Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 109 Wanhu's First Flight

On the seventh day of Shanghai's siege, seeing that neither the Qing court nor the Western countries behind them had any intention of sending troops to rescue them, the French finally raised the white flag first.

Regarding these Xiyi people who surrendered, Zhu Yuanzhang followed the consistent policy of arresting them all for mining. As for whether they could survive ten years, that is another story.

"Shanghai is lost!"

"We lost more than half of our interests in China."

Tianjin Concession.

Representatives from Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Tsarist Russia and other countries gathered together with solemn faces.

"That tyrant in the south is simply unreasonable!" Hearing the French representative's speech, the British also waved their fists indignantly.

"We must make him pay the price!" The representative of Tsarist Russia said with a heavy face.

But in fact, he was a little gloating in his heart like watching a joke.

After all, his interests in the Qing court were not in the coast, but in the northeast and northwest.

Now that the Qing court is facing increasing pressure from the king in the south who is said to have come back from the dead, this is actually a good thing for Tsarist Russia, because the Qing court will therefore need the help of Tsarist Russia even more.

He can get more benefits from it.

"That's right!"

"It's ridiculous that the thief beat us with a weapon he bought from us!"

"Everyone, we and other countries must block trade with that tyrant with the same attitude, especially in terms of weapons, and we must not let more advanced weapons fall into his hands again."

"Otherwise, our interests in China will be affected!" The British representative gave the German representative a gloomy look.

After all, if the Germans hadn't sold all kinds of weapons to that tyrant, their Armada of the British Empire wouldn't have been defeated so badly.

The German representative looked rather innocent.

"No way, they gave too much!" He lamented in his heart.

When Prince Zaiyuan of the Qing court walked into the venue, he saw such a scene.

Of course, he is not at all interested in the open and secret struggles between countries. He came this time only to ask for money.

"Everyone, my Qing Dynasty is at stake, and you are all friendly neighbors of my Qing Dynasty. You must lend a helping hand at this time!" Zaiyuan said with a mournful face.

"Naturally, that's why we are here today!" The British representative stood up first, with a smile on his face.

"We will come to our aid with all the weapons including cannons, muskets and matching ammunition."

"Of course, these aids are not free. We need the Qing Dynasty to open more treaty ports, and the Qing Dynasty's tariffs for the next 20 years as collateral!"

"no problem!"

"We can agree to everything you said!"

Zai Yuan nodded without any hesitation.

"But these are probably not enough. I don't know if your country can send more soldiers here. The hypocrisy is too powerful. I'm afraid we can't beat it with advanced weapons alone!"

"Trash!" The representatives of many countries had such a thought at the same time.

Especially the British representative, as the country with the greatest interests in China, they have contributed the most this time and provided the best weapons and equipment. But now looking at the appearance of His Excellency the Prince, the British representative is not sure whether the weapons and equipment this time should be It's all in vain.

Perhaps it would be better for the British Empire to change to another support object.

For example, Japan...

At the same time that a group of Western countries were conspiring to impose various sanctions on the nascent Ming Empire, a special experiment was being carried out in the suburbs of Nanjing in the early Ming Dynasty.

The main participant in the experiment was Wan Hu.

Zhu Biao was invited to participate in this experiment.

In Wan Hu's own words, this is the first time humans have tried to conquer the sky.

Of course, this time Wanhu's choice is completely different from the original history.

Originally, Wan Hu had done a similar experiment in history, but that time he chose the rocket.

Of course, it is not the Chang'e Moon Flying Launch Vehicle, but a firearm in the Ming army, and its power is at best slightly stronger than fireworks.

Unfortunately, he did not realize his wish in the end, and was blown to pieces because of an accident when the rocket ignited.

But now, after the impact of various advanced technologies in the late Qing Dynasty, and Zhu Biao's intentional or unintentional guidance, Wanhu finally gave up rockets and chose hot air balloons, to be precise, airships.

At this moment, a huge building boat airship is parked in an open space.

This is an airship with Chinese characteristics, shaped like an attic, its skeleton is made of wood, its outer skin is made of silk, and the compartments are filled with rubber.

His power plant was a steam engine, fueled by coal.

"Light it up!" Standing on top of the airship, Wan Hu commanded his subordinates vigorously.

Soon the flame was ignited, and the entire airship began to slowly float upwards.

"It's flying, it's really flying!" The exclamation of countless people sounded from below.

Although extraordinary phenomena are not uncommon due to the recovery of spiritual energy, flying into the sky is still extremely incredible in the eyes of everyone.

Even a few cultivators are the same.

They can't do this by relying on their own strength.

The most excited was Wan Hu, the great scientist who dreamed of flying into the blue sky, and finally realized his wish at this moment, standing on the airship dancing and shouting, he looked like a child.

Zhu Biao was also very happy.

Because this means that Da Ming initially has the advantage of air strikes, and he can already think of many ways to use the airship.

For example, let extraordinary people take an airship to carry out night raids on some important enemy strongholds.

For example, use airships to bomb the enemy's main city.

If he remembered correctly, airships were actually used in wars even in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was World War I.

And it's still very early.

Now if the airship is moved there, it should be invincible in the air.

At the same time, this also means that after six or seven years of relentless catching up, the scientific and technological power mastered by Daming is finally close to catching up with the West, or surpassing the West in some directions.

After all, their main research work has always been carried out in the Sumeru Illusionary Realm.

And there is a time gap between the Sumeru Illusory Realm and the outside world, that is to say, those Xiyi people outside have developed for five or six years, while in the Sumeru Illusory Realm, the scientists of Ming Dynasty have been catching up for nearly 20 years.

As for the level of science and technology in the late Qing Dynasty, to be honest, there is not a big gap between it and the early Ming Dynasty today.

After all, the early Ming Dynasty had already received countless new technologies from the late Ming Dynasty, and it had been developed for five or six years. The technological level of the late Ming Dynasty was basically on the same level as that of the late Qing Dynasty.

So in such a comparison, the technological gap between Ming Dynasty and the West is actually not that big, and 20 years is enough to smooth it out.

"The next step is to surpass them!" A glint of hope flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes.

Zhu Biao is not worried about whether this can be done.

China is a civilization that is good at inventing and creating. If the modern rulers did not pay attention to science, and the most crucial hundreds of years were ruled by the barbarians, perhaps those humiliating histories would have been rewritten.

After returning from the Academy of Sciences, Zhu Biao was just about to eat when Sun Yuan came over again.

"Your Highness, there is good news!" Sun Yuan said with a smile on his face.

The champion of the first martial arts examination back then, and now the head of the Qishi Mansion, has long since faded from his greenness and matured completely.

In recent years, Qishi Mansion has been managed quite well by him, and he has successfully made a name for himself in the arena. During this period, he has indeed recruited many good players.

"Sit down and eat something together, and talk while eating!" Zhu Biao laughed.

Sun Yuan was flattered.

After Sun Yuan's report, Zhu Biao finally knew why Sun Yuan was so happy, because he finally caught Zhang Tianzhen.

This daring Shaolin remnant who assassinated himself twice and has been on the run for six or seven years.

"Your Highness, I have dug out a shocking event from Zhang Tianzhen this time!" Sun Yuan suddenly said again.

"Oh?" Zhu Biao was successfully aroused, looked at Sun Yuan with a smile, and waited for his further explanation.

"It's a fairy mansion!"

"The reason Zhang Tianzhen is so powerful is because he inadvertently broke into a fairy mansion and got a lot of benefits from it, which gave him strength far beyond that of ordinary immortal cultivators." Sun Yuan said.

(End of this chapter)