Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 639: Ready to go home
Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, ten million, one hundred million... Although there are many zeros behind them, the most important thing is that there is a one in front of them.
Wenqu's talent bonus is "the country's culture and education are developed, the people's IQ generally rises slightly, and their acceptance of knowledge improves." Neither Datar nor Aurangzeb got any obvious benefit from this bonus: the former was dragged down by Hinduism and never established a complete education system and developed a large number of scientific researchers. The latter was hit by Zhu Youdong's storm as soon as he entered the game, and had no time to accumulate.
However, this talent was completely different after Philip got it: His Majesty the King had worked hard for 30 years and had established a complete modern education system. At the top, there were a group of top scientists headed by Galileo, and below, there were tens of thousands of college students and hundreds of thousands of primary and secondary school students - the number at the top was more than one.
For example, in the Asturias laboratory, one of the top laboratories in Europe, many scientific research projects have been underway for many years, but have been stuck at some bottlenecks. When Philippe got the talent of Wenqu, even if he didn't break through all the bottlenecks, just one or two breakthroughs would be a huge gain.
In the current world, Spain and Ming Dynasty are the fastest in climbing the technology tree, with relatively complete systems and the most solid foundation. However, Fangshan Laboratory's advantage lies in metal materials and textile materials, such as Ming Dynasty's ship steel, artillery steel, and soldiers' clothing, which are all world-leading. Asturias Laboratory is in the leading position in electricity.
However, although the principle of electromagnetic induction is simple, it still takes a long time to completely tame electricity and produce and use it safely and efficiently.
In recent years, the Spanish battleship Prince of Asturias has been under construction in an orderly manner. However, there are two technical problems that have never been solved for this battleship: First, metal materials science has held it back. According to the shipbuilding standards of the world's naval powers in the early 20th century, the armor of this ship must be able to withstand the attack of the ship's main gun at a certain distance. Therefore, when this battleship was equipped with a 305mm cannon, higher requirements were also placed on the protection capability of its armor.
However, the Asturias laboratory could not produce armor of sufficient strength!
Of course, this problem is not difficult to solve: after several attempts to test Ibrahim, the Spanish kept pretending to be deaf and dumb. The worst that can happen is that the Spaniards can reduce the space inside the ship and order a few more steel plates. As for the problem of insufficient self-sustaining power of the warship caused by this, they can equip the warship with two ironclad supply ships in the future.
But the second problem is more troublesome: such a huge warship must be electrified, otherwise the lighting problem inside the hull alone cannot be solved.
The laboratory has mastered electromagnetic induction and can drive generators through steam engines. However, the control of current intensity and the conversion of electrical energy into heat energy, light energy, etc. all require resistors. The laboratory has been groping for many years, but has not been able to figure out a complete formula for calculating resistance.
However, at this time, under Philip's strong intervention, the top scientists in Europe had gathered together. And due to the influence of the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration, Europe at this time had a high enthusiasm for the exploration of natural sciences from top to bottom. Therefore, in the past three years, Galileo and others have actually been groping at the edge of the threshold of resistance for a long time.
The manifestation of Wenqu's talent made this final push a reality.
How much influence do time travelers have on science and technology? This question depends on the quality and expertise of the time travelers themselves, on the one hand, and on the development of society, on the other.
There is no doubt that at the beginning, the influence of the travelers on science and technology was huge and the effect was very quick. However, when the science and technology of this plane rapidly advanced to a certain extent due to the influence of the travelers, the influence of the travelers would decrease: the further science and technology progress, the more it needs a complete system to promote it. The further it progresses, the more it needs tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of scientific researchers and technical workers to work together and repeatedly explore and summarize in practice-theory-practice.
Therefore, when Zhu Youdong and others first traveled to this plane, they were able to quickly come up with flintlocks, smokeless gunpowder, steam engines, penicillin and even PET. But now, at least for Philip and Zhu Youdong, if their country wants to make further progress in science and technology, the travelers can only provide some guidance and suggestions, and there is not much else they can do.
There is no doubt that Spain and Ming Dynasty both needed the talent of Wenqu the most at this time. Unfortunately, this talent was finally taken by Philip.
Aurangzeb was not stupid: Zhu Youdong wanted to kill all the Mughal royal family to maintain stability, so he certainly could not surrender to Zhu Youdong. But Philip might not be a good person, and he also realized this.
But on the one hand, Philip's continuous kindness in the past two years paralyzed him, and his instinct for survival made him deliberately imagine that Philip might let him go. Another very important point is: if he really had to hand over his talent, he would rather give it to Philip than to Zhu Youdong who invaded his country!
In short, Zhu Youdong was very depressed because he got India but lost Wenqu.
On September 3, Zhu Youdong returned to Agra.
"Your Majesty is welcome."
"Um."
Seeing the unhappy Zhu Youdong, how could Wen Tiren not know that the pursuit had failed? But in his opinion, a prince could just run away. Now that the overall situation in India was settled, what could an exiled prince do?
