Danyang County.

A low-key carriage came from Jinling City, followed by the busy caravans along the way, and the endless stream of merchants who came to purchase iron tools, drove silently into Danyang County.

The 100-mile road from Jinling City to Danyang County has become a wide road after tens of thousands of migrant workers have been paved with stones, which is very easy to walk.

The new county order of Danyang County is Li Kangnian.

He, the county magistrate, was promoted to the county magistrate because of his meritorious service in assisting the former county magistrate, and his political achievements were very outstanding, and he was very rare to be promoted to the county magistrate.

Of course, this is not unrelated to his background as a disciple of the Li family.

Replaced by other county officials, it is almost difficult to succeed and promote the county commander.

Moreover, as the fief of the lord of Danyang, the territory of the Li family gate. As long as the Li family speaks, the Prime Minister's Mansion will also give face. Others did not dare to compete for this county order.

In order to ensure the rapid development of Danyang County, Chu Tianxiu made every effort to explode the industrial revolution, and of course he would not let other county orders intervene.

Only the children of the Li family can sit firmly in the position of the soul, and others will be set aside when they come.

Li Kangnian received the news, but he hurried to greet him. He couldn't help but be startled when he saw his uncle and Prince Xiang Tiange coming down together in the carriage.

"Uncle, prince, why are you two here? The minister can also arrange a reception banquet. ”

Li Dangnian was sweating.

"Don't bother, go and see the progress of the water hammer."

Chu Tianxiu got out of the carriage and said lightly.

The prince didn't want to go back to the East Palace and learn those useless things from those old pedants, and wanted to learn some real skills from him.

He has a lot of skills.

But when it comes to "real skills", of course, in industry.

Industry in Danyang County.

The industrial crown of Danyang County is, of course, an industrial hammer.

The gunpowder gun steel pipes, 100 steel, and cannon barrels all have to be built by relying on industrial hammers.

Without this thing, the ones above are all well moons.

Chu Tianxiu took the crown prince Xiang Tiange and secretly left Jinling Mansion to inspect Danyang County - Industrial Water Conservancy Heavy Hammer.

In the future, the crown prince is going to ascend the throne as the emperor, and Chu Tianxiu wants him to understand what industry is all about and how powerful it is.

Instead of the old Confucian scholars, who are excellent in learning, Confucianism is the only one, learning is the first, being an official is the first, disdainful of industry and craftsmen, and degraded to inferiority.

"Yes, uncle!"

Li Gannian hurriedly took the two of them to the water conservancy hammer area.

Heavy industry area in Danyang County. It has long been closed off and no outsiders are allowed to enter.

They came to a river in the city.

But I saw that by the river, there was a five-zhang high arch.

With the help of a large waterwheel and the rotational power of the steel gear rotation shaft, a hammer weighing several hundred pounds was pulled into the air.

The water truck crunched, pulling a piece of heavy iron to a high place.

Then the force was unloaded and it fell.

Inside the arch are two smooth locating rods that allow the heavy iron to slide up and down, ensuring that the hammer does not shift its position.

At this moment, more than a dozen craftsmen are repeatedly hammering a 100-pound, fired red steel ingot.

"Boom!"

The water conservancy hammer smashed down.

With this hammer, a red-hot steel ingot can be flattened and beaten extremely densely.

Such a hundred-pound steel ingot, before it cooled, was cut into ten pieces.

Using a mold, the steel ingot is processed into a round red-hot steel pipe, and then an iron drill is used to drill holes in the middle of the iron pipe.

The red-hot steel pipe is very soft and easy to process and drill.

The result is the barrel of gunpowder.

The blacksmith sharpened it a little, cooled it, and soon a strong, durable barrel of gunpowder that could withstand repeated explosions was built.

Of course, the problem of the industrial level, this barrel is not fine enough. But it is enough for the current powder gun, and the requirements for shooting accuracy are not high.

