The girl looked at Zhao Yuan with disdain and disapproval!

Zhao Yuan didn't think so. Frankly speaking, he had been in the world for a long time and had become accustomed to fighting, killing and grudges, so he didn't have any troubles in his heart.

Of course, with a girl's skill, it is indeed not difficult to kill two people.

So he asked: "Then you killed them?"

The girl said: "No!"

Zhao Yuan asked doubtfully: "Didn't you just say you would kill them?"

The girl said: "Those are just angry words. Although I really want to kill him, my goal is this armor. If they die, won't there be no clues at all?"

Zhao Yuandao: "Well, what you said makes some sense. If you didn't kill him, who else could he kill?"

The girl said: "Then how do I know? I sealed their acupuncture points and interrogated them, but they didn't tell me. Although I wanted to kill them for revenge, I was not born when they attacked our village. Of course, I can't talk about hatred."

Not that strong."

Zhao Yuandao: "No wonder the two of them barely struggled when they died! It turned out that someone had sealed their acupoints. But you really didn't kill them?"

The girl pursed her lips and said: "What's wrong with you? You don't believe it no matter what you say. If I said I didn't kill him, then I didn't kill them!"

Zhao Yuandao: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that the girl initially said she killed them, and now she says she didn't kill them. Isn't this a contradiction? So before I find out, I can't believe the girl, so I can only

Treat the girl like a murderer, and as for that suit of armor, frankly speaking, it is of no use to me, it’s just there to look good!”

The girl said: "Since it looks good, why not sell it to me for any amount of money?"

Zhao Yuandao: "Since you came to me, you naturally know my identity! Do you think I will be short of money?"

The girl thought for a while and said: "The Iron Blood Sect is powerful and wealthy, so for you, this money is really of no use! Since it is useless, you might as well give it to me. At least you can still have a friendship!"

Zhao Yuan smiled and said: "Friendship? Are you kidding me, girl? What kind of friendship do I need with you? Usually people give me things and take the initiative to establish friendship with me!"

The girl suddenly became unhappy and said: "You can't give me money, you can't give it to me as a gift. What do you want? Do you want me to rob it?"

Zhao Yuandao: "Snatch it? Girl, do you think you can snatch it from me? Although your kung fu is good, you are probably on par with my wife. It may still be a bit difficult to snatch things from our hands!"

The girl knew this very well and pursed her lips tightly at the moment!

Zhao Yuan said: "Actually, it's not that I can't give it to you. I only have one condition, that is, you only need to find the murderer of General Wu and the two, and then the armor and sword will naturally be returned to the girl.

!”

The girl asked in confusion: "Sword? What sword?"

As soon as she said these words, Zhao Yuan himself was stunned and asked in surprise: "Isn't this sword and armor a set?"

The girl said: "I really don't know this. All along, my purpose has been to find armor, and I didn't mention the sword! I don't know what this sword is?"

Zhao Yuan looked at Shang Qianfei and said, "Madam, take out the sword and show it to her."

Shang Qianfei nodded and entered the room. After a while, he took out the sword, but instead of handing it to the girl, he took it himself and placed it in front of her.

The girl looked at it carefully, shook her head and said: "I don't know. The classics I came into contact with and what the old man told me didn't have anything about this sword. And all along, we have only two kinds of sacred objects. One is armor, and the other is this sword."

It's a spear, and we still have the spear, so it only lacks armor."

At this moment, Zhao Yuan believed that the girl was not lying. As long as she found the murderer, she could take away two things. If this sword was also theirs, she had no reason to refuse. Besides, this sword didn't look like an ordinary sword, but a sword.

A magical weapon. This kind of treasure is something that many martial arts people want to get. There is no need for her to lie.

Shang Qianfei returned to his seat and said, "Could it be that the murderer came for this sword?"

Zhao Yuandao: "It's very possible, um, by the way, is that pot of flowers yours?"

The girl nodded and said: "Yes, they originally came under the guise that they were here to clear out Senluo. According to my inquiries, before Senluo kills people, they put a pot of this kind called Manzhu Shahua, so this time I

I finally found a pot, this is also to prevent them from knowing who did it, and also to hide it from others!"

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "As I said just now, you are still suspected of murder. To prove that you did not commit murder, you naturally have to find the murderer. As long as you find the murderer, you can not only clear the murderer, but also find the murderer."

Forget your suspicion of murder, I will return this armor to its original owner without any distinction. What are the conditions?'

The girl asked doubtfully: "How can it be so simple?"

Zhao Yuandao: "Simple? Girl, this matter is not simple at all. You are not asking for someone to be your scapegoat. No matter whether General Wu is tall or Jun Zijian, both of them were shocked.

Heart pulse, and he also died at the hands of the Palm of Ecstasy. The murderer has great internal strength, and the Palm of Ecstasy has disappeared from the world for so many years, so it is not easy to find it."

The girl said: "It is indeed not easy to find the murderer, but as you said, the murderer may have the same purpose as me. I came for the armor, and he came for the sword. Since the swords are all here

, then the murderer will naturally not go to other places, so the range will be much smaller, so I don’t think it is that difficult. For me, at least I know where the armor is, which has been eliminated.

I’m in a lot of trouble!”

Zhao Yuan smiled and said: "It's best for a girl to think so. Well, a gentleman's word and a whip of a horse, as long as the girl finds the murderer, then this armor will be given to the girl! Then I wish the girl a good start!"

The girl stood up, snorted coldly, and said: "I will bring back the murderer, and please keep your word when the time comes."

Then, he turned around and left the house.

As soon as he left, Bu Xue said: "Why do you give away good things? You are really a prodigal, and the armor that Tuoba Heng wore was also an antique. How much money is it worth!"

