The so-called steam engine, which was built by craftsmen through their own modifications, is followed by a cauldron. Use coal to boil water, in this way, the water vapor will continue to expand, pushing the movement of things like the lid above, they are very smart, the lid is built like the stroke of the internal combustion engine, there is something like a vent valve at a certain height, thinking that the leakage of steam directly leads to something like the lid back, and then completes a stroke, however, there are still many, many problems with the steam engine, the first sealing is very poor, and the completion of a stroke needs to wait for a long time. This is obviously not able to meet such a need, but Shangwu has no way, because there is no rubber in this era, the origin of rubber comes from the Americas, Shangwu cannot get such a thing, which means that they have to use other methods to carry out, but the craftsmen use the roughest way, linen, linen will absorb part of the heat, when the stroke is completed, it is thought that the presence of linen cloth leads to an increase in this friction, which means that it takes a lot of force to complete a stroke, if this force continues to increase, a pressure cooker may be formed.

"How's it going, sir?" The craftsman looked excitedly at his results. Shang Wu nodded, could it be that he said that it was still far from what he wanted? It's one thing to think about, but this foundation still needs a certain method to complete, for example, what kind of level can the foundation of craftsmen they make, and some problems they need to solve in person, if they can't solve such a problem well, the steam engine still can't be manufactured.

"I think it's okay, but it seems that it will take some time to meet the production, and if it can push a weight of more than 200 stone or so up and down, I believe this machine will be very successful." Shang Wu said.

"Boom." The craftsman heard two hundred stones. This is a difficult task for them to complete, because the steam they produce at the moment is at most pushed by the weight they make, and this weight is strictly limited to two catties, and this requires special skills to build.

"What? Is it difficult? Shang Wu asked.

"Hmm. Sir, this is really too difficult. We can only push two pounds of stuff at the most, and if it is harder, we may not be able to make a change. You know, there are still a lot of immature places for such things. The craftsman said.

"Well, it doesn't matter, as long as you keep improving, many things can still be solved, and in this case, as long as you do such things well, other things are easy to do." Shang Wu encouraged.

"That, sir, if you have time, you are giving us a lesson, we old guys, we haven't figured out a lot of things, if I can, I also hope to take a few apprentices and learn together." The craftsman said with some embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter, you can come at any time, in the future, we will set up a polytechnic to specialize in these things, and those apprentices will come out of them all people who are of great use. With them, there is still quite a lot we can do. Shang Wu said. Then he didn't say anything. This kind of thing is for him. It's not the hardest thing to do. Cultivate some backbones and cultivate some seeds in order to take root and sprout in the future.

Wangjiazhuang. Wang Ming is gathering the landlords of several nearby estates for an important negotiation.

"Mr. Jia, who was next to Chief Xu, came here and explained some of his intentions to everyone. I think you'll understand some of the things too. Wang Ming said.

"I understand. Once we have built this factory and concentrated a large amount of land, we will have no way out. Wang Ming said by name. Wang Ming was a little moved by Jia Xu's proposal, but he really didn't have much money in his hands. Opening factories and concentrating on land acquisitions is the biggest business he has ever done. If you want to build a bank, you will inevitably contact other companies to do such things, but Wang Ming has already understood their attitude. They are still hesitating, but the problem is that they have already annexed the land, and the annexation of the land means that they have a great connection with the Red Turban Army, and this connection is no longer something they can break away from if they want to.

"I understand all of this." The other landlords nodded their heads and said. Whatever the reason, they know this, and that is that they are already standing with the Red Turbans. Whatever the reason you're in, as long as you have a connection to the Red Turbans. The officers and soldiers will inevitably take some measures against them, and they have no way out.

"But I'm waiting for such a huge amount of money, once I lose it. I'm waiting, it's useless to cry. A landowner took the lead. This is where the landlords are worried, they are worried about a big loss, and this loss has caused them to not be in a very good situation. This means that they may lose all their possessions.

"We can't look at such a problem that way. Mr. Jia is right, we have annexed so much land, once the official army recovers it, let me vomit out all this land, what should I do? Wang Ming asked.

"This." Many landlords are puzzled. They don't know how to explain it, and if that's the case, then they're in a bad situation.

"In that case, we won't be losing money. If the Red Turban Army occupies this place, we will be able to earn more money, and if the Red Turban Army loses its foundation, we will also suffer, and supporting the Red Turban Army is to support and protect our family business, and in this case, we can only keep our family business by fighting hard. Otherwise, our family property will be ruined at our hands. Wang Ming made the truth clear.

"That makes sense." The landlords began to think about their future. At the beginning, they were forced to annex land, or borrow a large amount of land from banks, because they saw that many bad landlords in the surrounding area had been killed. In such a situation, they were forced to borrow land, which was equivalent to encouraging them to annex the land, and as long as they paid a certain amount of interest, they could lease it for a long time, most of which were good land.

And the Red Turban Army has less taxes, which makes them make a lot of money, after the family has a thick foundation, they open factories, most of the products they produce are sold to the Red Turban Army, of course, some things are sold to Luoyang, if they buy some money again, introduce some new things, they will earn more money. But after all, they are all landlords, and they hide their own family resources, which is their habit, and they are obviously able to do this, and they are still doing relatively well.

Although most of them were forced, they were all happy to do so, thinking that doing so would bring them a lot of benefits, and the emergence of these benefits would make their situation much better.

However, the arrival of the official army made them start to worry, after all, all this was given by the Red Turban Army, and if they didn't continue to support it, they might be involved.

"I don't dare to hesitate." A landlord wanted to understand such a thing and immediately stood up and said so. Because they really have no way back.

"Hmm." Other landlords thought about it and thought about it, and it was completely impossible to quit at this time. Although they have gained enough benefits, the problem is that they already have a lot to do with the Red Turban Army, and once they retreat, the official army will definitely not bypass them.

"I won't hesitate to wait." Other landlords have come forward to speak.

"Good. In that case, let's make a provision and go to Chief Xu to solve this problem together. Wang Ming nodded and said. These landlords, in fact, are also doing it for themselves, and if they were given a choice, they would still do it.

In the war department, Shang Wu looked at the report in his hand and began to think of some methods.

"The infantry phalanx against the cavalry, the army is thinking about such a problem, but the village, according to our reconnaissance report, the officers and soldiers seem to be very jealous of our village, and if they target us specifically, the situation will be very unfavorable to us." Zhen Jia Xu said.

"I've seen that. The situation is not very serious. Shang Wu put the report aside and said.

"Your idea is that I have a recipe for cement, and the difficulty of manufacturing it is not very difficult. In this way, we can strengthen the defenses of our villages. "Shang Wu began to write out some recipes, how to make them.

"Cement?" Jia Xu asked.

"Yes, that's the only way to do that at the moment. In addition to barbed wire, we must set up more anti-cavalry piles to prevent the opposing cavalry from rushing into it frantically. "Shang Wu originally wanted to talk about anti-tank piles. But when I think about it, there were no tanks at this time, but heavy cavalry was equivalent to heavy tanks, and this lethality was still relatively large. If we don't strengthen our defenses, we won't be able to do a lot of things.

But with these two things, the threat posed by the heavy cavalry will be difficult.

"Hmm." Jia Xu nodded, he knew the power of heavy cavalry, and at the same time, he also knew the important role of barbed wire, this kind of weapon was simply a disaster for infantry. Once it is hung up, it is difficult to get out, not only these, but the damage to the cavalry is also very large, even if the heavy cavalry sprints all over, the result is the same, because the barbed wire has a certain toughness, this toughness is their biggest weapon, and he can't get out of this trouble.