On the city tower, Su Hao looked Hou Sui up and down, to be honest, he didn't understand why Tiandao chose Hou Sui, not him, in terms of status, he was far higher than Hou Sui, and he took the lead in making out the steam engine, but Tiandao chose Hou Sui.

But thinking about it, Su Hao didn't have the idea of jealousy, after all, no matter how favored Hou Sui was by the Heavenly Dao, it was also his subordinates, something invented, and he also benefited.

"Hou Aiqing, I don't know what this car you make?"

After thinking about it for a while, Su Hao retracted his thoughts and asked knowingly, although he understood the role of the train better than Hou Sui, he still wanted to know how much inspiration Hou Sui had.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister called this car a train, and it was powered by a steam engine."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hou Sui hurriedly replied.

Su Hao asked again, "Then what's the use of this train?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this train is extremely powerful, and it can carry two or three thousand stones of grain at a time."

Hou Sui's eyes lit up slightly and said: "The speed of this train is also extremely fast, it can run a hundred miles in an hour, and the train does not need to stop, as long as there is coal and water, it can run all the time, and it will never be a problem to travel a thousand miles a day."

"Hou Aiqing means that this train can transport logistical supplies instead of mules and horses?"

Su Hao said in a calm tone: "But what to do with this railroad, the iron material required is not a small amount, and the army is marching everywhere, so you can't build railroad tracks in every direction."

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has improved the iron-making furnace, which can smelt 600 catties of iron per day, as long as more iron-making furnaces are built, it can fully meet the needs of laying rails."

Hou Sui replied.

"You've also improved the iron-making furnace?"

Hearing Hou Sui's words, Su Hao just wanted to shout a good guy, this person who is favored by Heaven is different, this is to spread the railway all over the Central Plains in more than ten years.

"The minister will never dare to deceive Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Hou Sui hurriedly replied.

"Hou Aiqing has made meritorious contributions to building trains, and I have appointed you as an academician of the Academy of Scientific Research and is in charge of the Academy of Scientific Research."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao opened his mouth and said, although Hou Sui can come and go freely in the scientific research institute by virtue of Hou Yuangao's identity, but after all, it is still not right, and it is difficult to mobilize the resources of the entire scientific research institute.

"Thank you!"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hou Sui hurriedly knelt down and made a big salute, although the status of the scientific research institute is not as good as the six departments and five temples, but the scientific research institute was founded by Su Hao, belonging to Su Hao's descendant forces, becoming an academician of the scientific research academy, which means that he has stepped into the core position of the court in half a step, and more importantly, he is still very young now, and he has a bright future in the future.

"Ai Qing is flat."

Su Hao said lightly: "In addition to the train and the iron-making furnace, I don't know what Aiqing is still studying?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is still studying the installation of steam engines on iron carts, and when the time comes, artillery and guns will be installed on iron carts, so that artillery can not be confined in one place."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hou Sui arched his hand and said, "But now the rate of fire of artillery and guns is too slow, and Chen is studying how to improve it."

"In addition, the minister is still studying how to improve the steam engine, using coal as power, the restrictions are too great, the minister heard that there is a kind of black water that can also be burned, and the minister is studying whether this black water can be used as a new power."

Hou Sui kept talking about his thoughts, but at this time, Su Hao's heart set off a huge wave, what Hou Sui said, he knew better than anyone else.

"Hou Aiqing, are these all you come up with?"

Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, he had a hunch that somewhere in this world, there were definitely some big things happening that he didn't know about, and it was a very bad thing, otherwise Tiandao would definitely not be so crazy to promote the development of science and technology.

According to what he knew in his previous life, since the appearance of the steam engine, it took two or three hundred years to develop before it had a rough prototype, and it was the result of the crystallization of the wisdom of countless scientists, but now Hou Sui alone can almost compare with nothing in his previous life

Number of scientists.

After all, with the degree to which Hou Sui is now favored by the Heavenly Dao, since Hou Sui has come up with it, the probability of success is very high, and the meaning of it is really terrifying.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's all what the minister thinks."

Hearing Su Hao's question, Hou Sui couldn't help but be a little puzzled, but he still replied.

"Then Aiqing continue to work hard, I am waiting for Aiqing to bring me more surprises."

Su Hao smiled and encouraged, and then asked Hou Sui to retreat.

"Liao Qing, Zi Mo, mobilize all the forces of the Demon Suppression Division and the Black Ice Table, collect all the abnormal news, and don't let go of any news."

