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Suzaku quickly stared at Kazilan's big eyes and said, "Then, Your Majesty, how many bolt-action rifles do we want to produce?"

Ying Zigao thought for a while, and said, "Let's produce a thousand first, and try the effect."

"Okay! Weichen will do it now!"

After finishing speaking, Suzaku hurried out.

Ying Zigao was alone, wandering back and forth in Suzaku's workshop.

Now it seems that the production of fine steel in the Great Qin Empire is already very sufficient.

In addition to the laying of the railway, there are other things that need to be stepped up as soon as possible.

First of all, it is the iron-clad ship that Ying Zigao has always dreamed of.

Ying Zi simply stayed in Suzaku's workshop, picked up the paper and pen beside him, and began to conceive the design of the ironclad ship.

After all, Ying Zigao wanted to attack Penglai Wonderland in the near future.

First of all, it doesn't matter whether those guys are magic sticks pretending to be gods or ghosts, or real gods.

Even if Donghuang Taiyi is just a magic stick, at least, he is also a magic stick with a bit of brain and a bit of IQ.

If he rashly sends troops, if he can't beat the guys on Penglai Island, he will be slapped in the face.

Therefore, he had to research a sufficiently powerful weapon before attacking Penglai Island.

To attack an island, the most important thing is definitely a warship.

Now, the warships of the Daqin Navy are basically wooden sail battleships.

According to Ying Zigao's idea, there is not much difference between an ironclad ship and a sailing warship. The only difference is that the shell of the ironclad ship is made of metal.

The sail battleship wrapped in metal armor must have extraordinary combat efficiency.

But the problem is that it is difficult to make the ironclad ship produce a greater speed by relying on sails alone.

If the speed is too slow, the disadvantage of the ironclad ship will be more obvious.

Not only that, but if the ironclad ship loses its speed, its combat capability on the sea will be very tasteless.

Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Ying Zigao decided to put the steam engine on the ironclad ship.

If there is a steam engine as the power drive, then there is no need to worry about the speed of the ironclad ship.

The steam engine drives the gears, and finally the propeller on the ironclad ship.

The propellers are turbine-style.

The reason is also very simple. Ying Zigao doesn't know what other propellers can exert the greatest efficiency besides turboprops.

After designing the blueprint of the turboprop, Ying Zigao came to an ironworks in the Suzaku Workshop by himself.

This small ironworks is not large in scale, and it is only used for Suzaku's research.

Ying Zigao made the mold, and in this small workshop, a huge propeller was produced.

Then, they recruited several small officials from the Ministry of Industry, and together with Ying Zigao, they designed a boiler and gears that could drive the propeller.

Soon, Ying Zigao made all the preparations.

Then, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to make a battleship with an iron exterior.

When the Ministry of Industry received this order, they were very surprised!
No one believed that an ironclad ship could sail on the sea.

After all, metal is too heavy. If all these things are installed on wooden sailing warships, let alone sailing on the sea, whether they can float is a problem.

However, under Ying Zigao's order, the people in the Ministry of Industry still did their best to start building ironclad ships.

Since the fine steel technology of this era is not as good as modern times, the metals produced are very heavy. Therefore, if the main body of the battleship is replaced with metal, then it will be a lump of iron on the sea, and it will not float at all.

Therefore, under Ying Zigao's suggestion, the people from the Ministry of Industry began to use traditional wooden boats, and then covered the exterior with iron sheets.

The people from the Ministry of Industry simply borrowed a ready-made wooden sail battleship from the navy.

Then remove the planks on both sides of the sail battleship and replace them with iron sheets.

Finally, a little modification of the interior cabin.

Put the huge steam boiler in the cabin.

In less than a month, the people from the Ministry of Industry transformed a simple iron-clad ship.

Ying Zigao stood in front of the pier, looking at this simple iron-clad ship, very pleased.

Although this ironclad ship is very crude, at least it is a perfect start.

With a start, in the future, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of the Navy will also find ways to improve it bit by bit.

This first ironclad ship, Ying Zigao named it "Chuhao". That's right, there is only one word "Chu" in the name.

The meaning is also very simple.

Literally.

After all, this crude ironclad ship is just an experimental ironclad ship, and the ironclad ships that will be manufactured in the future will definitely undergo various improvements.

When entering the water for the first time, the officials of the Ministry of Industry present were very panicked!

I'm afraid that such an iron lump will not be able to float in the sea.

But as time went by, a huge steel behemoth entered the sea from the dock, but it didn't sink!The officials of the Ministry of Industry present sent joyful congratulations!
Ying Zigao stood in front of the ship very calmly, and said to the navy officers and soldiers beside him: "Now, try the maximum speed."

After hearing Ying Zigao's order, the navy soldier immediately started waving the flag.

Seeing this, the sailors on the sea immediately began to fill the boiler with coal!
In addition, the sails are also lowered!

Steam engine and sail, two prongs!
Soon, with billowing black smoke coming out of the chimney on the No. [-] ship, this huge iron lump finally started sailing on the sea!
And it's not slow!
The maximum speed can even reach thirteen knots!Compared with the conventional wooden sail battleship, it has three more knots!

The people present immediately began to cheer!
Minister of War was even more excited!

After all, if the ironclad ship experiment is successful, the Ministry of Households will allocate funds to the Ministry of War to purchase the ironclad ship.

The Ministry of Industry is also very happy. At that time, the Ministry of Households will allocate funds to allow the Ministry of Industry to continue research, improve the iron-clad ship, and fill in the defects of the iron-clad ship.

Everyone present is very excited!
The officials of the Navy were very excited when they thought that they were going to sit on this iron-clad ship!

He even began to imagine in his mind how majestic the scene must have been!

After testing the iron-clad ship, Ying Zigao returned to Xianyang.

After returning to Xianyang, Suzaku also sent good news at this time.

Suzaku came to Ying Zigao, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty! I have produced a thousand machine guns according to your instructions! And 30 rounds of ammunition!"

Ying Zigao nodded in satisfaction.

Then, a thousand elite soldiers were carefully selected from the elite of the Great Qin Dynasty, and these thousand new weapons were armed on them.

After a short week of training, the thousand soldiers armed with the latest rifles were all very excited!