I'm in Liyue, and I'm the only one in the chat group?

"Yes, except for the owner of the Eye of God, cold weapons are not as effective as hot weapons when facing ordinary soldiers."

"And... the layered rock abyss is about to be put into use again, and the mineral problem will not hinder it by then."

To be honest, Han Xiao actually wanted to change the armed forces of the Qianyan Army a long time ago. It was only at that time that the stratum rock abyss was sealed off, and the minerals suddenly became scarce items, so he temporarily let go of this idea.

Now that Ningguang brought up the issue of the combat power of the Qianyan Army, and that the Layer Rock Abyss was about to be put into use again, Han Xiao thought of an idea that he had put aside for a long time.

Chapter 387 Chapter 370 Six Liyue's Sea Defense

"You're right."

After listening to Han Xiao's narration, he agreed to his suggestion after contemplating for a moment.

Except for the owner of the Eye of God, the firecracker is indeed much stronger than the cold weapon. A full refit can indeed increase the combat power of the Qianyan army in a short period of time.

Although this is relying on external forces, what Han Xiaoyu said is correct, physical fitness and combat quality cannot be improved in a short period of time.

Now it can only rely on advanced equipment.

"How are you going to change your outfit?"

"We still have to wait until the layered rock abyss is put into use again."

In the office, Han Xiao found out the memo written a long time ago from the file pile, found the plan he had written before and said:

"The alchemy workshop in Mingyun Town has a production line for thermal weapons. What is lacking is metal minerals. As long as the stratum abyss is put into work again, the production of weapons can be started directly there."

"My suggestion is to let soldiers familiarize themselves with the operation of thermal weapons during training, and then gradually change equipment after the weapons are produced."

"No problem, I will discuss this with Kaiyang and the others, and ask them to include firecracker training in their training."

Now that he has decided to equip the Qianyan Army with more advanced weapons, Ningguang is unambiguous, and directly prepares to discuss with the other Seven Stars who are in charge of the army.

She believes that Kai Yang and the others also understand the suppression of firearms on cold weapons, and they should not reject this proposal.

"By the way, Ningguang, what are your plans for the coastal defense issue?"

Hearing that Ningguang had made up his mind, Han Xiao suddenly changed the topic to sea defense:

"Are you still unwilling to join the reply from Big Sister Beidou?"

"Don't mention it, it's not like you don't know that guy's attitude."

In the Qunyu Pavilion, when Han Xiao talked about Beidou, his brows gathered together, with helplessness written all over his face.

She, Kai Yang and others hinted at Beidou a long time ago, asking the other party to incorporate the Southern Cross fleet into Liyue's official armed forces.

Later, he clearly explained to Beidou several times.

But in the end, the woman Beidou has always been very indifferent to the matter of incorporating the Southern Cross fleet into Liyue's official armed forces.

In other words, they are not very willing to accept control.

It is also a headache for this condensing light.

emmm, how should I put it.

The armed force of the Southern Cross Fleet at sea is too powerful, basically it can be said that it is Liyue's only sea armed force.

But the Southern Cross fleet is more inclined to the style of the smuggling fleet.

If she hadn't tried her best to mediate for Beidou in the Seven Stars, the Southern Cross Fleet would have been listed as a key attack target by the other Seven Stars.

After all, the maritime power of a country is actually civilian power, so how could Seven Star not be eyeing the other party.

"Liyue's coastline is not short, and it's time to put the development of the navy on the agenda."

After listening to Ning Guang's explanation, Han Xiao thought for a while and gave his own thoughts.

From Liyue Port to Guiliyuan, the entire coastline of Liyue is very long.

If there is no reliable sea force to defend the coastline, it is easy for hostile forces to seize this weakness in the event of a war.

Just relying on land fortifications built on the coast is like defending against sea attacks, and the investment is huge.

Therefore, even if Han Xiao got along well with Beidou, he still had to consider holding back the development of the Southern Cross Fleet.

It is not a good thing to let the other party expand and develop like this.

"It seems that you have a set of mature ideas."

On the other side of the phone, Ningguang was slightly silent, she could tell that Han Xiao probably had his own detailed plan for Liyue's army a long time ago.

"more or less."

"Then what exactly are your plans?"

"I plan to open another shipyard in the port of Liyue Port."

"But there are many shipyards in the port?"

Hearing that Han Xiao planned to open a shipyard in the port of Liyue Port, Ning Guang was a little puzzled. Now there are already several large shipyards in the port.

All the ships of the Chamber of Commerce's maritime trade are built by them, and this industrial chain is basically mature.

Han Xiao wanted to intervene in this area, fearing that she would not get any benefits.

"Don't worry about this, I already have a plan, and I promise to surprise you."

"Hey, so confident?"

"of course!"

In the office, Han Xiao had a confident smile on his face when he remembered some of the blueprints he and Abedo had drawn before.

Liyue does have several large shipyards, and the technology is indeed good. If he opens an ordinary shipyard, he will indeed be unable to squeeze into this market as Ningguang said.

But what if his ship was more advanced, more powerful, and loaded with more cargo?

When Han Xiao and Abedo were researching power generation equipment before, steam devices were involved, and they had a lot of ideas about this kind of power at that time.

Especially when Han Xiao described to Abedo the picture of a giant steel ship using steam power to drive on the sea, the other party was even more interested in researching the steam kinetic energy device.

