Chapter 2 Open the Tech Tree
Guanglu Island is located on the sea on the right side of Jinzhou under the rule of the Later Jin Dynasty, across the sea from Jinzhou.
"There are more than a thousand people who fled from Liaodong on Guanglu Island. In addition to Guanglu Island, there are also several small islands around, with dozens to hundreds of fishermen." Chu Yun's guards introduced the information of the islands to be stationed to Chu Yun.
Now Chu Yun and Kong Youde's fleet are heading to Guanglu Island. At the peak of the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yun yearned for Zheng He's voyage to the West. At that time, there were thousands of naval warships in the Ming Dynasty, and all the countries on the sea were invincible. However, Chu Yun now only had two simple curtains and one hundred materials sailboats, which could accommodate less than a hundred people. His ships and Kong Youde's ships were less than a fraction of the time of Zheng He.
"I, Kong Youde, are only twenty-two years old this year, so I can guard one side. I won't envy my fellow villagers when I return to my hometown!" Kong Youde was full of energy, and "guarding one side" was already a more cultural word he thought of.
According to Mao Wenlong's arrangement, Kong Youde was the garrison of Guanglu Island, and Chu Yun was the deputy. The reason is very simple. Kong Youde was more brave than Chu Yun, and he was Mao Wenlong's grandson.
"Brother Kong, we will work together in the future, so I will ask you to take care of me, brother." Chu Yun flattered.
In terms of age, Chu Yun and Kong Youde are similar. The school officials in Dongjiang Town are generally young! The reason is very simple. These people are the first to join Mao Wenlong. They dared to go to the battlefield to fight against the enemy in their teens. Those who survived are not cowards.
"Good brother, with my brother here, even if there are 100,000 people in the Later Jin Dynasty, I dare not call you!" Kong Youde patted his chest with great ambition.
OK, aren't you afraid of being bragged? Chu Yun is still unclear about how much Kong Youde is? If it weren't for the Later Jin Dynasty, Mao Wenlong would not be able to gain a foothold in Dongjiang Town.
It was autumn, and the sea was in the inner sea again. The sea was calm and dozens of ships carried more than a thousand soldiers to Guangka Island smoothly.
Kong Youde's camp was in the south, while Chu Yun's camp was in the north. In the south, it was close to Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture of the Shandong Provincial Administration of the Ming Dynasty. Many Ming Dynasty caravans would bring goods to Guanglu Island and then trade with the Later Jin Dynasty. Therefore, Kong Youde would of course not let go of this important position in the south.
By the way, although Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was not large and his army was not large, Mao Wenlong was good at doing business. Not only did he do it himself, but he also attracted Ming Dynasty caravans from all over the country to do business with the Later Jin Dynasty. The purpose was to make a lot of money, and some of the silver was also used as military pay.
The court turned a blind eye to this and did not care. First, the court could not afford the money from Dongjiang Town, and it would be good that Dongjiang Town could have its own way to be self-sufficient. Second, as long as it was not strategic materials, the Later Jin was undoubtedly the dumping market for the Ming Dynasty's productivity. The Ming Dynasty's tea and silk were things that the Later Jin Dynasty could not afford, but these materials could exchange for the Ming Dynasty's squandered silver.
Chu Yun had less troops than Kong Youde and had less say than him, so he had to station in the northern part of Guanglu Island. Guanglu Island had originally guards to monitor the Later Jin Dynasty, and the two hundred defenders in the north were the troops Mao Wenlong promised to increase to Chu Yun.
"Mr. Qian, the youngest is named Yang Tai, a native of Dengzhou. He is the leader of this 100-man team. He will now accept your command!" A rough man with a beard reported to Chu Yun.
Chu Yun saw that Yang Tai, who was born with a tiger back and a bear waist, was born with a fierce and vicious spirit, and there was murderous aura between his eyebrows and eyes, so he must have crawled out of the pile of dead people. And Chu Yun noticed that one of his fingers was missing...
"Mr. Yang, your hand..."
