wild trail

Chapter 405 Scientific Theory
This drill was undoubtedly a success. Although muskets were inferior in range to bows and arrows, their power was not comparable to that of bows and arrows.

Take Xia Guo's most sophisticated armor as a comparison, the best archers can't pose too much threat to soldiers wearing heavy armor, but muskets are different, the power of projectiles can shoot through the strongest armor, even It is because the distance is too far to achieve the ability to penetrate the armor, and the impact force of the projectile can also dent the armor, causing great damage to the body.

Although muskets are equipped with troops, it is unrealistic to completely replace bows and arrows.

Xia Guo's iron production is very low, and it is a long way to go to install rifles on a large scale.

At dusk, the exercise ended. The ministers boarded their respective vehicles and followed Wang Lang's guard of honor. Today's exercise gave them a great shock. The new name of the musket was deeply engraved in their minds.

Kong Er leaned against the carriage, tapping the handrail lightly with his fingers.

"Musket, interesting!"

Lifting the curtain of the car window, he said to the guard: "Tell Zhao Shilang to investigate the development of Nitre Island in Ningyuan County, see how it is going, and then report to me."

"Yes!"

The guard clasped his fists and hurried away.

Ningyuan County.

Ever since Wei Ming pointed out a clear path to the county magistrate Sun Lin, since spring, his life as a county magistrate can be described as extremely nourishing.

The imperial court decided to vigorously develop the saltpeter island. As the nearest seaport to the saltpeter island, Ningyuan County has the advantage.

After the river water thawed, the sea boat transferred from the Harbor City was full of personnel and materials and headed for Nitpeter Island in a mighty manner.

According to the chart provided by the expedition team, the voyage to Nitpeter Island was extremely smooth.

After several months of development, the originally desolate island has formed a small village, and three huge sea ships are docked at the small port.

Busy workers at the port operate frames of saltpeter to sea ships. Near these ores, the most noticeable thing is the dozens of large cages containing dodo birds.

As a unique species of Nitre Island, Sun Lin will naturally not let go of these plump animals. This batch of dodos will be sent to the palace as a tribute. If Wang Lang can like these things, then for him, Jane is in the heart of the emperor. Yes, this will be of great benefit to his future career.

Sun Lin is ambitious. He is only in his early twenties this year, and he knows in his heart that those old guys in the court will give up his position sooner or later. The future belongs to young people like them. It is not his goal to become a member of the government. It is the ultimate dream of civil servants like them to enter the central government.

He knew that Nitre Island and Ningyuan County were opportunities for him to rise up. As long as he handled this matter well, he would definitely earn considerable political capital for himself.

A few days later, the big ship loaded with saltpeter was heading towards Ningyuan County. As a transit point for saltpeter, the wharf in Ningyuan County was extremely busy.

The transportation of goods has brought a lot of job opportunities for the local people. The drivers pulling carts on the wharf and the laborers who use their physical strength to make money make this small port city present an unusually prosperous scene.

There are many uses of nitrate. In addition to being one of the raw materials for gunpowder, the most used place in Xiaguo is the ice-making industry.

With the production of a large amount of natural nitrate, the ice in Xiaguo has become much cheaper. Although it is not yet affordable for every household, a large number of icehouses have been established in trading stations in various cities, even in hot weather. You can also eat fresh meat in summer.

Tong Shiqi put down the tools in his hand, walked to a cool place, took off the water bottle on his waist, and drank a big mouthful of water.

Since it was recognized by humans in Tongshan City with its own craftsmanship, its life in Xia Kingdom can be said to be much easier.

A month ago, it received an order from humans and was sent to a place called Ningyuan County to build a pier. Originally, it didn't want to come. During the time it lived in Tongshan Cheng, life was ordinary, but the local After humans recognized it, they got along very well with their neighbors.

Being sent to a strange place suddenly, it felt a little scared in its heart. It didn't know what the humans there would think of itself, and whether it would encounter the previous predicament.

