Chapter 76: Abnormal Development and a Country with the Same Name

  Li Yuanba's mansion was a paradise on earth, where no one dared to make loud noises nearby! However, today there was an exception. A cacophony of machinery noise disturbed the peace of the people in the mansion. What's more, the metallic grinding sound of the machine itself made their teeth feel like they were going to ache.

  Li Yuanba also curiously came out, and saw that his four sons were shouting and making a fuss about a crude car! The loud rumbling sound was like a tractor, the rattling sound shook the ground slightly!

  This crude so-called car has a huge engine about one meter in front, with all the connections made up of gears! There is no accelerator, only a device like a brake, paired with a steering wheel! This is completely converted from that horse-drawn carriage, with a top speed of sixty miles per hour!

  As soon as they saw their father come out, they immediately jumped off the car and pulled a lever-like control on that machine. The car stopped right away and was only halted after being propelled far ahead by inertia!

  Li Yuanba was so exasperated, and it's all because this is a world of high martial arts. If it were an ordinary person, the car would still be moving when they jumped out to turn off the machine, who knows how many lives would be lost!

  This is also a defect of this world! Jet engines have emerged, but the application of electricity is still blank! The technology here is now deformed development, and the manufacture of some high-precision machine parts are all made by people using their own true energy cutting, without any specialized machine tools!

  For example, building that huge iron ship would at least require cranes and other transportation tools, but not here! A few horizontal bars of people lifted those several thousand jin heavy deck components and ran quickly, welding was directly solved by the fire attribute method with true energy, and it can also specify a range!

  Like those lubricating oils and the like, they didn't even exist, so they were born to be worn out! If it's broken, replace it, if you can't replace it, just throw it into the furnace as scrap iron! This way, some people specialized in collecting scrap iron, which was a very hot business!

  But such development will absolutely lead to big trouble later! Li Shimin also recognizes the economic hidden danger, but there was no precedent before. These high-level officials don't know how to deal with it and can only wait and see the development of the situation, slowly studying feasible methods. This is an institutional problem that cannot be rushed!

  Li Yuanba looked left and right, feeling that the technology of this world was simply two extremes compared to his previous life! There wasn't even a timing belt or anything like that, all the braking components were gears! And these wheels were all bare metal, Li Yuanba's eyes widened in shock! The knowledge from his later life made Li Yuanba realize that the Tang Dynasty lacked too many things! If it continued to develop like this, no matter how great the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was, it would be impossible to stir up!

  Looking for important industrial materials that the Tang Dynasty does not have is imminent, such as rubber and so on.

  But where is this thing? Li Yuanba wasn't really clear, only knowing that it was on other continents, but didn't know the specifics! Hearing the grinding sound of the old car restarting, Li Yuanba furrowed his brow even more. No way! This won't do at all!

  Due to the vast territory and sparse population, Li Yuanba spent these years traveling and sightseeing, lacking a deep understanding of the current development of the Tang Dynasty. He decided to visit places where people gather to take a look. After visiting several large cities, Li Yuanba finally couldn't sit still!

  He personally came to Chang'an and talked with Li Shimin for a night, finally deciding that next spring, Li Yuanba would lead the team to sweep across the world, with the main task of finding various plants or minerals that were lacking in the Tang Dynasty!

  "Lubricant? Rubber? Electricity... How on earth did he know about these strange things? Is it precognition? What a wonderful precognition!" Li Shimin looked at the stack of papers with things he had never heard of before, and once again gained a new understanding of his mysterious third brother. Perhaps this third brother was not an ordinary person after all! Leaning back in his chair, resting his head on the chest of Wu Cai, who was serving him, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel such emotions, having had such thoughts several times before...

  The next day, in the imperial court, Li Shimin announced a series of orders. The most important one was that electricity should be concentrated on all human and material resources to be developed! Its basic characteristics are similar to lightning, but its power is much smaller, it can be transmitted through metal wires, and two metal wires intersecting can produce sparks! Let those researchers use this electricity to experiment with a glowing object, and this object can only glow in a sealed state, belonging to a kind of metal.

