On the fifth day of April, in the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhu Youjian was speechless as he looked at the Tang newspaper from Henan.
The 160,000-strong army was completely defeated by the intruders, and no body of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three provinces, was left.
Zhu Youjian took a breath, his face turned a little white. He stood up holding on to the handrail, walked a few steps in the Qianqing Palace, and took a few hard breaths.
The 160,000-strong army that encircled and suppressed the intruders could be said to be the most important frontier force of the Ming Dynasty. This army was destroyed, and Zhu Youjian had no troops to mobilize except the Beijing camp.
Shaking his head, Zhu You sighed: "The country is in danger."
Now all 60,000 Shaanxi troops have been destroyed in Henan, and Shaanxi has become an empty area without any soldiers. Li Zichen originally wanted to attack Shaanxi, so naturally he would not miss such a good opportunity and would definitely attack Shaanxi.
Li Zicheng was so popular among the people in Henan that the news of the invaders' "equalizing land and exempting them from taxes" must have spread to Shaanxi. This shows how much the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi would welcome the invaders. It is estimated that in less than three months, the whole Shaanxi will be filled with the word "Chuang" Big flag.
Henan and Shaanxi are connected, how far will Li Zicheng's power expand? If the intruders break through Xi'an and lead the people from Henan and Shaanxi to besiege Shanxi, will the Ming generals in Shanxi be able to hold it?
Zhu Youjian had a feeling that the country was in danger.
In fact, in the original history, the fall of Sun Chuanting sounded the death knell of the Ming Dynasty. In the original history, after the fall of Sun Chuanting, Li Zicheng became unstoppable and swept through Shaanxi, Shanxi and Beizhili within two years. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the 17th year of Chongzhen.
The so-called "the death of Chuan Ting and the death of Ming Dynasty" is nothing more than this.
Of course, because of Li Zhi's time travel, the current situation is different. First of all, it is already the 20th year of Chongzhen. In other words, because of Li Zhi's southern and northern wars, the Ming Dynasty is still strong until the 20th year of Chongzhen. Secondly, Because of Li Zhi's appearance, Zhu Youjian's financial resources were better than before, and he raised a new army of 80,000 men.
With this new army, Zhu Youjian would not be helpless after Sun Chuanting's defeat.
Zhu Youjian walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace for more than ten rounds before he stood still with difficulty and sighed at the gate of the Qianqing Palace.
"The only plan now is to mobilize the Duke of Jin's Tiger and Guard troops to defeat the thieves."
After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Wang Chengen raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you can't do it."
Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen and said nothing.
Wang Chengen said: "It is clear from the Holy Spirit that when the Duke of Jin attacked and destroyed the Tatars, he could have been crowned the king based on his merits. Now if the Tiger Army is mobilized to destroy the invaders, and after the success is achieved, the Duke of Jin will be promoted to a higher rank. No matter what the king's title is, It is going to be sealed. Then in my Ming Dynasty, there will really be a living king with a different surname."
"The Duke of Jin is actually a feudal lord in Tianjin. If he is given the title of king, I don't know what the people in the world will think. If the Duke of Jin has a different intention by then, I'm afraid even the Holy One will not be able to restrain him!"
Zhu Youjian sighed and looked at the palace outside Qianqing Palace, as if he was pondering Wang Chengen's words.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "However, Li Zhi cannot defeat the thieves at this time. The Jiangbei army completely ignored my orders and separatized Jiangnan. The new army is the key to deterring all forces and cannot be used lightly. If the new army is If the army is mobilized to quell the traitors and lose, then the country of the Ming Dynasty will really be in danger."
"So at this moment, only Li Zhi's Tiger Army is available."
Wang Chengen was stunned and asked: "Then if the Duke of Jin wins, will he really be made the county king?"
Zhu Youjian sighed again and said: "I would rather see the Duke of Jin conferring a title on the throne than to let the thieves attack the capital and shake the country."
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Li Zhi stood in the "electricity factory" and watched the busy craftsmen playing with huge electrical equipment.
There was a loud sound of the power coils rotating in the factory, and when you spoke, you almost had to roar to hear it. Qi Wenjian, the general manager of the power factory, stood next to Li Zhi and said loudly: "Master Guo, we use this new generator.
The current emitted is a one-way direct current, which is used to electrolyze compounds with twice the result with half the effort."
Li Zhi nodded and looked at the large generator he designed.
Different from the original AC engine, the new generator converts the alternating electromotive force induced in the armature coil into a DC electromotive force when it is led out from the brush end through the commutator and the commutation action of the brush. Because the brush
The electromotive force induced by a through the commutator segment is always the electromotive force in the coil edge cutting the n-pole magnetic field lines. Therefore, brush a always has positive polarity, and for the same reason, brush b always has negative polarity.
Simply put, a commutator continuously changes the contact points of the wires to convert alternating current into direct current. Therefore, such a generator can emit direct current with fluctuations in current size but unchanged direction.
With such a generator, Li Zhi can electrolytically produce more complex products.
The first thing Li Zhi wanted to try was electrolytic aluminum.
Electrolytic aluminum is an industrial product with a simple process. In later generations, it was regarded as a typical example of high-energy consumption, high pollution, and low-tech industries. But for Li Zhi, who has been in Chongzhen for 20 years, being able to mass-produce metal aluminum using this method is absolutely
It's a good method worth trying.
The current produced by the generator is transmitted to the electrolytic workshop through exposed brass wires. Under the leadership of Qi Wenjian, Li Zhi walked to the electrolytic aluminum production workshop next door and immediately felt a wave of heat hitting his face.
In the huge self-baking tank, the molten cryolite bauxite is in a liquid state at high temperature. The main component of bauxite ore is alumina, and the melting point in the melted cryolite drops to more than 900 degrees. The metals in the mixed solution
They are all in a liquid state, providing the possibility for electrolysis reactions.
Huge graphite carbon rods connected to brass wires introduced electric current into the molten cryolite and bauxite.
Li Zhi wiped the sweat from his head and looked into the hot electrolytic tank.
As soon as the electrode changed, countless bubbles rose in large quantities. It was obviously the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide generated by this reaction, and of course some harmful gases such as hydrogen fluoride. On the other side of the electrode, the viscous liquid gathered more and more next to the graphite rod, which was obviously molten.
Condition of metal aluminum.
Li Zhi nodded and followed Qi Wenjian to the warehouse.
The warehouse is already filled with metal aluminum produced by electrolysis. The metal aluminum is silvery white and sparkles under the light of the window glass. It is brighter than silver and looks very beautiful.
Qi Wenjian asked curiously: "Master Guo, what are these aluminums used for?"
Li Zhi looked at Qi Wenjian and said with a smile: "This metal is very useful. It is used to make aluminum alloys. It is light and strong, and is stronger than our crucible steel. Moreover, aluminum is not easy to corrode and can be used in hydrophilic environments.
used in the environment.”
"Aluminum powder burns extremely brightly and can be used as flares."
"Of course, the simplest use at present is to produce large-denomination currency. Only we can produce this kind of material. It can be used to produce currency with ten taels of denominations. No one can imitate it."
