Bo Jinchen's last sentence was as if it were a magical pen and suddenly asked Cui Wenxiu in a daze. He didn't know what to do with the other party. After thinking for a while, he slowly replied: "Old Bo believes that some changes in the imperial army will bring many changes to future wars, even including the arrangement of strategies and tactics?"

"Well, that's exactly what I mean. Have you noticed that muskets and thunder are no longer a secret. They have started to be equipped in the army on a large scale. So far, there are more than one legion of army equipment. Look at the impressive achievements made by Liang Chongxin in the battle of Tianma Yuan. The cavalry of the Maqikhan, especially the heavy-armed cavalry, have almost no effect under the attack of musket soldiers. It can be said that they have become completely targets for musket soldiers to train. I have a feeling that musket soldiers will not only eliminate heavy-armed cavalry from the history of war, but also its appearance and further improvement will eliminate heavy-armed infantry and archers in the army."

Bo Jinchen had a thoughtful feeling on his face, and almost every sentence hit Cui Wenxiu's heart. As one of the two commanders of the Tang Dynasty, he had certainly seen the performance of musket soldiers and considered that musket soldiers would bring some changes to future wars. However, musket soldiers' role in the northern battle was more of an auxiliary role, and they did not use them on a large scale as in the Maqikhan Battle. Therefore, the impact on him was far less than that of Bo Jinchen, who had carefully read and understood the role and results of musket soldiers in the Maqikhan Battle. Today, when he heard Bo Jinchen say this, he realized that he seemed to underestimate the great changes brought to the imperial military by the musket soldiers.

"Old Bo, are you talking about something too much? The emergence of musket soldiers and thunderstorms is indeed a huge progress. The role of heavy cavalry may be greatly curbed in the future, or heavy cavalry will gradually lose its effectiveness. But is it a bit too much to say that musket soldiers eliminate infantry and archers?" Cui Wenxiu, as smart as Cui Wenxiu, also found it difficult to accept Bo Jinchen's deafening view. "Musket soldiers also have many weaknesses, such as theirs will be greatly restricted on rainy days. The filling speed of projectiles is still too slow, the quality of muskets is worrying and prone to failure. More importantly, they have almost no combat capability in close combat, which is their fatal weakness."

"Wen Xiu, these defects you mentioned do exist, but as far as I know, the problem that gunpowder will be wet on rainy days is affected by the problem of the problem of the problem of the firearms being wet on rainy days. The Science and Technology Development Department seems to have a solution, and it is estimated that it will be used in the newly improved firearms soon. At that time, the combat effectiveness of the firearms will not be affected on the speed of the firearms. As for the speed of the projectile filling, the Science and Technology Development Department is also further optimizing and improving. Of course, the more important thing is to rely on the daily training of the military soldiers to improve the speed. The quality of the firearms is not a problem. I have consulted the Science and Technology Development Department. The quality of the firearms is mainly due to the steel quality of the barrel and the quality of the gunpowder.

The quantity problem has caused two major problems. It is said that the two major problems have also made breakthrough progress. Now the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire and the Privy Council are paying attention to this issue. The Ministry of Science and Technology Development of the Empire has made a series of historic breakthroughs in the steelmaking process, which can be regarded as a major leap in the history of mainland steelmaking. Not only will the quality of steel be greatly improved, but the most important thing is that the output of steel will increase in geometric multiples. His Majesty the Empire will even grant several scholars and technicians who have made significant contributions to this technological breakthrough to encourage them as nobles, so the quality of the musket may also be greatly improved."

When talking about this issue, Bo Jinchen couldn't help but feel a little excited. Both the entire continent and the empire's demand for steel is showing an explosive increase. Although a large number of mining and smelting workshops were built, these increases were not enough for the thriving economic development in various places. This also caused the price of steel to rise rapidly and seriously affected the economic development of the empire. The Ministry of Science and Technology Development of the Empire had long conducted experimental cooperation with the empire's great steel giants in order to make breakthroughs in steelmaking methods and improve steelmaking production and quality. After several years of experiments, it finally achieved success in recent times. As the right envoy of the empire's Privy Council, Bo Jinchen, who was right-level envoy of the empire's Privy Council, only learned about this core secret a long time ago. Soon, several major steel companies in the empire will usher in a period of rapid development, which will also have a huge impact on other industries in the empire.

