Seeing that it was still early, Li Zicheng took He Xiaomi and others to Xining Catholic Church to take a look around, and by the way, he saw what Tang Ruowang was doing, and I don't know how he prepared for the telescope he told him last time.

"Big ...... "How can I have time to visit the church today?" Are you going to have a mass? If the adults want, I'll do it alone for the adults! ”

Li Zicheng said in his heart, if Lao Tzu joins Catholicism, what will happen to Jie'er and Die'er? Is it possible to let them go back to their parents' homes? There was a slight smile on his face, "Mr. Tang, has there been an increase in believers?" Are there many people who come to Mass on weekdays? ”

"My lord, there are a few more believers," John Tang said with joy on his face, although the people who joined the religion were very cautious, but they were already more than a hundred times better than Xi'an, "You say, there are so many Han people, why are there only 1,000 people who have joined the religion?" ”

"If you want Han people to join the Church, you have to show God's skills," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "How about it, has the telescope you made last time have been lost?" ”

"My lord, I was about to talk to you about this," John Tang turned around and entered the inner room, and after a while, he held a monocular in his hand, "I have finished making it according to the requirements of the adults, and the adults will see if it meets your requirements!" ”

"Oh, so fast?" Li Zicheng took the telescope with a smile, and when he went out of the gate, there happened to be a big tree with the thickness of a bowl, so he closed his left eye, pointed his right eye to the eyepiece, and moved the objective lens towards the big tree.

Obediently, the big tree seemed to run under his nose, and even in the cracked old skin, an ant crawled around hopefully, and he could see it clearly.

He tried to move away from the camera again, casting it farther away, but his vision was blocked by the roof, so he lifted the mirror to the sky, just an unknown bird, holding a branch in his mouth, flying briskly to the right front, it seems that he is preparing to build a new nest, it was not very clear, Li Zicheng turned the back handle twice, only to see the tip of the bud on the dead branch, it turned out to be a budding branch, but the skin of the branch is still blue-gray.

"My lord, this is a telescope with a five-fold focal length, if you feel that the focal length is not enough, you can increase the ......"

"Enough, enough," Li Zicheng put away the telescope like a baby, this is just an ordinary military telescope, not too far away, and not at sea, "Mr. Tang, how can such a telescope be made?" Can a craftsman do it independently? ”

"It should be possible," John Tang took out a folded piece of white paper from a drawer, "My lord, this is the craftsmanship of production, and the craftsmen should understand it." ”

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you can come to the church to ask for advice, Li Zicheng hurriedly put the blank paper in his arms, "Mr. Tang, I don't know how Mr. Tang thinks about the warship last time?" ”

Tang Ruowang suddenly frowned, "My lord, I just remember the rough, detailed drawings, I'm afraid it will take some time, I have already handed over the part I remember to the craftsman." ”

"It doesn't matter, we can build a ship first according to your recollection, in case it can't be used as a warship, it can be used as a transport ship," Li Zicheng patted Tang Ruowang's shoulder, "Mr. Tang doesn't have to be entangled, we can build a warship sooner or later." ”

Li Zicheng left the church and went to the craftsman's workshop, although there were no drawings of the warship, but the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty should have the technology of shipbuilding, just like he said to Tang Ruowang, it is better to build a transport ship first.

The last time Zhou Bin's 500th household withdrew from the Triangle City, because the fishing boat was too small, the result was to leave in a carriage, if there is a large transport ship in the West Sea, in the future, not only can transport personnel, but also transport materials to the Triangle City, it is not a waste, the key is to train a group of sailors first, otherwise, even if there are warships, they can only wander in vain in the West Sea.

If you have a warship, you can at least help defend the triangle city, and when you retreat, you can also withdraw the soldiers in the triangle city.

The Xining army has the advantage of the navy, and if it encounters Bayar's Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield in the future, it can rely on the superiority of the navy to deal with him and fight a war of attrition.

It would be better if there was artillery, firing from a warship to the shore, the Mongols only had a dry stare, however, the artillery didn't have to think about it now, although Li Zicheng did not lack drawings and craftsmanship, but he lacked pig iron, and even the Xining rifle could not be built on a large scale, let alone the artillery with a very low usage rate.

Leaving the church, Li Zicheng went to the craftsman's workshop, Shen Dao, who was in charge of the craftsman's workshop, happened to be there today, saw Li Zicheng, and hurriedly kowtowed, "My subordinates kowtow to see your lord." ”

"Lord Shen doesn't need to be polite," Li Zicheng waited for him to get up and smiled slightly, "Lord Shen was born in the army, and now he is trapped in the craftsman's workshop, so he scolds his mother, right?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Shen Dao hurriedly lowered his head, he did scold his mother nowadays, but he didn't scold Li Zicheng, not that he didn't want to, he didn't dare, but several officers who had defected to Li Zicheng in the original guard were basically reused now, from military generals to civilian officials, only he Shen Dao, who was in charge of the half-dead craftsman's workshop, and his subordinates did not say anything about the errands, and there were few people who obeyed him, most of the time, Li Zicheng directly dealt with the craftsmen and completely left him alone.

