Ministry of Imperial Manufacturing.

This is a new department formed by merging the Forging Bureau and the Shipbuilding Bureau, and now its main work is to study new warships.

With his excellent leadership skills, Sugu deservedly sat in the top position.

Now, he was waiting quietly in front of the wide gate, because he had heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming.

Soon, he saw someone coming in the distance, and his expression was overjoyed: "His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Luo Chuan took Shen Jinming and the others to the gate unhappily and slowly, and said, "How is the combination of the ship, hidden weapons, and firearms?" ”

"Ahem, Your Highness, it's only been a few days, and we only have some preliminary ideas."

Su Gu smiled awkwardly, he didn't expect Luo Chuan to attach so much importance to this matter.

Why does the empire want to build ships, isn't it good on land, why go to the sea?

"Give me a copy of your ideas as drawings, call the major engineers, and I'll take care of this myself."

Luo Chuan didn't blame it, it was very simple, the manufacturing department was established, and he didn't expect these people to make a name for themselves at once.

"Yes, Your Highness, please come here, this is our newly built headquarters."

Su Gu hurriedly gestured to the assistant on the side, and at the same time led Luo Chuan to a bright hall.

There are many tables and bookshelves here, and there are various drawings on the tables, Luo Chuan picked one up casually and looked at the contents in front of him.

"Pretty much an idea."

Luo Chuan nodded slightly, "However, my thinking is still too rigid, and I still want to use wood to take a boat, how can this kind of ship face the attack of soul beasts?" ”

"This ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if you don't use wood, can you use steel? ”

Su Gu said with a bitter face.

"Yes, with iron."

"But iron rusts easily in the sea, and it weighs so much that even with a very large sail, it is not as fast as a wooden boat."

Sugu spoke his mind.

"Find a way to keep the iron from rusting and add power to the boat."

Luo Chuan said lightly: "I came here to assist you this time, don't talk about this, how did you get a two-wheeled vehicle last time?" ”

"According to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's intentions, it's basically completed, do you want to see it?"

"Nature."

Luo Chuan nodded, the two-wheeled bicycle he said was a bicycle, which was a thing he brought to the people.

This thing is relatively simple, so in the past, when he made a firearm, he asked the craftsman to do what he asked.

Chains, gears and skeletons are relatively simple, but the key is that rubber is too special.

He wasn't good at materials science, so he couldn't make rubber here, so he had to let people figure it out for themselves.

In anticipation, Sugu asked people to launch a bicycle with real tires.

Luo Chuan's eyes lit up, and he walked over and touched the tire: "What kind of material is this, it seems to be very light, and the toughness is also good." ”

"A special vine, dried and treated, has the elasticity and toughness required by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Su Gu said with a smile: "These two wheels are very labor-saving, we have made a carriage and a tricycle with the same wheels, and the tricycle can also be ridden by one person, so it is much easier to transport materials." ”

Luo Chuan rode it, not much different from the car in his previous life, and said with satisfaction: "Yes, get a place dedicated to the production of two-wheeled vehicles and tricycles, and sell them to ordinary people, I will rely on the money from their sales to gather the power of the empire to produce new things." ”

"Your Highness, this method is good, you don't have to force taxes, and it can be convenient for the people, but what if someone steals school, this thing is not too complicated."

"It's a matter of time before you steal from school, someone really figured it out on their own, that's also a talent, you arrange someone to support them in making this thing, but we have to take a cut."

Luo Chuan didn't care at all, for him, this thing was just for fun, shipbuilding was the right thing, and he also needed more talents.

Otherwise, even if he understands the basic principles, he can't figure out things like steam engines, internal combustion engines, electricity, etc.

And these latter things are the key to his ability to conduct naval battles, and they are also the basis for crossing the sea and attacking the Sun and Moon Continent in the future.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince." Su Gu showed admiration, this is the royal style.

"Let's not talk about that, now let's get down to business, have you found any special materials on the mainland that you asked you to investigate before?"

"Yes, the special metal that His Highness wanted, more than ten were found, and combustible black stones and black liquids were also found in the north."

Sugu nodded.

"Show me it."

Luo Chuan stood up suddenly, compared to the blandness of the two-wheeled vehicle, this time he was quite excited.

The burning black stone is the raw material of the steam engine, the raw coal of the steam engine, while the black liquid is the petroleum, and the gasoline and diesel separated from it are the raw material of the internal combustion engine.

He can't handle the latter for the time being, after all, it involved too much back then, but coal can be used immediately.

Su Gu acted again, and soon someone brought several boxes, Luo Chuan opened it and observed, sure enough, it was coal and oil.

"I thought it wasn't."

Luo Chuan muttered in his heart, pinched the coal and said, "How did you do before letting you use steam to push the gears to turn?" ”

"This ......"

Su Gu smiled bitterly: "It hasn't worked out yet. ”

"Hmph, I've drawn the drawings to you, and you still can't get them?"

Luo Chuan was not slow to show for the first time, the steam engine is much simpler than the internal combustion engine, he got the general structure out, these guys can't do it, he naturally has opinions.

"I'm sorry, it's the subordinate's fault."

Su Gu broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"This is the power I am going to use to propel the steel boat, its gears are connected to a special pulp, which can be used to propel the boat instead of manpower, now I understand what I am going to do."

Luo Chuan said coldly.

On the boundless sea, if he didn't use the lowest-level steam engine, it would be difficult for him to send a large army to conquer the Sun Moon Continent, and he would not be able to obtain the soul guide technology there.

So, the steam engine had to be made.

"Understood."

Su Gu didn't dare to say anything more at the moment.

"Steel rust prevention and steam engine, immediately use all my strength to do it, I will personally take responsibility, within three years, I need a new warship that can sail on the sea, more than a hundred meters long, with artillery fire and hidden weapons."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Bring me all the materials, and I'll see how you're doing."

Luo Chuan wants to see what the problem is, so many people haven't made things out.

He estimated that he would have to stay here for half a month before he could set off for Poseidon to fall.

If he didn't make the key things, even if he went to the Sea God Dao to cultivate for a few years, he wouldn't be able to get a new warship.

One day, Luo Chuan went through all the relevant materials and the feedback of the craftsmen, and roughly figured out what the problem was.

One is that there is a problem with the material of the machine, and the other is that there is a defect in the internal structure.

He could only do it himself, to get this thing that he only knew the basic principles in his previous life, but had never seen before, and at the same time find a way to solve the problem of rust prevention of warships.