"Really? You've worked hard all these years! Liu Hong was also happy when he heard this.

Last year, Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan lived in the capital for half a year, and later returned to their mansion in Anping because they couldn't bear the cold in the north.

The reason why Liu Hongjian said this is also because he has been a family in the past few years, because he has always gathered less and left more, the most guilty thing for him is that he was not by his side when his wife gave birth.

"The husband is the hardest, we all understand." Kun Xing smiled slightly, and his eyes were bent into crescent moons.

"After dealing with the matter at hand, I'll take you to Jiangnan for a walk, are you interested?" Liu Hong said suddenly.

The fourth wife has a child, as a husband, he must take the time to take a look, I expect that he has not been able to get the trip he wants, so it is better to take this opportunity to achieve it.

The former can still be tried, but for Liu Hongji, what can make him desperate is the current home.

In the past, they would excuse themselves with bumpy journeys, but now the cement and asphalt official roads from north to south have been opened, and the horse-drawn carriages have been very smooth and fast.

"Okay, sir, Xue'er has never been to Jiangnan yet!" Yang Xue was the most lively, and when she heard that Liu Hong was going to take them to Jiangnan, she immediately responded happily.

Yang Xue was born in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, Sun Xiuxiu's ancestral home is Gaoyang, Baoding, and Kun Xing has never even been out of Shuntianfu in his life, and the three daughters have never been to Jiangnan once.

But I repeatedly learned about the prosperity and elegance of Jiangnan from other people's mouths and books, and now I can really go to see it, which also makes the three daughters happy for no reason.

Liu Hong gradually saw that his three wives were happy, and immediately took a pen and paper to reply to the fourth and fifth wives, which briefly explained his movements in the past year, and said that he would take his family to Anping to see them in a few days.

Then Liu Hongjian went to the palace again, and he had to say hello to Zhu Cihong, lest this kid think that he was going to run away.

When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cihong had just gotten off the court meeting and was still drinking porridge in the Qianqing Palace, and he was stunned for a moment after listening to what Liu Hongjian said.

"It's okay to go out and go around, Liu Qing has worked hard during this time, you just go, you have to take care of your sister-in-law and sister on the way." Although Zhu Cihong didn't want Liu Hong to leave the capital gradually, he thought that he could continue to help him with great difficulty, so he didn't blame him too harshly.

At least for now, the people Liu Qing chose for him are doing a good job, even if Liu Hong gradually leaves the capital for a year, the Ordnance Institute, the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, the Engineering College, the Xishan Shanghe, the Beiyang Naval Division, the Nanyang Naval Division, and other places are all proceeding in an orderly manner.

He even hoped that Liu Hongjian would be able to get lost after the journey, because he really couldn't understand why his Liu Qing didn't value power so much, and he needed to discuss with his father and force him to become an official, and it was estimated that Liu Hongjian was the only one in the world.

Liu Honggradually planned to leave in five days, but in these five days, he still needed to go everywhere to inspect the progress.

The Ordnance Institute made every effort to expand the musket and artillery workshop, and divided the two into six, and refined them into six specialized workshops for muskets, metal cartridges, mortars, howitzers, mortar shells, and howitzer shells.

In addition, the Ordnance Institute is responsible for a number of sophisticated new projects, such as the continued improvement of fuel engines, the development of trains, generators and light bulbs.

Song Yingxing told him that based on the established experience and the information he provided, the Ordnance Institute had completed the research and development of nitrocellulose three months ago, but it seemed that it was easier to preserve than nitrocellulose.

In addition, a gunpowder craftsman has developed a smokeless yellow explosive, which is more powerful than the existing black explosives of the Ming Dynasty, and does not produce black smoke during the combustion process.

When Liu Hong heard this, he immediately met with the craftsman called Huangshan, and rewarded him with two thousand taels of silver and a mansion in public.

No one understands the powerful effect of smokeless gunpowder better than him, Song Yingxing has never been on the battlefield, and he doesn't know what kind of scene it is to fire a salvo of a hundred guns or thousands of muskets.

After a volley, the position became black and smoky, and the soldiers had to hold their breath, because the smell of burning gunpowder was so pungent that it could easily cause coughing when inhaled.

And because the smoke obscures the view, it greatly affects the accuracy of the firearm, and smokeless gunpowder just makes up for this problem.

Liu Hongjian also went to check the progress of the research and development of cars and trains, in fact, the car is still the core of the tractor, but after continuous transformation, the fastest speed of this small car has gradually overtaken the carriage.

The train is still in the experimental stage, but the original idea Song Yingxing has already figured it out, and he believes that he will definitely make a breakthrough if he is given another year.

Liu Honggradually felt that since the breakthrough was in sight, he must start building the railway in advance, and the railway was not much slower than the asphalt road, but as long as the width of the train track was booked in advance, the two were not in conflict.

Repairing the train track is a big project, Liu Hongjian plans to build a trial between the capital and Tianjin Bao Shipyard, once the technology is mature, I want to come to the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wang Jiayan can be busy.

The lecture hall and the engineering college are the two most relaxing places, one is mainly engaged in military science, and the other is mainly engaged in science and engineering.

The first phase of the lecture martial arts was finally sent down by Zhu Cihong after the gilding of the Huben camp, and they all began to serve as middle-level generals in the border army.

On the third day, Liu Hongjian went to Tianjin Bao Shipyard again, and the fourth steel-armored battleship had entered the stage of launching sea trials.

The battleship was twenty-four zhang long, weighed 3,000 tons, had a draft of three zhang, two decks, and was equipped with 66 guns, which was 16 more guns than the No. 1 Fu ship.

Moreover, the sixty-six guns were all howitzers, and with the use of more powerful smokeless gunpowder, the firing range was two percent farther than that of black powder.

The battleship was fuel-powered, and in terms of tonnage, as well as the number of guns, it easily reached the standard of a third-class battleship.

Looking at the brand-new battleship, Liu Hong's chest suddenly swelled up with the idea of going to sea to fight, but the new battleship is very different from the No. 1 Fu ship, and even if it is delivered to the Beiyang Naval Division, it will take at least two or three months to adapt.

However, Mo Huan told him that the fifth and sixth battleships of the same specification were now being built intensively, and that two were being built at the same time, and that he was also planning a new dockyard to build a more powerful three-deck battleship.

According to his plan, the steel-armored battleship with three decks could be equipped with ninety guns, and if it was divided according to Liu Hongji, it would reach the level of a second-class battleship.

The reason why Tianjin Bao Shipyard can produce warships unscrupulously is not only without any obstruction and interference, but also because of the strong national support of the Ming Dynasty.

Tianjin Bao Shipyard is a place that burns a lot of money, from research and development to trial production to launching sea trials, each of which will cost a huge amount of manpower, power, and financial resources.

According to incomplete statistics, in recent years, Tianjin Bao Shipyard alone has spent at least 60 million taels of silver.

But all of this, including the expenses of the Treasure Shipyard and the Ordnance Institute, not only did not affect the livelihood of the people, but also provided more jobs and brought benefits to the people.

Liu Hongchuan called this the great power effect.