In the first half of this year, China is going to spend the first half of this year in drought fighting, and in the spring, the rain has fallen to a new low in the history of China, of course, including the history of Jizhou and Qingzhou, and now the major reservoirs in the country have entered the most stringent water storage period, everything is to ensure that the people must use water for daily life, and there is no way to guarantee irrigation water, except for the people along the river, other places are improved planting, or drought-resistant food.

Now that all departments have begun to take action, this year's challenge for Huaxia is very severe, Qingzhou water conservancy power generation points have been changed to vitality development points, and early into the power rationing mode, because this year's reservoir in the upper reaches of Qingzhou is not enough to support the entire capital through the autumn.

A year, a month of vacation, Zhang Fan spent in his hometown, first betrayed Liu Qingwu and lived in Liujia Villa for several days, then went to Zhangjia Villa, and finally returned to Qingzhou, and after everyone had a meal in the cemetery, he took Xiaoyun out of the city together.

Fighting drought, taking imperial examinations, implementing new decrees, and then selecting new types of troops and improving weapons are what Zhang Fan should do, and the first thing he has to face is a big drought, which is a hurdle that cannot be escaped.

Qingzhou Powder Depot, Zhang Fan met a group of craftsmen here, and also saw the Taoist priest who was beaten to death with a blue nose and swollen eyes, and he still wears a bracelet and anklet.

"Master Junma, according to your orders, we have already manufactured the high explosives you provided, but because the technology has not been improved, the power is not enough to reach the level you said. Zhang Fan was accompanied by two princesses.

That county lord is guarding filial piety, and he didn't come back to Qingzhou for the New Year, and he has lost a lot of weight, Xiaoyun is very strange, why is this person caught here now? Now she ran over to understand the situation, and when she heard that she almost killed her husband, she had to teach him a lesson.

And Liu Qingwu is so smart, he seems to have thought of something, this man, but, it's really crazy, he is the first to do this, this man may want to blow up the Xiangjiang River, change the river, and then prevent the water of the Xiangjiang River from flowing downstream, so as to achieve the purpose of fighting drought.

Now this man is always looking at the topographic map, and he always sends him some local topographic maps in front of him, and now the Qingzhou arsenal, thousands of guards are guarding, all such explosives, and they are still improved, if there is an explosion here, I am afraid that the entire Qingzhou will be gone.

Yugong moved mountains, that was in ancient times, and now through explosives, it is easy to move mountains, and now the raw materials of the main explosives are easy to get, and Huaxia has been supported by Zhang Fan in recent years, the development of gunpowder artillery is very rapid, and Zhang Fan's terrible purpose is not impossible to achieve.

Now the soldiers are repairing some Daxing reservoirs, all of which need to store water, and there is only a standing army ahead, and there is no task this year, so those people are enough, and the most important thing this year is to fight drought.

The three of them walked out and came to the test site, Zhang Fan brought cotton to Liu Qingwu, Xiaoyun knew that this thing was terrible, she had already covered her ears, and she didn't beat anyone anymore, and now she was going to come over to see the excitement.

A small mountain, as the line of fire burned, the entire ground shook and rocks flew, which really scared Liu Qingwu a lot, so a little thing can explode with such great power?

It seems that this man's ambition is really not small, the three of them visited the artillery depot again, but when they saw such a large thing, Zhang Fan still shook his head: "You still have to be miniaturized, such a behemoth, the actual combat type is not strong, our weapons are not here to watch, they are to be used in actual combat, your range is enough, but I ask you, who do you let carry this thing."

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In a word, the officials who followed also lowered their heads, and now the technical content has not yet been reached, but Zhang Fan put forward the requirement of range power, so he made such a behemoth, even if such a thing uses a rail train, but it can only go to Tongguan, and other places can't get there, and you have to consider the city gate, the city gate of Jiaqing Pass can't afford to come out, it's too huge.

In the end, Zhang Fan can't estimate dozens of tons, anyway, the actual combat type is not high, and there is still a lack of technical talents, or a lack of scientists, but it's good to make it like this.

The steam engine can be made, which proves that the people of this world are not stupid, and they have succeeded with just a little guidance, and the railroad train should be able to open this year, and millions of captives will be built at the same time, and all departments will fully cooperate, if they don't complete the plan that will affect them.

"Husband, what kind of monster is this? It's so heavy, I can't even hold it. "Dozens of tons, just Xiaoyun, it's better to make it up, and if you want to pick it up when you see anything, it's obviously unrealistic.

