When the group visited the base in Yantai, Su Tiancheng found that William looked very carefully, and kept asking, including what the house was prepared for, what the vacant land was prepared for, etc., and saw several large houses located by the sea, William and David's faces showed a look of surprise.

These big houses are only about two hundred meters away from the sea, but they are not facing the beach, but steep rocks, and several houses seem to be located on small islands in the sea, but there are also sandy beaches, about two miles away from here, from the topography of this, the terrain here should be higher.

"My lord, these houses, I don't know what Lu Dao is going to do."

Su Tiancheng smiled, pointed to these houses, including many houses in the back, as well as the open space in the middle, and spoke.

"This is the place where you are going to carry out the research and development work, the entire base, divided into two parts, starting from here, about three miles in the past, is the living area, where there are beaches, sand, you can have a good rest and entertainment, this is the work area, ordinary people, etc., are not allowed to approach, once you enter here, there are special soldiers waiting, five miles from here, there is a special launch site, this is also the launch site, now we need to build a new sailor, warships and patrol ships, etc., the artillery on the warship is very criticalYou can test it here. ”

William and David's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, but this light quickly disappeared, and the two regained their composure and began to look carefully at several houses, while checking the distance between the houses, as well as the distance from the sea.

This time, there were quite a few foreigners who followed Bi Maokang to Yantai, including some family members.

In fact, Jiang Ningying's fame and outrage have gone. Some of the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch technicians who had stayed in Dengzhou and Laizhou went back, and some went to Anningbao, because Bi Maokang attached great importance to these foreign technicians, recruited a large number of them, and also encouraged some technicians who had returned to come to Daming. After a while, sure enough, some people came directly to Fort Anning, and the treatment here was very good, and slowly attracted some people to come, and some people brought their families, William and David were one of them.

The environment of Yantai is much stronger than that of Fort Anning, and William and David are happy when they see the environment here. But their responsibilities are different, each is responsible for one aspect of things, and the most important thing is to check whether the houses and designs here are qualified.

Soon, a dissatisfied look appeared on William's face.

The same look appeared on David's face.

Su Tiancheng still knows a little about foreigners, these foreigners are very persistent in doing things. A lot of the time, it's the right thing and not the right person. What they demand is perfection, and they will fully show their skills, and the rapid progress of artillery skills has a lot to do with them.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who built the Yantai base were not very familiar with the specific requirements of the base, and they were all built according to the drawings. And from the point of view of secrecy, there are very few top craftsmen, and this base cannot be completely leaked, this is a military forbidden area, and it must be kept secret.

William spoke quickly.

"Your Excellency. There are some problems with the construction of houses here. ”

"Oh, tell me what's wrong."

"The distance between the houses is too close, especially in the process of testing, it may affect each other, and once there is a gunpowder explosion, the next house will be implicated, and the equipment in each house will be damaged."

Seeing William say this, Bi Maokang was a little anxious, this cost a lot of silver to build, and the entire base, in the process of construction, everything was taken into account, the living area is more than three miles away from here, and it will not be affected by anything in normal times, not far from the base, there is a large market town, and the entire construction should have cost countless silver.

"William, this is not a big problem, we will pay attention to it in the process of testing."

William and David shrugged and looked at Su Tiancheng.

Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face.

"Then tell me how you can improve it."

William looked at David, apparently waiting for David to speak.

David was not polite.

"My lord, you should build two or even three rows of houses, between each house, the distance between them should reach more than fifty meters, and the distance between the front and back should also reach fifty meters, it is best to build three rows, the first row of five houses, mainly for experiments, the second row of six houses, mainly for development, the third row of more than ten houses, mainly used as a warehouse, stacking all kinds of materials."

"Also, if you want to build a cannon suitable for the warship, our requirements must be more stringent, when each house is built, it must be done according to our requirements, and there must be a basement, the basement must be very strong, even if the gunpowder explodes, there will be no problems, the first row of five houses, all must have basements."

"My suggestion, the first row of houses is a hundred meters back, and three hundred meters in front of it is the best test site, where artillery can be tested and fired into the sea, and the power can be detected."

