"Your Majesty, this is no wonder we are. The bigger the artillery, the easier it is to build. Before the milling machine and other machine tools come out, we cannot miniaturize it at all. Only warships can drag such heavy guys to and from the army. I really give these guys to their army, I'm afraid they will not want to take it." Xu Lai smiled and said, "But now that there is the Ming Dynasty Style 1, I think they should be happy. Infantry cannons have made great progress. Now they are working on range and power."

"You have already made paper-shell bullets. Haven't you ever thought about modularizing gunpowder?" Qin Feng asked with a smile. "In the past few years, the research on gunpowder has made rapid progress, with the smoke getting smaller and smaller, and the residue getting smaller. If the gunpowder can be modularized, both the cannons on warships, infantry cannons, and the firing distance are within a controllable range. More importantly, it will greatly save the launch time. Once the launch speed is faster, the power will naturally increase."

Xu Lai paused, revealing a deep thought. Qiu Dongye, who was next to Xu Lai, looked dazed and dazed. After a while, Qiu Dongye slapped his thigh hard: "That's right, this can be done. But Your Majesty, this requires the gunpowder development team to complete this work, and they are experts."

Qin Feng nodded with a smile: "This matter is not simple, let them try it out. Qiudongye, what are you busy with now?"

"Your Majesty, after the Ming Dynasty Style 1 was finalized, I have been wondering whether the artillery can be installed in the back. Since the musket can be done, there is no reason for the artillery to be done? The efficiency of the artillery is still too low. Every launch is extremely troublesome. I have been thinking about this question now, whether some structures of the Ming Dynasty Style 1 can be transplanted to the artillery."

"This is a way of thinking!" Qin Feng nodded repeatedly: "You can try it."

"Your Majesty, there is already rifle in the barrel of the Ming Type 1 gun. The rifled gun is only in terms of the accuracy of the firing, which is many times higher than those without rifle. If we also rifle the guns in the future, can we also aim and shoot accurately? To be honest, in addition to covering shooting, it is also a bit accurate to strike large targets. The other things are basically dependent on the efficiency. Oh my, I suddenly had a good idea." Speaking of this, Qiudongye didn't care about Qin Feng and a group of ministers, and actually ran away and ran towards his laboratory. His assistants looked at Qin Feng awkwardly.

Qin Feng waved his hand with a smile: "Go, go, Lingsi is rare, maybe he will have any new breakthroughs now, don't worry about me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." A group of professors from the Firearms Research Bureau bowed to Qin Feng, and turned around and ran away.

Looking at the backs of these people, Qin Feng smiled happily. Among these people, there are not only old people like Qiudongye, but also middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. What Qin Feng values ​​are those young men in their early twenties. These people are the first batch of talents cultivated by the new education in the Ming Dynasty over the years. They have received the most basic science courses such as physics and chemistry. Their own qualities are much higher than those of the elderly, with broader ideas, more daring to think, and more daring to do. These people are the group of people who can truly form the backbone of Daming's science and technology in the future.

Over the past decade, the investment in education has been extremely costly, and now it has finally begun to bear fruitful results. For example, the majors of mechanical, physics and chemistry that were specially started in the Jingshi University School. Although Qin Feng’s opinion is still shallow, at most it has reached the level of high school in later generations, once a person’s vision is expanded and the imprisonment of his thoughts is opened, he will run forward quickly like a wild horse that has run away from reins.

I still remember my previous life, from the Industrial Revolution to the last information age, it only lasted two or three hundred years in total. And the progress of those two or three hundred in science and technology is more and faster than the progress of human civilization for thousands of years.

"Your Majesty, you are all guys who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their own problems. Don't be surprised!" Xu Lai said.

"I'll see monsters there. I'm happy to see them like this!" Qin Feng laughed: "Without the efforts of these people, how could the Ming Dynasty have come from the epoch-making progress in military equipment? Last time, the kitten was still annoyed that we lost a ship of gunpowder and artillery equipment, and was worried that the people of Qi would see through our secrets from these things. So what if they knew now? They are amazing, that is, our level several years ago. Can we compare with us? Technology, if we fall behind, we step by step, and it's so difficult to overtake on the curve? Xu Lai, don't you think so?"

"Your Majesty is right. In fact, over the years, I feel that I have to study hard all the time, otherwise I will not be able to keep up with the progress of the times. The new boys are all amazing!" Xu Lai sighed, "Now when I am fine, I will use some textbooks from the Capital University to study by myself to see if I can gain something and innovate."

"Life until you are old, learn until you are old!" Qin Feng said with a smile, "There must be a lot of room for improvement in these things, it depends on whether our people can move forward with great strides. In fact, starting this year, our textbooks have been updated, and the newly added things are the new research results of the professors of your Academy of Sciences."

