With the sound of these programmed commands, the bulging part of this peculiar car and ship on the water surface of the estuary, along with the continuous diffusing of water vapor, suddenly sprayed out a large stream of black-gray smoke; The sluggish squeaking of the reciprocating transmission of the heavily blocked crankshaft.
Then the sharp whistle was blown again, and the huge paddle wheels located under the side trunks behind the stern also turned slowly and vigorously as if waking up from a dream, and rolled up the big canopy splash; and pushed firmly and slowly. The car and the boat moved forward to open the water, pulling out a long ripple out of thin air.
Seeing this humpback car and ship began to move faster and faster on the water, the splashes and movements that rose from the water became more and more lofty; then suddenly masses of gray smoke appeared on the ship, and a thunderous roar sounded. However, the preset gun positions on the ship also began to test fire while on the move.
I saw one after another resounding cannons one after another, and the wooden pile targets that were supposed to float on the shore and in the shallow water also rose up and down among the fiercely blooming and splashing water column of the canopy; and then they were touched. When you get close to each other, it is a fragmented view.
However, just as these ships became more skillful and lively in the artillery shooting, the hull steadily breaking through the waves shook violently for several times, and the rolling momentum of the huge water wheel slowly stopped.
Immediately, I saw a man with soot and oil stains on his face, only teeth and white eyes left. He got out of the cabin of the lower-level office where the smoke was billowing and shouted loudly:
"Stop it all, don't shoot the guns, the organ compartment is not working anymore."
His name is Fang Xuanzong, and he is also the tenth-ranked deputy chief of the ranks of the same officials and noncommissioned officers under the Metropolitan Government, and the exclusive craftsman of the new-style vehicle and ship construction team. On weekdays, he claimed to be one of the descendants of Liangguo Gongfang Xuanling.
In fact, it was the descendants of Fangcheng, the son of Fanghao, the prime minister of Zhao Kuo, who was implicated in exile in Hongzhou during the Qianyuan period. But also because the family's Yize has opened a bookstore for generations to make a living, so the family is good at engraving and printing, and it is a self-employed business of engraving and selling books.
However, he has been very interested in the craftsmanship in these ancient books since he was a child, especially the self-flying wooden bird made by the public transport squad in the legend, or Zhuge Wuhou’s wooden horse Liu Niu; even in the biography of the Spring and Autumn Yanshi, that lifelike The agency person is quite fascinated. As a result, his family members who hoped that he could participate in the township examination to obtain the status of scholar, directly reprimanded him as "self-willed and depraved" and "want to be a carpenter's merchandise."
However, the arrival of the Taiping Army provided him with a rare and easy way to meet his wishes; during the Hongzhou attack, he was fortunate to see the floating sky that could take people high in the sky for a long time. I have also seen various organs and equipment that can be driven by the power of mountains and rivers and all things.
So after the Taiping Army took over Hongzhou, he ignored his family’s worries and obstructions and ran to apply for the Taiping Army’s craftsmen team; then, with his family’s knowledge and skills, he could easily join a group of rough craftsmen. Among them, he stood out and was promoted to be the equipment team leader and team leader responsible for the construction of hydraulic facilities in various villages and fields.
Later, because of some improvement suggestions on the transmission structure of the organ, he was recommended to enter the large workshop. After completing the basic text tables, calculations, and drawing, he did not hesitate to transfer to the newly opened Department of Mechanical Equipment. Researched. After the examination was completed, he naturally went to the promotion career with engineering construction, and said that the first department of the institution equipment knowledge went up.
Immediately, the coal dust and oil stains on Fang Xuanzong's face had not yet been wiped off, so he couldn't wait to take out a paper with a wooden folder and a large book to his side and dictate:
"The forty-fifth routine sea trial is the limit test record."
And in this large booklet, there are already densely packed tiny little letters and line drawings, and the timeline and the nodes of entering the city are filled with many pages. It includes all oral transcripts:
"The first engine starts up normally, with an additional load of 900 stones, and operates 15 mechanics and laborers; the first time it continues to be airworthy for three and a half hours; it shuts down under normal fire."
"The fifth time the start was normal, and the seaworthiness was five hours and another moment; the serpentine steering and acceleration and deceleration test began...Because of the big waves on the river, the water splashed into the bottom bin to decelerate and tilt..."
"The seventh round is to improve the position of the ship's trunk and the sealing line of the bottom bin. The sealant prepared by tung oil and gypsum has good performance, and is resistant to high temperature and humidity; ... successfully completed the round-trip and mooring of the water villages at both ends of the river mouth..."
"The eleventh night fire was lighted to be seaworthy...Because of the lack of lighting, the side turned and washed the beach and ran aground. Fortunately, the cabin was not damaged, only a few supporting tools and ballast objects fell..."
"The fifteenth limit operation test, from Poyang, Raozhou to Xunyang, Jiangzhou, traveled about 173 miles across the lake from north to south. The round trip was half a day without a ceasefire. Only three non-critical pipe sleeves, gaskets, and gaskets were replaced. Handle...It consumes more than thirty-seven stones in a half-tank of coal..."
