Li Mao's words made the old man Gu suddenly speechless, and he could only continue to walk forward as if he was about to discover a new continent, and when he slowly turned a few wooden houses and came to a room that was half Persian, the eyes that were already open and almost bloodshot were staring at a super-large model sailing ship and couldn't move.

"This? Is this also the warship that you Datang most want to improve? "Yes, this is the Dafu ship that I want to build, and these people are all old seafarers who have drifted across the sea, and now they are barely a technician, old national teacher, you always look down at these decomposed model ships, how is it different from the past?" "There is a small warehouse in this ship, and the bottom of this ship is actually in a semi-circular shape, why do you have to design it like this?" "The U-shaped hull and the watertight warehouse structure are the royal road! But the Tao and you always talk a lot and don't understand, anyway, these are all science, you don't believe it, in the future, seeing is believing, facts speak louder than words, the seeds of science have been sown, Datang will not say invincible and the world in the future, but it will not be complacent, Yelang is arrogant, and the West is barbarian haha...... I'm afraid they will have to live a thousand years......"

After Li Mao said this, he immediately leaned over the dozen or so warship models and stroked them carefully, and then opened his mouth to ask a few old Tang shipwrights: "Have these Dafu ships been manufactured now?" "If you return to the sage, you have started construction in the Lingnan Shipyard half a year ago, but the process is cumbersome and the hull is huge, I am afraid that it will not be built every three years and five years?" "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, take your time, the war in Fusang will not end so soon, as long as multiple places start construction at the same time, there will always be dozens of successes...... Remember that the craftsmen who are responsible for the construction must be taken care of, they are the treasures of my Datang, and the students must be involved in the manufacturing process, and a large number of talents will be quickly cultivated in the mode of masters and apprentices...... In addition, I also told those old craftsmen not to hide and hide, what church apprentices starved to death of the master, that is the matter of the older generation, now they are all raised by the Tang Dynasty, Datang does not fall, their children and grandchildren will have food to eat......"

"The subordinates all understand your mind of the sage, and besides, these drawings and ideas are not all researched and invented by the sage and the little strong steward, so we don't dare to hide our secrets...... These people were originally working hard in the big family, but now they have become official families, which is something that can not be dreamed of, and those old workers are thinking of the good ...... of the saint in their hearts" "Tell them not to read the good of me, if you want to read the good of the people of the Tang Dynasty, because they spend money to support them are the people of the Tang Dynasty...... However, the achievements of you craftsmen, the people of the Tang Dynasty and I will not forget, your names will be preserved in history one by one, and the students in the shipyard school will also pass you on from generation to generation in the future...... for you are their guides......"

Li Mao coaxed all the shipbuilders into a smile in a few words, and even the dozen or so people of the Fan clan knelt down to thank him, and Li Mao certainly would not be stingy with his reward at such a juncture, and with an order, a total of 100,000 and 50,000 people, including those miscellaneous soldiers in the arsenal, almost doubled the year-end bonus.

So in the cheers of everyone, Li Mao and his entourage immediately followed up with the second brother Yu who came to the site of the Shenwu cannon test. "Sage, a total of five Shenwu cannons have been prepared at the moment, for you to watch the experiment, at first there were ten cannons, but in the preliminary experimental stage, three of the cannon barrels exploded, and the other two could no longer be used after firing five cannonballs......

"It's okay, five is five, but you technicians have to keep your eyes open on the side, all the data and useful information must be recorded one by one, there is a specialization in the art industry, I don't understand this, in the future, whether this Shenwu cannon can be smoothly pulled on the battlefield or not depends on you......" "Understand, sage, you put your heart in your stomach, by the way, you should sit a little farther away and watch it for a while, and you put these cotton stoppers in your ears first, and the sound will be a little ...... later."

"Okay, when will you learn your sister's trick, isn't the power of this cannon better than you? But it's hard for me to believe that you were able to make this cannon so much with a few drawings and a few pieces of fragmented information, and it took a lot of effort! Li Mao walked in front of the five cannons, first a little curiously touched the texture of the cannon body, and then squatted down to look around at the manufacturing process, although he just said that he couldn't believe it, but in his heart there were really 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping again, where is the situation in front of him I can't believe it, I can't imagine that in an era like Datang, I can still touch a cannon barrel made of steel, not to mention whether it can play cross talk, it is this seven or eight points like a god, which makes people happy to see it for half a year! Especially when he saw the dozen or so black cannonballs that looked like bowling balls not far away, Li Mao immediately cracked his mouth and laughed, "Xiaoqiang, that guy really made the cannonballs look like this, second brother Yu, how did you get it, our Datang doesn't have any welding technology!" And how this gunpowder is filled in, it's amazing......"

