"What if you give me three days of light?" Shu Han looked at the book in Wu Zhang's hand, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, after experiencing the Dark Ages, a large number of traces of human civilization have been eliminated, with the last group of people living in modern society dying in disasters, human civilization, irresistibly disconnected, the most serious of which is science and technology, like Black Iron City, directly from the era of the third industrial revolution to the early stage of the first industrial revolution, it can be seen how powerful the disconnection of science and technology is.

And like the Black Iron City is lucky, similar to the existence of the savage tribe, it has not even preserved the products of the first industrial civilization, and has directly degenerated to the agricultural age, and like such an existence, I don't know how many people in this land can not be counted at all, and in addition to science and technology, other aspects, all kinds of regression, among which art and literature are naturally the first to bear the brunt, in the era in which Shu Han lived, a large number of literary works and written things recorded were stored through computers, most of the resourcesThe production of paper is no longer carried out, so when the disaster comes, many documents will naturally disappear with the scrapping of computers.

In addition, even the existence of paper documents or books, in that catastrophe, was destroyed in large quantities, or by human self-destruction, or natural disasters, after all, more than 300 years, without the premise of protection, books simply cannot be preserved for so long, even in some special museums, after all, these museums need electricity to maintain their operation, and in the dark ages, electricity is even the basic supply of human life has been difficult to solve, Not to mention the supply of machines.

So at this point, the retention of books is undoubtedly very rare, and in such a dark era, the purpose of people reading books is very simple, that is, to master knowledge as much as possible, so as to ask for a life for their future, so even in this era, most of the purpose of reading is to live well, so engineering books are often the most popular, Black Iron City has organized several book printing work, and almost all of its printed books are engineering books or professional books, For example, medicine, engineering, architecture, etc., as for politics, literature, and so on, books are hardly printed.

This is the same as the development of a society, in modern times, people who read literature, history and philosophy, often have good family conditions, people who study art, often have family conditions above the middle class, and the children of poor families, when they go to college, are all to engineering and science as their main direction, just like an American sage once said, we must learn war and weapons, so that future generations can learn engineering, science, and they learn these, so that their children and grandchildren can learn Aristotle, Plato, Shakespeare.

If you want to learn literature, history and philosophy, you must be in a wealthy society, there are some people who can live without engaging in production, so as to be able to cultivate such a group of people, and in Black Iron City, there are obviously not many people who meet this condition, so the printing of these books is also very limited, Shu Han originally thought that Wu Zhang would read some other books, but he didn't expect him to read this kind of literary books.

If it is in the homes of other people in the Black Iron City, I am afraid it will be difficult to find such a book, after all, most people have no books at all, and even if they do, they are some functional books, only Shu Han's house, because Fu Erlan and Shu Han both like the literature left over from the pastoral era, of course, Fu Erlan really likes it, and Shu Han hopes to use these books to remember the era in which he once lived, the purpose of the two is not the same, but the psychology of liking classical literature is indeed the same.

So after Shu Han solved the problem of his own survival, he often went to the major black markets to buy these books, and after he led the army, his status was further improved, and many families also came to show favor to him, at this time Shu Han got a large number of books from their hands, some things were original, and some were excerpts, which made Shu Han's family have a very large number of books.

Even in Shu Han's house, there is a special room for books, and the books in it are also varied, there are Chinese classical classics, there are also Western classical classics, there are all kinds of fields, and there are even handouts of poetry, painting skills of pictures, as well as modern poetry, a certain point in modern times, all of which are available, Shu Han sometimes goes to see when he is fine, and now he sees Wu Zhang holding a copy of "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" to read, Shu Han is naturally a little surprised.

Wu Zhang said a little embarrassed: "Well, I read the introduction of this book and think it's very interesting, so I'll take a look." Hearing this, Shu Han's heart couldn't help but be silent, this book that won the Nobel Prize in Literature actually tells a very simple, but touching story.

In Helen Keller's pen, a girl who is also called Helen, yes, this book is Helen Keller's autobiography, the girl in the story is himself, from a beautiful childhood into the darkness of the deaf and mute, in which she was confused, struggling, and even giving up, until a kind lady came out of the darkness and brought her light, that is, Helen Keller's tutor, Ms. Sullivan.

Under the teaching of this teacher, Helen Keller regained hope for life, she learned to read, knew a lot of words, and later was admitted to Harvard University, became a famous student, after graduation, she repeatedly participated in charity activities, for other people who suffered, to contribute her own strength, from a self-pity deaf mute, to a woman full of confidence in life, Helen Keller's experience, undoubtedly let a generation of hope in their hearts, she also won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

And this story is indeed very consistent with Wu Zhang, thinking of this, Shu Han did not continue, and at this time Wu Zhang looked at Shu Han and said, "Dad, you are my teacher Sullivan." Hearing this, Shu Han was stunned for a moment, and then, inexplicably, he felt like crying, what was the feeling of "you wait here, I'll buy you two oranges".

"Wu Zhang, Helen is a strong girl, life is very bad for her, but she makes the bad life colorful, you are the same as her, you are still growing up, your future should not die because of a mistake, your life has just begun, I hope you can be like Helen, I will also be like Sullivan, help you, find the path you want to take."

