Lu Xun had returned to Jinling from Yizhou, which had completely become part of Chu's "native territory", and began to gradually get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If nothing else goes wrong, Lu Su has been the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time. After the war has stopped for a while, Lu Xun will take over. After all, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has not changed people for a long time, and it should be rotated.
And I believe that within five to ten years, Yu Fan's position as a bachelor will be "transferred" to Lu Xun.
After all, Lu Xun was not only "fucked" with the King of Chu at the age of fourteen, and was the first confidant to praise the King of Chu for being able to block Xiang Yu's attack without getting hurt, but even though he was a side branch, he was the real spokesperson of the Lu family, Lu Kang's
Heir...
At present, Lu Xun is only in the stage of getting familiar with the political affairs of the DPRK and China. As a staff officer or being assigned to Wancheng with a military position, there is no job conflict.
And for Lu Xun, this is also an exercise, or an opportunity to show off his abilities.
Yizhou's naturalization was very successful and his contribution was great, but after all, he was overseas, and today's Chu State is no longer a separatist force in Jiangdong. Some people may not be convinced based on Yizhou's contribution alone.
After all, although Lu Xun was a "veteran" from the Yangzhou Mu period, his actual age was actually only 26 years old!
With Lu Xun's ability, I believe he can perform with ease in Wancheng, and although Lu Xun has not been back for a long time, he and Zhang Xiu have one thing in common - they both have a good relationship with Lu Bu.
In order to test the young Lu Xun, and when there was a lack of military advisors, Lu Bu was condescending and obeyed his command. To Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu was even more of a junior in martial arts.
From this point of view, Zhang Xiu and Lu Xun should be relatively compatible, and they won't look down on the weak-looking Lu Xun.
Of course, for Jia Xu... proposing Lu Xun at this time was also selling Lu a favor.
Jia Xu had already considered it so properly, so naturally Bai Tu had no reason to deny it.
"Your Majesty, you can consider bringing Commander Huang's artillery division to Wangjing Road for training." Lu Su reminded at this time.
Wangjing Road, which is roughly the area from Xinye to Wancheng, is not only very close to Xuchang, but also "a flat river" from the Central Plains, which is very suitable for artillery advancement!
So the Chu State also started preparations for a "three-front war". One of them was Zhao Yun, Fazheng, who was on guard against Longyou in Hanzhong, and on the other hand, he was also on guard against Xichuan;
The second is on Wangjing Road, Zhang Xiu and Lu Xun observed the situation in Guanzhong and Guandong, and were ready to send troops to the Central Plains at any time, with a large number of artillery candidates behind them;
The third is that in Nanpi Generation of Bohai County, not only Lu Bu personally took command, but also Cao Pi, a mascot with a "provocative" effect, needed to guard against Cao Wei's counterattack...
As for Huainan, it is theoretically possible that the feudal princes of the Han Dynasty, especially Qi Hou, would take the initiative to attack, so Taishi Ci was retained as governor of military affairs. Hao Zhao, who joined the Chu State through the imperial examination four years ago, was responsible for the defense of Hefei!
I believe that even Liu Bei would not want to start a war with Chu in Huainan.
After all, there is the military city of Hefei in Huainan, and the water system is developed, which not only means that coordinated operations by land and water are needed, but also means that it is more convenient for Chu State to transport artillery.
The current training location of the artillery division is in Huainan!
As for the navy, it has now returned to the mainland of Chu - eight thousand of its elites have not been back for several years!
And on the sea, the original standing navy of Liaodong Port and Donglai Port is enough to sweep all enemies. After all, Cao Wei no longer has an established fleet, both in the government and in the public.
"Well, I'm giving orders to General Huang now to start training in different areas after the Chinese New Year." Bai Tu also felt that he should be braver.
After all, the artillery division training in Huainan is equivalent to focusing on defense, but being sent to Wangjing Road is more like a hidden thorn in the offense!
Of course, the artillery division will not actually attack alone, but if troops are sent from Wancheng, because the artillery division is behind them, they will definitely be able to add a large number of artillery batteries to the army!
When it came to artillery, Yu Fan's brows were often frowned, which made it even more serious: "Your Majesty, regarding artillery...are there going to be any restrictions in the future?"
Everyone here knows that Yu Fan said this not because he was "compassionate" and could not bear to cause casualties with artillery, but because other princes...especially the Qiaojiangying of Wei State had a tendency to imitate artillery!
After all, artillery is different from Qi missile crossbows. If it is "just" artillery, it can still be imitated. After all, gunpowder is just that the optimized formula is difficult to develop, and the confidentiality level is also difficult to steal.
But for gunpowder of the level of "mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal", it's nonsense to keep it secret...
As for smelting technology, Chu State explored the way, and Wei State also developed a bit. Basically, Wei State's highest level of military industry can reach the level of Chu people's private workshops.
"It's not necessary. It's inevitable that they will imitate it, even if we don't use it. It's better to dominate the world before they succeed!" Bai Tu was very confident.
In addition to confidence in himself, he also had confidence in the Ministry of Industry and even the entire Chu State.
If it is "just" artillery, it is indeed easier to imitate, but...not to mention that Chu's artillery is no longer "basic", and is it really easy for Wei to produce artillery?
It is indeed not impossible to imitate artillery that is a hundred years behind the times. However, it goes without saying that the "visible" demand for steel is not only the raw material for artillery brushes - bristle, it is difficult for the Wei State to get together!
Especially crudely made gunpowder has greater requirements for brushes, otherwise it will easily block the barrel...
It may seem inconspicuous, but in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, pig bristles were used as a sign of large-scale transactions, and large quantities of arms were traded with foreign powers. After all, the Chinese were the largest consumer group of pork pigs in modern times, and there were naturally many bristles.
However, for the current Chu State, pig bristles can be easily purchased, but for other princes... there are not so many people who eat meat!
This is only one aspect, other "invisible" needs, such as maintenance of crossbow barrels, tung oil for gun barrels, high-sugar, high-heat, high-fat compressed biscuits... permeate into every aspect!
It can be said that the Chu State has brought the rhythm of war into the competition of national strength. It is useless to just imitate some of Chu State's superficial technologies.
After the artillery is fully put into use, the core technology cannot be completely kept secret and will be copied. This is what Bai Tu and the Ministry of Industry had expected before.
However, Pang Tong has confidence in the scientific research speed of the Ministry of Industry, and Bai Tu also has confidence in the production speed of Chu State...
The reason why Pang Tong has confidence in the "Ministry of Industry" rather than in himself is because his project is no longer about artillery, but about how to combine artillery with precision intelligence!
The Chu State's partial science has not yet developed a radar, but the precision waves of wireless precision signals also have a certain positioning effect, so Pang Tong thought - how would it be great if the artillery shells would fly to the place where the corresponding precision waves are released?
In this way, as long as the counselor's mental power reaches a certain level, he can use his brain to indicate the direction and target of the cannonball...