After two months of sailing, the first savages were transported back, transporting such a large number of people, coupled with a long sea voyage, when they arrived at the southern port, the savages, which had originally numbered nearly three thousand, were only more than two thousand five hundred.

When they arrived on land, the savages wept with joy, for for these two months they were accustomed to seeing death, watching their companions die one after another, and the fear of the sea was deeply imprinted in their bones.

When they saw the magnificent buildings in the southern port, the savages who had broken through the Ghost Gate Pass, embraced each other, and finally came to the country of the gods they dreamed of after a lot of hardships.

The people who were busy in the port, looking at this group of naked savages, as if looking at their former selves, their clothes made people feel ashamed, and compared with this group of savages, the people suddenly felt that they were indeed different from before, and looked at this group of human beings with fear and excitement in their eyes with a kind of overlooking eyes.

When the ship was about to dock, Zhou Fengyu got the news that this batch of laborers was bound to be obtained by himself, and after sending someone to greet the county order, he hurriedly went to the port with people to receive this group of laborers.

Looking at this group of wild people gathered together, Zhou Fengyu laughed, but the scars on his face made him look a little hideous and terrifying.

The process of receiving was very smooth, the young and strong were selected by Zhou Fengyu, and the remaining old and weak women and children were arranged by the county order to live outside the city, waiting for the order of the imperial court, and then deciding how to distribute this group of people.

The savages who came back with Zhou Fengyu followed him to the shipyard with apprehension.

The man in front of him, who seemed to be of considerable status, did not disappoint them, and after arranging a place for his people, what awaited them was an extremely sumptuous dinner, which was arguably the best meal they had ever had in their lives.

With a vision of a better life in the future, the wild people fell asleep in this strange land, and this time they slept peacefully, without worrying about the threat of wild beasts, or about the terrible sea and crowded cabins that would take people's lives.

After resting for a few days, Zhou Fengyu began to assign tasks to this group of people, they couldn't do fine work, hundreds of laborers, the biggest use is to carry materials and cut down trees.

These tasks were also done when they were in the southwestern stronghold, and this time they were very quick to get started, and under the luxury of two meals a day, the wild people were full of energy, and in one day hundreds of thick trees were cut down, clearing a large open field of view near the shipyard.

Zhou Fengyu wrote a letter to the famous people sent to the Beijing Division, in which he wrote down the importance of these young men to the shipyard, and asked that the two savage children who had been brought back before be sent here to act as interpreters, although these people were very respectful to the Xia Kingdom, but the language barrier would inevitably cause some misunderstandings.

Yancheng that, the gunpowder base of the Ministry of Industry.

The firearms demonstration that took place a year ago made people aware of the enormous power of this weapon.

After that, the Ministry of Industry devoted most of its energy here.

After more than half a year of exploration and experimentation, there was finally a breakthrough.

After continuous tests, it was found that the problem of insufficient range of the gun was mainly the problem of charge and air tightness, and the excessive amount of charge could easily lead to the explosion of the gun, which could only be solved by thickening the gun body, and the problem of air tightness troubled the craftsmen for a long time, knowing that they had solved this problem not long ago.

The new heavy bronze cannon has a heavy identity, and the cannon body is much longer than before, because the power of the gunpowder explosion is mainly concentrated in the back, and the rear cannon body is much thicker than the front, and the overall trend is gradually tapering from back to front, so this bronze cannon looks like a pregnant woman with a big belly.

As for the honeycomb problem in the gun chamber, since the use of the iron mold casting method, the inside of the gun chamber is extremely smooth, and it only needs to be polished to make it as bright as a mirror.

Looking at the big guy in front of him, Mu Feng was very proud in his heart, and couldn't wait for the craftsmen to push it to the experimental field for test firing.

Heavy artillery was very inconvenient to transport, and even the wheels attached to the cannon required two ceratosaurs to pull it reluctantly.

Transporting the cannon to the experimental site, watching the craftsmen methodically reload the gunpowder and adjust the angle, Mu Feng nervously and expectantly wanted to see how powerful this beautiful cannon was.

Ten minutes later, the craftsmen were ready, and after the wooden wind gave the order to begin, the long fuse was lit.

"Boom!"

