Zhu Wu shook the feather fan, sighed and said: "The vehicle-mounted artillery was developed by the Ling Zhen brothers and the Tang Long brothers, although two years have passed, it still cannot be put into actual combat."

"Why is that?" Dong Ping asked: "Is there a lack of funds, or is there a lack of breakthroughs in key technologies?"

"This is the ...... It's better for you to see for yourself. Zhu Wu said in a deep voice: "At present, the problem is still relatively big, and these advanced weapons are not so easy to develop."

Dong Ping held his chin with his right hand, and he was constantly thinking in his heart.

It was only two years ago, and Ling Zhen said to himself that he would try to combine artillery and horse-drawn chariots.

Dong Ping was naturally happy when he heard about it, and asked Zhu Wu to allocate a large amount of funds to their research and development, and then because he was going to Jinguo, he didn't bother to ask about it.

In the past two years, the work of suppressing bandits has basically been completed, and now the reconnaissance unit has almost been formed.

Next, as long as this vehicle-mounted artillery is ready, preparations for the attack on Zengtou City can begin, and a lot of casualties will be avoided at that time.

After thinking about it, Dong Ping asked again: "What is the progress of the research and development of the steam engine?"

In the past few months, Dong Ping himself has been to the R&D site several times, and he has tried to recall the pictures of the steam mechanism in his mind, and then drew several pictures.

The hard work paid off, and now the basic problems have been solved, but I don't know what happened to the last few key problems.

"Big brother, this can be said to be good news, and it can be regarded as bad news." Liu Yun said in a deep voice: "The steam engine has been developed, but it is ......."

Dong Ping's heart sank suddenly, it was naturally a good thing that the steam engine was successfully developed, but what major changes had happened?

"In order to develop this new gadget, coupled with the city's efforts to focus on education for all and targeted poverty alleviation, our government treasury income has been unable to make ends meet!"

Liu Yun said in a low tone: "Big brother, do you see if it'...... Increase the tax point? ”

Also holding this idea, in fact, there is Zhu Wu, and the look in his eyes is also changing at the moment.

Zhu Wu knew in his heart that Dongping had confiscated Cheng Wanli's stolen money and a large number of landlords' net worth in the past few years, coupled with the trade with the imperial court in the past two years, the gold reserves were originally very considerable.

However, Dong Ping now has to pay attention to both education for all and targeted poverty alleviation, so that the fiscal revenue is somewhat obviously stretched.

Especially the cost of the steam engine, a lot of research and development costs have been invested in these years, and it has been worked day and night to finally make these three most basic usable steam engines.

Of course, the gold reserves of the treasury have also been completely emptied!

Liu Yun was even more irritable in his heart, as he served as the director of the city's population management office, he naturally knew the pressure on the population.

In recent years, due to the strong development momentum of Dongping City, other cities are simply beyond reach.

Therefore, a large number of people who could not survive in the Central Plains, especially those who were oppressed by Huashigang in the Jianghuai area, moved into Dongping and Qingzhou in large numbers thousands of miles, begging Dong Ping and Wen Huanzhang to take them in.

Although Wen Huanzhang shared 500,000 people there, there were still more than 300,000 immigrants in Dongping City.

Now, the population of Dongping City has already exceeded one million, and for this reason, Dong Ping also specially ordered Tao Zongwang to lead people to widen the city wall.

In order to manage these people, there are a lot of expenses in public security, education and other aspects, and Dong Ping still maintains the tax standards set two years ago.

At this time, Dong Ping had already expected them to talk about this.

He just said in a calm tone: "This matter is put aside for the time being, the imperial court will bring in a large number of merchants from Xijing and Tokyo in the near future, and the tax increase will be spread on their heads when the time comes."

"Taxes on those people?" Liu Yun's heart shook suddenly, and he said in an excited tone: "Big brother, in this way, how can we keep those merchants?"

Dong Ping just smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way, if you don't believe it, we might as well make a bet, if they leave, how about giving you the name of this Zhendonghou Liu Yun?"

Liu Yun just smiled, and he couldn't say anything.

"Alright, let's go outside the city and see the steam engine and artillery first."

Dong Ping dropped this sentence and had already left the secret room, and the three of them each found a horse and drove to the army garrison outside the city.

Half an hour later.

"Tut-tut...... That's what kind of machine is that? ”

Sun Li looked at the swords, guns, swords, and halberds in front of him that were processed on an assembly line, and he couldn't help but admire.

"Hehe, this is just the most basic first generation." Dong Ping clasped his hands to his chest, smiled and said, "Okay, they have worked hard to develop this machine over the years."

"Notify all R&D personnel, cultivate for half a year, and pay each person five hundred taels of silver!"

