The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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In response, Li Mu sent an aid telegram to Qin.

"We, Zhao Jun, request Qin Jun to send airships and planes to contact Zhao Jun's cavalry troops on the ground to help our troops gather together, otherwise the goal of the campaign at the beginning will be difficult to achieve," Li Mu wrote in the telegram.

The people of Qin State are also paying attention to Zhao State's military operations. They know very well that such a large-scale interspersed to maintain the army's logistics supplies and contacts is the key. Qin State can naturally do this. Qin State will send out considerable engineers before or after large-scale operations. Carried out surveys, laid telegraph wires and telephone wires, dispatched aircraft and airships of a certain scale to serve as contacts, plus a large number of cavalry used by the Qin Army, and there was no lack of poor communications in terms of communications.

In terms of logistics, Qin State relied on its own well-developed railway and road system and a sound engineering army. Qin State had a complete system before and after the war to ensure the smooth flow of logistics supplies for the war, while Zhao State and Yan State did not have such capabilities, which also led to Their interspersed with a lot of adventure

"For Zhao's request, we can only do our best to satisfy it. We are very unfamiliar with the southern part of Yan. The Tianjun is a special branch of the military. The meteorological conditions do not allow the sending of the Tianjun. It is a disaster." Wang Jian said after seeing Li Mu's telegram.

"The range of the plane is not enough at all, we can only send the airship, but we have great uncertainty about the weather conditions," Wang Jian said.

"We can only try our best. If we don't do this, the situation of Zhao Jun will be very dangerous once the Qi army slows down, and we need to be ready to respond to any request from Zhao Jun at any time. After all, we are allies at present," Yang Duanhe said.

"Well, I can only do this," Wang Jian put down the telegram in his hand and said.

And just when Zhao Jun wanted their reinforcements to arrive, Tianshi gave them a big reinforcement

The river flows from low latitudes to high latitudes. The ice at low latitudes melts first, while the ice at high latitudes melts last. This time difference will cause a disaster. This disaster was encountered by the Qin army before the ice flood and in the Central Plains. Especially in this section of the country of Yan, such things happen every year, but the local people know it, but the people of Zhao country and the people of Qi country don’t know it. They don’t know anything about the local situation.

"What's that sound?" a person from Qi country shouted loudly at this time

"Boom, boom, boom" in the distance

"It can't be some new weapon from the Zhao people," said a Qi soldier at this time

"Hurry up and hide!" At this time, the soldier shouted and everyone hid

"It's not ice, it seems like ice is not Zhao Jun's new weapon." A soldier picked up a binoculars and saw

1016 The War Development of Qi State

"What's that ice cube?" At this time, everyone nervously looked towards the white line that was approaching in the distance

"Run!" While the Qi army was watching, a serious panic broke out in the Zhao army's position

Ice floods carry a large amount of ice because the upstream ice cannot melt, and the downstream ice is concentrated and squeezed downstream. As a result, the downstream ice expands to both sides of the bank without being able to be channeled, and the positions of the two armies are just within the expansion range. Inside

"Run!" The soldiers of the Zhao army decisively gave up their positions and ran to a farther place without any reason, while the soldiers of the Qi army just watched Zhao's actions.

"Boom boom boom boom" until Ling Xun slowly approached with huge ice cubes, the soldiers of the Qi army didn't realize the danger

"Run!" The soldiers of the Qi army and the soldiers of the Zhao army exclaimed loudly, and everyone ran further away from the shore in desperation, and the ice cube also quickly approached the Qi army's position at this time.

Huge ice blocks engulfed some soldiers of the Qi army who had no time to escape. The bridge frame that had just been built on the bank was washed away by the ice blocks, and the wood piled up not far from the bank was also washed away.

Many people looked at this scene with pale faces. The soldiers of the two armies did not enter the bunker. At this time, neither side chose to shoot and start the battle again. The soldiers of both sides were shocked by the sudden scene.

