Chapter 53: Homecoming
At this time, Chang'an City has undergone great changes, in the last natural disaster, a meteorite fell into the palace, it is a coincidence, the landing point is where Wang Mang's bedroom is, if he didn't leave that night, now Su Yun has completed the task. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The dormitory was razed to the ground, leaving only a large pit 100 meters wide, and now the area has been renovated, but instead of rebuilding the palace, several tall chimneys have been erected.
That's right, it's the chimney, and Wang Mang, who has regained his prime, is standing in front of a blast furnace, holding a long silver knife in his hand.
"Your Majesty, this is the weapon we have made according to your recipe, and according to our experiments, the hardness and toughness of this knife weapon are perfect." A minister said.
"Yes." Wang Mang waved his hand casually, "Just step up the construction according to this style and equip the army as soon as possible." ”
"Yes! Monarch! ”
"Also, how is the bomb I asked you to make?" Wang Mang asked.
"The initial prototype has been made, but the kind of thing called gunpowder, the raw material is a little difficult to find, so it is difficult to produce it in a short time."
"Then send more people out and collect them! Do as much as you can! ”
"Yes! Monarch! ”
The official replied in a loud voice, his eyes full of fanaticism.
"Knowledge is power!" Now Wang Mang is convinced of this, and based on the knowledge he has gained, he has begun to make new equipment, such as weapons with improved forging technology, which are several times stronger and more durable than the iron and bronze tools of this era.
Other out-of-time gadgets are also experimenting, such as bombs and guns, but unfortunately although he has complete recipes and drawings, he still encounters great difficulties in making them.
On the one hand, the craftsmen of this era have never been exposed to these things, and there is also a process of adaptation and acceptance, and many parts and manufacturing processes are not achieved overnight, this design to physics, chemistry, engineering and other aspects can be completed by him alone, and the knowledge fragments he obtained are many missing because the Dao Demon has not done his best.
"I used to read those time-traveling novels, and the protagonist could build planes, tanks, and even nuclear bombs at every turn, and they were all fools!"
Wang Mang scolded in his heart, but at this moment he was full of confidence, these weapons are only one aspect, the knowledge he has gained is not only this, since regaining his youth, he quickly reorganized the court program, eliminated a large number of officials who sat and waited for death, and then promulgated a series of new policies.
What war could compare to the two world wars that followed? For him, this history is simply a textbook for hegemony.
The newly defeated imperial court, retreating to a corner, surrounded by peasant armies and barbarian soldiers, the morale of the army was low, and the economy was disrupted by natural disasters, and the situation was very similar to that of Germany after World War I.
Reform! Towards fascist reform!
Cult of personality, copy! Anyway, it is an imperial society now, and he is the emperor himself, so he only needs to deify himself more.
Racism, copy! Now the hungry people everywhere are the best soil, who is responsible for the destruction of their families and the lack of food? That's right! It's those inferior peasant armies outside! Only by destroying them all can we live a well-fed and warmly clothed life!
In troubled times, he was irrational, and he quickly gained a large number of followers by relying on the lobbyists he had personally trained, giving speeches and agitating in the crowd every day, and the demagogic policies of opening grain depots and renting arable land.
SS, copy! Taking advantage of these fanatical believers, Wang Mang organized a secret force, the Iron Guard, who not only arrested spies and spies everywhere, but also did not spare businessmen from other places, and confiscated all their property and returned it to the state treasury.
Some local powerful clans who did not accept Wang Mang were also subjected to the seedlings and were liquidated one after another, and Chang'an was almost washed in blood.
But Wang Mang was very satisfied with the results, his current power was extremely consolidated, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were all his loyal believers, the whole Chang'an was full of brainwashed people, the army also began to implement the non-commissioned officer system, and a large number of professional soldiers were trained.
Wait until the interior transformation is complete, and this empire will make the world tremble!
"What Liu Xiu! Liu Xuan! You are no longer qualified to be my enemies. Wang Mang laughed heartily.
Su Yun didn't know anything about the changes in Chang'an City, and the enemy in front of him was still Wang Lang.
After a month of attacking, half of Hebei has been included in his territory, which is simply amazing.
It's not that the army that has just been formed is so strong that the northern counties are too cowardly, and they are simply falling in despair.
Just kidding, in the face of hundreds of thousands of robbers shouting about men on the left and women on the right, and money in the middle, you can do it, but I won't go anyway.
Su Yun stood at the head of Jizhou City, a city called the imperial capital in later generations, and now it is still a small city.
In the distance, the yellow sand was rolling, and a huge cavalry was galloping towards him.
The silver armor, the tall war horses, and the neat queue made the hundreds of thousands of rabble in Jizhou City tremble, and they had no doubt that once the two sides fought, they would still be defeated despite the numerical advantage.
"This is the army." Feng Yi's eyes lit up.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry was outside the city, and a young general stepped forward on horseback alone.
"Geng Yi, please return to the team!"
Geng Yi went all the way south from Shanggu, and everywhere he passed, he surrendered, and now he can finally return justifiably.
The childishness on his face has faded, his face is full of perseverance, and Kou Sui is also impressive, and the weak scholar at the beginning now exudes a soldier's masculinity.
The most surprising thing is the casual group of generals, many of whom grew up in the 3,000 Chungling pro-army back then, and there are many heroes who defected, and everyone has been able to take charge on their own.
What Su Yun didn't expect was that Wu Han, who he had been looking for for a long time and had never found, was actually among them.
This one of the four great commanders of Guangwu, his face was a little cold, giving people a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, thinking of his actions in history, even Su Yun was a little scared of him.
Wu Han is a very controversial figure, he uses soldiers like a god and takes the lead, but he has a "hobby", that is, slaughtering the city, not Su Yun's kind of killing chickens and monkeys, but the real slaughter of young and old.
Fortunately, he is a loyal character.
"Watch him more in the future." Su Yun sighed and whispered to Deng Yu.
"Huh?" Of course, Deng Yu didn't understand what it meant.
Su Yun smiled and didn't say more, and led the generals into the Jizhou Mansion, which has now been requisitioned and changed to the General's Mansion.
"As soon as General Geng arrives, our troops have reached 200,000, even if we attack Wang Lang head-on, we will have enough confidence." Ren Guang was so excited that his face was red now.
Geng Yi's brows were furrowed, all the way into the city, the soldiers he saw were loose and undisciplined, which made him very unhappy.