In the area ruled by the military junta, the flames of war had just been extinguished, and everything was waiting to be rebuilt, and some new steam locomotives and educational improvements had to be undertaken.

The good junta is rich, very rich. Even if it supports the development of education in various places, as well as a series of extremely expensive projects such as the laying of railway tracks, its treasury has not been able to withstand it in the slightest.

Its heritage is terrifying, and the various gold and silver mines it occupies are due on the one hand, and on the other hand, to its extremely developed commerce and industry.

The size of the military government is too large, even if it is hand rubbing, it can rub out a large number of handicrafts, not to mention the support of advanced spinning machines, looms and other machines, it is twice the result with half the effort, even if you count a series of freight, it is cheaper than the local products of the West, and the people there do not have much sense of domestic products, so it is natural which is cheaper and which is used.

Later, after the invention of the practical steam engine, the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang invested a lot of resources in the mother factory, so that the number of steam engines showed a blowout growth, and the output of handicrafts represented by cotton cloth was extremely high, and began to dump in Europe and other areas where the military government could reach.

Every day, there is a steady stream of various products, setting sail in various ports in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Luzon, full of various products, heading to various places.

All sorts of cheap products frantically poured into the markets of the West, constantly grabbing their share and destroying the other side's handicrafts and industries to the fullest.

The wealth harvested by the Westerners could not be kept at all, and it flowed to the East at a very fast speed.

Although some kings don't care about these things, in fact, there are many kings who see the disadvantages of the north, especially the United Kingdom, and they can see that it seems that the other party's various products are cheap, but in fact, it is extremely unfavorable to their own industry and handicrafts.

But they can't help it.

The spinning machines and looms invented by the Tiangong Institute before, although advanced, but because of the need to popularize them, they can't be concealed at all, and all countries led by the United Kingdom, going forward one after another, leaving hundreds of fine corpses in the territory of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments, and still getting their hands - that thing is used too much, even if it is to find a female worker, you can roughly say its characteristics, so as to imitate it.

The Governor's Palace of Luzon mainly relied on the upgrading of machines and the huge size to gain advantages, but now after the steam engine came out, it was not afraid of these at all.

At that time, looms and so on were basically water-powered, and they still had to rely on the weather for food, and the production was very unstable, and even had to stop work during dry periods.

The invention of the steam engine further improved efficiency.

So the British were miserable, and they worked hard to learn the new spinning machine and loom, and as a result, the other party invented the steam engine, which was again ahead of the times, and the steam engine, like the loom, was not allowed to be sold.

The problem is that the steam engine is such a big iron shell, and if you can't see the structure inside, you can't make it at all, even if you see it clearly and don't understand the corresponding principle.

If you want to steal it, it's troublesome enough to sneak in, let alone steal a huge object like this, not to mention that these guys are very tightly controlled.

Britain wanted to restrict the import of each other's products, or raise taxes on them, but it did not dare - it was a critical period of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, when countries were fighting fiercely and their own domestic problems were also fraught, and it was very unwise to offend a large eastern country at this time.

In the end, Britain was forced to admit it.

The military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have made great profits from this, and have further promoted the development of their own territories and become stronger and stronger.

……

At the beginning of the 22nd year of Wuxing, that is, the second year of the military government, just after the end of the New Year, Yan Ling received good news again.

He hurried to the shooting range, where the experts of the Tiangong Academy, who were full-time experts in the study of firearms, had been waiting for a long time, and their faces were full of excitement.

Even in the recent period, science and technology have entered a blowout stage, and various new technologies and products have emerged one after another, but this invention still makes Yan Ling happy.

He had already told the craftsmen of the Tiangong Academy about rifling, ammunition and fire caps, even if he was not a science student, he knew about this thing, after all, what man could refuse a gun?

But if you want him to make it, it will be a black eye, and you can only hand it over to your subordinates.

The rifling and Mini were bounced relatively early, but at that time, various technologies were in a bottleneck, and due to efficiency and other reasons, only a small part was produced so far, mainly used to equip the guard and some elite units.

And thunder mercury will be a little later, after many years and countless experiments, it finally succeeded in appearing in front of Yan Ling.

He picked up the musket in the expert's hand and examined it carefully.

This gun, a combination of mercury fire cap, mini bullet and rifling, has a cross-era progress, the appearance of the fire cap, so that the musket to the rifle development process has been a big step forward.

Someone had already reloaded, he raised his musket, aimed at a distant target, and pulled the trigger.

Almost the moment the trigger was pulled, the muzzle of the gun instantly produced a cracking sound, accompanied by a burst of white smoke, the bullet quickly came out of the chamber, and accurately hit the target in the distance, which was almost no different from where Yan Ling was aiming!

Satisfied, he put the musket down.

After the use of the mercury fire cap, the musket is more airtight, and the delay of the musket firing is almost gone, and there is no longer a need to fill the pot with propellant, so that even the rate of fire has been improved to a certain extent.

"This musket is called the second-type musket, which means the second year of the military government."

Yan Ling decided on its name, and then instructed the officials around him:

"Ready for mass production."

In recent years, science and technology have exploded, with the invention of the steam engine, smelting technology and other breakthroughs have been made, and the problem of rifling wire has also been solved, and it can be mass-produced.

At this time, as soon as the thunder mercury came out, it was naturally mainly based on these two types of muskets.

Yan Ling then described the appearance of the musket in his impression and told the craftsmen:

"The next direction in the development of this musket is the breech! My request was that the musket could no longer need a front-loading cartridge, but could be stuffed with ammunition from the rear. ”

"Yes!"

The chief craftsman replied with a fighting spirit.

He had just been rewarded.

With this ten thousand taels of silver and the support of promotion, he felt that nothing could be difficult for him.

(End of chapter)