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The minister believes that the possibility of attacking Xiangyang is [-]%, and even Houjin may give up voluntarily. "

"Oh! Why?"

"Because Xiangyang is of no value to Houjin, they are not good at defending the city."

"But the Guanning army is good at defending the city! They are the defenders of Shanhaiguan."

"The Guan Ning army doesn't understand naval divisions better than Geng Jingzhong's Tianzhu Army. As long as the Yangtze River Navy reaches the city of Xiangyang, half of the battle will be won. The other half will be the navy's warships."

Zhu Youjian was not amused by Zuo Maodi's words. Instead, he said dejectedly: "It's a pity. I thought Sichuan could be conquered in one battle."

This can't be blamed on Zhu Youjian's big heart. After escaping from the capital, all the battles he encountered ended quickly, and there was no long-term stalemate at all.Except for this kind of strategic layout.

In Zhu Youjian's thinking, it would be best to kill Zhang Xianzhong at the first chance, like Li Zicheng, and then recruit the Daxi Army. Now it seems that he is whimsical.

"Then when can we conquer Bashu?"

"There must be 30 elite soldiers." Zuo Maodi stretched out three more fingers.

"Why so many people?" Zhu Youjian was stunned, he really never thought that so many soldiers would be needed to fight Zhang Xianzhong.

"The two strongest forces of the bandits are basically the same. When they attacked Li Zicheng, the old battalion of the Chuangjun army had lost all their elites, and the remaining elites had been transferred away from Li Zicheng's side. Before the bandits entered Sichuan, there was no big loss. After entering Sichuan, it will only become stronger."

Well, Zhu Youjian now finally knows why Zuo Maodi can't get out of the war room every day. This guy is not like in history, after he killed himself and became a benevolent, he put all his body and mind on the study of the enemy and himself.

I'm afraid Zuo Maodi's current strategic level is about to catch up with Hong Chengchou's. This is forcibly trained in the war room.

"Meddle in between Xian Thief and Hou Jin, and play with the balance of power?"

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Chapter 239: Arrangements before the trip

Ming Dynasty did not have 30 elite soldiers. If 30 elite soldiers can be spared under the current situation, even if Zhu Youjian dare not counterattack Henan, at least he dares to counterattack Shandong.

However, according to Zuo Maodi's statement, it is still possible to go to Xiangyang to contain Houjin so that he does not dare to move too much of Sichuan's crooked thoughts.

Zhu Youjian didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to form an alliance with the Daxi Army before he died at all, which is simply unrealistic.

One: Zhang Xianzhong has proclaimed himself emperor. In Han culture, the person who proclaimed himself emperor would either be killed by the other side or surrender himself.

Second: Zhang Xianzhong's intention to attack Daming may be greater than attacking Houjin.He has no hatred with Hou Jin for the time being, and Zhu Youjian dare not overestimate this person's character at all. This is a cunning bandit with no reputation at all.After Zhang Xianzhong was beaten to death by Hou Jin, Daxi Army and Hou Jin became enemies of life and death.

After figuring this out, Zhu Youjian took the initiative to realize some of his mistakes. It seems that the attack on Bashu should not be rushed. The current situation in Bashu is still beneficial to Ming Dynasty. At least the Ming army still has some strategic nodes. It's better to go up and work hard.

"I decided to go to Huguang again in person. This battle is the focus of the three parties' wrestling, so we must pay attention to it." Zhu Youjian was not at ease about the Western Expedition. First of all, there was still no one to lead the army. At least the time for Li Guo and others to join was too short. It is estimated that they still cannot command their own soldiers.

Another reason is that Zhu Youjian suddenly paid more attention to Southwest China. Before that, his attention had been on East China, and he had no energy to deal with Southwest affairs.

Now it seems that the Southwest may become a new rear area for Ming Dynasty, at least it can provide Ming Dynasty with a source of troops.If Zhu Youjian can't go, no one can control the various forces in the southwest.

The Western Expedition is not a trivial matter. It may take several months to go there, and there are many things to be arranged in Nanjing.Moreover, Zhu Youjian had to plan some important projects, which would involve the master plan of the Institute of Technology.

The number of people in Fang Yizhi's hands has increased a lot, especially the addition of this group of Jinshi made him work more smoothly.

I have to admit that educated people and uneducated people still do things differently.Even though these Jinshi had studied Confucianism before, they were still the masters of the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Master Fang, Fang Mizhi, Fang Aiqing. I came to see you specially." As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Youjian teased Fang Yizhi with his nasty address.

"Come on, you didn't come to see me, you came to see if I was exhausted." Fang Yizhi didn't look up at all when he heard Zhu Youjian's voice, and he didn't salute.Between him and Zhu Youjian, the custom of etiquette was completely eliminated.

"You guessed it all, do you know that your heart is unpredictable?" Zhu Youjian continued joking.

"Hurry up if you have something to say. I still have a lot of things to do. I don't have time to chat with you. If you want me to die of exhaustion earlier, you can torment me hard."

