Wang Lang has been thinking for a long time about the problem of three-stage shooting, in order to make up for the problem of rate of fire, although it can be arranged in four, five or even six columns, but this involves the problem of efficiency, because in the arquebus period, the range of the arquebus can not effectively suppress the bow and arrow, the enemy must withstand the casualties and can rush to the musketeer in a very short time.

If you use more lines, when the musketeers in the third row finish fighting, the musketeers in the fourth row may have rushed in front of them before they could shoot the enemy.

After all, a soldier is not a robot, and in the face of an enemy close at hand, he is nervous and afraid, and he can shoot is already psychologically excellent.

Three-stage shooting is the experience of five battles in the arquebus flintlock era through five battles, and Wang Lang, who has the prerequisites, naturally will not take the time to test other tactics, and the doctrine is sometimes the most efficient way.

On the question of the rate of fire, if the musket is not improved, there is no other way to think of it than to constantly train the musketeers to proficiency.

The training of the musketeers continued.

In order to train the seeds of these musketeers, Wang Lang can be said to have invested a lot, a large part of the gunpowder produced by the gunpowder workshop is deployed here, and a musketeer can shoot at least 20 projectiles a day, which will be an extremely large number over time.

Moreover, the musket also has a problem of lifespan, and the musket will be scrapped after a certain number of fires, which is another huge expense.

Thinking of this, Wang Lang had an incomparably headache, wanting to maintain a musket team of tens of thousands of people, the materials consumed would bring great pressure to the finances of the Xia Kingdom.

But Wang Lang also knows that the development of firearms is the right way, and if you want to survive in a world surrounded by aliens, you must have weapons more powerful than the enemy, so as to fight for more living space for human beings.

Before the military level of the dinosaur people catches up with humans in the future, in the very first stage, it is necessary to fight a good situation for humans.

The intelligence level of the dinosaur people is not below that of humans, and the secrets of firearms will not be kept for a long time, even if humans cannot dominate the world, at least they can compete with the dinosaur people.

Since Wang Hai got Wang Lang's consent, he hurriedly came to the dragoon camp, found General Liu, and told him Wang Lang's words.

"Second prince, since it was agreed by His Majesty, after His Majesty's will is conveyed, Xia Guan will naturally personally teach the second prince this riding technique." General Liu said respectfully.

Wang Hai nodded and said, "General Liu, my father said, in the future, you can just treat me as a soldier, don't call me the second prince." ”

"How can this be done, the second prince is extremely noble, and the lower officials dare not offend." General Liu said hurriedly.

Wang Hai frowned and said: "What offense is not offended, my eldest brother didn't also start as a small soldier, and I haven't seen anyone else say anything, why can't I." ”

"This..."

"What this and that, that's it, I'll come to the barracks in a few days to report, by the way, this pterodactyl is for me, and when it grows up, it will be my mount." Wang Hai pointed to the pterodactyl cub that he had picked earlier.

General Liu Shen sighed slightly and said, "Xiaguan understands. ”

The matter of his own son is naturally just a trivial matter for Wang Lang.

After training the musketeers and reviewing the recitals, Wang Lang soaked in the small workshop in the palace and studied his watchmaking career.

After several months of research, he has done most of the parts, the principle of the mechanical watch can be used as a reference, but can not be completely followed, Wang Lang according to its operating principle, try to make a pendulum clock.

Now that the general framework of the clock has been completed, it is believed that the first attempt will be made in a dozen days.

As long as the clock is made, it will play a great role in the scientific research of Xia Kingdom.

The most regrettable thing for Wang Lang is that glass has not made much progress after several years of research, and if there is glass, some optical instruments will be manufactured to play a very important role in medicine.

But he is not omnipotent, and he has no choice but to go with the flow and sum up his experience through continuous failed attempts.

Seventeen-year-old Wu Feng, wearing a green coat and a square scarf, walked slowly and leisurely on the crowded streets.

Yancheng doesn't know where to start, among students and intellectuals, the hobby of wearing green clothes and scarves became popular, and over time, this kind of dress became the image of scholars in the hearts of the people.

Wu Feng, who was full of worries, turned a blind eye to the noisy crowd around him.

At the moment, he was worried about something, and he still didn't understand what was going on.

