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Bo Jinchen's last sentence was like a stroke of genius, and Cui Wenxiu was stunned at once, and he didn't know what to do with the other party, and after pondering for a while, he slowly replied: "Does Bo Lao think that some changes in the current emperor [***] team will bring a lot of changes to the future war, even including the arrangement of strategy and tactics?"

"Well, that's exactly what I said. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info have you noticed, the fire gun and the thunder are no longer a secret, began to be equipped in the army on a large scale, and now there is more than one legion of army equipment, look at Liang Chongxin's proud record in the first battle of Tianmayuan, the cavalry of the Maqi Khan, especially the heavy cavalry, almost did not play a role under the blow of the fire gun, it can be said that it has completely become the target of the fire gun training, I have a feeling that the fire gun will not only eliminate the heavy cavalry from the history of war, but also its appearance and further improvement will also make the hoplites and archers in the army eliminated。 ”

Bo Jinchen had a thoughtful feeling on his face, almost every sentence was knocking on Cui Wenxiu's heart, as one of the two great military commanders of the Tang Dynasty, of course, he had also seen the performance of the firecrackers, and also considered that the firecrackers would bring some changes to the future wars, but the role of the firecrackers in the Northern Campaign was more of an auxiliary role, and it was not as large-scale as the use of the system in the Maqi Khan Campaign, so the impact on him was far less profound than Bo Jinchen, who carefully read and understood the role and results of the firecrackers in the Maqi Khan Campaign, Today, when he heard Bo Jinchen say this, he realized that he seemed to underestimate the great changes brought by the appearance of the fire weapon to the emperor's [***] affairs.

"Bo Lao, is what you said a bit excessive, the appearance of the firecrackers and thunderbolts is indeed a huge progress, the role of the hoplites may be greatly curbed in the future, or the hoplites will gradually lose their effectiveness, but to say that the firecrackers eliminate the infantry and archers, is it a bit exaggerated?" Firecrackers also have a number of weaknesses of their own, such as their ability to reload in rainy days is greatly limited, the projectile reload speed is still too slow, the quality of firecrackers is worrying, they are prone to breakdowns, and more importantly, they have almost no combat ability in close combat, which is their fatal weakness. ”

"Wenxiu, these defects you said do exist, but as far as I know, the Ministry of Science and Technology Development seems to have a solution to the problem that gunpowder will be wet on rainy days, and it is estimated that it will soon be used in the newly improved firecracker, and the general rainy day will not affect the combat effectiveness of the firecracker, as for the projectile loading speed, the Science and Technology Development Department is also further optimizing and improving, of course, the main thing is to rely on the regular training of army soldiers to improve the speed, and the quality of the firearm is not a problem, I have consulted the Science and Technology Development Department, the quality of the firearm is mainly due to the steel problem of the barrel and the quality of the gunpowderNow the Ministry of Economic Development and the Privy Council are concerned about this issue, and the Ministry of Science and Technology Development is said to have made a series of historical breakthroughs in the steelmaking law, which can be called a major leap in the history of steelmaking on the mainland, not only the quality of steel will be greatly improved, but the most important thing is that the output of steel will increase exponentially, and His Majesty the Emperor will even grant several scholars and technicians who have made significant contributions to this technological breakthrough as noble encouragement, so the quality of the firearm may also be greatly improved。 ”

When it comes to this issue, Bo Jinchen can't help but be a little excited, whether it is the entire continent or the empire, the demand for steel is showing an explosive increase, although a large number of mining and smelting workshops have been built, but for the thriving economic development of various places, these increases are simply not enough, which also makes the price of steel has been rising rapidly, and has also seriously affected the economic development of the empire. The Imperial Science and Technology Development Department has long been experimentally cooperating with the Imperial Iron and Steel Giants, in order to make a breakthrough in the steelmaking method and improve the output and quality of steelmaking, after several years of experiments, it has finally achieved success in the near future, and Bo Jinchen, who is the right envoy of the Imperial Privy Council, has only learned about this core secret not long ago, and soon several major steel companies in the Empire will usher in a period of rapid development, which will also have a huge impact on other industries in the Empire.

"Bo Lao said that thanks to the improvement of the empire's steelmaking technology, the quality of the firearm will be greatly improved?" Cui Wenxiu of course knows what kind of benefits the improvement of steelmaking technology will bring to the national economy of the empire, but as a soldier, he is more concerned about what changes and impacts the development of steelmaking technology will bring to the army.