  The sealed test is easy to say, and the true energy can complete the task! But this vague definition makes people confused, but the command has been given, so think of all ways to complete it, but time-wise...

  This vague concept, Li Yuanba later thought that this engine is not the best device for generating electricity! So he gave them a direction, but Li Yuanba also forgot about the concept of preventing electricity, which made the researchers suffer a lot in the end! However, some people became electric attribute true energy due to such experiences, and it can be said that they benefited from the disaster. Since Li Yuanba's death, true energy has been revered as electric attribute.

  At this time, the technology is centered around the operation of true energy, so it's different from the development of orthodox history, and that's understandable. However, electricity is the foundation of all technological developments, which is also a universal basis in any world! Because this is the basis for energy application, after all, any machine needs energy to operate, relying on human-made true energy support is not reliable at all!

  Li Yuanba decided to go out and sweep, and the series of personnel arrangements became the most important problem! At this time, there were too few people in the Great Tang Dynasty. Once Li Yuanba went on a expedition around the world, it would not be a matter of several years! This was a great opportunity for those foreign tribes who were unwilling to be ruled. The outside world was very colorful, but the danger and uncertainty were unimaginable. It was uncertain whether Li Yuanba would die outside...

  In order to prevent accidents, the personnel sent by Li Yuanba must not bring those mythical or legendary national masters! This requires recruiting new blood, but this takes time!

  Li Yuanba discussed the decision with his family, and Wang Ting and several others initially opposed it. However, they eventually decided to follow Li Yuanba into battle! Since they knew that war could break out in the Tang Dynasty at any time, Li Yuanba would be a crucial figure in the dynasty then, and couldn't stay home, so they didn't want children anymore. As a result, they were always ready to follow their husbands wherever they went!

  They all have mythical strength, and Li Yuanba didn't say anything unnecessary, directly agreeing to let them follow him! The children also clamored to go, but Li Yuanba ignored their opinions, directly issuing a death order for them to stay home! Since the battle in Island Country, Li Yuanba knew that this world was really different from the previous one, and maybe he could also encounter an unbeatable enemy. At that time, although it would be too late, leaving them behind would at least give him peace of mind...

  The warships of the Tang Dynasty have greater assurance for navigation at sea, and better alloys are used on the warships. According to Li Yuanba's suggestion, those interesting firearms were also installed!

  In 649, Li Yuanba led 20,000 new recruits and his five wives on a journey aboard 120 giant alloy warships. Many of the ships were empty, prepared for transporting goods!

  From the southernmost part of the Asian continent, advancing south towards the ocean. Li Yuanba had never seen a world map and couldn't remember the locations of these continents! However, after half a year of sailing, when Li Yuanba set foot on this new continent, he knew that this should be the territory of Egypt, one of the four ancient countries!

  Walking westward in the desolate and uninhabited place for more than two months, they saw a towering golden pyramid standing at the edge of the boundless desert in the distance. Li Yuanba scratched his head and said incredulously: "Damn it, how did we navigate? Did we get lost? How could we have arrived at this place?"

  Li Yuanba said this, not that he knew the location of other continents, but that his subconscious mind had seen a world map before and it didn't match where he was now! His vague feeling was that according to their voyage, they should have encountered black people in Africa first, and Egypt shouldn't be in front of him!

  Actually, Li Yuanba and his group didn't really lose their way. In the vast ocean, they were originally heading south, but in the end, they went northwest. The compass wasn't broken, and Li Yuanba pointed out a direction while he was dazed from sleep, letting them navigate. Who else dared to say anything? In the end, their journey was like a V-shape, entering the Red Sea between Asia and Africa through a gap, and in their confusion, they finally arrived at this desert world - Egypt!

  A magical kingdom with equally brilliant mythological stories...