Once Pandora's magic box was opened, the demon would naturally escape without being able to move with human will. Once the great changes in the industrial revolution began, it would run forward at a terrifying speed like a wild horse that had been rid of its reins. Even Qin Feng did not expect that the speed of progress was so fast that it was completely beyond his expectations.

In order to create a better cannon barrel that satisfies the military, the first boring machine came into being. The birth of the boring machine not only solved the problem that can better drill out the cannon barrels needed for the cannon, but also created a better steam engine cylinder, solving the problem that the steam engine has been most troubled since its emergence.

The steam engine with a new cylinder was installed, and soon became the driving force of the boring machine, and the production efficiency began to increase significantly.

Shortly after the boring machine appeared, the planer also appeared, and soon afterwards, the milling machine was actually made out. Even Qin Feng was stunned by such a endless new invention. In his image, it was many years between the appearance of the first boring machine and the appearance of more milling machines used in weapon manufacturing.

But in the Ming Dynasty, this time seemed to have been completely broken, and these machine tools were launched in a very short time.

The lathe is called the mother of machines. Qin Feng could fully believe that with these mothers of machines, the Ming Dynasty will usher in another leap in a very short time.

Compared with things like artillery, Qin Feng attaches more importance to the birth of these mothers of machines, because with these things, the tree of technology will grow more branches and grow more complex leaves in a very short time. This makes the Ming Dynasty, a big tree that was originally forced to lift up by Qin Feng, can lay its roots firmer.

In the city of power directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Academy of Sciences, Qin Feng watched the boring machine driven by a steam engine drill and dig out higher-quality cannon barrels, and watched a milling machine cut out various gears and spiral grooves.

Now Qin Feng can no longer provide any guidance to these masters in these aspects, and he has specialized in his profession. When these people accumulate in these technologies, what they know is far beyond Qin Feng's knowledge. And on top of these knowledge that they have mastered, various strange ideas come one after another. These wonderful ideas, or more than 90% of things, are not possible at all, but as long as only one or two ideas can become reality, it will push the Ming Dynasty's technology to take another big step forward.

Once the human brain, a treasure house imprisoned by unknown existences, is pushed open, incredible power will burst out.

Qin Feng unconditionally supported the Ming Academy of Sciences. The order he issued to Geng Jingming, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was that the Ming Academy of Sciences had the needs, and even if Geng Jingming was a pants, he had to meet the research needs of these professors. Even if he finally proved that this research was worthless, he had to do so.

The emperor's unconditional trust also caused these masters of all kinds who had gained new life to burst out unprecedented motivation and creativity. They were pulled out of the mud by Qin Feng, giving them dignity and status, and now they gave him their unprecedented trust. What else can they do besides working hard to repay the emperor?

Small cannons suitable for the army have been developed. These cannons weighing only about a hundred pounds have been loaded on wheels, and a horse can pull the flying cannon.

Thanks to the birth of the mother of boring machines and milling machines, the development of muskets has also been put on the agenda, and it has jumped directly over front-loading guns such as the coercine gun and started the research and development of rear-loading. Qin Feng can now even imagine that the rear-loading cannons or even better cannons have appeared.

Although I don't know how long it will take, this is something that will inevitably happen.

Smokeless gunpowder was finally successfully released after several years of research, which made the artillery fire no longer block the enemy's sight as before, but also blocked one's own sight. More importantly, the power of gunpowder is gradually increasing, and is no longer the original black gunpowder.

Perhaps in another ten or twenty years, the era of cold weapons will be completely over and the era of hot weapons will come.

Amid the roar of the steam engine, Qin Feng caressed these cold lathes, thinking that as long as he gave him another ten years, what else would he have to worry about defeating Qi? He would stay in the palace and drink and have fun, and his army could easily level Qi.

In the past time and space, the most profound historical event he reflected was that the British army used machine guns to strait the willful fire. The famous Qing army generals and Senggelinqin's cavalry corpses were everywhere. However, they never broke through the British army's defense line.

When cold weapons meet hot weapons, failure is inevitable.

It’s a pity that the people of Qi may not give themselves so much time. When Cao Hui suffered another failure and the effect of the economic and financial attacks of the Ming Dynasty began to slowly show, the people of Qi would also find that if they didn’t fight, they would have no chance.

Not to mention ten years, they will not give it to themselves even if they have five years.

