Chapter Five Hundred and Eleven The Opportunity to Convert the Army to the Civilian
Snowflakes were falling all over the sky, and the northern prairie was covered with a silver quilt.
The army marching north to Rouran was trapped.
Because it snowed, the surrounding area was completely white, and the road was unclear. In addition, the severe cold in the north made the soldiers unbearable, and the army's plan to march north was delayed.
This is a hardship for the logistics and transportation officials.
A hundred thousand troops, with people eating horses and chewing horses, is a terrifying number every day. It would be fine if they just rest for a few days, but depending on the weather, don't even think about setting off this winter.
After a winter's supply of grain and grass, Lao Fan, who was in the logistics camp, felt like he was going to collapse.
In the Chinese army tent, the old man lit the stove and complained to Su Lu.
"Commander Commander, the road from the south is icy and difficult to walk on. The team transporting the baggage will have to stay at night for more than ten days. Your Majesty, our food and grass reserves are getting less and less."
Lao Fan had a sad face and was about to cry.
Not only was the road to the north impassable, but also the road to the south to transport baggage was impassable.
Su Lu put down the military affairs booklet in his hand and glanced at Lao Fan speechlessly:
"Transporting baggage is not a critical matter. How do people in the North transport things in winter? You don't know how to ask. Get some sleds and slides that can slide on the snow. It shouldn't be too simple to transport things."
Lao Fan was confused and didn't understand what a sled or slider was.
Su Lu said it again. Seeing that Lao Fan looked confused, he was about to pull the pen and paper over when Lao Fan suddenly jumped up with a cry.
"I, my legs were burned by the stove."
Lao Fan said with a nonchalant expression, but his eyes flickered.
"My lord, do you think it would be more convenient if we use flying birds to transport baggage?"
"As far as the general knows, we have that kind of flying bird that can transport more than a dozen people. If it carries food and grass, it must be able to carry a lot. And if the flying bird can be enlarged, it can transport even more food and grass."
Su Lu's enthusiasm was waning. This old fan, a country boy, hadn't figured out the methods yet, so he wanted to get into high technology.
"Okay, I have a plan in this regard. The original Bird Battalion has eliminated many bird soldiers. It is just right to control this kind of bird for transporting luggage."
Lao Fan slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I will go to Feiniao Camp right now. Your Highness the Princess will definitely support my idea."
Before Su Lu could say anything, Lao Fan rushed out in a hurry. The cold wind carried snowflakes and flew in along the opened curtain, making Su Lu swallow back what he said next.
Forget it, Lao Fan, go ahead and do whatever you want, the winter in the North is so damn cold.
Su Lu leaned his chair towards the stove again, continued to pick up the military affairs booklet, and began to review it.
"call"
The curtain was opened again, and Su Yun rushed in wrapped in the cold wind, his cotton hat covered with snowflakes, and his cheeks flushed with excitement.
"Brother, I have thought of a new type of flying bird. You have to pay me to try it out."
Su Lu did not raise his head and continued to review the military affairs book. Although it was winter, the training could not stop. As for Su Yun, it must be the transport bird that Lao Fan mentioned just now. As soon as the bird was mentioned, Su Yun became interested. Now he must be planning
Thinking about how to steal money from the army.
Seeing that Su Lu was silent, Su Yun looked around and saw that the tent was completely empty, with only two guards. The rest of the chief clerks had gone out for training, so he simply dragged a chair over and sat next to the stove.
Certainly.
"Brother, the new type of flying bird improved by Taoist Master Zhenyuan can fly to a height of more than a hundred feet, and the flight distance reaches more than fifty miles. I think if the inner energy conversion cabinet is made larger, the inner structure
If it is more precise, will the bird fly higher or farther?"
"It's possible to fly farther, but there's not much hope of flying higher."
Su Lu put down the military affairs booklet and said, this is a direction for Feiniao's future improvement. If he does not make improvements in this area, the Taixi people will definitely make improvements. Since they have an academy of science, they will definitely not be just a decoration.