Even though human wars are fierce, human power sometimes seems so insignificant in front of the power of nature. The arrival of the flood made all people feel the power of nature. Human beings naturally stopped the war under such circumstances.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. In the Second World War, the Allied forces and the Axis Army fought fiercely under Mount Vesuvius in Italy. When the soldiers on both sides were fighting each other desperately, the volcano erupted. The soldiers on both sides immediately stopped fighting and watched each other. This spectacular natural spectacle also happened naturally on the heads of the soldiers on both sides

The arrival of Ling Xun is very beneficial to the Zhao army, but it is disastrous to the Qi army. Zhao Jun can take advantage of Ling Xun to hinder the Qi army's plan to build a bridge and return to the other side, and the morale of the Qi army in the world has suddenly dropped to an unprecedented low point.

"This is God not letting us go back," a soldier said with a sad face

While the other soldiers didn't show it, they knew in their hearts that their way home would be delayed, and their mood was once again overwhelmed by despair.

The most frightening thing about human beings is that when there is hope, people will burst out with unprecedented potential, but the most frustrating thing is that the most hopeful things suddenly turn into despair, and then people's hearts will fall to the lowest point, feeling like ashes. That's it

"I'm afraid we have no hope of returning to Qi State." At this time, a soldier of Qi State said, his blank eyes did not have any focus. What they saw in their eyes was not those huge ice blocks, but the black hole of the future.

The situation on the front line is further creating a huge deterioration effect on the Qi State, and Qi State is producing a huge change dynamic new factor in the Qi State's rear

"Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding" In an ordinary city of Qi State, a handmade blacksmith shop is in the midst of busy work, and the blacksmiths, naked to the waist, are beating a large iron plate under the hot flame. They want to use the method of knocking Ingots of iron are forged into thin sheets of iron and then manufactured into barrels and other components

"How is our output?" a Qi official asked

"We can produce more than 200 muskets a month," said a grimy head craftsman

"More than 200 muskets a month is too little," the official said back, but he didn't want to talk when he saw the dirty leader.

"It's too little to speed up the pace, at least more than 300 a month," the official said

"More than 300 pieces will be built in one day," the craftsman calculated.

"I don't care about these," the official said arrogantly.

"This" the craftsman said with some embarrassment. At present, his blacksmith shop has less than ten people. These ten people are not only young and middle-aged laborers, but also women and children. They have also participated in the production and processing of weapons.

This official is an official who manages weapons at the local level. The large-scale use of coal and iron ore, especially coal, has brought about a new development in the iron smelting industry after raising the furnace temperature. In terms of weapons, Qi State itself imitated Qin State's flintlock gun, but this old-fashioned The rifle is useless because the range and power are far smaller than the shooting range of the mainstream valve rifles currently equipped. The valve rifle uses fixed-load bullets, which require special equipment to produce them. The same bullets can also be made by hand. But the cost is very huge. The most important thing is that the Qi people can't solve an important problem in the development of gunpowder, which is the problem of the charge of the cap. They don't know what kind of gunpowder the Qin people are loading. After trying many kinds of gunpowder, there is still no result. In this way, the problem of fixed-loading ammunition remains unresolved.

However, Qi State soon found a new buyer for this backward weapon. This is North Korea. They sold this relatively backward weapon to North Korea, Koryo and other countries, but it was advanced. In order to increase production, North Korea The demand in the country is huge, and they exchange a lot of local products, which stimulates Qi's weapon manufacturing industry even more, especially the weapon workshops based on this kind of handicraft workshop. They produce a large number of weapon accessories and then assemble them into one Then the government bought the weapons in the hands of the handicraft workshops in the form of acquisitions. These weapons were collected and sold to North Korea and Koryo. Then they exchanged those local products and sold these local products together with various sea salt produced in Qi State. After earning high profits, other countries buy back the necessary iron ore or coal or other strategic materials. These materials include various grains, gunpowder, steel, etc. These materials have become a question of whether Qi can carry out such a huge war. The main material support of the war can be said that without these, the whole cycle of Qi's war would have collapsed early.

Stimulated by the war, a large number of handicraft workshops were born. These handicraft workshops are the germination of capitalism in Qi State. Although there is no data to show it, there are other sufficient evidences to say that the city scale of Qi State is too large.

"Every day in the city, a large number of farmers who lost their land from nearby villages come to the city to work. They don't have any arable land and can only sell their labor. They are lucky to find a place to work in the city. They no longer farm but participate This kind of situation happened in many places in Qi State in the Daoist workshop," wrote a scholar

"The city naturally supplies what they want, such as food, enough flour from Qin and rice from Chu, together with the simple diet of Qin and the exquisite cooking techniques of Chu, the city began to change. It's getting prosperous, but the bad thing is that our land is becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of nobles, more and more people are losing their land, and a large number of civilians have to sell their labor. More and more people are concentrating in the cities and farming people in the area. Fewer and fewer, I am very worried about this," the celebrity wrote in his diary, which also reflects the changes that have taken place in Qi from the side.