"Let's not talk about this, as long as Lord Shen is sincere, there will be opportunities in the future," Li Zicheng took out the telescope from his arms, "This, Lord Shen has seen it?" ”

Shen Dao held the telescope in both hands, looked left and right, but he didn't understand the point, "My lord, what is this?" Subordinates are dull ......"

"It's called a telescope, and you can see each other from a distance." Li Zicheng motioned for Shen Dao to look out the door.

Shen Dao looked out and immediately exclaimed, "My lord, this is ...... Why are all the houses outside in sight? Also, the old man just now could even see the beard on his lips clearly......"

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "If there is an enemy on the other side, or if the enemy is hidden in a corner, and you search with a telescope, what will happen to the result?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates seem to understand...... Shen Dao's old eyes almost lit up, as if he was rejuvenated.

"Not only during the day, but also at night, if the light is not too dim, you can also see the hidden opponent," Li Zicheng took out the drawings from his arms, "Lord Shen, let the idle craftsmen build seven more identical telescopes according to the drawings, and turn around and ask people to go to the official office to get a few pieces of glass." "He has to first issue a telescope to the commanders of each department to see the effect, and if the telescope is not suitable for the battlefield, it needs to be improved, especially to change the magnification.

"My lord......" Shen Dao was hesitant, seeing that Li Zicheng was looking at him, in order to avoid misunderstanding, he gritted his teeth and said: "I am afraid that the only craftsmen who are idle now are Fang Zhi and them......

Why is that? What about the rest of the craftsmen? Li Zicheng frowned, he didn't believe it, with such a good treatment, would he still be able to escape? Could it be that craftsmen are white-eyed wolves that they can't raise?

"Lord Hui, all the carpenters, as well as the craftsmen who did not have a clear task, were taken to the West Sea by Cao Jian," Shen Dao whispered: "Cao Jian said that it was the adults who asked them to build the warship, and he had already obtained the drawings of the shipbuilding from Bishop Tang, and he had already prepared the materials on his back to go to the West Sea......"

Li Zicheng then remembered that whether it was to build a military warship or a merchant ship for transportation, it could only be built on the coast of the West Sea, and it could not be built in Xining, and then carried to the West Sea by land, so he said: "Then let Fang Zhi and them do it, a few telescopes won't take long." ”

The Xining rifle is a new generation of firearms, except for a small amount of maintenance work, there is no need to improve it for the time being, and Fang Zhi and these firearms craftsmen basically have nothing to do for the time being.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will inform Fang Zhi and them."

When Li Zicheng left the craftsman's workshop, he was a little unhappy in his heart, this Cao Jian, just went to Xihai Shipbuilding without saying a word, how were the materials prepared? Is there a shipyard for shipbuilding? Need human assistance? The West Sea is far away from Xining, in case of a sneak attack by the Mongols, how to protect the shipyard?

As soon as he got out of the craftsman's workshop, Li Zicheng immediately said loudly: "Xiaomi sent someone to Xihai to see what the hell this Cao Jian is doing!" ”

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will immediately send someone to the West Sea."

In the afternoon, Li Zicheng went to the girls' school to teach a half-day class as usual, but this time he left the campus early and came to the training ground.

Zhou Bin's recruitment work has ended, and he has personally trained this batch of recruits, but most of the wounded soldiers under his command have not returned to the team, but after winning the victory in the defense of the triangle city, he has just been promoted to the only one from a thousand households in Xining.

On the training ground, Li Guo and Zhou Bin occupied the east and west ends respectively.

The day's drill has come to an end, but Li Guo has a calm face, meticulously pointing out the soldiers' irregular movements, even the high level of the ranger character is also decent, probably because he has been trained under Gao Yingxiang for more than a year, and his temperament has been almost grinded.

On the other end, Zhou Bin is not as comfortable as Li Guo, almost teaching the soldiers by hand, compared to Li Guo's soldiers, who have been training for a period of time, except for a limited number of wounded soldiers returning to the team, his soldiers are almost all newly recruited recruits.

Seeing Li Zicheng suddenly appear beside him, Zhou Bin hurriedly greeted him, turned over and bowed: "Subordinate Zhou Bin, knock to see your lord!" ”

"You don't need to be polite from a thousand households," Li Zicheng let Zhou Bin get up, and said with a smile: "How about it, these recruits, is it difficult to train?" ”

"These recruits are even more stupid than the cattle and sheep of the Mongols, and they don't even distinguish between left and right," Zhou Bin subconsciously wiped the sweat stains on his face, looked back at the soldiers who were training, and suddenly pointed to a person: "Look, sir, that Friday, I couldn't even hold the shield steadily, and I had to get rid of the danger, if I went to the battlefield, how could I ......fight hard with the Mongols."

"Haha, don't worry from a thousand households," Li Zicheng laughed, "They are all recruits, and their training is less than three days, how can they treat them with the requirements of veterans, rest assured, as long as they persist, but in ten days, they will be reborn, you see those soldiers under Double Happiness, it will only take ten days, right?" ”

Zhou Bin shook his head and sighed, "Hey, these rabbit cubs, I really don't know when they will be able to reach the level of Li Baihu's soldiers......"