Xu Shu said: "Lord, it doesn't matter, the so-called policies and countermeasures, this Southern Ming Kingdom must not be monolithic, there will always be gaps and disclosures, I don't believe that their officials are incorruptible."

As long as you are willing to make more money, there is nothing you can't get your hands on.

Besides, if they want to support the second colt, they will also give him firearms and ammunition support, and we can ...... from the second colt."

Mentioning this, there is no need for Xu Shu to say it, Xu Ding also showed a hint of pleasure.

That's right, the second horse will become the spokesperson of Nanming, as long as this guy is dealt with, there will naturally be a steady supply of gunpowder, which is indeed a source of way.

"Forget it, don't mention these, for the time being, we will accumulate strength, sit firmly in Xiaoyao City, gain a firm foothold in Dazhou, collect more intelligence, develop dark lines, and ferment other waiting time." Xu Ding was not too stubborn, as long as his side developed vigorously enough, he believed that one day he would be able to gain an advantage over the Dragon Teng Continent.

This is just a window, and there will be no change in the pattern in the short term.

The Three Kingdoms and the Han Dynasty are their main battlefields.

As long as you unify that side and gather the power of the entire earth to develop, you don't believe that you can't do it on the Dragon Teng Continent.

You have superior weapons, you have special elements, and you have invented thermal weapons that kill more people for a long time, and high technology can always crush you.

Within a few days, Zhao Zheng and Judy returned to their country with their respective guards.

The farce of the competition for the three princesses also ended completely because of Xu Ding's victory.

Da Zhou seems to have returned to calm.

However, the real storm is just beginning.

Some people speculate that the defeat of the three princes will cause internal shocks in the three kingdoms.

Especially Li Yuanji of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, he was defeated by Xu Ding one after another, and he was so embarrassed that he ended up vomiting blood, and the Tang Empire would definitely not stop there.

However, regardless of the Three Kingdoms, because of the appearance of the three horses here in the Great Zhou, the Emperor of the Great Zhou officially granted them the official position of inspectors, inspecting in three directions on behalf of the emperor.

The third princess Ji Xuan's condition, because of Xu Ding's careful treatment and the nourishment of love, got better very quickly.

However, when I heard that Xu Ding was going back to Xiaoyao City, I was still a little reluctant, and I kept sending it from inside the city to outside the city, and then sent it out for ten miles.

"Okay Xuan'er, just send it here, I won't worry about you when it's far away, in case you are snatched away by someone else without my protection, I will be in a hurry." Stroking the hair on the top of Ji Xuan's head, Xu Ding persuaded tenderly.

Ji Xuan was affectionate, and still said reluctantly: "Okay, husband, you must come back to see me often, don't stay up too late at night, if you have any trouble, send someone to tell me, if my father can't solve it, I'll go to Uncle Eight Emperor." ”

"Don't worry, Xuan'er, there is nothing that your husband can't do, until you are so good to regulate your body, you are not allowed to be lazy when I am not there, you must exercise more, and your mood must be sister's, so that you can be beautiful." Xu Ding also let go of Ji Xuan with some reluctance, jumped on the war horse and waved goodbye.

Ji Xuan nodded lightly and waved goodbye as well.

Xu Ding and the others stopped after walking a short distance to the south, and then watched Ji Xuan and the others return to the city, and then urged the horses to go to Xiaoyao City.

"Lord, do you want to tell your lady about Princess Ji Xuan?" Xu Shu asked suddenly.

Xu Ding shook his head and said: "Not for the time being, don't send the situation here back to the Bronze Gate for the time being, all the information is sealed, unless there is an emergency, don't disclose it to that side." ”

"No!"

Xiaoyao City, after Xu Ding took it, changed the 'Feng' city to Xiaoyao City.

Now he is not only the city lord but also the three horses of the Great Zhou, and the inside and outside of the city have added a festive color.

Xu Ding abolished the entry tax to the city, and at the same time, a large number of troops entered from the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, and the whole city became more prosperous.

After returning to the city, Xu Ding immediately promulgated a new city regulation law.

Xiaoyao City is ready to expand, extending outward on the original basis, and the original city will not be abandoned or demolished, and it is ready to upgrade Xiaoyao City, a small city with a remote geographical location, to the sub-capital level.

At the same time, private individuals were forbidden to enter the mountain, all road passes into the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain were blocked, and a fortress was built to widen the road.

The people of Xiaoyao City are curious, even if the city is expanded, the road into the mountain from Xiaoyao City will be blocked, and what do you want to do if you add a fortress.

This series of actions aroused the vigilance of other cities.

The little Escape City wants to expand the big city, is this to carry out radiation deterrence to the outside world?

They wanted to find out the reason, and at the same time sent people into the mountain to investigate, but soon found that the people who entered the mountain had disappeared collectively inexplicably, and even the bodies could not be recovered.

