Liu Zheng and Qin Changfeng walked out of the door together.
Then he saw the excitement on Jiang Xuan's face: "Quickly, follow Jiang Xuan!"
The two of them didn't know why and followed him.
Jiang Xuan ran along and led the two of them to a place that looked like the stable where Yanqi kept his war horses. Then, he passed through the hall and came to the back of the racecourse. At the door of a stable, the heavily guarded Yinzhou Army was already standing.
Liu Zheng frowned when he saw this situation.
"Brother, come and see!"
The three of them walked into the stable together and saw a tunnel under the stable. This tunnel was originally covered by weeds. There were steps under the tunnel. It seemed that the space below was quite small.
A soldier had already handed over a torch, and Jiang Xuan led the two of them down.
A small tunnel entrance, but there is a whole other world below.
After walking up the steps, Liu Zheng and Qin Changfeng were stunned.
Good guy.
The entire tunnel was filled with Quelehodo! That is oil!
"this……"
Liu Zheng was shocked all over.
Qin Changfeng was also overjoyed and said: "Master, this is a good thing!"
Only then did Jiang Xuan talk about this matter. Originally, the stables and the horses were taken away by the retreating Yanqi army. They didn't care much. However, the war horses of the Yinzhou Army still need to eat. Jiang Xuan thought about asking the Yinzhou Army to use this racecourse. Just after they moved in, a soldier discovered this tunnel.
At a glance.
There are tens of thousands of barrels of Quelehodo!
Jiang Xuan still remembers how much casualties this damn Quelehodo caused to the Yinzhou Army when he was in Che Division. On the contrary, if these Quelehodo became Yinzhou Army, wouldn't they be able to deal with the enemy in the same way?
"Okay, okay, I really made a fortune!"
Liu Zheng was also very happy.
It seems that these Quelehuoduo are the inventory of the Yanqi army. Maybe they have never thought that the chariot division will be defeated within three days, and the leader Jiulong will die in the battle, or no one knows at all, here There are so many good things hidden, or they retreated too hastily and forgot to take them away.
Why is Liu Zheng excited?
Because this thing is simply a weapon of war!
actually.
Petroleum has been discovered long ago in ancient China. "There is fire in the lake" refers to oil. However, oil in ancient times was not mined, but overflowed. In other words, the ancient people's use of oil was limited to "using it as soon as it was brought in" and they did not refine it at all.
There were only a few uses of oil in ancient times.
Used for lighting, lubricating oil, ink making, medicine, and last but not least, military warfare!
During the Five Dynasties, flamethrowers using iron cylinders to emit fire oil appeared and were used to burn warships.
Kang Yu of the Song Dynasty said in "Yesterday Meng Lu": "For the liquid produced by the heat of the stone baked by the sun, the northwest frontier defense city treasury dug the ground to make a large pool, more than ten feet long, to store the fierce fire oil and use it to defend against the enemy."
Fierce fire oil is oil!
However, the development speed of my country's petroleum science and technology is extremely slow. After all, at this time, there was no internal combustion engine in the world. Before the emergence of the internal combustion engine, the extraction of oil in any country was simple and crude.
Liu Zheng...
Of course, he won't either.
He doesn't know how to refine oil, but the oil is the best for fighting wars! You know, the oil reserves in the Western Region are huge.
Doesn't this mean that if you own an oil field, even if you use it to fight, it will scare the enemy!
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "Keep it alive, no one is allowed to approach it! Be careful of open flames."
"yes!"
Jiang Xuan was also very excited.
Qin Changfeng also laughed and said: "With this magical thing, I'm afraid the Dawan court will be on pins and needles!"
The three of them looked at each other and laughed.
Why is Liu Zheng so excited?
Some people say that if you want fire attack, wouldn't gunpowder be better?
You know, Chinese civilization, in the late Tang Dynasty, had precedents of gunpowder being used in warfare. In the Song Dynasty, there were troops specializing in gunpowder.
However……
Pay attention to this.
However.
Gunpowder, one of the four great inventions of China, is indeed the leading technology in the world. But why is it still unable to replace cold weapons? In fact, the reason is very simple.
Because Chinese muskets do not have advanced ignition technology, and the rate of fire of the muskets is extremely low. It takes an average of two minutes to fire one round. The processes of charging, loading, compacting, igniting, cleaning gunpowder residues, etc. take a very long time. What's more serious is that everyone needs to bring a match rope and a gunpowder bag, so if they are not kept well, it is extremely easy to cause a fire.
in addition.
In terms of power, Chinese gunpowder is black gunpowder. As we all know, black gunpowder is not as powerful and stable as the later yellow gunpowder. Even the bullets of muskets at that time could not penetrate armor at all, and their power was far inferior to sharp and heavy bows and arrows, and crossbows.
"Xu Guangqi Ji" says: "There are many bright lights and heavy armor, but the short blunderbuss cannot penetrate it!"
