Chapter 1361 Pilot

After visiting the shipyard with Himiko, Bai Feng came to the martial arts arena.

Li Cunxiao and Meng Jie were training soldiers here.

Although they used 20,000 civilians as the army in the last Sea God Festival, which shocked Wen Pin, the general of the Wei navy who came to inquire about the military strength of Yamatai.

But that was not the real strength of Yamatai, and the water was too big.

If Wen Pin and his men came to Yamatai more times, they would definitely be able to find the flaws.

So during this period, Li Cunxiao and Meng Jie focused on increasing the combat effectiveness of the existing 10,000 soldiers.

In any case, Yamatai must have a certain strength to maintain the security of Yamatai's homeland while expanding at sea.

The minimum limit of this security is that the Wei navy cannot defeat Yamatai in one wave.

"Sir! You are here!"

Li Cunxiao and Meng Jie said at the same time after seeing Bai Feng.

The soldiers who were training in the martial arts field, although they also saw Bai Feng coming with Himiko, only discussed for a moment, and then continued to train seriously.

This performance made Bai Feng very satisfied.

For Yamatai, without the population base of Wei, the soldiers can only be elite rather than numerous.

Otherwise, relying on the grain output of Yamatai, it is still a great pressure to support 30,000 troops.

"At present, the number of troops in Yamatai should be maintained at 10,000."

"I will find a way to solve the armor and weapons."

Then Bai Feng said to Li Cunxiao and Meng Jie.

According to the current steel production of Hanzhong Mine, although it has not reached the level of large surplus.

But in a month, there is more than enough steel left for Yamatai to make dozens of armors.

In just two or three years, Bai Feng can make half of the soldiers in Yamatai's army able to wear armor and be sharp.

And in the future, with Bai Feng's explosives as support, the speed of mining in Yizhou will also increase.

At that time, we can also buy iron ore in Yizhou through Xiahou Dun.

Li Cunxiao and Xiahou Dun were both surprised when they heard this.

"Thank you, Marquis Hanzhong!"

Then Li Cunxiao smiled at Bai Feng.

What the Yamatai army lacks most now is not discipline and training, but armor and weapons.

Only weapons and armor can improve the combat effectiveness of the army immediately.

Because it works well when you hold it in your hand and wear it on your hand.

Even a farmer who has not received systematic training, wearing armor and holding a sword, can fight back and forth with an old soldier wearing cloth armor.

Meng Jie was also very surprised by Bai Feng's arrangement.

"Marquis Hanzhong, after the treasure ship is successfully built, we can train water battles on the ship."

"The maritime trade you planned for Yamatai before will definitely go smoothly!"

Now Meng Jie can't wait to start the sea expedition.

Bai Feng also smiled when he heard this.

And Bai Feng now has a new idea.

Since Yamatai will not have to worry about resources after it has treasure ships and becomes a maritime trade center in the future.

Then Yamatai can be made into an experimental point for a new system.

If the Wei Dynasty is going to carry out institutional reforms in the future, it can borrow some of Yamatai's experience.

Thinking of this, Bai Feng turned to Himiko and said:

"The railway construction that was carried out before should be restored as soon as possible."

"After the railway in Yamatai is built, I will send a steam train over."

Bai Feng said to Himiko while thinking.

Not only will he send a steam train to Yamatai, but he will also conduct artillery research in Yamatai!

There is always something missing for Bai Feng without cannons in naval battles.

"Okay, sir, I'll take note."

Himiko said to Bai Feng after hearing this.

Yamatai had made a lot of preparations for the construction of railways before, and had already started to build a section.

But later, due to the problem of steel production, and Bai Feng's construction of a research and development center in Hanzhong to manufacture steam engines also required a lot of steel.

So the progress of the railway construction in Yamatai was shelved.

Now it can finally be restarted.

As for the steam locomotive, neither Himiko, Li Cunxiao, nor Meng Jie are very clear about the use of steam locomotives in the Hanzhong mine.

"In addition to steam locomotives, I will also send some explosives."

The first thing about the mineral resources in Yamatai is that the reserves are not very rich, and the second is that the proportion of minerals that are easy to mine is not large.

If nitroglycerin/oil explosives are used for mineral mining, it will be much easier for Yamatai.

Himiko, Meng Jie, and Li Cunxiao, who had heard Bai Feng mention nitroglycerin/oil explosives before, brightened up again when they heard it.

Before Yamatai became a maritime trade center, it had always relied on Bai Feng and Dawei to transport materials and raw materials.

With nitroglycerin/oil explosives, Himiko and others can use Yamatai's mineral resources, which will be greatly improved.

This is very beneficial to the development of Yamatai, especially at this early stage.

Steam locomotives, treasure ships, artillery. There will be more new things in the future, which will be manufactured and tested here in Yamatai.

Bai Feng, who had already regarded Yamatai as an experimental field, thought silently in his heart.

However, he was not in a hurry to talk about these with Himiko, Li Cunxiao and Meng Jie.

After all, the treasure ship has not been built yet.

Now I can only say one thing: Yamatai has a promising future!

After explaining the matter of continuing to build the railway, Bai Feng returned to Hanzhong and came to the mine outside the city.

Yamatai has sufficient wood for building the railway.

So Bai Feng will first send a batch of iron ingots to Yamatai.

Under the leadership of Zhang Ning, Bai Feng came to the warehouse at the foot of the mine.

In one of the warehouses, there were neatly stacked iron ingots.

This was prepared by Bai Feng for making steam locomotives before, but now he wants to send this batch of iron ingots to Yamatai to build the railway.

Then Bai Feng opened the portal, and before a few waves, all the iron ingots in the warehouse had been sent to Yamatai through the portal.

Himiko has arranged people to come and transport this batch of iron ingots to the railway site that is ready to resume work.

Not long after, Yamatai, like Hanzhong before, also began to build a large-scale construction.

If it weren't for the good harvests in Yamatai in the past two years, and the fleet led by Wen Pin, the general of the Wei navy, had sold a batch of grain to Yamatai.

Himiko really didn't dare to agree to Bai Feng's request to build a railway throughout Yamatai while building the treasure ship.

Now Yamatai can be regarded as developing both on land and sea.