"I'm a prince, but an ignorant child! It's a pity that you die at this age, but don't worry, I will take care of your daughters, hehe, I don't know what the princess tastes like when she plays! ”

One sentence changed Zhao Rui's face.

Although Lin Mengyao hadn't passed the door yet, Zhao Rui felt that he was not allowed to say shameless things so unscrupulously.

"Musket preparation...... Shoot! ”

The bow of the boat was slowly turning around, and Chen Mingfu saw a group of people with muskets, his face suddenly became solemn, and he shouted: "Resist, resist!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Rui's side had already "suddenly" burst into flames.

Fortunately, the people on Chen Mingfu's side reacted quickly, picked up the heavy iron plate to resist, and the sound of metal intersecting passed, and there was no damage on Jiyangbing's side.

"Hahaha...... I heard that Jiaozhi said that you have muskets, wouldn't I be on guard? ”

The Jiyang people and the Jiaozhi people looked smug at the same time, and they felt that Zhao Rui's legendary musket was not very strong, didn't this block them all.

Everyone on Zhao Rui's side is the same, because they know that naval battles do not rely on muskets.

Zhao Rui showed a sarcastic look on his face, and shouted violently: "Fire!" ”

Kindness? What cannon?

When the enemy was still inexplicable, the left and right sides of the new Shenzhou were already facing the front and rear, and there were ten windows open together in each place, showing the swarthy barrels.

No way......

How could this cargo ship have so many cannons?

"Boom, boom......"

I don't know how many warships were overturned in the first round of shooting, and when the enemy was frightened, the secondary artillery was constantly firing, and they still had people blocking it with iron plates, but the cannonballs were cannonballs after all, and even if the caliber of the secondary artillery was small, it was not something that they could resist with a steel plate held by their manpower.

The fire from the secondary cannon caused a wolf to howl, followed by a second round of the main gun, and then a third round......

The enemy was stupid, they had dozens of warships, and now there were only three left, and Chen Mingfu was standing on a ship wet and directing the escape. Obviously, after his ship broke and fell into the water, he got on another warship.

Artillery on both sides of the ship is actually a very helpless thing, if you want to open the cannon, you can't pursue, if you want to pursue, you can't open the cannon, the enemy's three warships have escaped the firing range in a twist and turn, the new Shenzhou continues to pursue, but further forward, the reef is more and more numerous, coupled with the unfamiliarity of the sea area, the speed of the ship is getting slower and slower.

"Stop chasing, go back!"

Zhao Rui became impatient and commanded the fleet to turn around and return.

The purpose of defeating the pirates this time was completed, destroying dozens of their warships, which was enough to keep them honest for a long time.

But Zhao Rui felt that if he wanted to expand his territory with a thousand people, it was a little too early, after all, Qiongzhou Island was so vast, and it was really not interesting to capture a port town by himself.

When Zhao Rui returned, he hadn't noticed that there was a small fishing boat floating far away on the sea, and he had already seen the whole process of the battle......

Zhao Rui won the battle, and the more he thought about it on the way back, the more unhappy he became, mainly because the Jiaozhi people actually harassed him from the sea, and it seemed that he was going to teach them some lessons.

This battle also made Zhao Rui realize the shortcomings of the new Shenzhou, and when he arrived in Anbang Prefecture, he found Zheng Yu and ordered him to build some medium-sized warships, which could be equipped with a few ship guns, so that they would come in handy when they landed on the beach in the future.

Then Zhao Rui returned to Dabaocheng, and after a short stay, he went to Wanya Prefecture.

The steam engine has been delayed for so long, and it should have a prototype.

Arriving at the smelting workshop, Zhao Rui found Wei Lu, and as expected, he was experimenting with a steam engine.

As the coal in the boiler burns, the pistons in the twin cylinders are moving back and forth, and through the transmission of gears, the output circular motion is formed.

"Haha! Velu, you've made it! ”

Zhao Rui was also thinking that the simple steam engine had information, and it should have come out early, but he didn't expect that what Wei Lu said was unsuccessful, and it turned out to be a steam engine with two cylinders.

This kind of steam engine is more efficient than that of a single cylinder, and especially the manufacture of gears is not easy, first of all, the gears need to be made of carbon steel with greater strength, and the processing standards must be ensured, so as to form a stable circular motion in operation.

"Lord Wang, in fact, I have done a good job in the mechanical part, but the gas sealing material has been tested many times to find a more suitable one, and now our steam engine is already in the high-pressure steam engine, you see, I also made a pressure gauge in the book......"

The dial and the hands really look like a modern instrument.

To Zhao Rui's relief and surprise, Wei Lu's words were even more pleasant, he had just used a number of modern nouns and terms, indicating that he had completely understood their actual meaning.

In this way, the basic knowledge will slowly form a system in practice, and the subsequent transformation and strengthening of the steam engine will be efficiently improved, and the time spent will be greatly shortened.

In fact, Zhao Rui doesn't know whether his method of cramming and producing true knowledge in practice is suitable, but he knows that he doesn't have time to wait for the improvement of people's cognition and the slow development of science and technology.

