Chapter 492: Spell Immunity to Steel
In an instant, the whole room was shocked.
Li Xian's chopsticks fell to the ground, and he finally remained calm, "Speak clearly!"
Zhou Hongwang made it clear in a few words, and finally added: "The traffic has resumed, and the people have disappeared. Now the police are investigating the situation."
This was the first time Li Xian encountered such a situation, he was at a loss for a while, so he could only ask Xu Ren, Li Yuanming and others for help.
Prince Zhao Ming stood up at this time, "Brother Li, why don't we visit the shipyard in another day?"
Li Xian thought for a while, but shook his head, "I will try my best to do what I promised. Besides, what I can do about the kidnapping of the teacher is actually to hand it over to the right person to track it down, without delaying the afternoon's arrangement. "
With that said, Li Xian turned to Zhou Hongwang, "This matter must be thoroughly investigated. The first kidnapping incident in the Shang Kingdom was to kidnap my teacher. It's very good.
In addition, Chen Jinbing ordered the military to assist in the investigation.
Also, inform Ling Zhifeng to see if you can find clues through divination and other methods.
In addition, immediately release a reward, release mercenary missions, and at the same time call on the whole people to fully investigate! "
"Yes." Chen Jinbing immediately went to work.
A moment later, the entire Shang Kingdom was alarmed. Someone actually hijacked King Xian's teacher in broad daylight. Although Sun Ming was just Li Xian's jade craftsman, no matter what, when Li Xian saw Sun Ming, he would always call 'teacher'. With this level of relationship, Sun Ming's kidnapping incident was greatly involved!
Kidnapping Li Xian's teacher is a provocation to the entire Shang Kingdom!
Not to mention Li Xian was angry, even the people of Shang Kingdom were extremely angry.
People are easy to be paralyzed and fooled, but it doesn't mean that people are insensitive. The reason why they are easy to be paralyzed and fooled is that they are "too kind" and easily misled and used by people with good intentions.
But it is precisely because of his kindness that the people are also very grateful. Here in the Kingdom of Shang, when the common people heard about this, they immediately acted spontaneously. They didn't see any rewards, nor did they receive any mercenary missions, but they did their best to contribute their strength.
Inquire about news, check past people, see if there are any strangers around your home, and so on. Don't underestimate the limited strength of every ordinary person, but when the people of the whole country do this, a huge net will be formed, and the crime will have nowhere to escape.
In the sky, the plane dropped leaflets to convey the matter to remote areas and to the newly conquered Qidi.
At the same time, the Kingdom of Shang also issued an order for nationwide martial law.
National martial law does not mean that everything is stopped, but inspections are strengthened, especially in transportation, accommodation, and border crossings in various counties. At the same time, there are also aircraft and other explorations in the sky.
However, most of the time, in the face of cultivators with various means, such martial law has really limited effect. The sky is big, the land is vast, and the people are few, and the cultivators can leave the Shang Kingdom carefully without eating or drinking.
In fact, everyone in Yang Guo also...planned this way. More than 50 people are all real elites. They plan to climb mountains and ridges along the way, do not take unusual paths, get up early and stay late, and even plan to jump into the river to advance stealthily.
Now, according to this plan, everyone in Yang State is planning to sneak out of the Shang Kingdom and gather at Mang Mountain in the west of Jin State.
The crowd was divided into three groups, which could effectively interfere with Shang Kingdom's sight and cover each other.
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When everyone in the Yang Kingdom was busy absconding and the entire Kingdom of Shang was under martial law, Li Xian brought Prince Zhao to the shipyard of the Brilliant Star Group.
It wasn't that Li Xian was indifferent and didn't pay attention to Sun Ming's situation, but that Li Xian knew very well that even if he went back to sit in the City Lord's Mansion, it would be of no avail.
The most correct way is to leave the matter to the subordinates and let the subordinates continue to be busy. Li Xian only needs to pay attention to the progress occasionally. The Kingdom of Shang is now on the right track, with countless talented people.
Standing at the gate of the shipyard, Zhao Ming's eyes began to roll... No way, it was too shocking. Looking at it from a distance, how can it compare to the shock of watching it up close.
There is no end to the railways, and the trains shuttle endlessly. Every train will bring a heavy roar, which makes people feel the majestic power, and even the earth trembles slightly under the roar.
The walls of the shipyard are higher than the walls of Zhao's capital city. In order to prevent people, monsters, etc. from sneaking in, the shipyard is closed, and the only way to get in and out is through the gate. The gate turned out to be made of heavy steel, up to half a meter thick, and supported by steel pipes inside.