"Your classmate Tang Ruowang, can you get in touch?" Zhu Youjian regretted very much, why didn't he bring Tang Ruowang with him when he left the capital.But he thought about it later, so what if he brought it?Tang Ruowang is only a disseminator of Western scientific knowledge in this era, and has not contributed to technology.In other words, if Tang Ruowang went south, he would be a good teacher at most, he would not be an inventor, and he would not be of great help to Zhu Youjian.

"Eunuch Wang has already sent someone to contact him in the capital, but Hou Jin won't let him go, so Tang Ruowang can't leave the capital at all." Fang Yizhi basically finished Zhu Youjian's basic subjects this year.

Except for the relatively difficult advanced mathematics, advanced physics and advanced chemistry, his science subjects have almost reached the level of junior high school graduates in later generations.Xueba learns things faster than others.

According to Zhu Youjian's estimation, this guy will be able to empty out the stuff in Zhu Youjian's stomach in at most two years.At that time, except for his knowledge, Zhu Youjian will be far behind.

Similarly, Chen Zilong is also desperately absorbing the little liberal arts knowledge that Zhu Youjian has in his stomach.Politics and economics will not be discussed, Zhu Youjian doesn't know much about economics, he just gave a bunch of examples for Chen Zilong to think about.

"Is there any news from Macau and Portugal?" Shi Lang has been away for three or four months, and he estimated that he will be back soon. Zhu Youjian needs to lay the groundwork for this matter

If he wanted to learn Western shipbuilding technology, besides sending Shi Lang to Batavia to recruit boatmen, Zhu Youjian had to contact the Portuguese in Macau, hoping to get some help from them.This is an official channel for Ming Dynasty to communicate with the West. It can be said that a lot of Western knowledge in this era was introduced through the Jesuits in Macau.

"Everyone in Portugal is only willing to sell ships, not to provide shipbuilding technology." Fang Yizhi was very helpless. The shipbuilding technology in the East was fundamentally different from that in the West.

"Then build the shipyard first after Shi Lang comes back, don't let them wait. From now on, we will recruit shipbuilders from all over the country to make technical reserves. In addition, where are the Portuguese cannon-casting craftsmen?" Zhu Youjian There is no hope for the cannon-casting technology of this era. Daming has even developed a steam engine now, and the boring machine is not far away. I really look down on European technology of this era.

"It is said that it will help us find one in the West, but when it will arrive, I'm afraid it's hard to say. They hope to get more trading authority, and it's best to only have the Portuguese come to trade with Daming."

"Uh! The ideal is very full, but the reality is very backbone. In a few years, when our technology tree has a little bit of growth, they will know how many good things Daming has."

"The emperor likes backbone?"

"No, I like plump and backbone ones. Hurry up and finalize the steam engine. If it doesn't work, get a few for the project team that is in a hurry. For example, Song Yingxing and nitrocellulose will have a lot of restrictions if the material does not break through. Technology is not developed."

"This is impossible. It takes ten days to process a machine. They are all waiting to be used. Who doesn't want it? The most wanted is Bi Xiangdong, who makes steam engines. He is in charge of mechanical manufacturing, but now he is still doing it by hand. "

"It seems that we need to build an industrial mother machine. You tell Bi Xiangdong to complete the design of the machine tool first. I will give him half a year. After half a year, I will see a machine that can produce steam engines."

This is a chicken-and-egg multiple-choice question. Now that the hens have come out, you can’t think about killing the meat first. You have to wait for the hens to grow enough to hatch chicks before eating meat.

"Not enough manpower! I thought it was a waste of manpower for you to send so many people here to learn something without working, but now it seems that it is far from enough."

Fang Yizhi has no more than [-] people in total, and he has to pick out some creative talents from among these people. Don't think that there are many, but in fact it is far from enough.

"Look, look everywhere. As long as you use technology, you can use it now. For example, those old craftsmen were afraid to use it because they were afraid of their conservative thinking. Now there is no need to be afraid. Our technology has surpassed them. Conversely, it requires the experience and skills of some of them. When these experiences and skills are added together, the technology will advance faster."

Zhu Youjian has read too many time-travel novels, and the technical backbone in them is a few so-called old craftsmen who climb the technology tree, which is not the case in fact.Revolutionary breakthroughs in technology require talent, and what is needed when there is a theoretical basis is innovation.These, the old craftsmen just don't have all of them.

Talent is something that only a few people in each era possess, and it is a rare species.And those who dare to innovate are always young people, and the older the craftsman is, the more conservative he is.

But when a technology is invented, it needs old craftsmen to perfect it with experience, which is the most reasonable way to use talents.

After explaining to Fang Yizhi, Zhu Youjian has to explain to Huang Daozhou, because Mengxue is about to start, and he has a lot of things to do.But everything is difficult at the beginning. With his own fame, Zhu Youjian thinks that there should be no big problem.

After much thought, Zhu Youjian decided to take Huang Zongxi with him, but left Chen Zilong and Gu Yanwu behind.

In mid-September, Zhu Youjian headed westward with dozens of large ships.Accompanying them were not only Zuo Maodi and Huang Zongxi, but also Gao Xing and the 500 medical staff from the field hospital.

Chapter 2 Forty: Two Stingy Officials

The first stop westward was Taiping Mansion. Ever since he planned to start mining the Ma'anshan Iron Mine, Zhu Youjian had not been here officially.