Because he has been a good friend of Wang He since he was a child, and has been praised by Wang Lang, Wu Feng's name has naturally entered the sight of those big people in the Xia Kingdom.

For this kind of young talent, many high-level people are extremely concerned, as long as these young people pass the scientific examination, they will become officials of the Xia Kingdom, and they know that Wang Lang attaches much more importance to civilian officials than military officials.

An existence like Wu Feng, who is top-notch among young people, will naturally not be let go by them, whether it is wooing or befriending, he will strive for an ally for himself in the court in the future.

More than ten years have passed in the Xia Kingdom, counting the tribal period, and these more than ten years have made the officialdom of the Xia Kingdom no longer as simple as it once was.

In order to strive for more political capital, the officials of the imperial court are secretly developing their own connections, and the military attachés are not obvious because they are under the control of Jinyiwei and military justice, but for civilian officials, Jinyiwei's monitoring is much smaller.

What Wu Feng was worried about was that a second-grade official of the previous dynasty came to his house to propose marriage.

I know something about the second-grade official Wu Feng, the official's name is Lin Feng, an official of the Ministry of Rites, and it is said that he is the confidant of Lin Wuyun of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the first batch of tribe members who followed His Majesty the Emperor to the grassland.

Such a high-ranking official proposed to himself, which made Wu Feng feel very frightened, he had never seen Lin Feng's daughter, and wanted to refuse, but he was worried about offending this important minister of the court, so he had no choice but to come out and hide.

Walking and walking, in front of a small shop, Wu Feng looked at the busy husband and wife in the small shop, and thought of not eating the rice for most of the day, and couldn't help but feel a feeling of hunger in his stomach.

walked into the shop, ordered a few small dishes, ordered a pot of wine, and relieved his sorrows alone.

"Oh, there is a golden house in the book, and the book is free and beautiful. Alas, Your Majesty, how did my Yan Ruyu become a hot potato when she came to me? Wu Feng smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"This student, but there is something to worry about." The shopkeeper said to Wu Feng with a smile.

"Alas, it's hard to put into words, it's hard to put into words." Wu Feng shook his head.

"How can there be so many worries in the world, you scholars just think too much, now life is not much better than before, there is a house to live in, there is enough food, what are you not satisfied with, the reader is really strange, I don't understand what my son sometimes says." The shopkeeper said slowly.

"Oh, is your son in the Academy?" Wu Feng asked.

"That's natural, I can't think about it, a year ago, my cub reached the age of school, the lieutenant found me and said, all children over the age of six have to go to the school palace to study, I was going to let him come out to help me, my small shop don't look small, but the business is good, I don't know what the use of reading so many books, you can count the numbers." The shopkeeper complained.

Wu Feng smiled and said: "This person, you still have to read more books, those books written by Your Majesty can make people understand things, how to understand tool manufacturing without reading, how to understand how big the world is, if it is passed on by word of mouth, how long can it be transmitted, now that the scientific examination has resumed, it will be very useful to read books in the future, whether it is to be an official or to do business." ”

"Don't talk about it, I just saw you sighing here, but what's on your mind, is it worried about the scientific expedition?" The shopkeeper asked.

Wu Feng smiled bitterly. "Alas, don't mention it, shopkeeper, it's okay to come first, how about a few drinks with me."

"How can this work, you are a guest, how can I drink your wine." The shopkeeper shook his head repeatedly.

"It's okay, you don't have any guests right now anyway, so it's okay to have a drink." Wu Feng persuaded.

"This... All right! The shopkeeper excused himself and moved a stool to sit down.

After chatting with the shopkeeper for a while, Wu Feng asked, "Shopkeeper, can I ask you about something?" ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he took a bite of the dish and patted his chest and said, "You asked me about things, but you asked the right person, and there is nothing on this street that I don't know." ”

"Then do you know that when you are a waiter in the court, Lin Feng and Lin are waiting." Wu Feng asked.

"Why don't you know, Lin Shilang often frequents my small shop, do you want to find Lin Shilang?" The shopkeeper asked.

Wu Feng nodded and said, "There is indeed something." ”

"Lin Shilang's house is just around the corner, you can walk for a while, you can just go over and ask yourself." The shopkeeper burped and said.

