Capital Datang

www.x.om "Yifan, don't you want to know what the steel pipes you produce are used for? Go and have a look with me!" Li Yin said to Yifan next to him with a smile.

"I...can I go too?" Yifan looked very excited. Perak Island is not an ordinary place. This is the second place in the entire Tang Dynasty that can produce gunpowder weapons after Chang'an Perak. It can be said that all the artisans on the island have to stay here almost all their lives, and outsiders are forbidden to approach the island within ten miles. Even her father has no permission to come in. I didn't expect Li Yin to be here today. Will agree to go in by myself.

"Haha, of course you can. The reason why people were not allowed to enter here before was because two new weapons were being tested on the island. One was worried about leaking secrets, and the other was worried that people who broke in would be accidentally injured by these two weapons, so the defensive So strict, but these two weapons have reached the stage of actual combat, so there is no need to keep them secret." Li Yin said with a big smile.

The Perak Temple on Perak Island was built when Goguryeo was conquered. At that time, most of the firearms used in the Goguryeo battlefield were produced on the island. However, after the demise of Goguryeo, there were no strong opponents in the eastern border of the Tang Dynasty. , which made Perak Island a little redundant. At the beginning, many ministers in the court had advised Li Shiji, hoping to withdraw the craftsmen on Perak Island, but in the end Li Shiji was very generous. All were given to Li Yin as one of the weapons guarantees for his overseas development.Naturally, Li Yin would not refuse the emperor's father's kindness, besides, he has long been envious of Perak Island.

After acquiring Perak Island, Li Yin immediately reformed the management of the island. Not only did he vigorously improve the status of craftsmen, he also induced all craftsmen to be literate, and documented the production and research of firearms. At the same time, he selected top craftsmen to set up a weapon design institute. Specializes in the improvement of firearms and the invention of new firearms.It can be said that Perak Island is slowly becoming an inner college in the hands of Li Yin.A comprehensive arsenal that produces firearms on the outer layer.Capital Datang 349

And when the management of Perak Island was on the right track, Li Yin finally proposed the research topic of muskets and artillery for later generations, and handed it over to Perak Island for full development. Now that there are some results, it can finally be put into actual combat.

Perak Island was specially selected by Li Yin at the beginning. There are steep cliffs on three sides. Unless you have wings, you can't climb it at all.The only place with a relatively flat side was Li Min who ordered people to build a tall city wall. The entire city wall was built against the mountain and was made of rocks and cement from the island. Two horse-drawn carriages parallel to each other, can be said to be extremely strong, even if it is bombarded with cannons, it is not so easy to blast away.Only one city gate was opened on this city wall. After entering the city gate, there was an urn city, and after passing through the urn city.It is considered to have entered the interior of Perak Island.

After Yifan entered Perak Island, she couldn't help looking around, when she came to deliver supplies to the island.At most, you can only go to the gate of the city. If you break into the inner urn without authorization, it's not a joke, maybe even your life will be lost.

After passing through the inner city gate of Wengcheng, Yifan was stunned by the scene, because what appeared in front of her was a very lively market.Many men, women and children were picking goods in the market. It seemed that there were at least a thousand people, and the things they sold were some daily necessities such as fruits, vegetables, and cloth.There are even people selling bicycles, which seem to be similar to the usual markets, but the only difference is that many of the sellers are soldiers in armor, and these soldiers are not holding weapons now. Instead, they stood behind the goods with smiles, bargaining with the people who came to buy things, just like the ordinary small vendors next to them.

"Your Highness, this..." Yifan felt a little unacceptable, she never dreamed that the situation in Perak Island that she had always guessed was like this?

Li Yin knew the situation on the island for a long time, so he didn't feel strange at all. Seeing Yifan's surprised expression, he explained with a smile: "There are more than 5000 craftsmen on Perak Island, plus their families. , then the total population has reached nearly two people, so many people live together, so they naturally have needs in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and because of the special "nature" here, it is difficult for them to go out, so I simply let them live in the town. Living together, this is the largest market in this town, where thousands of people buy things every day."

"Then what about them?" Yifan pointed to those soldiers selling things.

"Oh, that's a kind of benefit for the soldiers on the island, because there are people working in the Thunderbolt House in the families of the residents on the island, and the remuneration is very generous, so the residents here are not short of money, and the soldiers on the island are stationed in the Here, it is usually boring, so I give them a chance to earn extra money. The soldiers will buy a batch of goods from the outside world in batches and trade with the island residents. The income is their own, but the pricing of the goods has to be reviewed. Generally, the price is the same as that of the outside world." Li Yin explained again with a smile.