But it dared not disobey human orders, so it had no choice but to take its own things and was taken to this remote place by soldiers.

It was only after arriving in Ningyuan County that it discovered that there were more than a dozen of its kind here who had the same experience as it did.

After the exchange, Copper Seventeen found that although their experiences were somewhat different from their own, they had one thing in common. These dinosaurs were well-known craftsmen in various places.

Human beings summoned them, it seems that there is a big project for them to participate in.

Bronze Seventeen looked at the busy workers on the pier, grinned, and said to a companion: "Gui Wu, why do you think these humans are so different from ours?"

The dinosaur man named Tong Wu glanced at the humans on the pier and said: "You don't care what to do with so many people, anyway, now we have to act according to their faces. We should be glad that we have craftsmanship. Think about those who were He is a soldier, he is still moving stones in the mine, he might die someday."

Speaking of this, Tong Shiqi gritted his teeth and said: "They deserve it, these soldiers in the country don't treat us as human beings at all, when those nobles take our lives seriously, I will never forget That whip on him back then!"

Guiwu put down the tools in his hand, sat down beside Tong Shiqi, and said, "I've known you for a while, but I don't know where you are from yet."

"I was born in Hongshan!" Copper Seventeen replied.

"Red Mountain? That place is the territory of the Hongshan family, you are so unfortunate!" Gui Wu looked at Tong Seventeen sympathetically.

Copper Seventeen touched his back. If he took off his clothes at this time, he could see a long scar on its back.

Seeing Tong Qiqi's expression was a bit ugly, Gui Wu asked, "Did you offend those big shots at Hongshan?"

Copper Seventeen nodded and said: "Seven years ago, I was conscripted to build beautiful houses for those noble gentlemen. I accidentally fell from a high place and smashed one of their chairs, just a chair. Those noble lords pressed me to the ground and beat me hard with a whip. At that time, I thought I was going to die. After I was knocked out, I was dragged out by their men. Fortunately, I survived , After I woke up from the wilderness, I was afraid that they would find that I was still alive, so I ran away and traveled to many places in the country, and was later captured by the army, and came to the human place in such a daze."

After Guiwu listened, he was silent for a while, smiled wryly, and said, "When I didn't come to the human world, I heard that the humans here were only smarter humans, but I've been here for so long, if I had to choose, I'd rather stay In these foreign countries, I don’t want to go back to a country like Shi Lunjia’s.”

Copper Seventeen nodded: "Yes, human civilization is really special. When I was in Tongshan City, I liked to watch the scenes of human family life. Their males and females can actually form a thing called a family."

Gui Wu nodded and said, "Do you know Fang Shaoshi?"

"Is that traitor?" Copper Seventeen said.

"Heh, traitor, he is a traitor, what are you and me? I am quite envious of it now. It is said that it has now become a human official and has been received by a human emperor. Who would have thought that such a small person would actually Can become a nobleman." Gui Wu said with emotion.

Copper Seventeen said: "The human system is really good. An ordinary person can become a respected nobleman as long as he works hard, not by virtue of blood."

Gui Wu shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's hurry up and work. We have a lot of money to get this pier completed. With the money, I also want to visit the human capital, not as a slave, but as a slave." He walked in with his chest held out."

Having escaped the midday sun, Copper Seventeen patted the dust off his body and continued to build the pier with human workers.

Yancheng.

After more than ten days of the exercise, Kong Er looked at the information on the table. These are all the information about Ningyuan County that he found from the Ministry of Households during this period.

After reading the information, Kong Er murmured: "It's only been a few months since Ningyuan County has developed to this level. Tsk tsk, no wonder Your Majesty values ​​this place so much."

Kong Er thought about it, and the corners of his mouth turned up. According to the current development momentum of Ningyuan County, it is foreseeable that this little-known small port will definitely be an important source of tax revenue for Xia Kingdom in the future.

