During the Chen period, Chen Xu came out of the palace and took a car to the newspaper office to throw the car into the imperial carving picture to Chen Ping, who had been drawing for half a year, and asked him to find painters and skillful craftsmen who were proficient in carving to carefully draw the picture with stereotypes, and then printed it in the next issue of the Great Qin Metropolis Daily, so that the people of the world know this monument of the country-controlled gods and the statue of the imperial group that gathers the fortune of the Great Qin.

It is not only the emperor and ministers who like it, but in fact the people also like it. Once this group of sculptures is released, the folk debate about the identity of the First Emperor and the statues of the hundreds of schools of thought will soon subside.

"The two things I said in the court just now must speed up the interview, verification and publication of the information on the discovery of silver ore and sulfur ore in Yingzhou must be promoted with great fanfare!" Chen Xu reminded Chen Ping.

"Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, both Langya and Donghai have our press stations, especially Langya, which have always been specifically responsible for. In recent years, news from the East China Sea has been very timely transmitted. If Brother Yu and his friends return to the Central Plains, the news will definitely be sent back to Xianyang within 20 days..."

"That's good. At that time, we will release the news of preparing for the Customs Administration, issuing overseas licenses, and preparing for the establishment of the Haishi Normal University and Daqin Haishi Normal University, so as to make this matter popular in advance!"

"Hehe, we are the best at hype, 20,000 jin of silver and 30,000 jin of sulfur, with a total value of more than 35 million yuan. If this kind of wealth cannot leverage the hearts of those merchants among the people, Ping voluntarily bought a piece of tofu and hit him to death!" Chen Ping rubbed his hands and turned excitedly and turned red.

Fu An also stood beside with his eyes shining and said, "We have been waiting for the era of sailing that the Marquis said. This time, Brother Yu and others will inevitably cause a sensation. I am afraid that from now on, the shipbuilding industry will flourish. Also, the Marquis really want to install Taiyi God Cannon on the Marine Master ship?"

"Yeah!" Chen Xu nodded, "In a few days, I will invite His Majesty to take out the city to see the power of the Taiyi God Cannon. If you are interested, you can go together!"

"Really?" Chen Ping, Fu An and others jumped up in surprise at the same time.

"This matter has not been revealed yet. Just wait until you know it. You can invite some familiar friends in private, but remember not to do it. Otherwise, I will not blame myself for not reminding you if I am driven away by the imperial guards!"

"Natural, natural, such a secret matter will naturally not be told everywhere. The Marquis keeps it carefully on weekdays. I have heard of the Taiyi God Musket, but I have never seen it yet. I don't know what its power is?" Chen Ping said with anticipation.

"Don't expect too much. The magic gun is not more lethal than the crossbow. But it is better to save energy and is accompanied by the divine thunder fire, which has the effect of terror. It can be used by children aged seven or eight. This is the most powerful place. The magic gun is indeed not comparable to the crossbow. It is powerful, but it is very bulky and requires several people to use it. You can see these things after a few days. Arrange what this marquis has just given, and arrange the Shangsi Festival Festival in a few days, and then there is a commodity trade fair, which is enough for you to be busy!" Chen Xu picked up the teacup and said.

"Mr. Marquis, have you heard of an interesting thing?" Pang Que came up terrifiedly.

"Interesting things? What kind of interesting things?" Chen Xu was puzzled.

"In the past few days, we went to Quyuan to play. It is spread everywhere that hundreds of Quyuans in Xianyang are preparing to join forces to hold a courtesan competition. Each Quyuan recommends its famous actors to participate in singing, dancing, instrumental music, tea cooking, chess and other performances. The Courtesan Organizing Committee is preparing to invite twenty guests to vote on these young ladies with talented performances. Finally, ten courtesans were selected and given ten flowers names respectively..."

"Really?" Chen Xu asked in surprise.

"It should be impossible to make a mistake. I had a drink last night and asked Bo Daocheng specifically. He said that he had received an invitation from the organizing committee to invite him to be the guest of the selection of this courtesan competition... Tsk tsk, I'm afraid that this shrimp will become a guest on the bed of these flower fairies in the future!" Pang Que said with envy and hatred.

"Super Bo, like Dean Shi, is a famous dance musician all over the world. It is natural to be a guest. Apart from drinking, eating, fucking the little lady, you can't even make the music. What's the use of envying?" Fu An said with a smile beside him.

"Oh, if I had known this, why would I have learned the same musical instrument in my early years!" Pang Que shook his head dejectedly.

"Forget it, if you don't talk about these, we are not a romantic celebrity. We can't even play the role of music, chess, singing and dancing. But if you want to say that the leader of the romantic celebrity in Xianyang is the Marquis, I think this guest should invite the Marquis, and that at that time, we will definitely seduce all the courtesans!" Chen Ping said with a smile.

