The successful trial production of the flowering bomb not only gave the Shuai Fu Army one more weapon to kill, but also opened Zhao Hao's thinking. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the killing range of the three-pound flowering bullet has a square circle, which can not only deal with the enemy's warships, but also be effective against the infantry cavalry. Miniaturizing the Blossom Bullet is a basic version of the grenade, which is very powerful in melee and defensive combat. In addition, the problem of automatic fire has been solved, and defensive weapons such as mines and mines can be developed. In addition, the use of the fuse can also solve the problem of rockets falling into the water and ignoring at sea and improve the combat effect.

The outlook is good, but Zhao has to face the dilemma of steel shortage. Although the Dutianling Iron Mine has begun to be put into production, there are too many places where iron is used now. Not to mention the construction everywhere, if you want to resettle refugees, you can't let people plow the land empty-handed, and you have to give a shovel and hoe! The army is a big consumer, and in the naval battle of the Seven Continents alone, nearly 500,000 arrows were fired by various armies, and the more than 1,000 rockets fired by rocket ships were all made of iron, not counting the loss of other weapons.

If the flowering bomb is modified, even if each three-pound flowering bomb does not count the loss in production, it needs one and a half pounds of pig iron, and ten pounds of pig iron needs eight pounds. With the current ability of Dutian Lingyue to produce 10,000 catties of pig iron, it cannot support the consumption of a small battle, so the other varieties can only be shelved, and a part of the flowering bombs will be produced for testing and training. The solution can only be to solve the problem of insufficient supply by increasing the iron ore smelting capacity and purchasing from outside, and the plan to manufacture metal barreled artillery can only remain hidden in Zhao Hao's heart.

Although it was not yet possible to reach mass production and supply the whole army, this test launch undoubtedly played a great role in boosting morale, especially since these generals in the army had greatly increased their confidence in holding Qiongzhou after seeing it. And the worship of His Royal Highness King Wei, the inventor of the flowering bomb, is even higher, if it weren't for the fact that everyone often sees each other and knows that he is a mortal fetus in the flesh, they really want to worship him as a god.

After the test launch, Zhao Yu saw that the goal had basically been achieved, and ordered all personnel not to disclose what they saw today. Zhou Xiang was ordered to expand the rocket workshop into a fire workshop on the basis of the rocket workshop, specializing in the production of rockets, flowering bombs and fuses, and trial production of related derivative products. At the same time, he was asked to further strengthen the security work of the gunpowder factory, and of course he understood that these craftsmen were probably going to live a period of isolation.

In order to solve the problem of material shortage, Zhao Yu then asked the city shipping department to take advantage of the arrival of the trade winds and the transit of merchant ships from various countries to negotiate with them to purchase copper, iron, grain and other urgently needed materials. Zhao Yu knew that businessmen were unprofitable and could not afford to be early, as long as the profits were enough to lose their heads, they would dare to do it. Now he is also a person with a territory, he can set up a card to collect passage fees, and some things can be exchanged for rights, and there is no need to pay a big son.

At this time, the Municipal Shipping Department was equivalent to the modern General Administration of Customs, and its main responsibilities included: issuing official certificates, that is, sea permits, according to the goods declared by the merchants, the people on board and the places to be visited; Send people on board to inspect and prevent the entrainment of weapons, copper coins, women, fugitive soldiers, etc.; Reading the ship returning to the port means that on the way back to the port, the ship will send someone to block (seal the goods) and escort it back to the port; After arriving at the shore, the officer supervised the loading of all the goods into the warehouse and searched all the crew members to prevent the entrainment of foreign goods without permission.

Of course, those are not all busy in vain, that is to lay the foundation for collecting money. In the Song Dynasty, the import and export goods were divided into two colors, that is, the goods were divided into thick and thin colors, and the government took a number of copies according to a certain proportion, which was actually a kind of city tax in kind; the extracted goods had to be sent to the capital (extraction); certain goods transported by ships were bought at the prescribed price (bomai); after the division was drawn, the remaining goods were still issued to the public according to the standards of the city shipping department before they were allowed to be sold elsewhere.

At that time, there was no customs declaration system, and taxes had to be collected by manual classification, and of course there was no modern tax rate complicated, fine colors (precious goods) were taxed according to the standard of 1 out of 10, and coarse colors (general goods) were taxed according to the standard of 1 out of 15. In the later period, it was changed to two out of ten for fine goods, and two out of fifteen for coarse goods. In addition, a tax on the ship is levied at the rate of 30 out of 1, after which the sealed goods are returned to the merchant for sale. For foreign merchant ships coming to China for trade, the Municipal Shipping Division also adopts similar management methods. Because of the large income of the city shipping department, especially for the Song Dynasty after the southward migration, tariffs played an important role in the fiscal revenue, and it was said that 'the income of the city port is the capital of the military state'.

The policy introduced by Zhao Yu is very simple, merchant ships can use grain, iron, and copper to deduct taxes, and enjoy a low tax rate of 1 out of 10 for fine colors and 1 out of 15 for coarse colors. If you come to Qiong to sell grain and iron, all tariffs will be exempted, and free trade with other merchant ships will be allowed, and you only need to pay the shipping tax at the standard of 1 out of 30. Zhao Yu knows that this policy is not yet known to outsiders, and it is difficult to achieve immediate results, but as long as it is widely publicized, it should be able to see results next year......

After all, his age is not forgiving, and Zhao Hao, who returned to Shuaifu after tossing in the workshop for five days, was already exhausted, took a good bath, and ate something, but he was already sleepy and couldn't open his eyes, and just wanted to go to bed and sleep well. But he can't yet, and Liu Zhu's fleet, which raided Qinzhou and Hepu on the next day, should also come back, but there is no news yet, and I don't know what the outcome will be, which makes people quite worried. The mission that went to Xingchao to mourn Jiang Wanzai had already sent someone back the news, and he summoned him to ask about the situation.

Now the Queen Mother, Zhang Shijie and others have realized that Chen Yizhong, who went to Zhancheng to explore the road, has been gone for two months, and it is impossible to come back, and Lu Xiufu will temporarily preside over the government on behalf of the right minister, Zhang Shijie will preside over military affairs as a deputy envoy, and Jiang Cheng, the son of Jiang Wanzai, will temporarily lead the forbidden army in front of the palace. They ordered their soldiers to quarry, cut wood, build stone walls, build a palace, and plan to settle down temporarily on Jizhou Island. But Jiang Wanzai's body has never been found, and now he can only empty his clothes. And his death can be said to be a painful loss of the sea god needle in the stormy dynasty, so that the army's heart is unstable, and the soldiers flee often happen.

As for His Majesty, Jiang Xuan was not summoned several times when he asked to see him, and the early dynasty did not show up for a long time, all presided over by the Queen Mother. Therefore, there are many rumors in the court, some say that His Majesty fell into the water and was too frightened to fall ill; Some say that His Majesty has secretly gone to Champa to meet Chen Xiang; What's more, it is said that His Majesty was not rescued from falling into the water at all, but sank into the sea with the palace marshal, and there was no emperor in the harem at all. In short, the situation in the DPRK is unstable and there are signs of chaos...... (To be continued.) )