"The twenty-first time was overloaded and seaworthy. Five additional chain Hundred Rock Boats were towed, loaded with bamboo and wood and went against the current. Halfway through to the vicinity of Diaoji Mountain in Duchang County, the two boats were suspended and drifted away. They arrived safely outside of the Xunyang River Estuary, and the coal consumed cost five stones, four buckets, one liter, and two more..."
"The twenty-ninth round of airworthiness fuel evaluation uses 20 stone each of the coal produced in Jiaozhou, Tanzhou, Yuanzhou, Lianzhou, and Longzhou. It is the best carbon in Jiaozhou. Excellent, it burns faster and has less ash; Yuanzhou charcoal is the second, with white flames and fine smoke. Longzhou is the worst, with red fire and slag formation..."
Until now, the newly added experimental data and personal evaluation content:
"... The fixed-point bombardment experiment during the course of the ship failed; during the alternate firing process of the deck gun positions, it was still able to operate as usual; but when the center axis was fired from multiple gun positions, the sump once again experienced air leakage, leakage and pressure. If the gear is slack, it has to be fired and stopped for testing..."
"It is suspected that the buffering and damping measures are insufficient. It is recommended to re-improve the hull design and cabin layout afterwards, to further extend the distance between the deck gun position and the bottom bin of the engine, or to fill and arrange more buffering means..."
On the shore, on some distant hills, faint human voices began to gather, and among the accompaniment of gongs and drums, they began to climb up these treetops with a better view, but they were caught by the movement of the river. Be attracted to come over.
Although, the Taiping sergeant had already cleared and guarded the ground on the shore. However, the people from ten miles and eight villages could not stop the people from sneaking in, and they made a faint roar and tremor towards the river, and smoke plumes around the inexplicable things that can be heard from far and near, all kinds of incense sticks and candles prayed and worshipped; Come to encourage and sing endlessly.
According to what they have circulated privately, even though the chief governor of Taiping is a Buddhism person who returned to the vulgar, the bombing is actually a heavenly being born at the historic moment, possessing all kinds of incredible and extraordinary means. Therefore, after the Taiping Army ruled, the weather began to be smooth, the floods and droughts were not experienced, even if there were occasional catastrophes, they would love to be dealt with.
This is because after he defeated the destructive energy represented by the court officials, he used the method of adjusting and subduing those monsters that were born in need of disaster and caused the chaos of the world to escape, so that all the damages of the water, drought and locust plague were avoided. Other places; and under its mighty power, the land god Hebo of all parties even allowed him to move mountains and fill the sea and dare not disobey.
Now, after subduing the water gods of Dongting and Poyang Daze, he intends to continue to tame the Da (long) Jiang King among the four blasphemy dragon gods. And this kind of strange smoke-smelling self-propelled thing is a humane weapon specially administrated to deter and subdue the Dajiang King. It is comparable to the ancient king Yu's suppression of the water ape god without prayer.
Some people took out the ancient natural danger that prevented business travel in the Gorge River, and disappeared as a clear evidence. Therefore, near the water surface in the restricted area, which was specially designated as a modified slipway, the people who came to watch and worship for a while, turned out to be like a temple fair.
—I am the dividing line —
In the city of Jiangling, Zhou Huaian also solemnly issued the latest letter to the Jiangbei Xinde Huang, Qi, and Shu three states, as well as the "Martial Law" and "Regulations on Martial Law" and "Rules for Military Management", "Trial Law of New Land Expediency Assessment".
After the Taiping Army entered and took over Huainan, it had its own set of correspondingly applied and mature countermeasures and operating systems, as long as it was adjusted according to local conditions. However, the problem they have to face right now is neither a famine of hunger, nor a plethora of bandits running over the ground. It is not only the continual disasters under the collapse of the social order, but the plague head that may erupt at any time due to the accumulation of war.
Yes, it is the plague. The ancients collectively referred to all infectious diseases as "epidemics." "Plague" is a severe infectious disease that can infect each other between poultry, animals and humans. Particularly severe plagues can die at night. Therefore, in ancient China, infectious diseases and epidemics were collectively referred to as "plagues." Almost from beginning to end, it was accompanied by the cyclical law of dynasty change, and appeared in various records alternately between the prosperous age and the apocalyptic.
This conclusion looks funny, but it's not funny at all. Because on another historical line, relying on the power of his hometown of Luzhou to unite with multiple forces, he finally defeated Yang Xingmin of Yangzhou through a long and cruel siege for more than half a year, and then faced Sun Rujun from Caizhou of Huaixi. It entrained an army known as "500,000".
At that time, the warehouse in Yangzhou was empty. The hungry people slaughtered each other to satisfy their hunger. Husbands sold their wives and fathers to the slaughterhouse. Those who were sold were slaughtered by butchers like sheep and pigs. The vast "Yang Yi Yi Two" the world's most wealthy city, Huaizuo famous capital, tragically, there are only a few hundred survivors of the emptiness of the collapse of the city.
