From the mouths of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, it can be known that the population of the Great Cannibal at this time may be less than five million.

Although the authenticity of this data cannot be guaranteed, the number of cannibals should be small, and this should be true.

"Five million, that is, the population of five big cities, I think that I can wipe out the Great Eclipse, what do you think?"

Some people said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty has not fought a war for nearly two hundred years. Not to mention, this battle is still thousands of miles away, will this ......"

Li Chong: "We don't need thousands of miles, we can get supplies from Jiaozhi or Tianzhu." ”

"Who can you send?"

Li Chong: "Zhang Shiruo, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Shiruo was one of Li Chong's ten martial arts exams.

Born in a poor family, he has no family background.

With such a person, in order to get ahead, he must be willing to crush his bones and complete this task.

"Then when does Your Majesty plan to send troops?"

Li Chong also said: "Don't worry. You can train for half a year before sending troops. ”

"How many soldiers?"

Li Chong: "20,000 people are enough." ”

Datang now has a population of more than 100 million.

20,000 people, and they can afford to waste it.

After Pei Du listened, he saw that he didn't want to pour the whole country's strength, and then he was relieved.

Li Zhong asked Pei Du: "What does Pei Aiqing think?" ”

Pei Du said: "It may be easy to fight, but how to defend it is the biggest problem." ”

Li Chong: "You're right. The people over there, for the sake of their faith, can do anything crazy, and it is indeed difficult to keep. ”

But as long as all their people are killed, there will be no such problem.

Such cruel words, of course, Li Chong would not say them directly.

Instead, he said, "When the time comes...... It is enough to let the Datang Seal be responsible for the management. ”

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Li Chong also said, "Do you think it's feasible?" ”

Everyone was silent, probably because they didn't want to be the one who took the blame.

It wasn't until Li Zhong stared at Pei Du for a while that Pei Du had to say, "You can try it." ”

5 million households......

If this data is true.

Of those 20,000 people, each only needs to kill enough 25 people.

Of course!

It is estimated that some will flee overseas, or to Africa.

When the time comes......

There should be a certain amount of pirate power or something.

Not......

I can't care so much, in short, I can eliminate as much as I can.

After weighing it again......

Li Zhong felt that it was better to eliminate it directly.

Because......

If we don't seize the opportunity at this moment, when there are only five million people left, then maybe the cost of exterminating it in the future will be much higher than it is now.

All I can say is......

Try it as hard as you can.

What we need to do now is to establish a good relationship with the other party on the bright side.

Curb the Datang feudal kingdom, so that the Datang feudal kingdom cannot attack them.

Actually......

As long as the envoys who are still in Dashi do a good job of intelligence work.

When the time comes......

They can go on the offensive.

Just after Li Chong finished the meeting, he was going to play with Li Zixin and Xiaoxiao, but coincidentally, this Li Bi also entered the palace and asked to see Li Chong.

Li Chong had no choice but to put on his clothes and meet Li Bi outside again.

And then......

Li Bi showed Li Chong how to use the radio to transmit images.

Boy!

This thing really got him to play with.

Although......

It's not the TV set that Li Chong imagined at all.

Li Chong could only say: "This thing invented by Aiqing is very good. ”

"It's just...... What I want is not this, what I want is a machine that can transmit more images that are stacked together in a much faster time. ”

"But...... It's okay, too! ”

"What reward does Aiqing want?"

"Ministers don't need any reward."

"Hmmm! Then don't give it. ”

“……”

"I regard the Li family as a family, but it's a pity that no woman in the Li family can marry me, otherwise, I would definitely let her be the queen in the first place."

And then......

Li Bi touched his head inexplicably and went back.

No......

Is Your Majesty so close to them?

Or is it ......

Is this just painting a pie for their Li family?

After Li Bi left.

Li Zhong also looked at the wireless transmission device.

In the case of radio communication, it is a change in the current caused by sound vibration.

