Prince Shen of time travel

Aoki gunpowder technology is fairly advanced, and artillery has already been very popular.It's just that the artillery is not powerful enough, and it is not often used on the battlefield.As for the Snow Country, they are not as good as Aoki, advanced weapons like artillery, their country only has a few for display.

The most powerful in this regard is the Chiyan Kingdom. Shen Hexi heard from the master of the Immortal Sword Hall that when the Chiyan Kingdom fought against foreign races overseas, the sound of artillery can be heard in the Snow Country. Such a big movement should be very powerful. If the Chiyan Kingdom bordered on Aoki, Aoki would probably be mysterious.

The Chiyan country is powerful, and there is a snow country between him and Qingmu, and they have lived in peace for hundreds of years.Chi Yan Country despises the barren land of Xue Country, and Xue Country has been showing weakness to Chi Yan.He and Qingmu have been fighting for so many years, one is for Qingmu's land, and more is afraid that if Chiyan Kingdom changes to a new emperor that year and wants to annex Xue Country, at least they can resist.

The foundry masters of Immortal Sword Hall are capable people, and in less than a month, two of Aoki's most advanced cannons were successfully produced.The range of the artillery is not very far, but more than 100 meters at most. This distance is indeed not enough for a battlefield where cold weapons are the mainstay.

In his previous life, Shen Hexi ran a ship, worked as a clerk, and worked in sales, but this had nothing to do with artillery. Even if he went to college, the little knowledge he learned would not be useful at all.To increase the range of this artillery, he still needs to rely on the locals.

Aoki technology is just like this, and Shen Hexi has a way to improve it, and that is to go to Chiyan Kingdom to learn it secretly.Qingmu country is like a developing country, all technologies are backward, while Chiyan country is like a developed country, some technologies are already very mature.

There are tens of thousands of miles from Dunliang City to Chiyan Country, which is not something that Shen Hexi can just think about.Snow Country and Aoki have already started a war, and time is extremely tight. If he sends people to Chiyan Country to secretly learn techniques, it will take two or three years to go back and forth. At that time, the day lily will be cold.

Shen Hexi ran around in a hurry, but they couldn't move at all.

"Teacher, the artillery needs to be improved this time. This artillery is so big that it is not easy to transport it." In Shen Hexi's study room, there were only Linghuzheng and Shen Hexi, pushing a large stack of drawings in front of them.These were brought by the masters of Immortal Sword Hall.There are many styles, at least a dozen of them.

The larger these cannons are, the more powerful they are.The picture that Shen Hexi mentioned is called General Pao, and it looks like it weighs 3 to 4 catties, which is very heavy.

"Look at this picture." Linghu was pulling out a somewhat yellowed blueprint from a stack of blueprints.

The cannon on the drawing is much smaller than the general cannon just now, and the exploded drawing next to it is written in more detail than other drawings.This yellowed drawing seems to have been burned by fire, and the left corner has been burned away, leaving only a scorched black piece.

Shen Hexi flipped through the stack of drawings, many of them were like this, showing signs of being burned.

"Has this blueprint been burned?" Shen Hexi asked suspiciously.

"Yes, these blueprints were all bought from a crew member who ran the ship. When they were helping to transport the goods in Chiyan Kingdom, the ship caught fire, and the owner and a large number of goods were burned to death. They only rescued some goods. And these The blueprints are included in the cargo." Linghuzheng said.

Shen Hexi has run a ship before and worked as a crew member, so he knows this kind of thing very well.If the owner of the goods dies suddenly, the goods on their ship will not be given to anyone casually. If the relatives of the owner want the goods, it will be an extremely time-consuming lawsuit. It will take many years after the lawsuit is over.This is true in his modern times, but in another world like Qingmu, when the owner of the goods dies, the goods on the ship basically cover the freight.

"You can see the origin of these drawings." Shen Hexi searched around the drawings, but did not find any inscriptions. Generally, on such important drawings, the designer needs to write his name, so that if there is a problem in the production process If there is any disclosure, it is easy to find someone.

"I've asked someone to find out that such unsigned drawings are most likely black drawings." The so-called black drawings mean that the drawings were not made by the state, but were made privately.In other words, the person who owns this blueprint should be a privately-made weapon.

Making weapons privately is a capital offense no matter which country it is in. Chiyan Country has stricter requirements on this than Aoki.The royal family over there is a hundred times more complicated than Qingmu's. The royal family of Chiyan Kingdom has always had a thriving population, and there are more than a few dozen princes in each dynasty. There are so many princes, but there is only one throne. The degree of competition is fierce. unimaginable.

There are many princes, so there will be no fewer princes. In order to fear that the princes will rebel, the emperor of Chiyan Kingdom didn't even dare to entrust them with land, and let them live under the imperial city.

But that's the case, there are also restless princes who make weapons privately and raise private soldiers.

Shen Hexi was pondering over this batch of blueprints. He was afraid that someone from Chi Yanguo was planning to build artillery for himself for the prince, but there was an accident during the transportation, which made Shen Hexi cheaper.

