The Three Kingdoms

This is the chief research scientist of the base, Xu Yue.

Xu Yue, courtesy name Gonghe, was in his early 30s, a native of Donglai. He was erudite and talented, and he was proficient in Confucian and Mohist classics. In mathematics, he even studied under Liu Hong. At the same time, he studied under a hermit from the Mo family.

He was personally selected by Sun Quan to be the backbone of the generator research project.

Electricity is an indispensable factor to start the industrial revolution.

Electricity exists between heaven and earth.

A generator can produce electricity.

So when the subject of steam engine was put on the agenda, the subject of generator research couldn't wait to start, and Xu Yue, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, took the lead in person, leading more than a hundred backbones recruited by the Ministry of Industry and the private sector to form a research and development team.

"How is the research and development of the generator going?" Sun Quan got straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, we have encountered a more difficult problem at present!"

Xu Yue shook his head, a little ashamed: "Nothing!"

"There must be difficulties. How to overcome them is what you should think about. Don't be disappointed, don't give up. It's a hundred times, a thousand times, and there will always be success!"

Sun Quan didn't blame it. It was a very difficult thing to build a castle in the air, lose the precipitation of time, and do it overnight.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will not disappoint Your Majesty!"

Encouraged by Sun Quan, countless researchers in this base have worked hard and become more confident.

……

Entering March, the land of Jiangdong, the traces left by the winter are completely erased, and the breath of spring bursts out. Among the mountains and fields, the grass is faint and a hundred flowers are blooming.

Jinling City, Forbidden City.

Although the capital of Great Wu was moved to Chang'an, this palace city has not been abolished.

Guarding this palace city is a regiment left by the Praetorian Guards.

In the palace city, there are still some sparse officials coming in and out.

The relocation of the capital is a very heavy job. Although many important departments of the imperial court, such as the Military Aircraft Department, the Cabinet, the Yushitai, and the Eight Departments of the court have basically completed the relocation, many departments below, such as those under the Eight Departments, have basically completed the relocation. , Many of the department offices that have been expanded to 32 departments are still working in Jinling City.

It is estimated that it will take at least a few years for the relocation of the entire imperial court to be completed.

Royal study.

Sitting in this long-lost imperial study, Sun Quan felt a little different, but he couldn't express it.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has just returned a message and hopes to reject the Ministry of Industry's request, because if the Ministry of Industry continues to allocate funds to the Ministry of Industry, with the current treasury capacity of the imperial court, it will definitely affect the work of civilian policy and military preparations!"

Sima Lang was reporting the news he had just received from the Chang'an City Household Department.

During this month, Sun Quan personally approved the research funds for the twelve bases of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, up to 800 million silver dollars.

This is definitely worse for today's household finances.

"dial!"

"But……"

Hubu Shangshu Xun Zhan stood beside him and listened to the conversation between the two, gritted his teeth, and wanted to come out and object.

After all, the finances of his household department are related to the development of the entire Great Wu court. It is impossible for him to consume the entire household heritage for the Ministry of Industry. As the secretary of the household department, he should be responsible for the household department.

"No but!"

Sun Quan raised his head, glanced at him indifferently, and asked, "You Ruo, do you know why I took you with me when I went south this time?"

"Your Majesty is ignorant, please show me!" Xun Zhan bowed his head and said in a low voice.

"I tell you, the reason why I brought you is to let you see for yourself the importance of the existence of the Ministry of Industry. In the past, you might think that among the eight ministries of the imperial court, the existence of the Ministry of Industry is just a group of craftsmen. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, these important departments are far inferior to the entire court, they are insignificant, but now I want to tell you!"

Sun Quan looked directly at him, and said righteously: "The Ministry of Industry exists to change the world, to change a backward and ignorant Great Wu Dynasty, and to change the lives of all people, so no matter how poor we are, no matter how difficult it is to , I will never allow the Ministry of Industry to be poor!"

He personally walked up, patted Xun Zhan on the shoulder, and said indifferently: "You Ruo, you must take a long-term view. As a ministerial-level official of the imperial court, your goal should not only see the household department, but also the future of the entire imperial court! "

"I am short-sighted, I am ashamed, I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

Shocked, Xun Zhan quickly confessed his guilt.

"You are innocent, standing in the position of Hubu Shangshu, you have done a good job!"

Sun Quan smiled lightly: "I just want you to see farther away!"

"I understand!"

Xun Zhan nodded, feeling helpless in his heart.

Although he carefully arranged this opposition scene from the Ministry of Household Affairs, he couldn't hide it from Sun Quan's eyes, and the huge sum of money could not be kept after all.

It seems that the Ministry of Household Affairs will be in deficit again this year, and it may even need assistance from the Ministry of Commerce and the Dawu Bank. It is a bit useless to think about it, but there is no way.

……

Two days later, Sun Quan and several ministers appeared in the eastern outskirts of Jinling, a hidden place in Zhongshan.

Firearms Research Workshop.

This workshop was rebuilt on the original ruins.

When Sun Ce ascended the throne, Li Ru hid everyone in the firearms research workshop one step ahead of time, and almost all the artillery was destroyed, which made Sun Ce unable to even fight, but this also ruined the firearms research of Great Wu The background of the workshop.

"Your Majesty, this is the newly researched red cannon!"

In the workshop, Ge Xuan was dressed in Taoist robes, with black hair scattered on his shoulders. He didn't want to be a person who studied firearms, but like a banished fairy. First of all, it uses the new type of metal provided by Longquan Workshop, which is heat-resistant and strong, but it is much lighter in weight and much easier to transport. The second aspect is the range. The range of this artillery is far beyond the previous one. Yes, it can blast out [-] steps, no problem at all, and third, the accuracy, the gun bore is redesigned, and the accuracy has increased by more than [-]%..."

Da Wu's red cannon has always been a weapon that exists like nuclear weapons in the modern era.

This is Wu Jun's background.

In the first battle in Rome, in order to retreat smoothly without carrying heavy loads, all the artillery of Wu Jun's field artillery army was destroyed by itself, and all the artillery in the country were also destroyed because of Sun Ce's ascension to the throne.

Therefore, if the Wu army continues to fight, it will lose the ability of the field artillery army to attack.

However, the Firearms Workshop has been researching a new generation of red-clothed cannons. After all, Ge Xuan succeeded. He successfully improved the previously bulky cannon with almost zero mobility.

Although this new type of artillery is not as good as the modern howitzer, it is definitely comparable to the artillery used by the Qing army in the late Qing Dynasty.

"Energy production?"