"This is called a heavy cannon, dozens of tons, how can you hold it, if it is reduced to ten tons and twenty tons in the later stage, the actual combat type will be available, and it must be pulled by heavy trucks, otherwise more than ten tons of things will be enough to choke with a horse-drawn cart. Zhang Fan introduced Xiaoyun.

Now the Chinese side is mainly small artillery is more large, direct manpower can be pulled, the carriage must pull a cannon, now the artillery in small standing, or positional warfare is more practical, and such heavy artillery is prepared to destroy the enemy's city wall fleet.

With such a cannon, the Five States Alliance will also be afraid, and now a cannonball requires four big men to pull it, and a cannonball is two or three hundred catties, which shows the power of this thing.

"I don't care how difficult it is for you, you have to reduce the weight, next year, or this winter, we will start equipping in front of China, and we will start a devastating war against the big cities of the Five States Alliance, you can't figure it out, our soldiers can only use flesh and blood to possess ants, you can imagine that scene. ”

"Your department, the budget is wireless, the personnel are the first to be supplied, and your income is higher than that of the cabinet, but I need you to show real strength, and the talent you need will be met by the king as much as possible, but things, you have to get it out for the king, if you can't get it, unify the war, you charge at the front, you will know the feeling of despair in the face of the tall city walls. ”

"It's the county horse! We must win this hard bone as soon as possible, the county horse, this time the imperial examination, the test questions to join hope that the people on our side will personally write them, we need a lot of talents. The person in charge clasped his fists and saluted.

"This request can be agreed, you need to be high-tech talents here, not nerds, the king of the test questions has read it, no, not at all, let those nerds get it again, you also have to keep it highly confidential here, if there is any problem, you will be responsible!"

"Don't worry, we can't fly in here!"

Zhang Fan walked out with the two princesses, and the other crossbow muskets were not seen, and now there is still a lack of machine tools, otherwise the pistols can still be made.

I still need time, time, but I don't have that much time, if I give myself ten or eight years, what is nothing? But do you have that much time?

On this side, there is no one else within a radius of ten miles, they are all secret guards, and the secrecy is higher than that of the palace.

"Husband, I asked my mother-in-law to install a lot of mountain springs, and we won't be afraid of no water to drink when the time comes!" came over and held Zhang Fan directly, saying very innocently, she also knew that there would be a big drought this year, not only ready to drink, but also prepared to take a bath, girls always love to be clean, and they are always afraid that they will have no water in their baths.

"It's not to that point, you don't have to worry too much, the main thing is irrigation water, and the drinking water problem is definitely not big, Qingzhou is a thousand-year-old city after all, if you can die of thirst, then Huaxia is really over, you still don't need to worry too much about this." Zhang Fan was a little funny.

Twenty years old is not too old, she hasn't graduated from college outside, she still seems so naïve, and the county lord is not as mature as her.

"There is little rain in the spring this year, and it is even more in the summer, and the rain in the autumn is useless, but it will cause floods, and the grain in China will be very tight, and I don't know if the people have listened to the advice of their husbands to plant spring and summer crops, if it is still rice and wheat, I am afraid that many places will have no harvest." Liu Qingwu also expressed her opinion.

"By the way, Qingwu, did you write out the test questions, the test questions will be sealed after I confirm them, and they will be reopened at the time of the Qingzhou imperial examination. Zhang Fan didn't believe in that old man, and the Huaxia Imperial Examination was not just the Four Books and Five Classics, but also had to add basic things such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics and geography, so if you just chose a nerd, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

"The test questions of the husband are very demanding, and the light dance must be carefully considered word by word, and it will be returned to the husband at the specified time, which will not affect the husband's imperial examination. ”

"Husband, can I also take the exam to be a champion?" Xiaoyun is also eager to try. "If you're not afraid of losing face, try it, you can try, but how many points you score, I will post it in the name of the emperor's list, if you get the top prize, then you should be happy, but if you... ”

"Then I still won't try, if it's Sister Liu, you don't have to look at it to be the champion, Sister Liu is very knowledgeable, and so is the county lord's sister, and I'm the only one who hasn't studied, and I've gone to the master's alchemy, if it's compared to alchemy, no one can surpass me!"

The three of them walked along the trail, and they didn't get into the carriage, they wanted to see the scenery outside when they came out, and it was always boring in the palace, Zhang Fan didn't want Xiaoyun alchemy to make her disgraced, so let her do business, anyway, she also likes to make money.

It would be nice if the county lord also came over, it would be good in the spring of the year, but now, Liu Qingwu came over and held Zhang Fan's arm, and she gave Zhang Fan a stable look.