Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1296

"Xiao Wu, this is a rare opportunity. We want to use this battle to completely eliminate the hidden dangers on the grassland."

"The fourth brother has the ability. You told me about this. He's on the front lines now, but he's not enough on his own."

"To completely eradicate the hidden dangers on the grassland, we must wipe them out completely, leaving them no chance to turn the tables."

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, a chilling glint almost shot from his eyes.

“The grasslands are vast and boundless. Once the Northern Yuan flees, it will be very difficult for us to catch them. But you are different; you have helicopters.”

"As long as you keep an eye on them from the sky, they won't be able to escape, and you can also use that thing called a rocket to stop them!"

"When the two armies clash, you can also recreate the Siamese army's battle by pouring oil directly from the sky onto the Northern Yuan's formation."

"Once the oil is ignited, even without our intervention, their army will be thrown into chaos and unable to resist!"

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment, then continued:

"As for kerosene, although you don't have any, the Ministry of Works of the Great Ming Dynasty has plenty in stock. Use it however you like."

"I remember that the Academy of Sciences can also refine kerosene, which is better than the kerosene from the Ministry of Industry, and the fire it burns is also more intense!"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang had even finished speaking, Wei Wu already understood Zhu's firm resolve on this matter.

Although he really wanted to refuse, and Old Zhu certainly wouldn't force him, to be honest, Wei Wu couldn't bring himself to say no.

The reason was that, after spending so much time together, this was the first time Wei Wu had seen Zhu Yuanzhang display such a persistent attitude.

Furthermore, Zhu Yuanzhang was also right; by utilizing the aerial advantage of helicopters, the Northern Yuan could indeed be left with nowhere to escape.

As for kerosene, as Zhu Yuanzhang said, the Academy of Sciences had long been able to refine even higher quality oil.

The main reason is that Wei Wu revealed the method of refining oil early on, and the Academy of Sciences has been using it ever since.

There was no other way. Sun had been researching motors and machine tools and had even produced finished products, but all of these machines required lubricating oil.

Therefore, the Academy of Sciences started asking the government for oil a long time ago, and has been continuously refining lubricating oil over the years.

Light oils other than lubricating oils are rarely used; a small portion is used for experiments, and most are stored away.

These light oils are certainly not as good as diesel oil refined by later processes, but it also depends on where they are used.

If it's used in an internal combustion engine, it's definitely not compliant, but if it's just for combustion, the effect isn't much different.

In recent years, the Academy of Sciences has extracted a lot of lubricating oil from petroleum, and the remaining light oils add up to several tons.

One ton of light oil is about 1,000 liters. You should know that when Cao Cao burned the Siamese army, he only used 1,400 liters of diesel.

The Academy of Sciences has stored several times more light oil than diesel, which is more than enough for the Northern Yuan army.

The only problem is that these light oils are not produced by the system, so Wei Wu cannot directly take them out of the system warehouse to use.

However, this is not insurmountable, since the helicopter still has an internal load of four tons in addition to its own weight and external suspension.

These light oils are packaged and stored in the engine room. When needed, they can be simply sprayed down. It's not too complicated.

In conclusion, as long as Wei Wu agrees to go to the Northern Yuan, this great war will end as quickly as possible.

So after a moment of silence, Wei Wu finally spoke up and gave his answer.

"Uncle Zhu, since you want to resolve this great battle as soon as possible, I will go to the northern desert. However, I would like to make a request."

Hearing Wei Wu agree to the matter, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a slight sigh of relief and nodded, saying:

"It's alright, just tell me what you want!"

Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Wei Wu did not hesitate and immediately spoke:

"As you know, Yuxuan is pregnant, so I will only stay in Mobei for three months this time, and I will come back when the time is up."

"During this period, I will do my best to help Fourth Brother and completely eliminate the hidden dangers on the grassland in the shortest possible time."

"After that, I came back to stay by Yuxuan's side and devoted myself to taking care of her until the child was born. I will not leave the capital again."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought Wei Wu was going to make some kind of request, but he didn't expect it to be such a reasonable request, so he nodded on the spot.

"We agree!"

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, with Wei Wu's methods and abilities, it wouldn't take three months at all to deal with the Northern Yuan army.

The real challenge was that after the tribes of the Northern Yuan were scattered, it would take a lot of time to pursue them.

After all, the grasslands are vast, and traveling alone would waste a lot of time. Wei Wu has helicopters, so he doesn't need to worry about that.

However, after Wei Wu accurately located the locations of those tribes, it would take Zhu Di and his army quite some time to arrive.

It would be difficult to resolve all those tribes in three months, but dealing with most of them should be enough, and the rest could be left to Zhu Di.

Having received Zhu Yuanzhang's affirmative reply, Wei Wu decided not to linger in the Fengxian Hall.

"Uncle Zhu, now that this matter is settled, I will head back first, tell Yu Xuan what's going on, and then head straight to the northern desert."

"Go early and come back early!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything encouraging, he just simply said, "Go early and come back early," but that was enough.

Wei Wu then turned around and left Fengxian Hall without lingering, and then went directly from the palace back home.

At this moment, Zhu Yuxuan was chatting with four maids in her room. When she saw Wei Wu return, she immediately smiled.

"Husband, you are back!"

Upon hearing Zhu Yuxuan greet Wei Wu, the four little maids also spoke up.

"Ok!"

Wei Wu nodded in response, then said with a somewhat guilty expression:

"Yuxuan, I came back this time hoping to pour out my heart to you, and to spend quality time with you and the baby in your belly, but..."

Seeing that Wei Wu stopped halfway through his speech, Zhu Yuxuan roughly guessed what was going on.

"But Father has something he wants my husband to do?"

"Yes, this time I'm going to the northern desert to help Fourth Brother resolve the Northern Yuan issue, but don't worry, I'll be back in less than three months!"

Seeing Wei Wu's face full of shame, Zhu Yuxuan slowly rose and came to his side, speaking gently:

"My husband is a pillar of the nation, so naturally he must prioritize national affairs. Yuxuan and her sisters will stay home and wait for him to return victorious!"

"But after all, we've been away from home for three months. If we're not in a hurry to leave, why don't we have the younger sisters serve our husband tonight, and then set off early tomorrow morning?"

Wei Wu thought about it and agreed, so he nodded and said:

"Alright, also send someone to inform Shen Lin and Zhang Hai to come see me first thing tomorrow morning."