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The eastern wilderness of Kowloon Bay is the naval test range, where all naval artillery must be tested before being loaded onto ships. Following Guan Fengsheng here, he saw an inconspicuous small cannon, Xiao Sheng was even more excited, it looked a bit like the army's four-pound cannon, what could this be used for? The main board of the Sea Shark-class warship is one and a half feet (50CM) thick, and the twelve-pound cannon can only penetrate when it is close to the full charge, and the eight-pound cannon can also penetrate the one-foot-thick plank on the upper deck. Pushing people by themselves, the warships of the Europeans will not be thinner, and the four-pound cannons will ...... Tickle it.

But in front of Guan Fengsheng, he didn't dare to complain, while pretending to be full of interest, while starting to think, Guan Guozhang really wants to sell a four-pound cannon to the navy, so he will approve a personal love list, anyway, one is only one hundred and eighty taels of silver, and asking for dozens of guns will not affect the budget.

Therefore, when the cannon sounded, Xiao Sheng was still dazed, immersed in his own calculations, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the dust rising in the distance, which was a mile or two away, and he nodded secretly, the range was enough. Raising the telescope again, I vaguely saw that the one-foot-thick wooden target was being obscured by smoke and dust, and it seemed that the accuracy was also better than that of ordinary artillery, and the target could be approached from two miles away.

Presumably Guan Guozhang is selling with precision, Xiao Sheng thought so, if he hits far enough and accurately, it is good to use it as an auxiliary artillery for a large ship, and it can also be installed on a small boat to deal with Qing soldiers and sailors and European merchant ships.

Without waiting for the smoke and dust to dissipate, he laughed and said, "Guan Lao made a good cannon!" Our navy wants it! Come first...... Thirty doors! ”

Guan Fengsheng was still chattering: "This is different from the previous cannon......"

Xiao Sheng dragged him into the carriage, "Let's go, the gun mount is still a big problem, I'm waiting for your manufacturing bureau to solve it, go to the ship and see." ”

The carriage galloped away, and the smoke and dust had dissipated in the distance, and a hole the size of a basin was clearly revealed in the center of the wooden target, which was three feet long and three feet wide and one foot thick.

If Xiao Sheng could see this scene clearly, he would naturally have a deeper understanding of this cannon, but his mind was full of thirty and twenty catties of cannons, as well as the artillery mounts that were causing him trouble. Guan Fengsheng got his promise to purchase thirty doors, thinking that he already understood, and he didn't say much. In this way, the new cannon developed by the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau last year was positioned as an insignificant small cannon and quietly appeared on the stage of history.

Guan Fengsheng and the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau did not bother to emphasize the significance of this new artillery, and they were soon frightened by the huge order placed by the navy. In particular, the scrap rate of 30 catties of artillery is still very high, and even the army has only obtained less than 20 guns in more than a year, and all of them are equipped in the Red Thunder Army. Xiao Sheng placed an order for a hundred doors in one go, requiring it to be completed within half a year. This figure includes not only the guns of the Sea Lion-class warships, but also the batteries that are expected to be built in Yingyang Harbor, Hong Kong, Macao, Humen and other places, and it is not clear whether the Manufacturing Bureau can carry it.

And the artillery mount that Xiao Sheng cares about more also needs to make great efforts from the manufacturing bureau. Unlike the Europeans' monolithic gun carriages, the Anglo-Chinese navy was now accustomed to using rail-mounted gun mounts because it saved manpower. The Europeans needed 6 people for a 12-pounder gun crew, 8 people for a 24-pounder gun crew, and more than 10 people for a 32-pounder gun. Relying on rail-type gun mounts, the Anglo-Chinese Navy's 12-kilogram gun crew only has 3 people, and the 20-kilogram gun crew has 5 people, and Xiao Sheng's design for the 30-kilogram gun crew is only 6 people. To do this, you have to work the gun mount. What can be given to a machine will never be done. Of course, this places high demands on the reliability of the machinery.

In the future, the fanatical mechanical complex of the British and Chinese people came from, and most people thought that it was related to the industrialization of society, but the helpless situation of the British and Chinese Navy in the period of rapid expansion was the initial origin of this complex.

"All the limited and precious manpower must be used for sailing and fighting! Whoever dares to set up a coolie post that specializes in carrying cannonballs and tying ropes is a crime against the navy! ”

Xiao Sheng's famous words are still the motto of the Navy until 300 years later, and of course, the pride of the Navy "We will always lead".

