Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

The horse quickly obeyed the order and started to move. The people in the carriage staggered and hurriedly helped the iron rod, and then the tricycle started to run at high speed.

"Your Majesty, slow down, slow down... it's time to turn around."

The three-wheeled carriage galloped away, along the way there were the shouts of Li Chunfeng, the sound of wheels rolling on the cement, and the sound of banging and banging behind the carriage.

The corners of Li Tai's eyes twitched...

The structure of this car is actually not difficult.

In ancient carriages, there were both brakes and two-horse carriages, and there were more steering wheels, hand brakes and iron sheets.

The most difficult thing is actually the processing of the iron sheet.

In order to process iron sheets of uniform thickness, it requires large-scale machinery. If this problem is solved, it will be possible to build iron ships.

Even if there are other problems, it is impossible to build ships, and this iron sheet technology alone can make chariots and armors, and it is also absolutely invincible in this era.

Chapter 142 Mass Production of Mortars

After a while, Li Tai led a group of people to the blast furnace base.

There is not much change here, but the houses have become more and orderly, divided into various areas, such as the forging area, arsenal, brick kiln area and so on.

There were not many people to greet them, only two or three disciples were waiting, and they rushed over to salute as soon as they met.

"The disciple has met the master!"

Li Tai glanced at Li Chunfeng and Li Shimin, but instead asked, "Get up, where are Father Emperor and Li Chunfeng? Why don't you see them?"

.Yang Siqi stepped forward and took the rope from the horse.

"Back to Master, Your Majesty and the others are in high spirits, and they are galloping on the concrete road for transportation."

Still racing?

Li Tai was quite speechless: "This father, why is he still acting like a child?"

"Then do you want to tell His Majesty and Senior Brother Li Chunfeng?"

"Father is rarely in high spirits, and his childlike innocence is still intact, so let him go!"

Li Tai waved his hand, let this Li Er play.

"Disciple understands."

"By the way, the Academy of Sciences has been incorporated into the National Council, and the money, rations and manpower are provided by the Eastern Palace and the National Treasury."

"Your Majesty has informed me about this." Yang Siqi said hastily upon hearing this.

"Well, this is just the first batch of people, only 2000 people and supplies have come, and the money and food will be put into the warehouse first, and the elderly, weak, women and children will be arranged.

As for the rest of the people and materials, they will be arranged one after another, and shelters must be built as soon as possible. "

"The disciple understands,"

"Okay, let's arrange it!"

At present, I can only squeeze first.When the subsequent cement output is raised, so many people start building together, the speed is actually very fast.

"Yes!"

Yang Siqi got the order to turn around, recruited and called a few craftsmen, led them and shouted to the team behind him: "Put the first two materials into the warehouse first, and the rest follow me to the living area..."

Seeing that Yang Siqi was very busy.

Li Tai nodded, then turned to Master Yuan and asked, "Who thought of this tin cart?"

Master Yuan Ke respectfully saluted and said.

"Returning to Master, this iron cart was originally used by Yang Siqi as a model of an iron ship, but later he found that it was leaking, and it was a pity to melt it again, so he thought about making a chariot."

Indeed, ten problems with airtightness.

"After the chariot is completed, it is mighty and extraordinary, but it is too heavy. It can still run on the ground if it does not rain, but if it rains, it will be deep in the mud.

Now it can only be used to drive on cement roads, so I thought of making it a vehicle for transporting minerals, but even so, it will cause great damage to the cement road surface, but the load is very high. "

"Yeah." Li Tai nodded, weight, tires, cement roads, production level and many other factors limit the development of the car.

"How's that going on with the cannon?"

"Master, please come with your disciples." Master Yuan Ke led Li Tai to the forging area as he said.

A few people just approached.

I only heard the tall circular weight being pulled high by a rope, and then loosened suddenly, there was a huge 'bang' sound, and countless iron filings could be seen splashing with the naked eye.

Everyone felt a buzzing in their ears and couldn't help blinking, and the red steel under the heavy hammer was smashed and deformed.

Immediately after the loud 'woo' sound, a huge steam engine spewed out thick white mist.

This is the scene of several advanced forging machines forging steel.

Every time the heavy hammer falls from a high place with huge gravitational potential energy, the red steel is like dough being kneaded wantonly, and the unwilling flames burst out, which is really frightening to watch.

Li Tai saw that his ears were buzzing, and he waved his hand to signal Yuan Keshi to go out.

The two hurriedly retreated away from this place. After a while, the buzzing in their ears became much better: "How many steam engines are there?"

"Returning to Master, the blast furnace has never stopped since the appearance of the iron car, so there are more than [-] pure steel steam engines. They are used as forging machines, cement mills..."

While talking, Yuan Keshi led Li Tai to look everywhere, walking all the way to the modern factory that Li Tai seemed to see.

Explosives were mined, coal was transported by tin trucks, and the raw materials of steel were guaranteed, and the blast furnace never stopped.

It is conceivable how high this output can be, so it is not surprising that it can support the manufacture of so many machines.

"The output of coal severely limits the smelting of steel. My disciples and others are asking whether they can build a coal digging machine."

The corners of Li Tai's mouth twitched endlessly: "Huh? Coal digger... as a teacher, we'll wait and see."

Now it has developed to the point of building coal diggers... This development is too fast.

Just cannon progress?Thinking of this, Li Tai turned to ask: "What about the development of the cannon?"

Zhang Yajiu stood up at this time, and said to Li Tai with a happy face, "Master, please come with the disciples."

He led several people to a relatively remote arsenal, which was heavily guarded and lights were strictly prohibited.

