Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 771

[Chapter 771 Qu Sheng’s Breakthrough]

“This time, the king asked you to come for the purpose of going south. You ordered the prince’s family to prepare for it, and it’s time to unify it.” Looking at the picture of mountains and rivers hanging on the wall , Zhao Xu said slowly.

Whether it’s timing or morality, he has taken advantage of both the timing and morality of going south this time.

The first is timing. The core of the East-Turk Alliance is Dongying.

Just like the Battle of Koryo, in the entire East-Turk Alliance, only Japan can send troops to Wu to support it.

That’s why he waited until he had wiped out the British Fleet and defeated Japan before deciding to go south.

First, without the British fleet, Dongpu was trapped by him, and it was impossible to transport soldiers to Wu or provide any other support.

Secondly, the Yanzhou Fleet seized the supremacy at sea, which was tantamount to cutting off the trade routes between Wu and Britain, and cutting off their blood supply channels.

Although Britain was aware of this problem, it worked with Frank to prepare to export firearms to Wu from land.

But after all, the road conditions in this era are extremely poor, and transportation is extremely inconvenient.

They used to be able to provide ten points of support, but now they can provide three achievements.

As for morality, he once had an agreement with the state of Wu between his private soldiers to rule across the river, and the two would not violate each other.

Although this was just his tactic to delay the attack, Wu Guo was the first to tear up this tacit understanding.

Therefore, morality and justice also occupy the commanding heights.

What’s more, he also represents the Dasong court, which is the royal orthodoxy.

“The general is thinking about it, and it’s time to attack Jiangnan.” Chang Wei clapped his hands and laughed when he heard this.

After a pause, he said: “Your Highness, to put it in a vulgar way, this Jiangnan is Da Song’s exposed balls. Anyone can pinch it. If you don’t retract your crotch, you will have to continue to suffer.”

Zhao Xu nodded. It’s not rough, this is also his idea.

Unlike the previous traditional civil strife in feudal dynasties, there was no interference from foreign forces.

He happened to catch up with this era of rampant powers.

So he knew that he couldn’t win Jiangnan now, and if he wanted to win it in the future, it would only become more and more troublesome.

Because this is also a critical period from the first industrial revolution to the second industrial revolution.

As technology advances, the cost of war will also increase.

“Then what are you waiting for, go back and dispatch troops to bring Jiangnan back to me!” Zhao Xu said loudly.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei gave Zhao Xu a military salute and strode away.

After Chang Wei’s figure disappeared, Zhao Xu ordered someone to send an order to Zhou Yi.

Before the royal army went south, he was going to slap Liang and take the northern part of Yizhou.

As for the south, he will depend on the attitude of the Frangji people.

If Franz joined Britain’s camp against him, he would naturally attack the city of Marka.

If he does not join the British camp, he will give them a buffer time after the victory and defeat with Britain in the Eastern Land, allowing them to withdraw from the Eastern Colony decently, but will allow them to continue normal trade in the Eastern Land.

Of course, Zhao Xu’s attitude towards Frangji is actually full of pessimism.

During the Opium War, no Western country supported the Qing Dynasty.

Even in contemporary times, on the issue of containing the great powers in the East, Western countries are often consistent.

After all, the royal families of various countries often intermarried during the monarchy of the Western Lands, and they were more or less blood related.

They have internal conflicts, and they will dog-eat-dog, but in the face of completely different civilizations, they often pair up like wolves.

Furthermore, Frangji’s land is in the West, and it is too far away from the East. I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand the pressure of other countries in the West.

However, it doesn’t matter anymore.

In the process of leading Da Song to rise, he must compete with the Western Turks for colonies.

This is an essential contradiction that cannot be reconciled.

He is not willing to meet Flang Ji for the time being, but just wants to make a pawn in strategy to see if this pawn can work.

He was thinking about it when Feng Er asked Qu Sheng to see him.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu was taken aback, since Qu Sheng was busy developing Thunder Mercury, he hadn’t seen him for a long time.

At this moment, Qu Sheng asked to see him, he vaguely guessed something, couldn’t help being overjoyed, and immediately let Qu Sheng in.

Not long after, Qu Sheng came in wearing a green shirt.

Although he was much thinner than before, Qu Sheng’s face was excited, and there seemed to be light in his eyes.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he said: “Live up to His Highness’s expectations, I have developed thunder mercury, and now we can transfer from the laboratory to the workshop for production.”

“Thank you for your hard work, you have made a great contribution this time.” Zhao Xu Standing up, he patted Qu Sheng on the shoulder.

This ray mercury is the earliest detonator, which was born in 1814.

In this regard, Yanzhou is lagging behind the West. Fei Wen and him mentioned that the British army is now equipped with a small number of flash cap percussion guns, replacing flint percussion guns.

Because the flint is fired with a misfire rate, and the cap is more stable.

The main ingredient of this flash cap is thunder mercury.

With Leimercury, Yanzhou can not only manufacture flash caps, but can even go a step further and achieve a leap in muskets, such as manufacturing breech-loading percussion rifles.

In contemporary history, relying on the fire cap, the first breech-loading needle rifle was born in 1836.

Therefore, there is no problem at all in producing this kind of rifle at Yanzhou’s industrial level.

And among the drawings he gave to Wang Ying, there was such a design drawing of a breech-loading needle rifle.

It’s just that there is no fire cap, even if Wang Ying made it, it would be meaningless.

But now that the conditions are ripe, Bing Zhansi can start the research and development of breech-loading needle rifles.

Besides, there was another reason why he was so happy.

That is when fighting with Shizu and Dongying, the secret of the cone bullet cannot be hidden.

Whether it is the Britons or the people of Sam’s country must have got the cone bullet.

At the moment when the industrial level is comparable, in fact, the gap between the weapons of the two sides is sometimes just a whimsy by chance.

Because of this, in the contemporary 19th century, World War I, or even World War II, once a certain weapon appeared on the other side, the other side would imitate it immediately.

Therefore, he can be sure that once they verify the benefits of the tapered bullet, it will not take long for the western countries to set off a revolution in firearms.

The army is equipped with a large number of rifled guns similar to those of the royal army.

At that time, their advantage in muskets will be weakened.

In order to deal with this problem, the development of percussion gun is imperative.

“I just feel ashamed that it took so long to master the synthesis of thunder mercury.” Qu Sheng sighed.

He has been competing with Wang Chong, but now he feels that he is getting worse and worse.

Zhao Xu saw what Qu Sheng was thinking, and he said, “Don’t think so, you and Wang Chong are equally important, but Wang Chong’s things are more eye-catching, so it seems to be famous, and the things you make are often hidden behind, appearing It’s just inconspicuous, but in fact, all walks of life can’t do without you.”

Qu Sheng nodded slowly when he heard this, his heart suddenly warmed up.

Only King Yan understood them so well.

Zhao Xu patted Qu Sheng’s shoulder again, “This time, I will reward your chemical laboratory with 10,000 taels of silver, and you will continue to work hard.”

Thunder mercury, including many other chemical reagents, is toxic.

Qu Sheng and the others are not easy, and with the advancement of industry in the future, there will be more and more places that need various chemical reagents.

They should be valued and given the same treatment as a physics laboratory.

After chatting with Qu Sheng for a while, Qu Sheng left.

Zhao Xu ordered people to go to the Military Division, told Wang Ying the news, and at the same time ordered Wang Ying to start the research and development of breech-loading guns.

(end of this chapter)