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    "Yifan, don't you want to know what the steel pipes you produce are used for? Come with me and have a look!" Li Min said to Yifan next to him with a smile.

    "Ican I go too?" Yifan looked very excited. Perak Island is not an ordinary place. It is the second place in the entire Tang Dynasty that can produce gunpowder weapons after Chang'an Perak Academy. Usually, the island can be said to be  There is no way in or out. All the craftsmen on the island have to stay here almost all their lives. Outsiders are prohibited from approaching within ten miles of the island. Even her father has no permission to come in. She didn't expect that Li Min would agree to her today.  Go in.

    "Haha, of course. The reason why people were not allowed to come in here before was because two new weapons were being tested on the island. First, they were worried about leaking secrets. Secondly, they were also worried that people who broke in would be accidentally injured by these two weapons, so they were defensive.  So strict, but these two weapons have reached the stage of actual combat, so there is no need to keep it secret anymore." Li Min said with a laugh.

    The Perak Academy on Perak Island was built during the initial conquest of Goguryeo. Most of the firearms used on the Goguryeo battlefield at that time were produced on the island. However, after the demise of Goguryeo, there was no longer any strong opponent in the Eastern Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty.  , which made Perak Island seem a bit redundant. At first, many ministers in the court suggested to Li Shiji, hoping to withdraw the craftsmen on Perak Island. However, in the end, Li Shiji was very generous and removed everything on the island.  All were given to Li Min as one of the weapons guarantees for his overseas expansion.  Naturally, Li Min would not refuse the Emperor's father's kindness, and besides, he had already been coveting Perak Island.

    After acquiring Perak Island, Li Min immediately reformed the management of the island. Not only did he vigorously improve the status of craftsmen, he also induced all craftsmen to become literate, documented the production and research of firearms, and selected top craftsmen to establish a weapons design institute.  Specializes in the improvement of firearms and the invention of new firearms.  It can be said that in Li Min's hands, Perak Island slowly turned into an inner-level academy.  A comprehensive arsenal that produces firearms in the outer layer.

    When the management of Perak Island got on track, Li Min finally proposed the research topic of muskets and artillery for later generations and handed it over to Perak Island for full development. Now that some results have been achieved, it can finally be put into actual combat.

    Perak Island was specially selected by Li Min. There are steep cliffs on three sides. Unless you have wings, you can't climb it.  The only side that was relatively flat was where Li Min ordered people to build a tall city wall. The entire city wall was built against the mountain and was made of rocks and cement from the island. It was two feet thick and three people could fit on top of the city wall.  The carriages running side by side can be said to be extremely strong, and it is not easy to blast away even with a cannon.  There is only one gate on this city wall. After entering the city gate, there is an urn city. After passing through the urn city.  That¡¯s when we entered the interior of Perak Island.

    After Yifan entered Perak Island, she couldn't help but look around. When she came to deliver supplies to the island before, she couldn't help but look around.  The most you can do is go to the city gate. If you break into the urn inside without permission, it's no joke. You might even lose your life.

    After passing through the inner gate of Wengcheng, Yifan was stunned by what she saw, because what appeared in front of her turned out to be a very lively market.  Many men, women, and children were selecting goods in the market. It looked like there were at least a thousand people, and the items for sale were fruits, vegetables, cloth and other daily necessities.  There are even people selling bicycles, which looks similar to the markets you see in normal times, but the only difference is that many of the people selling things are soldiers wearing armor. These soldiers are not holding weapons now.  Instead, they were smiling behind the goods, bargaining with the people who came to buy things, just like the ordinary vendors next to them.

    "Your Highness, this" Yifan felt that she couldn't accept it. She never thought in her dreams that the situation in Perak Island that she had always guessed was actually like this?

    However, Li Min had known the situation on the island for a long time, so he didn't feel strange at all. Seeing Yifan's surprised expression, he smiled and explained: "There are more than 5,000 craftsmen on Perak Island, plus their  family members, then the total population has reached nearly two people. With so many people living together, they naturally have needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation. And because of the special nature of this place, it is difficult for them to go out, so I simply let them live in a town way.  Together, this is the largest market in the town, with thousands of people shopping here every day.¡±

    "What about them?" Yifan pointed at the soldiers selling things.

    "Oh, that's a benefit for the soldiers on the island, because every resident on the island has someone working in Perak Court, and the pay is very generous, so the residents here are not short of money, and the soldiers on the island are stationed all year round.  This place is usually quite boring, so we give them a chance to make extra money. The soldiers will go to the outside world in batches to buy a batch of goods and trade with the island residents. The income is their own, but the pricing of the goods must be reviewed.  Generally it is?The prices outside are consistent.  "Li Min explained with a smile again.