"Your Majesty, it is difficult for things in this world to be perfect. It took our Ming Dynasty only two years to conquer such a huge, fertile, and populous land. Your Majesty's achievements are far greater than those of the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor, let alone the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. I would like to congratulate Your Majesty."
"Your Highness, I would like to congratulate you."
"Haha." Zhu Youdong forced out a smile and bowed to the ministers: "Congratulations to you all."
Under the guidance of Fang Zhenghua and Wen Tiren, he entered the former palace of Shah Jahan, and Cao Wenzhao followed him silently. After entering the palace, Zhu Youdong asked, "Wenzhao, what do you want?"
"Your Majesty, for this campaign, our direct troops mobilized 25 divisions, including logistical and technical support personnel, nearly 400,000 people. The vassal states mobilized 16 divisions, 240,000 people. If we add the merchant ships and civilians who transported food and weapons for us from Guangzhou to Rangoon, Calcutta and other places, the manpower mobilized for this campaign has far exceeded one million... With such a huge amount of manpower mobilized, even though I am a military general, I can feel that this state is prolonged and extremely harmful to the country. Moreover, the soldiers have been fighting outside for more than two years, and this mentality is becoming stronger... Therefore, I request Your Majesty that in addition to leaving a small number of troops behind, the main force of our army should return to the mainland as soon as possible."
"Hmm." After a moment's silence, Zhu Youdong said, "After more than two years of fighting, how many casualties have our army suffered?"
"I have received the figures reported by each division." Cao Wenzhao took out a small notebook and looked at it. "From the landing in early August of the 14th year of Tianqi to the basic cessation of major wars in July of the 16th year of Tianqi, in the two years, our army has lost more than 47,300 soldiers killed in action, died of illness, or disappeared. More than 31,200 were seriously injured and had to retire. The permanent losses of various vassal states are about 57,000 people, and more than 9,000 were seriously injured and had to retire."
Listening to these numbers, Zhu Youdong's mouth twitched again and again: The Mughal was still very strong at that time. A medieval country actually caused him such heavy casualties.
In addition , the military medical level of the vassal states seems to be quite different from that of the Ming Dynasty. So many wounded soldiers of the Ming Dynasty survived, while most of the wounded soldiers of the vassal states died. From now on, the construction of the military logistics support system of the vassal states must be strengthened. The soldiers of the vassal states are also my soldiers!
"So, in this campaign, our Ming Dynasty has mobilized a total of 41 divisions, and in this war, we have permanently lost nearly 10 divisions."
"Yes, Your Majesty, but." Cao Wenzhao took a step forward and said, "In the two years of war, our army has eliminated and defeated nearly 600,000 Indian troops. Both the direct troops of the Ming Dynasty and the troops of the vassal states have fought very well."
"I have always recognized and trusted the soldiers of our Ming Dynasty and the vassal states." Zhu Youdong let out a long sigh and stood up: "How about this, notify the vassal states that they can take the territories previously allocated to them on the map. As for food, weapons and so on, our Ming Dynasty can provide some of them for free."
"Part?"
"During this campaign, I discovered that the military merit system of our Ming Dynasty still has some incomplete aspects. For example, this time our logistics transported us a large amount of food, heavy artillery, and artillery shells. Do we have to transport these things back to Ming Dynasty? Why not leave a part for the garrison of our Ming Dynasty, and give the rest to the vassal states. In this way, we can not only win the hearts of the vassal states, but also save transportation costs. However, who should be given, how much should be given, and what is the basis? So I think that in the future, when there is such a war, the General Staff under the headquarters must come up with a method to record the military merits of the vassal states."
"I understand. I will take care of this matter after the meeting."
"Well, in addition, let's talk about the issue of the Ming Dynasty's own garrison. Mr. Wen, you are the Governor-General of India. How many garrisons do you think are needed to ensure India's security?"
"Your Majesty, the people here are very docile and much easier to manage than Siam and Japan, which were conquered by the Ming Dynasty before. So I think three divisions are enough. However, I also suggest that Your Majesty select a group of officers who cannot continue to be promoted for various reasons, let them stay here, and mainly build five local Indian divisions."
"Okay, Cao Wenzhao, did you hear me? Who are you going to choose as the commander of these three divisions?"
"…Your Majesty, I recommend Lieutenant General Mao Wenlong. India is not a place suitable for young generals of the Ming Dynasty to stay permanently…"
"Okay, I approve this. This time, Wenlong commanded more than a dozen vassal state masters to completely defeat Aurangzeb, which can be considered a great achievement. Later, Wenzhao will ask you to write a promotion application to the Imperial Stables to make Wenlong a general."
"I, on behalf of Wenlong, would like to thank His Majesty for his kindness."
After the rough arrangement of the civil and military personnel stationed in India was made, Zhu Youdong said to Wen and Cao, "In that case, let's arrange the withdrawal of troops as soon as possible. In the past two years, the people of our Ming Dynasty have indeed suffered because of the collection of seals."