When Li Xian arrived, the one-foot-tall steel gate slowly slid to both sides. The friction and humming of the steel let Zhao Ming know that the steel gate was actually solid.
‘Melting these two gates can create weapons and armor for thousands of people! ’ Zhao Ming had such an idea subconsciously. Zhao Guo is a big country, but it is precisely because Zhao Guo is a big country with a large army and consumes a lot of resources, especially the consumption of steel is the most intense.
Bows, crossbows, swords, city defense armor, almost everything needs steel. Only a few elite troops such as the Imperial Forest Army can use magic weapons; and only a few generals can use magic weapons.
The door opened, and Zhao Ming was dumbfounded again. Looking over, the shipyard was basically a world of steel. The ground was hollowed out, and layers of steel frames formed a three-dimensional steel world.
A shuttle bus stopped in front of Li Xian, and Li Xian asked Zhao Ming to take a seat. There is a special explainer next to Zhao Ming to explain the general situation, a very sweet-looking girl.
"Hello, Your Highness, my name is Cheng Feifei, you can call me Xiao Cheng.
The first thing we want to visit is the latest and third-generation warship assembly base. Today, a warship with a displacement of 35,000 tons is being assembled. "
Zhao Ming obviously did his homework: "Your 30,000-ton warship, I remember the maximum displacement is 32,000 tons, right?"
Cheng Feifei explained slightly: "Your Highness remembers correctly, but warships are not merchant ships, and each warship is made individually. In order to promote technological progress, we are always improving the technology of warships, whether it is the technology of the warship itself or shipbuilding. Technology.
New warships must be better than old warships. This is a hard standard. "
Zhao Ming wrote down silently, "So that's the case. No wonder the Shang Shipyard has developed so fast."
Passing through the steel jungle, we came to the final assembly base of the shipyard. At a glance, a tall gantry lifting equipment towered like a jungle, and there were protective formations in the sky. The formation can prevent wind and rain, and can also prevent prying eyes. In fact, the entire shipyard is protected by formations.
The shuttle car moved forward slowly, and there were huge dry docks along the way. Steel materials up to 100 meters were shuttled in the sky, and workers were flying up and down. There are many people who work here. Occasionally, you can still see those in the Nascent Soul stage.
Zhao Ming was dumbfounded, his eyes were no longer enough. Finally, the shuttle bus stopped next to a dry dock that looked like a dry lake. At this time, the dry dock was busy, and a large ship lay quietly on the sleepers like a steel world.
Cheng Feifei explained: "This is the new warship that is being built.
First of all, the dry dock is 560 meters long, 80 meters wide and 22 meters deep. After connecting with the sea, it can accommodate about 940,000 cubic meters of seawater.
Above the dock are three cranes, which can lift up to 8,000 tons.
There are 15 jibs next to it, and each jib can lift 1600 tons.
Besides, the current warship, the warship under construction, has a length of 260 meters, which is two meters longer than the "General" in service. Width and draft have also been slightly changed.
After completion, the warship is expected to be 14 meters high and have a deck area of seven and a half acres.
In addition, the new warship adopts an updated driving method and an updated auxiliary array, and it is expected that the sailing speed will increase to a certain extent.
The main artillery still adopts 460mm caliber; but the length of the barrel is increased appropriately, and the shooting distance... well, anyway, it is more than 30 kilometers, and more cannot be determined for the time being, because it has not been tested yet.
In addition, for this warship, we have adopted the latest steel technology. This is a sample, Your Highness can take a look. "
Cheng Feifei took out a small transparent glass box from her small bag and handed it to Zhao Ming with both hands.
Zhao Ming took it, opened the box, and saw ordinary steel. He didn't know what the difference was.
Cheng Feifei smiled slightly: "Your Highness, try using real yuan. Ordinary steel can be shaped with real yuan; but this piece of steel is difficult to shape with real yuan."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ming acted immediately. The true essence gushes out, and wants to dip into the steel, but finds that this piece of steel seems to refuse the immersion of the true essence!
Zhao Ming tried several times and changed several methods and angles, all of which were the same. His complexion gradually became serious.
True Essence can shape steel, and even many materials, such as stones; although the shaped material is very fragile, it can still be shaped. This can provide many conveniences, including destruction.
Under the action of the true essence, many materials are like flour, and the true essence is like water, completing the shaping.
But now, the steel is like wax, and the true essence cannot be immersed in it, so naturally it cannot be shaped. Not only that, but this steel can actually isolate spiritual detection.