"Ha, this is nothing. In the Battle of Sarhu in the 47th year of Wanli, I was surrounded by the Later Jin army under General Li Rubai. I lost my life in order to break through. One finger is worth it!" Yang Tai said cheerfully.
What a iron-blooded man! Chu Yun praised in his heart. Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as straw dogs. People in troubled times have their own feelings for people in troubled times.
"You still command the old subordinates and arrange the food and accommodation of my more than 300 subordinates. We will be a family in the future." Chu Yun tried his best to win over Yang Tai.
"yes!"
After dealing with the handover issue, Chu Yun left the military camp alone. Guanglu Island has not been fully developed, and there is a primeval forest in the middle of the island. Chu Yun wants to use the "Industrial Revolution" system in a place where no one has. Because he has never used this system, there is no big news.
The "Industrial Revolution" system has gathered hundreds of years of science and technology trees to ignite different technologies and require different civilization points. For example, branch mathematics in basic science is divided into elementary mathematics, variable mathematics and modern mathematics. Elementary mathematics has been ignited, indicating that elementary mathematics is very mature in this era. Variable mathematics is divided into analytical geometry, calculus, etc., and each small branch actually requires 100 civilization points. As for modern mathematics, there are even more terrible civilization points.
At present, basic science has little effect on Chu Yun, especially in the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty, where force is everything. Therefore, Chu Yun does not intend to invest in basic science for the time being, nor does he have enough civilized investment.
Chu Yun thought about it for a few days, mainly focusing on the military technology branches in industrial technology. The types of military technology are even more dazzling, countless, and you can even see nuclear fission technology... Of course, the civilization point required by nuclear fission technology is astronomical, and Chu Yun even doubts whether it can ignite this technology that far exceeds the times in his lifetime.
Currently feasible military technologies include front-mounted smoothbore musket technology, bronze cannon technology, bronze howitzer technology, line infantry combat technology, etc. The combing gun technology requires 10 civilization points, front-mounted smoothbore 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 cannons to Chu Yun is fatal. However, there is still a prerequisite for bronze cannon technology, which is smelting and processing technology. In other words, if the smelting and processing technology does not meet the requirements, it is still impossible to ignite the cannon technology.
Chu Yun looked 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, which is much more expensive than the bronze cannon technology. In addition, smelting and processing technology is the prerequisite for many industrial technologies.
"After a cannon fire, there will be tens of thousands of taels of gold. Even if I make a bronze cannon, I don't have the strength to support it. I'd better develop the gun first."
Chu Yun thought about it and could choose the ignition rope gun technology. The ignition rope gun has been widely used in this era. For example, the bird gun used in the Ming Dynasty is an imitation ignition rope gun, which only requires 10 civilization points. Although the front-mounted smoothbore musket technology, which is more advanced than the ignition rope gun, has also appeared in this era, but is not widely used and requires 50 civilization points.
After Chu Yun's troops expanded, there were 55 civilization points at this time, of which 50 were the initial values.
"Since you want new technology, then choose the best one! Ignite the musket technology!" Chu Yun chose in his mind.
"Host, you have chosen the Sui Musket technology, and you can use the civilization point to reduce 50. The Industrial Revolution system will summon talents from different time and space to help you realize the Sui Musket technology... in the link..."
The cold voice echoed in Chu Yun's mind.
"…The link is successful…the one who helps you realize the Sui Musket technology will be members of the Ordnance Bureau of the French Empire. The Sui Musket technology they master is the French 1777 rifle…"
Chu Yun was a little stunned when he heard the system's words. Could it be that he wanted to summon technical talents from the French Empire to me? And it was the 1777 rifle, which is more than a hundred years ahead of the widely used meshes and bird guns!
"Sir, the Rifle Research Team of the Ordnance Bureau of the French Imperial Army will report to you!"
Before Chu Yun could come back to his senses, a middle-aged man with blonde hair and blue eyes and a double-horned hat appeared in front of him, speaking in a bad Chinese language, and saluted Chu Yun.
Behind the middle-aged man, there were neatly arranged the employees of the French Ordnance Bureau he brought, with fifty or sixty people, and some of them were holding brand new muskets.
Chapter completed!