When we arrived at Ma Jun, we asked Taishi Ci to try it out after we saw the gift. This made Taishi Ci laugh out loud from the bottom of our hearts. Such equipment could not be found in any place. Ma Jun is made of all kinds of weapons from the best steel. Helmets, armors, kirin armors, shields, etc. are not only very good in performance, but also much lighter in weight than ordinary ones. The sharpness of the sabers, spears, swords, and daggers made him amazed.

Lu Ning looked at Taishi Ci with a smile on his face and said, "Ziyi, your equipment is the best equipment in the world. There is basically no way for other weapons in the world to do these equipment. Apart from the command knife in my hand, there is nothing better than this. But Ziyi, I want to tell you that the glasses, sextant, crossbow, and compound bow in your hand are not allowed to be given to anyone or lent to anyone. These are all secret weapons of our army. If they are leaked, the consequences will not be imagined."

After hearing this, Taishici said, "Brother, don't worry, this equipment is my lifeblood. Can I give it to others?"

Lu Ning continued, "Ziyi, there is another thing. After you arrive at Shanggu, you will tell Zilong that you will help me with two thousand Xianbei Tartar prisoners. The Zhen family and I have purchased the southern and northern Erchang Islands in your hometown. I am going to build a dock there. I want two thousand slaves to work as a coolie there. You also want to tell Zilong that the Xianbei Tartars in Dai County and Shanggu have been transformed into slaves in the prefecture and have been recorded. Never use those there, otherwise someone will talk about the shortcomings and can only rely on you to capture them."

After hearing this, Taishi Ci looked depressed. What kind of pier should be built on the Long Island? Who would be there to park? I’m afraid my brother has taken the wrong medicine.

Taishici said: "Brother, why did you go to my house to buy Changdao? It's a place that doesn't touch the sky or land. What's the use of building a wharf? I'm afraid you will lose all your money in the end. You won't be useless if you have too much money."

Lu Ning shook his head and smiled, "Ziyi, I'll tell you, don't tell others, no one knows about this, you have to keep a secret. I'm going to build a naval base there and secretly form a navy there."

Taishi Ci was shocked after hearing this. This idea was too bold. Who would have thought of building a navy there?

Taishici said: "Brother, the navy you are talking about is a navy. Your approach is too difficult to understand. Do you need a navy? We can't use Bingzhou. Are you wasting money?"

Lu Ning smiled and patted Taishici's arm and said, "Don't worry, brother, you must be useful, and it's very useful, but you have to keep the secret for me, otherwise I won't spare you."

After hearing this, Taishici thought about it and couldn't figure it out. Bingzhou would use the Shanghai Army, but he still said: "Brother, don't worry, I only know about this, I won't tell anyone else."

Lu Ning said to Taishi Ci: "Ziyi, go back first. Deheng and I still have some things to discuss, and you don't understand here. Why don't you go to Wenyuan, Ziming and others to learn about their martial arts and test the weapons in your hands by the way."

Taishici said: "Okay, brother, then I'll leave first."

After Taishici left, Lu Ning said to Ma Jun: "Deheng, how is the performance of the steam hammer now?"

After hearing this, Ma Jun said, "Master, the steam hammer is OK now, but the sealing has not been well solved. I have used many methods, but the effect is not very good. Now our weapons, armor, shields and other equipment are basically formed in one go, and their performance is much stronger than before."

Lu Ning was also very happy after hearing this. It was not easy to study and make steam hammers thousands of years in advance in ancient times. As long as the door was opened, Lu Ning believed that Ma Jun and the others would definitely be able to create a more powerful steam engine in the near future. By then, warships, transport ships, and supply ships all use steam engines as power, which would be great. Besides, once there is a steam engine with superior performance, it will also have a huge promoting effect on industrial and agricultural production.

Lu Ning said to Ma Jun: "Do not worry about Deheng. We have a way to solve this sealing problem. If you wait a few more months, I have arranged for the Zhen family to help me find better sealing materials."

After hearing this, Ma Jun was even more excited. He said happily: "Master, if it can solve the sealing problem, then the power and performance of our steam hammer will be greatly improved. This will be of great help to the next step for us to develop the tools, lathes, milling machines, molds, and equipment machinery you mentioned."

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will have a solution. By the way, Deheng, I found that some of the things you produce have great errors. What is the reason? Some companies have problems with their lengths. This is not possible. They must be done without any fault. In this way, the performance of our products or weapons will be greatly improved."

After hearing this, Ma Jun sighed and said, "Lord, it's not the craftsmen. They made it very seriously. The main reason is that the units of weights and measures in our current Han Dynasty are too large, with low accuracy, and even the calculation tools have errors, so it has caused serious errors in our production products. We have thought of many ways, but we have never been able to solve them. This is a bottleneck that restricts the improvement of the quality of our various production products."

Oh, Lu Ning thought to himself, yes, the unit of weights and measures of the Han Dynasty must have had a large error, and it was already very fine for the dynasty, but for Lu Ning who wanted to produce precision products and equipment, it seemed too rough. This must be done to improve. If it is not changed, Ma Jun and the others will be in vain, and the quality and performance of the product will never be improved.

Thinking of this, Lu Ning said to Ma Jun: "Deheng, look, if we make new weights and measures ourselves, do you see if it is feasible? Will there be any difficulties?"

After hearing this, Ma Jun said, "Lord, there is no problem with the production, but how do you design and convert it?"

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Deheng, as long as you can make it, it will not be a big problem. We will give you the design drawings and relevant conversion units. As for the weight and measure conversion with the Han Dynasty, it is not a big deal anyway. I guess the court and the emperor are too lazy to care about it, and they won't care so carefully."

Next, Lu Ning made out the metric weights and measures of later generations, specifically: 1. Weight unit: Lu Ning and others turned a kilogram into a kilogram (also called kilogram). 1,000 kilograms are equal to 1,000 grams, 1 gram is equal to 1000 cm, 1 centigram is equal to 100 mg, one tumble is equal to 100 mg, one tumble is equal to 50 kilograms, which is accurate to one thousandth, and one kilogram is approximately equal to four kilograms of the court. When converting, Lu Ning and others were at a loss. Lu Ning and others accurately measured the accuracy to milligrams; 2. Length unit: 1 km is equal to 1 kilometers, 1 meter is equal to 100 cm, 1 cm is equal to 100 mm, and 1 mm is equal to 1,000 microns, which is also accurate to one thousandth,

It is about 4 times that of the court, and it still suffers a little loss when converting, but Lu Ning and the others have indeed accurately measured the length to millimeters; 3. Container unit: Lu Ning and the others use water to convert one kilogram of water equals one liter, and one liter is equal to 1,000 milliliters, which is also accurate to one thousandth of the capacity, which is also conducive to the future conversion of kilograms and liters. It is about 4 times that of the court, and it also suffers a little loss, but Lu Ning and the others have indeed accurately measured the volume unit to milliliters. 4. Area unit: 1 square kilometer is equal to 100,000 square meters, equal to 100 hectares, 1 hectares are 10,000 square meters, about 15 mu, 1 hectares are equal to 100 mu, and 1 mu is equal to 100 square meters.
Chapter completed!