"Your Majesty, it's ready over there." Just as he was thinking, Xu Lai rushed over and reported to Qin Feng in a low voice.

"Okay, go and take a look." Qin Feng nodded.

In the valley, several airships were anchored on the concrete ground.

"Your Majesty, based on your booklet, we finally got a few samples after a whole year." Xu Lai said proudly.

"What's the difficulty?" Qin Feng asked.

"The airship itself is not difficult to make. The difficult thing is to fill it inside, which is called hydrogen by His Majesty. This thing is really difficult to make. And it is in certain danger. We have been experimenting for a long time and finally made this thing with lime water and alkali." Xu Lai said.

Qin Feng nodded with a smile. In the absence of electricity, this method seemed to be the easiest way to get hydrogen.

"This kind of gas is worthy of being named Qingqi by Your Majesty. After the airship is recharged, the airship can fly. Your Majesty doesn't know that the first time our people flew into the sky on the airship, the entire City of Power was boiling." At this point, Xu Lai was also excited.

"You must be the first one to fly into the sky!" Qin Feng looked at Xu Lai with some confusion.

Xu Lai's old face turned red and he said silly: "How did Your Majesty know?"

"You will know how you look." Qin Feng said angrily: "You are the president of my Ming Academy of Sciences. You'd better not take risks for this kind of experimental thing. I know that your martial arts cultivation is good, but if something really happens, you will fall from such a high place and you will have to be half-dead."

"It's indeed a bit dangerous." Xu Lai patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty didn't know that when the airship was rising higher and higher, he actually rose and grew bigger and bigger. At first I didn't take it seriously, but in the end I realized that something was wrong. If it continued like that, the entire airship would explode. I had no choice but to poke a few holes on the airship and let out a breath. I was lucky that nothing happened. However, it was precisely because of this experiment that we understood that we had to leave a deflation raft on this thing."

"Fortunately, you went up. If someone else didn't have this decision, you might really die in the line of duty." Qin Feng said with gratitude.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, everyone has dreamed of flying into the sky like a bird. I remember that when my fellow disciples fell to death because of this, he built two wings for himself, jumped from a cliff, and wanted to fly between heaven and earth like a bird. In the end, he fell to the ground and fell to death."

"Can you stay alive?" Qin Feng shook his head and said.

"But now, I have finally tested the wish of the fellow disciple who died that year." Xu Lai sighed: "If I hadn't met Your Majesty, how could I do all this!"

Pointing to the airship on the ground, Xu Lai continued: "After successfully entering the sky, we thought about how to make him feel free to control it. We can't just go to the sky without caring about the wind, right? A craftsman suggested that the airship is a bit like a fish, and it was paddling on it. We did this, covering the oars with silk and making some wide blades, which was really useful. However, the speed was too slow and not very useful. It was good to use it to explore the scenery. It was not very practical for transportation or military use."

"It's that sample?" Qin Feng pointed to an airship below and said.

"Yes." Xu Lai nodded: "Later, everyone thought it would be better to install propellers on it? So I made a second one, using the foot-stand to drive the propellers behind it, which is indeed more labor-saving and easier to operate. A airship only takes about two people to drive Ruyi. And the speed has also increased. In one hour, you can fly about fifty miles. At this level, I feel that it can be put into use."

"It's really good." Qin Feng nodded repeatedly.

"We have a better idea now, which is to install the steam engine on the airship, but the soup steamer is too big. If you want to carry the steam engine of this size, the airship will be extremely large and cannot hold anything else. So we have already made a request to the department specializing in steam engines to find a lighter and smaller steam engine." Xu Lai said.

Sure enough, no matter in that time and space development, he still followed the same law. Qin Feng vaguely remembered that in his original time and space, the airship developed step by step.

"It is not easy to reach this level now. In fact, it can be equipped into the army." Qin Feng praised.

"Your Majesty, the steam engine department thinks that this new topic can be studied now. Because of the emergence of boring machines, they have made better cylinders, so small steam engines are not completely impossible to do. Maybe in another year and a half, your Majesty will see the airship driven by the steam engine sinking in the air. When we fight against the Qi army, we will roar underground artillery, and the airships in the sky fly over their heads and drop bombs. I want to see how they resist?"

Qin Feng laughed, "You can do this now, come on, let them fly, and open my eyes."

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