"The ships and power of the future are not mysterious, they have been around for a long time...... The grandfather of the two of you made a ship of steel and iron bones, which is the prototype of the ship of the future. By replacing wood with a steel keel, ships could be made bigger and longer. It's just that our current smelting and forging technology is not good enough, and it is difficult to make batches of good steel, so this kind of ship has not entered the substantive test stage, it is just an idea. ”

"In addition, Minister Qi has something called a steam engine in his hand, which is the power to replace the sail in the future. It doesn't need any wind, only needs to burn coal or heavy oil, and it can push the ship to the port of Malacca in one go, and the speed is not slower than the sail. I recommend these two things to you, and you can also communicate with Minister Qi after you go back, but only the three of you know about them. You can find someone to help you make some parts for you to experiment, but you can't let others know what you're doing, otherwise I will refuse to provide you with any more help, and I will also tell Minister Qi this sentence. ”

The technology of the iron waki-wood ship and the steam engine was too advanced, and Hong Tao thought that it was not suitable for the current Jinhe Empire, and he did not have any specific understanding of these two technologies, so he could not help much. Since they are willing to do it, then Hong Tao will no longer forcibly block it, small-scale research and experiments can be had, don't think about large-scale manufacturing, and there is no funding for the time being.

is about to face off against the real sword and gun of the sailors of the Mongolian Empire, and winning is certain, but Hong Tao has no idea how much he will pay. Moreover, after winning, it is not necessarily beneficial to the Golden River Empire. The Southern Song Dynasty, a behemoth that was both an enemy and a friend, could not be taken lightly, because it did more harm to itself than the Mongol Empire. If the threat from the north decreases or disappears altogether, the people of the Great Song Dynasty may have to think of some crooked ideas. Maybe allies can turn into enemies in an instant. In that case. The Golden River Empire's market in Asia is bound to shrink dramatically. It was also a great pressure on the finances of the Golden River Empire.

"Okay, my grandfather and Old Man Qi's mouths are really strict, we haven't known these two things all along! Hmph, let's go, fourth, let's go to them, this time with His Majesty's holy decree, see if they dare to hide it. Wen Xiaoqi was anxious when he heard it. His father has always known about new technologies, but he doesn't tell him, this kind of taste of being deceived by his own father is more uncomfortable than being deceived by outsiders.

"Xiao Qi, don't play tricks with your father and Minister Qi, this is called discipline, understand? It's right if they don't tell you, if you know from them, now your family has to go and explain the problem to the porcelain, and don't want to work hard in the future. Hong Tao was very happy about the tight-lipped words of the Wen family and Qi Zu, and those who obeyed the rules must not let them suffer, and they had to support them from themselves. Otherwise, who will be willing to follow the rules in the future.

"When we came, Minister Qi said that you should come over and have a look, he might have come up with something new. I knew it with the smile on his face. Wen Xiaoqi and Wen Si achieved their goal, they didn't want to stay here for a moment, they raised their butts and left, and only when they arrived at the door did they remember what others had told them.

"I see, please both inform the guards at the door, and say I'm going to the South Bank...... Alas, what's so good about being an emperor, you have to report when you go out! "Hearing that Qi Zu is looking for him, Hong Tao usually goes immediately, because the Imperial Metal Group managed by this old man is the place where new technologies are most widely used, and there are often surprises.

But as soon as he stood up and was about to leave the house, Hong Tao sat down with a sigh, he always said that if you let others obey the rules, you can't always break the rules. The Imperial Diet has passed the relevant law, which clearly stipulates that the emperor must be accompanied by the guards when traveling, and at this stage the police can only be replaced. Royal Guard, that sounds pretty impressive, right? But this majesty was not in vain, and the price was that Hong Tao, as the emperor, lost his freedom of movement, and when he went to the river to fish, he had to follow four people behind his buttocks.

"I said that you, the director, should really be removed, and if you are so idle all day, don't you have anything else to do?" After a while, Ciqi knocked on the door of Hong Tao's house, as long as Hong Tao was in Jinhewan, he was basically on call, and he was sent to stand at the door to be a guard.

"Keeping Your Majesty safe is my most important job...... It's not what I said, it's the people in the council who said that there are no chickens and dogs in Jinhe City, and I don't need to worry about them every day, just watch you. Ciqi did not evade Hong Tao's questioning at all, and while pulling Hong Tao over, he explained his work arrangement to Hong Tao.