Zhao Yuandao: "No matter how much money is worth, it is still someone else's thing. I didn't spend a penny to get it, so if I don't spend a penny to give it away, I won't suffer any loss. And if she can really find the murderer,

, it also solved a lot of our troubles. Even if we don’t find it, I won’t lose anything. It’s all my gain! I won’t suffer any loss at all!”

Bu Xue Dao: "Yes, you don't suffer any loss after all, but it feels a little distressing to give such a good thing to others for free like this!"

Zhao Yuandao: "How about this, I give you something and you keep it?"

Bu Xue quickly shook his head and said: "This is not possible. If you give it to me, it will revolve around me all day long. There is a saying that you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of being missed by thieves. If you don't want anyone to live all day long, forget it.

Forget it, I can’t afford this!”

Zhao Yuandao: "Look, you feel that you are not blessed, and I am not the same. Besides, look at this General Wu. They strengthened the armor at the beginning and killed many people. Finally, they got it, but the result was over.

For more than twenty years, he has not been able to wear this armor, nor can he use this sword. He can only put it in a dark secret room, admire it occasionally, and finally think that this thing has lost his life. Do you think it is worth it?

Still not worth it? So, if it’s not yours, don’t worry about it.”

Bu Xue Dao: "That's all, that's all, you can do whatever you want with this thing."

…………

There was no news from the girl after she left, and she never came back. However, the armor and the sword Zhao Yuan were moved to another place. After all, it seems that there may not only be one person who wants to get these two things.

The girl said that she was not a killer, which Zhao Yuan was doubtful about, but General Wu really died at the hands of Ecstasy Palm. If she could find the killer, it would be the best and it would save her a lot of effort.

Mano also quickly joined the research ship team, but his somewhat broken Chinese made it difficult for people to communicate. Even so, his advantage was quickly revealed, that is, if nothing else,

He has seen sea-going ships, and he has done some research on his own country's sea-going ships, so compared to a group of people like himself who have never seen anything like a sea-going ship, his knowledge is relatively sufficient.

It has undoubtedly played a big role in research.

Therefore, in just one month, the current hull was improved on the original hull, which can effectively avoid wind and waves, etc.

For Mano, everything here made him feel eye-opening, and what concerned him most was that the three-masted sailboat painted by Zhao Yuan was still the same model, especially the model protruding from the side.

Those dark artillery pieces simply armed the entire ship to the teeth, and it gave people a chilling feeling just looking at it.

Mano also knew very well that if this kind of ship was really built, it would be like a monster. It would be easy to travel across the seas in this kind of ship.

And every day he could still hear loud rumblings from the other side, but every time he wanted to go and see, he was blocked. That place was a military restricted area, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter at all, even if Mano was a Westerner.

Nope either.

It doesn't matter that Mano is learning shipbuilding technology here, but Zhao Yuan doesn't want him to learn other artillery and other things. He finally made up his mind and decided to improve the research level of Ming Dynasty firearms. He didn't want to be beaten by foreigners again.

Let's learn, if they carry out an industrial revolution, they will greatly improve the level of artillery research, and then they may bring firearms to knock on China's door.

Therefore, Zhao Yuan had to guard against it.

Whether it is shipbuilding or artillery, everything is going on in an orderly manner, and great progress has been made in the forging of steel, so the thickness of the artillery body is also constantly decreasing, without any reduction in caliber.

In the small case, the thickness has been reduced to half of the original. In Zhao Yuan's eyes, there is still room for reduction. Therefore, before a cannon is forged, they have to test the strength of the barrel. When it is fully charged,

How many rounds can be fired under such circumstances, so the roar of cannons can be heard every day, and the sound of cannons does not only last for a period of time, but basically shoots from morning to afternoon.

In addition to artillery, there have also been gratifying developments in the development of muskets. You must know that in the future, mercury fulminate will be used as a ground fire. Gunpowder is generated by stimulating mercury fulminate. However, mercury fulminate already belongs to the category of chemistry. In this era, it is still

No one specializes in chemistry, or in other words, many things have been covered, but there is no such concept yet.

However, there is no mercury fulminate, but they have given full play to the rich materials of a group of people. Through continuous improvement of the formula, they finally developed a gunpowder that is also very sensitive and can be used as a fire starter. This gunpowder appears red as a whole.

.

With this kind of gunpowder, Li Yi's development speed of fire blunderbuss suddenly increased very quickly. Although the charge of this fire blunderbuss is still loaded from the front, the same is true for lead bullets. The charging speed is not fast, but using a flash cap

If it is activated, it will not be affected by the weather. However, due to the charging method, it cannot be completely sealed, so the combat is still greatly affected by the weather.

Zhao Yuan didn't understand mechanics, and he couldn't tell them the structure of future rifles. He could only rely on them to improve step by step, and then continue to improve and improve.

Li Yi has never been very satisfied with the firecrackers he made, because he found that the artillery developed by Mr. Liu and others can be loaded from the back, and with the flash cap, you can directly insert the flash cap, and then

Use a device similar to the trigger on your own firecracker to activate it, but your own firecracker has to be loaded from the front, which is far behind the artillery. Clumsy artillery can do it, why can't your own firecracker do it?

So what Li Yi wanted to do was to constantly improve his firecrackers so that they could be loaded from behind as quickly as possible, but what he didn't know was that even so, the firecrackers he developed were already considered to be the world's top weapons at this time.

In addition to the busy work here, the workshops across the mountain from here are also busy at this moment. According to the current policy of the imperial court, it is to improve while developing and producing. This side is in the process of continuous improvement. On the other hand,

The mature technology is handed over to the side for production, and the produced artillery is transported to Qi Jiguang as quickly as possible through waterways. He is now the front line of the anti-Japanese war. Naturally, this weapon will be given to him for trial, and a
Chapter completed!