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Chapter 529 Too Powerful
Shen Kuo smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, the warship is strong and unscathed..."

Lu Chengqi was puzzled: "Then why doesn't Shen Qing look happy?" You know, the new warship is all Shen Kuo's painstaking effort, there is no reason why the two-piece cannon can be loaded on the ship, Shen Kuo will be unhappy.Lu Chengqi still has his own way of perceiving people's hearts. After all, he has done sales and dealt with people a lot, so he has mastered this skill naturally.

Sure enough, Shen Kuo shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I still underestimated the power of mother-child cannon..."

Lu Chengqi was startled, could his guess be true?

I only heard Shen Kuo continue to say: "The keel technology can indeed ensure that the hull is strong and durable. If it is properly maintained, it will not be a problem to use it for 50 years. But after installing this mother and child cannon, I am afraid it can only be used for about ten years..."

Lu Chengqi said in a deep voice, "Why?"

Shen Kuo explained: "Reporting to Your Majesty, whether the keel or the hull of the new warship is made of mortise and tenon joints. This kind of structure is not afraid of high winds and waves, but this kind of shaking. I have estimated that if there is With four cannons, one volley can move the warship two feet away..."

Lu Chengqi was a little surprised that the mother-child cannon was a Franco cannon, how could it be so powerful?From this point of view, it is not that the power of the mother and child cannon is too small, but that it is too powerful, and the new type of warship cannot withstand such a great power. "The three Qing family, is there a solution?" Adhering to the principle of using what can be used and never wasting it, Lu Chengqi looked at the six gun holes with a bit of pain, and said so.

The three of them looked at each other, and Tang Xun said, "Your Majesty, this will only reduce the power of the mother-child cannon..."

Indeed, this is the only way to go, Lu Chengqi smiled bitterly: "Then what if the entire hull is made of iron?"

The three of them were stunned, this little emperor really dared to think about anything!Not to mention that the entire hull is made of iron, even if the keel is made of iron, it is very difficult.There is no way, with the current iron smelting technology, it is simply unrealistic to build a large iron ship!Besides, can iron float on water?

Shen Kuo asked in a daze, "Your Majesty, can this iron build a ship?"

Lu Chengqi was also taken aback, and said, "Why can't it work? As long as the gravity of the displaced water below the waterline of the boat is enough to balance the gravity of the boat itself, the boat won't sink..."

The three looked at each other, and Lu Chengqi panicked: "You don't know this?"

The three of them shook their heads in unison, Lu Chengqi quickly changed the subject and said: "I also read about it in Western miscellaneous books, I don't know if it's right, you guys have time to experiment... The key thing now is how to solve the problem of artillery installation. The problem with the boat..."

Su Song didn't speak until now, and now he finally spoke: "Your Majesty, how about making the mother and child smaller?"

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "It should be like this. The ship cannon is one size smaller, and the rest of the mother and child cannons still need to be this powerful. The power of the ship cannon still needs to be there. The balance is for you to control. gone."

Shen Kuo nodded, the Mother-in-Child Artillery was designed in a flash of his inspiration.As for the power, they haven't figured it out yet.How easy is it to master the balance of power?On the other hand, Tang Xun's mind turned quickly, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. As long as the amount of charge is reduced, isn't it all right?"

Lu Chengqi didn't expect to wake up the dreamer with a single word, so there was such a trick.Indeed, the power of black and gunpowder depends on the ratio and weight of the gunpowder. If you want to have a lower power, you just need to charge less powder?
Lu Chengqi clapped his hands and said, "Tang Qing has a quick mind. That's right, this method is good! If you encounter a land battle, you can also push the mother and child cannon off the ship, killing two birds with one stone! However, you have to experiment with this charge many times. You have to get it out. In the training of the Imperial Army, it depends on the standards you have set up..."

The three nodded, and Shen Kuo said tentatively: "Your Majesty, the cannons have been loaded and fired, should we go back?" All three of them knew that Lu Chengqi had been assassinated.Not only the three people knew about it, but almost the whole world knew about it.There is no way, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, a person like the emperor who can hardly look directly at him can still be assassinated.This incident is enough to serve as a source of conversation for the common people of Dashun for several years.

At this time, there were almost no guards on the river except for more than a dozen Chang'an Navy Tiger Wing soldiers on board.In this case, if someone knew that the little emperor was on the boat and tried his best to get close to the assassination, that would be a big crime.Lu Chengqi didn't have Zi Sui, and he didn't even have any close blood relatives. If he died, Dashun would be completely messed up.

Lu Chengqi was also less interested, he thought they had made several cannons, but unexpectedly, there was only one.The destructive volley still couldn't be seen, and Lu Chengqi didn't have the interest to stay any longer, and said, "Forget it, let's go back first. Shen Qing, Tang Qing, Su Qing, you all want some snacks on this mother-in-law cannon. There is only one year left in the three-year treaty with the Liao Kingdom. The last attack on the Luanhe Palace hurt the vitality of the Liao Kingdom, but it didn't hurt too much. In this way, the grievances between Shun and Liao will deepen, alas ..."

The three of them looked at each other and understood that even the little emperor had a lot of troubles.Not only to worry about domestic affairs, but also to worry about foreign affairs.No wonder the little emperor wants to remove the prime minister and form a cabinet.The cabinet divided the prime minister's power. Otherwise, if all the political affairs were entrusted to the prime minister, the power would be too great, and even the emperor would be afraid of it. How can this be done?

The new warships sailed extremely fast in the wind and rain.It is hard for the sailor to control the sail in the drizzle, and the whole body is soaked.

Lu Chengqi looked into the distance, looking at the country that belonged to him, and even more so to the whole Han people, and he had a lot of thoughts for a while.

The advent of firearms and factories marked the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution.But now there is not even a steam engine, let alone an internal combustion engine. "Do I really want to bring China into that era in advance?" Lu Chengqi's thoughts raced, thinking of all kinds of smog in later generations, Lu Chengqi hesitated in his heart.Coming to this era, seeing the blue sky and white clouds that will not be seen in later generations, I am really reluctant to part with this kind of fresh air.But there is no way, the Han people are a farming nation, and the individual is not strong, and they must rely on unity and wisdom to survive.Unlike the nomads, the nomads are tough hunters, born to draw bows and ride horses.If you fight your body, the Han people will never be able to fight.Perhaps with willpower, one or two battles can be fought.Once the life is stable, whether it is the Han people or the nomads, they are all greedy for pleasure and do not think about making progress. That is "the family is helpless at home, the foreign patients are invincible outside, and the country is perishing"...

Just thinking about it like this, before I knew it, the new warship had already returned to the dock.

And Gao Hao and a group of imperial guards were already waiting for him under the eaves of the dock.Seeing him get off the boat, Gao Hao quickly opened an oil-paper umbrella, and ran over to hold the umbrella for him.

(End of this chapter)