Danyang County.

A low-key carriage came from Jinling City, followed the busy caravan along the way, and the merchants who came to purchase iron tools silently drove into Danyang County.

The 100-mile road from Jinling City to Danyang County, after the road construction and stone paving of tens of thousands of migrant workers, it has become a wide road that reaches the main road, which is very easy to walk.

The new county magistrate of Danyang County is Li Gannian.

He was a county magistrate, because he had made contributions to assisting the former county magistrate, and his political achievements were very rare.

Of course, this has nothing to do with his background as a child of the Li family.

If it were other county magistrates and officials, it would be almost impossible to succeed and be promoted to county magistrates.

Moreover, as the fiefdom of Princess Danyang and the territory of the Li family, as long as the Li family spoke, the Prime Minister's Mansion would give face. Others would not dare to fight for the county magistrate.

In order to ensure the rapid development of Danyang County, Chu Tianxiu made every effort to explode the industrial revolution, so of course he would not let other county magistrates go all out.

Only the Li family members can sit firmly in the position of their minds, and others will be obsolete when they come.

When Li Gannian received the news, he rushed to greet him with a hurried look. When he saw the son-in-law and the prince Xiang Tiange coming down together in the carriage, he was shocked.

"Son-in-law, Prince, why are you two here? I can also arrange a welcome banquet."

Li Gannian was sweating all over.

"No need to worry, go and see the progress of the water conservancy heavy hammer."

Chu Tianxiu got off the carriage and said lightly.

The prince didn't want to go back to the Eastern Palace and learned those useless things from those old scholars, and wanted to learn some real skills with him.

He has many abilities.

But when it comes to "real skills", of course, it is in industry.

Industry is in Danyang County.

The industry leader in Danyang County is of course the heavy hammer of industrial hammer.

Gunpowder gun steel pipes, steelmaking, and gun barrels all have to be built with industrial hammers.

There is no such thing, those above are all Moon in the Well.

Chu Tianxiu took Prince Xiang Tiange and secretly left Jinling Prefecture and came to inspect Danyang County - Industrial Water Conservancy Heavy Hammer.

In the future, the prince will ascend the throne to the emperor. Chu Tianxiu wants him to understand what industry is and how powerful it is.

Instead of those old scholars in Confucianism, who are good at learning and become officials, who are the only ones in Confucianism, are the first in knowledge, are the first in officials, are disdainful of industry and craftsmen, and are derogatory to low-level people.

"Yes, son-in-law!"

Li Gannian hurriedly took the two of them to the water conservancy heavy hammer area.

The heavy industrial area in Danyang County has long been closed and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

They came to a river in the city.

But I saw a five-meter-high arch standing by the river.

With the help of a large water truck, the rotational force of the steel gear rotating shaft was pulled into the air with a hammer weighing several hundred kilograms.

The water conservancy truck crunched, pulling a heavy piece of iron to a high place.

Then the force was removed and the fall fell down.

There are two smooth positioning rods inside the arch, allowing the heavy iron to slide up and down, ensuring that the heavy hammer does not deviate.

At this moment, more than a dozen craftsmen were repeatedly beaten a red steel ingot weighing 100 kilograms.

"boom!"

The water conservancy hammer hit it.

With this hammer, a piece of burnt steel ingot can be flattened and beaten extremely densely.

Such a hundred kilogram of steel ingot is cut into ten pieces before it has cooled down.

Use a mold to process the steel ingot into a round red steel pipe, and then use an iron drill to drill holes from the middle of the iron pipe.

The burned steel pipe is very soft, easy to process and drill.

What is created is the gunpowder barrel.

The blacksmith polished it a little and cooled it down, and soon, a strong, durable gunpowder barrel that could withstand repeated explosions was made.

Of course, due to the industrial level, the barrel is not fine enough. But it is enough for the current gunpowder gun to be used, so the requirements for shooting accuracy are not high.

