Chapter 1191: Firearms

The development of the Taiping Dao also surprised Su Fan. Arriving at the headquarters of the Taiping Dao,

Su Fan saw all kinds of machines, especially in terms of steam engines. After a few years, Su Fan found that the technology of this steam engine had undergone a huge generational change.

The knowledge Su Fan gave Zhang Jiao at that time was actually Watt-level, and most of it was theoretical knowledge. To truly build it, it required their practice.

And now, the steam engine in front of Su Fan completely met the technology of the late 19th century of his first life.

Moreover, these machines were completely built by the power of mortals, not by those cultivators using their own abilities to refine them.

There is still a big difference between refining by cultivators and forging by mortals.

Although cultivators can also build on a large scale, such as in the Great Qin era, there were cultivation factories completely composed of cultivators, building some weapons, armor, and utensils, especially rune cannons.

But now, the spiritual energy in the Jiuzhou is becoming less and less, and there will be fewer and fewer cultivators. It is simply impossible to do as in the Great Qin era.

In the future, to build various machinery factories on a large scale, it will have to rely entirely on the wisdom of mortals.

Whether it is transportation or chemical industry, etc., machinery is needed. Large-scale machinery, steam engines are indispensable things.

According to the accumulation of the Taiping Dao's development, the technology has almost reached the level of the mid-to-late 19th century.

And it has reached this level comprehensively.

Su Fan also saw the chemical fertilizer produced by machinery.

In the past, fertilizer relied more on natural fertilizer nurtured by hand, while the appearance of machines and the improvement in chemical industry allowed for large-scale production of two acids and one alkali, which also meant large-scale production of chemical fertilizer in the future.

Although it is simple now, and even the production machinery still relies on cultivators to refine,

the principle has been researched, so large-scale construction is not far away.

I have to praise Zhang Jiao's eldest disciple, Ma Yuanyi. This guy is a natural leader in machinery and chemical industry.

He absorbed the physics and chemistry knowledge learned from Zhang Jiao first, and then began to surpass his master.

After all, Zhang Jiao still needs to teach others and also develop the Taiping Dao. In terms of specialization, he cannot be as attentive as Ma Yuanyi.

I have to say, Ma Yuanyi would definitely be a scientist in Su Fan's first life, and because of cultivation, his thinking is even more powerful.

The higher his cultivation, the easier it is for him to research these things, and the faster the speed.

Of course, it seems that researching these also has feedback.

Before Su Fan left, Zhang Jiao's eldest disciple, Ma Yuanyi, was only in the Golden Core realm. After not seeing him for a few years, the other party's cultivation had broken through to the Spirit Refining realm, and even his soul realm had reached the peak of Spirit Refining.

This speed cannot be described by "leaps and bounds."

You must know that cultivation is not too difficult with the spirit fruits Su Fan gave Zhang Jiao, but the realm is different.

Ma Yuanyi's realm is very solid, without any floating, clearly realized and improved by himself.

Therefore, Ma Yuanyi researching these technical knowledge might be feedback, making his realm and cultivation go a step further.

Perhaps in the future, he will likely become the number one person under Zhang Jiao.

As for Zhang Jiao, as the Sect Leader of the Taiping Dao, the Taiping Dao will replace the Liu Han Imperial Court in the future and establish a new dynasty. Zhang Jiao's cultivation will inevitably be greatly improved. That massive luck is enough to make him advance by leaps and bounds.

And Ma Yuanyi will not fall behind; that is definitely because of this technology path.

Although current technology cannot have any influence on the Primordial Heaven and Earth, and even has no influence on the Jiuzhou,

Su Fan knows that once the chaotic times arrive, the Taiping Dao will exert terrifying power.

The influence of the Taiping Dao has already exceeded Jizhou.

Even some small officials in the government have become loyal believers of the Taiping Dao, and the Taiping Dao has also secretly established its own army.

And it is that kind of firearm army.

Firearms—this thing is very simple. Some of Zhang Jiao's disciples who like military affairs, perhaps not as comprehensive as Ma Yuanyi, have researched quite a bit on firearms.

Therefore, firearms have also started to increase. Su Fan saw at a glance that the technology has exceeded the peak of the late Ming Dynasty.

As for the Great Qing—sorry, the Great Qing's firearms were not as good as the peak Ming Dynasty.

Artillery technology is no longer rune artillery. Although the rune artillery of the Great Qin era was more powerful, after all, it was to deal with the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals of the Heavenly Court.

But the Taiping Dao will only deal with mortal armies in the future. Except for a few transcendent troops, most of the armies of the Liu Han Imperial Court are now composed of mortals.

Lv Bu's two thousand elite iron cavalry only had officers who embarked on the path of transcendence, and of course, there were also some young men with superior physical fitness.

But in fact, most were still mortals, at most becoming stronger because of food and exercise.

They had not yet exceeded the limits of mortals.

Of course, as time goes by, they can also break the limits of the body and embark on the path of transcendence. After all, the military supernatural powers of the Military School condense the essence, energy, and spirit of the soldiers.

It consumes the essence, energy, and spirit of the soldiers. Once the military energy is consumed severely, those soldiers will also wither, but at the same time, because of the feedback of military energy, the essence, energy, and spirit of the soldiers will be tempered. Over time, the essence, energy, and spirit of the soldiers will transform and embark on the path of transcendence.

This is why there were so many strong armies in the Great Qin era. The heaven and earth spiritual energy was abundant, and the generals of the Great Qin used this to constantly temper the army, making even the most ordinary soldiers of the army embark on the path of transcendence.

But as the heaven and earth spiritual energy becomes less and less, condensing military energy is not so easy, requiring a lot of resources.

Ordinary generals, without the support of massive resources behind them, dare not temper military energy.

As such, the effect of firearms will become stronger and stronger. Firearms are simple, only requiring logistics to keep up, and the power they erupt will not be small.

Of course, in this era, there are still transcendent troops, especially those transcendent martial generals. If they use military energy, the threat of charging the formation is still very powerful.

Historically, the appearance of firearms caused the decline of cavalry, but nowadays, the power of firearms is not enough. Unless it is a comprehensive development of land, sea, and air like those great powers of later generations.

Otherwise, if it were the cavalry led by Lv Bu charging the formation, even the armies of the World War II era would likely find it hard to block. If military energy turns into a defensive shield, those machine guns would also be hard to break through.

Of course, there are definitely not many armies like Lv Bu's in Liu Han.

And the Taiping Dao's firearms will become more and more powerful, until they develop modern military equipment and become a modern army.

This process might take decades or a hundred years. Of course, perhaps the time will be shorter. ===== CHAPTER 1192 =====