What does it mean?
The Ming Dynasty's muskets were imitations of the most advanced Portuguese firearms in the world at that time, but they could not even penetrate the armor of Qing soldiers.
This is really...
Played a bird.
Not to mention the red cannon, which is too bulky and not conducive to mobile warfare.
There were no roads in ancient times, so people had to rely on horse-drawn carriages on muddy roads.
It only takes two minutes for you to fire one round, and you are tightly controlled by others... The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, who will give you a chance every two minutes?
Starting from the Tang Dynasty, China's wars were basically mobile warfare, and soldiers were expensive and fast. At that time, even heavy armored soldiers were eliminated. What are you doing here with a shot every two minutes? This also resulted in no soil for the development of thermal weapons.
Many of the imperial court's muskets and artillery are actually better than nothing...
Therefore.
Until the Qing Dynasty, China's wars were still dominated by cold weapons and hot weapons. Until Western countries began the industrial revolution, steam engines, hydraulic machinery, mechanical granulating cylinders, steam heaters, polishing machines made of graphite, etc. A batch of advanced machinery began to produce gunpowder, and the emergence of the most stable yellow gunpowder developed by Nobel truly gradually replaced cold weapons.
so.
Liu Zheng has never thought about developing hot weapons. Firstly, he does not want to break the current world structure, and secondly,... he does not know how to make guns!
He understands gunpowder, isn't it "one wood, two nitrates, three sulfurs"?
However, it deserves to come out.
Is there a bird for it?
Black powder is unstable in that it can spontaneously ignite!
Pay attention to this.
Spontaneous combustion!
Even if you don't use a ignition point, it may explode due to ambient temperature, humidity, and unknown reasons.
Isn’t the life of your own soldiers life?
Yellow gunpowder?
Liu Zheng still doesn’t know how.
Um.
So for now, this Quelehodo is really something that makes people very happy.
"It would be best to find someone who knows the origin of this Queleho."
Liu Zheng ordered to go down.
Jiang Xuan got the order.
Own an oil field of your own...
What a beautiful thing this is?
Local tycoon!
The standard equipment of later generations of rich people. Although... I may not be able to keep up with the era of scientific petroleum refining, but it is still a good thing for my sons and grandchildren.
When Liu Zheng fell asleep, he almost woke up laughing.
…
Protectorate of the Western Regions.
The day of reconstruction.
It can be regarded as attracting worldwide attention.
Thirty-one years after the Longyan Dynasty lost its power to rule the Western Regions, it once again sent an army deep into the Western Regions to recapture Yanqi.
Everyone celebrates.
The whole city rejoiced.
Liu Dahao, wearing his official uniform early in the morning, accepted the congratulations of others with a smile.
"Congratulations to Liuzhou Mu for the reconstruction of the Protectorate, and the King of Wei presented a piece of deep-sea coral..."
"Congratulations to Liu Hou for conquering the Western Regions, King Yong..."
"King of Shu..."
"Congratulations to Liuzhou Mu, King of Qin..."
"Master Zhu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, is sending..."
The process of opening the Protectorate's Mansion has not even begun yet, and congratulatory gifts are coming from all directions.
Now Liu Dahao, with his strong soldiers and horses, and a high position, has become one of Long Yan's new rich people. Who wouldn't want to come over and make a good relationship?
"Okay, okay, thank you! Please, please!"
Liu Dahao kept saying thanks.
These people all came to the Western Regions with King Yong... In ancient times, because of the inconvenience of transportation, everything needed to be planned in advance. At that time, Yanqi had not yet been captured, but it did not prevent them from making preparations. If it is captured, celebrate. If it is not captured, celebrate the capture of the chariot division. It's the same anyway.
In fact, the same is true for imperial edicts.
The old emperor also prepared two sets of rhetoric.
Congratulations on capturing Yanqi.
If we don't capture it, it doesn't matter. The reward will be less, and for some comfort, it's enough to build the Protector's Mansion in Cheshi.
King Yong also came over early, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Liu Zhoumu!"
"Oh King Yong, why are we brothers so polite? Come on, come on, we have unlimited supply of Bai Yujing today!"
Liu Dahao laughed.
"good!"
Everyone rejoiced.
King Yong also walked in. Looking at the glorious Liu Dahao, he sighed in his heart.
what is this?
Is the father more valuable than the son?
For Liu Dahao to have such a son, everyone in the Longyan Dynasty would be envious.
Next.
It’s just the same complicated process.
Various offerings to heaven, worship, sacrifices to ancestral temples, bathing and burning incense, imperial edicts, and kowtows.
Fireworks and firecrackers.
Welcome guests.
The Protectorate of the Western Regions, in charge of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, finally returned to the rule of the Longyan Dynasty!
