Daming Military Empire

Chapter 234 Mobilizing Soldiers and Horses to Prepare for the Expedition
Faced with such a "magic plan" by the rebel army, Zhu Cijiong just wanted to say: Great, it's finally here!He has been waiting for this day for a long time. He indulged the rebel army for several years, not just to use his hands to get rid of the gang of moths in the clan. Now that the rebel army has finally attacked the biggest moths, he is naturally overjoyed.

Of course, I can only think about these things in my heart. On the surface, when he received the news, he was in a panic, issued countless imperial edicts in a 'hurry', and even jumped and shouted that Yu Jiazheng should go and deal with the gang of rebels.

What ordered Zhennan Wang Zheng Zhilong to immediately mobilize most of the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili to defend Fengyang, the central capital, and if Fengyang is lost, the nine clans will be punished;
Why did Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, stick to Xi'an, and if Xi'an is lost, the other nine clans will also be punished;

What made the Korean Legion immediately go to Liaodong to take over the defense of the Dingliao Army, and the Dingliao Army was ready to rise at any time, and as soon as the Korean Legion arrived, they immediately came to the capital to gather;

What made the First Japanese Army Corps immediately go to the North Camp to take over the defense of the Tianxiong Army, and the Tianxiong Army was also ready to rise at any time. When the First Japanese Army Corps arrived, it immediately came to the capital to gather;

What caused the Beiyang Navy to go ashore immediately to take over the defense of the Dongdaying Camp, and the Second Army Corps of the Imperial Guards was also ready to take off at any time. As soon as the Beiyang Navy arrived, they immediately came to the capital to gather.

This edict was issued in a hurry, as if Zhu Cijiong wanted to mobilize all the soldiers and horses he could mobilize to accompany him on his own expedition, to relieve the dangers of Fengyang and Xi'an in the central capital, and to save his elders, King Fu and King Xiang. , but he was delaying time!

If he really pushed him into a hurry, he could directly bring the Tianxiong Army and the Imperial Guards to fight the rebels everywhere. The reason why he mobilized the army back and forth was because he wanted to consume King Fu and King Xiang to death!The mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be completed in a day or two. It takes ten days and a half months to pass the imperial decree. By the time the army is ready to be mobilized, it may take a month.

What's even more amazing is that Zhu Cijiong actually transferred the Korean Army and the Dongying First Army to take over the defense of the Dingliao Army and the Tianxiong Army respectively. Not to mention how troublesome the transfer of defense is, the Korean Army and the Dongying First Army rushed to Liaodong and Peking University It will take at least a month for the battalions. When they take over the defense of the two places, Luoyang and Xiangyang may have been captured by the rebels long ago.

It is said that Zhu Cijiong is playing with fire like this, isn't he afraid that the rebel army will also break through Xi'an or Fengyang, occupy a large area of ​​​​northwest land, and dig the ancestral grave of his old Zhu family?
Of course he is not afraid. In fact, he had already received the news when the rebels had just gathered in Xingyang for a meeting. Of course he knew that the rebels would attack Fengyang, the central capital. Aren't you ready early?

He had already issued a secret decree to ask Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhennan, to mobilize 5 defenders in Nanzhili to garrison Wupingwei and Yingchuanwei in Fengyang Prefecture. With a total of 15 troops gathered in the whole government, even if all the rebels rushed over, they would never be able to attack, so he didn't have to worry at all.

As for Xi'an, Gao Yingxiang was simply looking for death. In history, he sneaked into Xi'an and was caught by Sun Chuanting, and was finally escorted to the capital Ling Chi to be executed. I don't know if he will use his extremely stupid "Ziwu Valley plot" this time, If he dares to use it, he is not dead!

On the surface, Zhu Cijiong was jumping up and down, urging people from all walks of life to hurry up, hurry up, and hurry up, but in his heart he was already happy. Well, the current situation in Northwest can be said to be well known, everything is developing according to his expectations, he is in a hurry.

If the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the emperor thought this way, they would probably faint in shock. This four-way attack by the rebel army really shocked the Ming court and the public. Got it!A group of ministers said one after another: The emperor hastened to send all the soldiers and horses in Liaodong and the north of the capital to encircle and suppress, let them continue to develop, Ming Dynasty is over!
Zhu Cijiong simply scoffed at the remonstrances of these ministers. What are the rebels? Hou Jin is the real confidant. Huang Taiji is so cunning. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are not as good as elementary school students in front of him. Didn't it mean that the uprising army had been making trouble for more than ten years, with millions of casualties before and after, and finally captured the capital and destroyed the Ming Dynasty. After Li Zicheng was wiped out, the great rivers and mountains in North China were simply handed over to others!
Want him to give up the defense of Liaodong and the Great Wall to deal with the rebels with all his strength?If he really did this, he is a pig. Not only did he not give up the defense of Liaodong and the Great Wall, but he secretly ordered Sun Chengzong to strengthen the defense, and at the same time pay close attention to the movements of the Monan Grassland. If you lose it, you have to kill this old fox.

There is still no movement from Huang Taiji, but Shivela has returned. This time he returned with a full load. He brought back tens of thousands of rubber tree seeds, thousands of Indians and black slaves who planted rubber trees, and America. He brought several boatloads of special products from various places, but he only brought back a few thousand catties of raw rubber.

