So the steam era is far from being as simple as Zhang San thinks, he can be said to be a peak of human development, so the peak is not so easy to climb at all, Qi has made breakthroughs in some fields, but there are still many deficiencies on the whole.

A steam engine involves mechanics, dynamics, physics, chemistry, materials science, organic chemistry, fluid mechanics and other aspects, which can be said to be the crystallization of industry and technology in this era.

Zhang San is not an all-rounder, and some complex things are just to know the principle, you must know that there is often a world of difference between the principle and the real thing, just like Zhang San also knows the principle of nuclear weapons, obviously he may not be able to build an atomic bomb in a hundred years.

Therefore, Zhang San's deficiencies in physics, chemistry, and machinery can still rely on craftsmen to master the principle in the early stage, and it takes a few days or even a year to figure it out.

But now such a bottleneck, it is necessary for these people to dive in, seriously master all the principle knowledge, and after the research of various materials to keep up, the mechanical manufacturing process can be more done, so that it can be completed naturally.

To put it simply, if Zhang San wanted to use rear-loading muskets and heavy machine guns, it would not be possible to do it in a few years, and it would not be possible for the steam engine to really drive a warship of several thousand tons within ten years.

So after the technology can't keep up, everyone will stop fighting? Don't fight? Wait until the weapon is renovated before fighting? Obviously, the enemy can't help it, of course, Zhang San can't help it, the years are shuttling, and before you know it, Zhang San is now in his thirties.

Even if the unification war ended in ten years, at that time, he was almost fifty years old, and Zhang San didn't know how long he would live, but he didn't want to leave a lot of messes after he died.

Moreover, after reunification, Zhang San still needs time to adjust economic and political policies, and a large area of land needs to be developed.

After the reports of each research institute, the next step is for each factory to report on the production progress, which is more complicated, so most of them are submitted in writing, and only important factories such as shipyards and gun factories report at the conference.

This year, the shipyard was assigned three battleship production tasks, the same one, and the rest of the slipways, except for various transport ships in the later department, were used to make ships.

The four major shipyards are now sending manpower to support the construction of the Qingdao and Dengzhou shipyards in accordance with Zhang San's request, and it is expected that after the completion of these two shipyards, they will have the ability to manufacture the latest battleships.

Zhang San suppressed the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty too hard in recent years, so after Zhang San occupied Shandong Hebei, he returned to cash, and the entire Shandong Hebei could not even build a ship of 5,000 stones.

Zhang San used to be very pleased with this, this thing of suppressing the enemy is a good thing, but now that these places become his own, it will not be fun, and everything has to start from scratch.

In the end, Zhang San decided to build two shipbuilding centers in Qingdao and Dengzhou, after all, after landing on the mainland, Ryukyu will not be so important in the future, and after the unification of the country, Zhang San will also send the four major shipyards to other cities along the coast.

Of course, the large-scale relocation will definitely have to wait until after the reunification, and the current Jinan Mansion is not suitable for being the capital, so although Zhang San has come over, most of the factories and government agencies have not followed the relocation.

Next is a brief description of the recent achievements of the Navy and Army, as well as the next plan, first of all, the Navy said first, in order to get more military expenses, the Navy pondered and meditated, and threw out the Great Song Dynasty threat theory, but after seeing him read it, the people who laughed below, he was also embarrassed.

Can this Great Song Navy pose a threat to the Ryukyu Navy? He doesn't believe it himself, but he really can't find this enemy, the Eastern Roman Empire is a gimmick that can be handled, but the people are in the Mediterranean.

Now there is no Suez Canal, and the Qi Navy is separated from the entire African continent! If you want to fight, you can't reach it, there is still a big country in the west of India, and that is the Seljuk Empire.

It's just that this country, like Liao, is ruled by nomads, so it doesn't pay attention to the ocean at all, and even the naval strength is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, and the current Qi navy is an invincible existence, so the navy finally found out that their future is only cruise, why do you say to build so many ships?

After the defeat of the navy, it was the turn of the army, compared to the navy last year, which had nothing to accomplish and could only make up for the achievements of exploring the New World and Oceania.

First played the role of the Liangshan Army, how many cities were attacked, how many enemies were annihilated, how many enemies were captured, and then how many refugees were emigrated overseas, at this stage, the army wiped out more than 1.2 million regular troops and civilian troops of the Great Song Dynasty, which can be described as a great achievement.

In the second stage, the extermination of Tianhu in Hebei and the blow to the 100,000 cavalry of the Liao State in the south moved out of the territory of Tianhu, and then exterminated more than 100,000 people of the Tianhu peasant army, and the cavalry of the Liao State eliminated more than 80,000 cavalry.

Because the middle and western cavalry of the Liao State did not all go to the east when they retreated, but left 20,000 people to defend against the possible attack of the Great Song Dynasty, they also escaped.

The next stage of the army's plan is very powerful, the first is to take back the 16 prefectures of Youyun within three years, and the second is to unify the entire north of the Yellow River within five years. In order to accomplish this plan, the army put forward its own plan to expand the army, especially the cavalry expansion plan, which required 200,000 cavalry.

What does this mean? Not every horse is suitable for being a war horse, this ratio is about one-third, that is, only one out of every three horses can become a war horse, and an average cavalry needs at least two horses, one for riding for war, one for carrying logistics supplies, and the fast cavalry that runs quickly over long distances needs more horses.

For example, the standard configuration of Mongolian cavalry is one person and three horses, and long-distance running will increase, which has the ability of cavalry to cross the Eurasian continent, so this is a very simple mathematical problem.

200,000 cavalry needs at least 500,000 war horses, and reserve horses need at least 1.5 million, raising a horse is no less than one person to eat, that is to say, it is equivalent to the logistics burden of more than double the total strength of Qi now.

Cultivating a horse is calculated according to 100 guan, and the horse alone will cost more than 1.5 billion guan, and with the current military expenditure of less than 30 million guan per year in Qi country, it is not enough to just raise horses! Where can the Navy endure listening to it! We're all starving to death, you have your own life!

However, with Zhang San's suppression, everyone doesn't dare to make trouble, and if you want to open your mouth, the king may not approve it! I can't help but chop off half of it for you! Or two-thirds! Admirals think so.