With David Weir's explanation, Zhang Rui realized that the steam engine was not what he had imagined.
Zhang Rui's impression was that the steam engine that could drag trains and drive the first industrial revolution was completed by Watt after 1769. At this time, steam engines were only used for drainage of mines.
"Since there is no steam engine yet, I have to make it myself. Fortunately, I know the general structure from reading before." Zhang Rui thought to himself.
But even if it was just a simple steam engine, Zhang Rui ordered one from David Weill and paid a large deposit.
At the same time, Zhang Rui also ordered many British books of all kinds from David Weill. David Will agreed to all of Zhang Rui's requests one by one.
…
In the twenty-first year of Qianlong's reign, early February
At this time, Fu Heng was rapidly heading south via the Beijing-Hangzhou River Transport.
Since Qianlong received the 800-mile urgent request from the Hunan and Hubei Governor's Palace in Wuchang on January 25, Qianlong could no longer calmly wait for the auspicious date given by the Ministry of Rites Temple and the Qing Officials Department.
It was urgent to send troops. So Qianlong made Fu Heng a general, with a first-grade general seal, which allowed him to mobilize all the troops in six provinces including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi to encircle and suppress the rebels.
After receiving the title, Fu Heng had no choice but to bid farewell to his beautiful Fujin and his son Fukangan who were only a few months old, and immediately headed south.
Originally, sea transportation was the fastest option to go south, but considering the danger of sea waves, it was more dangerous. Therefore, a group of officials who went south objected to Fu Heng and put themselves at risk.
On the way south, urgent military information one after another was sent to Fu Heng.
Looking at these military reports, Fu Heng felt very heavy in his heart.
"Do you think these rebels are really that powerful? Based on this information, we can see that they are not attacking the city. It's just like returning home. It doesn't take a day to conquer a city. Now the troops are approaching Wuchang." Fu Heng said what he had just said He said after receiving the military information and passing it to Su Yunting, the staff beside him.
Su Yunting took over the military intelligence, glanced at a few lines, and answered after getting a rough idea:
"No, if I hadn't seen that this was military intelligence, I would have doubted whether it was fake. Are the Green Camp soldiers already so useless?"
"I won't say that the green camp soldiers are useless, but they have always said that the rebels' powerful muskets are the key to their defeat. We also have muskets, but those green camp soldiers don't have them." Fu Heng replied.
"Yes, General. I think this time we fight against the rebels, we have to concentrate our firearms to fight them." Su Yunting suggested.
"What you say makes sense. When I gather the troops from the three provinces, I will have thousands of muskets. Coupled with the unified shooting of the archers, we will still be able to fight." Fu Heng said.
"That's right, General." Su Yunting nodded the money rat tail on his head and asked in agreement.
"It's a pity. If it weren't for the ancestral system, we in the Qing Dynasty would definitely have more muskets than the rebels. Why do we need to be afraid of the enemy's muskets?" Fu Heng said with disdain in his tone, and continued to criticize Hunan's Green Camp soldiers. Dissatisfied with the defeat.
"General, be careful. Although the ancestral system is like this, we, the Qing Dynasty, conquered the country by riding horses and archery." Su Yunting comforted and said:
"I think the open fire weapons were very powerful back then, but they were defeated by my Eight Banners disciples. This is enough to show that the firearms are not that powerful. The main problem is that the people below do not dare to fight."
"When these rebels meet the Eight Banners warriors who I really dare to fight, they will be defeated."
After listening to Su Yunting's words, Fu Heng couldn't help but shout "Okay".
Especially what Su Yunting said at the end, the key is whether people dare to fight or not.
When Fu Heng went south this time, Qianlong specially transferred 5,000 Eight Banners Forbidden Army cavalry to him. This is enough to prove that Qianlong attached great importance to the encirclement and suppression of the rebels.
If Qianlong hadn't considered that he had to mobilize troops to fight against Junger who had just rebelled, maybe Qianlong would have given Fu Heng more troops.
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With David Weir's explanation, Zhang Rui realized that the steam engine was not what he had imagined.
Zhang Rui's impression was that the steam engine that could drag trains and drive the first industrial revolution was completed by Watt after 1769. At this time, steam engines were only used for drainage of mines.
"Since there is no steam engine yet, I have to make it myself. Fortunately, I know the general structure from reading before." Zhang Rui thought to himself.
But even if it was just a simple steam engine, Zhang Rui ordered one from David Weill and paid a large deposit.
At the same time, Zhang Rui also ordered many British books of all kinds from David Weill. David Will agreed to all of Zhang Rui's requests one by one.
…
In the twenty-first year of Qianlong's reign, early February
At this time, Fu Heng was rapidly heading south via the Beijing-Hangzhou River Transport.
Since Qianlong received the 800-mile urgent request from the Hunan and Hubei Governor's Palace in Wuchang on January 25, Qianlong could no longer calmly wait for the auspicious date given by the Ministry of Rites Temple and the Qing Officials Department.
It was urgent to send troops. So Qianlong made Fu Heng a general, with a first-grade general seal, which allowed him to mobilize all the troops in six provinces including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi to encircle and suppress the rebels.
After receiving the title, Fu Heng had no choice but to bid farewell to his beautiful Fujin and his son Fukangan who were only a few months old, and immediately headed south.
Originally, sea transportation was the fastest option to go south, but considering the danger of sea waves, it was more dangerous. Therefore, a group of officials who went south objected to Fu Heng and put themselves at risk.
On the way south, urgent military information one after another was sent to Fu Heng.
Looking at these military reports, Fu Heng felt very heavy in his heart.
"Do you think these rebels are really that powerful? Judging from this information, they are not attacking the city, just like returning home. It doesn't take a day to conquer a city. Now the troops are approaching Wuchang." Fu Heng said what he had just said He said after receiving the military information and passing it to Su Yunting, the staff beside him.
Su Yunting took over the military intelligence, glanced at a few lines, and answered after getting a rough idea:
"No, if I hadn't seen that this was military intelligence, I would have doubted whether it was fake. Are the Green Camp soldiers already so useless?"
"I won't say that the green camp soldiers are useless, but they have always said that the rebels' powerful muskets are the key to their defeat. We also have muskets, but those green camp soldiers don't have them." Fu Heng replied.
"Yes, General. I think this time we fight against the rebels, we have to concentrate our firearms to fight them." Su Yunting suggested.
"What you said makes sense. When I gather the troops from the three provinces, I will have thousands of muskets. Coupled with the unified shooting of the archers, we will still be able to fight." Fu Heng said.
Note 1: It used to be called the Governor of Huguang. In the 26th year of Kangxi's reign, it was changed from Kangxi to the Governor of Hunan and Hubei. )
