When the emperor approached the war, countless cheers and noises came from the high walls until the eunuch Wang An, who was accompanying him, came to inform the emperor that he would return to peace.

Xiao Wanli saw a magical scene when he led King Lu into the military battle.

A wooden cart was filled with a stove, and behind it was a square wooden box. A wooden man's arm was connected to the wood chips that stretched out from inside. He pushed the irregular wood chips over and over again, and turned around the outer edge of the wooden box, and white smoke was coming from above his head. The wooden cart was walking forward by itself.

King Lu was following Emperor Wanli to accept the worship of eunuchs and palace maids. Suddenly, he saw this wooden car that was more than three feet long and widened his eyes. He then rushed to Wanli almost instinctively. His hair that was not tied up behind his head exploded. He protected his brother with his young body and said anxiously: "Come here to protect the carriage, wooden man spirit!"

It's like a hell.

Xiao Wanli was very moved by his younger brother protecting him like this, especially when he saw the legs trembling under King Lu's red robe.

The eunuchs in the military battle were shocked. The eunuch in charge Zhang Hong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Scare the prince, please forgive me. That is not a wooden monster, but it was made like this by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works. It is just a chimney and a crank rod."

Lu Wang was already shocked. He gritted his teeth and opened his arms and still maintained the appearance of protecting his brother. He stared at the wooden cart with big eyes, then looked at the eunuch Zhang Hong, and said confidently: "Impossible! The wooden man's chariot was sweating when he pushed it!"

"The King of Lu is truly true, it is called Lishi Boy." Zhang Hong looked at the serious King of Lu, and looked helplessly at Emperor Wanli behind him, then turned to a corner of the courtyard and said, "Prince, please see, there are two jet boys there. They are just carved by carpenters, not weird."

Xiao Wanli looked along Zhang Hong's hand and two similar wooden cars were parked under the high wall further away. The bottom of the car was close to the ground and half of the gears were exposed. There was no wooden box on the car, but only a wide wooden chair. It seemed that the gears should be hidden in the position of the wooden chair armrest. On the wooden chair, sitting cross-legged, a wooden man with a boy-like appearance was blocked by his face, his hands bulged his cheeks and blew it under the chair.

More magical than the Taojun Temple in Acapulco.

Wanli raised his hand and patted Lu Wang lightly, and said with a light cloud and a gentle breeze, as if it were ordinary: "Don't panic, that's just a wooden man. What makes it move is the steam in the boiler."

When studying Chen's Tao Te Ching, Xiao Wanli never felt as proud as he was at this moment, and even often blamed Chen Mu for only describing concepts but not many real objects. But at this moment, especially when seeing Lu Wang was extremely panicked, which made him feel unparalleled pride.

What does this all come from?

Knowledge!

"This is the steam that was introduced later in the electrical sciences, right?"

Xiao Wanli talked to himself and then asked, "Zhang Hong, I have not let the military battle do this, who did it?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, this is not done by the military battle. Your Majesty ordered me to make guns and stabbing in the military battle. I went to the military weapons bureaus of Beiyang and Xuanfu one after another. Only then did I know that the water hammer of Xuanfu was the Beiyang firer hammer forging and armor. Your Majesty wanted to make guns and stabbing must be water firers and lathes."

Xuanfu water machine refers to the large-scale hydraulic forging workshop when the Xuanfu Military Weapon Bureau was initially established, while the lighter was a steam forging hammer.

Zhang Hong said: "The lighter and the lathe are both produced in Guangdong. I sent someone to buy it. But I heard that Zhou Sijing, the head of the Beijing North Branch of the Ministry of Works, has been handling the lighter in recent years, so I went to buy it. When I ordered the forging swords from the Beijing North Branch of the Ministry of Works, I found this. The sender took it to make his Majesty happy."

"Ha, you have the intention, this car is very clever."

Xiao Wanli laughed out loud, then frowned and said, "But what is the use of this car?"

It is only three feet long and two feet wide. From the moment I entered the door of Wanli, I have moved forward slowly for only twenty steps. No one has walked fast yet, and it seems that he cannot catch up with it.