Although the foundation of the latter is relatively stable, Zhao Rui must at least complete the industrial revolution in his lifetime and achieve the hegemony of conquering the world!

Now that the experiment had been successful, Zhao Rui immediately ordered Wei Lu to build a large steam engine for use in the water conservancy textile factory, which was currently geographically restricted.

Velu said that large steam engines were already being built and would take some time to complete, and that he was already interested in generators and had already begun experimenting.

Because Velu was a blacksmith, he saw that electrolytic metals could be of greater purity, so he naturally became intrigued.

Zhao Rui was much relieved, sure enough, the ancients were not fools, they had professional skills, plus theory is like a tiger with wings, and they grow up very quickly.

Zhao Rui's previous assumption was not wrong, leaving professional things to professional people to do is the way to maximize efficiency.

Now the steam engine has also made progress, and Zhao Rui is much more relieved in terms of science and technology, and he can finally free up his hands to teach Jiaozhi people a lesson.

Zhao Rui ordered people to let out the words, because of Jiaozhi's hostile behavior at sea, so they were ready to launch a fierce attack on Beijiang Mansion.

The spread of such news simply made the Chen Dynasty panic all day long.

Now that the northwest and south roads are at war, they are already tired, but I didn't expect Zhao Rui in the east to also exert force.

At the beginning, the Chen Dynasty just regarded Zhao Rui as a small force encroaching on the territory, but now it seems that he is even more difficult to deal with than the Angkor Dynasty, at least the musket, no one in the Chen Dynasty has a way to crack it, and the previous iron plate defense is useless, because Zhao Rui still has the kind of stone that can explode, the city wall, and the city gate will be blown apart!

However, Bac Giang Mansion is too close to Thang Long City, and if Bac Giang Mansion is occupied by Zhao Rui again, then the Chen Dynasty is really running out of time.

Therefore, Chen Jiong immediately made a decision, withdrew a large number of troops from the three fronts, and threw all of them into the defense of Beijiang Mansion, it doesn't matter if the city gate is or not, anyway, even if it is a street battle, he must make every effort to block Zhao Rui's attack.

"Father Wang, in my opinion, it is safer to seek peace."

Although Chen Xuan has been pressed by his Lao Tzu in the court, his instinctive intuition feels that this battle cannot be fought, and if Zhao Rui destroys a large number of troops, maybe Chen Chao will be in danger.

At this critical moment, when the court was discussing the transfer of troops, he made such a suggestion.

"Shut up! You know what a fart! ”

Although in front of the court, Chen Jiong did not save face for his son at all.

"Now that everyone is going to hit the door, you still want to make peace? Good thing I'm not dead! If I die, you will be the king of the fallen country! ”

Chen Jiong still didn't listen to his son's advice, and acted arbitrarily, and the matter of dispatching troops was arranged.

Zhao Rui's declaration of march was also obtained by Angkor and Champa, such a well-known thing is not much information, so both of them want to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of Cochin, so the forces invested in the attack have also increased.

Only the northern part of Jiaozhi and the border of Dali can still be defended, because the Mongolian nobles are content to enjoy it, patting the Dali soldiers to attack Jiaozhi, the Dali soldiers are naturally not so reluctant to fight hard, the war has been in a state of anxiety for a long time, even if Jiaozhi transferred troops from the north, it did not cause much impact.

When the troops were being dispatched from those countries, Zhao Rui was not in a hurry at all, he was directing a group of carpenters to process artillery vehicles.

This kind of artillery cart is also inspired by the materials brought back, usually used to pull horses when marching, and when you get to the front line, you only need to adjust it, and you can launch artillery attacks at any time.

However, Zhao Rui greatly overestimated the efficiency of the craftsmen, thinking that there were too many people, and originally thought that the frame of fifty guns could be completed in a few days, but it took fifteen days to add up.

Zhao Rui didn't feel anything on his side, he just spent more time, but Chen Chao's side was uncomfortable.

The armies on three sides have gathered in Beijiang Mansion, ready to carry out a life-and-death battle to defend the city, but after waiting day after day, Zhao Rui's army is always nowhere to be seen.

The food is still being consumed, and the border near Angkor and Champa is also constantly alarming, this cunning Zhao Rui will not be cheating!

At this time, the morale of the army had been shaken, and the Jiaozhi soldiers stationed in the city were constantly harassing the people day by day, which also caused great public indignation.

The controversy in the court was endless, and the civil and military officials were divided into two factions, one faction said to leave, and the other faction wanted to stay, so that no one could convince anyone.

And Chen Jiong also because of the special geographical location of Beijiang Mansion, he has been hesitating and has not made a final decision.

To say that these days, the most comfortable is probably Angkor and Champa two countries.

They obviously noticed that the number of defenders in Cochin had decreased, and they themselves had increased their troops, and when they attacked, it was as simple as chopping vegetables and cutting melons, and killing those under-staffed Cochin people was a lot of.