After Xu Ding handed over Xiaoyao City to Xu Shu for management, he began to inspect the cities.

The cities had to turn their gaze back to themselves in response to the perfunctory promises.

Boredom days always go by quickly.

Xu Ding went to inspect the cities, basically just going through the motions, and then asked Xiao Si to record the situation in each city, and asked Xiao Ba to give feedback on what the city lords and their subordinates in contact with him thought about him and their true attitudes.

In order to have a fuller understanding of these city lords and their power.

As the months passed, more and more caravans set out from Xiaoyao City, and the things produced by Xiaoyao City became more and more abundant, and began to extend to the Great Zhou and the other three kingdoms.

And what Western Qin and Nanming promised to set was also sent to Xiaoyao City with their country's caravan.

Xu Ding also finally received the advanced weapons of the two countries.

Sure enough, as guessed in Hojing, the weapon was a second-class obsolete army.

But it's better than the folk one.

For example, the range of the musket reached 1,200 paces, and there were also small artillery.

And the crossbow of Western Qin is also more than a thousand steps away, and its lethality is amazing.

All the materials are also very special.

Zhao Zheng even sent a sword to Xu Ding.

Wearing two wrenches, Xu will definitely make this sword deform and expand, and a sword swing will not be as sharp as his tiger tooth knife.

"It's just that the sword with two wrenches can be so sharp, but think about how sharp the five-finger sword used by Zhao Zheng at that time was, this Xiqin's attainments in equipment are really super-first-class." Xu Ding said with emotion.

The sword sent by Zhao Zheng made Xu Ding like it a lot, and at the same time, he was even more envious of the sword of the Western Qin royal family.

That's the real magic weapon.

This sword is taken back to the big man, and it is very capable of pretending.

With the equipment sent by Xiqin and Nanming, although it is a little worse, it is also an opportunity to learn from it.

Xu Ding personally picked some and brought them back to Weiyuan Island.

When I returned to the island, the earth began to warm up, everything recovered, everything began to flourish, and the earth began to show vitality.

When Xu Ding came to the Instruments Department, the Instruments Department was testing the newly produced firearms.

"Bokang, you came back just in time, according to your requirements, we have made a lot of finished products, but there is no test, today we are going to test them one by one, if the effect is good, we can produce small batches in advance." Although Huang Chengyan is not in charge of firearms research and development, he is still responsible for and supervising the top official of the Instruments Department.

So I was extremely happy to see Xu Ding come back.

Xu Dingdao: "It's okay, since we have caught up, let's take a look together, hoping to bring us some surprises." ”

Coming to the test range, Xu Ding, Huang Chengyan and others entered the high platform of the protective bunker.

Huang Chengyan's disciple who mainly grabbed firearms, Corpse Hao, personally took his team to the end.

This made Xu Ding appreciate it very much.

There is no room for sloppiness in the slightest sloppiness in such a new thing as firearms, and still less can it be faked by others, otherwise the conclusions drawn may be greatly deviated.

"Tell the general, there are four categories of items tested by our Firearms Bureau this time, one is grenades, the second is explosives packs, the third is artillery, and the fourth is firearms, please accept the general's review." Corpse Hao said seriously to Xu Ding.

Xu Dingdao: "You can experiment, the idea is safe." ”

"Whoa!" Corpse Hao turned back, and then said to his hand:

"Let's test the explosives pack first and test the power of the new explosive pack."

"Yes!"

Several assistants took a bag of explosives and placed it in a pit full of dirt, then buried it in the dirt, compacted it, lit the fuse, and quickly ran into a nearby concrete bunker.

After a while, there was a loud bang.

Where the explosives were buried, black smoke rose to the sky and dirt was splattered.

When the black smoke is blown away, a large crater is revealed.

After confirming that there was no danger, Corpse Hao took his assistant to map the site and recorded the explosion scene in detail.

Xu Ding and Huang Chengyan watched all this from the high platform bunker far away, Xu Ding nodded and said: "Gloomy is meticulous and rigorous, I hope he can lead the Firearms Bureau to go further and carry it forward thoroughly." ”

Huang Chengyan said: "We are relieved to do things gloomily, but his character is a bit flat, and if he doesn't fight or grab, he may not be able to bring the Firearms Bureau to a higher level." ”

The corpse Hao, the word is gloomy, the descendants of the corpses of the famous men of the Warring States Period, enter Taoism, call the whole body Taoist, good at making a wide short sword, and never show martial arts.

On the contrary, I like Donglai's way of things, especially chemistry, so I have always been obsessed with it.

is a person who does practical things, but he is not an official material.