Along the way, Shivela was very worried. What the emperor needed was hundreds of thousands or even millions of catties of raw rubber, but he searched desperately at Ruosilan to find these few thousand catties. The small items that have to be made are sold to make money. How much raw rubber can be used for a small item? It is enough to prepare a few thousand catties, so Ruosilan did not collect it desperately, although he has already asked Ruosilan arranged for thousands of black slaves to find rubber trees in the primeval forest, and signed a contract with him to supply at least [-] catties of raw rubber per month, but this time he can bring back so much, I don’t know Will the emperor scold him for being incompetent?

Zhu Cijiong didn't blame Shivela. He also knew that rubber products are not used in all walks of life. Who would let people collect hundreds of thousands or millions of catties of rubber? Such a small object, hundreds of thousands of catties may not be used up in a few lifetimes.

He encouraged Shivira to arrange for those Indian technicians and black slaves to go to Ceylon to plant rubber trees as soon as possible. It is a good opportunity to wipe out the rebels, just to establish the military communication system. With this system, the Ming army's coordinated combat capability will be much stronger. No matter if it is hundreds of thousands or millions of troops, no matter how far apart you are, They can all command in a unified manner and cooperate in operations, so there is no need to worry that if there are too many people, the command will fail if the distance is far away.

During this period of time, the bosses from the Ministry of Industry have been working overtime, forgetting to eat and sleep, and are working hard on research and development. The wire drawing machine has long been developed by them, and even a lot of thick copper wire and thin copper wire have been drawn out. The covering machine has also been completed, and even the pulverizer for making rubber granules has been made. As soon as the raw rubber arrives, the trial production of various equipment for the telegraph system can be started immediately.

Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and the others basically didn't take much rest in the past few months. Although they were all tidy and neatly dressed, they couldn't hide their sunken eyes and tired expressions. Zhu Cijiong watched them forcefully Standing there respectfully, he couldn't help but be moved inexplicably, he thought for a while, then called Cao Huachun over, whispered something in his ear, and soon, a team of eunuchs came in with a few high-backed chairs, Put a hand behind every official of the Ministry of Industry, and then bowed and retreated.

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "All the lovers have worked hard, please sit down."

Everyone refused to sit down, just kidding, how many people dared to sit in front of the emperor, except for Bi Maokang who was barely qualified, the others were far behind.

However, Zhu Cijiong said without doubt: "The only ones who can enter this study are my close ones. I have decided that no matter what happens outside, everyone will sit and discuss matters here in the future. If you don't want to resist the order, sit down."

Seeing that the emperor was so resolute, everyone had no choice but to sit down thankfully, straightened their bodies, and listened respectfully to the hadith.

Does this look like a meeting? Zhu Cijiong nodded in satisfaction, and asked Bi Maokang, "Meng Hou, how much copper wire can you make?"

Bi Maokang replied respectfully: "Returning to the emperor, the copper wire with a thickness of two centimeters has been made fifty thousand feet, the copper wire with a thickness of five centimeters has been made thirty thousand feet, and the copper wire with a thickness of three centimeters has been made twenty thousand feet. According to the emperor's wishes, every [-] zhang, it will be rolled into a roll with a wooden roller, and placed in the warehouse for rubber wrapping."

Two cents is the line of six square meters in later generations, which is used to lay the telegraph network, five centimeters is equivalent to 160 square meters, which is used to connect the loop, and three centimeters is equivalent to one square meter, which is used to wind the generator Compared with the electromagnetic coil, fifty feet is almost [-] meters. These are all set by Zhu Cijiong according to the standards of later generations.

It took just over a month to pull out so many copper wires. This production speed is already considered fast. Zhu Cijiong nodded in satisfaction, and instructed: "Well, stop listening to the two-point ones first, and mainly make five-percent and three-pronged ones. Well, now that there is an emergency in the northwest, the laying of the telegraph network in the two capitals and the thirteen provinces can only be postponed."

This matter spread throughout the government and the public, Bi Maokang naturally knew about it, he nodded solemnly, and replied: "I understand."

Zhu Cijiong asked Wang Zhengdao again: "Liangfu, have you finished testing the coating machine and the pulverizer?"

Wang Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Go back to the emperor, I have already tried it."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and then asked Song Yingxing, "Chang Geng, you organize people to try the wrapping effect as soon as possible, and use five-percent copper wire and three-percent copper wire to try it. Well, the three-centimeter copper wire wrap should be thinner, about one centimeter thick. Don’t pay attention to the appearance when wrapping it.

Song Yingxing didn't say anything else, he nodded immediately and said, "I understand."

Zhu Cijiong then instructed Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi: "Fuzhai and Yizhong each select ten outstanding students to prepare for a trial production of a formal telegraph system. This time, we will first build five steam generators, hand generators and telegraph sending and receiving. As much as the device can do, I will try the military communication system first, and then you will bring all the students to go out with me."

Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi immediately nodded their heads in response, but everyone's expressions began to turn serious, and the emperor was about to march in person, so it seemed that the northwest side was really chaotic.

Of course, the matter was not as serious as they thought. Zhu Cijiong just wanted to try the effect of the army's communication system himself. If they knew that the emperor was here for this matter, their jaws would drop in shock!

(End of this chapter)