In the end, Yang Xingmin had to travel to Jiangdong and Zhejiang to open up the situation in order to obtain sufficient resources to support the army in Yangzhou. He took the Xuan She observation and made it possible to gain a firm foothold. This is the famous "Abandoned Yang Seo". "Announcement" event. However, in the face of the siege from Sun Ru's forces, according to the advice of counsellors, the strategy of "guarding against the weakened enemy" was adopted.
As a result, Sun Ru's army fell into a famine after eating up the place because of the large population, and because of the poor sanitary conditions that allowed it to go freely, a great plague broke out in the field in time. As a result, the army did not fight and chaos. On the contrary, relying on the well-developed public facilities in Guangling City, Yang Xingmi's army, who had been spared in his spare time, also counterattacked, and Sun Ru quickly defeated and died.
After the remnants surrendered, they were selected thousands of strong and capable soldiers to form the soldiers, and because everyone was wearing a black robe and armor, they were called "Black Cloud Capital". But the corresponding Huainan area was also beaten up and barren everywhere. Instead, they had to rely on the army and the division of land to recruit people for farming and living.
Therefore, the Yang Wu regime established by Yang Xingmin in history was later known as "benevolent and elegant, able to win the hearts of the scholars." "Selecting talents, recruiting diasporas, neglecting small taxes, and persuading farming and mulberry to be a few years later. , Public and private prosperous, "recovering the old" governance is based on the re-emigration from Jiangdong after the population of Huaiyang almost escaped and died.
According to the evaluation of Wang Fuzhi, a great thinker of simple materialism in later generations, "Dutongjianlun":
"When it is, everyone thinks that they are kings, and there is no king in the world. The people who slaughter the dead, move for thousands of miles, tame the simple and weak people, and there is not much vitality that only delays the two lives. And Wang Chao invited the army to Fujian The sea, the autumn is not offensive; Wang Jiancong Qiu has no admonishment, and he loves his people in Xishu; Zhang Quanyi mobilizes to disperse in the eastern capital, and persuades the agricultural mulberry; Yang Xingmi settles in Yangzhou, feasts on rice and famine; Jingnan, trades and persuades agriculture. This number of sons, the gentleman can judge the heart of heaven and earth, and obey the desires of the people, it is impossible to give it."
These people listed are examples of good people among the five generations of generals and princes. The so-called "each one guards one side and does not pretend to be the Central Plains, to corrupt his people, and compete with the mob for the king. In order to look at Zhu Wen and Li. Wouldn’t it be far away to deplete the people’s liver and brains, to be the king and to build the community, and to be kind and unkind?"
At present, Wang Chao of Fujian is still "lost". The former Shu Wangjian is still a small army head under the court of the Western Shu Dynasty; Zhang Quanyi is still under his own hands and there is no sign of changing his name; Cheng Shu seems to have gathered in Tianmen Mountain to rebel At the time, it was cleaned up by the Taiping Army; therefore, the only thing that really needed the Taiping Army to take care of was this Yang Xingshu, who also had not changed his name.
Therefore, at the moment, through the limited investment of two-line forces and resources, such a later generation can be called a man of great luck and luck with the times as "from thieves, under them all are powerful and powerful, and those who are happy to use them". Zhou Huai'an is already quite satisfied if he is trapped in the city of Guangling; and there will be no trouble and bad things coming out in the short term, Zhou Huaian is already quite satisfied.
And having said that, there have been several times in history between the Jianghuai River and the Huai River, and the defeat of the rare rival Caizhou Titan Sun Ru is also a real loss to the plague that seems to be accidental, but sooner or later it will inevitably erupt. on. This is also a potential problem that has been involved in the Huainan situation and must be treated with caution.
Therefore, it is not enough to rely on the corresponding manpower and food, and the allocation of corresponding medical and health resources and the assistance of the front-line garrison can establish a sufficiently reliable quarantine, epidemic prevention, and epidemic prevention and control system. It seems that although the follow-up investment is a lot, it will even be more than the previous military expenditure; but the long-term layout benefits are indescribable.
Moreover, based on the current conditions and situation, just make sure to stick to the period after the fall and enter the winter. The next step is the severe winter weather, which will naturally eliminate most of the potential live sources of infection that are outside the Taiping Army’s control system. Whether it is typhoid fever, dysentery or cholera or plague in this era, it cannot be after a whole winter. It also remains active.
This is the fact that makes people feel extremely cruel and helpless. The Taiping Army can only make sure to do so, and carry out isolation measures and limited treatment within its own control. This is one of the occasional or inevitable challenges and tests in the evolution and evolution of human society.
Only after we put it in a modern society where the material is abundant and the health and medical conditions are developed, and everyone is used to staying away from these old things, will it be suddenly highlighted by the incompetence of the local bureaucratic system, and it appears to be particularly shocking and socially influential. If, before the founding of New China, there were fewer deaths in the plague that year, it would be an extraordinary peace to rule the world. (End of this chapter)