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The rapid knock on the door woke up Li Yuanxing who was still in his dream. With Cui Yingying's help, he finally pushed the octopus-like Zheng Xiuyan aside.
The maid Ying'er ran to open the door, and the one who knocked was Lan Qiu who was on duty tonight.
"Immediately report to Your Highness, Princess Ying has returned from Yaozhou by car and horse. She is less than five miles away from Qin Wangzhuang." Lan Qiu said urgently.
Li Changying rushed back in the middle of the night. Something must have happened. Cui Yingying quickly helped Li Yuanxing get dressed.
"I want to eat candy!" Zheng Xiuyan was still talking in her sleep.
While Cui Yingying helped Li Yuanxing get dressed, she asked in a low voice: "Why did Your Highness get close to Xiuyan last night?"
"She's still young, give it another half year." Li Yuanxing said softly, then reached out to help Zheng Xiuyan put her arms back into the quilt, and then helped Cui Yingying put on her coat: "It's cold in the morning, don't catch the cold. Make arrangements and prepare.
Hot water and some snacks, Changying must have had a hard time coming back in a hurry!"
Cui Yingying nodded and agreed.
In front of the gate of Qinwangzhuang, Li Changying didn't look tired and didn't want to move, but looked extremely excited. Even Bai Erwa's eyes were glowing.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, Congratulations, Your Highness!" Li Changying was so excited that he didn't know how to express it, and hurriedly walked towards Li Yuanxing.
Li Yuanxing reached out and hugged Li Changying who was about to salute, and then said to Bai Erwa: "Tell me why you came back in such a hurry."
"Your Highness, we have made your kind of artifact!"
"Sacred weapon?" Li Yuanxing was surprised and asked: "What magical weapon?"
"It's the magic weapon you used against Luo Yi's two subordinates." Bai Erwa had seen Li Yuanxing use heavy spray. He still remembered the terrifying feeling at that time.
Li Yuanxing said to himself that such an incredible thing as a shotgun was actually made, so he must see it.
"Martial Arts Arena!" Li Yuanxing ordered in a deep voice. Bai Erwa straightened his back and said, "I have the order!" Bai Erwa led the people to the martial arts arena, and Lu Maofeng was naturally responsible for calling people to be on guard.
Li Yuanxing said to Li Changying at this time: "How about going back to rest first?"
"I'm not tired, I want to accompany Your Highness!" Li Changying actually couldn't even open his eyes at this moment, but he held on.
"Okay, let's go together!" Li Yuanxing couldn't use his right arm, so he could only help Li Changying to get into his soft sedan, but Li Changying asked to take Li Yuanxing's arm and walk to the martial arts arena together.
What's on the car?
Li Yuanxing was also very curious, because the huge iron box had a very magical feeling.
At this time, the beeping sound of the time machine shocked Li Yuanxing's heart.
This is a reminder that the items in that box may be the key to four times the time. Could it be said that there will be a miracle there?
Li Yuanxing couldn't help but quicken his pace.
The martial arts arena has been sealed off. This is Qin Wangzhuang, which can be as alert as the Forbidden City of the Imperial Palace.
When Li Yuanxing arrived at the martial arts arena, seats had been set up, and several personal guards were setting up straw figures there. Some of the other personal guards were going to carry water and some to pull coal.
When the iron box was completely opened, Li Yuanxing stood up suddenly.
There's a steam engine, a small steam engine.
But from a structural point of view, it should be a multi-expansion type. Moreover, the boiler is made of pure steel and is riveted. From the interface, the steel plate is very thick, but I don’t know how to deal with the sealing problem.
"Your Highness, what they added is pure water, which is steamed using the method taught by Your Highness." Li Changying introduced next to him.
Li Yuanxing's head was already a little dizzy. This is unscientific. This is absolutely unscientific.
Such a thing seems to exist theoretically, but it has been used in later cartoons, but no one actually does it in modern science. It is really extremely unscientific.
The fire had been lit and the steam engine began to pressurize. Li Yuanxing was surprised to find that there was a whistle next to the boiler. As the boiler was pressurized, the guards in charge of the operation would press the whistle from time to time. Initially, it was a whistle.
There were slight sounds, then two, then three.
There is no pressure gauge, so I used this method to test the pressure.
The Tang Dynasty, the world really underestimated the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty. They went crazy and wondered how many geniuses there would be.
Li Yuanxing was right. The craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty had been suppressed for too long.
In Yaozhou, they have status and status. Each family of fourth-level craftsmen and above has slaves, and each person has at least ten slaves to help them. They already feel like they are people with status.
More importantly, Yaozhou gave them crazy opportunities.
Any fantastic idea can be put into trial production as long as you can provide sufficient theoretical support.
