Without the participation of the Ming forces, or the participation of the Ming forces, the world is even more chaotic. In addition to the Ming Dynasty, many places in this world are at war.

The best-selling goods of the Ming Dynasty are no longer silk and porcelain but arms, large eight-grain rifles, grenades, and light mortars are not only expensive, but also in short supply.

If you have a good relationship with Daming, you can sell light rocket artillery and heavy cannons. It's just that the price is more expensive, and the price of the shells is even more amazing.

Due to the high processing requirements, the shell is a unique business. It's impossible for others to make it!

In the high-end restaurants and hotels in the capital, there are often people in all kinds of strange costumes. They often pull Ming officials, drink, sing, and take a sauna.

The arrival of these people has played an accelerator role in the corruption and degeneration of the Ming officialdom.

With regard to this kind of thing, the Ministry of Supervision has completely turned a blind eye. Foreign investors don't eat for nothing. In the early years, these people from Fanbang sent some things that were not worth two dates, and they could get a large reward in Daming.

This kind of thing is gone forever, and now foreigners have no status at all in Daming. Foreign missions often come to Daming with large sums of money.

Now Daming Money Bank also has a branch overseas, and there is a large regional money bank in Suezburg, and now there is no need to carry large boxes of gold and silver for delivery.

You slap the silver ticket on the table, and I will give you a bill of lading, the whole process is very civilized, and you can't smell a trace of copper, and the merchants like this way very much.

Now all the process of cash trading will be annoying. Who has to go to the trouble of keeping your silver coins in the bank?

Some of the hostile missions stayed in the same hotel, but on different floors. They worked hard all day to tackle the Ming officials, just to get more arms.

Generally speaking, whoever gets more arms will have the initiative in the war.

Li Xiao is not afraid that weapons will be unsalable, as long as there are people, there will be disputes. Where there is a dispute, there is a need for weapons, and if both sides are armed with broadswords and spears, the outcome of the struggle depends on the number of people on both sides.

The side with fewer people will look for a way first, and the advanced weapons of the Ming Dynasty have given them the dawn. So, they sought the cooperation of Ming arms dealers and bought a large number of arms.

The side with such a big sword and spear will definitely suffer, and after learning from the pain, they also decided to send people to Daming to buy arms.

In order to meet the needs of these people for the war, the workers had to work overtime at night, just to produce more weapons and ammunition and make more money.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry are very angry, and they walk all day with their eyes on the sky. Sometimes both sides get along well, and the arms produced in a single day go to one side, and the arms produced in two days go to the other side.

The Jinzhou Arsenal, Jinan Arsenal, and Xi'an Arsenal are working at full speed and going all out to produce, so that they can meet the war needs of the people of the world.

The Ming Dynasty finally stood at the top of the world more than 270 years after the founding of the country, but unfortunately there is no emperor surnamed Zhu sitting on the dragon chair now. When the Ming people go abroad, they will be looked down upon. An ordinary citizen of the Ming Dynasty will be valued by the locals abroad.

There is no way to do it, if this Ming man dies inexplicably. Those vicious Ming soldiers would come and grab the king by the neck and ask how the man died.

After killing a group of people and paying a large amount of compensation, he left angrily. When he left, he did not forget to warn that if he dared to have a next time, the king would wait for the head to be hung on the flagpole and wait for it to dry.

The effect was immediate, and the people of the Ming Dynasty can now walk sideways around the world. If someone wanted to embarrass the Ming people, they would point to the warships at sea and ask them if they were afraid of shells. One blows down, and it can kill dozens of people.

Li Xiao came to Changxing Island again on an ironclad ship, and after more than ten years of construction. The island has been built into a steel fortress, surrounded by patrol boats. And there are patrols on the island, leading big wolf dogs around the clock to patrol the island.

As long as the weather permits, there are always two airships patrolling the sky.

Whenever any ship or person approached, someone would come and check it. If I approach for no reason, all that awaits them is to be torn to pieces by artillery fire.

The people of the Ming Dynasty know that this place cannot be come. GIs will shoot for no reason, and even if you kill someone, you won't win. At most, it's a matter of losing a few bucks!