Wu Feng smiled, "Shopkeeper, I heard that Lin Shilang has a daughter, but there is such a thing." ”

"What a daughter, Lin Shilang has three children in his family, an eldest daughter, who seems to be about thirteen years old this year, and a younger daughter and a son who was born not long ago. Well, I'm well-informed. The shopkeeper laughed.

Wu Feng arched his hand in admiration and said, "What does the eldest daughter of Lin Shilang look like?" ”

"What does it look like?" Saying this, the shopkeeper suddenly pointed across the street: "See, the one in blue is Miss Lin." ”

Wu Feng looked over there and saw several girls choosing hairpins in front of a stall, but from his point of view, Zhimeng saw the back.

"Thank you, this is the money for the meal, please take it." Wu Feng took out a few copper coins from his arms and put them on the table.

After paying for the meal in a hurry, Wu Feng pretended to walk towards the stall, pretending to inadvertently take out the stall and pass by.

His gaze hurriedly swept over the faces of the girls, but this glance suddenly made Wu Feng's heart tremble violently.

The girl in blue had a fair face and a sweet smile that did not look like a human being.

Wu Feng didn't know what was wrong with him, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he moved step by step.

At this time, the girls also noticed Wu Feng's abnormality.

"Sister Lin, you see that student seems to be looking at you." A girl whispered in the ear of the girl in blue.

The girl in blue turned her head and saw that Wu Feng was staring at her motionlessly, she couldn't help but blush, then frowned, and slowly walked towards Wu Feng.

Wu Feng's heart seemed to be about to jump out of his heart at this time, and his palms were full of sweat.

Seeing the girl coming, she swallowed her saliva, "Aunt... Hello girl. ”

"Hello, what's the matter with you?" The girl in blue asked.

"No... It's okay, offended the girl, the student said goodbye, farewell. After speaking, Wu Feng disappeared into the crowd as quickly as he ran away.

Wu Feng's strange behavior made the girls confused.

"Sister Lin, what's the matter with that person."

"I guess I'm a fool."

"Don't talk nonsense, people are scholars, how can they be fools." The girl in blue said.

"It doesn't matter if he's a fool or not, let's continue to pick out jewelry, it's hard to come out once, and we have to have a good time today." A young girl took the hand of the girl in blue and walked towards the stall.

The girl in blue looked back behind her, but she didn't find Wu Feng's figure, so she didn't think about the strange student in the district, and followed a few people in front of the jewelry stall, chattering and discussing.

After Wu Feng hid the wall, when he saw that no one was chasing him, his heart that was almost jumping out of his throat calmed down.

"It's really scared to death, it's so dangerous!" Wu Feng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

poked his head out, looked at the girl in blue, and muttered to himself, "I didn't expect Lin Shilang's daughter to be so beautiful, how should this be." ”

At the same time that Wu Gang was extremely entangled, on the northern sea, the returning expedition team was enduring the biting sea breeze.

With the advent of winter, the temperature on the sea surface has plummeted, and it has been snowing for nearly ten days, although the sea water has not frozen, but the biting cold still makes the expedition members miserable.

He Tie curled up in the cabin, holding a jug of wine, trembling and huddled with the rest of the sailors.

In such cold weather, only a sip of strong wine can make him feel alive.

The captain stood on the bow of the ship, wrapped in an animal skin coat, looking at the sea in the distance.

Since they left Saltpeter Island, they have not seen land for half a month, and if they continue like this, with the means of keeping the crew warm, they will not be able to hold out on to the day of returning to the mainland.

At this moment, his heart was extremely anxious.

"We're on the right route!" The captain asked the surveyor.

"Captain, there is no problem with our route, as long as we keep moving forward, we should be able to reach the northern part of Shenzhou."

The captain frowned and said, "Okay, you guys go down first." ”

"Yes!"

At this moment, on the mast, the frozen, shivering sailor shouted: "Captain, captain, there is land, there is land!" ”

"Where!"

"Northwest, almost half a day to get there!"

When the captain heard this, he hurriedly took the telescope and looked over there, but he did not find anything standing on the deck.

"Adjust the direction and head northwest."

Finding the land made him breathe a sigh of relief, such cold weather is very unfavorable for navigation, for the sake of safety, only on the small island over there, repair for a while, and wait for the weather to improve before continuing on the road.