With the blueprints in hand, it was only a matter of time before the cannon was made. Shen Hexi gave the masters of Immortal Sword Hall a deadly order that they must thoroughly understand these blueprints within a month and make him a Shen Wangye brand cannon.

To make cannons, the cost of money is the same as running water, and the materials used are the best refined iron in Aoki.This fine iron is only refined to such a small extent. Every time Shen Hexi watches the masters of Xianjiantang make artillery parts, he feels heartache. Every piece of this waste is worthless money.

At the beginning of summer, Yan Chaoge brought people back from the mountains. The iron ore can be mined, but the location is a bit remote, and it is very troublesome to transport the iron ore out.

Now is the time when there is a shortage of iron. How could Shen Hexi be afraid of trouble? With a big wave of his hand, he sent 5 people to dig iron ore, and built an iron smelting plant near the iron mine.This is still learned from King An Jin, refining the finished iron blocks on the spot, and transporting them outside will save a lot of effort.

"It's so hot." Shen Hexi only wore a water-blue silk gown and pajamas, and sat on the top floor of Wangyue Building, fanning himself fiercely with a fan.Dunliang city's summer is as tough as its winter, even if you sit still, you will sweat from the heat.

"Min'er is hot." Min'er wore the same style of pajamas as Shen Hexi, and fanned herself with a round fan just like him.

The windows on all four sides of the top floor of Wangyue Tower were opened. Shen Hexi and Min'er sat on a bamboo bed to enjoy the cool air, and four ice basins were placed not far from them.But there are a lot of ice basins, and there is no cool air upstairs.

"You two should be content. The moon-watching building is located in a high position, and there is an ice basin. It is cool even when the wind blows. Those common people have ice basins. They live differently." Liu Qinghe picked up the round fan and gave it to them. Two fans.

"Mother, how do ordinary people get rid of the heat?" Shen Hexi knew that in summer, he should drink more mung bean soup to get rid of the heat.But Aoki didn't have mung beans.

"I heard from Bai Qing that there is a kind of black fruit growing here in Dunliang City, called black dates. Using black dates to cook porridge and boil water can relieve the heat. I will ask Bai Qing to make a bowl for you to try."

Black jujube is a very cheap fruit in Dunliang City. It looks a bit like a jujube and has a very high yield.But because the taste is a bit sour, there are relatively few plants in Dunliang City. If you want to relieve the heat in summer, many people will go to the mountains to pick them. Anyway, this thing is everywhere in the mountains and plains.

The black jujube porridge was dark and somewhat like traditional Chinese medicine soup, but it smelled good. Shen Hexi tasted it, it was sour and sweet. "Mother, is there rock sugar in it? If there is no rock sugar, what will it taste like?"

"It will be more sour than this." Liu Qinghe took a small spoon and fed Min'er black date porridge.

The black jujube porridge that the prince drank was definitely not the same as what the common people drank. Not only did they put rock sugar in it, but also some bird's nest and lotus seeds.The quantity is not much, so I am not afraid of getting angry.

"Mother, after drying these black dates, if you boil them in water, can they also get rid of the heat?"

"There is such a recipe, it seems to be called black jujube tea, and a herbal medicine needs to be put in it. The tea shop outside sells black jujube tea in summer. One copper can drink a big bowl." After Liu Qinghe came to Dunliang City , Sometimes when the palace is boring, I will change clothes and take the servant girl out for a walk.After all, this is Dunliang City, not Yong'an City, and the rules for women not to go out are not too strict here.

Besides, she is the eldest lady who came out of Liujiabao, and she is not the kind of person who can be trapped by the city wall.She used to be in the general's mansion, and the days when she didn't leave the gate and didn't leave the door were very difficult. These days when she came to Dunliang City, she was much more relaxed than before, and her mind was not as dull as before.It's a good thing for her to go out for a walk and see this world that is a bit novel to her.

She even sat in the tea shop she mentioned to Shen Hexi. Although it was a bit awkward to sit in the dilapidated tea shop wearing a gauze hat, she still liked this feeling very much.

When Shen Hexi heard the black jujube tea, he patted his fan on his leg and said happily, "I'll send someone to get some black jujube tea to send to Brother Han. I'm afraid it will be more difficult for him than us."

"Slow down, you just tell Jiang Yun to do it, how can you be a prince if you don't have a proper job every day." Liu Qinghe watched Shen Hexi put on his shoes and ran downstairs, and said helplessly.

"Understood, mother." When Shen Hexi answered, he had already reached the stairs, he turned his head and said to Min'er, "Brother will catch Benben for you soon."

"Benben." When Min'er heard Benben's name, her mouth curled up.Recently, Benben has been delivering letters outside all the time, and I haven't played with her for a long time.

Shen Hexi decided on one thing and wanted to do it quickly.When he went downstairs, he subconsciously accelerated the speed of his feet, and when others ran to the hall where Jiang Yun was handling government affairs, he realized that he seemed to be using the willow again just now.From the Moon Tower in the backyard to the front yard, it would take time for a cup of tea, but he seemed to fly over in just a few breaths.

Could it be that his internal strength has begun to improve again?

But he was thinking about black jujube tea in his heart, as for the issue of internal strength, let's talk about it when he is free.