"They are taking such a high salary from His Majesty and enjoying treatment that others cannot match. If they can't do anything, wouldn't they be embarrassed to death?"

"You can't say that. Scientific research has never been a thing that can be achieved overnight. Maybe sometimes a small problem can get stuck for many years, but once you study this problem thoroughly, the next step is a smooth road. So Xu Lai, the Academy of Sciences is not allowed to get stuck because some people have not made any progress in some research topics. Instead, they need to support it strongly. In terms of funding, the court is absolutely guaranteed. Minister Geng, do you think so?" Qin Feng looked at Geng Jingming.

"To be honest, the expenses of the Academy of Sciences and the City of Power are indeed a bit scary. But today I saw the Ming Dynasty Style 1, and I think it is worth it. As long as you can continue to come up with new things, I will also guarantee your funds even if you sell them." Geng Jingming immediately stated, "I really hope to see the Ming Dynasty Style 2 and Ming Dynasty Style 3 next time?"

"You will definitely see Minister Geng." Xu Lai said affirmatively. "Your Majesty, in fact, there is another thing I have reported to you before. It has made breakthrough progress. I can even say that it can be put into use."

"You really have got the cable telegram?" Qin Feng said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, we have set up a telegraph line from the City of Power to the Academy of Sciences. The two places are more than ten miles apart. At this distance, we have successfully experimented. The cable telegraph project team told me affirmatively that this has nothing to do with the distance. As long as the telegraph line is long enough, they can successfully connect information between the two places."

"What is a wired telegraph?" Geng Jingming was a little puzzled.

"Wireless telegraph, we are thousands of miles away. Wherever you want to tell me, use this thing to call out what you want to say. Through wired telegraph, we can know what you want to tell me thousands of miles away in an instant!" Qin Feng explained for Xu.

"How is this possible? Is Qianli's voice transmission?" Geng Jingming's head shook like a rattle.

"Minister Geng, have you seen too many ghosts? You still send messages from thousands of miles away?" Qin Feng laughed loudly, "Come to find a pen and paper for Minister Geng."

A guard ran away, and after a moment, he handed Geng Jingming a piece of paper and a pen.

"Come on, since our Minister Geng doesn't believe it, let's try it. Let's take a look at whether President Xu is bragging. Minister Geng, if you write something, no one is allowed to read it. Then send someone to the Academy of Sciences to send the newspaper from where they can send it to see if we can receive it here." Qin Feng said.

"I really have to try it!" Geng Jingming took the paper and pen, turned his back to everyone, waved it on the paper, carefully folded it and handed it to the guard, "Go immediately."

The guard took the paper and left quickly. After a moment, he heard the sound of horse hooves, and he had obviously left the City of Power.

"Let's go, too, go and see your treasure!" Qin Feng said to Xu Lai with a smile.

The group came to a room on the top floor of a three-story building.

"Your Majesty, this is a battery produced by our chemical team. The one who invented it was Professor Du Youlin of the chemical team, so this thing is called Du's battery. With him, the wired telegraph has a foundation for development." Xu Lai pointed to a device in the corner of the house and proudly looked at Qin Fengdao.

What Qin Feng saw was actually the volt batteries that were familiar to people in his era, and it was also because of the emergence of volt batteries that provided power sources for early electrical experiments and telegraphs. History is always surprisingly similar. Although it is in different time and space, the development of science always follows his fixed laws.

Qin Feng could even imagine that the next development history of batteries would move forward step by step, and providing continuous power supply was no longer a dream. He could even think of generators now. With generators, the science and technology of the Ming Dynasty would suddenly jump up to a big step.

"Is this Du Youlin the guy who almost got caught by electric power when flying kites on a thunderstorm?" Qin Feng felt that the name was a little familiar and asked with a smile.

"It's rare that His Majesty remembers it, it's this guy." Xu Lai smiled.

"This is really not crazy, I can't survive."

A group of ministers surrounded Du's battery and watched it for a long time, but they didn't understand it. When they were puzzled, the transceiver on one side had already sounded automatically. After a while, a group of numbers were written on the paper, and the other group immediately began to turn these numbers into words in a small notebook.

Qin Feng took the translated thing over and said with a smile: "One up and one up and one up, one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one up and one across the world, Minister Geng, is this thing you wrote?"

Geng Jingming was stunned, and the kitten's eyes were glowing.

"Good thing, good thing, Your Majesty, we will set up this wired telegram, no matter how much it costs, we will do it." The kitten said loudly.

"Minister Geng, do you have money? This requires a large investment!" Qin Feng asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!