Wu Mingche and others were even more overjoyed. Although the Ministry of Industry would bring some surprises from time to time, these surprises were often frightening.
After all, now that Li Xingchen has the support, many craftsmen have begun to try to put some of their previous whimsical ideas into practice. However, many of the ideas have no basis in the end, so after they become reality, various problems always arise.
All kinds of mistakes are ridiculous.
In particular, the military is often the place where the Ministry of Industry tests these things, so after seeing some frights, people now tend to stay away from people from the Ministry of Industry.
But now that His Majesty has said it himself, it means that the Ministry of Works should have really come up with something reliable this time. Of course, Wu Huijue and the others also know that the equipment from the Ministry of Works can only play a supporting role after all.
, once the war really begins, it will still rely on every soldier.
After all, this is not an era where industry has developed enough to influence or even determine the outcome of a war. The key factor in winning a war is people.
Therefore, in the face of the strong military advantage that the Northern Dynasty has always had, the Southern Dynasty even strengthened the training of the army and tried its best to improve the quality of individual soldiers, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the numerical crushing was indeed irreparable to a large extent.
What's more, the other side does not lack some famous generals who can be the mainstay, and the Southern Dynasty's army cannot be as invincible and unstoppable as the Mongolian "God's Whip" in the future.
For such a long time, Nanchen has had the absolute strategic advantage of sitting on the sidelines of the chaos in the north, but it has been unable to open up the situation. This has a lot to do with the human factor. So after Li Xingchen took over, he almost tried his best.
They tried every means to increase the population of the Han Dynasty, including converting the Ba people, various Nanman tribes, Lingnan tribes, etc. into their own use, and this was how they managed to form the current situation.
It can be said that the 100,000 troops in Huainan were put together by Li Xinchen with great painstaking efforts. Together with the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, Hanzhong and the northwest, the Han's available troops were only about 500,000. In comparison, he only had
Yu Wenxian in Hebei, Huaibei and other places has so many troops, and Yang Jian, who has Guanzhong, also has an army of 200,000. Although the gap in numbers between the two sides has been made up to a large extent, they are not equal.
Therefore, instead of placing their hopes on the "fantastic ideas" of the Ministry of Industry, Wu Huijue and the others now focus on how to make the most of the troops and horses on hand.
This also caused them to become temporarily interested in what Li Xingchen said and then no longer care about it. However, they did not know that they had overlooked something that could change history and the entire course of the war.
Li Xingchen had a panoramic view of the expressions of Wu Huijue and others. Of course, he did not expect that these generals who had never seen the power of gunpowder would pay much attention to it. Not to mention anything else, even when the Ministry of Industry was developing gunpowder, they did not
Prioritizing gunpowder first, it was only the "earth-shattering" roar during the gunpowder experiment that made the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry realize what kind of devil they had unleashed.
But Li Xingchen believed that once they realized the power of this thing, Wu Huijue and the others would fall in love with it. Guns and germs have always been the best means for people to conquer their enemies.
After Wu Huijue and others resigned, Li Xingchen climbed to the top of the city with only a few personal guards.
Perhaps it was because of the sparse population, or perhaps because it was closer to the north. Walking on the top of Zhongli's city, Li Xingchen could feel the biting chill in the wind.
The cold spring weather, coupled with the bleak scene below the city and on the other side of the Huai River, makes people even doubt whether this is still Huainan.
The Huai River below the city is long, rippling in the cold wind. Over the past three hundred years, how many people with lofty ideals in the south and heroes in the north have wanted to cross the Huai River and realize the unification of the world, but the cold reality has always been
Like the waves hitting them hard on the rocks.
On both sides of the Huai River, a person whose name is immortalized in history comes and goes in a hurry. Only the Huai River still witnesses the ebb and flow of history.
Now it's Li Xinchen's turn to stand on the south bank of the Huai River.
Winter has just passed, so the water volume of the Huai River is not very large. Even some large warships of the navy have to be anchored near the center of the river. As long as the Han navy is there, the entire Huai River is actually under the control of the Han army.
δΈ. And it is the Huai River that seems to be able to be crossed with a paddle boat, but for three hundred years it has been like a high wall, blocking the entire China into north and south.
It is not that there are no pedestrians on the Huaihe River. Although there are a lot fewer merchants from the north and south because there is no business during spring plowing, there are always some who want to take advantage of this period of time to find some business opportunities while everyone is breathing a sigh of relief.
Li Xingchen subconsciously stood on tiptoes, wanting to see far into the distance. Unfortunately, there was a layer of hazy fog in the distance, which blocked the scenery further away in Huaibei. But Li Xingchen knew in his heart that in the hazy fog, there was the Qingjiang Estuary and Luliang Mountain.
When I came here, I didn't even have the ability to take a look at that haunted place.
In an instant, Li Xingchen even felt that Zhongli City where he was at this moment was the real northernmost point, not only the northernmost point of Han Dynasty, but also the northernmost point in his heart.
But sooner or later one day I have to cross this mountain and this water
In the north, the late spring cold is more severe.
The howling cold wind raged across the streets, and even a thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the pond, making people wonder whether this was spring or a new winter.
Yuwen Shenju walked hurriedly through the winding corridors of the palace. The more anxious he became, the more he felt that the road that could be easily completed in ordinary times had become so winding and long.
Since the cooperation with Nanfang was finalized, the place where Yuwen Shenju and Yuwen met was naturally moved from the original main hall to a more remote library. After all, Yuwen summoning Yuwen Shenju so frequently would be too public.
"I see your Majesty!" Yuwen Shenju said hurriedly when he saw the waiting figure.
"What's the news from the south?" Yuwen said impatiently, very dissatisfied with Yuwen Shenju's move to drag him out of the gentle land.
But Yuwen was full of expectations for being able to deal with Yang Jian, who was now his biggest enemy. He had kept this secret in his heart for a long time, which made him very irritable. He hoped to hear good news from Yuwen Shenju as soon as possible.
"Thirty dead Han soldiers have successfully sneaked into Chang'an City, and there are another thirty or so on the way," Yuwen Shenju said as he reached out and dipped his hand in some tea and drew a rough picture on the table.