After finishing the book "Basic Principles of Spiritual Power Operation", Wen Ruolan was immediately promoted to the highest level of cultivation in the 'Revolutionary Army'. It's just that she has a very weak temperament, and after committing to Zhou Qingfeng, she lived in seclusion, and outsiders don't know about her situation, and those who can contact her are the core personnel of the 'revolutionary army'.

This humble little woman is a genius!

Wen Ruolan had always been regarded by her ex-husband as a little woman who liked alchemy in the past, but she began to shine around Zhou Qingfeng. She herself has no interest in fighting and killing, but she is a god-level existence. Her participation in the 'Revolutionary Army's spiritual education and scientific research system has been raised to a level that looks down on the world.

In this world, there are often thousands of horses, but Bole is not often.

Wen Ruolan was in charge of refining and improving various pills during the day. Because of her presence, the Ministry of Health of the 'Revolutionary Army' established more than a dozen pill production lines in one go. From anti-inflammatory and hemostatic to analgesic and sterilization, a large number of pills used for common diseases have been mass-produced. These elixirs are used to solve the current problem of the shortage of medicines within the 'revolutionary army', and they are very effective!

In order to earn foreign exchange through exports, Wen Ruolan set up three specialized pill production lines under the suggestion of Zhou Qingfeng, namely 'Suxiang Pill', 'Dragon Tiger Pill' and 'Health Tea'.

'Suxiang Pill' is used to make money for women. After taking it, the body is fragrant, beautiful and beautiful, and it is specially prepared for the female dependents of rich families. Among them, there are many fragrance types such as 'elegant orchid', 'green jasmine', 'temptation peony' and so on. The price of a box of 'Suxiang Pills' of different grades ranges from two or three taels to several hundred taels, and it is not something that a woman from an ordinary family can afford to use anyway.

'Dragon Tiger Pill' is an aphrodisiac for men of all ages. 'Health tea' is used to regulate the body and is used for the elderly. There are similar products on the market, but they are not at all comparable to those produced by the Ministry of Health of the 'Revolutionary Army'. The formula determined by Wen Ruolan was personally verified by Zhou Qingfeng, and it was determined that the effect was excellent before it was put on the market.

In the past, merchants from Shandong had no other goods to buy than to take large quantities of silver from the 'revolutionary army'. But this time, a large number of pills became the fist product in Zhou Qingfeng's hands, and he immediately convinced all the people who came to Liaodong to do business.

As long as you eat a pill of 'Dragon and Tiger Pill', your whole body will be full of qi and blood. Even if he is a weak and coward, he will feel that he is a tough guy in half an hour. There will not be too many sequelae after the medication, at most I will sleep for one night and want to have another episode the next day. The results are truly impressive.

From the initial point of view, these three products can provide about 50,000 taels of funds for the 'revolutionary army' every month. Although this money is not enough to meet the increasing expenses of the 'revolutionary army', it is a very good momentum of development. At least let the speed of capital consumption slow down, so that Xu Bing was greatly relieved.

After working during the day, Wen Ruolan also held a night school for cultivation at night. Initially teach a few traversers to practice, and the teaching materials are ready-made. With the right teaching method, the awakening of the true yuan becomes relatively easy, and it is no longer a foolish epiphany in the past, but there is a way to come naturally.

After it was determined that this method of large-scale training was effective, the scope of teaching began to expand, and the core personnel within the 'revolutionary army' were given this rare learning opportunity.

Gao Daniu's previous guess was correct, and it was easier for people who had undergone knowledge enlightenment to obtain the True Yuan Awakening. Basically, as long as you can get an intermediate diploma, the chance of advancement can reach 30% - such as Qiao Xuenian. This kid studied hard in order to pursue the youngest daughter of the Sang family. After he has enough knowledge, he will be able to easily understand what is the spiritual power that cannot be seen or touched.

The monks cultivated by the 'Revolutionary Army' themselves quickly rose from single digits to ten digits, and even the human-faced demons around Zhou Qingfeng continued to advance because of their wisdom enlightenment. This kind of good form stimulated Zhou Qingfeng to continuously invest in the education system in order to obtain more monks.

