"The general has been on the battlefield for decades, so why bother to be arrogant. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Xiao Ming didn't expect Luo Quan to decline his proposal at this time.

"Your Highness, the old minister is not contemptuous, since the last battle of Jizhou, the old minister has been thinking about this matter, the muskets and artillery in Qingzhou make the old minister feel that the war is no longer what it used to be, relatively speaking, Luo Hong is more acceptable to the musket team than the old minister." Luo Quan said with a sigh.

Seeing Luo Quan's resolute expression, Xiao Ming nodded, and he said, "Since this is the case, this king will not keep the old general." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Luo Quan seemed relieved.

Fiji's eyes flickered, this army is no better than officialdom, Luo Quan made this decision is also thoughtful, he discussed it with him when he came, even if he agreed to Xiao Ming's request, I am afraid that the soldiers in this army will not be able to help up.

The most important thing is that if he enters the army, this firearms battalion from Chang'an or Jin Wuwei who defected to Qingzhou in the future will take his lead, which will undoubtedly make factions appear in the army.

Officials can fight each other, but the army must be consistent, and it is with this in mind that he decided not to hold the military power anymore, and Niu Ben's seniority is enough to suppress these soldiers from Chang'an, and integrating the army is not a problem.

The matter of officials and generals was preliminarily solved, and then everyone talked about the issue of Pengzhou for a while, this time Fiji sent Jinling City, since the King of Wei has the heart to fight for hegemony, then he does not need to be polite.

Moreover, Fiji also hinted that Xiao Ming, the king of Wei, inherited the unification, but the king of Wei still ignored it, which was simply a betrayal of the royal family.

The annexation of Pengzhou was decided, and everyone dispersed, but Niu Ben left Xiao Ming with a problem before leaving, and that army was responsible for attacking Pengzhou.

Now the Youzhou army is guarding the Shanhaiguan Pass, which naturally cannot move, while part of the Qingzhou army is in Yunzhou to defend against the attack of King Zhao and the barbarians, and the other part is on Ryukyu Island.

However, the Dengzhou army had to guard against possible attacks by Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, and after thinking about it, he could only mobilize the Cangzhou army, the Yizhou army, and the Laizhou army to attack Pengzhou, but because these three armies were not on the border like other states, the combined army of the three states was only 15,000 people, and the equipment was almost none.

However, during this time, the armies of the three states have been training according to the array of musket teams, because there are training guns in the army, so as long as they are given equipment, they can quickly become troops.

Thinking of this, he had a big head for a while, and it was a problem with equipment, and now what he lacked most was muskets and artillery.

At the same time, a sense of crisis was born in his heart, although Qingzhou's industry is much more than that of Chongqing, but the shortcomings of the population are still fatal.

The crowd tactics are enough to destroy everything he builds.

Just when he was worried about the equipment, suddenly the servants of the palace came to report, saying that Lin Wentao asked to see him.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming was overjoyed, what he wanted to see most now was Lin Wentao, and it was up to him whether the speed of this equipment production could go up.

"Let him in." Xiao Ming said excitedly.

The servants left, and Lin Wentao arrived at the main hall with an excited face.

"Your Highness, Xiaguan and Zhang Liu have decided to solve the problem of one steam engine driving multiple instruments, using crankshafts and connecting rods, now the steam engine in the machine tool workshop can drive a row of twelve drilling machines to work, and now we have installed five steam engines in them, and now there are a total of seventy-two drilling machines using steam power." Lin Wentao said excitedly.

After a pause, Lin Wentao continued: "During this time, the steam engine workshop produced a total of sixteen steam engines, according to the requirements of His Highness, six were given to the machine tool workshop, the remaining twelve, four were given to the textile workshop, and the remaining six will be handed over to the musket workshop of the military workshop to draw rifled guns. ”

"Yes, yes." For Xiao Ming, this is undoubtedly a timely rain, because the population of the fiefdom is insufficient, and what he can really rely on is the steam power brought by the steam engine.

Now Lin Wentao has successfully overcome the problem of one steam engine driving multiple machines, which will save him a lot of labor.

And once Lin Wentao mastered the problem of one steam engine driving multiple machines to operate, it meant that the technical problems of steam locomotives were initially solved.

Lin Wentao was excited, he said: "Your Highness, although the efficiency of the steam engine is good now, but there is another shortcoming, that is, the degree of cylinder plug leakage is still a little serious, Xia Guan has seen such a thing as rubber in the book given by His Royal Highness, it is said that the cylinder plug made of rubber is soft and can ensure air tightness, but Xia Guan does not know what this rubber is?" ”

"This rubber land pass is understood, but this kind of thing is not available in Dayu country, only the southern ocean coast will have this kind of thing, but now that this king has traded with the Dutch, this king will find a way to find some rubber."

"Yes, Your Highness." Lin Wentao said happily.

Xiao Ming was a little helpless, this is the importance of colonization, if there was no colonization, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes would not have been introduced to Europe and Asia, and without colonization, rubber would not have been found to be used in industry.

It's just that what annoys him is that he is preparing to sail to the sea, and he didn't expect such a mess to happen in the country.

For him, this civil strife was no less than the Thirty Years' War and the Great Northern War in Europe.

After talking, Xiao Ming said to Lin Wentao: "By the way, this steam engine is not only a single-cylinder steam engine, but also a double-cylinder steam engine, or even a four-cylinder steam engine. ”

Xiao Ming threw out so many tasks at once, Lin Wentao was a little stunned, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, there are too many tasks, and I am afraid that the lower officials will lack the skills, so I implore Your Highness to let the lower officials select some students in the Bowen Academy to form a laboratory for the steam engine workshop?" ”

"Absolutely." Xiao Ming said with a smile, this Lin Wentao has enlightened, and finally understands that it is not possible to fight alone, and there are still many people to do research.

Lin Wentao nodded, "In that case." Xia Guan went to Bowen Academy to select students. ”

With that, Lin Wentao bowed and walked out.

Seeing Lin Wentao leave, Xiao Ming felt relaxed for a while, I don't know what the effect of this steam engine is? Among them, he was most concerned about rifling in the gunsmith's workshop.

If the steam engine made the cutting of rifled wires easy, then he could be massively armed with rifled guns in the army.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to go to the military workshop, during this time he was busy because of the Chang'an Rebellion, but he ignored the military production, and now in order to attack Pengzhou, he had to go and urge it himself.