After saying this, Shu Han also felt that he was really numb, so he said, "Can you understand this book?" Shu Han asked, Wu Zhang said with some embarrassment: "There are many places that I can't understand, such as trains, what is this, and Harvard University, what is this, is it the same as Black Iron City University?" "135 Chinese

Faced with Wu Zhang's questions, Shu Han replied patiently, in front of Wu Zhang, Shu Han does not need to pretend to be a person of this era, because in Wu Zhang's eyes, Shu Han is Sullivan's teacher, the most knowledgeable person in the world, he knows everything, and he can naturally answer any questions he has.

The father and son sat on a chair, Wu Zhang asked questions, Shu Han answered questions, and it wasn't until Fu Erlan knocked on the door in the evening that the two realized that the day had passed like this, and this was the most relaxed period of time that Shu Han had lived in the past few months.

During the meal, Wu Zhang kept telling Fu Erlan the stories in the book, as well as his own opinions, as for Shu Han's explanation to him, he was very measured and didn't say much, this is also what Shu Han told him, many of his words are not known to people outside, and some knowledge cannot be understood by people in this era, so Shu Han told Wu Zhang that many things he told him, don't say it, including your mother.

In this regard, Wu Zhang is obviously a person who keeps his promises, although he is also very puzzled, why his father didn't let him tell others this knowledge, but in Wu Zhang's mind, Shu Han will not harm himself, he has a great dependence on Shu Han, so Wu Zhang did not say anything.

After telling Fu Erlan, Shu Han continued to work, and fifteen days passed, and finally good news came from Peng Sanhe, after twenty-five days of difficult journey, Peng Sanhe's square finally built the first flintlock pistol production line, and began official production.

In order to accomplish this, all the people in the entire Black Iron City are working and working hard day and night, after all, it is not enough to have drawings alone, and the drawings are just the style of the parts, how to make them, there are still countless difficulties to overcome, and at the same time to manufacture a gun, and design a production line, it is not the same.

Just like modern times, many materials can be produced in the laboratory, but it is not possible to design a production line, because the cost and key technology are not simply proportional amplification, it requires a lot of debugging and is wrong, in order to achieve this, all engineering experts and students in the entire Black Iron City have been called over to specifically solve this problem, it can be seen that the Black Iron City has indeed paid all its strength for this gun.

According to Peng Sanhe's description, this production line can produce 20 guns a day in five days, and when the workers are proficient in operation, they can reach a speed of about 35 guns a day, which is about four to six times faster than the previous kind of muskets.

At the same time, compared with the guns produced in the past, its power has also been greatly improved, within a hundred meters, as long as it has undergone a certain amount of training, it can hit the enemy, and within 60 meters, it can kill if it hits the vital parts, which is a completely different treatment for the guns that can be aimed within 20 meters and shoot and hit all by faith.

At the same time, the loading speed is also much faster, in the past the loading needed to be loaded with gunpowder, and then the projectile was installed in, but today's bullet has a new design, it is a completely different structure, in front of the bullet is a conical projectile, in the back of the bullet is to install the gunpowder body, so that as long as a bullet is stuffed in, you can shoot.

Of course, this kind of bullet, because it is too difficult to make, and the amount of brass that needs to be used to make a bullet at the same time is too much, so when it is finally produced, the output cannot be too large, only the elite troops of Shu Han and Liu Sanyi can be equipped, and other guns still mainly use ammunition that is separated from gunpowder and bullets, but even so, because of the design of the rear firing device, it is no longer necessary to fill gunpowder and bullets from the muzzle as before, but from the rear.

Originally, it took more than a minute to shoot a shot, which was not as fast as a bow and arrow, but now as long as the soldiers have been trained, there is no problem in shooting once between 25 and 30 seconds, and if it is ammunition that is fused with bullets and gunpowder, it can be completely achieved to the point of one bullet in five seconds, which can be said to be a very long-term progress.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the gun can fight with the enemy under the premise of no ammunition, Peng Sanhe also designed a bayonet in the front section of the gun, the length of the original spear has been homely, about 1.2 meters, plus 30 centimeters of bayonet, a musket has reached a length of about 1.5 meters, and it can be used as a short gun, even if it is hand-to-hand combat, it can also give full play to its combat effectiveness.

The birth of the production line shows that the Black Iron City has thoroughly mastered the production technology of this gun, which makes everyone very excited, and with the joint efforts of everyone, Peng Sanhe and the rest of the arsenals have increased their horsepower to transform, from the original cold weapon production to the production of hot weapons, and at the same time, during this time, the production of cannons is still continuing, it can be said that the Black Iron City has just experienced two wars, has thoroughly learned from the experience of the war, the previous two wars, also established a series of organizations, Help the leaders can concentrate their forces, so although all the forces are concentrated on military production at this time, there are not too many problems with the general functioning of the whole society.

Even when he had no choice but to do so, Yang Wangdi also released the children in the nursing home and let them take on some lighter work, such as the transportation of materials, the installation of parts, etc., in order to solve the problem of lack of manpower, and the mining area was filled with all the remaining savages to ensure that the supply of iron ore can be uninterrupted, and there will be no point where there are no materials to produce.