Fang Er, who was driving, heard Cheng Yaojin's words.
He suddenly frowned.
So many Goguryeo soldiers had abandoned the city and fled.
This was not a good thing!
When the officials from the central court arrived to take over the city, there might be a lot of trouble!
They definitely couldn't just let it go!
It seemed that the manufacturing of engines needed to be accelerated!
Just as he arrived at the gate of Shenyang City, he saw Liu Dacheng, who had also received the news, standing there.
Behind him were a group of officials from the provincial governor's yamen.
Fang Er parked the car to the side of the city gate.
He and Cheng Yaojin, covered in mud, got out of the car.
Liu Dacheng's mouth twitched when he saw Cheng Yaojin.
He, along with those subordinate officials, came forward to pay their respects.
At the same time, he kept muttering in his heart.
How did this crude old Cheng end up looking like a mud monkey?
Cheng Yaojin, on the other hand, was bold and uninhibited. As someone from a military background, he didn't care about the mud and water on him at all.
"Alright, let's not have so many formalities. Let's go into the city, into the city!"
After speaking, he pulled Fang Er and walked into the city.
Liu Dacheng and the others followed behind.
The provincial governor's yamen had not yet been set up.
Therefore, Fang Er led the group directly to the Ordnance Department.
In the main hall, everyone took their seats according to their rank.
Someone was sent to prepare wine and food.
Fang Er then carefully asked Cheng Yaojin about the process of attacking those cities.
After listening to his account,
Fang Er became even more uneasy!
Apart from Liaodong, Shenfang, Dandong, Pyongyang, and Gaegyeong,
Goguryeo still had nine prefectural cities.
But Cheng Yaojin had only truly attacked four of them!
The rest had all fled upon hearing the news.
He had missed his chance!
Those fleeing soldiers must be dealt with!
He secretly noted this matter in his heart.
Looking at Cheng Yaojin, who was beaming with excitement, he found it difficult to dampen his spirits at this moment.
During the subsequent feasting and toasting, Fang Er lost his focus.
The next day, he handed Cheng Yaojin over to Liu Meng to learn how to drive.
Fang Er repaired the pickup truck himself.
He replaced the front air impact bar with a new one.
Then he continued to work on manufacturing the engine.
Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
The molds at the iron mine had already been completed.
And the casting and finishing of the parts were done.
Another half a month passed.
A total of six V16 diesel engines were assembled and tested in the courtyard.
Cheng Yaojin looked at the large iron behemoths in front of him.
He said in surprise.
"Is this what pulls the pickup truck?"
Fang Er nodded and looked at Liu Meng.
"Let's load them onto the pickup truck and head to the iron mine."
A dozen Skyfire Army soldiers worked together to lift the engines into the pickup truck bed.
The four-meter-long truck bed could only fit three engines before it was full.
Diesel fuel and lubricating oil were loaded into iron buckets.
Fang Er got into the driver's seat and said to everyone.
"Brother Cheng, let's go, I'll take you to see something amazing."
Cheng Yaojin got into the passenger seat.
Liu Meng and two squad leaders sat in the back seat.
Several Skyfire Army soldiers jumped onto the rear truck bed, tied the engines securely with ropes, and were left there.
The fully loaded Tang brand pickup truck began to drive out of the city.
The cement road from Shenyang to the iron mine had been completely completed due to the efforts of numerous laborers and segmented construction.
There was no need to worry about the engines behind being damaged by bumps.
The pickup truck ran even faster on the all-cement road.
It took less than half an hour to cover the hundred li.
Seeing people jumping off the vehicles like dumplings.
Tan Zong came forward.
"Greetings, Earl. Greetings, General Cheng."
Cheng Yaojin merely nodded and curiously looked around the iron mine.
Fang Er looked at Tan Zong and asked, "Have those things been made?"
Tan Zong nodded.
"They have all been made, and some preliminary adjustments have been made.
Earl, please follow me."
After speaking, he turned and led Fang Er towards two thatched sheds.
Inside the sheds, various parts were neatly placed on steel racks, categorized by type.
Fang Er picked one up at random and compared it with his design requirements.
"It's still good."
He nodded and said to Tan Zong.
"Call a few blacksmiths over, I'll teach you how to assemble them."
Tan Zong bowed slightly and went to call for them.
A dozen blacksmiths were extremely excited to hear that Fang Er would personally teach them.
Tan Zong had praised Fang Er's craftsmanship to them as if he were a deity, and had often boasted about it.
Coupled with the mystery of the pickup truck, which could run without the pull of livestock.
And it ran very fast.
This held great appeal for them.
They all rubbed their hands together and followed Tan Zong to the sheds.
In fact, the wisdom of ancient people should not be underestimated.
Otherwise, Goguryeo would not have been able to produce firearms and gunpowder so quickly.
Although not perfect, improving them was only a matter of time.
It was just that Fang Er did not give them that time.
Under Fang Er's personal guidance,
The blacksmiths, including Tan Zong, watched in amazement as the various oddly shaped parts they had produced were assembled one by one.
Cheng Yaojin watched from the side, his mouth agape the entire time!