When another sun rose, Fu Xiaoguan once again came to the deck of Guanyun.
He performed a set of military boxing on the deck. He hadn't practiced it for many years, but it seemed to be engraved in his bones. His movements were a little unfamiliar, but he had never forgotten every move.
Liu Jin brought several palace maids with him and brought toiletries to serve on the side. He looked at Fu Xiaoguan's vigorous boxing and thought that the emperor seemed very powerful.
Bai Yulian leaned against the side of the boat with his hands folded behind his back, a big knife on his back, a smile on his handsome face - he had seen Fu Xiaoguan practice this boxing style in the West Mountain Villa before, and several years had passed, and his boxing skills seemed to have not improved much.
After the activities started, Fu Xiaoguan washed up and sat down at the small table on the deck. He instructed Liu Jin, "Go call Yun Xiyan and ask the kitchen to bring breakfast here, for three people."
"Come and sit down."
He waved to Bai Yulian again, and Bai Yulian walked over and sat opposite him.
"Old Bai, I'm at the top level now. Tell me, can I beat that kid He Sandao?"
Bai Yulian grinned and shook her head, "That depends on how you fight. He Sandao calls you the boss, so how could he dare to attack you with all his strength!"
"That means we can't beat that guy... Oh... Forget it, forget it. I was thinking about reaching the first-class realm and giving him a beating, but it seems I won't be able to achieve that in this lifetime. By the way, Lao Bai, you said that our Great Xia has an army of 800,000. Isn't that a bit too many?"
Fu Xiaoguan thought about this problem for a long time. According to the supply standards of the Daxia army, an army of 800,000 would require a huge amount of military expenditure. Although Daxia's finances can afford it now, there are no powerful opponents on land, so this expenditure can be reduced.
Bai Yulian was stunned for a moment when she heard this: "When you returned to the Wu Dynasty, you had already carried out a major military reduction. Now, the 800,000-strong army of Daxia, except for the 6th, 7th, and 8th armies, are all martial arts masters who were carefully selected... Besides,"
Bai Yulian pulled out a map from her bosom and spread it on the table. "This land-based Silk Road still needs the army to deter others. If there are any ignorant people, they will need to teach them a lesson. Daxia will always need the army to guard the four corners of the country. In my opinion, it is better not to disband it."
Fu Xiaoguan was silent for a moment, then nodded. He said, "I'll just ask for your opinion on this matter. We'll talk about it in a few years. Once the research and development level of the Academy of Sciences can be improved to a higher level, we still have to do this."
"Why?"
Bai Yulian didn't quite understand what Fu Xiaoguan meant. A country's army was not just for defending against foreign enemies. In Bai Yulian's view, the army loyal to His Majesty also had the responsibility of maintaining domestic stability in Daxia.
But Fu Xiaoguan didn't think so. He always adhered to the idea that the army should only deal with the outside world and not the inside world. If the army really dealt with the inside world, it could only mean that there was a problem inside, and a big problem at that.
"As science develops further, let me put it this way. Our current Mauser rifle can fire five rounds in a row. The next step forward will be a machine gun... a firearm that can fire hundreds of rounds continuously."
"This type of firearm can significantly increase the lethality of our army. Of course, it is only one aspect of it."
"You know what hot air balloons are? They were used once during the Pingling Mountain bandit suppression campaign. They were pretty useless, and they've rarely appeared on the battlefield since then. But they do have one huge advantage: air raids!"
"Think about it. If our soldiers were to fly over the enemy in a controllable hot air balloon and fire their weapons, or drop bombs or grenades, it would be a dimensionality reduction attack... It would mean the enemy would have no way to deal with us."
Bai Yulian's eyes lit up, but a look of confusion appeared on her face. "The problem is that this thing relies entirely on the wind, but opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting. How could the enemy possibly give us time to wait for the right wind?"
"So I wrote a few letters to the Academy of Sciences. This thing needs to be improved. Before I left, a new generation of hot air balloons had been produced. Of course, it still needs wind, but it can correct its course."
"Next, this thing will be developed into an airship that can carry more people. If the scientific research institute develops an internal combustion engine, the airship will no longer need to rely on the wind to determine its direction."
"By that time, Daxia will establish a brand new branch of the military—the Air Force!"
It is impossible to build an airplane. This is the only air force that Fu Xiaoguan can imagine.
According to the current scientific level of this world, if Daxia can really establish an air force that uses airships as transportation tools, it will already stand at the pinnacle of military power in this world.
Bai Yulian's mind flashed with the image of the airships attacking from all over the sky. It was a war scene that he could hardly imagine, but after hearing what Fu Xiaoguan said, he suddenly felt that it would definitely come true.
Just like this huge battleship!
It only took Fu Xiaoguan a few years to build a fleet that is unparalleled in the world?
If he had stayed in Linjiang or Xishan back then, he would have become a good small landlord.
If he had stayed in the Yu Dynasty, he would have been a high-ranking official and a good official in the Yu Dynasty.
If that were the case, Franky's fleet would probably advance straight into the Yangtze River and even land in Nanjing.
There is no "if" in the world. As if it was God's will, he returned to the Wu Dynasty, unified the five kingdoms, established a huge Daxia, and developed this invincible fleet.
Franky has been defeated twice, and now, Daxia’s fleet has to go on an expedition to attack Franky’s homeland.
If someone had told Bai Yulian in the past that there were many countries on the other side of the ocean, Bai Yulian would never have believed it, but now he already knew it.
So he had no doubt that the Air Force could rise to the occasion.
"Science and technology are the primary productive forces. As science continues to advance, the battlefield will no longer be dominated by more men or better strategies. In the face of absolute strength, all strategies... are as useless as chickens and clay dogs."
"But the development of science is a gradual process, and it's closely linked to a nation's prosperity and stability. Scientific research and experimentation are expensive. Take the internal combustion engine, for example. The Academy of Sciences has already burned through over 50 million taels of silver. But this can't stop. The spending must continue. Therefore...international trade must be opened, otherwise the country will be short of money!"
Yun Xiyan walked over and sat on Fu Xiaoguan's left hand, saying with a smile, "Your Majesty, I remember that Your Majesty still has a golden mountain in your hand. I'm afraid that only the top of that golden mountain has moved a little bit, right?"
"Get lost, that's my private property!"
That was a private property that was rich enough to rival a country, and Fu Xiaoguan hoped to use that mountain of gold to build a paradise on earth.
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