Chapter 160: Development
Although there is no Dragon Elephant Elixir, the current physical fitness can already meet Li Luan's needs, so Li Luwei did not return to the Harry Potter world, but stayed in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Besides, now Li Luan's small world has begun to develop, and every magic species in the Harry Potter world, whether it is magic plants or magical animals, has been transplanted by Li Luwei to develop the small world. Now the small world has become a breeding base for magical species.
Even if he doesn't go to the Harry Potter world, as long as it takes a few more years, after the magical species in the small world have multiplied to a certain extent, they can continue to provide Li Luwei with all kinds of resources he needs, and from that moment on, Li Luwei can transform from dependent development to partial sustainable development.
With the continuous expansion and development of the small world in the future, the small world in the future will no longer be a burden for Li Luan, but a real super help.
Of course, this time is still a long, long time.
In addition to the magical species transplanted from the Harry Potter world, Li Luwei also brought a group of subordinates from the Harry Potter world, among them, there are Li Luan's three confidants, Glass? Field, Aldington? Sharp and Arnold? Stoke.
After a period of adaptation, mainly to familiarize himself with the differences in magic between the two worlds, and then adapt and change, Li Luwei divided these subordinates into three parts, led by his three confidants, and began the formal formation of his own forces.
Among them, Arnold took over the Howling Pirates, Glass became the Governor of Singapore, and Aldington resumed his old job again, completely hidden, and became the intelligence director of Li Zhiwei.
As for Mu Sang and Mu Ji, Mu Sang became the chief instructor of the Singapore Garrison Corps, specializing in training recruits for Li Luan, and Mu Ji was sent by Li Luwei to Arnold's side as a deputy to train him.
To tell the truth, pirates, although they are cruel and fierce, have good combat effectiveness, but after all, they are just a group of bandits, unorganized and undisciplined, and it is okay to fight a good war, if they encounter a defeat, or even a stalemate war, it will seriously affect morale, and the consequences are self-evident.
And Li Luan's goal is not just a pirate king, Li Luan, who has his eyes on the whole world, will definitely not be satisfied with the status quo, so it is imperative to expand the territory for him, suppress the rebellion, and protect the regular army of one side.
To this end, Li Luwei has formed a regular army of 3,000 people, and now Mu Sang is stepping up training.
Why only three thousand?
There is no way, the current Singapore only adds up to tens of thousands of people, deducting women, the old and weak, this proportion is already very high.
Why so little?
Don't forget, the territory that Li Luwei now controls is just a colony, and there are hundreds of thousands of aborigines in Singapore, but their relationship with Li Luwei is still hostile and has not been included in Li Luwei's rule.
You don't see that during this period, the British ruled the whole of India with only a few thousand people, and this is the difference between colonization and complete occupation.
Of course, it won't be long before Li Luan's rule is consolidated, the first to open the knife will be these aborigines, and when the time comes, these 3,000 people will be Li Luwei's sharpest blade.
Li Luwei is not satisfied with simple colonization, even if it is colonization, it is the whole world.
In addition to the army, Li Luwei will not forget the armament.
You don't see an opium war, the British army of only 4,000 people fought tens of thousands of troops in the Qing Dynasty, and then look at the battle loss ratio, the British army suffered 523 casualties (69 killed), and the Qing army suffered 22,790 casualties.
This is the most vivid embodiment of the weapon generation gap, not to mention the future period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, my **** army in the face of the little devil's aircraft, tanks and artillery, can only rely on human lives to heap, although the final victory is ours, but you just ask, if you are not forced to almost destroy the country and the species, at the last moment, is anyone really willing to do that kind of sacrifice?
Of course, Li Luwei would not let his army suffer that kind of loss, so armament was indispensable.
In the whole army, one flintlock pistol is indispensable for each person, the ammunition tube is enough, and there are not many artillery guns used in field battles, there is only one artillery company, and there are only a dozen large and small artillery, divided into three levels: 24 pounds, 12 pounds, and 3 pounds, but don't forget that it is now in the Age of Discovery, so in terms of warships, Li Luwu is not stingy at all.
There are five standard first-class sail battleships alone, all of which are modeled after the British "Sea King", with slight changes, with a total length of 51 meters, a width of 14.7 meters, a depth of 23.17 meters, a draft of 6.8 meters, a displacement of 1,500 tons, a three-tier broadside gun deck, and 100 guns of various types, including 26 42-pounder guns, 28 18-pounder guns and 44 6-pounder guns, and can carry 800 sailors when fully loaded. The rest are also equipped with cruisers of all classes, frigates, dozens of warships, large and small, completely forming a naval fleet.
This is still because of the lack of manpower, if there are enough manpower, Li Luwei will be equipped with more warships.
Having said so much, why do Li Luan's weapons look so backward?
There are two reasons for this.
First, what time is it?
Although there is no specific narrative in the movie, it can be inferred from the clues that it is now in the Age of Discovery, or more precisely, in the 17th century AD, and it is difficult to determine whether it is 16XX, but it is not possible to surpass this period anyway.
