Zhou Xian was very satisfied with the attitude of the workers, "In the future, your monthly income will increase by two taels, and you can't treat everyone badly." ”

Enthusiastic cheers suddenly came from below.

After everyone was happy for a while, Zhou Xianzheng said: "Next, I will teach you the method of making a steam engine ship propeller, everyone listen carefully." ”

As he spoke, he took out the propeller drawings he had drawn, "The propeller principle is to rely on five blades to rotate in the water to convert the rotational power of the steam engine into propulsion. ”

The method of making a propeller is to make a model with a set value using wood, seal the model with sediment, burn the solidified sediment with fire, and then take out the model by cutting and tapping to form a mold.

Through the teaching of the mysterious orb of light, these craftsmen quickly mastered the method of making propellers, and now they can make them in a matter of time.

"Thank you for your advice, we will all be done, with the propeller our marine steam engine is done, I really want to see what the steam engine looks like on the ship." Zhao Bugui said excitedly.

"When our steam engines are installed on our ships, our ships will be able to sail freely everywhere, regardless of the direction of the wind and the direction of the current, so to speak, they can do anything."

After everyone heard Zhou Xian's words, they were full of expectations for the steam engine ship.

After Zhou Xian chatted with the workers in the steam engine workshop for a while, he came to the conference room of the arsenal, where Zhao Laoyan was already waiting for Zhou Xian.

"You call all the craftsmen who make cannons, and I will teach you three kinds of cannons and one mine today." Zhou Xian said directly.

After Zhao Laoyan agreed, she went out excitedly, and soon walked in with more than 200 craftsmen.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Zhou Xian opened the drawings on the table and hung them on the wall, "What I am teaching you today is this 280 large-caliber heavy artillery, heavy artillery is mostly used in fire suppression, its heavy firepower can cause greater damage to important enemy targets, heavy artillery is mainly used to bomb barracks, arsenals, city walls and other important strategic and tactical facilities to strike, in order to destroy the enemy's sustained combat capability, and to strike at the enemy's combat confidence." ”

Everyone gasped when they heard the terrifying power of the heavy artillery.

After Zhou Xian introduced the role of heavy artillery, he continued: "The next thing to introduce is the cannon suitable for ship, the cannon barrel length and caliber are larger, the charge number is less, suitable for low-firing boundary shooting, mainly used to shoot vertical targets and long-distance targets, the range of the cannon body is between 7,000 and 20,000 kilometers, it is a very suitable cannon for ship use." ”

Everyone was excited when they heard Zhou Xian's introduction of these two high-power cannons.

Zhao Laoyan was also excited, "My lord, after we have these two kinds of cannons in Xingjing, wouldn't it be easy to conquer the city." ”

"That's natural, no city can withstand the shelling of our 280 large-caliber heavy guns."

Then he said: "The last type of cannon is a light cannon weighing only 20 kilograms, which can be carried around by one person, and the mortar is a gun with a short body, a large angle of fire, and a high ballistic arc.

The mortar can fire at targets behind shelters by bearing the recoil force with a seat plate and firing a curved smoothbore projectile with a tail shell.

Among them, the tail end of the gun body is sealed by the tail of the gun equipped with a firing pin, and the mortar is adjusted by changing the charge and changing the firing angle, and the minimum firing range is only 50 meters, and the maximum firing range can reach 5,000 meters. ”

"My lord, this mortar should be easy to make, but it's not easy to aim." Zhao Laoyan asked.

"Mortars do require skilled skills from soldiers to accurately hit targets, and when the time comes, let Daniel Zhang set up an artillery division to train soldiers in the use of mortars."

"It seems that the task of our arsenal is still very heavy, to make a large number of semi-automatic rifles and machine guns, and now we have to add these three kinds of cannons, our workers are not enough, adults help us recruit another worker."

"Well, the arsenal is our most important factory, and there must be enough workers, so I'll ask Uncle Zhou to recruit workers for your arsenal when I go back."

Zhou Xian then said: "You also want to make a kind of mine, which is mainly composed of a mine shell, a charge and a fuse.

Landmines are inexpensive defensive weapons, explosive firearms buried under the surface or laid on the ground.

It is mainly used to form a minefield or a group of mines, to form an obstacle, to hinder the enemy's movement, to kill and injure the enemy's living forces, and to create a psychological threat to the enemy. ”

In the next two hours, Zhou Xian taught everyone the manufacturing methods of these four weapons through the mysterious ball of light.

When everyone obtained the manufacturing methods of these four weapons, they all became excited, and being able to make such powerful weapons was the glory of their arsenal, and it would be respected by all Xingjing people.

"You make a little more mortar, this mortar is in the highest demand, it's okay if the ship's cannon is slower, okay, everyone go get busy."

Zhou Xian, who came out of the arsenal, was relaxed, and it was only three o'clock in the afternoon before it was early, so Zhou Xian decided to go to the bell tower to have a look and help them get the wall clock.

Zhou Xian walked to the bell tower and looked up at the tallest building in Xingjing, and he was very emotional.

At this time, Li San and Zhou Peng got the news that Zhou Xian was coming, they ran over from the construction site, Li San came to Zhou Xian, my lord, you are finally here, we have been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"I'm too busy to take a break, so I'll see how your bell tower is doing." Zhou Xian nodded and said.

"My lord, let's take a look at the bell tower."

"You call the people in charge of making the wall clock, and I'll show them how to make the wall clock."

After Zhou Peng hurriedly agreed, he went to find the workers, and after a while, fifty workers came, and Zhou Xian and the others walked to the upper floor of the bell tower together.

Zhou Xian and the others walked to the top floor, where they could see most of Xingjing's buildings.

Zhou Xian looked at it for a while and then turned his head, "Very good, Li San and Zhou Peng, you have built very well, and you have worked hard." ”

"Thank you for your compliment, it is our honor to build Xingjing, we don't work hard."

Zhou Xian nodded, "Okay, then I'll talk about how to make a wall clock." ”

Then Zhou Xian taught them the production process and principle of the wall clock through the mysterious ball of light.

"Let's work hard to finish it before the Chinese New Year, and we want to hear the bell of the wall clock during the New Year." After teaching, Zhou Xian explained.

The workers said that they would hurry up to make a wall clock, and after Zhou Xian nodded and encouraged everyone, he turned around and looked at the Xingjing that he had built by himself.

It's dusk, and the sun is slowly setting, and it scatters the last rays of sunlight throughout Xingjing, making the whole Xingjing look golden.

Time flies, like a white horse passing through a gap, time passes quickly in the heavy snow, and in a blink of an eye, it has reached the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

The whole city of Xingjing is constantly lit up with colorful firecrackers, and there are pedestrians everywhere, everyone is smiling, and they are buying items for the New Year.

Today is the first day of the factory holiday, and all the workers have received their monthly money and happily go home for the New Year.

At night, Xingjing is lit up everywhere, and the streets are still crowded with people.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, the clock in the bell tower rang "dong dong".

Because the wall clock was just installed today, the people of Xingjing have never heard this kind of sound.

Just when everyone wondered if it was the sound from there, a bright firework appeared in the sky above the bell tower, and the fireworks lit up the entire Xingjing.