PFC Chapter 251 Rapid Development
Chapter 251 Rapid Development
Steelmaking requires mining, which requires electricity.
If you want electricity, you must have a power plant, and a power plant must have coal, which is a series of problems.
It cannot be solved overnight.
But Ning Quan is confident that everything will be fine as long as he is given time.
As for the lottery for military generals, Ning Quan drew Gao Xianzhi, a famous general from the Tang Dynasty.
This is another big shot, Ning Quan is of course satisfied.
Compared to Ning Quan, Ning Yuanwu was extremely depressed.
Ning Gao fought a life-and-death battle with the Huainan army in Huainan for a full six months, but he still could not take it.
Not only that, but there were also heavy casualties.
Ning Gao submitted several petitions requesting reinforcements.
Ning Yuanwu originally planned to mobilize the troops of King Zhendong and others to provide support, but to make matters worse, the Eastern Xiongnu suddenly invaded Longyou, forcing King Zhenxi to lead his troops to fight.
The Xianbei in the north also joined in the fun and sent troops to invade Lulong County. The King of Zhenbei had no choice but to send troops to meet the enemy.
What made Ning Yuanwu even more angry was that the Shiwei, which had always had a good relationship with Daqian, also began to make moves and prepared to invade Hedong.
In this way, the armies of the three kings were firmly tied down and were unable to support Huainan for a while.
This made Ning Yuanwu very angry.
Another thing that troubled Ning Yuanwu even more was the accidental attack and disappearance of the third prince Ning Jun.
After Ning Jun was killed, the King of Johor was confused for a while and did not dare to report the matter to Daqian.
It was not until he could no longer delay that he sent an envoy to Daqian to report the matter to Ning Yuanwu.
After hearing this, Ning Yuanwu felt hopeless.
Ning Jun is his favorite prince. If it weren’t for Ning Gao’s outstanding performance, Ning Jun would definitely be the crown prince.
But now Ning Jun has been attacked, is missing, and may even be dead.
This was a fatal blow to Ning Yuanwu.
The eldest prince had died before, and now Ning Jun was in trouble too. How could he bear this?
Ning Yuanwu immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Ning Yuanwu's coma caused a commotion in the court, and everyone hurriedly asked the imperial physician for a diagnosis.
The imperial physician's diagnosis concluded that Ning Yuanwu's qi and blood had attacked his heart, but it was not serious and he only needed to rest for a period of time to recover.
Although all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, they were still extremely worried.
Your Majesty is already sixty years old. I'm afraid he won't be able to live for many more years.
Ning Quan also received the news, but he didn't care about it at all.
He had no feelings for Ning Yuanwu at all. Besides, as he was getting older, birth, old age, sickness and death were all inevitable.
Ning Quan is now concentrating on tinkering with his encyclopedia.
Ning Quan wants to make steel. Let’s not talk about anything else first. Once we have the steel, we will make weapons and equipment first.
He also wanted to make soap because soap was the simplest and easiest to make, and he could also sell it for money.
Ning Quan originally wanted to make a mirror, but although glass was easy to make, coating it was not something that could be done in a short time, so he gave up.
Of course, Ning Quan wouldn't be so stupid as to do it alone.
He ordered people to copy the basic part of the encyclopedia and distribute it to Zhuge Liang and others so that they could also study and accept new things.
As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. The IQ of Zhuge Liang and others is absolutely beyond reproach. Maybe they are particularly interested in something and will slowly figure it out.
Ning Quan wanted to copy more so that more people could participate, but he gave up the idea after considering various factors.
Another half a year passed.
Ning Quan finally produced his first batch of steel and made his first batch of soap.
This is a good start, and I believe it will get better and better in the future.
Recently, he has started to study explosives again and has made some progress. Although the power is far less than that of modern ones, it is already pretty good.
Once explosives can be mass-produced and used in actual combat, Ning Quan believes that he will be invincible.
While Ning Quan was researching explosives, the development of the three counties was also not lagging behind.
Now the three counties are under construction everywhere: canals, wells, land reclamation, road construction, and city building. It is a busy scene.
The drought continues and the people have nothing to do. So let's build infrastructure to avoid wasting time.
The same was true for Tubo. Under the leadership of Yue Fei, Tubo also built cities on a large scale and organized a large number of farmers to open up wasteland, build reservoirs, and construct roads.
The same is true for Ryukyu, which is thousands of miles away. Zhou Yu occupied the entire territory of Ryukyu half a year ago and is currently carrying out large-scale construction.
In particular, the shipyard has produced the first warship. Although the warship is not large, it is also a good start.
Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner and is moving in a good direction.
Ning Ping'an can call dad now, and Kim Hyo-joo also gave Ning Quan a daughter, who is now three months old and is a cute little princess.
This made Ning Quan feel very comfortable.
The only thing that bothered Ning Quan was that Maodun of the Eastern Xiongnu had some kind of evil mind that made him dare to start wars in two directions at the same time, attacking Daqian Longyou while frequently invading the territory of the Western Xiongnu.
Huo Qubing requested to send troops to attack several times, but was rejected by Ning Quan every time.
The reason for the refusal was simple: Ning Quan did not have enough military rations to support him.
Ning Quan now has little food left, only enough to feed the people for three months, and this is also the problem that Ning Quan needs to solve urgently.
But many things are not subject to Ning Quan's will.
A dozen days later, Maodun suddenly led an army of 200,000 and attacked the Western Xiongnu.
Can Ning Quan still tolerate this?
Ning Quan immediately ordered Huo Qubing to lead his troops to fight.
Since you are looking for death, you can't blame me.
As for food, we’ll talk about it after we’ve finished fighting. Ning Quan has plenty of space anyway.
Just go get some from anywhere when the time comes.
This time, Ning Quan planned to completely destroy the Eastern Xiongnu.
For this purpose, Ning Quan mobilized 80,000 cavalry from Beiting and Anxi to provide support.
This army was led by Li Jing himself, and accompanied by powerful generals such as Lu Bu and Zhang Fei. It was a powerful army.
Ning Quan would also go to the Western Xiongnu in person to supervise the battle.
But this time he didn't need a three-wheeled motorcycle, because he had a new means of transportation, a majestic eight-wheeled armored vehicle.
This armored vehicle was naturally won in a lottery.
In the past six months, Ning Quan won three prizes in a row, and won an armored vehicle and a small thermal power plant respectively.
The Type 04 wheeled armored vehicle is eight meters long, three and a half meters wide, weighs four tons, has a range of 500 kilometers, and can carry nine people.
It adopts all-electric propulsion, with a maximum power of three kilowatts and a solar power generation film, which can fully charge the battery within an hour.
The weapon is equipped with a 57mm main gun, a firing rate of 12 rounds per second, an effective range of 8000 meters, and 600 rounds of ammunition.
Two light machine guns with a firing rate of 300 rounds per minute, a range of 2000 meters, and rounds of ammunition.
The armored vehicle is also equipped with a small drone that can perform reconnaissance missions.
Such an armored vehicle gives Ning Quan an even greater advantage.
No matter how many enemy troops there are, they can be easily crushed, unless the enemy also has armored vehicles.
But this is not possible.
In addition to armored vehicles, there is also a power plant.
Ning Quan got a small thermal power plant that uses coal to generate electricity, with an output of 7,000 kilowatt-hours per hour. It uses a fully automatic mode and requires no manual operation.