Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

After the establishment of the Shaofu, Zhao Dan included a large piece of Shanglin Garden outside Handan City, which was about hundreds of miles away, into the Shaofu.

This is where the mausoleums of the kings of the Zhao Kingdom are located. Since the capital was moved to Handan, every king of the Zhao Kingdom has been buried here.

There are still thousands of families living here, forming several large-scale villages.

The residents in these villages are complex, and they are divided into three villages. One village is a branch of the Zhao family, the other is a village for disabled soldiers and their families, and there is a newly built artisan village.

Everyone in these three villages has one thing in common, that is, they are all loyal to Zhao Dan and the Zhao royal family.

Zhao Dan's king drove past the village and attracted curious eyes from the urchins.

This time Zhao Dan didn't come here to pay homage to his ancestors, the reason why he came here was actually to inspect a very important thing.

Shocking Thunder Workshop.

The Shocking Thunder Workshop is located about two or three miles away from the tombs of the former kings of the Zhao Kingdom, and is very heavily guarded.

Just as Zhao Dan got off the car, General Zhao Guo, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately led a group of people to greet him: "I have seen the king!"

Zhao Dan glanced at Fuzhen, patted Fuzhen's shoulder with a smile, and said, "General Zuo, you seem to have gained a lot of weight recently."

Fu Zhen laughed when he heard the words, and said: "What does this mean? It means that the subject lives very comfortably under the command of the king."

The general of the Imperial Guard standing beside Zhao Dan couldn't help but glance at Fuzhen when he heard the words, he was already mentally prepared to push this guy to the ground.

How dare you talk to the king like that, are you impatient?

Originally, this workshop was placed in the workshop area in Handan, but when the craftsmen of Zhao State were trying to improve the power of gunpowder, there were multiple explosions, and even killed more than a dozen people, triggering an explosion. Small fire.

After that, the workshop specializing in explosives moved out and came to Shanglin Garden.

It's not just this workshop, all the other workshops related to future technology and thermal weapons have also moved here, but the sites of those workshops are all miles away, which makes this workshop Gunpowder Workshop looked lonely.

As soon as he walked into this gunpowder workshop, Zhao Dan smelled a very obvious smell of smoke in the air, which made him frown and said, "It exploded again?"

I was really taken aback for a moment, coughed in embarrassment, and said, "My lord, well, accidents are inevitable, they are inevitable."

Zhao Dan sighed, and said: "I know that you are very anxious, but you must remember that safety must always come first. It is nothing if you fail, but if there is no one left, it is the widow and Zhao Guo. serious loss, understand?"

What Zhao Dan said was the truth. After all, in Zhao Dan's view, no matter how the power of gunpowder increases, it will not affect the result of Zhao's unification of the world, at most it will affect the speed of unification.

Whether the unification is two years earlier or two years later is not that important to Zhao Dan, after all, Zhao Dan can afford to wait with his current lifespan.

But if these master craftsmen who are already familiar with gunpowder and have a lot of experience die because of an accident, this is something Zhao Dan can't accept.

What is the most important thing in this world?Of course it is talent!

Fuzhen nodded, then suddenly remembered something, and said with joy: "Your Majesty, I have researched the latest version of Thunderbolt a while ago, and its power is [-]% stronger than before. Please also invite your Majesty to go along with you." Take a look at the campus."

Looking at Fuzhen's appearance, Zhao Dan knew in his heart that Fuzhen didn't take his words seriously, which made Zhao Dan speechless.

What's interesting is that Zhao Dan actually hoped that Fuzhen could devote himself to the development of steam engines, but Fuzhen fell in love with gunpowder hopelessly.

As Zhao Guo's general, Fuzhen spends at least 25 days a month in this gunpowder workshop, just to research and improve gunpowder.

Fuzhen was also very lucky, like other craftsmen in accidents, he was either dead or disabled. Although Fuzhen had several problems when he was researching gunpowder, every time he was just disheartened, the worst one was just I was bombed and lay down for a month, and then I came back alive and kicking.