Zhao Ming is a prince, not an ordinary person who doesn't know anything, and immediately thought of the role of such steel. Being 'insulated' from true essence means that steel has "magic resistance"... Well, it should be called "spell immunity".
In other words, the effects of freezing, heat, and mutual generation and restraint of the five elements brought by spells will be greatly reduced, or even almost useless!
The most important thing is that this kind of 'spell immunity' does not need to consume spiritual energy, true energy, spiritual knowledge, and does not require formation maintenance! If such steel is used to make soldiers' weapons and armor...
Thinking of this, Zhao Ming tried his best to keep himself calm and asked, "How is this steel made?"
Cheng Feifei smiled, "Your Highness, the answer to this question is worth 3 billion taels of gold, which is the price set by Fang Shijing, Minister of Commerce of Shang Kingdom and President of Brilliant Star Group.
If His Highness really wants to know, I'm afraid it will be done through additional negotiation means. "
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ming's first reaction was: Shang Guowang is crazy about money!
But then, Zhao Ming thought about it seriously! Of course, 3 billion taels of gold is a lot, and it is not enough to take out all the current and liquid wealth of Zhao Guo. But if the 3 billion taels of gold can be exchanged for a strong army and expansion of territory, then... it is not impossible to consider!
Yes, Zhao Ming has already thought of it. If spending three billion taels of gold can make Zhao's army and all military equipment "collectively immune to spells", then three billion taels of gold should be regarded as an exciting price.
Zhao Guo is a real big country after all, if you really want to grit your teeth, you can really get 3 billion taels of gold!
Suddenly, a thought rose from the bottom of Zhao Ming's heart: 'If it wasn't too far away from the Shang Kingdom, I really want to rob the Shang Kingdom! Grab it, enough for a hundred years! '
Just as he was thinking, a dull voice sounded, and he saw a turret with the height of a three-story building hoisted over by a truck, which happened to be a 460mm artillery turret. Seeing the 460mm cannon up close, and seeing the several-story, larger and more complicated mechanical structure than ordinary buildings, Zhao Ming actually felt a kind of shudder.
It is the trembling of the artillery, the trembling of the war machine like the steel giant ship, and the trembling of the shipyard and the merchant kingdom.
Under this huge fort, people seem so small.
The workers next to them communicated through gestures, voices, and some items that seemed to be 'communication jade slips'. People are going up and down, machines are constantly coming and going, and forts, steel, etc. are constantly being sent into the dock.
Suddenly, there was another dull sound; looking back, this time it was two carriages hanging a huge 'elliptical column' object coming over.
Cheng Feifei immediately explained: "This is a marine engine, this is one of the sets. This engine is propelled by a 48-cylinder crankshaft, and the maximum output power is as high as 90,000 horsepower. That is to say, this one is 40 meters long and 13 meters wide. A machine with a height of 14 meters and a height of 14 meters can generate the power of about 90,000 excellent war horses.
According to this design, the warship will be equipped with four sets of engines. Four engines work at the same time, excluding transmission loss, etc., and theoretically can reach a thrust of 350,000 horsepower.
Coupled with the assistance of the water-dispelling formation, the new warship is expected to reach a speed of 250 kilometers per hour. "
Zhao Ming nodded slightly, but his heart was a little horrified. At 250 kilometers per hour, Zhao Ming didn't feel anything, only that it was still too slow. But 350,000 horsepower made Zhao Ming aware of it.
At present, this huge engine can actually produce a force equivalent to 90,000 horsepower. An excellent war horse has almost ten times the physical strength of an ordinary person. In other words, right now this machine is almost equivalent to a million manpower!
Millions of people are a sea of people with no end in sight. To manage millions of people and take care of the lives of millions of people will be an unimaginably complicated job, and it will also consume unimaginable wealth.
But in comparison, this "little" machine now has such abilities!
For the first time, Zhao Ming had a detailed concept of industry in his heart - one engine can generate the power of about a million people, what if there were a hundred such engines? What if it was bigger? more...
Moreover, the machine does not require food, does not require complicated management, will not get sick, will not rebel, will not steal and play tricks...
Zhao Ming's breathing was a little short for the first time.
In fact, Zhao Ming also understands that machinery and industry cannot be evaluated in this way, but this kind of comparison is the most obvious, vivid, direct and simple.
Also, most shocking!
(Ask for tickets, ask for tickets, please say important things three times. The climax has already begun, and the world war in another world is coming. Get ready.)