Now that the time has been determined, if we look at these armaments of Li Luan, we can see that these weapons are not only not backward, but are very advanced.
First of all, although the flintlock pistol was invented in 1547, people who are familiar with history know that it was not until the middle of the 17th century that European countries began to equip their armies with flintlock pistols, but they were not large-scale equipment, because of technical problems, the cost of flintlock pistols was still very high, and it was not suitable for large-scale installation, and the mainstream of European field legions was cavalry, pikemen and arquebusiers, until the later period, that is, until 1690, Only half of the musketeers in the regiments of the British army were armed with flintlock muskets, while in France at the same time, in 1687 only eight muskets per company were armed, and by 1692 the number of flintlock muskets per company had risen to 21, and this rise did not cease until 1703.
It can be seen how difficult and advanced it is for Li Luwor's army to be able to hold a flintlock pistol in his hands.
Take a look at the sail battleship.
A battleship, also known as a capital ship, a battle ship, is a large warship with artillery as its main combat weapon.
The term battleship appeared with the change in naval tactics during the Anglo-Dutch War of 1655-1667. At that time, this kind of warship with the strongest firepower did not engage in broadside combat, but because the artillery at that time was limited in both range and firepower, therefore, the naval battle could only use the straight-line navigation tactics, the battleships lined up in a single column, sailing in a straight line, when the enemy ships entered the range of artillery, they began to fire their guns and carry out artillery battles, so this kind of warships using the straight-line navigation tactics were called battleships.
The first to appear was the sail battleship, which historians praised as the "devil's weapon".
The sail battleship was officially named from the 17th century and was adopted by the navies of various countries until the middle of the 19th century, when the first ironclad ship was born, and it went into decline.
Now in this period, the official sail battleship began to enter the glorious affair, which only those seafaring powers could afford to build.
The "Sea King" was built and installed by England in 1637, and was the largest battleship in the world during this period, and the "Sea King" has participated in six or seven naval battles against the Dutch and French navies since it was put into service, and it was used continuously for more than 60 years before it was accidentally destroyed by the French Navy in the waters of Chatham.
It can be said that in the current world, except for Britain having such a large warship, only Li Luwei has such a powerful warship in his hands.
However, advanced is advanced, so why not just come up with better and more powerful weapons? Dreadnought-class battleships, Yamato-class battleships, and even aircraft, missiles, and aircraft carriers are atomic bombs, and Li Luwei can also build them, don't forget, Li Luwei is an alchemist, or an alchemist with the door of truth, and other iron-blooded alchemists can make cannons at will, not to mention Li Luwu with the gate of truth.
This is the most important reason for Li Luan's consideration, that is, he does not want to vigorously develop science and technology.
After all, Li Luwei is still on the road of magic, although magic and science are definitely the same in the later stage, but from the current point of view, many theories between the two are conflicting.
Li Luan wants to build a wizard empire, a magical empire, not a country with science and technology as the main body, if you want to see a country with science and technology as the main body, Li Lu worry simply go directly to Africa in the main world, don't look at people so poor and messy, but in terms of foundation, it is much stronger than this Caribbean pirate world.
But this is not in line with Li Ji's plan.
Li Yan's plan is that when he truly controls the world, except for the necessary basic science, everything else will no longer be retained, but will begin to vigorously promote magic, open magic schools, popularize magic knowledge among the people, and retransform the Caribbean world into a magical world.
But I have to ask again, since it has been changed to a magical world, why not just cross a magical world and fight for hegemony, in this way, isn't it better? Like The Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft.
Of course, you can, but there is a premise for all this, that is, there must be power.
In the final analysis, the current Li Luanwei is just a lonely person, although there are some subordinates, but it can only be regarded as an organization, and there is no capital to fight for hegemony at all, besides, most of those magic worlds have a very terrifying existence, and now Li Luanwei is gone, and it is not enough to protect himself, let alone fight for hegemony.
Therefore, the Caribbean, a world that is transitioning from the world of low magic to the world of science and technology, has become the best choice for Li Luan.
Moreover, Li Luwei also wants to try what kind of wisdom the people here can burst out of a world with both a magical foundation and a scientific foundation.
The path of a wizard is the search for truth, the process of constantly understanding the world, and the process of studying the secrets of all things, so the path of a wizard is not lonely. Therefore, on the road of pursuing the truth, a person's strength is limited after all, and only by constantly communicating with others, constantly absorbing the experience of others, and verifying one's own path, can one person go further.
On the road of pursuing the truth, Li Luan, who is alone, has already felt struggling, after all, a person's strength is limited, and a person's wisdom also has a limit, so he needs more like-minded people to help him, such as those subordinates trained by Li Luwei.
However, this is far from enough, Li Luwei needs more people to participate, and he needs the light of wisdom of all living beings.
What's more, this is also related to a more important plan for Li Luan. (To be continued.) )