"It's cost-effective, I'm the only one in Jinhe City who cries and dogs to steal, and I'm optimistic that the people of the whole city can rest assured, right?" Does it taste good to be well-behaved? Hong Tao feels that sometimes it is a little annoying, but this habit needs to be developed slowly, when most people can develop this habit, it is more convenient than annoying.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Don't worry, Cixi and I have explained, if you have something you don't want others to know, tell me secretly, and I will arrange it for you. I promise you won't get in trouble, even if the council people come to you for trouble, you don't have to worry about it, I'll help you deal with them! Hong Tao got on the horse, and Ciqi became a horse again, leading the reins of the horse and whispering to Hong Tao as he walked.

"I think I have to find something serious for you to do, a director of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Imperial Ministry of Supervision, leads me every day to fall into the stirrup, so that others can see what I say behind my back. In this way, you can make a report and arrest the safety and security work of the South Bank Industrial Zone, mainly for the outflow of technology. The craftsmen's sense of secrecy is not strong enough, and some things need to be talked about every day to attract enough attention. You must pay attention to this work, those technologies are the cost of our meals, if you let others learn secretly, I will ask you. ”

Ciqi's words made Hong Tao unable to pick up, some things can only be done but not said, in this regard, Ciqi is not as smart as Cixi, and he didn't buy it like this, this is not to accuse the emperor of having some ulterior secrets. Therefore, the trouble is coming, it is still a big trouble, and it has always been a thankless problem to engage in security work, and when there is no accident, I am scolded by others every day, and the first person who needs to be responsible for something happens is the person in charge of security.

"Then what if they don't listen to me?" Ciqi didn't quite know the difficulty of security work, he just struggled with the attitude of the masters towards him. Those people in Jinhewan are the masters who can directly knock on the emperor's door and go in to chat, it's not easy to manage.

"You can control the emperor, are you still afraid of them? There is a security law to support you, and whoever doesn't listen to it is breaking the law! But let me warn you, don't use this law to deliberately rectify people, and don't use work as a tool to vent personal anger. As soon as I let me know that you've made a lot of complaints about your security efforts and affected normal production, I'll have to hold you accountable. Hong Tao neither gave Ci the weapon Shang Fang the sword, nor did he let him go into battle empty-handed, how to figure it out by himself, how to comprehend the intention of the leader is a very subtle technique.

"Ah......" Ciqi reacted a little at this time, what kind of situation he was going to face, but what he said just now was too cheerful, and now he can't shrink back if he wants to, so he can only accept it hard.

In fact, Hong Tao is not deliberately embarrassed, and the South Bank Industrial Zone really needs to improve the security level. As the people of Jinhewan have more and more contact with the outside world, no one dares to guarantee that no one will have a crooked mind, and sometimes a little thing may cause great losses to the country. The main purpose of setting up this Internal Affairs Bureau was not to let him get a few policemen to watch the slaves work every day, but to carry out limited intelligence work and security work within the country was the main business of the Internal Affairs Bureau. It's just that no one has ever been exposed to these things before, and there must be a process of learning and practicing. Hong Tao said harshly, when the time comes, if something really goes wrong, as long as he doesn't make a mistake intentionally, there will be no severe punishment.

"Minister Qi, what kind of play are you playing? Didn't you call me here to test the gun? When he heard that Qi Zu was looking for himself, Hong Tao's first thought was that the rifling cannon had come out, and the main research and development goal of the metal group company for more than a year was the manual broaching machine of high-hardness tool steel and rifling. However, Hong Tao did not see Qi Zu in the foundry, but was taken directly to the test range by a craftsman. Qi Zu was the only one here, and there was nothing around him except a wooden box.

"Ciqi, take your people and retreat outside the woods, this thing is not for you to see, are you still afraid that I will be unfavorable to the emperor?" Seeing that there were still Ciqi and four guards standing behind Hong Tao, Qi Zu's face sank and he gave the order to expel the guests.

"What good things did you get out again, and it's still so mysterious?" Ciqi didn't dare to collide with Qi Zu, and seeing that Hong Tao didn't make it clear that he would stay, he had to walk back along the same road with the guards.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Don't blame me for not doing my job, the rifling of cannons is already in the background, this thing is made from the scrap when experimenting with manual broughing, do you remember that there is a thing called a flintlock pistol in the drawings for me? I've made several of them, but they don't work, and I can't go far if I can't hit them accurately. Later, I wondered, what kind of flintlock pistol, isn't it just a reduced barrel, since you said that pulling five grooves out of the barrel can make the gun shoot far and accurate, will it work equally well if there are several grooves in the barrel of the flintlock gun? Don't say it, it really works, we use this thing to test the curvature of the groove, and then directly enlarge the proportion and use it on the barrel, so as to save the waste of using so many good steel coils every time. This thing doesn't use much steel, so why don't you try it? ”

(To be continued.) )