After an earth-shattering loud bang, the iron ball weighing more than a dozen catties flew into the distance at an extremely fast speed.

Mu Feng held the binoculars and looked at the graceful arc drawn by the cannonball in the air, and his mouth grew in surprise.

The cannon hit so far away that the cannonball could not be seen in the telescope behind the road, and you only knew where the shell landed until it fell and raised a cloud of dust.

"Go and see how far this cannon has fired." Mu Feng said excitedly.

The craftsmen carried ropes on their backs and hurriedly ran towards the landing point of the shells.

Half an hour later, the distance of the cannon was calculated.

"Shang Shu, this cannon hit 1,500 meters, what a miracle!" The craftsman is excited to report.

"Fifteen hundred meters!" Mu Feng exclaimed when he heard this.

"Fifteen hundred meters indeed." The craftsman said with great certainty.

Mu Feng's hands trembled with excitement, and the python said, "I'm conducting a test firing and running out all the shells." ”

"Yes!"

The excited craftsman hurriedly cleaned the chamber of the cannon.

"Boom!"

The sound of the cannon continued for more than an hour, until the cannon became extremely hot, and the wooden wind made people stop firing.

Walking to the cannon and looking at the intact cannon body, Mu Feng cried with joy.

"It worked, it finally worked."

In the palace, an official from the Ministry of Industry hurriedly came to see Wang Lang.

"Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!"

Wang Lang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Where does the joy come from!" ”

"Your Majesty, the artillery has been successfully improved, and the test firing just now hit a distance of 1,500 meters, and more than a dozen shells were fired in a row, and the artillery did not explode." The official said excitedly.

When Wang Lang heard this, he hurriedly got up from his seat and said, "Prepare the car!" ”

It didn't take long for Wang Lang to rush to the gunpowder base, and after seeing Mu Feng, he hurriedly asked, "Mu Feng, the test shot is true." ”

Mu Feng said excitedly: "Your Majesty, it's true, we succeeded." ”

"Alright, alright, take me to see the artillery." Wang Lang said excitedly.

When Mu Feng took Wang Lang to see this cannon, Wang Lang trembled and stroked the smooth cannon body with both hands, as if he was treating a beauty.

"With such a sharp weapon, I will never have to worry about it in Daxia."

"Your Majesty, this artillery is so sharp, it will definitely double the strength of our army after it is equipped with the rescue team." Mu Feng said slowly.

Wang Lang nodded and said, "This cannon is named the Great General Cannon, how long can it take to make this cannon." ”

Mu Feng said with a smile: "Thanks to His Majesty's reminder to use the iron mold casting method, the production of artillery now eliminates the process of drying the mud mold, and there is no need to repeat the production, which saves a lot of time at once, and half a month of time for the production of this artillery is enough." ”

Wang Lang nodded and said: "In this case, in the future, we will produce a large number of artillery, and strive to be able to equip the army by the end of the year, and give priority to the production of such heavy artillery, which is a sharp weapon for our Daxia coastal defense, and other specifications of small artillery should also be produced at the same time. ”

Mu Feng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although the range of the naturalized Fury Run has increased a lot, but the amount that one person can hold is too small, and it basically has no actual combat value, we have tried, and the distance of twenty meters can't even break the animal skin." ”

Wang Lang sighed and said: "Continue to study, if this firearm can break through armor at fifty meters, it is much more useful than a bow and arrow, and it takes a lot of time to train an archer, but if you have this kind of firearm, even women and children can kill a warrior, and the research cannot be stopped." ”

Mu Feng said: "The ministers will do their best to study it. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Lang said: "Yesterday the dragoon came with news, Li Mu has sent back the first batch of manpower, Zhou Fengyu's request to leave Qingzhuang in the shipyard I also agreed, in the future, if there is labor to send, it will be given priority to your Ministry of Industry, I have invested a lot of manpower and money in you, you must make achievements, otherwise other ministers, come to me to make trouble, I have an explanation." ”

When Mu Feng heard this, he bowed to Wang Lang and said, "The minister will live up to His Majesty's expectations." ”

"Okay, Xia Guo's technology will be handed over to you, the artillery matter should be as soon as possible, dozens of guns will be produced this month, and after they are finished, they will be sent to the harbor first." Wang Lang said in a deep voice.

