clear. In the early stage, it was impossible to produce half a million grenades per month.
As for five floating battleships every month...
Su Wen even said directly that it was impossible, absolutely impossible, and beating him to death would not be as efficient.
But soon, Su Wen realized that the support given by His Majesty the Emperor... seemed to support him in doing many things that he could only dream about.
The royal family also maintains countless Mohist extraordinary beings. Although they are all of low rank, most of them are only sequence one and two extraordinary ones. However, these are purely technical Mohists who used to build various wonders for the royal family.
The obscene handicrafts and buildings were transferred to Su Wen. After a short period of training, he knew what he should do.
In addition, there are many extraordinary people who specialize in magic, especially pure magic.
Most of these extraordinary magicians were used to seal the treasury and serve the royal finances. They were concentrated in Su Wen's hands, but they could be used to calculate many technical problems, such as how to build battleships more rationally and the proportion of gunpowder in grenades.
With the participation of extraordinary people, the plan proposed by Su Wen was improved, and the final product was further improved in terms of ability and completion time.
"Damn it...this is how extraordinary people should function!"
In the arsenal, Su Wen sighed with emotion as he watched the production lines being built one after another.
In the past, extraordinary beings regarded improving their own strength as their top priority, so that the development of the world stagnated and remained the same for many years.
Now that the Daliang Dynasty was under attack from both sides, the Emperor of Daliang finally made some changes for the sake of the survival of the country.
But Su Wen knew that even if there was a slight change, starting from the arsenal and the extraordinary beings from the Shu and Mohist factions starting to cooperate and play a role, the real changes in the world would begin.
Transcendents from other factions will also start research in this area, and a whole new world will emerge. It is only a matter of time.
"I hope that by then... the Liang Dynasty will still exist..."
Su Wen sincerely hopes.
The construction of a battleship requires a lot of supporting things, and a steel smelting factory is a necessity. Of course, the battleships produced in Jiangnan Road are mainly made of giant wood. After all, iron is scarce there, and only cannons are cast from metal.
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However, Daliang City stores a lot of iron materials, and it is close to iron mines and places rich in coal mines, so transportation is convenient.
As a result, in a short period of time, huge factories were built in the suburbs of Daliang City near the river. For a while, thick smoke billowed, making the people of Daliang City shout in surprise.
However, the attention of the people was quickly attracted by the deteriorating war situation. Although the Yan army's march south was not unstoppable, it was victorious after all. The Liang Dynasty suffered successive defeats, and the commander-in-chief of the three armies, General Wang Qi, was under great pressure.
Memorials to impeach Wang Qi flooded into the palace like snow, forcing His Majesty the Emperor to change his commander-in-chief.
In the face of doubts from the government and the public, Ji Changge remained as calm as water. At first, he left the impeachment memorial unpublished. However, this not only failed to calm the issue, but instead aroused a greater reaction. During the imperial court, censors came out one after another.
, denounced Wang Qi for causing harm to the country and the people, and should be deprived of military power, dismissed from office and investigated.
But the result of this is...these censors who made impassioned speeches were fined at least, and deprived of their official status at worst, and exiled to barbaric lands.
After all, these famous people and politicians who only know how to talk loudly have only a sharp tongue and dare to say anything for their own benefit.
But Ji Changge was originally an extraordinary person in the military career, and his judgment of the war situation was far superior to that of ordinary courtiers.
General Wang Qi has been promoted from an ordinary soldier to a powerful military strategist step by step. Now he is only one step away from crossing the threshold of sequence five and becoming a military master of sequence six!
So up to now, Ji Changge and Wang Qi are actually holding back a big move and preparing to fight a large-scale war. They will use this war as an opportunity for Wang Qi to be promoted to the sixth sequence!
The extraordinary military strategist of Sequence Six is like a military god! Not only does he have super control over the battlefield, he can even have a sense of foresight on the battlefield, predicting the outcome of the war in advance, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and maximizing
Master the battlefield advantage to the greatest extent.
In order to meet the requirements for a large-scale war, Ji Changge and Wang Qi have been taking the initiative to shrink the battlefield for some time. After the accumulated strength reaches the requirements, they will give Yan a big surprise.
Of course, for Wang Qi, this was a big gamble. If his promotion failed, not only would he die, but he might also implicate the entire Liang Dynasty, destroying hundreds of thousands of troops, and the dynasty might also fall apart due to defeat.
Therefore, Ji Changge did not dare to put all his hopes on Wang Qi.
Su Wen's arsenal, the royal private army, battleships, and gunpowder were all Ji Changge's hopes for the dynasty's survival.
Once Wang Qi fails, forming a battle fleet with combat effectiveness can at least save some face for the dynasty - after all, this is a brand new thing. Ji Changge has hope, but he does not dare to have too much hope. Facing Su Wen,
Ji Changge did not keep his strategic ideas secret. From this, it can be seen that he attached great importance to Su Wen and the arsenal.
Su Wen believed that the arsenal was only one of Ji Changge's back-up men. The Liang Dynasty, which had been founded for hundreds of years, must have had many back-up men.
But he didn't want the dynasty to use all its means to fight against the enemy.
If it really reaches that point, it means that the Liang Dynasty has really reached its end.
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"Is this a firearm?"
While Su Wen was meditating at his desk, Taoyao picked up a stack of drafts on his desk.
"right……"
Su Wen rubbed his eyebrows.
"What use can this thing have?"
Tao Yao looked at an iron pipe-like firearm and was a little puzzled. Of course, when she first read the gunpowder formula, she was doubtful, but now, she no longer doubted Su Wen's whimsical idea, she only wanted to ask for advice.
thought.
"how to say……"
Su Wen rubbed his brows: "If it can be as effective as it should be, it can easily penetrate the leather armor or even iron armor of a warrior twenty feet away. In front of the bullets of firearms, extraordinary people below sequence three will probably be nothing more than a piece of armor."
Meat……"
Su Wen was a little troubled.
Firearms are definitely of epoch-making significance. But...compared to anyone being able to pick up a thrown grenade, firearms are much more complicated.
In his opinion, firearms had to transition from fire guns step by step. He suddenly came up with a mature firearms plan. The current arsenal had no production capacity at all.
But... the killing effect of firecrackers is not as good as ordinary bows and arrows.
Not to mention the crossbow blessed with extraordinary formations.
"This is not too difficult... It can't be done in large quantities, but it can be produced in small quantities. In half a year, one or two thousand people can be armed, no, a team of about five hundred people can have the effect of a surprise army... Well, this
Is it shotgun? This is good!"
Tao Yao took the blueprints one by one and finally took out the blueprints of a shotgun and said: "The structure of firearms is simple. This concealed weapon... well, it's easy to make bullets. Give me a month and I can make it."