At that moment, all the blacksmiths and technicians, including Tang Long and Ling Zhen, were almost frantically cheering.

This powerful, fully functional treasure was finally developed by them.

And Dong Ping had already walked in front of the brass-colored steam engine, feeling the coldness coming from the palm of his hand, but he was excited at the moment.

It's been two years.

It's been more than two years since I came into this world.

Finally, I was able to restore my technology beyond the times to this world!

When you find the jade seal and have a lot of resources, you will be able to win the world with it!

After condolences to those technicians for a while, Dong Ping and the three of them rushed out of the city.

At this time, Ling Zhenzheng asked someone to pull out the vehicle-mounted artillery that was still in the experimental stage.

When he saw those artillery, Dong Ping frowned, circled around the carriage, and then leaned over to the artillery connection base of the chariot to take a look.

I see!

Looking at the artillery base, the corners of Dong Ping's mouth already brought a smile.

The recoil of artillery is very large, and it is not completely risk-free to fix such a thing on the ground, and it can often explode.

Now the cannon is only carried by a bronze base plate, and the fixtures of that base are even more rudimentary, no wonder this kind of artillery has not been able to be successfully tested!

Just fire a shot, this kind of base is estimated to collapse directly!

In the first two years, he was busy suppressing bandits, and Ling Zhen could only make fools by himself, but now that he took a closer look, he really found the problem.

Of course, at the level of this era, Ling Zhenneng thought of combining artillery and vehicles, which was already very advanced thinking.

"Hehe, Brother Ling Zhen, this problem is not a big deal." Dong Ping stood up straight, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and said with a smile.

"All you need is a base made of a new material and something called a willow peg to secure the cannon. ”

After Dong Ping finished speaking, he didn't care about Ling Zhen and Tang Long, who were listening to the dazed faces behind him, and walked to the city first.

The night has gradually fallen, and the stars decorate the starry sky like a fantasy, revealing a hazy beauty.

Jin country, fifty miles outside the city of Huining.

Cheng Wan'er stood in front of the stream of the mountain stream, looking at the waning moon in the distance, but her heart was turbulent.

Looking down at the reflection in the water, her gaze was a little dazed.

The white moonlight sprinkled on the stream like a silk scarf, as if dyeing a layer of silver sand on this peaceful land.

"Dad, mother, am I wrong?"

Cheng Wan'er said to herself.

"I have already done something in the jade seal, except for the people under Zhao Ji, innocent people cannot be killed by the weapons made by the jade seal."

"However, the person I'm sorry for is always him." Cheng Wan'er's tears had already flowed down and fell into the sparkling stream.

"I have no choice but to stay there and be loyal to an enemy."

The young man held a sword and a straw in his mouth, and just watched the girl's figure from a distance.

"I said Your Highness." Chu Jianglou patted him on the shoulder from behind, lowered his voice and said seriously: "You have perseverance, you will come here every night for the past two years to stay here until she enters the house to sleep."

"Why, I'm just worried about her safety." The young man turned around, shook his head with a slight smile, and said softly, "In the mountains and forests in the wilderness, it is not as safe as in the city."

Jingxi Road, Dongping City.

At night, Dong Ping leaned on the side of the bed, looking at the night outside the window, his eyes were complicated, but he couldn't sleep for a long time.

How are you doing over there?

With a sigh, Dong Ping rubbed his forehead, and decided to lie down and sleep.

"Ding-The system prompts, complete the task of "Rescue Lu Junyi from the Daimyo's Mansion", you can get a copy of hybrid rice seeds and cultivation methods! ”

"Holy, what the hell is this?"

On the second day, Dong Ping got up early, and after running a few laps around the mansion, he was ready to go outside the city to inspect.

Now the agricultural problem is also a big problem, and the soldiers and horses in Dongping City now plus the Tang Bin Department in Qingzhou have exceeded 40,000 people.

Even with the grain imported from abroad, it is still a bit beyond our means.

Since the system mentions hybrid rice, as long as this year's harvest is grasped well, there should be no need to worry about the food of the whole city next year.

Thinking of this, Dong Ping rubbed his forehead again, the current waterwheel and rice milling methods are too backward, and a lot of food is wasted in the process of rice milling.

And the current irrigation equipment such as waterwheels is too inefficient.

A few days ago, I heard that due to the serious damage of some farm tools, new ones have not yet been made, and even the rice milling process cannot be carried out.

Sighing softly, Dong Ping was thinking about criticizing Tao Zongwang, the person in charge of agriculture, when he heard a voice coming from ahead.

"Big brother, when I was inspecting the farming outside the city, I saw a little girl get something new, and she finished grinding hundreds of catties of rice in a moment, and now everyone is watching!"

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