"I am a beautiful wife and concubine in this marquis's mansion, so why should I go to Quyuan? I will give up today. However, the selection of the courtesan is indeed novel, and the newspaper office should vigorously promote it!" Chen Xu stood up and sorted out his clothes and went out.

"Hehe, the Marquis is indeed a beautiful wife and concubine, but the Marquis doesn't know the benefits of the little lady in Quyuan. It's more than the wife and concubines playing. Every time I go home, my legs are weak and I can't walk..." A group of guys stood up and accompanied Chen Xu out with lust.

"You guys have wives and concubines at home, but they are so stubborn that they are wandering around all day long. You must arrange for reporters to interview this matter quickly and sponsor advertisements. You must make the Courtesan Competition lively and popular!"

"Don't worry, Marquis, I like this the most..."

Chen Xu took a car to leave the yard of the newspaper office, and could hear several hooligans talking and laughing loudly.

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To demonstrate Taiyi God Cannon to the emperor, this matter should be arranged properly. The first choice is to cast the cannon.

Casting cannons is very simple, and the drawings and casting technology of cannons are already very mature.

Today's steel is no longer the ordinary cast iron a few years ago, but has alloy formulas of various properties, such as pure iron, carbon steel, tungsten steel, manganese steel, chromium steel, silicon steel, because Gongshusheng's task is to constantly use various ores and iron to obtain steel of different materials, and then verify its characteristics. This is how the cutting cutting head is constantly tested.

After returning to Qinghe Villa, Chen Xu took the drawings of the cannons in his study and went to the experimental factory to find Ma Gan and Gongshusheng. After careful explanation, he asked the iron smelting plant and the machinery factory to work hard to cast three cannons as soon as possible, and at the same time he also cast dozens of iron balls as shells.

After arranging the cannon, Chen Xu rushed to Nanshan Villa without stopping and took two skilled craftsmen to the basement to select the firearms to be demonstrated.

Now, the secret military factory of Nanshan Villa no longer manufactures ordinary muskets, and is working hard to develop and manufacture rifle pistols and bullets.

Although the progress is very slow, Chen Xu, a half-baked weapon expert, and has already proposed the appearance and simple internal structure of the gun, after more than a dozen craftsmen have studied for more than a year, the rifle has achieved initial success. However, just like Lao Sanba made in Hanyang, he can only have one bullet at a time, and needs to be manually inserted into the chamber and withdrawn. However, even such a simplest progress marks the beginning of a new era for the gun. At least fully enclosed bullets are not afraid of wind and rain, and are easy to use. In addition, the barrel and gun body structure are countless times stronger and more refined than the previous stupid and sturdy muskets, so the lethality of the bullet is much stronger than bulk gunpowder and iron sand.

Chen Xu personally went to the wilderness dozens of miles away to test the power of the rifle. He could easily penetrate a one-inch thick wooden board within 200 meters, and could still penetrate a layer of leather armor with a maximum range of about 500 meters. The strongest three-stone hard bow at present can barely reach 200 meters. The effective attack range is about 100 to 150 meters. The distance to reach 200 meters basically has no lethality. This is the so-called powerful crossbow that cannot penetrate Lucai. And such a long distance is still so powerful that only giant crossbows with more than four stones can be achieved. However, the arm of the four-stone giant crossbow is one meter long and needs to be carried by an ox cart. The launch requires four soldiers to operate, which is completely a heavy artillery configuration in later generations.

Therefore, after seeing the power of this new rifle developed with great effort, a group of craftsmen involved in the research and development, they all shivered excitedly.

This is the real magic weapon of immortals.

Unfortunately, Qinghehou was still not satisfied with this immortal magic weapon. In addition to arranging a large amount of production reserves, he also required the development of automatic rifles that can be automatically loaded and retracted for continuous shooting.

The pistol is similar, and the linkage between the trigger and ratchet of the revolver has not been completely resolved. So a single-shot pistol was made in the single-shot rifle mode, with one bullet at a time, but the breeze loading bullets is convenient and fast, and the attack speed is obviously more than ten times faster than the previous pistol. So after getting the new pistol for the first time, he threw the pistol that he had hidden on his body every day in the warehouse.

Compared with rifle pistols, the structure and manufacturing of bullets are much simpler. The shell is stamped with half-melted bronze, and then quickly cool it, and then select and polish the burr. Then, the tung oil is dried and then it can be filled with gunpowder and lead bullets. Installing the base fire cap is completed.

However, although it is short, rifle bullets and pistol bullets have also made a group of craftsmen rack their brains, especially the base fire is not sensitive. Using ordinary gunpowder often makes fire silence, and the initial excitement success rate is less than half. After constantly adjusting the formula of gunpowder, it is now barely reaching 70% to 80%, but it is still often stuck. However, no matter what, this success rate is almost the same as the chance of successful firing of the musket, and it has reached Chen Xu's minimum usage requirement.
Chapter completed!