As the clock ticked into October 1616, winter began to begin in the north.

The activities of the Ming army had long ceased to exist, and even Nurhachi, who was in Shenyang, had died down. However, according to the report of Wang Kunpeng of the Supervision Section, Jiannu is likely to gather more powerful forces next spring, and Liaoyang will definitely not be able to protect it.

As soon as Liaoyang was lost, Nurhachi will definitely go south, and the peak of the army will go straight to Haizhou. Haizhou is currently considered to be the periphery of the 'revolutionary army', and the two sides will inevitably have to fight a big battle. In the headquarters of the 'revolutionary army' in Gaizhou, Xu Bing made a summary of the situation. She pointed to the map and said, "Boar Skin should attack in February or March next year, and he has two directions of attack. ”

There are two attack arrows on the map, one is Guangning on the western side of Liaoning, and the other is Liaoyang, which is not far from Shenyang. Xu Bing continued: "My judgment is that Jiannu will fight Liaoyang. According to the accounts of the refugees who could not escape, Liaoyang's defense was really empty. ”

Looking at Zhou Qingfeng, Zhou Qingfeng shook his head slightly and said, "Our current stall is already too big, and it is impossible to go to Liaoyang to find trouble with wild boar skins." Now that the Guards have been expanded to 5,000 men, I am running a military academy to train officers and non-commissioned officers, and at the same time conducting a large-scale winter military training. By February next year, the 5,000-strong Guards should be able to take advantage of the geographical advantages to fight Jiannu in Gaizhou. ”

Five thousand people sounds like a lot, but it is far from enough to confront Jiannu head-on. But this is already the result of a significant expansion of the Guards. Everyone nodded slightly, not forced. At present, the development momentum of the 'revolutionary army' is good, but the foundation is really too poor. Whether facing Jiannu or the Ming court, everyone needs time to continue to expand.

Xu Bing interjected, "Next spring, we should still be safe." After the wild boar skin takes Liaoyang, it will also take a process of digestion, and he may have a small-scale attack, but if he wants to fight tens of thousands of people, it will not be until the autumn of next year at the earliest. ”

Zhou Qingfeng also said: "If it can be delayed until next autumn, the Guards will complete the third phase of the reorganization, and the size of the army will be increased to 20,000." I hope to be armed with a certain number of firearms, especially artillery, at that time. ”

Li Shuwei was a little worried and asked, "Don't you consider Ming Ting's reaction?" Will they come and hit us? ”

"I think it will." Zhou Qingfeng said: "By February and March next year, the troops mobilized by the Ming army from all over the country will basically be in place. The battle of Salhu in history cannot happen again, and it is unknown whether the current Liaodong Jingluo Yang Hao will fight Jiannu or us? ”

"So what do we do?" Li Shuwei asked.

"I'll consider whether to take the initiative." Zhou Qingfeng said: "If the Ming army wants to fight us, it can only come by sea, and the assembly point for sea attacks must be Tianjin." I wonder if I should preemptively attack Tianjin in the face of military pressure from Jiannu and completely cut off the ability of the Ming army to cross the sea and fight? ”

It's not a good idea to fight on both sides. No one dares to make impulsive decisions.

After the expansion of the Guards, the combat effectiveness has dropped greatly, and the troops are in dire need of equipment. Many soldiers had nothing but a cheapest spear. The quality of the recruits is also very poor, 100% illiterate, thin and weak, left and right. The original three-month recruit training has been adjusted to five months, but it is still unknown how effective it will be by then?

So.......

"I need to use our intellectual strengths to make a huge technological advance." Zhou Qingfeng looked at Zhao Ze from the engineering department as he spoke, "I need a steam engine." ”

The development of human civilization is the continuous progress of power. Human and animal power was the representative of an agrarian society, while the steam engine crossed over to an industrial society. Only by mastering the steam engine can weapons and equipment be updated, and then a huge technological advantage can be obtained.