Mu Feng nodded and said, "Obey orders!" ’

"Apart from the bronze cannon, has there been any progress on the iron cannon?" Wang Lang asked.

"We have experimented, although the iron cannon can be used to make it will be scary, but we are indeed inferior to the bronze cannon in terms of quality, the same thickness, the range is not as good as the bronze run, and the cannon body made of steel is easy to explode, but it is no problem to use it to produce some small cannons, and the range can also hit a distance of three or four hundred meters."

Wang Lang nodded and said: "Our copper is limited after all, before the discovery of new copper mines, heavy artillery will use bronze, and those used for field warfare will be replaced by iron, and strive to have hundreds of large and small artillery pieces in the Xia Kingdom within a year." ”

Hearing such a difficult task, Mu Feng suddenly felt that he was under a lot of pressure, but Wang Lang gave him such a large degree of support, and he had to complete it head-on.

"Obey." Mu Feng bowed.

The two puppets talked for a while, and Wang Lang left here.

The success of the artillery immediately increased his confidence in winning, as long as he took the lead in mastering the firearms, then in the face of the cold weapons of the dinosaur people, he had enough capital to fight against them, in the face of firearms, even if they have a physical advantage, a shot can make them flesh and blood.

Back at the palace, Wang Lang issued an order to the defenders of Tongshan City, asking them to send an army of 500 men to the south to clear the giant insects entrenched in the south.

According to the news sent back by the navy, Wang Lang believes that these servants are a threat to the development of the south, since these disgusting things are so huge and dare to reproduce on their own territory, he naturally will not let them continue to stay in this world, this military order can be said to be the life talisman of those giant insects, human beings who have entered civilized society, want to exterminate a certain animal, it is simply easy.

With dragoons, the speed of the Xia State to transmit military orders is much faster than in ancient China, good communication, can greatly consolidate the rule of the Xia State, today's Xia State, the size of the dragoons is about a hundred people, generally used as soldiers, the rest are distributed in each major city, for the transmission of news.

After the military order arrived at Tongshan City, the local generals immediately sent two generals to prepare supplies and go to the south.

What is the enemy in this battle, Wang Lang has already written very clear in the military order, it is just a giant worm, these soldiers who went out did not have the slightest pressure in their hearts, and a large part of the five hundred people sent out were recruits who had just enlisted for a year, and this time it was just to test the results of a year's training.

Five hundred soldiers and three hundred auxiliaries, an army of nearly a thousand people lined up in a long line, like a red dragon walking on the smooth road.

At the same time as the army departed, in the southern port, three sea ships set off again, and the next return would be four months later.

Zhou Fengyu received Wang Lang's reply, and after learning that his request was approved, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, if Wang Lang did not agree to his request and sent these laborers to other places, then the shipyard would be in a situation where no one was available.

The construction of the sea ship was very fast, there was such an abundance of manpower, the craftsmen and laborers in the dock, like ants shuttling back and forth, the huge skeleton of the sea ship was placed in the dock, and in a few months, two brand new sea ships would be officially equipped with the Dao Navy, and in Wang Lang's will, Tiebei stated that the gun ports should be set aside on both sides of the hull of the new ship so that the general cannon could be placed in the future.

In terms of the tonnage of Xia Guo's naturalized sea ships, only a dozen artillery pieces can be placed on a ship, and even so, Wang Lang felt that this kind of firepower, after training, was enough to repel any invading enemy.

In a few months, the shipbuilding is surrounded by bare tree stumps, and at this rate, within a few years, the jungle near the port will completely disappear into this world, and the trees that have been multiplying for millions of years will slowly disappear into the long river of history with the rise of the Xia Kingdom.

The dense jungle disappeared, the sun shone from the heart on this perennial dim land, the damp land gradually became dry and hard, the low weeds did not have to compete with the tall trees for the once rare sunlight, after the trees disappeared, the shipyard was full of lush weeds, bright wildflowers bloomed in patches, attracting all kinds of nectar-loving insects.

I have seen the beekeepers in Yancheng and made beehives for these bees flying around, and these insects have given the villagers here a rare taste of delicious food that they couldn't afford before.