Daming pirates
Chapter 252: The Trend of the Situation in Fujian
As for the coke used in steelmaking, Yu Xiaotian decided to produce it on his own. Now Seawolf has stored a large amount of coal in Tamsui. These coals have been transported from land in the past two years. In the past, Seawolf was very interested in coal.
The demand for coal was not large. After the coal arrived, it was piled up in several large cargo yards.
In order to ensure the quality of the artillery and muskets produced, Seawolf's artillery and gun operations have also been using charcoal as fuel.
For charcoal, Seawolves are currently doing a lot of land reclamation, cutting down a lot of shrubs and forests. These felled trees are used as building materials and shipbuilding, while smaller waste materials are burned into charcoal on the spot and transported to
Tamsui City supplies the factory with fuel.
On the contrary, the glass factory now uses coal, because it does not need to consider the sulfur content. The calorific value of coal is higher than that of charcoal, which saves some fuel and the furnace temperature will be higher.
But when making steel, coke is indispensable. Of course, charcoal can also be used as a substitute. However, if coke is used in an earthen blast furnace, the furnace temperature will be higher because the calorific value of coke is higher.
In addition, coking can produce many by-products, such as gas, sulfur, tar... among these things, they are all very useful to Sea Wolf. Through coking, Yu Xiaotian can initially build a
The chemical industry produces some simple but practical chemicals.
In the future, he will also find a way to obtain three acids and two alkali, and coking is the first step. Chemicals such as acids and alkali are very important to him.
It is used in many places, especially nitric acid. Once it is produced one day, not to mention the production of high-performance explosives in the future, even if it only produces pyrotechnics such as flash caps, it will be a big blow to Sea Wolf's weapons industry.
It will play a huge role in promoting it.
Yu Xiaotian became very excited when he thought of this matter. This was really too tempting for him. Once the flash hat was researched and produced, his soldiers would no longer have to use it in the future.
This kind of flintlock gun has been developed, and the artillery can also use flash caps to fire, and can also produce explosive grenades in the future. In that case, he has obtained black technology, and there are few opponents in this world who can pose a threat to him.
Although the flintlock gun is now less affected by the weather than the matchlock gun, it will still be greatly affected by bad weather and the fire rate will be seriously reduced.
But once he produces a flash cap one day, he can switch to a flash cap for firing. Even if it encounters bad weather, windy or rainy, he will no longer have to worry about the fire rate of the musket being greatly affected.
Therefore, after Yu Xiaotian ended the Fujian War, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the development of industrialization.
Earthen blast furnaces and hydraulic factories are the cornerstones of its industrial development and must be at the forefront.
At the same time, a coking plant was built on the south bank of the Tamsui River in conjunction with a group of earthen blast furnaces. Of course, this coking plant was also built using indigenous methods, using very simple earthen kilns to coke coal.
However, compared to the simplest method of smoldering to obtain coke, his coking plant still appears to be slightly more modern. After all, during coking, some by-products can be extracted instead of discarded directly.
During coking, the gas produced in the coke oven was led to some places using bamboo pipes. It can be used for cooking and lighting gas lamps at night. In addition, once the earthen blast furnace is put into production, this gas can also be used.
The gas generated on the side is fed into the furnace as fuel, reducing the consumption of coke or charcoal, and can also effectively increase the furnace temperature.
At least after doing this, the production quality of the earthen blast furnace may be higher in efficiency than the most common earthen blast furnace, and the quality of the steel produced may also be better.
In addition, when coking, a lot of tar will be discharged from the bottom of the coke oven, and this tar will also be collected into the tank. Although this stuff smells bad, it can be used to smear the bottom of the ship, which can at least reduce the attachments to the bottom of the ship. In addition,
It can slow down the corrosion of ship plates. Before the advent of modern paint, this thing was good for this purpose.
Even some tar produced by charcoal factories and coke factories can be easily refined into some light oils. These oils are not edible, but they can be used as kerosene. Compared with ordinary vegetable oil or animal oil,
When used as kerosene, it burns much more violently.
After all, the little oil they obtained from the Dutch has been exhausted by now. With the tar, they can replenish some light oil products on their own. After all, in naval battles in this era, fire attack tactics are still very common.
Effective tactics require the use of kerosene.
As for other chemicals, Yu Xiaotian has no time to mess with it yet. He wants to build a chemical industry based on some of the chemical knowledge he learned in high school and college. He is still a little unable to do so, but as long as
After taking the first step, he believed that based on what he had learned, sooner or later he would be able to gradually produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid.
Just when Yu Xiaotian was busy making steel and firing cement, news finally came from the Fujian official. Because Zhu Yifeng's campaign to suppress the sea wolves suffered a serious failure, the strength of the Fujian official army was reduced.
The local and coastal acropolis were severely damaged, and the sea wolves also suffered a powerful blow. After the news reached the capital, Zhu Yifeng, who had long been regarded as a thorn in the side of the Wei party, suddenly became the target of public criticism.
In February, the imperial court issued an order to remove Zhu Yifeng from the post of governor of Fujian, and sent Jinyi guards to arrest him and send him to the capital for questioning. At that time, Xiong Wencan, the right chief envoy to Shandong Province, succeeded Zhu Yifeng as the new governor of Fujian.