Wanli thought that this car could carry the Siamese servants, but it was not as fast as the Siamese servants.

"I don't think it's useless."

Zhang Hong smiled and said, "But Director Zhou of the Ministry of Works seems to be extremely obsessed with this matter. He said that better boilers and tricks can make the lighter stronger. At that time, the fire motorcycles can be better than carriages and can drag heavy things. At that time, they can take plows to plow the land, bring sickles to harvest wheat, and they also say that they can carry flag troops to rush into the battlefield!"

As he said that, Zhang Hong was afraid that his words would cause the emperor to have a bad view of Zhou Sijing, so he quickly added: "Although it is a delusion, a better firepower can allow the three major military weapons bureaus to build better weapons for His Majesty. Zhou Zheng was obsessed with this for several years and worked very hard."

Is it a delusion?

Xiao Wanli shook his head. He didn't think there was any delusion. Now the car could take Siamese servants. As long as it was built larger, it could be equipped with a person and a gun. Why can't we take more people to fight and bring heavier farm tools to cultivate the land in the future?

The little emperor muttered a word that only he could understand: "As long as the steam engine can emit the force of a pond, the cultivated land is not a problem. If he can emit the force of a bath, he will definitely be able to march and fight!"

After saying that, the little emperor waved his hand and said, "The Beijing North Branch of the Ministry of Works will do this. You are going to make new-style guns. Last time you said that the old bird guns are not easy to install new-style guns. You need a new gun bed. How about it?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, the imperial village on the banks of the Yongding River has made new gun beds. New gun piercings are not easy to be used, but there are already finished products. Please ask Your Majesty to enter the military battle to watch."

Xiao Wanli nodded with satisfaction, and his two small hands hidden in his big sleeves turned back with his back, raised his head and chest and walked into the military bureau yamen in two steps - without Zhang Ju, he had been walking like this all the time.

Not long after, a short and bright sword was presented to the emperor's palm. The hilt was inscribed in the sixth year of Wanli. The 24th yamen military commander made the gun stab. The numbered Tianyi was also carried behind it. The thigh of the knife had the same hexagonal circular hole as the mouth of the bird gun, and there was also a long strip-shaped slot at the tail and two round buckles on both sides.

Zhang Hong bowed slightly beside the emperor and reported: "The knife is one foot and two inches long, the blade is nine inches and six cents long, and the handle is two inches and four cents long. It is made of steel, pig iron, cooked iron and wood chips, weighing one pound and one ounce, and the work and material price is one ounce and seven cents silver."

Wanli raised his eyebrows. His hands were small. The proportion of the bayonet was just like the proportion of a sergeant holding a waist knife. It was heavy in his hand. It was conceivable that this was a little heavier than the past gun pierced, but the cost was a bit too high.

The cost of a Yanling sword that weighs more than two pounds is only 70 cents of silver. How dare you get a half-sized gun?

"Why is it so expensive? It's harder to control than ordinary swords?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, there is no difference between a gun and a waist knife. It is just a piercing and slashing. Only if you plug the tenon on the bird gun, it is easier to stuff it directly. However, if you want to be stable and not fall, it will not be bent or broken, and it will not be damaged. It will be much more difficult."

"This is not the most difficult. The most difficult thing is the specifications and standards. The craftsmen are careful again and again, and they will still produce some defective products that are not suitable for use. For example, it is even more difficult to create with a bird gun. The thickness of the barrel of the bird gun itself has subtle differences. Although most of them can be installed, there will always be those that cannot be installed."

"More than those that are not suitable for use, the cost of making a knife is much higher."

Wanli clapped his hands, thinking that if this is the case, he would accept the cost... The clan just gave him enough silver to create 100,000 guns. He nodded and asked Zhang Hong, "How much can the military battle be built?"

"The imperial village on the banks of the Yongding River can build three hundred swords for one month."

Emperor Wanli was dissatisfied. He shook his head and said, "This is not possible. I want to inform Beiyang, Xuanfu, and Guangzhou Military Weapons Bureau of this shape and specifications, so that they can build three places with the military battles to see who can build better and more. I can promise Beiyang soldiers that they will use new guns this year!"
Chapter completed!