Hearing Zhou Qingfeng's request, Zhao Ze had to let out a wry smile. He is a teacher who teaches machine tools in the technical school, and he can only scratch his head at the moment and say: "I was thinking about how to improve the technical level and production efficiency of several workshops under the engineering department during this time, and you suddenly mentioned the steam engine ...... me." ”

"The canteen in the remote island of time and space has a boiler that boils water, which can produce high-temperature steam at a certain pressure. I can get that thing here. You only need to do the part that makes the steam push the piston back and forth. You should be able to find all kinds of materials in technical schools,......。 ”

Zhou Qingfeng was still talking, but Zhao Ze interrupted: "Manufacturing a steam engine requires a fairly high metal processing capacity. Those blacksmiths can't do that now. ”

"There are machine tools in the technical school."

"But you don't have electricity at all."

"Maybe we can turn them into spiritual power-driven."

What the?

Hearing Zhou Qingfeng's last words, Zhao Ze became serious, "Do you want to get the machine tools in the technical school to the end of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Why not? Otherwise, those machine tools can only be placed in the dust in the isolated island of time and space. After the end of the Ming Dynasty, electromechanical equipment is often changed by the rules of time and space, and we can use spiritual power to control it. ”

"If I had a machine tool to work with, I could have tried to make a modified industrial steam engine, or even a three-rise engine. As long as a prototype is up and running, the rest will be easy. ”

The more Zhao Ze thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't hold his hands back. He had previously thought about using a hydraulic forging machine for rough metal machining, and then a hydraulic machine tool and a boring machine. Through the self-upgrading of machinery and equipment, we will continue to climb the technology tree and gradually move closer to the steam engine. If the entire climbing process of the tech tree can be completed in two or three years, it will be considered smooth.

There are many machine tools used for teaching in technical schools, and most of them are CNC machine tools. After all, the old machine tool is inefficient and difficult to teach, so it has long been eliminated. Zhou Qingfeng took Zhao Ze into the isolated island of time and space to find the machining classroom of the technical school, which was mostly filled with small machine tools.

Zhao Ze pointed to a heavy-duty horizontal machine tool and said: "If we want to process pressure vessels, we must need it." It can also be used to craft artillery. ”

Zhou Qingfeng shook his head and said, "Don't be kidding, this guy is hundreds of tons, I can't move it." Find a medium-sized one to use. ”

The two finally selected an ordinary-size CNC machining center to be transported to the end of the Ming Dynasty. After this thing was carried, it was changed by the laws of time and space, and the three-phase power supply became spiritual power input, and the appearance was carved with a dragon and a phoenix, like a magic weapon.

This thing immediately became the treasure of the engineering department of the 'Revolutionary Army', and Zhao Ze found a thick and stable foundation for it. After this thing entered spiritual power, the operation interface turned out to be a virtual screen. He entered the data of the steam engine parts that he had prepared one by one, and put them on the fixture with the metal materials left in the technical school.

...... starting, the alloy steel cutter is extended and begins to cut the cylinder of the boring steam engine.

The cutter quickly pulls out the shavings on the metal part, and lubricating cutting fluid is sprayed on the cutting surface to cool down. Considering the prolongation of the life of the equipment, Zhao Ze did not carry out high-precision machining. A few hours later, a cylinder about half a meter deep appeared.

The spiritual power supply of the entire process was completed by Zhou Qingfeng, and only he could complete this work stably. It took the two men three days and several failed attempts to finally build and assemble all the parts of the Watt steam engine. In the boiler equipped with cooking and boiling water in the technical school canteen, the two of them couldn't wait to get coal and fresh water to ignite and test it.

"The pressure is rising."

"The valve is working fine."

"Piston push is normal."

"The linkage starts moving."

"All moving parts are well lubricated."

"We got this thing out a century in advance."

When the piston of this prototype steam engine began to rattle rapidly, Zhou Qingfeng and Zhao Ze, who were standing on both sides, fell silent - a huge revolutionary force came to the world, which will rapidly push the civilization level of the entire earth to a new height.

The new king is on his way to the pinnacle of being the only one of them.