In terms of agriculture, Su Fan was relieved to leave it to Zao Zhi. Eight million acres can produce so much output. Zao Zhi’s ability is absolutely extraordinary. In recent years, the yield per mu of agricultural grains has been getting higher and higher.
It was also what he led the Taoist masters to continuously study.
After Su Fan captured the Taoist masters of Taiping Dao, he did not kill them. These people's abilities were very useful.
Especially most of the Taoist masters of Taiping Dao, they are from the lower class and are relatively obedient. They do not disobey anything they are asked to do.
These people have made great contributions to the East China Sea Territory in recent years. These Taoist masters are either in the Agricultural Research Institute, or in the Equipment Department of the Ministry of Industry, and some of them are in the Mo Gong Rune Academy established in Su Fan.
Teach students in middle school.
"In terms of fishery, how many ships does Gao Bao have in the fishing industry now?"
"Back to my lord, there are twelve large ships, thirty-six medium ships, and one hundred and fifty-six small ships."
"That much?"
When Su Fan heard this, he was immediately very satisfied. Su Fan knew that their large ships here refer to more than two thousand tons, while medium ships refer to between eight hundred and one thousand two hundred tons, and small ships refer to three to five hundred tons.
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Such a scale is definitely very large on an inland river.
The Shipping Department did not continue to build larger ships because they were temporarily unavailable and the sea was too dangerous to go offshore. Therefore, the cost of building larger ships was too high and was not cost-effective.
A two-thousand-ton fishing boat can be considered quite large if it is modified and placed on the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. Of course, the largest large-scale ships among the gods are over five thousand-ton.
But this kind of capital ship is also very rare.
And the big disadvantage is that it is extremely slow.
Su Fan's sea-going ship was different. It was also very fast. Of course, it was transformed into a warship. The catapult and crossbow equipped by Su Fan were quite sharp.
Especially the chariot crossbow, which is specially designed to hunt sharks and whales. Its power is very terrifying. Even if a Lian Gang-level military general is shot from the front by this chariot crossbow, it will be difficult for him to withstand Lian Gang's third level of Qi.
"good!"
Su Fan praised him, and Gao Bao also beamed with joy when he heard this. Gao Bao is also a general of the Gao family, Hu, Bao, Niu and Ma. These four generals are now Lian Gang generals.
Only Gao Ma is still in charge of the Gao family in Guangling.
"Mr. Lu, what happened to the previous rune cannon?"
Before Su Fan left for Hanoi, the rune muskets had already begun to be installed. Although the mass production was not large, they were already equipped.
But the rune cannon is still under research.
Half a year has passed, and Su Fan certainly hopes that the other party can give him a surprise.
In this era, although Su Fan also invented gunpowder, I don't know if it was a matter of rules or regulations, but gunpowder was not very powerful.
Fortunately, with Rune's technology, Su Fan discovered that one day the artillery could be reproduced, and the power of the Rune musket was not weak.
With continued research, perhaps the power will reach that of future generations of firearms, or even exceed those of later generations.
After all, runes are considered a type of magic.
"I was about to tell my lord that the rune cannon has achieved some results. Last month they built a rune cannon. I don't know if the rune can meet your requirements, my lord."
Mr. Lu said modestly.
"It's been built, very good"
"In that case, let's go and have a look together. Just as Wen Ruo and Gongda, you should also follow us to see the biggest trump card of our East China Sea leading army."
Su Fan said with a smile.
Uncle Xun Yu and nephew did not refuse. They were also very curious. Seeing what their lord meant, this thing was extraordinary. If it could be called a trump card, it must be extraordinary.
Soon, Su Fan led a group of people to the specially set up experimental site, and at this moment, the ink workers also pushed one or two iron carts over.
Su Fan saw the dark round tube, which was almost one meter long, with a mouth two or three inches wide, and golden runes seemed to be carved on the tail.
"Lord, it's time to begin."
"Then start"
Su Fan nodded, and then he saw several scribes holding up magic arts. Instantly, the golden light of the round tube flashed, followed by a roar, and a golden light blasted out from the muzzle.
Three hundred meters away, there was a row of wooden figures, some of which were instantly blown to pieces.
"The range is just over a hundred feet?"
Su Fan's visual inspection was the same, and he immediately knew the distance.
"Yes, my lord"
Mr. Lu couldn't tell whether Su Fan was satisfied or dissatisfied, so he nodded cautiously.
"The power is pretty good, but the range is too short. At such a small distance, our catapult is farther than it. Although the catapult may not be as powerful as it, it is cheap to build."
"Furthermore, this rune cannon requires a Taoist master who practices runes to activate it. If that's all, it would be a bit useless."
Su Fan was not disappointed.
He knew that this rune cannon was not easy to study.
"And I observe that the rune cannon is probably just a solid iron bullet inside for now. The rune cannon I want will explode. It is best to be like that kind of magic."
"This kind of rune cannon is no different from a catapult. It just uses the power of runes to push out the iron bullets."
Su Fan explained the principle of this rune cannon straight to the point.
"this"
Mr. Lu also knew this situation.
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I'm not angry. If the range of this rune cannon is increased to 500 feet, it will be quite powerful."
The distance is too short now, but Su Fan knows that now that the ink workers have studied it, they can definitely optimize it.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely let everyone research the kind that my lord needs."
"Haha! Then I'll bother you, Mr. Lu. Of course, you can also send some people to study this kind of cannon."
"Lord, if this kind of rune cannon can really reach a range of five hundred feet, it will definitely be good for water battles."
Xun You on the side looked at the rune cannon with a strange expression on his face. They were indeed a little surprised by the power of the cannon.
That power is obviously much more powerful than a catapult. In order for a catapult to achieve such power, the rocks must weigh at least hundreds of kilograms.
But the distance that such stones can be struck is even closer.
"And whether it is defending or attacking the city, it has a great effect."
"It is indeed possible, but it is too early to say now. Only when those ink workers optimize and increase the range of this cannon can it be installed."
Su Fan said with a smile.
Of course, after a brief look at Xun You, we can put him on the military level. Now the former's military ability is really not bad.
Among Cao Cao's five great counselors, Xun You may be the least famous and the most low-key, but his ability is definitely not bad, and his strategy is definitely not inferior to Guo Jia and Jia Xu.
And his internal affairs ability is not bad either. He can be said to be a replica of Zhuge Qiancai, but one of his abilities may reach the full value of 100, and the other may have 96 or 7.