Secrecy, this kind of thing has never been absolutely successful since ancient times, even if it can be kept secret at that time, with the passage of time, the secret will no longer be a secret, and the so-called secrecy, Yuan Fang's understanding is that the number of people who control the insider in a certain period of time will no longer expand or the expansion speed will slow down.

Fog balloons and airships, there are a lot of people who have seen them, very many, in addition to these craftsmen, there are also the defenders on the periphery, that is a huge base, in the periphery, there are people in the dark night, as well as some high-level officials of the empire, so many people, who don't have friends and relatives who don't have anything to say, word of mouth, fog balloons and airships will no longer be a secret, and as long as you have seen this thing with your own eyes, as long as you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to make the same or almost, so the secrecy period of these craftsmen should not be too long, This is also the reason why Yuan Fang said the above words.

Yang Xing didn't answer, although he didn't see this kind of thing as thoroughly as Yuan Fang, he also knew the truth, weighing the pros and cons, the secrecy still had to continue, at least at the current stage.

Yan Xiong finally found a chance to speak, squeezed his eyes at Yuan Fang and said, "Boy, thanks to you for taking care of Xiaoyue during this time, Ren Fei's kid is really good, Xiaoyue is still running outside when she is about to give birth, and he won't say that he will come back to accompany her." ”

Yang Xing smiled faintly: "Uncle Yan, you are telling me what you said, you can't blame us for this, the boss and I have already asked him to come back, but if he doesn't come back, we can't help it." ”

Yan Xiong smiled embarrassedly, and asked curiously, "He won't come back by himself?" ”

Yuan Fang shrugged: "It is said that the development of local forces has just started, and it is impossible to get away for the time being." ”

Yan Xiong nodded thoughtfully: "If that's the case, I really can't come back, okay, don't talk about it." ”

Da Mei asked curiously, "Brother, what are you asking us to bring the tailor and the carpenter for?" Isn't there a need to keep it secret here? ”

Yuan Fang said calmly: "Now the technology of the fog balloon has basically matured, there should be no problem with the airship, if today's test flight is successful, there will be a large number of production and installation troops, relying on this little manpower here alone is obviously not enough, I want your people to take a look first, have a general impression, and then learn from the craftsmen here, after going back, the Chamber of Commerce and military factories can help make and speed up production." ”

Da Mei is not very clear about the current form of the empire, but she knows that things involving military secrets are generally not allowed to participate in the Chamber of Commerce, and they are all handed over to the military factory, this time Yuan Fang asked himself to bring tailors and carpenters over, what does this mean? Da Mei soon had an answer: "So urgent? Yuan Fang nodded without explanation.

Yang Xing slowed down and walked side by side with Yuan Fang: "Boss, what is the approximate cost of the fog balloon and the airship?" I'll count how much money I can make. ”

Yuan Fang had already prepared: "The cost of the fog balloon is relatively cheap, about fifty taels of silver, and the airship is more, about three hundred and five to four hundred taels of silver, these are just the cost, not counting labor and fog stones." ”

Yang Xing's mouth opened wide in surprise: "So much." ”

Immediately, he nodded and said, "Even if a fog balloon and an airship are five hundred taels, ten is five thousand, and one hundred is fifty thousand taels, well, it can barely bear it." ”

Yuan Fang shook his head and said, "A hundred is far from enough. ”

Yang Xing was completely shocked: "Isn't it boss, a hundred airships and a hundred fog balloons are not enough?" Almost, right? ”

Yuan Fang smiled: "My idea is to build a strong air force, as soon as it appears, it will give people an overwhelming momentum that cannot be resisted, first suppress the morale of the other party, and then fly over them to launch carpet bombing, so that they have no power to fight back, and destroy their self-confidence at one time, so that it can play a deterrent role, so that the Yuanhe Empire and other ill-intentioned guys do not have the courage to fight our idea." ”

Yuan Fang's generous statement made Yang Xing's heart flutter, how did he say that sentence, only those who have been poor know the preciousness of money, and when used in Yang Xing's body, it should be more eager to be strong only after decay.

Yang Xing raised his eyebrows: "Boss, you say, how many balloons and airships are needed to get that air force, and I will think of a way, even if I don't eat or drink, I have to make up enough money." ”

Yuan Fang pondered for a moment: "Well, if you invest in advance, it's about the same if you have seventy or eighty thousand taels, and the best follow-up depends on the situation at the time, the air force is just a means of force, and you have to rely on the army to achieve it." ”

Yang Xing blinked his eyes: "Why do I think what you said is a bit like aggression?" But I like it, hehe, seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver is not a problem, one month's advertising expenses are enough, but boss, is seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver really enough? According to your quotation, it seems that you can't build many fog balloons and airships. ”

Yuan Fang smiled faintly: "You don't need too many fog balloons, it's mainly airships, as for why you say that, you'll know when you see the airships." ”

The group came to the core of the base, that is, the open space at the top of the mountain, and Yang Xing looked at the huge airship that did the last security check and stood on the spot.

Xiaomei took Yuan Fang's arm and stayed in place, and stammered for a while before stammering: "Brother, this, this is an airship?" It's just too big. ”

Da Mei looked a little dazed, looked at the huge and strange airship in front of her, especially the rough wooden cabin, and muttered: "This seems to be several times bigger than the carriage, brother, are you sure this thing can fly?" ”

Lin Mengsheng was very satisfied with Yang Xing's shocked expression, stepped forward and bowed, and introduced: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Princess, this is the airship designed by Lord Yuan, the structure of the airship is mainly divided into three parts, the wooden enclosed space below is the cabin, which is used to carry combat personnel and various materials, and the airbag above is the power of the airship, and the fog filling it will produce a strong buoyancy to drag the ship off the ground and fly into the sky, and there is the control system, those inside the airship, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Princess, your lords, Please follow me. ”

Lin Mengsheng took a group of people to board the airship and enter the cabin, because of the time relationship, the inside and outside of the airship cabin is just a rough billet, no fine processing, inside, there are only some basic facilities, and they are all rough wood.

Lin Mengsheng was a little embarrassed and said: "It's a little rude, please forgive Your Majesty." After that, let's start to introduce the control system in the cabin, which is some ropes and joysticks or something.

Yang Xing listened very carefully, this is the key to revitalizing the empire, he must master the common sense as much as possible, otherwise it would be a bit too much to say if he even knew half of his own treasure.

Xiaomei and Damei were not very interested in mechanical operation, and as soon as they came in, they looked around curiously, Sang Rou and Yuyue made a cameo appearance as a tour guide, and told the two of them about the purpose of various facilities with some pride in their tones.