Qingshen County, Shengli Iron and Steel Plant, Iron Bull and Iron Hammer are studying a drawing, this drawing is painted with a round steel pillar, which is hollowed out, and next to it is a letter, Zhou Yi said that he would make such a pipe and send it to him.

"Dad, what do you think about this matter?" Iron Bull asked.

Hammer groaned for a moment, and said, "I'll sit and watch." ”

After laughing for a while, he said: "I don't know what that baby means, but he will do it, oh yes, now he should be called the prefect, do it, what so much nonsense." ”

Tie Niu nodded slightly, and then began to study Zhou Yi's requirements for this pipe, in fact, everyone knows that this is a cannon barrel, but it is not broken.

At the same time, Zhending Mansion and Shengli Iron and Steel Plant also received a large number of drawings, all of which were split parts, and there was also a sample, which was the one sent by Tie Niu, and Zhou Yi issued a strict order that the standard of this steel plate must be met before casting can begin. Although I don't know why, Zhou Yi is definitely the supreme authority here, and no one dares to say anything about how he said it.

And for Zhou Yi, the reason why he laid out such a big game is to use them at any time when he can use them, there is no doubt that no normal person would raise a cat that does not catch mice.

The first thing Zhou Yi did after dealing with the affairs in the yamen every day was to go to the industrial zone, discuss with Ah Da and Ah Xiao, and inspect their progress, not to mention that although Zhou Yi would not know anything deep, many words that transcended the times still gave the two a lot of inspiration.

Time seems to be back to the same as before. Zhou Yi's daily job is to deal with political affairs. Then go to the industrial area. Come back in the evening, look at the newspaper sent by the people below, now the medium of the newspaper has blossomed all over the country, which is indispensable to Zhou Yi's promotion, and the benefits inside are huge, more and more people are willing to invest and engage in this work, but many newspapers are not clearly positioned, or are eager for quick success. Most of a newspaper is an advertisement.

Zhou Yi is reading a newspaper called "Qiangguo Daily", the name is very domineering, and there is no advertisement, the most important thing is that the backstage shopkeeper of this newspaper is Zhou Yi himself, he has installed people in most parts of the country, which can be regarded as taking advantage of his position. As a result, he was able to obtain the most comprehensive information, and the newspaper had no advertisements, and the content was compiled in various aspects such as court politics as well as economy and culture. Therefore, it has the highest sales volume among many newspapers.

In terms of culture, the headline was the death of Zhou Bangyan. He was sixty-six years old. Zhou Bangyan's character is beautiful, and he is a native of Qiantang.

Yuan Feng was a student at the beginning. In the sixth year of Yuanfeng, he was appreciated by Shenzong for his dedication to "Biandu Fu", and he was destined to be Taixuezheng. Later, he served as a professor in Luzhou and a magistrate of Shenshui County. Shao Shengjian, the main book of the country, the school book. The Huizong Dynasty raised the Dasheng Mansion and specialized in composing music.

Later, he went out of Shunchang Mansion, moved to the state, and raised Nanjing Hongqing Palace. Bangyan Gongci is a graceful school in Beijing, and he understands the rhythm of music and can make his own music, and has made a lot of contributions to the arrangement of words and the improvement of writing skills.

In terms of politics, today's newspaper published the matter of Yang Jian and Li Yan's Dakuo Gongtian.

Yang Jian was a eunuch of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, who entered the palace since he was a child, and was good at catering to the emperor's wishes. Zhenghe worshiped the envoy of the Changhua military festival, and was later promoted to Taifu, whose power was equal to that of Liang Shicheng. At the beginning of Xuanhe, according to the policy offered by Du Gongcai, the official Du Gongcai, he collected the people's land deeds, verified them repeatedly, and increased the rent according to the land area. It was first implemented in Ruzhou, and then extended to present-day Shandong and Huaibei regions.

Yang Jian also forced the people to plant waste embankments and abandon weirs, and the rent of barren mountains and lakes and rivers should be fixed and could not be reduced. Even in the event of floods and droughts, they cannot be relieved. The annual increase in taxes in a county will be more than 100,000 yuan than in previous years, and after the death of Yang Jian in the third year of Xuanhe, the eunuch Li Yan presided over the matter of including Gongtian.

The political section is also the most important part of the "Qiangguo Daily", Zhou Yi believes that as a common man of the Great Song Dynasty, he has the obligation and right to know the major events that happened in the imperial court. But it's a pity, even "Qiangguo Daily" doesn't dare to report something more in-depth, not because Zhou Yi is weak, but because this newspaper can stick to it.

