"The second batch of warships has been built, and when the test ships are completed, they can go on the expedition!"

Zhao Yin reported leisurely and got down to business.

"Really?"

Li Er was so overjoyed that he didn't even care about drinking the tea in his hand, and continued to ask, "The steamship I want has also been built?" ”

If he had this ship, he might be able to go around the South Seas in the future.

"It's all done, but how to decorate it depends on His Majesty's wishes!"

"Okay, haha......!"

Li Er laughed heartily, "I must give my ship a domineering name!" ”

"How's the Tianwang?"

Zhao Yin felt that this name was domineering enough, and it was inspired by the Four Heavenly Kings of later generations!

"...... the Heavenly King?"

Li Er thought for a while, and kept repeating these words in his mouth, "Yes, it's called the Heavenly King, the King of Heavenly Grant!" ”

However, he completely misinterpreted Zhao Yin's meaning.

"The ship has been built, I wonder if Your Majesty has a candidate to lead the troops?"

Although it is said that the expedition to the Japanese country is nine out of ten, the coach is still very important.

Once you choose the wrong person, not only will you not win the battle, but you may even be wiped out!

"I haven't thought of this yet, I wonder if your kid has any recommended candidates?"

Li Er did not answer the rhetorical question.

They had just returned from Mount Tai, and they hadn't rested yet, so they hadn't thought about the candidate at all!

"The son-in-law thinks that Wu Changxu is a talent, maybe His Majesty can let him go to the Wa Kingdom!"

Zhao Yin said lightly.

"This person has an upright character, young and promising, but his merits are too little, and his official position is too low, if he is allowed to go out as the commander-in-chief, it seems that it is difficult to convince the public!"

Li Er was a little embarrassed.

"The official position can be mentioned if the official position is small, and the military merit can be established with little ......!"

Zhao Yin smiled and continued: "Your Majesty first made him a general, which is considered to be borrowed from him, let him go to the Wa Kingdom, and when he comes back triumphantly, won't this military merit be there?" ”

"Is this okay?"

After listening to his words, Li Er was really taken aback.

For the first time, he heard that military merit can be borrowed first!

"He took people to Nanyang to train soldiers, has experience in water warfare, and trained all the soldiers very well, proving that he has the ability to lead troops, so, from all aspects, he is worth using!"

"Well, it's up to you!"

Li Er really couldn't think of a more suitable candidate than him, so he simply agreed.

Anyway, this kid's idea has never gone wrong!

"Wang De, call Zhongshu Province to draft a decree and promote Wu Changxu to the commander of the conquest!"

After deciding on the candidate, Li Er immediately gave an order.

"Yes!"

Wang De gave up his hand and immediately went to arrange.

After the holy decree was issued, the news of Wu Changxu's exceptional promotion immediately spread!

Everyone is very envious of Wu Changxu, and they don't know what virtue this kid has accumulated on his ancestors, and he can actually get the reuse of the horse!

Moreover, they also found a rule, as long as the colt can look at the person, it will definitely soar in the end!

After Wu Changxu got this official position, he went to the palace to thank him, and then went to the Horse Mansion.

"Thank you for your appreciation!"

"Okay, do a good job, and if you make military achievements in the future, you will deserve your name as a general!"

Zhao Yin waved his hand.

"Yes, the last general will do his best!"

If there is no Zhao Yin, he is an unknown little general, and he will never want to be a general in his life.

Not to mention being the commander of an army!

Now he can be described as grateful!

……

After completing the matter of requisitioning the widows, Zhao Yin went to inspect various industries and called Lin Wu.

Since he followed Zhao Yin, not only has his status been greatly improved, but the money has also been made softly!

And he also led the general to invent many things.

"Master Horse, now the steam engine factory has expanded several times, the number of employees has reached 4,000, the number of workers has increased, the efficiency has also increased, and a steam engine has been built every ten days!"

Lin Wu walked in front and introduced him with a little pride.

"It's moving so fast!"

For this speed, Zhao Yin was also taken aback.

He had a lot of things at hand, so the arsenal, railway construction, steam engine factory and other miscellaneous matters were handed over to Lin Wu.

Now it seems that he has taken care of all these things very well!

Originally, Lin Wu took people and researched for several months to tinker with a steam engine, but now he can build one every ten days, many times faster than before.

At this rate, textiles, trains, and ships will all be driven by steam engines!

"Now everyone is familiar with the whole process, and the various facilities are gradually improving, and the efficiency has increased!"

Lin Wu nodded modestly.

"How many steam engines are being produced today?"

"About forty or fifty units!"

"There are so many things that are idle? I knew that I should have asked Liu Cheng and them to build a few more steamships! ”

Zhao Yin slapped his head with some annoyance.

He really didn't expect the steam engine factory to develop so quickly, but these ships built now are enough to destroy the Japanese Kingdom!

"In addition to these steam engines used on the train, there will also be idle ones, I wonder what arrangements the horse master has?"

"There's no hurry, let's go back and talk about it, how is the train made now?"

Those steam engines had a wide range of roles, but he was now more concerned with railroads and trains.

"There are eight locomotives that have been built, and there are about eighty or ninety carriages, but they are all scattered and not assembled together!"

If such a large locomotive is assembled, it will take up a lot of space and be inconvenient to carry.

Why don't you wait until all the rails are built, and then bring them over and assemble them!

"Is the construction of the railroad tracks going well?"

The two asked as they visited.

"Now more than 700 miles have been completed, and it is expected to be officially operational next spring!"

"So fast?"

According to Zhao Yin's plan, it will take three years at the earliest, but I didn't expect it to be so long in advance.

"Now with the help of the railway soldiers, I don't have to rely on manpower to dig all the rocks, and the progress is naturally much faster!"

Lin Wu explained with a smile.

"Well, good job!"

Seeing that everything was going well on the side of the steam engine factory, Zhao Yin went to the arsenal.

Although the heavy machine gun has been invented now, the artillery and ground buds cannot be stopped, and the machine gun is very ammunition-intensive, so he has to see all of them in person to rest assured!

"How many machine guns are produced in the arsenal now?"

The current manager of the arsenal is Lao Zhangtou, but Lin Wu is also in charge of everything.

"Now the factory is not putting all its production capacity into machine guns, so now it is only producing 300 guns and 150,000 boxes of ammunition!"

Lao Zhangtou nodded and reported.

"Well, yes, bullets are an indispensable part of the machine gun, and the sufficiency of bullets must be ensured.

Zhao Yin nodded with satisfaction.

"Please rest assured!"

"Is artillery still being made?"

To destroy the Japanese state, artillery is indispensable.

"There are still four hundred ready-made guns, and another is being manufactured!"

The old man gave his hand to report.

"Well, that's pretty much enough!"

Although there are not many artillery pieces, it is impossible to equip every ship, but it is enough to deal with a small country like the Japanese State.

Out of the arsenal, Zhao Yin went to the technical school to have a look, and then there was the tile factory, the cement factory and so on!