"Bo said that thanks to the improvement of the imperial steelmaking technology, the quality of the musket will be greatly improved?" Cui Wenxiu certainly knew what benefits the improvement of the steelmaking technology would bring to the imperial national economy, but as a soldier, he was more concerned about the changes and impacts the development of steelmaking technology would bring to the army.

"Well, in this way, the empire will increase its efforts to produce muskets. Your Majesty intends to produce at least 500,000 muskets of various types this year. At the same time, the second-generation mobile sky-bombing thunder will increase its efforts to produce. The imperial army will usher in an unprecedented era of great change." Bo Jinchen breathed a deep breath and said slowly, "Wen Xiu, as the senior management of the imperial military, we must be mentally prepared. We must keep up with the times, otherwise we will be eliminated. Chongxin has officially written a letter to gradually cancel the current army infantry equipment and replace it with all the third-generation muskets. At the same time, the musket soldiers are equipped with lighter melee weapons as a supplement. Liang Chongxin's eyes are quite sharp at this point. Not only did he see that musket soldiers will become the mainstream of the imperial army in the future, but he also proposed supplementary measures to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient melee combat effectiveness."

Bo Jinchen's words made Cui Wenxiu completely fall into deep thought. Although there was no intention of criticizing him in the other party's words, Cui Wenxiu felt a burning and uncomfortable feeling on his face. Just when he was thinking about how to return to the Central Continent to deal with the Luzons and the Ciorans and Jutlands who also occupied Nanmeili, Liang Chongxin, who had just won a great victory in the Southern Battle, was able to put forward such insights to reform the military system. Cui Wenxiu had to reflect on whether he was a little intoxicated by the victory of the Northern Battle and was reluctant to make progress. He originally thought that his performance in the Northern Battle could top Liang Chongxin. Perhaps he compared himself with a suggestion from Liang Chongxin. While he was still thinking about how to conquer the land, Liang Chongxin considered the development direction of the entire imperial army from a higher perspective. Should he also reflect on it?

As Bo Jinchen said, the huge breakthrough in the Imperial steel technology made the entire Imperial Ministry of Economic Development and the Privy Council extremely excited. In fact, before the Imperial steel industry made a breakthrough, the Imperial mechanical processing industry also began to enter a period of slow and stable development. Starting from 700, the scale of a series of workshops used to process steel products has expanded rapidly, and the direct reason is that it is due to the use of hydraulic power.

However, the breakthrough in hydraulic use did not come from the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department, but from the Jiangnan folk. Due to the huge competitive pressure in the textile industry, Jiangnan textile businessman Ke Chenglun took the lead in developing a manual spinning machine with a spinning efficiency of 20 times increased. This advanced technology was formally established at the end of 700 after a series of improvements, and obtained the official patent of the Patent Department of the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department in mid-701, named Ke type spinning machine. Due to the patent, Ke type textile enterprises quickly rose in the Jiangnan textile industry, which forced other textile companies to use this machine and had to purchase patents from them. This is a considerable expenditure. However, if you don’t buy it, you will be ruthlessly eliminated. This also made Jiangnan merchants who are proficient in calculations very jealous and are more enthusiastic about developing newer and more advanced technologies.

Just when the Ke-type spinning machine shined, more advanced and more efficient hydraulic spinning machines finally appeared, and only half a year later, the hydraulic spinning machine obtained a patent. Soon, the hydraulic spinning machine also obtained a patent, which directly led to the Jiangnan textile industry entering a period of rapid development. The sharp improvement of the spinning industry technology has put the weaving industry under great pressure. The weaving industry, which has accumulated considerable technology, is certainly not willing to lag behind. After the emergence of Ke-type spinning machine, major weaving companies began to conduct targeted research, and soon after the emergence of the hydraulic spinning machine, corresponding supporting water conservancy looms appeared. The technological improvement of spinning and weaving has led to a huge revolution in the textile industry in Jiangnan and even the entire empire. The improvement of efficiency has made the Jiangnan textile industry surpass other parts of the empire at once. The leader of Qulun forced textile enterprises in other regions to follow up quickly, and the textile industry has also entered a period of rapid updates.
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