King Yong looked at the prisoners on the street who were also participating in this grand gathering. He couldn't help but remind Liu Dahao: "Liu Zhoumu, these people must be careful..."
Liu Dahao laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Prince Yong, this is Zheng'er's arrangement."
King Yong was stunned and nodded.
…
In the crowd, Xie Chan, a woman in red, watched all this quietly.
today.
As happy as these Longyan people were, her heart ached.
The mourning for the country!
As the princess of Dawan, she watched helplessly as her land fell into the hands of the Longyan people, and she naturally felt hatred in her heart.
She comes this time.
It was the one who took her night traveler to sneak into these prisoners and assassinate Liu Zhizhou!
This time, she brought a total of thirty Night Walker masters, all of whom were top assassins.
at this time.
These thirty people have slowly followed the crowd and are distributed in all directions of the Protectorate.
Xie Chan has great confidence in her own people.
As long as she sends out a signal, the weak Liu Zhizhou will die!
only.
Today, the Protector's Mansion is heavily guarded.
Especially the strong man who threw Xiong Ao eight times, who was always with Liu Zheng, and Qin Changfeng...
"Miss……"
The little girl saw that the banquet had already begun and asked.
Xie Chan shook her head: "There's no rush."
So he took his maid and sat at a table in the "flowing table" - Liu Zhizhou actually prepared a banquet for these prisoners?
snort!
Win people's hearts!
Xie Chan smiled coldly. At this time, in her eyes, Liu Zheng was already dead.
She is waiting for the opportunity.
Waiting for the opportunity for these Longyan people to get drunk.
Actually.
At this time, each of the 150,000 prisoners also wanted to see what kind of person the world-famous Liu Zhizhou was. Those guilty generals, literary giants, and former high-ranking officials were all waiting for Liu Zhizhou's first appearance.
It has been several days since they arrived in the Western Region.
However, these days, in addition to being supervised, they only eat and sleep.
So they are at a loss.
What does Liu Zhizhou want to do by bringing them to the Western Regions?
This is a place where birds don't poop.
at this time.
Sudden.
Someone exclaimed.
"Look, who is that person?"
"Look there!"
Everyone heard the sound and looked around.
at this time.
The flowing water mats where these prisoners were sitting were originally on the streets of the city, in the streets and alleys...
The newly built Protector's Mansion has a very high watchtower, which allows you to view almost the entire city.
at this time.
A young man wearing black clothes appeared on the watchtower.
For a while.
It attracted everyone's attention.
That person.
Of course it’s Liu Zheng.
He looked around and saw that the area around the Protector's Mansion was densely packed with people.
He picked up the loudspeaker he made by hand...
Smile lightly.
"Hey, hey, hey? Can everyone hear me?"
"Hello? Jiang Xuan, you are over there, can you hear me?"
"Where is Changfeng? Are you clear?"
"puff……"
Xie Chan almost squirted out.
King Yong was also stunned and said with a smile: "Liu Zhizhou is..."
Liu Dahao scratched his head: "Hey, Zheng'er said he wanted to say a few words."
Say a few words?
so many people?
King Yong thought it was not that simple.
Everyone looks at it.
A pair of different eyes looked at Liu Zheng curiously.
Seeing Jiang Xuan over there, he gave himself an "almost" gesture, and Liu Zheng smiled again: "Everyone, I am Liu Zheng."
The whole place was in an uproar.
Liu Zhizhou?
The eyes that looked at him became gleaming.
"A thousand years ago, the Longyan Dynasty set up the Western Region Protectorate here to govern the thirty-six countries in the Western Region. Today, we are gathered here again to feel the greatness of our ancestors. The Dragon Flame Iron Cavalry, if it breaks through the night sky The lighthouse enlightens the surrounding barbarians, and his arrival is like the dawn of joy, ending the long night before enlightenment in the Western Region."
The whole audience was stunned.
What is this doing?
They didn't hear any speeches, they just thought it was fun.
"good!"
"well said!"
"Liu Zhizhou is domineering!"
Many people even booed him out.
Liu Zheng smiled: "A thousand years later, we set foot here again. At a glance, what we saw was still boundless darkness and oppression. The entire Western Region still lives on an isolated island in an ocean of abundant material. We still have to huddle in it. In the corner of Longyan, I realized that I was an exile in my homeland..."
Everyone slowly became quiet.
There were many slaves from the Western Region in the field. When they heard this, they immediately felt the same.
Xie Chan was also slightly startled when she heard this.
Liu Zheng paused and continued: "Some people say that the Yinzhou Army came to the Western Regions for crusade."
"actually not."
There was a twinkle in his eye.
"We are here to seek change."
The whole audience.
Silence fell.
Change?
how to change?
Everyone's curiosity was aroused.
Including King Yong, including Xie Chan, including those prisoners, including those slaves.
Liu Zheng smiled softly: "Everyone, I have a dream."
