Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 2 Opening the Technology Tree

Guanglu Island, on the sea to the right of Jinzhou under the rule of the Later Jin Dynasty, faces Jinzhou across the sea.

"There are more than a thousand people on Guanglu Island who fled from Liaodong. Besides Guanglu Island, there are several small islands around. There are dozens to hundreds of fishermen." Chu Yun's guards introduced to Chu Yun that they would be stationed soon. island intelligence.

Now Chu Yun is heading to Guanglu Island with Kong Youde's fleet.At the peak of the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yun was very yearning for Zheng He's voyages to the West. At that time, the Ming Dynasty Navy had thousands of warships, mighty and mighty, and all the countries on the sea were invincible.But now Chu Yun only has a relatively simple sailboat with two curtains and one hundred materials, which can accommodate less than a hundred people.The sum of his ships and Kong Youde's ships is less than a fraction of that of Zheng He's period.

"I, Kong Youde, is only 22 this year, and I can guard one side. When I return to my hometown, I still don't envy my dead father and fellow villagers!"

According to Mao Wenlong's arrangement, Kong Youde is the guard of Guanglu Island, and Chu Yun is the deputy.The reason is simple, Kong Youde is braver than the original Chu Yun, and he is also the grandson of Mao Wenlong.

"Brother Kong, we will work together in the future, please take care of me, brother." Chu Yun flattered.

In terms of age, Chu Yun is about the same as Kong Youde.The school officials in Dongjiang Town are generally young!The reason is very simple. These people were the first group of people who went to Mao Wenlong. They dared to go to the battlefield and fight the enemy desperately in their teens. Those who survived were not cowards.

"Good brother, with my elder brother here, even if there are 10 people in Houjin, he would not dare to call!" Kong Youde patted his chest with great ambition.

Okay, aren't you afraid that the cowhide will be blown?Chu Yun still doesn't know how much he cares about Kong Youde?If it weren't for Houjin's almost no navy, Mao Wenlong would not be able to gain a firm foothold in Dongjiang Town.

It was autumn at this time, and it was the inland sea, and the sea was calm. Dozens of ships carrying more than 1000 soldiers came to Guanglu Island smoothly.

Kong Youde's camp was in the south, while Chu Yun's camp was in the north.The south is close to Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture of the Shandong Chief Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. Many caravans from the Ming Dynasty would come to Guanglu Island with goods and then trade with Houjin.So of course Kong Youde will not let go of this important position in the south.

By the way, although Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town has a small territory and a small army, Mao Wenlong is good at doing business. Not only does he do it himself, but he also attracts Ming Dynasty caravans from all over the country to do business with Houjin for the purpose of making a fortune. A sum, part of the silver was also used as military pay.

The court turned a blind eye to this and didn't care.Firstly, the imperial court couldn't pay Dongjiang Town's salary, so it's good that Dongjiang Town can find its own way to be self-sufficient.Secondly, as long as it is not a strategic material, Houjin is undoubtedly a dumping market for the productivity of Ming Dynasty.Daming's tea and silk are things that the empress do not want, but these materials can be exchanged for a lot of money for Daming.

Chu Yun had fewer troops than Kong Youde, and had less power to speak than him, so he had to be stationed in the north of Guanglu Island.Guanglu Island used to have defenders monitoring Houjin, and the [-] defenders in the north were the troops Mao Wenlong promised to increase for Chu Yun.

"Master Qian, the younger one is Mrs. Yang, a native of Dengzhou, who is the commander of this centurion, and will accept your command from now on!" A rough man with a beard reported to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun saw that the hulking Mrs. Yang was born with a vicious look, and there was a murderous look in her brows. She must have crawled out of the dead.And Chu Yun noticed that one of his fingers was missing...

"Boss Yang, your hand..."

"Oh, it's nothing. In the 47th year of Wanli's Saerhu War, I was under Li Rubai's command and was surrounded by the Houjin army. I lost it in order to break through. One finger for one life, it's worth it!" Yang Tai said heartily. .

What an iron-blooded man!Chu Yun admired in his heart.The world is not benevolent and treats everything as a straw dog, and people in troubled times have their own feelings for people in troubled times.