"Well, in this way, the empire will also increase its efforts to produce firecrackers, His Majesty intends to produce at least 500,000 firecrackers of various types within this year, and at the same time, the mobile second-generation thunderbolt will also increase its production, and the emperor [***] team will usher in an era of unprecedented and great change. Bo Jinchen exhaled deeply and said slowly, "Wenxiu, as the emperor [***] Fang high-level, we all have to be mentally prepared, we must keep up with the times, otherwise we will be eliminated, Chongxin has officially written to request the gradual abolition of the current army infantry equipment, and replace it with all the equipment of the third generation of firearms, and at the same time equip the firecrackers with lighter melee weapons as a supplement, it must be said that Liang Chongxin's vision on this point is quite keen, he not only saw that the firecrackers will become the mainstream of the imperial army in the future, but also put forward supplementary measures, so that the firecrackers can make up for the lack of melee combat effectiveness. ”

Bo Jinchen's words made Cui Wenxiu completely fall into deep thought, although the other party's words did not criticize himself at all, but Cui Wenxiu felt a hot discomfort on his face, just when he was thinking about how to return to the Central Continent to deal with the Luzon people and the West Oran and the Delan people who also occupied South Meli, Liang Chongxin, who had just won a big victory in the Southern Campaign, was able to put forward such an opinion to reform the military system, Cui Wenxiu had to reflect on whether he was a little intoxicated by the victory of the Northern Campaign for a period of time and did not want to forge ahead, originally thought that his performance in the Northern Campaign could be pressed by Liang Chongxin, maybe just based on Liang Chongxin's suggestion to compare himself again, when he was still thinking about how to conquer the land, Liang Chongxin was thinking about the development direction of the entire imperial army from a higher perspective, should he also reflect on it?

In fact, before the breakthrough in the imperial steel industry, the mechanical processing industry of the empire also began to enter a slow and steady period of development, and from 700 years onwards, a series of workshops for processing steel products expanded rapidly, and the direct reason was the use of water power.

However, the breakthrough in the use of water power did not come from the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department, but from the Jiangnan folk, due to the huge competitive pressure of the textile industry, Jiangnan textile businessman Ke Chenglun took the lead in developing a manual spinning machine that increased the spinning efficiency by 20 times, this advanced technology was formally finalized at the end of 700 after a series of improvements, and in 701 obtained the formal patent of the Patent Department of the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department, named Offset Spinning Machine, due to the patent, Offset textile enterprises quickly rose in the Jiangnan textile industry, so that other textile enterprises need to use this machine and have to buy patents from it, which is a considerable expenditureBut if you don't buy it, you will only be ruthlessly eliminated, which also makes the calculating Jiangnan businessmen very jealous, and they are more enthusiastic about developing newer and more advanced technologies.

Just when the offset spinning machine shined, the more advanced and more efficient hydraulic spinning machine finally appeared, and the offset spinning machine patented only half a year, soon the hydraulic spinning machine also obtained a patent, which directly led to the Jiangnan textile industry into a period of rapid development, the rapid improvement of spinning industry technology makes the weaving industry face great pressure, has a considerable accumulation of technology in the weaving industry of course not far behind, after the emergence of the offset spinning machine, the major weaving enterprises began to have a surname for the study, and soon after the emergence of the hydraulic spinning machine, there was a corresponding supporting water loomThe improvement of the textile industry in Jiangnan and even the entire empire has triggered a huge revolution, and the improvement of efficiency has made the textile industry in Jiangnan greatly surpass the rest of the empire.

With the technological upgrading of the textile industry has driven the entire empire of the economic community for a variety of technological upgrades of the fanatical pursuit, this boom quickly spread to all walks of life in the economic circles, the huge benefits brought by technological upgrading have made the giants of all walks of life realize that if they can not lead in technology, it means that their leadership position is likely to become history, will be overturned by those rising stars, the Offset enterprise is a typical proof, just the short-term leadership of the Offset spinning machine has created the rise of an enterprise, and this also makes those who want to become the boss in their respective industries Business owners are red-eyed, to become the second Offset style, then investing in technology upgrades is the greatest hope. In order to make a breakthrough in technological upgrading, it is necessary to have sufficient reserves and innovation in technical talents, which also makes major business owners tap and recruit technical talents.

(To be continued)