The defenders also deliberately threw some livestock carcasses into the sea, which caused a large number of sharks to surround Changxing Island. This is also part of the protective ring, if someone wants to sneak up to the island, they have to go through this shark pass first

Generally speaking, those who are not inclined to die will not approach the island of death.

This island is too important for Daming, which is the source of Daming's scientific and technological power. Li Xiao's order was that not a single piece of paper without approval should be allowed to circulate outside.

When you land on Changxing Island, you can see a row of townhouses in the rising sun at a glance.

It used to be the residence of the Li siblings, and now it is inhabited by scientists from England.

Now guarding Changxing Island is Liu Laoliu, this guy used to be a boat runner. Although the ability is not good, but the qualifications are very old.

When Li Xiu went to the sea back then, he worshiped him as a master.

But this guy is too timid and very afraid of war. As soon as the cannon rang out, his legs trembled with fear. In desperation, I had no choice but to stay on the island and stay behind. But this place is the biggest, and he can be regarded as living a leisurely life.

"Dashuai!" Watching Li Xiao walk down the gangway of the ironclad ship, Liu Lao Liu hurriedly bowed down and saluted. He has withdrawn from the military and is no longer qualified to salute the army.

"You've worked so hard!" Li Xiao helped Liu Lao Liu, who was almost sixty years old, and his hair and beard were gray.

"The old man is on this island all day, how can it be hard. It's a handsome, and it's hard to take your sons and daughters to fight thousands of miles. Daming has a handsome, and he really raises his eyebrows in Yunahai. ”

Listening to Liu Laoliu's words, Li Xiao couldn't help but look at this old guy with admiration. The old bastard can, a big character who doesn't know a basket of handlebar style, can actually say such crepe words, it seems that the old guy still knows how to learn.

Seeing the old guy wiping the sweat on his head, Li Xiao knew the answer.

"I carried it late last night!"

"No, they say they can't ...... it if they don't have a good back! Handsome ......! Liu Lao Liu was actually a little embarrassed.

"It's all a veteran who has been following me for more than ten years, why bother with these vain and mysterious things! How many brushes do you have, don't I know? ”

"Yes! I told them a long time ago that the old man is a watchdog, and he can't get the crepe stuff, so he still lets the handsome see through it after carrying it for a night.

Today's children have books to read, which is different from what we did back then. The younger generations of the family are afraid that the old man will embarrass them. ”

"What kind of person is this, you Liu Lao Liu can be optimistic about this Changxing Island, even if it is a great achievement." Li Xiao boarded Changxing Island with a smile and walked straight to the carriage parked on the side of the road.

The defense on the dock was very tight, and Li Xiao even saw machine guns on sandbags on the side of the road.

"Lao Liu, there's no need for this. The defense is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and if you are a big wolf dog with a machine gun all day long, it will scare people. ”

"I can't help it, I just know that everything on this island is a secret. Your words must be done word for word, except for reports and official documents to the imperial court, not a single piece of paper is allowed to circulate on the island.

Even the garbage on the island needs to be sent to the incinerator to be incinerated, and you can see that the place where the black smoke comes out is the incinerator.

The goods that come in and out every day, the old man is personally inspected, 365 days a year, and not a day has fallen. ”

Liu Lao Liu said this, Li Xiao believes that this old guy can't fight, but he is indeed a good hand at looking at the house. When Li Xiu recommended him, Li Xiao agreed without hesitation.

"Thank you! If there are any difficulties, if there are any, they will be raised, and everything that can be solved will be solved for you. Li Xiao waved his hand, and after having the power in his hand, his tone naturally became bigger.

"Everything on the island is good, the old man drinks five grains every day, eats seafood, and constantly sends pigs, cattle and sheep on the land, as well as all kinds of seasonal fruits.

You see that it is spring now, but there are still a lot of oranges and apples in the cellar, and some of the rotten old men feel pity. But it can't be helped, that's the rule on the island. Even if the things that are on the island are rotten, they are not allowed to be shipped out again.