Xu Dingdao: "Gloomy temperament is also with your father-in-law, although it is not the material to be an official, but the Firearms Bureau and the Instrument Department are engineering and a new category, and what you want is someone who is willing to specialize, willing to endure hardships, and willing to do practical things."

In this way, we can truly explore its potential, and if our minds are used to compete for power and profit, then it is most likely that our thinking is old, and we do not want to forge ahead, but it is the biggest obstacle. ”

"What Bo Kang said is also reasonable, but I'm lazy, if it weren't for this, I really want to go back to Huaguo Mountain to hug my grandson." Huang Chengyan smiled, as if there was Xu Jiang's figure in front of him, ready to be amused.

Xu Ding could only smile bitterly.

Who doesn't want to have a wife and children.

It's just that the affairs are busy, the world is undecided, and nothing can be separated from him.

Soon the corpse Hao came over with the recorded data and reported: "General, Huang Shi, this is the data we just collected, based on the previous experiments, I think we should optimize the black powder to the greatest extent, and the explosive power and stability of the gunpowder can only be like this." ”

Saying that, the corpse Hao handed the file book to Huang Chengyan.

Huang Chengyan didn't answer, because he didn't know much about this way, so Xu Ding took it, and after reading it carefully, Xu Ding said: "That's it, you can start mass production of gunpowder, this kind of black powder does not have to be used for the military, it can be used for mining, mountain opening, road construction, and can speed up our production and construction." ”

"What Berkang said is true." Huang Chengyan's eyes lit up, yes, this gunpowder is so powerful that it is not only used in the military, but also in many places.

It's a real weapon.

Corpse Hao retrieved the file book, then drew a tick with red colored crayons, and went down to prepare for the second experiment.

Experiments with the second grenade.

This experiment is a bit large, because grenades of various shapes and sizes of various proportions have been made.

In order to find the best solution.

So it's tedious to do.

There were explosions, and then a series of industrious and busy figures interspersed in the shooting range.

After working for an hour and a half, Corpse Hao brought back a new data file, and added analysis to find the most suitable grenades.

Xu Dingjian saw that there was no problem and was also approved to be put into production, and it was still in large quantities.

Before the firearms were not mature and developed, the grenade was obviously a kind of large-scale killing weapon, whether it was attacking or defending the city, it was definitely a great weapon.

Sometimes it's better than grabbing.

Self-100 can speed up more production.

The third is the firebolt.

There are made of copper and steel.

But either way it's a rifled gun.

What is a rifled gun? This is another type of gun with a rifled engraving on the inner wall of the barrel as opposed to a smoothbore gun.

The shooting distance and accuracy of the rifled gun are much higher than that of the smoothbore gun, which is driven by the future, so Xu Ding is directly in place in one step, but it is a spiral rifled gun.

Fortunately, Donglai's ordnance technology is relatively high, so it is not too difficult to operate.

Next, the guns of various materials are continuously fired under the control of the operator to test the service life of the guns and their respective characteristics and disadvantages.

After an hour of wiping, the corpse Hao and others finished the experiment, as well as data recording and analysis, and then came to Xu Ding to report.

There was both surprise and worry on his face, and Xu Ding said: "Gloomy, why do you look like this." ”

Corpse Hao replied truthfully: "Lord, after our testing, the data of the front-loading rifled gun has come out, but there is good news and bad news. ”

"Let's have the bad news first!" Xu Ding also became serious, it seems that the problem is not small.

Corpse Hao said: "The bad news is that whether it is made of copper or steel, it is not very qualified, the service life is too short, and it is easy to explode, and the design of the bullet and the gun itself still needs to be optimized." ”

Xu Ding nodded slightly, there is a big trick in firearms, not that if you understand the reason, you can make a good gun if you understand the principle.

The finer the object, the more it needs to be tested by countless experiments and time.

The establishment of the Firearms Bureau is still too hasty and short, and the foundation is not thick enough.

"And what about the good news?" Huang Chengyan asked.

Corpse Hao said: "The good news is that the firing distance of the rifled gun is far greater than that of the smoothbore gun, even our unqualified barrel can shoot a minimum of 1,000 paces and a maximum of 1,600 paces." ”

Between 500 and 800 steps.

The firing distance is about the same.

Facts have shown that beyond 200 meters, it is generally difficult to accurately hit the target.

Beyond 400 meters, it will be difficult to hit the target.

Therefore, the firing distance of the rifled gun surpassed that of the folk guns of the Southern Ming Empire.

Even comparable to the inferior firearms equipped with by its army, if not a little superior.

This is very good news.

As long as you can optimize and find the alloy steel suitable for making guns, you can compete with Nanming on the way to the musket.

So Xu Ding said: "It is indeed good news, the next key direction of the musket is to focus on research and development to find alloy steel suitable for making gun barrels, and I will let the steel mill cooperate with you in research and development in this regard." ”