But who would have thought that the reason why Xiao Sheng said this was that he was short of money at the beginning, and he had to use a large radius fee to support people, which developed the psychological shadow of "talking about people's color change". In the "Naval Age" that began in the second year of the Holy Dao, development was even more constrained by talents, and this shadow was even thicker. A very simple arithmetic problem, a Sea Shark-class warship costs 50,000 taels of silver, and the crew can earn half of this amount in a year's salary, which is obviously a cheap ship and expensive people. ,

went up to a Haiao-class warship and listened to Xiao Sheng's summary of the questions about the artillery mount, Guan Fengsheng had a number in his heart. The gun mount of the naval gun's gun is controlled by inclined rails and twisted cables, and there are gear-type high-low and horizontal machines at the same time. Rail jams, twists, and iron gears are not durable. The problem of eight-pound and twelve-pound guns is not obvious, and the twenty-pound cannon is a little unbearable, and there will be thirty-pound guns in the future, which is naturally a big problem.

Guan Fengsheng said: "When Zhao Hanxiang and Yang Tangcheng were guarding the fort in Shaozhou, they raised the issue of artillery mounts with the Manufacturing Bureau. Inclined rails and twisted cables are no longer used, and with flat rails and blocking nets, we have tried, and we can stop thirty pounds of guns within one zhang. The gears of the gun mount re-entry and the high and low level of the artillery should be durable enough if they are made of steel, but now the scrap rate of steel parts is very high, and the silver is ......."

Xiao Sheng patted his chest and said, "There is silver!" ”

Silver is naturally not a problem for Xiao Sheng, the navy's budget has risen to 1.5 million taels before, and now that the national policy has been settled, it has skyrocketed to 2 million taels, improving the gun mount, making the cost of each ship two or three thousand taels more, drizzle.

But silver is a big problem for Li Shi, and he is really scratching his head to achieve the goal of adding five years to five million taels of the Nanyang budget, half of which will be given to the navy.

It's not that the number is too large, it's that the other projects are crowded, and there is no room for movement. The central government's fiscal expenditure for the second year of Yinghua Shengdao is expected to be 15 million taels. Among them, 7 million taels were for the army and navy, 1 million taels for the guards, and 3 million taels were spent by the government, including the central officials and office expenses. 1 million taels for education, and 2 million for central projects such as post stations, agricultural support, manufacturing bureaus, and river and sea water conservancy. He, the emperor, should have received two million royal support, but he only needed one million.

The budget expenditure is 15 million, and the revenue is also 15 million, including 10 million in industrial and commercial taxes, 3 million in customs duties, 1 million in trade concessions on the monopoly of Siam and Quang Nam by the Nanyang Company, and 1 million in national debt.

The central government has a zero deficit budget, and there is obviously room for ample space, and the money will definitely be found, but the country's economic structure will change. Li Xi discussed for a long time with officials such as Gu Xiyi, the secretary of the Ji Division, and Peng Xianzhong of Zhongshu Province, and felt that such a change was too implicated, so he thought that he could be more thoughtful and cautious.

In the horse farm east of Wuya Palace, Li Xi was walking his horse again, but the person accompanying him was replaced by a masked girl, who was Princess Baoyin of Dzungaria. After Xiao Fumei entered the palace, Li Shi's daughters-in-law moved to the newly built Meiyuan in order to appease her. Yan Sanniang was about to give birth, and Xiao Fumei also took on the responsibility of personal medical care, and everyone didn't have time to pay attention to Li Shi anymore, but pushed Princess Baoyin to him.

What the intentions of the daughters-in-law were, Li Shi naturally knew. They each have their own things to do, and it is difficult for them to devote themselves to the sacred and great cause of serving the emperor, plus Xiao Fu's eyebrows, and they feel that they have neglected Li Shi, and they all hope that someone can compensate for it.

Learn from ordinary rich and noble families, and send the big girls around them to serve, and each has its own concerns. Guan Xuan is using the big girl Huang Ying as a personal assistant, and Zhu Yuyou's six cars are a chattering idiot girl. Yan Sanniang was thinking about leaving a place for Siniang, who was still investigating the Qing court in Hunan, and An Jiuxiu didn't want Bai Qimei around her to monopolize Li Xi. Li Xianzhen stayed, which meant a concubine.

Therefore, as before, everyone took a fancy to Princess Baoyin. Anyway, she had been determined to stay in the royal family, and as a Dzungar princess, it was impossible for her to pose any threat to the matter of establishing a prince, so she was stuffed to Li Shi's side.

But Li Shi really didn't have the heart to do it now, so he only let Baoyin accompany him to walk the horse to relieve his boredom.

Hearing what kind of silver Li Xi was talking about all the way, Princess Baoyin finally broke out, "Your Majesty, you rule all the people, you are rich all over the world, a holy decree, how much silver do you want, don't your subjects have to give it?" This little thing, how can it be worth your frowning all day long!? ”

Although her words were polite, the sarcasm could not be more obvious. She was sent to Li Shi before, and saw Li Shi under Wuchang City with her own eyes, and decided the fate of tens of millions of people in one word. She has a deep understanding of the strength of this country and the prestige of Li Shi's position.