"Welding technology? Sage, do you mean that the two semi-spheres are heated together by self-heating? We've been doing this for a long time! The ancients used this technique when making bronze tools, and the Mo family had a secret that was not passed down earlier, and the shape of the cannonball you said was actually not difficult to do, so first made a model with clay and added molten iron to pour ......"

"Yes, yes, I'm ignorant, the wisdom of our ancestors is still quite powerful, and the bronze artifacts of thousands of years ago seem to have begun to fall into mold...... Let's start without further ado, the goal is to fight that! "Sage, your king on the mountainside, look, that newly-built thatched hut is the target of the test firing......" After listening to the words of the second fisherman, Li Mao was also a little nervous in an instant, and when he quickly retreated to his seat, the five soldiers who were responsible for loading and igniting the fire were also fully armed and wore battle armor and walked to the cannon to wait.

So with the shout of the second fisherman, the first Shenwu cannon was immediately ignited, although Li Mao didn't understand why they didn't adjust the direction of the muzzle to the standard target, but at such a critical moment, he almost hurriedly stuffed the cotton ball into his ears like Gu Desire Lao'er and Gu Xue.

However, as the fuse behind the cannon burned the first ignited cannon muzzle without making the slightest sound, the second fisherman turned around and glanced at Li Mao and wanted to come forward to check, but Li Mao, who was familiar with the dangers of such an operation, immediately stopped him from stepping forward.

"Second Brother Yu, you don't need to come forward to check, order someone to set fire to the remaining four!" "Whoa!" Uncle Yuguo couldn't help but touch the sweat on the back of his neck, and immediately shouted with full attention, and the effect of this ignition did not disappoint Li Mao and the others, as the four shells that flew out of the muzzle quickly fell on the mountainside at the same time, the area suddenly sounded a loud bang, and then the fire was everywhere, and even Li Mao, who was full of psychological expectations, was blown up with a pair of eyelids jumping, and the father and daughter of Gu Xu, who were completely unprepared in their hearts, were immediately frightened by the vibration under their feet.

"Okay, great, this place is three or four hundred meters away from the mountainside! Second Brother Yu, you can be regarded as creating a big killing weapon for my Datang this time, as long as you have this Shenwu cannon in hand, who in the world will dare to compete with my Datang! Ha ha...... God bless me for ten thousand years of the Tang Dynasty......" As Li Mao's several shouts echoed in the valley, tens of thousands of guards also shouted loudly like a tsunami in the mountains.

So when the old man Gu Yu saw such a spectacular scene, the whole person was stunned, and he didn't react for a long time, until Li Mao quietly walked to his side, this old guy can be regarded as a sigh, completely bowing to the feet of the Tang Emperor. "The old decay valley desires, from now on, I am willing to serve the Tang Empire, and I will never give up my ......" "Haha...... Gu Lao Guoshi is polite, the ancients are good birds and perched on the wood, you can be regarded as lost today, no matter what reason you have in your heart to serve my Tang Dynasty, but it is an indisputable fact that my Tang Empire is proud of the world today, and you will be glad for today's choice in the future...... Get up and talk, your old status is special, and I can't arrange any decent official positions, so in the future, you will find an elegant residence in Chang'an City in cloth clothes to settle down, and I can summon you into the palace at any time to play a few words, do you think this arrangement is quite appropriate? ”

"Very good, very good, sage, your placement like this is in line with the old man's mind, the old man can have a tile to cover his head in a bustling city like Chang'an, and he doesn't dare to have any more luxury, just a little girl?" Gu Yu said that he hurriedly pulled Gu Xue, who was still stunned in place, to himself and looked at Li Mao. Li Mao nodded and said, "Xiaoxue and I have known each other since childhood, and she couldn't help herself in the past, but if she is given a name at this time, I am afraid that there will be a lot of whispers in the court and the harem, for now she should serve your old side first, but what I said will never be broken, and he will ...... when the time is ripe"-->