Steel Dynasty - Chapter 94

[Chapter 94 Chemistry Laboratory]

“Because of this, I want you to build a cavalry. At least for now, the best way to deal with cavalry is cavalry.”

Historically, cavalry was not eliminated until the emergence of mechanized corps, so in Xiao According to Ming, the army will still need to focus on building cavalry for a long time.

Lu Fei nodded. No matter how good the infantry battle formation is, it can only passively defend, but the cavalry is an offensive force, a necessary unit for flexible maneuvers, surprise attacks, and pursuit. He said: “If this is the case, these thousand There are still a few war horses.”

“I understand. Next, I plan to smuggle horses from the grassland and try to build a qualified cavalry force.” Xiao Ming frowned.

Even in the age of firearms, the cavalry is irreplaceable.

“Smuggling?” Lu Fei was startled for a moment, then he said: “Your Highness, don’t you know that the barbarians now strictly prohibit the grassland tribes from selling war horses to the Chongqing Kingdom?”

“Of course I know, otherwise it wouldn’t be called smuggling, but trade.” Xiao Ming said.

Lu Fei touched the back of his head, then looked solemnly, and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, the barbarians suddenly tightened the purchase and sale of war horses. This is not good news. In the past, every time this happened, it meant that the barbarians would use troops against the Chongqing Kingdom. “

This is what I’m worried about, so I’m going to buy a batch of war horses this time even at a high price.” Xiao Ming said, “Also, the city wall of Cangzhou City should be overhauled. I will wait for the slaves donated by these merchants to come.” We are going to let them rebuild Cangzhou City and make it an insurmountable fortress for the barbarians.”

Lu Fei was excited, “Is your Highness going to use cement this time?”

Xiao Ming nodded, “Yes, Cangzhou City’s fragile walls are also weak. It’s time to reinforce it.”

After talking about this, Xiao Ming told Lu Fei about the new armies in other states. These new armies are currently led by the backbone of the Qingzhou Army and no wealthy people are involved.

Moreover, each army has a long history in place who is responsible for the ideological work of the army.

When mentioning the long history in the army, Lu Fei had a bitter look on his face, “Your Highness, these long histories open their mouths and the troops insist on being loyal to Your Highness, but shut up and ask the troops to adhere to His Highness’s leadership. They also propose the Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces, the Eight Disciplines, and the Seven Attentions.” Yes, it’s really good enough.”

“What? Is there a problem with the army’s loyalty to the king?” Xiao Ming glanced sideways at Lu Fei and thought, if you have second thoughts, I will still kill you.

Lu Fei suddenly sweated on his forehead. He was just outspoken and disliked the appearance of these literati mothers-in-law. However, he didn’t expect that he said the wrong thing. When he realized it, he immediately bowed and said: “Don’t blame me, Your Highness, the general is a big mouth.” Son, I’m used to talking nonsense.”

“That’s pretty much it. I don’t care what you do, and I will try my best to accommodate you with whatever equipment you want, but you have to be clear-headed about the matter of principle.” Xiao Ming’s words immediately changed. A long history of training.

Those who applied, Chief Shi Xiaoming, naturally would not let them take up their posts easily. Instead, they were allowed to take up their posts after training, and they had to pass an exam before taking up their posts.

The content of this exam is the guiding ideology of these armies. His purpose is to control the army. In such troubled times and in this era, the army can easily be led astray by the generals. The only way to strengthen control is through this method.

Otherwise, a rebellion in this state or a rebellion in that state would be enough for him to drink a pot.

“I don’t dare, I don’t dare, even if I have ten courages, I won’t dare,” Lu Fei said.

Xiao Ming nodded, “I know you must be annoyed by Chang Shi, but just pretend that you can’t see him. The military commander Chang Shi will not interfere with you.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Lu Fei wiped his cold sweat and saw Xiao Ming was about to leave, so he personally sent Xiao Ming outside the military camp.

Watching Xiao Ming leave, Lu Fei breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, the current King Qi was becoming more and more evil, but he had to admit that his move was powerful.

In the past, many soldiers did not know who the King of Qi was, but now that Chang Shi has stayed in the army, he hears about the King of Qi almost every day.

In his opinion, this is not a bad thing. In this way, the military of the six states will be stable, and there will be no situation where Cangzhou City’s wealthy troops control the city.

Here, Xiao Ming left the military camp and went to Bowen College, where the newspaper office Fan Zeng is now in charge, responsible for collecting information every day and publishing a new round of newspapers the next day.

Now that the paper mill and printing workshop have moved into the workshop area, Fan Zeng only needs to send someone to contact them directly.

Xiao Ming had taught Fan Zeng how to do it specifically. He didn’t need to do this little thing personally, he only needed to review the manuscript every day.

After all, with the increase in various affairs, his daily government affairs have also increased.

Industry needs to be managed, commerce needs to be managed, and agriculture needs to be managed. To engage in industry and farming, we have to be serious about it.

Thinking about it all the way, Xiao Ming arrived at Bowen College. He came here not to find Fan Zeng, but for daily teaching.

In his free time on weekdays, he spends almost all of his time at Bowen College.

Chang Shi’s training, Zhang Liang and others’ shipbuilding affairs, Chen Qi’s equipment department’s technical problems, and the chemical knowledge of Lu Tong and others.

This time he came for a chemical experiment. After the glass was produced, he asked the workshop to make a batch of chemical instruments for him. Now these instruments are in the laboratory.

Nowadays, Lu Tong and others have basically no problem with basic chemistry knowledge. They memorize the periodic table of elements and so on, and they are also familiar with chemical formulas and the like.

Theoretically, it exists, but the specific practice depends on this batch of chemical instruments.

When they arrived at the laboratory, Lu Tong and more than 200 people were waiting in the laboratory. When they saw Xiao Ming coming over, they respectfully called out, “Your Highness.”

This chemistry laboratory is almost in accordance with the modern layout. There are five people in groups below. table with experimental instruments placed on it.

Xiao Ming stood on it and had his own set of instruments.

What Xiao Ming wants to teach them this time is the method of making sulfuric acid. Three acids and two bases have always been the basic chemical industry that Xiao Ming wants to realize. The three acids wrap nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and hydrochloric acid. The two bases are sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate.

Taking into account the existing conditions of this era, he felt that the easiest thing to achieve was to prepare sulfuric acid.

Because there was a term for green vitriol oil in ancient times, and this green vitriol oil is sulfuric acid, which requires green vitriol, water, and high temperature to prepare.

According to the information on technological crystals, there are some green vitriol ores distributed in his fiefdom, which is modern ferrous sulfate and green in color. These green vitriol ores are often associated with iron ores.

Qian Dafu discovered the green vitriol when he was mining iron ore. From this, Xiao Ming felt that the green vitriol should not be wasted and it was better to use it to prepare sulfuric acid.

After all, sulfuric acid is widely used in industry, one of which is pickling and rust removal, which can extend the life of machinery. Secondly, sulfuric acid is a solvent for purifying metals.

With sulfuric acid, he can purify some rare metals and lay the foundation for alloys.

(End of chapter)