People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 489 War begins!
Gan Shi was very disappointed that he did not get any advice from Xu Chen, but at least he did get a word from Xu Chen, and this sentence did give Gan Shi some insights.

The research on chemistry so far seems to have reached a dead end, which gives Gan Shi a feeling of powerlessness and narrowness.

If he was limited to the research of alchemical chemistry, it seemed really difficult to break through the bottleneck, but Xu Chen's words suddenly made him see another direction, that is, to jump out of chemistry and practice in a broader field.

Just as the study of medicine cannot be limited to medicine, it also requires an understanding of a lot of chemical knowledge and even physical knowledge. If you want to study chemistry, shouldn't you open your mind?

Gan Shi has more examples to prove this. For example, the military weapon built by the Xuanxia court for the southern expedition was the product of the joint efforts of many disciplines. Not only that, even the product research and development needs of the civilian market are increasingly developing from a single-direction technology to a complex direction.

Gan Shi had already vaguely sensed a trend. Due to the competitive demands of the commodity market, many inventions and creations had begun to evolve from simple to complex. And something that was complex enough could not be achieved by simply mastering a certain technology. It must be a combination of many technologies.

Perhaps the same principle also applies in academia; the chemical system does not simply exist in isolation.

Gan Shi soon became aware of another subject, which was physics.

If Gan Shi were to talk about other subjects that are most similar to chemistry, the only one he could think of is physics, which is also a subject that explains the origin of the world. Sometimes, Gan Shi even feels that these two subjects do not need to be separated.

He thought of something else. Those guys who were studying physics recently seemed to have come up with a theory called atomic theory. It would be worth studying what that theory was.
Science and system are always the two things that Xu Chen cares about most. As for the system, following the footsteps of the Yellow Turbans to liberate China, the goal is already within reach and can be achieved. Xu Chen no longer needs to worry too much about it.

As for the development of science, thanks to the key guidance provided by Xu Chen, a man who was ahead of his time, basically the theoretical framework of many disciplines has been established.

Many disciplines such as medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, etc. already have their prototypes, and now all that’s missing is time.

Zhang Zhongjing now devotes almost all his energy to the study of medicine. He never knows when the miracle cure for diseases such as penicillin in the laboratory will be maturely produced.

Zhou Liang, a biology student, is studying astronomy and calendar diligently, waiting for the day when he can go out to sea to search for more clues about the origin of life in the vast outside continent, and at the same time search for high-yield crops for the Chinese people.

In chemistry, Gan Shi was struggling to find the laws between elements, and he worked day and night to arrange the elements in a table.

In physics, more and more physical laws such as optics, mechanics, acoustics, etc. are being discovered and summarized. The building of physics is being built step by step and is becoming taller and taller.

These disciplines are still in the process of silent accumulation. Although it seems that they have not yet brought about any obvious changes to the world, Xu Chen believes that the time is not far away.

When the depth of knowledge in many disciplines reaches a certain level, and then they influence each other, eventually all the accumulation will be released in one day, and that is when it will be time to change the world.

This process will be countless times faster than the original scientific progress in history, because there is a time traveler like myself who is constantly correcting and guiding the direction of scientific development.

Just like the scientific laws that have emerged now, if there is no interference and participation from oneself, it will take a long time of accumulation and exploration to be discovered and explored, just like the original history, and this time can even be hundreds of years. People like Gan Shi don't understand how exaggerated what they are doing, and they don't understand how lucky they are to have Xu Chen leading them.

Today's scientific development has reached a bottleneck, and the dilemma faced by Gan Shi is a direct reflection of this.

After all, the knowledge between scientific systems does not exist in isolation. Different disciplines are actually interconnected. The dilemma Gan Shi faces is that atomic theory is not mature enough, which requires further progress in physics. The same is true for other disciplines. Perhaps the problems they are facing also need to find answers from other fields.

This actually means that they are still in the process of lighting up the technology tree and have not reached the breakthrough point yet. Only when the numerous branches below are lit up to a certain degree can the tree grow to the next stage.

Xu Chen could not judge exactly how long this time would be, but he was very sure that he would be able to see it in his lifetime, and Xuan Xia by that time would truly hold the key to the future of mankind.

Of course, even the current level of technology is enough to bring sufficient benefits to Xu Chen, and this benefit can be fully realized in the upcoming southern expedition.

As autumn passed, it was time to collect the new year's grain tax. A steady stream of grain began to gather from Xuanxia's vast administrative area, and then began to be mobilized in advance along the Yangtze River.

Such an obvious move certainly could not be hidden from others. Not to mention Shu Han and Wu, even the common people of Xuan Xia realized that war was approaching.

This is indeed the case. What followed was a large-scale conscription campaign by the Xuanxia court. Many soldiers began to be organized and trained in various war zones. This was the final preparation for going to the battlefield.

At the same time, the huge Xuanxia navy fleet is gathering in Bohai Sea. After a long period of preparation, they will also face the test in actual combat.

The military expenditures allocated by the imperial court and the huge amount of official debt also began to play their own role.

The large-scale military operation itself will create huge demand, and these demands were quickly converted by Xuan Xia into countless military orders and then dispersed into the market.

Countless government-run and private factories produced everything needed for the army numbering hundreds of thousands, including clothes, armor, weapons, rations, tents, vehicles, coal, ships, etc.

The benefit of developed industry and commerce is that the huge demand brought about by war no longer becomes a complete burden on the country, but can greatly support the market. These wealth will eventually be returned to the vast population and the government.

After this battle, I wonder how many more factories will be built on the land of China.

The entire Xuanxia began to operate like a tightly-knit machine, and all the forces in the territory were utilized under the organization and mobilization.

What Xu Chen is about to launch is a national war in the true sense, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan are about to realize how terrifying the power unleashed by mobilizing the entire country will be.

(End of this chapter)