Then this radio image transmission uses some photosensitive materials to bring about the current change.

It's like the piezoelectric ceramic of a lighter.

There are materials that produce some weak electric currents as long as the light hits on them.

If you can make use of these weak currents.

Then you can make such a device.

Cough!

Although......

Not much practicality.

For there is no such thing in the Hereafter.

But I have to say, it's also a great invention.

When considering the development of this technology.

Subsequently......

Li Zhong devoted himself to this work again.

He had to reactivate the Tang craftsmen's research on science and technology.

First of all!

Money is definitely going to be invested.

And it's a big deal.

Secondly......

It's to see if they can solve some of the world's problems.

For example......

Rockets to the sky, moon landings, and so on.

Not to say that you should go now, at least......

Theoretically ready, that's true.

Of course!

Such economic benefits are too low.

Next......

He still has to come up with more cost-effective problems.

Other than that......

This is something related to electricity, Li Chong feels that it is definitely not possible to rely on the Li family to study it alone.

Therefore......

I'm also considering whether to publish more research on electricity.

But it seems to be ......

Aside from radio, they don't really have much research on electricity.

……

this year.

Li Chong has re-emphasized scientific research, and the quality of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty has also been greatly improved.

This also has the effect of ......

If you think you can't be an official, then it's better to hurry up and become a craftsman.

For some of the children of the nobility of the family, this does not seem to do them much good.

But!

For those who like to do research and want to be craftsmen, it is the best.

Even......

Now the craftsmen who have just entered the Academy of Sciences can be treated as Jiupin officials.

Then many people must not break their heads, but they will come in.

And it's very easy to get into the Academy of Sciences.

All you need to do is hand in a copy of what you've researched on your own.

On the one hand, be able to prove your hands-on ability.

On the other hand, you can also see your ability to innovate.

Soon......

After layers of screening, dozens of craftsmen joined the Academy of Sciences.

In addition to learning what you may have lacked before, the next ......

They also have to find their latest research directions.

For Datang at the moment......

What is most lacking, of course, is the study of the mechanical structure of firearms.

Subsequently......

In this academy, there was the sound of pounds and pounds.

……

Seventeen years old.

Saudi Arabia, that is, the news that there is really oil in the big food has also been transmitted back to Li Chong.

Of course!

This also has to be thanked for the help of the big cannibals, otherwise......

Their drilling efforts will not go so smoothly.

As soon as the oil came out, the big cannibal began to regret it a little.

After all......

In the past, even in the Eastern Roman Empire, this oil was used for one barrel and one barrel less.

However......

Datang is able to drill a steady stream of oil from hundreds of meters underground.

Then if you want to say that they are not red-eyed, it must be impossible.

It's just that......

At this time, because the country had just stabilized, I had to watch Datang pack all the oil barrels and barrels.

This year......

Datang Yangzhou Shipyard also overcame thousands of difficulties at this time, and finally assembled the parts of the transport ship little by little.

If nothing else......

After only two to three months of testing, it should be ready for use.

In fact......

This big guy is really hard to make.

In order to build such a ship, the manpower and material resources invested in it are definitely no less than a conscription of more than 100,000 people at a time.

But......

It's worth it.

Next......

Just look at its practicality.

Not beat around the bush......

Li Zhong is more or less worried that it will fall apart.

After all......

This is the first large transport ship of 8,000 tons they have built.

The length of the head and tail of the ship alone was more than 100 meters, and the width was nearly 20 meters.

The time of launching the water was set at the beginning of spring of the following year.

So......

There is still a lot of time for this transport ship to be adjusted.

Check to see if there are any welds in place, and see if there are any facilities on the ship that are not installed in place.

There is one thing to say...... The ship is even equipped with a generator.

But......

It can only be said that it is not equipped with it.

After all......

If there is an accident at sea, if you have to re-weld some parts or something, you can't say take a hammer or a nail and knock it a few times, it can be considered repaired.