Yu Zigao, the former Fujian commander-in-chief, was also impeached for this incident. Although Yu Zigao had some friendship with the Wei party, this incident was really too big.
Yu Zigao commanded the Fujian Navy, with a total of more than 20,000 troops. In the Battle of Nanri Island, almost the entire army was wiped out. Only less than a thousand of the entire division fled back to the land, and the rest were all annihilated by the Sea Wolf.
Although Wei Zhongxian secretly took care of this matter for him, after all, Wei Zhongxian could not cover up the sky with one hand. Since the Wei party wanted to deal with Zhu Yifeng, the court officials would naturally not let Yu Zigao go. Therefore, after the court discussion, Yu Zigao finally
Gao was also ordered to be dismissed from the position of chief military officer, and the two generals who followed him were also arrested and sent to Beijing at the same time.
As for other Fujian officials, they were not held to account any further this time, but some of the guards' Chief Qian also suffered a lot of misfortune due to poor defense.
This kind of settlement of accounts after the fall has long been expected by Xiaotian. It is definitely impossible for Zhu Yifeng to continue to be his governor An Ran after he has revealed such a huge problem.
Even when Zhu Yifeng carried out a campaign against Zheng Yiguan in history, even though Zhu Yifeng did nothing wrong, he was still dismissed from office by the court in the end, but he was not sent to Beijing for questioning, but was rushed back to his hometown to retire.
Went.
But this time, Zhu Yifeng's end will definitely not be as good as the original historical trajectory, because this time the trap he poked is too big. In the huge Fujian, because of this battle, there are almost no available officers, soldiers and naval forces.
The losses were so huge that it was extremely rare for the Ming Dynasty. Even Chen Wencan, the deputy general, died on Nanri Island. It was naturally impossible for Zhu Yifeng to stay safe.
According to the rumors on the mainland, Zhu Yifeng will definitely not fare well when he is sent to the capital this time. At the very least, he will be exiled, and he may even be beheaded.
After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he did not express sympathy for Zhu Yifeng. Although Zhu Yifeng should be considered a good official and a capable official in the Ming Dynasty, who made him insist on following him?
If he couldn't get through it, he had to hold his breath and wanted to put Yu Xiaotian to death.
Therefore, losers are not qualified to gain sympathy. According to Yu Xiaotian, Zhu Yifeng's success is his own fault and he cannot blame others.
In addition, Zhu Yifeng's successor was not unexpected. The imperial court finally selected Xiong Wencan. So what Yu Xiaotian is most concerned about now is what Xiong Wencan will do to him after he takes office in Fujian.
Attitude.
According to what Xiong Wencan did in history, should we...?
After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he secretly discussed this issue with Lin Yiyang, Lu Shi and other staff.
"My Lord! With my current strength, there is no need to worry about this matter. After several months of wars before and after years ago, Fujian is now short of troops, and there are not many warships at all. Even if Xiong Futai comes to Fujian to take office, I am afraid that
There are not enough troops to attack the lord!
So the students thought that if Xiong Futai comes, as long as he doesn't use troops against us, we don't have to worry about what he does!" After hearing what Yu Xiaotian told them, Lu You said to Xiaotian with great satisfaction.
Of course Yu Xiaotian is aware of the current situation. Not to mention that after Xiong Wencan arrives, he cannot bring out troops and ships to launch a new round of attacks on the sea wolves. Even if he can do so, what will happen?
With his current strength, even if Fujian were to bring out as many soldiers, horses and warships as before, he could still beat them to pieces, so there was no need to be afraid.
So he nodded, did not speak immediately, glanced at Lin Yiyang who was sitting next to him, and asked Lin Yiyang: "Mr. Lin, what do you think? If Xiong Wencan comes to Fujian, I believe he will be friendly to Zhu Qinxiang.
The fate of Zhu Yifeng and Feng was a warning.
As long as he is not an idiot, he should understand that with the strength of Fujian officials, they no longer have the ability to eat us!
So I think Xiong Wencan will never use force against us rashly again, so if he wants to secure his position as governor, he has to find another way!"
Lin Yiyang nodded and said: "My lord is right. As long as Xiong Wencan is not a fool, he will definitely not use force against us again! But if he comes to Fujian and cannot solve our problems, I am afraid he will not be able to explain to the court. After all, this time we will
's too big.
At present, we have controlled the entire Fujian coast. Except for the Zhangzhou coast, which we have not yet interfered with, the rest of the larger islands are almost all controlled by the lord.
The most important thing is that the Weitou Bay side is now under the control of the Lord. Although no one openly admits this, anyone with a discerning eye can still see it.
So after Xiong Futai arrives, it may not be easy to get him to acquiesce to the current situation, because many people are watching what he does after coming here.
If he ignores this, I am afraid that he will be impeached by other colleagues in less than a year, and then he will not be far away from being dismissed from office!
Therefore, students think that when Xiong Wencan takes over the post of governor of Fujian this time, he is actually taking over a hot piece of taro. If he is not careful, he may follow in the footsteps of Zhu Yifeng and Zhu Qinxiang!
You can neither fight nor let it go, so if the student guesses correctly, he will have no choice but to use this magic weapon of appeasement!"
(Wow wow wow! We dropped to the 50th place! Brothers, do you still have monthly tickets?)
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