These Eastern and Western Xiaoyu are all knowledgeable, but unfortunately he only graduated from high school, where can there be such professional chemical knowledge, these topics can only be studied by Deng Jiaxiang himself, which is also strange Fang Xiaoyu There are still too few scientific and technological talents around him, those apprentices who follow Deng Jiaxiang are just beginners, and it is okay to get started, and if you conduct research, it can't help too much, so the research speed is so slow.

Fang Xiaoyu sighed and said, "Sir, let's make it according to the drawings first, and we will change the charge of the shell later, and this problem should be solved." Zhang Hui said: "If this is the case, I can do the preliminary trial production first, and wait for the new charge to come out before this cannon can be finalized." ”

Fang Xiaoyu instructed again: "In addition, I also need 76 mm infantry light artillery and 105 mm and 128 mm heavy artillery, all of which need to be recoiled and new charges, even if it is pre-research." ”

Zhang Hui nodded and said, "Okay, I'll put my energy into the management technique first." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "In this way, Mr. Zhang can take your laboratory personnel and me to Tongshan County for research, there are many laboratories there, and if you have any problems together, you can solve them nearby." ”

Zhang Hui nodded and said: "This is the best, so as not to have many problems that need to be fed back to other laboratories to be solved, the long journey is too long and time-consuming, but the several thousand-ton hydraulic presses we customized from the machinery factory in Luoyun Mountain are a little insufficient." The 305 mm barrel is barely okay, and the 330 mm barrel scrap rate is too high. ”

Fang Xiaoyu is very clear about the use of hydraulic presses for cannon barrels, the reason why German artillery is better than British artillery in World War I is not unrelated to the fact that they have 10,000-ton hydraulic presses to manufacture larger diameter and larger caliber barrels, so Fang Xiaoyu has been letting Xiaofeng carry out relevant research, and has achieved a lot of results, at this time the first 5,000-ton hydraulic press is still being assembled in the heavy industry equipment warehouse.

He agreed to Zhang Hui's proposal: "No problem, when you move to Tongjiang Mansion, I will equip you with a few 5,000-ton hydraulic presses." Zhang Hui was speechless when he heard Fang Xiaoyu's words, obediently it was a 5,000-ton hydraulic press, I heard that even in the Western Continent, there are only a few three or two powerful countries with such equipment, and they still refuse to show it as easily as a baby.

Bidding farewell to Xu Shouchang, Fang Xiaoyu returned to Tongjiang Mansion City with Zhang Hui's entire studio. Fang Xiaoyu's trip took three months, and at this time, the second batch of 30,000 households in Tongjiang Fucheng had arrived, plus the previous more than 30,000 households, and now the population of Tongjiang Fucheng has exceeded 200,000.

Such a little population made Fang Xiaoyu deeply feel the lack of population, industrial production requires a large number of working people, even if it can be immigrated now, but the entire Lanfang Empire has so many people, even if Fang Xiaoyu counts all the overseas Chinese population, he feels that the population is not enough.

Fang Xiaoyu had always been accustomed to planning ahead, so he issued a lord decree that made the governments of the entire world feel incredible, that is, the birth reward order. Fang Xiaoyu demanded in this order that all families should have at least two children except for the accident of not being able to have children.

If each family has one more child in addition to the two children, the lord's mansion will be fully responsible for all the expenses of the child's growth, and will also reward the family with fifty yuan. Although the reward of the Lord's Mansion is not high, he is responsible for the growth of the children throughout the whole process, which is equivalent to Fang Xiaoyu raising the children for them, which greatly reduces the burden of ordinary families.

The Chinese people originally had the idea of having more children and more blessings, and with such an encouraging policy, Fang Xiaoyu believed that all the people would have a high enthusiasm for childbearing. Perhaps in the near future, the population burden of the Chinese Territory may be too heavy, but the burden is worth it.

Fang Xiaoyu knows very well that with the great improvement of people's living standards, the fertility rate will have a downward trend, which is a must experience in every developed country.

What's more, when the Chinese Territory becomes stronger, it must be expanded externally, and then there will be enough land to settle the wealthy population, even if the entire Wangxiang Star can't accommodate these populations, he believes that by that time, with Xiaofeng's help, he can also carry out cosmic immigration, with Xiaofeng as the backing, Fang Xiaoyu is not afraid of overpopulation at all.

