Before leaving, Qin Hao wrote a long letter to Pei Xingjian.

Nowadays, Pei Xingjian is actually only one step away from the real boss, but sometimes this step away is as difficult as ascending to the sky, the position is high and the lord is light, he is talking about people like him, to put it bluntly, the foundation is unstable, if this battle can be fought, the duke dare not say, but the marquis should be stable.

Therefore, Qin Haoqian instructed ten thousand instructions, in a word: Stabilize the waves, wait for me to develop.

Summoning craftsmen, Qin Hao finally took out the model of the high-imitation Hongyi cannon, and let the Ministry of Industry build it at full capacity, Li Shimin personally watched the test firing, and sighed: "This is really a weapon for attacking the city." ”

Qin Hao said with a smile: "It's not just a siege, the effect of defending the city is actually good, it's a pity that the transportation is inconvenient, and it can't be fought in the field, but it is a well-deserved artifact in the water war, but Your Majesty, although the practicality of this thing is not high now, but as long as we are willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in it to improve the status of the master, sooner or later, this thing will also become a field artifact, and at that time, the cavalry will no longer be the trump card on the battlefield, it is." ”

"Oh? What could this thing be improved? ”

"Yes, as long as we insist on improving, it will become smaller and lighter, and sooner or later we will be able to develop a small cannon that can be carried with the army, and even we can develop a very small and extremely fine cannon that is held in the hands of the soldiers, but this requires a very superb iron-smelting process, and with the current technology, we can only use copper cannons temporarily."

"Hehe, where are you a cannon, it's clearly money, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court has issued paper money now, and the copper in the treasury is piled up, I really don't dare to let you make this thing, okay, since this thing is so brave, I can rest assured, so let the Ministry of Industry first hurry up and make what you want, and then equip Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Bingzhou, Pyongyang, and Xining with this thing, and at the same time pass on my will, no matter which master craftsman, as long as he can change this thing to iron, seal the county, if it can be changed small and light, Directly named the marquis, Xuan Ling, I am out on the expedition, you look at this matter. ”

"Yes."

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the status of the master craftsman was still very high, so the master craftsman was made a marquis, but no one jumped out to oppose it, if it was put in the Song Dynasty, the craftsman was eager to be treated as a slave, and it would be hellish if this will could be passed.

In fact, with this order, all the masters did nothing else, and concentrated on the study of artillery improvement, which Qin Hao did not expect.

A few days later, Li Shimin led the elite of Guanzhong to go on an expedition, with the crown prince Li Chengqian supervising the country, sending 300,000 soldiers from Guanzhong, 100,000 Eastern Turkic cavalry, 100,000 troops from Anxi Duhufu, 100,000 soldiers from Tubo, and 100,000 soldiers from Nanzhao, a total of 700,000 troops.

Datang is rich, so capricious.

And Qin Hao, with Qin Xiaohao, went south to Yangzhou and started their shipbuilding business.

Although the Yangzhou shipyard was relocated to the Wa country as a whole, the foundation is still there, and there are few real masters who have left, and they have been doing the research work of the Galen ship for many years, and now there is no problem in technology, but there has been a lack of time to refit it, and as soon as Qin Hao came, he handed over the manufacture of the Galen ship to other shipyards, and they concentrated on the study of the St. Trinidad.

Of course, the name still has to be changed, after thinking about it, Qin Hao decided to temporarily name this super ship Datang, and then hand it over to Li Shimin to name it himself after testing the water in the future.

Because Qin Xiaohao had played with a ship model before, with his memory, he could barely copy the appearance of the ship, but if he wanted to copy the ship with a single ship model, it was a fool's dream.

Fortunately, although the San Trinidad is big, the foundation is still the foundation of the Galen, and those masters in Yangzhou already have a certain foundation, coupled with Qin Xiaohao's scientific level, Qin Hao boasted that Haikou wanted to build this thing, and he didn't think that the European technology of the eighteenth century had any gap that could not be bridged for the current Tang Dynasty.

Even according to Qin Xiaohao, if necessary, he can build a steam engine on the boat.

Yangzhou, Qin Hao is not the first time to come, because it is the center of the canal, so it has become more and more prosperous over the years, especially the commercial atmosphere, even far more than Chang'an, more than one million people in the city, almost all of them are engaged in commercial work, and it is also the real base camp of Hongmen, and even if the Qinggang is not recruited, the general helm may also be here.

As soon as Qin Hao arrived, he was naturally warmly welcomed, and many wealthy businessmen cried and shouted for Qin Hao to save his life or something, Qin Hao made a speech very casually, calling on everyone to have money to contribute, and to contribute, as a result, the enthusiasm of Yangzhou businessmen scared him silly.

In less than three days, these businessmen in Yangzhou raised more than 10 million yuan in donations, and said that as long as it was needed for shipbuilding, people and people wanted things and things, and workers did not need money to work.

Not only Yangzhou, the key is that the businessmen of the whole country have taken action, this time the big food this set of combination punches, but it has hit the heads of these businessmen solidly, I heard that there was also a meeting within Hongmen, and each hall has expressed its position and fully supports Qin Hao shipbuilding.

Although Hongmen can't intervene in shipping, but the world's economy is a game of chess, without shipping, their goods can't be sold, the raw materials they need can't be bought, the workers have to spend, they have to survive, and it won't be long before they themselves have to collapse if they continue like this.

Therefore, when Qin Hao inspected the shipyard, more than 300 pieces of wood alone were transported from Nanzhao, all of which were fir trees that were more than hundreds of years old, and there were even more than 800 carpenters who were sent over and did not belong to the shipyard.

Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh, "My people in Datang are so sincere and united, what can't be done." ”

Qin Xiaohao glanced at him and said: "I think that the degree of capitalists is greater than imagined, you see, the feeling that the world's businessmen are a family has come out, if Hongmen and the Qing Gang join forces, whether it is money, power, or people, even there is no shortage of soldiers, if they are allowed to taste the sweetness after this battle, there will be more and more such associations in the future, if the court complies with their needs, it is fine, if the court bullies them in the future, guess how much energy they can burst out?" As far as I know, whether it is the military aristocracy of Guanlong or the gate lord surnamed Jiangnan Gao, they all have a deep relationship with Hongmen, and even they are supporters of Hongmen. ”

Qin Hao also glanced at him and said, "But as far as I know, at least three of the halls in Hongmen are controlled by you, and this chief flag master is actually a glass seller." ”

Qin Xiaohao smiled shyly and said, "What are you talking about, it's really not three, it's six." ”