Yifan blinked after hearing this, she didn't expect to have this kind of management method, but it's not bad to think about it, after all, so many people live together, if it is changed to other management methods, I'm afraid there will really be "chaos" son.

When the people in the market saw Li Yin coming, they all bowed and saluted.It was not the first time Li Yin came here, so everyone here knew him, and Li Yin greeted everyone with a smile.After passing through the market, there is a town where the residents of the island live. The houses in the town are very uniform, all of which are single-family two-story buildings, and there are two wing rooms on both sides. The outside of the houses are all painted with white lime, which looks like Neat and beautiful.

After passing through the town, I went through a long isolation zone, and finally came to the center of Perak Island. This is where gunpowder weapons are produced. There is a isolation zone around it and other places, mainly to prevent thousands of people from If there is any accident, it will not spread to other places.

The gunpowder weapon production area is further divided into five major areas. These five major areas are mainly divided according to the five main weapons produced, namely the grenade area, the rocket area, the blasting tube area, the artillery area, and the musket area.The first three weapons were invented by Li Yin at the beginning, and they have already been equipped with the army. The latter two weapons were secretly developed by Li Yin, and they have not yet been tested in actual combat.As for the most critical gunpowder production area, it is placed in another independent area of ​​Perak Island. This is mainly because gunpowder production is more dangerous than weapon production, so it needs to be produced separately.

Li Yin took Yifan and went directly to the musket area and the artillery area. The reason why he didn't go to the first three areas was that the grenade and other three weapons needed to be loaded with gunpowder, so there were a lot of gunpowder in those three areas. If the gunpowder explodes accidentally, it is estimated that even a whole body will not be found, and as Li Yin is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, his subordinates naturally dare not let him take risks, so Li Yin cannot enter the three districts no matter what. to go.

"See Your Highness!" As soon as Li Yin walked to the gate of the gun area, he saw a stout white-haired old man standing there, accompanied by several craftsmen of different ages. When he saw Li Yin, he immediately saluted very respectfully.

"Old Wu, your bones are getting tougher!" Li Yin stepped forward to help the white-haired old man up and said with a smile.The old man's surname is Wu and his name is Qiao. He used to be the head craftsman of the iron workshop in Li Yin's house. He is called Lao Wutou, but Li Yin generally likes to call him Lao Wu.As Li Yin's serf, Old Wu had no problems with loyalty and was able to manage relationships, so Li Yin entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and sent him to Perak Island to take charge of the production of muskets.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, this old life of this subordinate can help His Highness for at least 20 years!" Old Wu said with a smile, he was familiar with Li Yin's temper, so he spoke more casually.

Li Yin patted him on the shoulder and laughed loudly, and then said a few more gossips before entering the musket production area.As soon as Yifan entered, he immediately felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face, and saw that the inside was like a huge blacksmith's shop, with countless shirtless men wielding hammers, forging delicate parts one by one.

After these parts are finished, they will be sent to a separate factory building at the back, where Yifan finally saw the steel pipes produced in his factory, but these steel pipes have been processed and assembled with other delicate parts Together, it becomes a grotesque weapon.

I saw that this kind of weapon is mainly the kind of steel pipe produced in his own factory. The steel pipe is fixed on a piece of wood the size of a palm, and the fixed end has many exquisite designs. He is proficient, but he doesn't know much about gunpowder, so he watched it for a long time but didn't understand how to use this musket.Capital Datang 349

At this time, Li Yin picked up a completed gun very skillfully, pulled up the hammer at the back, and then pretended to aim, and at the same time pressed the trigger with his finger, and the hammer immediately bounced back to its original position, and at the same time The flint on the hammer struck the anvil in front, producing a string of tiny sparks.It's a pity that there is no gunpowder and projectiles in the gun.

"Your Highness, how do you use this thing? Is it to kill people with a pipe?" Yifan also picked up a musket and studied it for a long time. Unfortunately, she has a specialization in art. Although she figured out the structure of the musket, she didn't know I understand how this thing is used. It is supposed to be a gunpowder weapon, but where should the gunpowder be placed?

Seeing Yifan's troubled look, Li Yin laughed out loud. He didn't expect that the extremely intelligent dean of the Academy of Sciences would have a difficult day, but this is not Yifan's fault, after all, she is not familiar with gunpowder at all. Characteristic, where would you think of the usage of this musket?

"Hey, Yifan, don't be in a hurry, let's go and see the production process of the artillery first, and then I will show you what is the real era of hot weapons!" Li Yin said at the end, the whole person became proud Wanzhang, at the same time looking to the northeast, there is a small island country there, using the stolen gunpowder formula to imitate Datang's firearms, but Li Yin will soon let them know what is real heat arms!

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