If the old man has any requirements, can you send me a deputy? The old man is old, and he will take care of his deputy for a few years. The old man also went home to hug his grandson, you don't know, my grandson gave birth to a great-grandson to me last year.

I want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to come to the island to worship my old man. But I got it back!

What kind of place is this island, where outsiders are not allowed to come casually. If anyone on the shore dares to sail or swim to the island, they will be shot immediately.

My old man's family, how can I break the rules set by the marshal. But the old man really panicked in his heart, this is another generation of people. ”

The light in Liu Laoliu's eyes changed from love to expectation. At this age, it is indeed a gratifying thing to be able to see another generation.

"This is what you said, just go back and do it. I must find someone who can be responsible, and I can't help you. People in their sixties are still trapped on this island. It is impossible for Li Xiao to disagree with this request, which is a matter of human nature.

Besides, Liu Lao is also six years old, and in the future, this island will have to rely on young and strong people. As for who to send, Li Xiao doesn't have a score in his heart.

The horse-drawn carriage soon reached the heart of the island, where there was a huge reinforced concrete building. On the high fence, there is actually a wire grid.

Around the wall, every ten or twenty meters, there is a watchtower. There were soldiers with guns standing on it, and Li Xiao visually inspected the concrete wall, which was almost more than five meters high.

This place doesn't look like a place for research, it's more like a prison.

The carriage drove to the gate, and the huge iron door creaked open.

Li Xiao saw that there were machine guns on both sides of the iron gate. The soldier standing guard at the door, leading a big wolf dog, saluted Li Xiao's car.

After getting out of the carriage, Li Xiao saw many people in blue overalls. Some of them also wore hard hats on their heads, and many of them were blondes.

Walking to the door of the workshop, Li Xiao saw Dr. Newton with oily hands.

Historically, Newton studied theoretical physics, but now Li Xiao has used all his ingenuity in the development of automobiles.

Car maniacs once said that a car is actually an engine with four wheels.

It is true that a car has an engine with four wheels, but if you want this engine to turn on four wheels and pull more than a dozen tons of things around the world, this is not something that can be completed overnight.

Newton has been working here with people for two years, and there are the best craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty and the best conditions. It is possible to build a qualified engine according to Newton's design.

The engine, the heart of the car. But if you want to make this heart, it is really difficult.

First of all, there is the issue of engine downsizing.

Whether it was the engine of the Ming Dynasty or the engine that Newton researched in Mumbai. All of them are the size of two bedrooms, in fact, to put it bluntly. The so-called gasoline engine is a miniature version of an oil-fired boiler.

Because the ignition point of fuel oil is low and the heat is high, and it produces heat faster and higher than coal, the output power of the fuel airship is higher than that of ordinary coal-fired steam engines.

But what Newton had to do now was to limit the weight of the engine to less than 1,000 catties. Moreover, the volume should also be greatly reduced, which not only requires the top manufacturing process, but also requires continuous innovation in design.

Daming actually has a team working on this matter, but the progress seems to be slower than that of Newton. As long as the engine downsizing is successful, other problems are not a problem. Daming, soon there will be cars that will be able to hit the road.

Li Xiao is here today because Newton has made a breakthrough in the engine problem, and he has already manufactured a molded engine and installed it on the car. Just waiting for Li Xiao's order, the car went around the factory, which can be regarded as completing the explanation to the leader.

In the past two years, Daming has paid a huge amount of money for this project. Now that there are results, you have to show off with the shopkeeper who paid for it.

In this way, it will be possible to secure future funding.

Newton, an outsider, has no foundation in Daming, and if he wants to survive, a large bonus is indispensable.

As soon as he walked into the workshop, Li Xiao was shocked by the situation in front of him. On the display stand, he saw a "car" parked on the railroad tracks.

Oh my God! Isn't the car meant to run on the road? How did you run up the rails! If Lao Tzu wanted to use it on the railway, he would have asked people to study the miniaturization of fuel trains.

"It's ......!" Li Xiao looked at all the staff members in surprise.

"This is our concept car!"

Still...... Concept car!