The body of this ship can be said to be full of the embodiment of the latest science and technology of Datang today.

With the blessing of the latest science and technology, the crew can live comfortably on it.

Even......

Li Zhong felt that if he improved it again, he could even move his family to this place.

Of course!

Moving the family to the ship actually existed in ancient times.

It seems that there is such a ship on the route from Chengdu to Yangzhou.

A classical boat with a pure wooden structure.

Probably a ship like a building ship.

Li Chong can only say that he has not seen it himself.

But......

He had seen it in ancient books.

It seems to have happened in the Tang Dynasty.

The Chinese New Year's Eve of the year.

No doubt.

Li Chong must have been there in person.

On the one hand, it is to see how well the ship is done and whether it is really ready to sail into the sea.

On the other hand, it is also necessary to cheer up the crew who will go to sea next.

In total, more than 200 people can live on the ship.

But in fact, if you really want to say that a ship only needs a dozen or twenty people, it's about the same.

Of course!

This is for the ships of later generations.

And at this moment, the ship, because there is no GPS navigation, then you are responsible for observing astronomy and determining the direction, you have to bring one or two.

Also, you can't afford to fight back without the ability to fight back, and if you are targeted by pirates or other ships, you can't sit idly by.

So......

Of the 200 men, nearly a fifth were in charge of protecting the ships by force.

Li Chong also brought them a brand new weapon.

Equip this ship with the Maxim machine gun, now called the Li heavy machine gun, so that even if there are dozens of enemy ships, they will at least have a little ability to protect themselves.

Other than that......

Li Chong also suggested that some barbed wire could be placed on the edges of the ships.

As the so-called......

Haven't you ever eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run?

For this anti-piracy or something, in fact, Li Chong is still experienced.

As for the ......

If the enemy weren't pirates, they would want to sink you.

It's okay too!

First!

It's made of steel, and it's not easy to break.

Second!

The ship has a double-layer structure, and even if the outer skin is broken, as long as the inside is intact, it will be fine.

In terms of the ability to fight artillery shells, it should still be very strong.

You won't just take a shell and sink the ship directly.

Li Chong asked Zhang Shiruo to bring forty people here to familiarize themselves with the environment first.

If the day of war really comes.

Then this transport ship, no matter how much it is burned, can transport thousands, or even tens of thousands of people, to the big food in one go.

Of course!

It's not that the more people who are lucky, the better.

It's like now, in fact, 200 people are crowded enough.

Each room, less than ten square meters, has to accommodate three or four people.

This makes it seem, in terms of environment, not so good.

Maybe by some time, there will be no danger at all on this sea.

When the time comes......

It is from these 200 people that the subtraction is done slowly.

When the time comes......

Maybe it can really give these people, on the boat, it is their own home.

After walking around the accommodation area, I can only say that it feels OK, and then ......

Li Chong went to inspect the engine and other places again.

In order to increase the efficiency of transporting oil, it is better to pump it with pipes.

To this end......

There are also a lot of oil pumps on this ship.

Other than that......

Add another heating system.

Because once the oil cools down, the fluidity decreases.

In order to pump the oil, you also have to heat the oil in the pipes properly.

At last......

There are also fresh water storage rooms and much more.

Li Chongdu visited these places one by one.

We must solve all the problems on the sea on land.

Even......

In order to make sure that there are no accidents on this ship.

This year......

Li Chong also had to invite some shipbuilding craftsmen and sailors who had gone to sea from Guangzhou, Liao, and Jiaozhi to visit and guide.

In order to see if there are any places where they have not taken into account.

Otherwise......

If this boat is pushed into the water, it will be difficult to modify and get many things again.

As for technical secrecy.

There's nothing to worry about.

After all......

Key technology, they certainly don't see either.

February!

The weather has just warmed up, and as the ship launches, there are huge waves on the sea.

(End of chapter)