As the department in charge of Xia Guo's money and food, it is natural that it is most concerned about this kind of thing. Kong Er secretly planned in his heart whether to send his own people to Ningyuan County.

In the palace, Wang Lang looked at the glass products sent by the Ministry of Industry, picked up these transparent things and carefully inspected them against the sunlight.

There are no bubbles or impurities in the glass, this level of glass is no different from the glass in his image.

"The Ministry of Industry has done a good job. It's really not easy to make glass when we are so busy!" Wang Lang praised.

Mu Feng smiled and said: "Your Majesty is serious. These are the responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry. It took several years to make some achievements. I am really ashamed."

"Mu Aiqing, you are too modest. Everyone has seen the achievements of the Ministry of Industry over the years, and I am very pleased!"

He picked up a piece of glass and said, "Do you know what this small piece of glass means?"

"Your Majesty, isn't this glass just for telescopes? What else can it be used for?" Mu Feng asked puzzled.

"Telescope? You underestimate the function of this thing. The most important use of this thing is for research." Wang Lang said slowly.

"Research?" Mu Feng was a little surprised.
Wang Lang nodded and said: "The nature of this glass is very similar to that of crystal, but crystal is not easy to polish. We still know very little about this world. Look at the rainbow after the rain. Why is it divided into seven colors? Among them, it is different from sunlight. What does it matter?"

Mu Feng stroked his beard and said, "Is your Majesty's study of this thing helpful to us?"

"You can't just look at things in front of you. Practicality is important, but the understanding of all things in nature will be of great help to us humans, even if this help can't be immediately converted into practical benefits." Wang Lang said solemnly.

Mu Feng lowered his head and thought about it. In fact, he didn't agree with Wang Lang's point of view. He has been a craftsman for so many years, and he has always focused on practicality. He didn't waste energy to study the truth.

"I plan to build a new school in Yancheng!" Wang Lang said suddenly.

Mu Feng was taken aback, and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, isn't there a school in Xia Kingdom? There's no need to do this!"

Wang Lang shook his head and said, "It's different. The purpose of this new school is not to study and become an official, but to study these seemingly useless things."

"Your Majesty, this is not the imperial court's finances..." Mu Feng worried.

Wang Lang said: "Don't worry about this. The finances for the past two years can fully support this matter. You have been in the Ministry of Industry for so many years, and you should understand the importance of technology. Presumably, the physics and chemistry books I wrote, you will also You should have seen it!"

Mu Feng nodded and said: "I have seen it, but some of it is very obscure and difficult to understand, I am dull."

"Tell me what you don't understand." Wang Lang asked.

"Your Majesty said in the book of chemistry that things are made up of invisible things. You call this kind of thing atoms, and the combination of atoms is called molecules to make up everything in the world. But since they are invisible things, how can we prove that What?" Mu Feng asked.

Wang Lang picked up a piece of paper from the table, tore it in half and said, "Look at this piece of paper, if you tear it apart, it will become two pieces of paper. Assuming we can tear it down infinitely, to the point where nothing can be torn apart, Is this paper still paper?"

Mu Feng frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Although it will be too small to be seen in the end, it should still be paper!"

Wang Lang smiled and said: "You see, this problem has come. If we don't study it, we will never know what the answer is. I made a hypothesis. Of course, this hypothesis may be wrong. This requires countless generations of us to solve the problem." Man seeks the answer, and if we know how things look at their smallest, why don't we use this to our benefit."

After a pause, he continued: "Telescopes can show things that are far away in front of our eyes, so we can also turn around and see if there is something that can make small things infinitely large."

"Is there really such a thing?" Mu Feng asked with some doubts.

"I have a general idea. Now that we have glass, we can try it. If we succeed, we will unravel the mystery of this world. With this tool, we will make great progress in chemistry and medicine." Wang Lang Said excitedly.

Mu Feng raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said: "Your Majesty, can you let me join in? If it really succeeds, I also want to see the original appearance of this world."

(End of this chapter)