Rumble......

Thick black smoke came out of the smoke vent of the machine, and the strong power galloped on the sea with the iron plate like a loose horse, but when it came to the reins, in fact, there were still reins, and ropes were wrapped around the iron plates and machinery, and at Xie Li's command, the black slaves pulled the iron plates back with all their strength.

Xie Li recycled the machinery and began to inspect it, but after a while, it was checked, and there was no problem, "Thanks to the pirates' oil and the support of the Lord God, we have succeeded in making the world's first internal combustion engine." ”

"Congratulations." Li Chao is also very happy, if the symbol of the first industrial revolution is the steam engine, then the second industrial revolution is the internal combustion engine, in this world that is still using the steam engine, they began to use the internal combustion engine as power, this is the distance of the era.

Moreover, having an internal combustion engine is equivalent to having a car, a train, and an iron ship, which will bring earth-shaking changes to the industrial base of Qiongzhou.

"We need cement to pave the road and prepare the cars." Qin Yu immediately spoke.

Li Chao waved his hand, "Then make cement." ”

"We need steel to build the tracks and pave the way to prepare for the trains." Ma Jun also took the opportunity to say.

Li Chao waved his hand, "Then build railroad tracks." ”

"We need a lot of steel to build iron ships." Chen Shan is looking forward to it, and someone has already popularized what the internal combustion engine can do.

Li Chao didn't care, "Then we'll build an iron ship." ”

"But we don't produce enough steel." Xie Li frowned, "The steel we make is sold everywhere as weapons, and the excess steel can't support the demand for rails and iron ships at all, so to speak, we are now from overcapacity to undercapacity." ”

The birth of the internal combustion engine suddenly made steel in short supply, and it was necessary to worry that the steel that was made and did not know where to lose it would become a desire to conjure it out of thin air.

Li Chao waved his hand, "Then expand production capacity, how much is the difference, we will expand as much, don't worry about the problem of excess capacity after expansion, don't forget, we have a global market." ”

"I'm not worried about this, but I'm worried about the population." Xie Li shook his head, "It is difficult to meet the manpower requirements after the expansion of production capacity with the slaves obtained from the slave trade alone, and I don't feel so relieved to use all the slaves." ”

"Population?" Li Chao smiled, "Isn't there a population next door to us?" ”

……

Xu Lin, the chief soldier of Qingzhen in Qiongzhou, has been a little restless recently, because a few days ago someone found billowing black smoke coming out of the daylight, and it was rumored that an evil ghost had escaped from the underworld, Xu Lin, who was the chief soldier, of course did not believe it, so he sent a servant to see, but his servant came back and told him that he not only saw the billowing black smoke, but also saw the dark ghost running out of the black smoke.

This frightened Xu Lin.

Although literati often say that they respect ghosts and gods and stay away, he is not a literati, he is a martial artist, if it weren't for the Qing Dynasty's punishment for deserters was very severe, and he was reluctant to spend his own money to get a position, otherwise he would have run away early, Rao is so, he is also ready to escape, the valuable belongings have already been on the boat, as long as there is a wind and grass he will get on the boat and escape.

But what he didn't know was that the demons and monsters in his eyes had sneaked into the barracks where he depended for survival.

"Be careful, everybody."

As soon as night fell, Li Chao gave an order, and the pirates and black slaves walked cautiously towards the barracks, they were very careful along the way, for fear that they would alarm the soldiers and scouts in the county, but the strange thing was that when they approached the barracks, there were no soldiers and scouts patrolling, and the camp was even darker and quieter.

"There's no one here." Ma Jun rolled his eyes nervously and looked around, "Is it that some of them have received a signal from the ventilation and are ready to ambush us, the silence is a bit too much." ”

"It's impossible to get a ventilation message." Li Chao was categorical, "Our people, except for pirates, are villagers or black slaves, and they don't report at all." ”

"Quiet may not necessarily be an ambush, it may also be really lax, you have to believe in the degree of corruption and degeneration of the Manchu wild boar officers, and this is Qiongzhou, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and there is no war all year round, it is normal for the armament to be relaxed."

Li Chao's ears moved, and he glanced at Ma Jun quietly, "But it's always okay if everyone is careful." ”

When they approached the camp, there was no point in being careful, so Li Chao gave an order, and the pirates rushed up fiercely and launched a general attack.

This time, the barracks will be fried.

The soldiers of the Qing army hurriedly rushed out of the barracks, all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, there were few young and middle-aged people, and they were all disheveled, they didn't have time to change their clothes and armor, and the number was not right, compared with the huge camp, these soldiers could be said to be scarce.

"There is not even a scout, not even a patrol, and the soldiers in this barracks are too corrupt and degenerate!" Ma Jun was amazed, it was the first time he had seen the ancient barracks, but it turned out that the barracks was not at all different from what he imagined, it was not majestic, but it seemed to be waning.

"Old, sick, disabled and untrained...... This is an empty salary by the general soldiers. Qin Yu thought for a moment and said: "I have heard that the corrupt officials in ancient times would eat empty salaries, and they could eat a huge barracks into an empty barracks, I thought it was an exaggeration at the time, but I didn't expect that there was such a thing, and people's greed really won't change because of the changes of the times." ”

"Wouldn't that be better? We have sacrificed in the province, and for us now, everyone is precious "when the capital enclosure, people are always insufficient, and the current Qiongzhou base is just repeating history."

Li Chao commanded pirates and slaves to carry weapons, surrounded the barracks, and then puffed up their spirits and shouted 'surrender or kill', and soon, the old, weak, sick and disabled people who didn't even have time to put on their armor disarmed and surrendered, and occasionally there were sporadic young men who wanted to resist and were quickly killed, and this deterrent effect immediately frightened the other soldiers.

"Ma Jun, you take a team of people left behind here to guard these soldiers." Li Chao said: "The rest of the people will go to the county with me, and we will go and capture the county." ”