    Yifan blinked after hearing this. She didn't expect that there was such a management method, but it was good to think about it. After all, so many people lived together. If other management methods were used, there would really be trouble.

    When people in the market saw Li Min arriving, they all bowed and saluted.  This is not the first time for Li Min to come here, so everyone here knows him, and Li Min also greets everyone with a smile.  After passing through the market, there is the town where the residents of the island live. The houses in the town are very uniform. They are all single-family two-story buildings with two wing rooms on both sides. The outsides of the houses are all painted with white plaster, and they look like they are straight.  Neat and beautiful.

    After passing through the town, and walking through a long quarantine zone, we finally arrived at the center of Perak Island. This is also where gunpowder weapons are produced. There is a quarantine zone around it and other places, mainly to prevent anything from happening.  If there is an accident, it will not spread to other places.

    The gunpowder weapons production area is specifically divided into five major areas. These five major areas are mainly divided according to the five main weapons produced, namely the grenade area, rocket area, blasting barrel area, artillery area, and musket area.  The first three weapons were originally developed by Li Min and are now equipped with the army. The last two weapons were secretly developed by Li Min and have not yet been tested in actual combat.  As for the most critical gunpowder production area, it is placed in another ** area of ??Perak Island. This is mainly because gunpowder production is more dangerous than weapon production, so it needs to be produced separately.

    Li Min took Yifan directly to the musket area and artillery area. The reason why he did not go to the first three areas was mainly because grenades and other three weapons need to be loaded with gunpowder, so there are a lot of gunpowder in those three areas. If  If it explodes accidentally, it is estimated that not even the whole body can be found, and as Li Min is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, his subordinates naturally dare not let him take risks, so Li Min cannot enter those three areas no matter what.

    "See you, Your Highness!" As soon as Li Min walked to the gate of the musket area, he saw a stout white-haired old man standing there, followed by several craftsmen of different ages. When he saw Li Min, he immediately saluted with great respect.

    "Old Wu, your bones are getting stronger!" Li Min stepped forward and helped the white-haired old man up and said with a smile.  This old man's surname was Wu and his name was Qiao. He used to be the head craftsman of the ironware workshop in Li Min's house. He was known as Lao Wutou, but Li Min generally liked to call him Lao Wu.  As Li Min's serf, Lao Wu had no problem with loyalty and was good at managing relationships, so he was entrusted with an important task by Li Min and sent to Perak Island to take charge of the production of muskets.

    "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I can still help Your Highness for at least twenty years with this old life!" Old Wutou said with a smile. He was familiar with Li Min's temper, so he spoke more casually.

    When Li Min heard this, he patted his shoulder and laughed, then chatted a few more words before entering the musket production area.  As soon as Yifan entered, he immediately felt a wave of heat hitting his face. He saw that the inside was like a huge blacksmith shop, with countless shirtless men waving hammers and forging exquisite parts one by one.

    After these parts are finished, they will be sent to a separate factory at the back. Here, Yifan finally sees the kind of steel pipes produced in his factory, but these steel pipes have been processed and assembled with other delicate parts.  Together, they become a strange weapon.

    I saw that this kind of weapon was mainly a steel pipe produced in his factory. The steel pipe was fixed on a piece of wood as big as a palm, and the fixed end had many exquisite designs. Originally, Yifan was very interested in these ingenious things.  He is proficient in it, but he doesn¡¯t know much about gunpowder, so after watching it for a long time, he still didn¡¯t understand how to use this musket.

    At this time, Li Min very skillfully picked up a completed gun, cocked the hammer at the back, and then pretended to aim while pressing the trigger with his finger. As a result, the hammer immediately bounced back to its original position.  The flint on the hammer struck the anvil in front, creating a string of undetectable sparks.  It's a pity that there is no gunpowder and projectiles in the gun.

    "Your Highness, how do you use this thing? Is it to kill someone with a life pipe?" Yifan also picked up a musket and studied it for a long time. Unfortunately, she has a specialization in the art. Although she figured out the structure of the musket, she couldn't  I understand how to use this thing. It is said to be a gunpowder weapon, but where should the gunpowder be placed?

    Seeing Yifan's troubled look, Li Min burst out laughing. He didn't expect that the extremely clever dean of the Academy of Sciences would be in trouble one day, but it was not Yifan's fault. After all, she was not familiar with the properties of gunpowder at all.  Can you think of the use of this musket?

    "Hey, Yifan, don't worry. Let's go see the production process of artillery first. Then I will show you what the real era of thermal weapons is!" Li Min said at the end, and his whole person became heroic.  Wan Zhang, and at the same time looked towards the northeast, where there was a small island country using the stolen gunpowder formula.Firearms were made in the Tang Dynasty, but Li Min would soon let them know what a real hot weapon is!
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