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"Your Highness, this is not used to cut the barrel of the gun, right?"

Weaponry Department. Reading

Wang Ying looked at the things on the drawing with a puzzled look.

During this period, in addition to being busy in the Weaponry Department, he still tried his best to squeeze out time to attend lectures at the Science and Technology School, and mastered a lot of new things.

So he was no longer completely in the dark about the drawings given by the King of Yan.

But he could judge one or two based on what he learned.

"You guessed it right."

Zhao Xu smiled. Not long after Ma Han left, he came with the drawings.

Now that the news that Beidi was developing artillery has been confirmed.

He must be vigilant and maintain his dominant position in artillery.

Otherwise, how can his four northern counties fight against a Beidi Empire.

So, it is urgent to improve the range and power of artillery.

So he thought of the hydraulic boring machine.

This is a lathe for cutting the barrel of artillery.

In the 18th century, Watt used a hydraulic boring machine to cut the inner wall of the steam cylinder.

Of course, the boring machine was used to cut the inner wall of the cannon before.

Due to the process of casting cannons, the inner wall of the cannons is generally uneven.

In this way, the cannonballs will encounter resistance when flying out, causing the range of the cannonballs to become shorter and the power to be weakened.

And if you want the inner bore of the cannon to be smooth, you have to use a boring machine.

Moreover, if the hydraulic boring machine is built this time, in addition to being able to cut the inner wall of the cannon, it also lays the foundation for the four counties to manufacture steam engines.

Perhaps it won’t be long before we can try steam engines.

At that time, the four counties will officially move from handicrafts to industry.

Such a future is beautiful, but technology must be developed step by step from scratch.

At present, we should first make the boring machine. If the cutting of the cannon barrel is successful.

There will be no big problem in manufacturing the cylinder of the steam engine in the future.

"I can only say that this is too similar to the hydraulic lathe, but the appearance of the tool is a little different." Wang Ying stroked his chin.

Zhao Xu nodded, and the head of the drill barrel is pointed.

Because the steel of the barrel is solid, it needs to be hard drilled.

But the cannon needs to scrape the inner wall of the barrel, so the shape of the tool is an inverted L.

The length of the short side of the L depends on the size of the cannon barrel.

In his opinion, the structure of this tool is not very complicated either.

"Can it be made?" Zhao Xu asked Wang Ying.

If Wang Ying said no, he would personally participate.

Wang Ying looked like you underestimated me and said, "Your Highness, this picture is very clear. Now that so many things have been made, I should have made some progress. This will be handed over to me, and I will report back to Your Highness in three days."

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, "Okay, in this case, I will wait for your good news."

He naturally hoped that Wang Ying and the officials of the Arms Department could make some progress, instead of being like a giant baby who had to personally deal with all the big and small things.

Thinking of something, he continued, "By the way, are there enough people to make artillery for export now?"

At this moment, the Liang family, the Han family, the Xie family, and the Ma family all gave orders, and the Xiao family and the Dou family would definitely come.

Now the two families' territories have become frontiers. Without artillery, they may not be able to sleep peacefully.

"It's a bit tight indeed. If the quantity needed continues to increase, I'm afraid the delivery date will be delayed." Wang Ying had a headache. "The most important thing is that these jobs will affect the supply of the royal guards by the Armory Department."

Zhao Xu nodded, "In this way, the weapons and armor of the royal guards will still be manufactured by the Armory Department, and the firearms for export will be manufactured specifically in the Nanfang District. You transfer the skilled craftsmen in the Nanfang District back, and I will add a new batch of craftsmen for you."

Soon, there will be a million people in the four counties.

And Wang Yanzhong has never stopped transporting young and strong people back from Jinzhou, and has accumulated a lot.

But now that Ma Yuan has taken office, he can no longer rob people from Jinzhou so blatantly.

After all, he still has to give him some face.

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the Armory Department also occupies the area of ​​a civilian square.

But the buildings inside are too old, so the King of Yan asked it to move to the Nanfang District.

In fact, there are still many vacant places.

If we build some more workshops, it will be able to rival Chengdefang.

And the firearms sold to the outside and those manufactured internally will be separated, which will also facilitate his management.

After discussing this matter, Zhao Xu left the Armory.

Although the war will not start for the time being, all preparations cannot be relaxed.

He will take advantage of this free time to lay out all aspects of the four counties and put them on the right track of development.

…

Xiancheng.

Murong Hao stood on the top of the city and looked into the distance, his eyes full of pride.

At this time, Ma Jin followed behind him with a flattering look.

After receiving the news of Xiliang's advance, the troops of the King of Yan and the troops of the Ma family led by Ma Han withdrew to Qinguan at the same time.

The predicament of Xiancheng was immediately relieved, and at that time he was amazed that he had made the right choice.

Now, he is alive, and he lives well.

As the King of Qin in Xiliang, he has the same rights over Qinzhou and Yongzhou as the King of Yan over Yanzhou.

The only thing he needs to do is to pay part of the taxes to Xiliang every year.

"Chanyu, this will be your territory from now on, and I will obey your orders." Ma Jin pointed to the land outside Xiancheng.

After the Xiliang army crossed Xiaoguan and camped in Qingshui City, the closest to Qinguan, Murong Hao arrived in Xiancheng yesterday.

When he first met the Xiliang Chanyu, he was naturally extremely flattering.

After all, his life, wealth and glory were all in the hands of this emperor.

"Hahaha..." Murong Hao laughed.

He looked at Ma Jin and patted him on the shoulder.

Qinzhou and Yongzhou were picked up by Xiliang for free.

And this is all thanks to Ma Jin, how unhappy he is.

"I am very pleased to have a general like the King of Qin who is good at conquering and fighting. From now on, I hope that the King of Qin will be of the same mind as me. When Xiliang regains its strength, we will break through the Qin Pass and seize the great Song Dynasty together with Beidi. At that time, I I will give you a larger territory," Murong Hao said.

Ma Jin was overjoyed and said, "Thank you for your grace."

However, he also heard from Murong Hao's tone that Xiliang would not attack Qin Pass for the time being.

This made him a little disappointed.

After all, he wants all three states of the Ma family to belong to him.

As if he could tell what Ma Jin was thinking, Murong Hao said: "It is said that the soldiers of King Yan moved the artillery to the Qinguan Pass. The Qinguan Pass was already easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now it is even more solid. It is a pity, but... "

Changing the topic, he said: "Xiliang and Beidi are now one. The Beidi people said that they have developed artillery. I will find a way to get some from Beidi. By then, maybe Qinguan will not be a problem."

"Really?" Ma Jin was surprised, then ecstatically said,

He was even more convinced that he had made the right decision this time.

Now that Beidi has artillery in addition to its invincible cavalry, how could Dasong be able to defeat Beidi.

In the future, this land of Dasong will surely become the racecourse of Beidi people.