It's been two months!

In the past two months, Cao Eryu, who "escaped" from the Jiannu Manor, has been working on the construction site, although he is a son, but Cao Eryu can indeed endure the hardships that others can't bear, on the construction site like ordinary laborers, the whole stone is lifted to build the wall, although people are tired like dead dogs, but he still gritted his teeth and held on.

How long will it take?

Cao Eryu didn't know that until now he had no chance to get close to the fort, originally he thought that the Zhubao platform would definitely have a chance to come into contact with the artillery of the Ming army, but who knew that the Pingyu Army had never given him a chance to get close to the fort, let alone the opportunity to get close to the cannonballs.

Cannonball!

The reason why Cao Eryu "escaped" here was to find out the secret of the flowering cannonball. Although the flowering shell was cast soon after returning to the Qing Dynasty, as well as the wooden fuse, many tests before and after failed, and the flowering cannon exploded as soon as it was hit, and exploded directly in the barrel.

Why is this happening?

After trying dozens of times, Cao Eryu, who was really helpless, gritted his teeth and "escaped" to Dalian, where he wanted to find out the secret of the flower bomb.

But for the past two months, although he has been working on the side of the platform, looking at the cannon on the platform, he has not had the opportunity to touch the cannon above.

You can't just do this here for the rest of your life!

Cao Eryu muttered in his heart, in fact, he has not gained nothing in the past two months, for example, he saw the "stone pistol" without an arquebus for the first time, and of course its paper packaging medicine, although he has not yet purchased the qualification of the "stone pistol", but he relied on his memory, and remembered its appearance, in fact, there is not much difference from the muskets of the Ming army captured before, I didn't know how those guns fired in the past, but this time I also figured out the principle.

But he wanted to find out how the artillery of the Ming army opened the flower shells! If there is something that leaves a deep impression on him, I am afraid that it is the flowering bullet of the Ming army, and that impression is so deep that he will wake up from a nightmare every time.

But the more you want to get it, the harder it is to get it, just like now, after two months, tired and tired like a dog, you can only look at those cannons from a distance every day.

This life......

Is it true that you have to work hard for the rest of your life?

It's a pity that I can't go to the arsenal.

Again, Cao Eryu muttered to himself in his heart, these refugees who escaped are often sent to build houses and forts, but in fact, they are all hard work, which is also a kind of screening in disguise, this kind of hard life itself is boiling people, how many spies who are used to food and brocade can last here for a year and a half?

Even now, Cao Eryu's heart has retreated.

Or go back......

Almost when Cao Eryu was relieved in his heart, as the construction of the platform progressed, the side wall was finally connected to the main wall, and when he stood on the scaffolding to build the wall, Cao Eryu's eyes stared at the cannon on the platform from time to time.

"That's a big cannon!"

The muzzle of the cannon can stuff a head!

Just as Cao Eryu was remembering the shape of the cannon in his mind, suddenly, his eyes fell on a gun emplacement in the distance, where the gunners seemed to be training in artillery drills, only to see them open a wooden box, and then take out one from the box.

Is that...... Cannonball!

It's not just shells!

The back of the cannonball is attached to the cloth bag, and between the cloth bag and the cannonball seems to be ...... It's wood!

In an instant, Cao Eryu understood, and his eyes were full of joy.

I got it, I got it!

The reason why the shell explodes in the barrel is because the shell is too brittle and explodes directly in the cannon, but if you put a layer of wood behind the shell, wouldn't that layer of wood be like the layer of mud that was stuffed when you opened the shell in the past? With a layer of wood in the way, the shells will not shatter in the chamber.

I understand!

After finally figuring out the key to it, although he was very happy in his heart, Cao Eryu did not show it, and in the afternoon of the same day, he left Dalian, not from the north, but by water to Tianjin, from Tianjin back to the Qing Kingdom There are not many checkpoints along the way, and there is also the help of Jin merchants.

When Cao Eryu boarded the ship bound for Tianjin, in the port of Dalian, four Dutch armed merchant ships also slowly sailed out of the port under the tow of the small sampan, and placed themselves on the towering stern of the Galen ship.

"They've taken Formosa, will they get their hands on Batavia in the future?"

With such worries in his heart, Van Diemen once again set his sights on another ship, hoping that their trip to North Korea would be rewarded.

May the Tatars hold them back!

……

A few days later, despite the fact that there was no guide on board, two armed Dutch merchant ships approached the coast of Korea, but at the request of Kui Yi, the two ships remained at a close distance from the coast, and the reason why he gave such an order was because of an information he had obtained in Dalian.

"The Ming people set up a fortress on the coast of the Koreans, they stationed a lot of troops there, and we must not attract their attention!"

Again and again, he picked up the binoculars and looked at the coast, observing the North Koreans on the coast.

"But, Mr. Commissioner, how do we identify the Tatars?"

Second Lieutenant Pierce asked.

"It's easy! Pig tails! ”

He replied.

"The Tatars have pig-tailed hair, like ...... Hey, that's ......."

Suddenly, he stopped talking, and with some excitement he stared through his binoculars at the people on the shore, who seemed to be the legendary Tatars.

"My God, yes, yes, they are Tatars......"

Again, he reminded solemnly.

"Lieutenant Pierce, remember, from now on we are all Portuguese!"

Even until now, I admire the wisdom of His Excellency the Governor, pretending to be a Portuguese, this is probably the greatest ploy ever, for the Portuguese deceived Macau, the entire Dutch East India Company can be said to be extremely red-eyed, but unfortunately the same deception can only be used once, the Dutch will definitely not be able to repeat the same trick, but this does not prevent them from looking at the stronghold of Macau.

If the Ming people knew that the Portuguese were actually cooperating with the Tatars, they would definitely drive the Portuguese out of Macau, and when the time came, they might be able to tour the Chinese to lease it to the Dutch and the East India Company!

After all, the Netherlands is a friend of the Ming Dynasty!

As for them, they are nothing more than Portuguese!