When the eighth whistle sounded, Li Yuanxing saw a guard opening the valve, and a column-mounted pure copper pipe began to be continuously filled with air.
This is not steam, but using the power of a steam engine to forcibly compress the air.
"Your Highness, one hundred feet!" Bai Erwa took a telescope and handed it to Li Yuanxing with respectful hands.
Li Yuanxing nodded slightly and took the telescope.
One hundred feet away, which is three hundred meters in modern times, there was a straw man. Next, the guard opened the back cover of a copper pipe and put it into a paper bag.
"Back-loading!" Li Yuanxing was really shocked.
You have to know how many years it took for this progress from the emergence of muskets to real rear-loading. But guys like Datang, they actually used rear-loading from the beginning. I really don’t know how this process was completed.
"How was that copper pipe made?" Li Yuanxing asked casually.
What surprised Li Yuanxing even more was that it was Li Changying who answered: "Your Highness, at first the craftsmen used steel plates to roll out a copper pipe, but in fact it could not withstand the pressure. Later, they chose to cast it, but what was cast was
Trach holes. The final solution is to use a piece of steel and drill holes in the middle."
"Drilling holes! How much work did this cost?" Li Yuanxing continued to ask.
"The hydraulic drilling machine is not good and not stable enough. The steam engine drilling machine requires a third-class craftsman to use it himself. He spends one day drilling and one day polishing the inner wall. It is calculated that the cost of making such a drill is eight hundred cents. I have already ordered that if it can be reduced to
One hundred coins, there is a big reward!"
Li Yuanxing nodded with satisfaction: "There is no need to rush this matter. As the technology improves, the cost will naturally be reduced!"
At this time, Bai Erwa shouted over there: "Your Highness, you are ready."
"Let's start!" Li Yuanxing picked up the telescope.
Only a bang was heard, and the straw man was beaten to pieces.
Li Yuanxing sat without moving. Several guards ran over, some carried a straw man, and some ran over with a bullet.
The straw man is naturally not strong, because they use hollow lead bullets, which are about the size of a peanut. Because they are in the air, they are light in weight and can hit far enough.
"How far can it be?" Li Yuanxing asked seemingly casually, but in fact, there was already a kind of fanatical excitement in his heart. The craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty went crazy. This is the principle of air guns in later generations.
, who thought they actually produced it.
"If we go back to Your Highness, the furthest distance can be as far as three hundred feet, but we have no accuracy."
Li Changying said next to him: "Your Highness, I have ordered them to study volley of artillery. If there are a hundred or hundreds of these guns fired at the same time, even if they are not accurate, they can suppress the enemy cavalry at a distance of 300 steps.
.It’s just that the number of steam engines required is huge, and this must be improved.”
Awesome!
Li Yuanxing said the word "submit" sincerely.
But then, something even more astonishing was carried out.
It's not a gun anymore, it's just a real cannon. The barrel is as thick as a bowl, and the pressure tank at the back is spherical. It's as big as a person's arms in diameter.
"Your Highness, it will take a quarter of an hour to use this." Li Changying introduced from the side.
"Go down and wait while you have breakfast." Li Yuanxing sat back on the chair again. He was no longer shocked. Li Yuanxing even felt that he had influenced Datang with his black technology, but Datang had used black technology to its extreme.
Something that only appeared in later cartoons and science fiction films.
Evil, so evil!
It had only been three months since the evil was so evil that Li Yuanxing could not imagine it at all. Li Yuanxing was wondering what kind of drawings Wu Zhao had given the craftsmen in Yaozhou, or what kind of plan he had given.
The breakfast had become tasteless, and Li Yuanxing's mind was entirely focused on the whistle of the steam engine.
"Your Highness, there is another good thing. It's just that this thing can't be regarded as a finished product. The craftsmen all think that there are too many areas that need improvement. And they don't fully understand the principle, so they just copied one and used it in the giant craftsmanship.
When the cannon is inflated, why don't Your Highness take a look at that thing first. I like it very much, and I suggested that they make it. Please take a look at it and comment on it!" Li Changying's tone was depressing.
of excitement.
Li Yuanxing is no longer surprised. Even if anything comes out now, Li Yuanxing will not be surprised.
Another box was opened, and Li Yuanxing only looked at one thing and knew what it was.
Glider, this is a hang glider made by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty. Judging from the material, it should be a skeleton based on bamboo, silk, hemp, and glue, and then use silk and linen cloth, and then apply glue to serve as the wing cloth.
However, Li Yuanxing could not figure out what the two shelves next to them were, but Li Yuanxing believed that the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty would never add useless things.
Bai Erwa jumped out, he wanted to test the flight himself.
Ever since they saw His Highness the King of Qin flying over Luoyang, these guards have been dreaming of flying themselves.
Now, Bai Erwa is about to fly in front of His Highness King Qin. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
