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Chapter 185: Golden Pill: Arc Reactor

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No sleep for one night.

The next day.

Wu Wen arranged for Yuan Tiangang to leave Dingxiang in a caravan heading to the Western Regions.

And it was just four days after he left.

The imperial court sent someone to convey the order, ordering Wu Wen to immediately assemble 30,000 Turkic cavalry, led by Cheng Chumo, to set out from Yanmen Pass and head towards Yumen Pass.

He joined forces with Hou Junji, the commander-in-chief of the Jiaohe Road Army, and Xue Wanjun, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zuotunwei General, to jointly attack the Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions.

The Tang Dynasty had only enjoyed peace for a year when it suddenly launched an expedition against Gaochang.

Wu Wen specifically asked the messenger the reason for this battle.

Wu Wen learned about it through the messenger's explanation.

The trigger of this war was the seizure of the Silk Road trade route.

Gaochang Kingdom was quite special. Unlike most of the small countries in the Western Regions established by Hu people, it was a country composed entirely of Han people.

Gaochang State was originally the territory of the former Cheshi State, and the exits of the northern and southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains passed through here.

To the southeast, it is separated from the Hexi Corridor by only a Gobi Desert, and the soil and water in Turpan are very suitable for farming and grazing.

Therefore, since the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court has regarded the area as a base for ruling the entire Western Regions.

The Western Han Dynasty set up the Wu Ji Commandery in Luntai area and dispatched hundreds of soldiers to cultivate land in the local area. From then on, the Han people replaced the locals and became the main residents of the Gaochang area.

During the Former Liang period of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians, military households were changed to civilian households, and Gaochang County was established.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Juqu clan of Northern Liang moved westward and established their capital here, which is known in history as the Later Northern Liang Dynasty.

In the first year of Heping in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Later Northern Liang was destroyed by the Rouran, and the Han people of Gaochang took the opportunity to establish an independent country and successively established four dynasties, namely the Kan, Zhang, Ma, and Ju dynasties.

Because Gaochang was a Han Chinese country.

Therefore, Chinese and Chinese characters were widely used in the country, and the county system, household registration system, and land transfer system were implemented, which were the same as those in the interior.

In addition, Confucianism was popular in the country. Portraits of Confucius were hung in palaces. The country had Five Classics Doctors who assisted in teaching at the Imperial Academy, state and county schools. Ancient Chinese classics were popular.

The Silk Road originally had two routes in the Western Regions.

The northern route passes through Gaochang and Yiwu and reaches Yumen Pass.

The other southern route passes through Bailongdui, passes through Loulan Kingdom and reaches Yumen Pass.

However, Loulan later disappeared and was buried by sandstorms. The southern route was abandoned, and the northern route became the only golden route.

Gaochang became a key node and controlled huge profits from trade.

Relying on this unique geographical location, the King of Gaochang became a "bandit", collecting tolls from all merchants traveling between the Western Regions and the Central Plains. The taxes were high and were collected back and forth, every time they passed.

Therefore, the Yanqi Kingdom, which was adjacent to the Gaochang Kingdom, decided to repair the ancient Loulan Road and reopen the southern trade route.

To this end, they decided to pay for it out of their own pockets and report the project plan to the Tang Dynasty.

For the Tang Dynasty, more trade routes meant more trade opportunities, and this plan was of course approved.

However, Gaochang State had the exclusive right to operate the northern trade route, and Yanqi's southern trade route plan posed a threat to its interests.

As a result, Gaochang King Qu Wentai defected to the Western Turks, leading to a conflict between Gaochang and Yanqi.

The strength of Yanqi Kingdom was naturally inferior to that of Gaochang, so it immediately asked the Tang Dynasty for help.

Although the Tang Dynasty was powerful, it was far away from Gaochang and there was desert wasteland in between, making it difficult to send a large army there.

However, Gaochang Kingdom not only stopped paying tribute, but also set harsh conditions for caravans heading to the Tang Dynasty, monopolized the business, and became a bandit.

These actions further angered Li Shimin, so he decided to use military force against Gaochang Kingdom.

One is to open up the Silk Road.

The second is to use Gaochang as a base to recover the Han land first.

After understanding the cause of the matter.

Wu Wen immediately summoned Cheng Chumo and gave him the court's order.

"To conquer Gaochang?"

Cheng Chumo was reluctant when he heard the order. He was living a carefree life in Yanmen Pass, enjoying good food and wine every day, and having beautiful women as his companions. He was so happy. He really didn't want to go to the desert Gobi thousands of miles away to attack the Gaochang Kingdom.

"My Lord, why don't you report to the court and ask His Majesty to replace him with someone else?" Cheng Chumo said in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Wu Wen glared at him and scolded him, "I think you've had too many good days and fallen into the land of comfort."

"I tell you, this war is a war to destroy a country. If you win, you will have the credit for destroying a country. If you fail to seize this opportunity, there will be no such opportunity for you in the future!"

Hearing this, Cheng Chumo was still a little reluctant.

In his opinion, his achievements were good enough, and he could also inherit his father Cheng Yaojin's title of Duke. To be honest, there was no need to work so hard.

But Wu Wen didn't care about his thoughts and directly issued a military order for him to carry out.

Helpless, Cheng Chumo had to accept it.