After Hou Sui retreated, Su Hao looked at Liao Qing and Ding Zimo on the side, and said with a solemn expression, although he didn't know what was going on in the world, he knew that something was definitely wrong.

"Obey!"

Seeing Su Hao's solemn expression, Liao Qing and Ding Zimo hurriedly responded.

…

Time passed day by day, the battlefield of Dezhou City was still stalemate, as Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu recast the Hongyi cannons, the Ming army's attacks became more frequent, and Su Hao also mobilized hundreds of Hongyi cannons from Jinan Fucheng and Dongchangfu City and other cities, and the two sides started the artillery war again.

………

In the Zichen Palace, Su Hao closed his eyes and practiced, and the four natal paper figures on the side were constantly reviewing the book.

At this time, an attendant came up and said, "Emperor, Commander Ding asks to see you."

"Let him come up."

Su Hao opened his eyes and spoke.

After a while, Ding Zimo went upstairs under the leadership of the chamberlain.

"Master."

Ding Zimo bowed and saluted.

Su Hao said lightly, "Is there something wrong?"

Ding Zimo arched his hand and said, "Master, there is a news from the Demon Suppression Division that there is an incident in the White Lotus Sect in the Huguang Hengzhou Mansion."

"Is there something wrong?"

Hearing Ding Zimo's words, Su Hao couldn't help but wonder, this White Lotus Sect uprising was already a commonplace thing, and there was news of the White Lotus Sect uprising coming from both ends in three days, if there was no news of the White Lotus Sect uprising one day, it would be a strange thing.

"Master, this time the White Lotus Sect started the incident with Ke Jianjun of Yuandun Dao, and the other party claimed to have been ignited by the lifeless old mother, and according to the spies' report, when the other party started the incident, he also asked the lifeless old mother to appear."

Ding Zimo said again.

"There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

Hearing this, Su Hao frowned and said, this can already be said to be the regular process of the White Lotus Sect's uprising, if there is no manifestation of the old mother or other gods, he is not qualified to say that he is from the White Lotus Sect.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Ding Zimo hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Master, the apprentice thinks that this time, the manifestation of the lifeless old mother may be real."

"What do you mean?"

Hearing Ding Zimo's words, Su Hao's face changed instantly, although every time the White Lotus Sect had an incident, a set of gods would appear in the world, but these manifestations were all created with mechanisms or spells, and there were no real gods in this world at all.

"The disciple thinks that the childless mother has really appeared."

After thinking for a while, Ding Zimo gritted his teeth and said, "Because Xiao Er was also inspired by his lifeless mother."

"You said that Xiao Er was also inspired by his motherless mother?"

Su Hao's expression was gloomy, if it was someone else, he might not believe it, but Zhao Xiaoer was different, Zhao Xiaoer had no need to deceive him at all, after all, in terms of power, Ding Zimo, as the commander of the pro-army, was also in charge of the Demon Suppression Division, which could be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, in terms of status, as his apprentice, Zhao Xiaoer's status was even more comparable to that of the princess, and there was no reason to deceive him at all.

"Yes."

Ding Zimo nodded solemnly.

"Let's take a trip."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao spoke.

"Yes, Master."

Ding Zimo bowed, and then retreated.

Another quarter of an hour passed

Later, Ding Zimo took Zhao Xiaoer to Zichen Hall again.

"Master."

Ding Zimo and Zhao Xiaoer bowed and saluted.

"Little Er, Zi Mo said that you were inspired by your motherless mother, what is going on?"

Su Hao asked with a serious expression, if this matter is not handled properly, it will definitely be a monstrous matter, after all, Zhao Xiaoer, as his apprentice, if he rebels, it will be enough to shake the foundation of Great Qi.

"Master, the apprentice has been feeling the call of an unknown force for the past few days, and the apprentice thought it was a hallucination until he went to bed last night, when the lifeless old mother appeared in the apprentice's dream."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhao Xiaoer hurriedly replied: "Fortunately, the apprentice has the idea of the Nine-Tailed White Fox Concept given by the master, and after all these years of practice, the apprentice's primordial spirit has been stabilized, and the opponent's strength has not affected the apprentice."

Hearing this, Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, this is not a trivial matter, although all the rebellious White Lotus Sect leaders claim to have seen the lifeless old mother or other gods, but in the records of all dynasties, there has never been any real god who has ever appeared in the world.

"What is the strength of the other party?"

After a moment of silence, Su Hao asked.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhao Xiaoer fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he said bitterly: "The mana is boundless, and it can be matched by non-human beings."