The changes that have taken place in Qi are reflected in many cities. The huge demand for military industry has stimulated the development of military weapons production and related industries in Qi. This is mainly reflected in the handicraft workshops. They cannot do it without industrial machinery and industrial machine tools. When they realize these things, they can only rely on manual methods to establish manual workshops to complete the huge military production.

With the military production of Qi State, it can be regarded as initially established. Qi State also relies on these military production to complete the normal operation of their country. Taxation is completely unable to make up for the huge consumption of this war.

Military handicraft workshops and other workshops, such as bayonet metallurgy and gunstock carpentry, produced various mechanical parts. The earliest fitters in Qi State were born. They will produce various firearm parts that are the most difficult to manufacture among flintlock guns. These parts The earliest fitters and assembly parts in Qi State were born, and these craftsmen began to pursue continuously during the long-term labor process. They began to develop some ideas of their own and then put them into practice. This gave birth to early engineering talents. Many times, talents are established in this way. stand up

Not only the military enterprises of Qi State, but also the shipbuilding industry and maritime transportation industry of Qi State also began to develop rapidly. Since Qi State and North Korea Koryo are directly separated by a wide ocean, this greatly facilitates the maritime transportation between the two countries, so they developed rapidly. Although they still use wooden ships, their growth rate is increasing rapidly. The number of sailors in Qi State has grown rapidly from less than 2 people to 5 people in the coastal areas. Nearly a million people are involved in various industries of shipbuilding, transportation and fishing. Qi's maritime business is also developing rapidly. Qi is relying on sea resources to support this war. If there is no such thing as Qi, it is very likely that it will be destroyed by Qin early on. The country is dragged down

1017 chicken and egg problem

The war not only has advantages, but also has some disadvantages. The disadvantage is that Qi’s prices have risen, and Qi’s local grain stocks have been consumed at an unusually fast rate due to the war. The speed of the war and the expansion of the scale of the war have led to a rapid increase in war consumption. The rich family has no savings under the continuous war

Although the war stimulated the development of Qi's military handicraft industry on the other hand, these handicraft industries also brought some benefits to Qi State, but on the other hand, Qi State fell into a price war.

What is the most lacking in Qi State? The answer is that food is the most concerned issue for ordinary people.

Qi's grain stocks have been depleted, and the war is still going on. The war consumes the most material. The grain supplies of the soldiers in the front have exhausted the entire rear grain supply. This has forced Qi to import a large amount of grain from abroad. Prices continue to rise. The reason for the continuous rise of wheat futures in Qin State is largely due to the huge demand in Qi State that leads to continuous price rises.

Rising prices force Qi State to import rice from Chu State. Although Qi State has opened multiple channels to import grain, Qi State’s food supply is still tight. The price of food has pushed up the price level of Qi State. Many things in Qi State are increasing in price as long as they are eaten together. If the above items are connected to the above, then the overall price of Qi will be very high.

The agricultural foundation of Qi State is undergoing great changes. Many farmers are losing the land they depend on for survival, and another large number of farmers who have lost their land are pouring into the towns. They begin to sell their labor to make a living. After they sell their labor, they can exchange for what they want. These labor remunerations have to be exchanged for high-priced food, so that the people are still on the brink of poverty. When the people of a country spend all their savings on food, the country is facing a huge crisis. This crisis comes from the foundation.

Qi State needs a huge change to change the current situation, but Qi State has no such talents who can realize this level, and all their attention is focused on the current war

The people of Qi are worrying about the war, while the people of Qin are busy with their military expenditures. The military expenditures are being suppressed. Everything in Qin is being suppressed.

"Let's not talk about the issue of armed merchant ships in the South. What we need to discuss is the issue of reducing military spending. All issues must be resolved first," Shang Wen said at the government and military meeting.

"Military expenditure is not very large, why should it be cut?" Wang Jian wanted to raise this issue to the original starting point, he wanted to bypass this issue directly