"You are still in charge of the old department. By the way, arrange the food and lodging of my more than 300 subordinates. We will be a family in the future." Chu Yun tried his best to win over Mrs. Yang.

"Yes!"

After dealing with the handover issue, Chu Yun left the barracks alone.Guanglu Island has not been fully developed, and there is a virgin forest in the middle of the island.Chu Yun wants to use the "Industrial Revolution" system in a place where there are no people.Since he has never used this system, he is not sure what will happen.

The "Industrial Revolution" system is a collection of hundreds of years of technology trees. To ignite different technologies, different civilization points are required.For example, the branch mathematics in basic science is divided into elementary mathematics, variable mathematics and modern mathematics.Elementary mathematics has been ignited, which shows that elementary mathematics is very mature in this era.Variable mathematics is divided into analytic geometry, calculus, etc., and each small branch actually costs 100 civilization points.As for modern mathematics, the required civilization points are even more frightening.

At present, basic science has little effect on Chu Yun, especially in the troubled times at the end of Ming Dynasty, force is everything.Therefore, Chu Yun does not plan to invest in basic science for the time being, nor does he have enough civilization points to invest.

Chu Yun thought about it for a few days, mainly focusing on the military technology branch of industrial technology.There are countless types of military technology. You can even see nuclear fission technology... Of course, the civilization points required for nuclear fission technology are astronomical. technology.

Currently available military technologies include front-loading smoothbore musket technology, bronze cannon technology, bronze howitzer technology, and line infantry combat technology.Arquebus technology requires 10 civilization points, musket-loading musket technology requires 50 civilization points, and bronze cannon technology only requires 50 civilization points.The reason why bronze cannon technology requires so few civilization points is because artillery has been skillfully used by the West in this era.

The attraction of the cannon to Chu Yun is fatal.However, there is still a prerequisite for bronze cannon technology, that is, smelting and processing technology.In other words, if the smelting and processing technology does not meet the requirements, the artillery technology cannot be ignited.

Chu Yun took a look at the smelting and processing technology. The smelting and processing technology in the 16th century required 25 civilization points, the smelting and processing technology in the 17th century required 100 civilization points, and the smelting and processing technology in the 18th century required 500 civilization points. Much more expensive.Also, smelting and processing technology is the premise of many industrial technologies.

"As soon as the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold will be paid. Even if I make a bronze cannon, I don't have the strength to afford it. Let's develop firearms first."

After Chu Yun thought about it, he could choose the matchlock technique.Matchlock guns have been widely used in this era. For example, the bird guns used in the Ming Dynasty are imitation matchlock guns, which only need 10 civilization points.The front-loading smoothbore musket technology, which is a generation more advanced than the matchlock gun, has also appeared in this era, but it is not widely used and requires 50 civilization points.

After the expansion of Chu Yun's troops, there are now 55 civilization points, of which 50 is the initial value.

"Since you need new technology, choose the best one! Ignite the firearm technology!" Chu Yun chose in his mind.

"You, the host, have chosen the Suihuo gun technology, and the available civilization points will be reduced by 50. The industrial revolution system will summon talents from different time and space to help you realize the Sui musketeer technology... link..."

The cold voice echoed in Chu Yun's mind.

"...The link is successful... The people who will help you realize the firearm technology will be members of the French Empire Ordnance Bureau. The firearm technology they master is the French 1777 rifle..."

Chu Yun was a little dumbfounded when he heard the system's words.Does this mean that you want to call me technical talents from the French Empire?Moreover, it is still a 1777-style rifle, which is more than 100 years more advanced than the matchlock guns and bird guns that are widely used now!

"Sir, the rifle research team of the French Empire Ordnance Bureau reports to you!"

Before Chu Yun recovered his senses, a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes and a bicorne hat appeared in front of him, speaking broken Chinese, and saluted Chu Yun with a military salute.

Behind the middle-aged man, there are neatly lined up the employees of the French Ordnance Bureau he brought. There are as many as 60 to [-] people, and some of them still hold brand-new muskets in their hands.

(End of this chapter)