"One more thing, I need a dozen mechanics who are at least senior or above as my assistants. “

"Hahaha, it's not easy, let alone a dozen, I can get you even if you want a thousand!"

Low-level talents are the most important thing for Qin Xiao, as long as he spends seven or eight hundred thousand to recycle the population without the corner of the island and the sea, he can brush up a lot of talents in minutes. Talent sales are also a source of income for Yi Xiaoge, and the specialty shop in Port Aberia can earn hundreds of thousands of gold coins every month by trading talents.

"That's good, then my esteemed boss, I'll be there for you from now on!" Watt held out his hand.

Yi Xiaoge excitedly stretched out his hand to hold it, this is the hand of a figure of the times who changed the course of history.

"Ding! Master mechanic James Watt becomes your islander! “

Master ......

This is the first time Yi Xiaoge has heard of the new level of professional islander, which should be a talent above the expert level, and sure enough, the historical celebrities are extraordinary.

"Watt, there is a special science and technology research and development area on my island, which is fully equipped with various facilities and sufficient manpower, and you can start the research work on the steam engine as soon as you pass."

The area of the scientific research area has basically doubled in more than a year, and the entire scientific research area is made of self-produced cement to the ground, which looks like a modern scenery at a glance. A large number of original trees and flowers have been preserved in the park, forming the form of a forest park. Watt has no problem entering the science and technology zone, and Yi Xiaoge has already planned to build a separate scientific research center for him to develop products with steam engines as the main body.

"My shop is worth a lot on the black market, but I'm not going to sell it, and the steam engine will be ready for mass production in the future. Maybe it can be used to build a market in the black market, I wonder if you have the relevant talent to run this machinery shop? ”

Yi Xiaoge thought about it, this shop can handle it as long as there is a professional logistics talent and senior mechanic, and Qin Feiyan, the logistics officer, can find someone to handle it.

"It's easy."

After staying in the heart of the world for almost a day, Yi Xiaoge returned to No Island with Rylvat. As soon as he got on the island, he rushed to the Cape of the Sea and handed over the drawings of the rifled howitzer to Uncle Tie General, this cannon is worth 100 million, and it must be quickly equipped with three fleets to play its role. Then Yi Xiaoge took Watt to the science and technology area and introduced him to Grindelde West and Bugue, but who knew that something went wrong.

When Grindersey saw Watt, he was obviously a little surprised, and even Bug, who had always been steady, had a surprised expression.

"Is that you?" Grindelsea said with a cane. And Bug said directly to Watt: "Teacher, I didn't expect us to meet again......"

Yi Xiaoge said curiously: "You all know each other?" ”

Bugg explained: "Mr. Watt is also a proud protégé of Mentor Grindersy, about ten years ago, Mr. Watt proposed the concept of the steam engine, hoping for the support of the Royal Academy of Sciences, but the members of the Royal Academy of Sciences believe that the steam engine has deviated from the category of mechanical disciplines, and it is simply an illusory delusion. Although Grindersey has always supported Watt's research and development, without the financial support of the college, the research could not be continued. He left the Royal Academy in a fit of rage, and Watt was my mechanical tutor before he left, and I followed Mr. Grindersey after he left. ”

I see, Bug didn't say that Yi Xiaoge forgot that Bugg and Grindersea are both professional mechanics, and he couldn't imagine that there was such a relationship in this, which made him have to sigh, as if there was a fixed number in the dark.

The corners of Grindersy's eyes obviously lit up, and he said with some excitement: "I thought I would never see you again in my lifetime, I had limited ability in the academy at the beginning, and I couldn't help you, which is the regret of my life." I don't know how you've been doing over the years, is the development of the steam engine still continuing? ”

Watt obviously didn't expect to meet his mentor here, and the emotion in his heart was nowhere to vent for a while.

"Sir, in fact, I have been in the heart of the world all these years......"

"All the time? But why have I never heard from you? ”

"I opened a shop on the black market to make a living." Watt said.

Grindersea nodded and said, "Hmm...... It's really for you, at least to ensure your research. ”

Bugg was a little curious and asked Yi Xiaoge, "How did you find Mr. Watt?" ”

Yi Xiaoge pointed at Riel and said, "That guy from Riel said that someone knew about the steam engine, so I went." ”

"So you're looking to invest in Mr. Watt's steam engine?"

"That's right!"

Bugg suddenly excited: "Great! In fact, I have always thought that the steam engine was a great idea, and if it succeeded, it would be a sensation in the world! ”

Yi Xiaoge smiled: "That's not easy, your Watt teacher lion opened his mouth, do you know how much he wants?" ”

"How much? ……”

"Five hundred million gold coins!"

Hiss...... Bug gasped, the total investment he personally built the Cape of the Sea and the Island without the island was probably less than 500 million.

"What a scary number ......"

Scientists always have endless topics to talk about when they get together, Yi Xiaoge saw that a few people were in a hurry to chat, and he had no choice but to leave, and it was time for him to enjoy it. Calling Qin Feiyan and Ruier, the two barbecue partners, Yi Xiaoge planned to treat himself outside the Sea Corner Villa.

Because it was made from drawings, the blacksmith uncle quickly got the first rifled gun from the military factory, and Yi Xiaoge also went to the military factory to check the power of this rifled gun introduced with a huge amount of money.

Unlike the Royal Cannon, which was a very large fortress gun, the rifled gun was a smaller naval gun. The total cost of rifled guns fluctuates between 900 and 1,000 gold coins depending on the price of materials in the trading center, which means that to equip the largest warship at present, such as the Dragon Treasure Ship, even if the gun emplacements of the modified royal cannons are removed, it will cost at least 150,000 gold coins.

But when Yi Xiaoge looked at the data of the rifled gun, he thought that the value of the rifled gun far exceeded its own cost. Although it can't catch up with the perverted three-nautical-mile range of the royal cannon, the rifled cannon still has a range of 2.5 nautical miles far beyond the range of the currently equipped smoothbore cannon. The maximum deviation of the firing accuracy in the stationary state is five meters in the range of one nautical mile, the deviation of two nautical miles is eight meters, and the deviation of the maximum range is about 10 meters. The accuracy in motion was also more than three times higher than that of existing artillery. Do not think that the accuracy with a deviation of five meters will be very low, you must know that this is still the era of front-loading artillery, the technical level of shells is still very limited, and naval battles are won completely by number and rate of fire. And the rifled artillery equipment made Yi Xiaoge's fleet hit rate at least three times more than threefold.

When it comes to the rate of fire, Yi Xiaoge is most satisfied with the columnar grenade that comes with the rifled gun. This is a brand-new copper hollow column as the main body, the bottom of the cylinder is filled with high-intensity black powder as the primer, and a conical cast iron projectile in the front part is cast and pressed at the front end of the cylinder, and the projectile is mixed with high gunpowder and hundreds of steel balls with a diameter of half a centimeter.

This type of shell is still front-loaded, and the shell is pushed into the bottom with a projectile, and then ignites the reserved ignition line to fire. After firing, the shell that remains in the barrel will be pulled out by a special reverse steel tong, which has the super characteristics of high muzzle velocity, stable ballistics, strong penetration, and wide killing range. At a close range of several hundred meters, it can ensure an error of less than one meter, and can directly penetrate the Galen sailing ship with one shot. At the same time, it can also use the warp fire method to carry out long-distance attacks of more than two nautical miles, and the curvature range is much higher than that of the royal cannon, and the accuracy is higher.

However, to achieve curvilinear ballistic shooting, it will also require Dean and Hall to modify the newly launched ship before it can be used.