The benefits of the demographic dividend are not only Fang Xiaoyu can think of, in fact, all sparsely populated countries have such ideas, but the low grain production has caused the land use rate to be too low, under the same land area, countries simply cannot support too many people, and only Fang Xiaoyu, a person with high-yield grain in his hand, can have such courage.

With the issuance of this birth incentive order, the immigrants in the surrounding areas have another attractive enough condition, and the immigration boom is even higher, with more and more labor, Huadong Bank began to open up all kinds of light industries owned by Fang Xiaoyu.

First of all, an industrial zone has been built in the south of the city, these products are the fastest to make money, and now the stalls in the territory are too big, and there are many places where the money is used, so it is good to make a little more, not to mention that Fang Xiaoyu has so many patents for light industrial products in his hands, it would be a pity not to make good use of them.

Outside the city, a lot of farmland has been cleared, many people have already started harvesting crops, and many more are starting to prepare for the next season. Fang Xiaoyu placed Zhang Hui's laboratory in a wilderness near the Dahengduan Mountains, near the heavy industrial area, so that what equipment they needed could be solved nearby, in addition, he also installed three 5,000-ton hydraulic presses assembled by Xiaofeng on the road, with these equipment, plus the steel plant is not far away, the research of artillery is also much more convenient.

Fang Xiaoyu, who returned to his own territory, learned through the East China Tour that now the troops have advanced to Bei'an Mansion, the other four prefectures have entered Fang Xiaoyu's actual control, three prefectures have also begun to build, and other towns and villages have also been brought under control.

The actual control area in Fang Xiaoyu's territory had reached 350,000 square kilometers, and the population had reached one million, but this was still far from the average level of the Lanfang Empire. The railway in the industrial zone, which was started at the same time, was also repaired to Tongjiang Fucheng and continued to extend, Fang Xiaoyu decided to stay and see the development of the territory first, anyway, he still had time, and waiting until his navy was established was the opportunity to expand outward.

Fang Xiaoyu's return to the mansion was already the beginning of May, and after a short time, Fang Xiaoyu's first birthday after becoming a lord arrived, but without his family by his side, Fang Xiaoyu did not alarm anyone, but hid in the mansion for his fifteenth birthday, and only Elena accompanied him.

The habit of the Lanfang Empire, a man is an adult when he reaches the age of fifteen, Fang Xiaoyu can't help but miss the Xia family sisters who are far away in the capital, but fortunately, Elena has always been by his side as a bodyguard, and he won't be too depressed when he has time to tease her.

Fang Xiaoyu talked to Deng Jiaxiang once and told him the urgency of the army's need for new artillery charges. Deng Jiaxiang was also very anxious, during this time he was almost soaked in the laboratory, day and night experiments, Fang Xiaoyu sent him a group of assistants from the orphans who had been educated and trained for many years, these people have a good cultural foundation, and can also help some people, these people can follow Deng Jiaxiang to learn professional chemistry knowledge, and can also reduce part of his work intensity.

Baoshan Mansion, the capital of Tongshan County, has been controlled, but Fang Xiaoyu does not want to move there. Not only because Baoshan Mansion needed to be rebuilt, but also because he felt that it was too far away from the country, and if there was anything, it was always good to be closer.

Even in Tongjiang Mansion, Fang Xiaoyu felt that it was far away from the center of the empire, and it was too far away from his home in the capital, except for the second brother Fang Dingbang who passed by here to see him once because of the change of guard in the army, Fang Xiaoyu didn't even see a family member, although Fang Xiaoyu missed his mother very much, but thinking that he could go to Beijing to report on his work in half a year, he had to endure it.

The East China Bank handled the government affairs properly, and Fang Xiaoyu didn't have much to do, so he naturally soaked in the light industrial zone to do something new when he had time. In addition to orchid sugar, thyme wine, perfume and soap, glass is also being manufactured in small quantities, mainly to meet domestic demand.

Fang Xiaoyu thought about it, Lan Fang Sugar, Thyme Wine and Perfume were made for the Fang family, but the Fang family had the exclusive right to operate, and their own shops could not be sold, which was also the condition of their own independence set by the grandfather at the beginning. The soap is made for Chen Qixia, and he can sell it himself, plus cement, there are not many fist products in his hands. Fang Xiaoyu decided to make several new products.