As time goes by, Zhao Dan will let him go. After all, skilled people are tempered, so let him play well. Anyway, most of the craftsmen of the Mo family have concentrated on the steam engine, and the lineup is quite luxurious. Well, it's not a big deal to have a real Shaofu.

A moment later, with a bang, a cloud of smoke rose from the center of the practice field, a small section of the city wall in front of Zhao Dan was blasted, and broken stones flew everywhere.

He said to Zhao Dan excitedly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have already studied it. If there is no accident, we only need to increase the power of Zhentianlei by [-]%, then it is possible to destroy the power of Xianyang and Yingdu. The city wall was blown down!"

When he said this, Fuzhen's face was full of anticipation, and he obviously couldn't wait to see that day come.

9Chapter 16 When will there be a steam engine

After Zhao Dan came out of the gunpowder workshop, he couldn't help telling him about the necessity of safe production.

Looking at Fuzhen's submissive but disapproving expression, Zhao Dan really had the urge to teach this guy a lesson.

Does this person, in order to become an explosive maniac, not even want his own life?

But it really does look like that.

As the saying goes, if you are horizontal, you are afraid of being stunned, and if you are stunned, you are afraid of dying.

Now that Fuzhen really wants his life, Zhao Dan really has nothing to do with him.

It's impossible to really kill his whole family.

So Zhao Dan suppressed the urge to smoke people, and walked towards the next workshop accompanied by Fuzhen.

The next workshop is Zhao's smelting workshop.

In terms of output, the smelters in Datong, Zhao State are undoubtedly the most, and the output also accounts for more than [-]% of Zhao State's annual output.

But from the perspective of quality, the most core and high-end smelting technology of Zhao Guo is still in the smelting workshop in front of Zhao Dan.

All the weapons and armor of Zhao Guoju's armored cavalry are produced here, and now they are cooperating with the artisans of Zhao Guo's Mo family to carry out a steam engine, the most important invention for Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan urgently needs a steam engine.

Today's Zhao State is the country with the most extensive territory ruled by the Huaxia people in this world, and when the Qin and Chu countries are completely wiped out in the future, the country will become even more vast after taking Lingnan.

This is an unprecedentedly powerful empire. To rule such a vast empire, Zhao Dan thinks that the simplest and most direct solution to the problem is to invent the steam engine.

As soon as the steam engine appeared, the first thing that followed was the railway. The emergence of the railway can bring about earth-shaking changes in the mode of transportation, and can make the connection between the center of the empire and all parts of the empire closer, which has a great impact on the consolidation of the empire. Strengthening effect.

The reason why the British Empire in history has been able to successfully rule the vast colonies around the world for so long is to rely on the various dividends brought about by the invention of the steam engine. If Zhao Guo can invent it at this time, then in the future In terms of time, it is almost 2000 years earlier than Britain!

2000 years!

In addition, the steam engine can also drive the development of many industries such as metallurgy, printing and dyeing, machinery, chemicals, textiles, mining, ships, etc., allowing Zhao Guo to enter an era that is completely arrogant to the earth.

This is a super killer that can definitely change the times.

Think about it, if one day, the soldiers of Zhao State got off the train in groups in an orderly manner, and then held rifles, behind them were rows of artillery, and facing them were riding horses and waving swords Eurobarbarian

This picture is so beautiful, it's exciting to think about it.

As long as the steam engine can be invented, it may not be possible to dominate the world, but it is absolutely no problem for the Huaxia people to become the masters of the world.

But the ideal is plump, the reality is skinny.

After Zhao Dan arrived at the workshop to visit the latest troops, he learned the news that the artisans of Zhao State still had no idea how to use steam to generate power.

At this time, Zhao Dan suddenly wanted to slap himself twice. Why didn't he take physics classes well when he was in middle school, and spent all his time reading history books?