Bi Maokang on the side gasped, building these houses, it takes a lot of silver, it goes without saying, Anning Fort also has a basement, which is completely built with bluestone, each piece of bluestone needs to be carefully polished, when the bluestone is overlapped together, plus a little Sanhe mud, such a piece of accumulation, the huge bluestone is very strong, can withstand the power of the explosion, and such a basement, the sound insulation effect is very good.

The construction of five such basements requires a large amount of bluestone, not to mention highly skilled craftsmen.

The ground must be paved with bluestone, it must be leveled, when the artillery is put up, the ground can withstand the pressure, and the ground is 300 meters square, all of which must be laid like this, so the test field is the most perfect.

He looked at Su Tiancheng and was a little speechless.

Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke.

"William, David, you are in charge of the technical aspects, what you say, we will do it, how the house should be built, you will supervise the work, from tomorrow, I will be responsible for mobilizing personnel, building houses and testing the field, in this large work area, you must carefully inspect to see if there are any unqualified places, unqualified places, all of them are demolished and rebuilt, but I also have requirements, after providing the best working environment, you must develop the sharpest artillery, the naval artillery of the Jiangning battalion, And the artillery of the artillery battalion, including all firearms, please leave it to you. ”

"I also have a request, there are not many types of artillery, don't think about developing other types of artillery, over the past few years, we have gone through countless battles, and the artillery that has been determined at present is the redcoat cannon, the general cannon, the tiger squat cannon and the Furlong machine gun, the basis for improvement, is also carried out on the basis of these types of artillery, my overall requirement is that the power of the artillery is getting bigger and bigger, and the weight is getting lighter and lighter."

When Su Tiancheng finished saying these words, William and David's expressions changed.

William looked at David and Bi Maokang and spoke.

"The subordinates can't imagine that the adults are so bold, the subordinates must do it well, the adults know the artillery very well, the subordinates admire it, the subordinates have been researching, the purpose is to make the power of the artillery more huge, the weight can be reduced, the focus is on the bearing capacity of the cannon breech......"

Su Tiancheng didn't speak, in fact, he didn't know anything about artillery, he just put forward a request, which is a very simple request, but today's science and technology have not yet developed to the extent that more than 100 years later, especially before the appearance of steel, the development of artillery is to be limited, as for how to develop steel, unless Su Tiancheng crosses again and earnestly learns the smelting technology of steel, don't think about these unrealistic things.

Before the visit was over, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion of the brigade came to the beach and began to demolish the houses.

William and David, who were about to go to rest, saw this situation, left and gave up resting, David hurriedly walked towards the place where the team settled, and William spoke to Su Tiancheng.

"My lord, we have come here, we are about to start work, David has already gone to inform people, bring drawings, the environment here is very good, prepare torches, and construction can be done at night."

"Rest today, and come back tomorrow."

"No, the subordinates are here to work, and the time is delayed, and the waste is a lot, and the subordinates can still use the materials of these houses, and it is a pity to waste it."

David came with a hundred people, most of whom were blonde foreigners.

Su Tiancheng stepped aside, people were about to start working, so he didn't need to bother.

Bi Maokang also put himself into the state of work, and together with William, he led more than 100 people to the demolition team of the house, these people held drawings in their hands, some began to measure the distance, some began to calculate the place where the house was built, and some people began to direct the demolition of the house, and asked the soldiers to put the bluestone used for construction in the designated position.

Looking at this scene, Su Tiancheng, who was in deep thought, suddenly thought of something.

When William came to Su Tiancheng, his face was surprised.

"William, let me ask you something, are you familiar with the construction of shipyards?"

William's eyes revealed shock.

"My lord, there are thirty-seven people in our team, who came out of the shipyard, and they are very familiar."

"Okay, I will mobilize a group of craftsmen to come to you, these thirty-seven people, I will all transfer them away, and then go to build a shipyard."

"Okay, my lord, David is actually a technician who built the shipyard, very powerful." (To be continued......)