I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it seems that these ideas of mine are indeed a bit too advanced.
This feeling is like, even if you understand all the principles and methods of making an atomic bomb, it is absolutely impossible to build such a devastating weapon in this period.
This is determined not only by the cognition of the general public in this era, but also by the construction foundation at home and abroad in this era.
It is definitely not something that an ordinary person like Wu Zhi can change.
But Wu Zhi is also a person who is very good at comforting himself.
Even in later generations, that 'great country' that regarded itself as a beacon of civilization had many fatal shortcomings.
What's more, what about his Shuibo Liangshan with its simple folk customs?
As for the cannon built by Ling Zhen, although the power of the cannonball when it exploded was average.
But what if we build them in batches and let them shoot side by side when facing the enemy?
Wu Zhi didn't believe that under the salvo of thousands of artillery fire, any army at this time could block its wave of attacks.
Of course, before this, Wu Zhi's most pressing problem was the shortage of silver.
After all, no matter what you build, you need money.
What's more, this kind of pure iron cannon is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and extremely raw material intensive.
Last time, before Wu Zhi left Shuibo Liangshan, he left hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes to Zhu Wu.
As of now, there is not much left of him.
The remaining silver coins can only sustain daily expenses on Shuibo Liangshan Mountain.
If you want to build anything else, you absolutely can't.
At this time, Wu Zhi really wanted to scold Zhu Wu for being the biggest prodigal above Liangshan.
But he also knew that forming a military force of his own and equipping it with weapons that surpassed the entire era was a very expensive matter.
It was extremely difficult for Zhu Wu to create so many weapons and equipment for him in such a short period of time.
Thinking of this, Wu Zhi had no choice but to swallow the words in his heart.
Now, he has 10,000 sets of heavy chain armor, 1,000 sets of light chain armor, and nearly 10,000 Zhuge Liannu.
If he uses all these weapons and equipment to attack Qingfeng Village on a large scale, even if he pushes it flatly, there will be no problem at all.
If arranged properly, all the leaders in the village can be captured alive.
However, these are not in line with Wu Zhi's long-term interests.
After long discussions with the leaders in the village, he decided to hide his own strength and continue to make money.
When they increased the number of weapons in the stronghold tenfold.
These people also have a certain amount of life-saving capital.
At that time, they will be able to do even more things when they are in Liangshan.
When Wu Zhi separated from technical backbones such as Shen Kuo and Li Jie, he completely delegated the bicycle research project to them.
Let them both use their imaginations to build this thing as best they can.
As for Ling Zhen, Wu Zhi gave him all the artillery business.
He also told him that there was already a shortage of silver in the village.
Wu Zhi will try his best to solve these problems in the days to come.
Ling Zhen's mission was to find ways to increase the power of artillery during the days when silver was in short supply.
In the future, when there is sufficient silver, he will be responsible for the mass production of such cannons.
By that time, the number of such cannons will inevitably increase to 10,000.
At the beginning, Ling Zhen, Shen Kuo, Li Jie and other technical backbones thought that the ultimate purpose of Wu Zhi building so many weapons and equipment was simply to fear that the imperial court would encircle and suppress them in the future.
And once this happens, it will affect the life and death of each of them.
Therefore, these technical backbones also tried their best to make these weapons and equipment.
Because they made these weapons and equipment more powerful and stronger, the safety of their lives would be further guaranteed.
But just now, when Wu Zhi said that he would build ten thousand of that kind of cannon, when these technical backbones looked at Wu Zhi, their eyes changed completely.
Because they, these technical talents, would hang out around the house during their breaks.
At the same time, they will also share each other’s research results.
First, it satisfies everyone’s curiosity.
Secondly, I want to show off what I have researched to everyone, which is equivalent to showing off my abilities in disguise.
When it was Ling Zhen's turn to show off his research and development results, he showed off the red cannon that he was most proud of.
This silly, big, black, and thick cannon in red attracted the attention of all R&D personnel as soon as it appeared.
Because of the name of the red cannon, they have only heard about it among the people.
Even Li Jie, Shen Kuo and others who had served in the imperial court had only heard of the name of this thing, but had never seen the real thing.
As for its power, there is no way of knowing.
When they saw the red-clothed cannon with their own eyes, they couldn't help but be frightened by the majestic and domineering appearance of this thing.
Even though they wanted to, they all stepped forward to try out how this thing works.
However, they were rejected one by one by Ling Zhen.
Because of the terrifying power of this thing, Ling Zhen knew very well.
If any damage occurs to these technical talents during the subsequent test of the cannon, it will be strange that Wu Zhi, the master of the cottage, can spare him lightly.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, Ling Zhen pushed aside the treasures in these cottages and let him test the guns himself.
Load, calibrate, ignite, all in one go.
Such a skillful move immediately attracted applause from other researchers.
However, with a deafening sound of cannons, they scattered in all directions.
The expressions on the faces of the scientific researchers also froze in an instant.
The legs of these people also started to tremble involuntarily.
And such a shocking scene was just the beginning.
After a few breaths, smoke and dust began to billow from the hilltop several miles away from the cannon.
Even the rubble beside the mountain was blown up.
The killing radius is more than five meters.
Although the coverage area is not large, this is the result that Ling Zhen came up with after dozens of trainings.
This test of artillery immediately conquered all the scientific researchers.
One is because they felt the majestic power of this weapon at close range.
As a result, I became a little more indifferent to potential enemies that may exist in the future.
At the same time, the emergence of this weapon has also added another variable to their future.