Thinking of the boundless figure in the dream, Zhao Xiaoer couldn't help but feel a little shaken in her heart, although she had resisted the other party's bewitchment with the power of the Yuan Shen before, she didn't dare to guarantee that she could always maintain her sanity.

Boundless mana?

Can non-human beings match?

Hearing Zhao Xiaoer's evaluation, Su Hao's pupils couldn't help but shrink, although Zhao Xiaoer basically hasn't made another move since he helped him take Jinan Mansion, but he knows very well that after so many years of precipitation, Zhao Xiaoer's strength is definitely not under any martial arts master, and now even Zhao Xiaoer is so appreciative of the other party, which shows that the other party's strength is definitely quite terrifying.

"Then Xiao Er, you can move to the palace first."

After pondering for a while, Su Hao spoke, although he knew that Zhao Xiaoer would not be bewitched by his lifeless old mother, he didn't want to take risks, the best way was to put Zhao Xiaoer under his nose, as long as there was no opportunity to develop believers, Zhao Xiaoer should not have an accident.

"Obey!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoer replied.

"Zi Mo, mobilize all the manpower of the Demon Suppression Division to strictly investigate the manifestation of gods and spirits in various places."

Su Hao looked at Ding Zimo on the side and said, he had a hunch that the appearance of the childless mother this time was definitely not accidental, and it was very likely that the changes in the past year or so were related to this incident.

"Arrange it for the sake of it."

Ding Zimo bowed in response.

………

Looking at the departing figure of Ding Zimo and his wife, Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, the world has changed faster and faster, in the past year, Hou Xun's invention speed has become faster and faster, in terms of artillery and firearms, he has invented breech guns and flintlock muskets, and in terms of steam engines, even the internal combustion engine has a little rudimentary.

In addition, Hou Sui also built the first steel battleship, it can be said that in just one year, Hou Sui alone has leveled the achievements of nearly two hundred years of scientific and technological development in his previous life, coupled with the manifestation of his motherless mother this time, it can only be said that the world has become almost unknown to him.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao's gaze looked at the south, it was time for Daqi to expand, because his strength was almost to the limit, in the past four years, although his cultivation in the self-cultivation realm was not particularly fast, it had also reached the stage of blood exchange, as long as he broke through the third realm, with his strength, it was enough to sweep the world.

However, the problem in front of him is that the enlightenment point is not enough for him to break through the third realm, when he fused the human immortal martial arts, his enlightenment point is only more than four thousand, in the past four years, although he has also gained some enlightenment points from the death row, but it is almost six thousand, and it is still far from breaking through the third realm.

According to what he knew from the system, if he wanted to break through the third realm, he needed 60,000 enlightenment points, the fourth realm was 600,000 enlightenment points, and the fifth realm was as high as 6 million enlightenment points.

Not to mention the fourth and fifth realms, the 60,000 enlightenment points of the third realm alone are

A big problem, now there is no possibility for Shandong to obtain so many enlightenment points, unless he takes Tang Xiangjin and all these great Qi generals in one pot, it is possible to get them together.

It's just that in this way, Daqi will be over, and when Da Ming kills him, he can only escape, after all, when the manpower is poor, hundreds of thousands of troops, he may not be able to defeat even if he is tired to death.

So the only way is to defeat Nanzhili, which is also the capital of the Ming Dynasty, with a large number of officials and nobles, as long as Nanzhili is captured, the harvest is definitely enough for him to be promoted to the third realm.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao looked at the north again, and wanted to attack the south, with the strength in his hands was enough, now there are 140,000 soldiers and horses in the city of Jinan, in addition to the soldiers and horses who must stay to defend the city, there are 100,000 people who can be mobilized, and this force is enough to take Nanzhili.

It's just that now outside the city of Dezhou, Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu's hundreds of thousands of troops are eyeing each other, if he leads the army south, Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city of Jinan, forcing Tang Xiangjin to lead his troops out of the city for a decisive battle, so if you want to go south with confidence, you must first solve the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops outside the city of Dezhou.

After pondering for a long time, Su Hao closed his eyes again and began to practice.

…

Dezhou City, the original city tower has become a dilapidated ruins, the battlement wall is also missing a piece, that missing a corner, but the gap is blocked by sandbags, the city wall is also full of big pits, the brick wall has long disappeared, and some seriously damaged places are exposed to the sand and gravel in the wall.

Seeing the slowly retreating Ming army, Tang Xiangjin frowned slightly, the perseverance of the Ming army was much better than he thought, over the past year or so, they had lost more than 10,000 people, and the Ming army had lost at least 30,000 people, but the Ming army still showed no signs of collapse.

(End of chapter)