As soon as he approached, he saw Li Shimin on the iron sheet, looking a little embarrassed, and said excitedly.

"This should be the emperor's seat, with a stable atmosphere, full of luxury, driven by two horses, as fast as lightning... It's a pity that it's too heavy..."

"My son has seen his father."

"Grassmen see Your Majesty."

As soon as Li Tai entered the door, he saw Li Shimin's figure was a bit embarrassed. At this moment, he was touching the smoothbore gun with wheels with his eyes shining.

Taking a quick glance, there are thirty mortars neatly arranged in this room, and the cold muzzles look extra ferocious.

Zhang Yajiu stepped forward and introduced.

"The caliber of these guns is the same as last time, but they are made of pure steel and weigh only 150 kilograms, but their power remains the same, and their lifespan is as high as [-] rounds."

Li Shimin's face was full of excitement when he heard this, and he touched the barrel of the cannon excitedly, and kept nodding his head: "150 rounds? [-] catties, can't it be pulled by a horse!"

The lifespan of 150 rounds, coupled with the fact that the power and range are not reduced, the final requirement is that the weight is only [-] catties, and this horse can carry it around.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "This cannon is perfect, how long will it take to produce, and how much will it cost?"

"Thirty cannons can be processed in half a month."

"Two fights a day, so powerful?" Li Shimin took a breath.

"It takes more than a month to process one frame without hammering, but with various machines, it only needs to be hammered into the general shape and put into the industrial machine, and it can be processed day and night."

Li Tai nodded after hearing this, he didn't know how long the manual processing would take, but the mechanical processing was faster and more efficient, and mass production of mortars had already been realized.

"Okay, try to process [-] mortars." Li Shimin was overjoyed after hearing this.

"I will obey your orders." Everyone looked at each other. In fact, it was not the gun barrel that consumed the most, but the ammunition. However, seeing that Li Shimin was in high spirits, it was time to discuss it.

"This time, I must be a cannon, and no one will stop me!!" Li Shimin said, his eyes swept across the crowd, and stopped on Li Tai.

Li Tai: "..."

While everyone was not paying attention, Li Shimin squatted down, held the muzzle of the gun with one hand, and lifted the bottom with the other. With all his strength, he directly lifted the 150-jin mortar to his shoulder.

Chapter 143 Ships

"His Majesty??"

This move shocked the crowd, and they surrounded them in panic.

"Go, get out of the way, this weight is nothing to me!!" Li Shimin supported the muzzle of the mortar with one hand, while facing the crowd.

"Open the way ahead, I want to try this cannon!!"

Everyone looked at each other, a little at a loss, and wanted to step forward to help.

"Mo Fuzhen, it's really not too heavy to bear." Li Shimin's tone was a little dissatisfied, he turned his body and waved the gun barrel along with him.

Seeing that Li Shimin was about to swing the barrel, everyone was too frightened to move.

Seeing that everyone was shocked, Li Shimin shouted: "Let's go!!"

"Yes!"

Everyone had no choice but to speak in front, while the Yulin Army hurriedly watched from behind, for fear that the thing would fall.

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin speechlessly, why does he love to show off so much?

Just like that, a group of people surrounded Li Shimin and came to the shooting range of the experiment.

"Hey~" Li Shimin's shoulders shook, and the mortar dropped from his shoulders to his hands. With only a "click", the mortar stood upright on the ground and smashed a hole in its base.

Li Shimin held the muzzle of the cannon with both hands, shook his shoulders, held his head high, and proudly showed off to everyone: "Although I am old, my strength is still the same as before. I don't care about losing 150 catties at all!! "

"Your Majesty is truly divine!"

"Your Majesty is brave and unparalleled."

"···"

Everyone praised him, but Li Tai's mouth twitched, showing off his abilities.

"Quickly adjust the cannon, I want to try it." Li Shimin said impatiently.

Li Chunfeng opened the bracket, gestured at the position, adjusted the position and angle, and the basic work was similar to last time.

Only this time, the ignition is not at the muzzle, but at a raised place on the base, with a small hole in the center and a lead wire.

Li Chunfeng on the side handed over the torch and said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, it's time to light the fire!"

"This can be ordered?"

"After modification, it can already be ignited below."

"Well, not bad." Li Shimin lit the fuse after listening.

A spark ignited in the fuse, and soon it shot into the barrel.

"Bang" With a muffled sound, the base of the mortar suddenly sank, and countless sand splashed onto everyone's faces.

With an unrivaled momentum, the shells traced a graceful curve in the air, and landed on the target wall impartially. Then smoke and dust rose everywhere, and only the sound of the brick wall collapsing was heard.

"Wow." Li Shimin blushed with excitement, touched the sand on his face, shook the soil on his body, and exclaimed: "This is the weapon I want!!!"

"Father, what did you say?" Li Tai on the side shook his head, and now he was really disgraced, and the tinnitus was so loud that he couldn't hear the sound.

On the other hand, Li Chunfeng skillfully took out the paper and pen, and handed them to Li Shimin.

The corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and he wrote [Take clairvoyance and see how powerful it is. 】

Everyone suddenly realized that Li Chunfeng quickly handed the binoculars to Li Shimin, and Li Tai on the side also received the binoculars.

After adjusting, I saw that the complete brick wall had collapsed, the bricks were broken all over the ground, and the iron ball flew to nowhere.

Li Shimin turned his head to look here, handed the torch in front of Li Tai, and signaled with his eyes [Come on, try it! 】

Li Tai was a little startled, stunned for a moment, and couldn't help feeling inexplicably emotional in his heart.

I have never lit fireworks and firecrackers in my life. I didn't expect that the first time it was fired was a 100mm mortar.