After that, the bravery of the red-clothed army and the support of all the people made Li Shi's tall and majestic image deeply imprinted in her heart, and since then, she has been grateful to Luo Tangyuan who robbed her. What other woman in the world can be so lucky as her, and she was specially snatched by this king? ,

After driving back from Wuchang, she has been waiting for Li Shi to give her the name, whether it is to go up first and then give it, or give it first and then give it, she is mentally prepared. But after such a long time, Li Xi neither went to her bed, nor gave her a name, she felt that she was still an outsider in Wuya Palace, and her status was not even comparable to the girl next to Li Xi who made her scalp tingle at the sight of it.

Today, he followed Li Xi out to walk the horse, full of thought that he could make any progress, but he still immersed himself in state affairs, and he didn't put her pearl in his eyes at all, so it was no wonder that she was a little annoyed and angry.

However, her words are mostly heartfelt, how can there be an emperor who is worried about silver? His own father Khan, if he didn't want anything, he would be offered by his subordinates, let alone an emperor who was greater than his father Khan?

Li Shi turned his head to look at her and said with a smile: "The greatest joy in life is to defeat the enemy, chase the enemy, and take all of it. Do you think that I should follow the example of your great ancestor, Genghis Khan? ”

Bao Yin pouted, "Shouldn't it?" Any monarch should follow Genghis Khan's example! Although it is impossible to surpass, or even compare, but he doesn't even have the heart to emulate Genghis Khan, that is a cowardly monarch! ”

She also let go, and the more she talked, the more energetic she became: "If Your Majesty was born in the era of Genghis Khan, he would definitely be a useless scholar of the Southern Dynasty!" I don't even have the qualifications to put Genghis Khan on the horse......"

"Let's just say that in Wuchang, the Qing people committed such a crime, but Your Majesty just went to burn the city instead of really slaughtering it! After capturing Wuchang and continuing to advance eastward, you will be able to take the flowery Jiangnan into your hands, but what about you, Your Majesty? The Qing Emperor executed the murderer, and you died down, and even Wuchang was returned. If Father Khan had learned to act like this, he would have been rebelled by his subordinates a long time ago! In His Majesty's body, let alone Genghis Khan, he didn't even see a trace of his ordinary royal bearing! ”

The girl's face flushed as she spoke, then she straightened her chest, closed her eyes, and said, "These words are offensive enough, how to punish me, I'll wait!" ”

Li Shi shook his head and said, "Little girl, what do you know?" ”

The girl froze, and then surged angrily: "I don't understand! The last thing I understand is, what the hell are you holding me for!? Have you figured it out!? Whether it is facing the world or me, are you soft-hearted and twisted, like an emperor or a man? ”

Yo ho, not a man......

Li Xianxin said, is the impression he gave to this woman outside the plug so unbearable?

"What is a man? If you want it, you want to kill decisively? ”

"Of course! Otherwise, it's hypocrisy! It's cowardice! Only...... It's not a man! ”

The girl subconsciously answered Li Shi's question, and then Li Xi pulled the collar on her chest.

Li Xi said: "You are a beautiful girl, I really want it, so ......"

Baoyin's eyes were round, and his face was red and white: "Just ...... Is it right here? ”

Not to mention that this is broad daylight, there is a large group of guards in the back.

Li Xian blinked and said, "What is there to scruple about?" If you want it, you can do it. ”

Baoyin's pupils flashed with Qiuhong, she really couldn't figure out Li Shi's thinking, did she really have the heart to meet in front of the big gang?

Li Xi let go of his hand and smiled: "When the child is hungry, he cries, and he pees when he wants to, how straightforward, isn't that decisive killing." ”

Smoothing her messy collar again, Li Xian sighed: "The reason why people are human beings is because they have to be hypocritical and disguised, otherwise why do they need to dress and speak?" Like beasts, they regard each other as prey, and just kill each other. ”

Bao Yin's heart was bouncing, he felt that his tongue was dry, pinched his collar, and didn't dare to look at Li Shi, and then listened to Li Shi: "I, the king, want to make a great feat that I have never done in my previous life, the strength I hold, and the things I do, if you can understand it as a little girl, then this feat is too worthless." ”

Baoyin thought unconvinced, although I am not full of poetry and books, I am not a barbarian woman! I said I couldn't understand it, so I just wanted to understand it!

She didn't admit defeat in her mouth: "How powerful you say, aren't you still having a headache with silver?" ”

Li Xi smiled: "I have a way......"

He looked at Baoyin again, saw that the girl was frightened again, and then smiled again: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, just like treating you as a little woman." ”

Baoyin was both embarrassed and puzzled, but he listened to Li Xian's shout and spurred his horse away...... ）