After he left, Wu Wen sent someone to convey a message to Ashina Simo, asking him to gather 30,000 cavalry and march from Wuchuan to Dingxiang.

After everything is arranged.

Wu Wen then began his daily practice again.

Today, his strength has become more and more advanced, but after meeting his master and learning about the problem of human immortals, he couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis.

If you want to live long, longevity alone is not enough, you also need to have the means to protect yourself.

Therefore, he became more and more interested in practicing thunder magic.

Now, he has mastered the practice of thunder magic.

The thunder method taught by his master Li Chunfeng was like a key that opened the door to thunder method for him and allowed him to glimpse the depth and breadth of the way of thunder method.

Therefore, next, he planned to develop this thunder method in more depth.

Electric arc furnace, in Wu Wen's opinion, is the basic model of electric arc reactor.

An arc reactor is a device that can produce nuclear fusion.

Nuclear fusion is the process of generating energy through mass loss. Although Wu Wen's current ability is far from reaching this level.

But as long as he can move the arc furnace closer to this direction, even if he only realizes any one function of the arc reactor, his strength will make a qualitative leap.

Inside scene.

Wu Wen is conducting a simulation.

As the distance between the two electrodes decreases, the electric field strength increases.

When the electric field strength exceeds a certain threshold, the electrons on the cathode surface will be pulled out to form free electrons.

This is: strong electric field emission.

Under the action of the electric field force, these free electrons will accelerate toward the anode and collide with neutral particles, causing more electrons to be knocked out, forming free electrons and positive ions.

This is: collision ionization.

When the distance between the two electrodes increases, the electric field strength decreases, and the maintenance of the arc now mainly depends on thermal ionization.

High temperature will increase the thermal motion of particles in the gas, causing more particles to be ionized.

This is the process of thermoelectric emission and thermal ionization.

Wu Wen is immersed in the simulation of the electric arc furnace.

Every detail emerged clearly in his mind.

In order to further develop the arc furnace and approach the functions of the arc reactor, it is necessary to deeply understand and control these basic energy change processes.

He began experimenting with adjusting the simulation parameters.

Observe the changes in the arc behavior under different conditions.

When parameters such as the distance between electrodes, power supply voltage, gas atmosphere, etc. change, the arc stability, temperature and energy output will also change.

Carefully record the results of each simulation and analyze the patterns and trends therein.

In the process of deduction.

It is also necessary to combine the electric arc furnace with the physical condition.

After all, his body is the energy source of this arc furnace.

In order to build a detailed model of the interaction between the human body and the electric arc, Wu Wen invested a lot of computing power.

The human body is not a simple circuit.

The energy conversion and transfer process is extremely complex, and any slight mistake may lead to unpredictable consequences.

To build this model, Wu first analyzed the electric field and current distribution in the body.

The dynamic changes of electric field and current in the body are simulated, and attempts are made to correspond these changes to the working principle of the arc furnace.

He then analyzed how to safely introduce the energy produced by the arc furnace into the human body.

He designed a special energy conversion mechanism.

By adjusting the output frequency and waveform of the arc furnace to match the energy vibration frequency inside the human body, efficient energy transfer can be achieved.

During this process, Wu Wen encountered a difficult problem: how to ensure that the energy of the electric arc furnace would not cause harm to the human body?

The energy generated by the electric arc furnace is extremely powerful. If it acts directly on the human body, it is likely to cause irreversible damage.

To solve this problem.

He also designed a sophisticated energy control system.

This system can automatically adjust the output parameters of the arc furnace based on real-time feedback from the human body, ensuring that the energy transfer process always remains within a safe range.

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Just when Wu Wen was immersed in the state of cultivation.

Suddenly I noticed a noise outside the house.

He cautiously stopped practicing and raised his eyes to investigate.

I didn’t expect that the person outside the house was Hua Nu.

"What are you doing at this late hour, not sleeping?"

Wu Wen stood up puzzledly, walked out of the practice room and came to the door.

I saw Hua Nu with her eyes closed, her body swaying, as if she was unconscious, moving slowly in one direction.

"Sleepwalking?"

Seeing this situation, Wu Wen couldn't help but frown.

For a sleepwalker, she cannot be woken up directly, otherwise it will cause mental damage.

So, Wu Wen walked up to her and whispered softly in her ear.

Under Wu Wen's guidance, Hua Nu slowly turned around and returned to the side hall where she lived, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep again.

Wu Wen stood beside the bed, observing her silently.

I waited for about half a quarter of an hour.

Flower slave woke up from his sleep.

Opening her eyes, she saw Wu Wen standing beside her. Hua Nu asked in surprise, "My Lord? What's the matter?"

"Were you dreaming just now?" Wu Wen asked softly.

Hearing this, Hua Nu felt a little strange. How did the Marquis know that she had just dreamed?
But she still nodded, "Yeah!"

"What did you dream about?" Wu Wen continued to ask.

Hua Nu thought for a moment, then replied, "I dreamed of that strange place again, and it seemed like something was calling me there, making me want to go back there."

After hearing her answer, Wu Wen immediately understood why Hua Nu was sleepwalking.

This is a call from deep within.

This situation is similar to that of some animals, which, when they grow to a certain maturity, will return to their birthplace.

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(End of this chapter)