For this reason, the two also specially made a scaled-down model ship for experiments.

The conclusion reached is that with Liyue's current technical reserves, it is very possible to realize a large steel ship powered by steam.

It's just that because the layered rock abyss was in a sealed state at the time, the lack of raw materials made them temporarily shelve this design.

It's all right now, and the rock giant abyss will resume production soon, Han Xiao thinks it's time for the Liyue people to see what a real giant steel ship is.

"Can a ship made entirely of steel really float?"

After hearing Han Xiao's idea, Ning Guang on the other side of the phone couldn't help being dumbfounded.

This is really beyond her imagination.

In his mind, he imagined the steel ship Han Xiao described, and Ning Guang's heart was full of doubts.

In other words, can the water really hold up such a big iron lump?

In fact, this is not to blame for Ningguang, no matter how clever she is, she is still limited by the age of Tivat.

"Don't worry about this. Abedo and I have done calculations, and it will be absolutely fine."

Han Xiao didn't take Ning Guang's worries to heart at all.

When the steel ship was just born in the previous life, didn't many people doubt this.

The reason why steel ships can float on water and not sink is also very simple.

The buoyancy of the water surface is no small force.

The cabin of a big steel ship is a huge empty shell.It has a lot of space and is filled with air. The weight of the hull plus the weight of the air is much lighter than the weight of the same volume of water.

"In this case, you can build one first and let us see the situation."

Although Han Xiao said she was extremely confident, Ning Guang was still a little skeptical.

In the end, she still decided to trust the other party and see the finished product first.

After all, Han Xiao and Abedo have developed so many products before, and they are all good things. Maybe it will be the same this time?

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"So Ningguang agrees with your suggestion to build a steamship?"

In the alchemy workshop, Abedo carefully placed the test tube in his hand on the experimental table, and then turned around to look at Han Xiao standing behind him.

To be honest, it was pure accident that they drew the design of the steamship.

Previous research on steam was mainly for power generation, but later they found a better way to generate power and did not use steam mode.

The blueprint for the steamship was also an accidental product of research and development at the time.

Abedo didn't expect that Han Xiao came to him today because of the steamship design that they had put aside for a long time.

"Haven't we done experiments before, so I want to expand the armaments on the Liyue Sea."

Regarding Abedo's question, Han Xiao didn't hide anything, and directly revealed her plan.

Although in terms of nationality, Abedo is currently affiliated to Mond, but after signing a long-term employment contract, the other party can basically be regarded as half a Liyue.

And how should I put it, Abedo's ability is really too easy to use, and many researches need him to advance.

Naturally, some core technologies are indispensable.

If you guard against the other party because of this, most of the work will not be able to advance.

In addition to the above reasons, there is another more important factor.

The relationship between Mond and Liyue has always been very good, and Fengshen and Yanshen have been old friends for thousands of years, so many dirty things have been avoided between the two countries.

Combining these two reasons, Han Xiao's trust in Abedo is still very high.

And the other party did not live up to his expectations, not only did their best to complete the assigned tasks, but also took the initiative to extend the employment period so that Mond could keep up with Liyue's development.

This kind of ability is so strong, where can I find good employees who don't make trouble.

Besides, not every country can pull out a large and serious engineering team like Liyue.

So Han Xiao wasn't worried about Mond's side, on the contrary, he was more careful about Zhidong.

According to Zhiyi's report, the investigative team in the dark area of ​​Guili City has been able to intercept a lot of information that Zhidong's merchants privately passed to Zhidong's side almost every few days since he took over.

"Wait a minute, let me find out where the drawings are."

Seeing that Han Xiao had made up his mind, Abedo immediately walked towards the storage room.

After a while, he returned to the workshop hall with a few blueprints.

"Here, here are the drawings of the steamship."

After handing over the design drawings in his hand to Han Xiao, Abedo did not forget to say:

"Han Xiao, we just did a model experiment before, and we don't know if there will be other problems after the scale is scaled up."

"You'd better verify it a few more times when you're ready to build it."

The reason why Abedo warned Han Xiao so much was that the experiment they did last time was just to build a model to verify whether it could float in the water.

But they are not professional shipbuilders after all, and no one knows whether the hull they designed can withstand the huge waves at sea.

"No problem, I will find someone to verify."

Hearing Abedo's advice, Han Xiao nodded, and he planned to bring the blueprints to those old craftsmen in Liyue Port who had been in the shipbuilding industry for many years to give them their eyes.

After getting the blueprints, Han Xiao quickly contacted Ning Guang and asked her to help find a few shipbuilders in Liyue Port who had chosen to retire due to their age.

Some people may ask, Han Xiao can just ask someone in the chat group to ask for the design of the ship, why is it so troublesome.

The answer is very simple, it is an old Chinese saying, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

It is very easy to get blueprints from the group of friends in the chat group. Whether it is the modern society of Youxiao or the industrial revolution period of Jixiao, it is a good choice to get the blueprints of steamships.

Han Xiao used this method before in order to quickly develop Guili City.

But soon, he discovered that although this method could help the city develop rapidly in a short period of time, those alchemists really couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

In other words, they do not have the divergent thinking and strong research spirit of Abedo.

Although these people understand how to assemble the machine after getting it, they don't understand the inner principle at all.

This made Han Xiao very helpless. He brought these alchemists here to cultivate talents, not to find skilled installers.