Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 892

[Chapter 892 Metal]

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Qin Shan and Guan Tong went through the military salute, turned and left.

From now on, they will control one side of the military alone.

After the two left, Zhao Xu looked at Chang Wei, “Did the other generals get angry?”

“No, military merit is the most important thing in the army, and you have to be able to get emotional if you get emotional,” Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu nodded and returned to the topic, he said, “This king has ordered Xu Ke to send people to infiltrate the five countries of Jiaozhi, Nanzhang, Funan, Piaoman, and Siam to obtain information about the five countries and survey the terrain at the same time.”

Clearing his throat, he continued: “Although this king can provide you with a general map of the five countries, he cannot cover everything. You need to grasp the actual situation yourself. After you go back, you will order the defenders of Jiaozhou and Yunzhou Get in touch with the people in the Fourth Academy, and if they encounter difficulties, provide support if necessary.”

Just like the saying of “Sang Hai Sang Tian”.

Over time, many terrains will change.

Maybe this place used to be a swamp, but now it’s a desert.

Therefore, before each war, he requires the army to survey the terrain in advance, and cannot rely entirely on the sand tables and maps he gives.

Mountains and rivers may not change, but paths, lakes, and forests will.

When the civil strife in Dasong was quelled, because Chang Wei and the others had been in the army for a long time, they were familiar with the terrain of Dasong, so they did not suffer from the terrain.

But the situation is different when going south to the five countries in the southeast.

It is mountainous and full of virgin jungles.

Miasma, swamps, poisonous insects and beasts abound.

If you enter rashly, non-combat attrition will be huge.

It must be figured out in advance.

After all, according to his calculations, the West-Turk Allied Forces will arrive in Tianzhu soon, or have already arrived in Tianzhu.

They spend a lot of time on expeditions, and they will not stop until they achieve their strategic goals.

Therefore, there must be war in the south!

And the five southeastern countries controlled by the Western natives are like a sword in Da Song’s belly, making people sleepless and restless.

Regardless of whether the Western natives will attack from the direction of Jiaozhi and Pyuman, he will drive the Western natives out of the Five Kingdoms.

Restore Great Song’s influence over the Five Kingdoms.

“I will understand in the end.” Chang Wei said seriously.

The two talked about something about the army again, and Chang Wei went back.

Zhao Xu also left the study and headed towards the Research Institute.

Since formulating the two-step strategy, he has focused on the military and dealt with the upcoming foreign war, while personally participating in the wave of the second industrial revolution.

When dealing with government affairs every day, he is the king of Yan.

The rest of the time he was a researcher at the Academy.

Whether it is physics, chemistry, or materials, he actively participates in every experiment.

In addition to the research institute led by Wang Chong and Qu Sheng, he also went to the research institute under the Bing Zhan Division and the Ship Division Research Institute every now and then.

Work with them to overcome the current technical difficulties.

Although the drawings are mature, it still takes a lot of work to produce the real thing.

“Your Highness, the large electrolytic tank has been prepared.”

As soon as Zhao Xu arrived at the research institute, Qu Sheng immediately greeted him with an excited expression.

After the successful test of thermal power generation, Qu Sheng was even more excited than Wang Chong and the others.

Constrained by the crude conditions in the past, many chemicals could not be prepared.

Now, the preparation of chemicals has entered a period of explosion.

Because after the firepower test, the generator set used for this test was left in the research institute.

Wang Chong also specially laid lines for the chemical laboratory.

Just after the power line was laid, Qu Sheng entered into the experiment of electrolyzed water and produced hydrogen and oxygen for the first time.

Unsatisfied with the electrolysis test in the laboratory, he and the researchers prepared a large-scale electrolyzer.

“Really? Let me see.” Zhao Xu smiled.

The two arrived at the back of the research institute, where there was a row of yards.

Among them, Wang Chong is in charge of the east side, and Qu Sheng is in charge of the west side.

Entering the No. 8 courtyard, Zhao Xu saw a square electrolyzer that was similar to a pool.

There is a partition in the middle of the electrolytic tank, and the two ends are connected with wires.

Generally speaking, the principle of an electrolyzer is similar to that of a battery.

One side is positive and the other is negative.

The only difference is the middle block, which separates the positive electrode area from the negative electrode area, so that it is convenient to electrolyze the required substances from different electrode sides.

“In this way, we can conduct electrolytic magnesium and aluminum experiments?” Zhao Xu asked.

The electrolyzer has no technical content, so he is not concerned about the electrolyzer.

Instead, after building a large electrolytic tank, some special metals can be prepared in small quantities.

For example, magnesium powder and aluminum powder are necessary for making flares.

With them, a single flare can illuminate an area with a radius of one kilometer, making nighttime enemies invisible.

In the next war with the natives, the natives’ guns and artillery were not dominant.

If he was the opponent’s general, he would definitely make good use of night battles and use the darkness to offset their advantages of guns and artillery.

At this time, the flare can play a role.

Historically, any technological upgrade was often used in the military for the first time.

He is not exempt.

The reason is obvious, if you can’t protect yourself in the military, you can’t do scientific research with peace of mind.

“Yes, the materials have been prepared and can be carried out at any time.” Qu Sheng said.

Zhao Xu nodded, “The prepared magnesium and aluminum should be stored well, and then delivered to the Military Division.”

Extracting magnesium requires magnesite, and extracting aluminum requires bauxite.

When he was fighting, the prospector had been looking for mineral deposits according to the mineral map he gave.

Both deposits have already been discovered.

After talking about this, Qu Sheng called the researcher in charge of the electrolysis test, and conducted the electrolysis in front of Zhao Xu.

After a while, many silvery magnesium metals appeared in the electrolytic tank.

After the magnesium was taken out, some aluminum was electrolytically extracted next.

Both metals obtained are the size of a fist.

“Then distill them at high temperature, cool and collect them, and then we can get magnesium powder and aluminum powder.” Qu Sheng dragged magnesium particles with one hand and aluminum particles with the other, smiling all over his face.

Zhao Xu took it and nodded slightly.

He is interested in the production of magnesium and aluminum, and not just because of their use in making flares.

In fact, the industrial value of these two metals is greater.

Magnesium and aluminum can replace many rare metals, such as titanium, zirconium, uranium, beryllium and so on.

With them, it will be a matter of course for the research institute to obtain other metals in the future.

And these rare metals will promote the development of alloy steel.

Furthermore, the alloy of magnesium and aluminum is light in weight and high in hardness, and only the two of them are worth a lot.

In the future, whether it is cars, planes, ships or various weapons, they will be used.

After excitedly discussing the electrolytic magnesium and aluminum for a while, Zhao Xu asked Qu Sheng to study and extract rare metals such as lithium, beryllium, titanium, vanadium, germanium, niobium, molybdenum, cesium, and lanthanum.

The progress of industry is to walk on multiple legs, relying only on chemistry or physics alone will not work.

(end of this chapter)