"Now, there are dozens of water conservancy hammers of different weights in Danyang County. The heaviest one has a force of a thousand pounds. It can be used to beat and process gun barrels."

Li Gannian said.

Xiang Tiange was shocked when he saw the huge monster in Danyang County.

He originally thought that a blacksmith was a craftsman holding a small hammer and constantly knocking and hitting it, thousands or tens of thousands of times to create a good knife.

Unexpectedly, Danyang County could actually create a heavy hammer with a thousand pounds. When this hammer was taken, a huge red steel ingot, like dough, was repeatedly ravaged.

"The rest are all empty, this is the real ability!"

Xiang Tiange was shocked.

This is the true essence of industry, Danyang elite soldiers. The reason why they are powerful is not because of themselves, but from the terrifying industrial monster behind them.

In the face of such terrifying power, the most elite Li family soldiers of the Great Chu Dynasty were irresistible.

Of course, using a water conservancy heavy hammer to build a musket barrel, a barrel weighs no more than ten kilograms, which is a piece of cake.

Chu Tianxiu really invested a lot of money, and what he was working hard to build the steel pipes of cannons.

Light cannons start from fifty to one hundred kilograms, and the heaviest one reaches a thousand kilograms. These cannons are the king of war and are invincible weapons.

However, the blacksmiths seemed to have a headache about how to build the cannon barrel, which was too heavy to operate.

...

Chu Tianxiu and Prince Xiang Tiange stayed in Danyang County for three days.

In the past three days, Chu Tianxiu personally brought more than ten most outstanding blacksmiths in Danyang County to build bronze cannons and steel cannons.

It is much easier to use a bronze cannon. Just use a model and pour the cannon barrel. It is easy to build hundreds of kilograms of cannons.

Small steel cannons can only make light cannons weighing fifty kilograms, about half a meter long. They can be taken away by one person on a frame. They are very convenient field cannons.

As for the projectiles, it is easy to make all the projectiles poured with wax molds and use inferior iron bullets to make large quantities.

"Let's go and try the power of this little cannon!"

Prince Xiang Tiange was extremely excited.

Chu Tianxiu, Prince, Li Gannian and others brought some Danyang soldiers and dozens of blacksmiths to pull the small steel cannons into the uninhabited ravine for test firing.

There were also Taiwei Li Rong, the eunuch Cai He, the emperor sent by the emperor, and a few generals, who also secretly came to Danyang County to watch the test firing of the cannon himself.

Only when the artillery is easy to use will the court decide whether to place an order to purchase a large amount of money.

"Boom~!"

The small steel cannon was lit and bombed out with one shot.

A violent flame ejected from the barrel.

In an instant, an iron cannon flew out and shot two hundred meters away. It hit the mountain wall violently, and suddenly knocked down a rock.

Cai and the eunuch were so scared that their faces were pale.

Everyone who watched the watch looked shocked and incredible.

This range, this power... has no weapon, which can be compared with it. Even if it reaches the same power, it can only be achieved by a heavy and heavy trencher.

In contrast, the small steel cannon is extremely lightweight. If it is pulled by a man or a horse, it can quickly transfer with the main force. This is by no means comparable to the catapult.

This small steel cannon was built with dozens or hundreds of balls, enough to walk sideways on the battlefield.

Moreover, this is a small cannon weighing 50 kilograms. If the cannon weighs a larger one, the range can be longer and the power can be greater.

"This kind of magical artifact is secretly disclosed and must not be disclosed to the outside world! At least before the war begins, it must not be spread."

Li Rong was stunned for a while and said in a deep voice.

If they were seen by the princes and kings, they would probably not even have the courage to rebel... If the princes do not rebel, the emperor would be unable to cut off the vassals for many years.

If there is no sufficient reason to reduce the vassal states and the fiefdoms, I am afraid that the kings and powerful people will have many opponents. The Xiang family's royal family has more opponents.

"Don't worry, father-in-law, this magical artifact should be kept confidential!"
Chapter completed!