But it is enough to do this level, for example, what kind of appropriation or the like, Zhou Yi's newspaper will continue to track the whereabouts of the funds and announce the world, which makes those officials hate him so much that they grit their teeth, and Zhao Ji is elated, the people of the whole country can see this money, who dares to reach out? In fact, it was so strange that what Zhou Yi did made officials want to deal with him quickly, but Zhao Ji was convinced that this newspaper could help him curb corruption, so no one dared to really do it.

After more than two months of hard work, the production of ammunition has finally made new progress, the intensity of the explosives has been controlled, and the explosives that can catch fire by violent collision or friction before are now not so violent, and they will not explode without encountering open flames to reach a certain temperature. And the reason why it can reach this point is that a certain amount of clay is added between the gunpowder powder and the toner, so that it will not explode so easily, and it will not ignite the fire.

This is definitely a very big progress, and then, Ah Da and Ah Xiao didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, but they received a new task, that is, the range, Zhou Yi asked that the range of this shell after ignition should be at least able to shoot a distance of at least 100 zhang, what is the concept of 100 zhang? A man who is six feet tall is considered a great man, and according to this standard, one hundred zhang requires one hundred and sixty-seven people to be connected end to end, which is already close to a mile, and is seven or eight times the farthest distance shot by a bow and arrow.

This made Ah Da and Ah Xiao very embarrassed, but Zhou Yi encouraged them and said that as long as they could do this well, one of their sons could do the county order, so they immediately said that the matter was man-made, and as long as they worked hard, they would definitely be able to complete the goal.

At this time, a carriage came to Zhou Yifa's mansion, and the carriage was marked with the name of Shengli Cooperative, apparently from Qingshen County.

In the carriage, two steel pipes emitting gray-white light were lying quietly, Zhou Yi couldn't wait to say: "Hurry up, move this thing in for me, Yu'er, you let everyone pay attention, no one can enter the backyard without my permission, I'm talking about anyone, do you understand?" ”

To tell the truth, the barrel made of pure steel is very heavy, and Zhou Yi estimates that one of them weighs three or four hundred catties, after all, it is nearly five feet long.

After getting this cannon barrel into the backyard, Zhou Yi didn't allow anyone to enter, he tinkered inside, and he didn't go out again for a whole day, and even ate in a hurry and then went in again.

This cannon barrel was the last part to be sent, and the rest had all been moved to the backyard of the Zhou Mansion.

After a whole day of hard work, Zhou Yi finally finished the entire cannon safely, the all-steel cannon was glowing, looking very calm and heavy, patting it with the palm of his hand, there was no sound at all, which showed that its density had reached the point where it would not easily resonate.

Zhou Yi thought that he had also installed wheels for the cannon, so that it could be easily moved and improved in mobility. But he was stopped by Ah Da A Xiao, he said that the longer the range of the shell, the stronger the recoil, if you use wheels as the base, each time the cannon is fired, it will retreat back once, it is not easy to find the heart. So Zhou Yi had to abandon this idea and use a specially made carriage to transport these big guys instead.

And this cannon also has advantages, most of the cannons in the feudal era are poured and formed, so many places are fixed, but this cannon made by Zhou Yi is different, all its parts are interlocking, and only in the most critical places will the method of pouring and forging be used to make one, in order to increase firmness and durability and even safety.

At the base, at the bottom of the barrel, there is a handle, which can be shaken, and through several tightly knit gears, the barrel can be turned in any direction, forward, backward, left, right, and left! This kind of cannon, which can adjust the angle and direction, did not appear until the end of the Qing Dynasty in history!

Zhou Yi was excited, so whether it was late or not, he dismantled these parts again, and then put them into several large boxes, let the people outside come in and move them into the carriage, and he drove away by himself. When I went to the industrial area, I called Ah Da and Ah Xiao, and then rushed to a barren mountain twenty miles outside the city, which was deserted, and the chance of being found out was not very great.

"Prefect, this is the cannon?" Helping Zhou Yi assemble the cannon, Ah Da couldn't help but ask

Zhou Yi said proudly: "Yes, this is the cannon we designed and manufactured, and I named him Victory No. 1!" Okay, hurry up, hurry up, let me see how this is how the hell it's played. ”

Ah Xiao put a black cannonball larger than a fist into the filling port, and after cleaning up the lead, Zhou Yi volunteered: "I'll shoot this first shot." ”

Ah Da said: "Lord Prefect, I haven't tried to do this yet, so let me come, if I hurt you by mistake, then it will really be a sin." ”

"You two even have to fight for this, my young man, you can run fast with your hands and feet, if something really goes wrong, then I can still run away, you two just stay far away, waiting for my good news." Zhou Yi said in an unquestioning tone.

The two brothers had no choice but to walk away, Zhou Yi held a torch in his hand, looked at the cannon, and said to himself: "Victory No. 1, Victory No. 1, you have to fight for me." ”

After praying, he lit the fuse of the cannonball with his torch, then threw the torch and ran madly backwards. (To be continued......)