"Now in Danyang County, there are dozens of water conservancy hammers of different weights, and the heaviest one has the power of thousands of catties. It can be used for hammering and processing gun barrels. ”

Li Dangnian said.

Xiang Tiange was stunned when he saw the behemoth in Danyang County.

He originally thought that a blacksmith striking iron was a craftsman holding a small hammer and constantly beating it thousands of times to create a good and good knife.

Who would have thought that Danyang County could actually build a thousand pounds of hammer. With this hammer, a huge red steel ingot, like a dough, was ravaged repeatedly.

"Everything else is false, this is the real skill!"

Xiang Tiange was shocked.

This is the true essence of industry, Danyang elite soldiers. The reason why they are strong is not because of themselves, but because of the terrifying industrial behemoth behind them.

In the face of this terrifying force, the most elite soldiers of the Li family of the Great Chu Dynasty were also vulnerable.

Of course, using a hydraulic hammer to make a torch barrel, a barrel that weighs no more than ten catties, is a piece of cake.

Chu Tianxiu really invested a lot of silver, and what he was doing was the steel pipe for making cannons.

Light artillery, that is also fifty catties to a hundred catties, the heaviest up to 1,000 catties. These artillery pieces are the kings of war, indestructible weapons.

It's just that the blacksmiths seem to have a headache about how to make the barrel of the cannon, which is too heavy to operate.

……

Chu Tianxiu and Prince Xiang Tiange stayed in Danyang County for three days.

In the past three days, Chu Tianxiu personally took more than ten of the most outstanding blacksmiths in Danyang County to build bronze cannons and steel cannons.

Bronze cannons are much easier, just use the model directly, pour the cannon barrel, and hundreds of catties of cannons are easy to make.

Small steel cannons can only make light guns weighing 50 pounds, about half a meter long. Put it on a frame and one person can take it away. Very convenient field artillery.

As for the projectiles, on the contrary, it is easy, all the projectiles poured with wax molds, using inferior iron bullets, can be made in large quantities.

"Let's go, go and test the power of this little steel cannon!"

Prince Xiang Tiange was extremely excited.

Chu Tianxiu, the crown prince, Li Gannian and others, with some Danyang soldiers and dozens of blacksmiths, pulled the small steel cannon to a no-man's ravine for test firing.

There was also Tai Lieutenant Li Rong, Cai He, the chief eunuch sent by the emperor, and a few military generals, who also secretly came to Danyang County to personally watch the test firing of artillery.

To see if the artillery is good or not, the court will decide whether to place an order to purchase in large quantities.

"Boom~!"

The small steel cannon ignited, and a cannon burst out.

A fierce flame erupted from the barrel of the gun.

In an instant, an iron cannon flew out and shot two hundred meters away. It slammed into the mountain wall, and suddenly a rock collapsed.

Cai and the great eunuch turned pale with fright.

Everyone watching was shocked and unbelievable.

This range, this power...... There are no weapons that can be compared to it. To achieve the same power, even if it is a trebuchet, it can only be done by a heavy and bulky trebuchet.

In contrast, the small steel cannon is extremely lightweight, and it can quickly follow the main force when pulled by a person or pulled by a horse. This is by no means comparable to trebuchet.

This small steel cannon made dozens, hundreds, enough to walk sideways on the battlefield.

Moreover, this is still a small steel cannon weighing fifty pounds. If the steel cannon is heavier, it will have a longer range and be more powerful.

"Such artifacts are kept secret and must not be leaked to the outside world! At least until the war begins, it must not be spread out. ”

Li Rong was stunned for a while, and said in a deep voice.

If those princes and kings saw it, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have the courage to rebel...... If the princes do not rebel, it will be difficult for the emperor to cut the feudal domain that the emperor has been brewing for many years.

If there is not enough reason to cut the feudal domain and the fiefdom, I am afraid that the princes and magnates will oppose it. The Xiang family is royal, and there are more opponents.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, such an artifact should be kept secret!"

Chu Tianxiu nodded slightly.