Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 362 The rebellion was strangled, the technology was misguided

Huang Yuan was defeated.

The defeat was so sudden and unexpected that Pu Yuan, who was depressed, could not use this battle example to evaluate those battlefield "gadgets".

Even before all the test equipment was used, they were defeated.

But it was completely within Wu Yi's expectation.

These soldiers who were coerced into rebelling had no fighting spirit at all. All they needed was an excuse, an excuse that would not be blamed on themselves even if something went wrong in the DPRK.

Many low-level soldiers may be numb and thoughtless, but they also have their own cunning.

"The general has an order not to kill anyone who surrenders! Only the first culprit will be punished, and the rest will not be punished!"

When Wu Yi ordered this fatal slogan to be shouted, the rebels' last remaining will to resist collapsed, and they all knelt down and asked to surrender.

When the army escorted the prisoners back to the city, the Linqiong County magistrate immediately opened the city gate and led the crowd to welcome them.

"Congratulations, general. With such a loss, a great chaos has been eliminated. Your Majesty will be very happy after his triumphant return." County Magistrate Ren cupped his hands and said with a smile.

Wu Yi was also very pleased that the tactics could achieve the desired results. His cold and serious face had recently returned to its usual silly smile: "Thanks to Captain Qi Pu's new weapon, it's so powerful!"

Pu Yuan, who was still frustrated that he had not been able to fully test the new gadget, immediately waved his hand after hearing this: "Don't dare, don't dare, this 'flying fire gun' still has many shortcomings. This victory depends entirely on the lives of the soldiers."

Speaking of this, Wu Yi looked at Pu Yuan's regretful expression and asked curiously: "This flying... flying musket? It suddenly spits out fire and frightened the enemy in the middle of the battle. It's amazing. Isn't this enough?"

Pu Yuan sighed and shook his head silently.

Wu Yi had heard a bit about this strange man that the prince had picked up, so he was not surprised.

Wu Yi and Yang Hong did not stay here too long. After sending people to Chengdu to report the news, they led their troops to continue to Hanjia County...

Since you dare to rebel, you must bear the consequences of failure. Someone will bleed and lose their head over this matter.

By the way, we will use this opportunity to reorganize Hanjia County from top to bottom and reshuffle the cards.

Liu Ba and other officials at Shangshutai have already made plans on how to do this and who should be promoted in the future.

Wu Yi still has a lot to do.

As for Pu Yuan's gadgets, they are also by-products of the mission left by the prince.

The prince always seemed to have wild ideas. Before he led the troops in the Northern Expedition, he mentioned the shortcomings of coal in his letter - it contained many impurities.

This results in the subsequent steel filling needing to be repeated many times to remove impurities.

And some coal that can withstand further refining can be refined into something called "coke".

This kind of coke itself removes most of the impurities, and the steel produced will naturally have fewer impurities, which can greatly reduce the steps required for steel filling and further improve production efficiency.

The coal mine discovered in Nanzhong was huge, and Pu Yuan had already figured out the coal that met the coking standards and named it "pao charcoal".

However, the blast furnace used for making iron and steel does not seem to be very suitable for coking. Pu Yuan needs to redesign a furnace specifically for refining coke.

He had already designed the outline, and he handed over the subsequent improvement work to a group of blacksmiths under his command for special study.

And this is not the only project that Pu Yuan has "launched". The prince also said that "saltpeter, charcoal, and stone flow yellow (sulfur)" can be ground into powder and mixed in a certain proportion to make something called gunpowder.

According to the prince, this gunpowder ignites immediately when exposed to fire. The fireworks are extremely violent and can be used for great purposes.

This stumped Pu Yuan, but it was not a matter of raw materials. Saltpeter was abundant between Mianzhu and Jiange, next to the Fulishui River.

Nanzhong has a large amount of Shiliuhuang production. Nowadays, iron-making and steel-making are replaced by coal, which also saves a lot of charcoal. There are as many raw materials as you need.

But the problem is... this sounds like a Taoist priest's alchemy technique, right? How could he, Pu Yuan, understand this? When he suddenly heard this request, he didn't know where to start.

But since it was a matter entrusted by the prince, he naturally would not neglect it. Once he and Magistrate Wang combined it, they simply let the wind go and recruited a large number of Taoist priests and warlocks who were good at alchemy in the name of the prince.

The uninformed wild Taoist priests and quack magicians thought that the prince also wanted immortality and had refined the elixir of immortality, and they immediately gathered with the dream of becoming a national master.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in Linqiong, he was left by Pu Yuan and Wang County Magistrate to study the best ratio of gunpowder.

The unlucky ones who were originally idle clouds and wild cranes began to cherish the dream of being a national teacher day and night, and began to shine continuously for the cause of the revival of the Han Dynasty (physics).

In fact, gunpowder is not difficult for Taoist priests who are good at alchemy. They sometimes use it when they play tricks to deceive the villagers.

But it will take some time to achieve the desired effect in the prince's letter.

However, these semi-finished gunpowder and bamboo paper, which gradually became popular, were gradually transformed into various flower works by craftsmen with a passion for research.

There is no shortage of smart people in this land. What is lacking is attention, benefits, and a platform to display such intelligence.

During his stay in Linqiong, Liu Chan not only developed new smelting technologies, but also attached great importance to the treatment and rewards of these craftsmen.

He is not a top academic with an engineering background, and the characteristics Pu Yuan brings are limited to the forging process. If he wants to obtain continuous improvement in the technology tree, he must rely on the establishment of a reward and punishment mechanism.

In addition to the original food and accommodation for the craftsmen, Liu Chan also used his own money to set up various awards such as "Piece Award" and "Innovation Award".

The reward money from these awards is only a drop in the bucket for Liu Chan, but it is quite attractive to craftsmen with low social status.

Objects such as flying muskets, thunder rockets, and fire bamboo tubes were successively produced against the background of gunpowder taking shape.

However, the power is still very low, and it is difficult to cause effective damage to people. The flying fire gun equipped with Wu Yi's army this time is already the most powerful among them.

Pu Yuan was not satisfied with these things, but in the end, considering the prince's temper, he decided to collect them one by one and report them.

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At the same time, the central government killed the three lurking families, and at the same time released the news of the prince's assassination.

As the news gradually spread, the whole country was shocked. Prince Liu Chan has now become an indispensable symbolic figure in the Liu Han court, just like Emperor Liu Bei, Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Zhuge and others.

The prince was assassinated in Chengdu in broad daylight. Unbelievable, the forces that had deeply bound the family's interests to the royal family and the court were furious.

At the same time, many grassroots officials were angry. It was the salary reform proposed by Prince Liu Chan that made their lives free from worries.

Officials have filed petitions one after another, demanding a thorough investigation into the matter and digging out the bugs.

When the imperial court took advantage of the situation and announced that the families that incited the rebellion were all Cao Wei's forces buried in the southwest, the public was furious and the cohesion of all walks of life with the same hatred was unprecedented.

Not only did it dilute the worries about the uncertain outcome of the army's Northern Expedition, it also allowed some conservative forces who hoped to hold on to the southwest to understand the situation. It was an unexpected blessing in disguise.

Liu Chan, who was far away in Longyou, still didn't know that a rebellion in the rear had been eliminated invisible.

It was through this rebellion that was extinguished before it was launched that the internal opinions on the Northern Expedition were further consolidated.

Of course, he, who wanted to develop rifles and cannons as soon as possible, didn't know that Liu Han's firearms development was advancing at a speed far beyond his imagination, and in a direction he didn't expect...

Liu Chan had already led his army to the end of the trip - Jieting.

(End of this chapter)