webnovelfull Chapter 122 Artillery Element Concepts, Great Zhou Artillery is More Powerful
Chapter 122 Artillery Element Concepts, Great Zhou Artillery is More Powerful
After Lu Weibin published his philosophy of mind, Zhang Yingchai also submitted an article.
He used his engineering ideas to echo the philosophy of mind and promoted and spread the idea of studying things to gain knowledge.
Study the principles of all things in the world and understand why things work.
Zhang Yingchai carefully studied the concepts of why coal can burn and why air expands when heated, and sorted out the principles of the steam engine.
The young students immediately discovered that psychology was so amazing.
The trend of studying the mind also began to emerge in the Imperial College.
This is how Igawa Kozo and Jeon Min-ho came into contact with psychology.
Today, Hirozo Igawa has seen the steam engine that Zhang Yingchai talked about.
The School of Mind can really create important national treasures!
Such energy is really terrifying!
This also made Igawa Kozo respect the philosophy of mind even more.
A quiet theoretical revolution is sweeping across Kyoto.
However, after the completion of "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", Li Tian no longer continued to follow up on the New Dibao.
Although Shingaku is not an official philosophy, it has been highly praised by young students in Kyoto.
And the young scholar of the School of Mind was boarding a ship from the mouth of Huajiang River and heading towards the Xiangjiang River.
Shennan Transport Envoy, although it was only a temporary position.
However, he had considerable power. Lu Weibin was the general manager of Shennan and the surrounding counties, and was responsible for many matters including logistics support and material transportation.
Equivalent to the highest-ranking civil servant on the Shennan front.
He was assigned to such an important position just after he won the first place in the imperial examination.
This shows how much the Emperor values Lord Lu.
After Lu Weibin arrived at Xiangjiang, he was warmly received by the Xiangjiang officials!
Tang Yan also returned to Xiangjiang with the Jinna ointment.
It took less than half the time to transport three thousand elite troops from Kyoto to the port.
Such speed is simply shocking.
Rand couldn't help but think, if the railway between Kyoto and Dongliao was really built.
The imperial court could also change Dong Liao’s border defense system into a rotation training system.
However, the emperor did not approve the Jingdong Railway plan, but instead advocated the development of the Jinglu Railway.
Your Majesty must have some deep meaning!
Rand thought so.
After arriving at the port, Rand did not let the troops rest for too long, but ordered everyone to board the ship immediately.
Next they would take a ship, cross most of the Zhou Dynasty, and arrive at the Xiangjiang River.
The soldiers were very curious at first.
Railway plus sea transportation, this is a route experience that has never been experienced before.
But everyone's excitement came to an abrupt end when the ship set sail.
The ship is very large and very unstable when sailing.
These soldiers had spent half their lives on land, and some of them soon became seasick.
Even Rand suffered from severe seasickness.
He held the wooden bucket and vomited for a long time on the boat.
The situation finally eased a little when the ship arrived at Huajiangkou for supplies.
But Lu Weibin had already boarded the ship from Huajiangkou.
At this moment, he was having dinner with Tang Yan.
"Master Tang, the Jinna ointment you brought back from the West is really amazing!"
After listening to Tang Yan's introduction to the miraculous effects of Jinna Paste, Lu Weibin couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Tang Yan said: "I only learned about this after I took over the Dahe colony, but the knowledge of those Westerners still has many merits."
Lu Weibin nodded: "Indeed, especially their attainments in number theory have long surpassed our Great Zhou."
This time, Tang Yan met Lu Weibin and gave Lu Weibin some books.
They are all professional books that have just been published in the West.
Although Lu Weibin did not know Western words, he could understand many things from the formulas in the book.
It turns out that Westerners do have some real skills!
Lu Weibin said: "Especially the content about Westerners shooting cannons, the calculations are very exciting."
"Fire cannons?" Tang Yan also became interested.
Lu Weibin nodded: "Westerners have come up with a very clever idea. They use numbers to indicate the position, and then use an algorithm called an equation to calculate the landing point of the shell."
"This algorithm can be used in artillery bombardment. If the landing point can be quickly calculated, there is no need for blank artillery positioning and firing."
Now Tang Yan also became energetic.
What Lu Weibin talked about is the concept of artillery elements.
Western artillerymen are the most educated in the entire army.
Because artillerymen need to calculate various artillery parameters in order to accurately fire shells.
Da Zhou had no way to calculate the landing point, so Tang Yan's gunners could only judge based on their own feelings, which would waste a lot of shells.
Lu Weibin actually said that just a few simple questions like wind direction, speed, and firing angle were needed to calculate how to hit the enemy.
Tang Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately said, "Please enlighten me, Lord Lu!"
Lu Weibin did not hide anything and directly taught Tang Yan the calculation methods of various artillery parameters.
To be honest, mathematics is indeed very magical.
The two of them discussed until the next morning.
But Tang Yan felt relaxed all over.
Using the parabola equation, we can calculate where the shell will land.
This is a huge leap for artillery!
No need to waste a few blank shots to test the landing point!
In the remaining days, Lu Weibin set up a factory to produce Jinna paste in Xiangjiang River.
He also had people plant a large number of golden apple trees on the Xiangjiang River, which also has a tropical climate.
Soon, Lu Weibin discovered that the price of rice in Southeast Asia was very low.
The weather in Nanyang is good, and if you plant rice, you can have four good harvests a year, so the food prices in Nanyang are very low.
It’s just that most merchants don’t value the small profits from grain.
Spices and fruits from Southeast Asia could be shipped to Da Zhou to make money.
Who would go through the trouble of reselling grain?
Lu Weibin suddenly had a new idea.
He gave orders to the Maritime Customs to ship all ships, regardless of whether they were returning from the Great Zhou or going to the South Seas.
If you want to enter the Xiangjiang Port, you have to carry one-third of the food on board before you can dock.
As soon as this decree came out, Lu Weibin quickly stockpiled a large amount of grain at the port.
Lu Weibin continued to order Guangdong and Guangxi to take out money to hire civilian workers and transport all the food to the front line in Shennan.
After the abolition of the corvée system, it was replaced by hiring migrant workers for money.
This policy immediately received a response from the people.
In the past, no one was willing to do work like transporting grain.
But this time, as soon as the imperial edict was issued, many local people responded.
Because everyone knows that the Zhou court will not lie.
Not only can you make money, but you can also work as a food transporter. If you encounter Dai Viet people, you might even be able to kill a few of them!
If I could get military merit, maybe my family would prosper!
There are also many famous disciples from Lingnan who have signed up this time.
Today, all the martial artists in the Great Zhou Dynasty are frightened by Xiao Weizi.
Almost all the famous disciples in Kyoto were captured by the Western Factory.
All of them became servants of the Western Factory.
Xiao Weizi even began to sweep the martial arts sects around Kyoto and control them to be loyal to the court.
Everyone knows that the eunuch Wei beside the emperor has unfathomable kung fu skills.
There are many different opinions among people in the martial arts world about the exact level of Xiao Weizi's martial arts.
Some people say that Xiao Weizi is a tenth-level warrior.
Some also say that Xiao Weizi has reached the Grandmaster level.