The general trend of Liaodong, because of the advanced deployment made by Zhao Zongwu, has successfully achieved corner overtaking, and has now laid a relatively solid foundation, and in this process, what Liaodong has done is to continue to consolidate the foundation.

Why lay a solid foundation?

Zhao Zongwu is very self-aware.

Although the current general trend of Liaodong has been formed, this does not mean that Liaodong has reached the point of invincibility.

The simplest example.

Liaodong Jiannu seems to have been defeated several times, but it is far from the stage of being pressed to the ground and rubbing, if this stage is urgent, Jiannu is crazy, it is definitely a jade burning!

But this is not the result that Zhao Zongwu wants.

Because of the shackles of grassland and geographical environment, everything is in the hands of Zhao Zongwu, for a series of real situations, he has the most real control, he has to continue to forge the Liaodong Army through tempering again and again, and constantly sharpen the Liaodong system!

In order to ensure the stability of all the situation, Zhao Zongwu has been improving the construction of black technology, since it occupies the leading advantage, then this basic situation must be accurately controlled in place, and the crushing brought by science and technology is the most bullish existence!

Scientific progress is inseparable from war, but war is also inseparable from scientific progress.

With Zhang Hui's departure, Zhao Zongwu handed over all the most secret scientific research sites to Chen Qiyu and put him in full charge.

As the chief of staff of the Liaodong Army, Chen Qiyu has successfully achieved self-transformation after more than two years of hard work.

Only after doing this, Zhao Zongwu dared to give him more things.

After talking about the external situation of the Liaodong Royal Navy, Zhao Zongwu put his mind on internal construction, and the most critical part of ensuring internal construction was the development process of the steam age.

That's right.

It's the age of steam!

Zhao Zongwu knew very well in his heart that according to the current level of science and technology, if he wanted to build a mature steam engine, it was still unrealistic, and the simplest and most difficult part was sealing, which was not so easy to handle.

Simply put, he knew that if he wanted to solve the problem of tightness, he had to get rubber, because only rubber, and only rubber, could solve this problem perfectly.

The difficult thing is that the development and construction of the steam engine is not only a simple sealing problem, but also involves the conversion of many systematic links such as conduction and operation.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zongwu had doubts in his heart, looked at Chen Qiyu and asked, "How is the development of steam in Changshan going on at this stage?" Are there any substantial breakthroughs? ”

"Go back to the Hou Ye." Seeing Zhao Zongwu asking about the development of the steam engine, Chen Qiyu briefly went through it in his mind, and then said: "According to the rubber transported back from the Nanyang region, the relevant personnel have kneaded qualified sealing plugs and rings, although the yield is not high, but it is enough for small-scale use.

However, to solve this problem, the consequent kinetic energy transmission mechanism has encountered a very serious problem, although burning coal, a large amount of steam is produced, but it is not easy to collect steam and ensure that it can be tamed to a certain place.

According to the news from the Steam Development Institute, the research and development has come to a standstill, and now they are actively collecting intelligence and striving to break through this difficulty as soon as possible! ”

As the director of the General Staff Department, it is Chen Qiyu's essential skill to record everything in detail, if it weren't for these, how would he suppress the increasingly powerful General Staff Department?

You must know that in Xinghua Lecture Martial Arts Hall, there will be 30 outstanding graduates in each issue who will be assigned to the General Staff Department, and every year there will also be 30 members of the staff who will be eliminated!

The brutal elimination mechanism ensures the quality of the staff department!

Zhao Zongwu nodded and said: "If there is a problem, it needs to be solved, and the people who are selected into the steam research institute are all carefully selected by Benhou, and those who can help and guide Benhou have already given detailed guidance."

Specific scientific research problems, scientific research difficulties, Ben Hou has no ability to help them, but Ben Hou has some words, you Chen Qiyu must bring them in person! ”

Seeing Zhao Zongwu so solemn, Chen Qiyu immediately said: "Master Hou, you said that the humble position must be conveyed in person!" ”

Zhao Zongwu pointed at Chen Qiyu and said solemnly: "Don't hide when you encounter problems, there is no state of self-learning in the road of scientific research, and all roads are made by asking for advice with an open mind."

On the premise of not violating the confidentiality guidelines, the personnel of the Steam Research Institute can learn all useful skills from the territory of Liaodong and the Ming Dynasty, and they will only go downhill! ”

Zhao Zongwu had never developed a steam engine, nor did he understand the relevant process, but he knew very well in his heart that scientific progress was only possible to create a more solid follow-up by overthrowing the previous existence again and again.

If the steam engine can be developed as soon as possible, it will be a earth-shaking change for the development of Liaodong.

The steam age liberated not only the simple things of labor, but also the nature of human beings and the instinct to pursue profits.

Through the construction of steam trains, this geographical gap will be narrowed, and if you want to build a complete empire on which the sun never sets, steam trains will be a very important part.

Of course, such a feat is buried in the depths of Zhao Zongwu's heart, and in the near future, it is a very worthy celebration to be able to open the Age of Exploration as he wishes.

If you want to build a railway track, there are more things mixed in it, and people must be down-to-earth in order to truly make continuous progress.

After listening carefully to what Zhao Zongwu said, Chen Qiyu nodded solemnly and said, "What the Hou Ye said is that the humble position must bring these words." ”

Liaodong invests a large amount of silver supply into the steam research institute every year, and in order to ensure absolute secrecy, the channel is still through the General Staff Department, so many of these origins, Chen Qiyu is more than anyone else, and he is also very clear in his heart, once the steam engine is developed, what kind of changes will it bring.

From being poor and white, to this point, it is really not easy for Zhao Zongwu to do it, not to mention that under the premise of not having any external help, Zhao Zongwu can do this step and recapture more than half of the territory of Liaodong from Jiannu, which is really a very, very intolerable thing.

At this stage, all the construction in Liaodong still needs to continue to work hard in a down-to-earth manner! Everything that labor has now, it still needs to lay the foundation!