I, the patron saint of the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, was forced to rebel

Chapter 138 Oil Refining Task
The lives of tens of thousands of people have proved the power of artillery, machinery, and firearms. If the corresponding weapons cannot be imitated or developed, no amount of horses in the army can stop the madness of the arms.

Negotiations have reached an impasse, but North Korea does not have enough bargaining chips, and it can even be said that it has nothing, leaving only one mouth.

After more than ten hours, an agreement was finally reached.

First, the Lingzhou Palace purchased six strongholds in North Korea. The range should not be larger than eight miles. They are all small places. They paid a total of 254 million taels of gold. There is also a clause here, because of war compensation, compensation and other issues, it will be discounted to 10 taels .

Unexpectedly, North Korea chose to refuse such a large amount of funds. They wanted to buy all the gold for artillery, locomotives, precision parts, steel, weapons, etc.

The palace promised to complete this transaction within two years.

If it is said that the transaction cannot be completed, North Korea has the right to take back all the strongholds without compensating for any losses, and all the armaments paid by the palace will also be withheld.

It's completely overlord's terms, but Zhuge Liang agreed.

The current palace has no way to support the war from two sides, and it can be regarded as a short-term show of weakness, and it will be doubled in the future!

In any case, North Korea is a country, not a certain force, it is not that simple.

When Zhuge Liang left North Korea, Gao Jianwu was extremely happy and laughed out loud.

"Stupid Qin Mu, in two years, the strength of our North Korean army will increase several times. By then, we will take down the court of the Tang Dynasty, and even send troops to take down the Kingdom of Wa. If we don't worry about the other party's suspicion, I, or even I want to exchange 24 gold for arms, and I will completely destroy the twenty states in the future!"

Yuan Gai Su Wen was also complacent, thinking that he had won benefits on his side.

He pretended to be worried, but in fact he was no different from Gao Jianwu in his heart.

"Your Majesty, no matter what, you must not be careless. It is impossible for Qin Mu to have other considerations. Moreover, the agreement we signed with the palace lasted for five years!"

"Hahaha, what is five years? Going to the Tang Dynasty to publicize the incompetence of the court has existed in name only. When the princes separatize one side, everything will be over!"

"Your Majesty, why don't you just wait, the current situation is not suitable for sending troops to the Tang Kingdom."

"why?"

Gao Jianwu was puzzled and even showed anger.

Yuan Gai Suwen immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please listen to my analysis."

On the other side, Zhuge Liang returned to Yingzhou without any pause, and told Yue Fei about the situation, and then took the train all the way to Lingzhou.

Another three or four days, there is no way the train is too slow.

It was already the fifth day when we returned to the palace, and Qin Mu had been waiting in the palace early.

Moreover, he is also in a good mood, and finally solved a technological problem "internal combustion engine"!
For a long time, the appearance of the steam engine has changed industry and war. However, although the steam engine is good, it is far inferior to the applicability of the internal combustion engine.

Such as locomotives, etc., the steam engine is too large, it is really awkward to look at, and it is troublesome to use.

The internal combustion engine is different. It is small in size and simple in design, but the high technical requirements for precision parts manufacturing can be overcome.

This kind of power machinery burns fuel inside the machine and converts the heat energy released directly into a heat engine for power.

Internal combustion engines in a broad sense include not only reciprocating piston internal combustion engines, rotary piston engines and free piston engines, but also rotary impeller jet engines.

Of course, these still need follow-up research and development.
He is already fantasizing that he has air power!

The current research and development is the piston internal combustion engine, which mixes fuel and air in the cylinder and burns, and the heat energy released makes the cylinder generate high-temperature and high-pressure gas.

The expansion of the gas pushes the piston to do work, and then the mechanical work is output through the crank connecting rod mechanism or other mechanisms to drive the driven machine to work.

The biggest trouble now is the oil. Although the oil refined from plants can be burned, it has too many impurities and the combustion efficiency is poor.

This made him think of oil refining. The problem is that a minimum of [-] points is required to exchange for a set of refining technology and equipment materials. Since the last purchase of drawing wire method and precision broach manufacturing materials, the only remaining points in the system mall are [-]. hundred points
Not enough to see at all!
【Ding!Random task trigger: establish primary chemical refining foundation, oil refining industry! 】

"Uh"

Just thinking about these things, I didn't expect the system to come with a task.

Qin Mu was stunned for a while: "System, aren't you paying attention to my actions and thoughts all the time?"

"The triggering of the system task is based on the host's thinking and the development needs of the current situation. The probability is 50.00%."

50.00% trigger probability?

This is completely gambling, you either lose or make money.

It seems that the next step is to focus on the development of the oil industry. This is a big project, and the things involved are extremely cumbersome.

At around nine o'clock at night and almost ten o'clock, Zhuge Liang rushed to the palace.

"King Xian, we still have two years at most!"

"What do you mean?"

The sudden words made Qin Mu feel very strange. This country of Tang is already desperate to fight, and the surrounding countries are also frightened. All the armies are raising their flags. Even Li Ke, the governor of Anzhou who has been quiet all along, has already controlled Huainan Road.

I don't know what the plan is at the moment, but rebellion is inevitable anyway!

In such a tense situation, war is imminent.

Zhuge Liang actually said that there are still two years of development time?
I'm afraid it will be difficult for a year.
Zhuge Liang looked serious: "Your Majesty, the time I mentioned is a two-year period of stability for the development of our industry and scientific research, not the stability of the entire twenty states.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty court is no longer in name only, and its name is basically gone. However, due to the constraints of the virtuous king, the Tang Dynasty court is still alive, and the military strength of various countries is also growing.

Did King Xian find a problem? The imperial court’s troops and horses are constantly shrinking, and trade has begun to be blocked in various places. This situation will inevitably lead to new wars, and what we want is to wait until the court is chaotic and its strength is low. , attack directly.

The North Korean side reached an agreement to trade arms for two years, which means that they are preparing to launch a war in two years, and the goal is self-evident, and it may even include our twenty states! "

"Didn't the agreement be written, and North Korea will not go to war with other countries for five years?"

The more Qin Mu listened to it, the more surprised he was. Politics really needs to be handled by professionals, and he often can't keep up with the things he knows.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "That's what was written in the agreement, but if there is internal turmoil in Tang Dynasty and external chaos, how can North Korea continue to abide by the agreement? Besides, it didn't say that they can't launch a defensive war!"

(End of this chapter)