This remark seems to be just an explanation, but it is actually a deterrent. Dust↑緣↓Literature ↙? Net

Although it was not so nice to listen to the ears of the emperors of the countries, it did convey a very strong message.

Under the leadership of Zhang Zhen, the group walked and stopped, passed through one checkpoint barricade, and entered the interior of the industrial city.

Inside, it is like a small city, with houses and streets, and even restaurants and teahouses, as well as some major market facilities.

Zhang Zhen introduced: "This is the residence of the guards, craftsmen, and their families in the city, which is equivalent to a small market town, which is considered a crucial place, so I will not take you to visit." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Zhen led everyone to the west of the city.

Here, the first factory in the industrial city was located, the steel plant.

At the beginning, Cangguo's industry started with steel, pioneered the steel frying method, and then developed step by step to today's blast furnace steelmaking.

This factory is the source of the strength of Cangguo, and it is precisely from the improvement of the steel industry that weapons and armaments have entered the express train of rapid development, which in turn has promoted the Ministry of Science and Technology to develop more things, such as springs and gears.

Otherwise, these things would not have been made with ordinary iron tools.

Under the leadership of Zhang Zhen, the emperors of the various countries entered the iron-smelting place and visited the complex iron-smelting process of Cangguo.

Although nothing could be seen on the surface, all the emperors without exception were amazed.

Yang Mu is the same, after all, such a large-scale factory, under his personal experience, is much more shocking than what he saw on the TV news in his previous life.

So, the emperors of various countries came to the ordnance factory again and saw the place where the weapons of Cangguo were displayed.

Whether it is a repeater crossbow or a hand crossbow, or all kinds of weapons made of stainless steel, everyone is amazed.

"Everyone, please see, this is my Dacang's latest development of ballista, its power and portability, will be better than the ordinary trebuchet, in a large-scale siege battle, if there are dozens of ballistas, it is enough to be worth thousands of troops."

Ballista instead of catapults?

The emperors of various countries are somewhat unconvinced, after all, in everyone's impression, catapults are simply war monsters, even a city like Jincheng can't last long before the helpless defenders give up, how can there be a more powerful weapon than it?

The ballista is indeed a very new thing, and everyone has never heard of it before.

Zhang Zhen also knew that it was difficult to convince the emperors with only his own words, so he recruited a few subordinates and ordered: "You go and try the effect." ”

Then, an event that the emperors of the countries will never forget, several craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, in front of everyone, tested the power of trebuchets and ballistas in the city, and forcibly collapsed a wall comparable to a city wall.

"Boom—"

The city wall collapsed violently, and at the same time, the hearts of the emperors of various countries collapsed.

At this time, where do the emperors remember to compare who is more powerful between the two, it is obvious that no matter which one it is, it is a behemoth in war, and if there is enough time, it is enough to collapse the walls of any city.

What does this mean?

Since then, even the largest cities in the countries have been useless in front of the Cangguo army!

And countries, there is nothing they can do.

Witnessing this shocking scene with his own eyes, so that for a long time afterward, the emperors of all countries were in a state of confusion, secretly glad that he had decisively entered the industrial minister today, otherwise he would have thought it was an exaggeration when he heard about it later.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although this kind of ballista is powerful and much more convenient to transport than trebuchets due to the problem of technology, it is precisely because of the limitations of the process that it cannot be produced in large quantities, even if it is now the major legions of my Dacang, they are not equipped."

Zhang Zhen explained, while having the trebuchet and ballista pushed away, and then led everyone into the paper mill and printing factory, but compared to the steel mill and the ordnance factory, it was much more boring, like a museum, and there was no technical content or anything like that.

Of course, there are also some that make the emperors complain.

Because they saw a little child with a big white paper, go into a latrine, and wipe his butt with the precious big white paper!

It's a terrible thing!

The emperors of the various countries were annoyed, knowing that in their respective countries, only they and a few nobles could enjoy this convenience and comfort, and that they would have to spend a lot of money every year for this.

How unreasonable!

It's not that everyone is jealous of this child, but everyone understands why the big white paper in the outside world is so expensive.

It's not that the cost is very high, but that Cangguo deliberately controls the value and deliberately sells it so high!

Suddenly, the eyes of some people looking at Yang Mu were a little different.

Before, everyone knew in their hearts that the cost of papermaking in Cangguo was not very high, but they didn't expect it to be so cheap!

It's so cheap that any child can wipe his butt with a few pieces of white paper!

In an instant, the big white paper that was admired in various countries like a divine object fell several notches in the hearts of the emperors of various countries.

It's no wonder that Cangguo can fix a few issues of "Dacang Times" every month, not because he is willing to spend a lot of money, but because he doesn't need much capital at all!

Yang Mu touched his nose, slightly embarrassed.

In this matter, Cangguo did take advantage of its monopoly position to raise the price of white paper itself by a hundred times and thousands of times, but from the perspective of its own interests, Cangguo's behavior is not wrong, after all, it is rare and expensive, and Cangguo did not force it to buy and sell, others think the price is high, and it is a big deal not to buy it, and it has nothing to do with Cangguo.

So soon, Yang Mu exerted his shameless spirit and said: "Don't be surprised, although the cost of this big white paper is not high, but when it was originally developed, it paid a lot of price. ”

Bowing his head and snorting coldly, the emperors didn't say much.

Over the years, everyone has gotten used to it.

Besides, there is really no need to consider everyone's thoughts, and the emperor of Cangguo also explained to everyone that he has done his best.

Next, everyone visited the cement factory and the food factory, etc., and gradually the image of Cangguo became clearer and clearer in everyone's hearts.

Just like Yang Mu thought last night, since he wants to deter the countries, it is natural to deter them thoroughly, so that the kings of the countries can appreciate the military and technological strength of the Cangguo in an all-round way, and firmly engrave the strength of the Cangguo in his heart.