Su Yun glanced at Su Lu in surprise: "It hasn't been made yet, brother, you already know?"
"If you can fly far, you can definitely fly higher. I think what you said is wrong, brother."
Su Lu waved his hand: "Okay, okay, go find Taoist Master Zhenyuan and let him try it. If it doesn't exceed 10,000 taels, I will approve it."
Su Yun clapped his hands: "That's great. Old Fan is willing to give ten thousand taels to improve the transportation of baggage. Brother, you can give me ten thousand taels, and I will share another ten thousand taels from our house later. This is a bigger internal interest."
The conversion cabinet is definitely done.”
Su Yun said, turned around and left excitedly, going to the back camp to find Taoist Master Zhenyuan.
Fifteen days later, a larger internal energy conversion cabinet was built. Because the army was fine, with the cooperation of the entire army, a larger flying bird was also built.
Looking at the flying bird that was almost the size of a tent, Su Lu felt a little dizzy.
"Taoist Master Zhenyuan, are you sure this bird can fly?"
Zhen Yuan Taoist's hand caressed the flying bird, and his face was full of anxiety: "It's hard to say, although the inner breath conversion cabinet is made more sophisticated, and the weight of the inner breath conversion is also higher, but how much weight can it fly?
Feiniao, the old Taoist is really unsure."
Su Lu also has some headaches. The lack of professionals is not enough. In the past, when doing research and development on his own, he always based on reality, first assuming the goals to be achieved, and then carrying out the actual design. Generally, the design margin must be more than double the requirements.
The amount is even greater.
It's better now. The old man just touched the stones and started crossing the river. He didn't care whether the other side of the river was his destination, let alone the margin.
"Let's install it first."
Su Lu said as he ordered, whether it succeeds or fails depends on accumulating experience.
After the installation of the internal energy conversion cabinet was completed, the initial debugging of the flying bird began. Zhen Yuan Dao got in, and after some internal breathing, he was convinced that the internal energy conversion channel inside the flying bird was normal and smooth, and he jumped out of the flying bird.
Su Yun got in nimbly, grasped the control lever with a smooth grip, took in his inner breath, and started to move the bird.
"Hoo ho ho"
The wings of the huge bird flapped, and the surrounding white snow was blown around. The snow particles hit the face, causing bursts of pain.
Slowly, the flying bird began to rise up, but to everyone's surprise, the flying bird only flew up to a height of fifteen or six meters, and then stopped completely, hovering in the air. No matter how Su Yun took in his breath, he just couldn't.
It's rising again.
The real veteran pinched his beard and his face was full of astonishment. How could this be the case? Normally, there would be no problem at all for this thing to fly up to two hundred feet.
This damn thing only flew less than ten feet!
"Try how far you can fly?"
The old Taoist urged Su Yun to speak.
The bird flew a hundred meters in the air and then slowly fell down.
"How much inner energy is available, Your Highness the Princess?"
The old Taoist asked Su Yun.
Su Yun moved his hands, and a burst of palm force came out, making two large handprints on the snow. Su Yun took out a small ruler from his pocket and measured the depth of the pit.
"I should be able to fly for three or four hours."
Su Yun was a little hesitant. According to previous calculations, he should be able to fly for another eight hours, but his inner breath had not increased. How could this bird be able to fly for such a long time.
Su Lu's eyes lit up when he looked at the flying bird that was as big as a barracks.
If it can fly for four hours, which is eight hours, even if Su Yun's internal interest rate is high and the internal interest rate of ordinary bird soldiers is slightly different, it can still fly for about five hours. With four bird soldiers alternating, this bird can fly two times.
Ten hours.
In twenty hours, no matter how slow the bird flies, it can still fly from Yumen to Hanshui City.
It's a good thing for transporting goods.
If it were expanded further and used for trade between the north and the south, those precious furs, pearls, silks, and seasonal fruits could be transported from south to north in one go, and their value would be immeasurable.
This is a good opportunity for military conversion to civilian use.