"Fire ...... Cannon?"

Li Rong was a little distracted when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it.

Enlarge a powder gun into a heavy cannon?

In a trance, he seemed to see some army of rumbling artillery, crunching violently, marching across the land.

They were like some desolate beasts, unstoppable, and wherever they passed, the cannons roared, the mountains and rivers cracked, and the city was shrouded in a cloud of gunsmoke.

The range of the cannon is hundreds of feet, which is already several times longer than the range of any old weapon.

And those troops equipped with swords, bows and arrows were scattered by the artillery army and did not form a formation.

"Has it already been built?"

Li Rong came back to his senses and hurriedly asked.

"Not yet!"

Chu Tianxiu shook his head and said, "The manufacturing technology of artillery is extremely difficult, much more difficult than gunpowder guns. Models of artillery are still being made, samples have not yet been made.

However, in a month or two at the latest, the artillery should be ready for prototypes. When the time comes, the son-in-law asks his father-in-law to see the power of the artillery. ”

Bronze artillery is still relatively easy to build, and it is enough to build it with the current alchemy level of Da Chu

The real difficulty is the steel artillery, which is not dense enough and is prone to exploding.

This requires a lot of capital investment to build a hammer.

"Good!"

Li Rong nodded.

There was some inexplicable melancholy in my heart.

The emergence of new weapons means that a great Chu god of war like him has begun to fall behind.

I am afraid that the old experience will no longer be able to adapt to the new war.

Even if it is a generation of famous generals, when they suddenly encounter a powder gun, they will be confused and at a loss. He is still like this, not to mention other generals.

The only consolation is that the new weapon was first invented in the hands of his son-in-law, Xiao Duhou.

He had the opportunity to be the first to get his hands on these weapons and study their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.

When the cannon is built, he will definitely see for himself how powerful it is.

Study how this new weapon can be used in warfare.

……

In the past few days, Prince Xiang Tiange has been crazy and ecstatic.

The Marquis of Xiao Du defeated the Tai Lieutenant Li Rong in the military martial arts school field, which meant that the bet between the Marquis of Xiao Du and the young master of the East Palace, Zhuang Zhuang, was completely victorious.

On that day, on the field of the military and military university, the young master of the East Palace was blushing with shame, and he was forced to gamble and worship Xiao Duhou as a teacher on the spot.

The statement that the little Dusk Marquis can conquer everything by force is extremely correct!

Those Confucian books, probably about benevolence, righteousness and morality, are of no use at all. If you can't beat your fists, who listens to you talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

The teachers in the East Palace were slapped in the face by Xiao Duhou and turned around with their heads covered, which is the best proof.

Therefore, learning martial arts first is the right way.

He, the crown prince, can finally no longer be bound by the teachers of the East Palace, and can freely practice martial arts such as archery and horseback riding and archery.

Moreover, Emperor Xiang Yanran and more than a dozen teachers in the East Palace were all staying up late watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", studying the mysteries of the art of war, trying to figure out how Xiao Duhou could defeat the Great Chu God of War overnight.

Without ten days and half a month's work, they can't understand anything.

No one cared about him for a while.

The crown prince Xiang Tiange was unrestrained, and he didn't stay in the East Palace, and came to play with Shen Wanbao.

Shen Wanbao couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw his happy appearance, and said, "It's just that you can learn to ride a horse with a bow and arrow, are you so happy?"

"Of course I'm happy, I can finally practice archery! In the future, I will follow the example of Emperor Taizu, immediately with a sword, fight on the battlefield, and conquer the Xiongnu. ”

"From now on, muskets will be used, and everyone will hide and secretly release their guns. Who's still riding a horse? Do you sit on a horse and be a target?...... What's the use of your bow and horse archery?"

Shen Wanbao pursed his lips.

"Uh......?"

Prince Xiang Tiange couldn't help but be stunned.

That's right!

It is estimated that in the future, all the armies of Dachu will be changed to gunpowder gun troops.

War horses are too large to be easily shot, and it is likely that there will be no war horses.

He could no longer ride a war horse and shoot arrows with a bow.

With a musket in his hand, he looked stupid, even if he lit and fired, there was nothing brave and majestic to speak of.

So what is he happy about?!

Thinking of this, Xiang Tiange suddenly pulled his head, extremely nerve-wracking.

What can I do about this, he will not be able to be like Emperor Taizu in the future, riding a tall horse, holding a sword and gun, single-handedly challenging the King of the Huns, and he will be majestic.

Shen Wanbao also has his own troubles.

But what he was worried about was not him, but just Xiang Tiange's little thing.

He is distressed that there are no new projects to make money!

Powder guns!

Military products are very profitable at a glance.

But this has nothing to do with his Shen family.

No matter how many powder guns the Great Chu army needed, they all went into the pocket of Xiao Duhou.

Xiao Duhou, this Pixiu, will definitely not spit out such a mouthful of fat from his mouth. The eldest eats meat, and does not give the younger brother a little soup to drink.

He was dying of poverty.

"God, give me some good projects that can make money!"

Shen Wanbao lamented.

In a few years, the throne of the Shen Mansion, the richest man in Great Chu, will be handed over to the Marquis of Xiaodu.

He, the son of the richest man in Jinling, felt pressure.

"Let's go, go to Xiao Duhou's place for a walk, see if he has any money-making projects there, he can't be busy, I'll go and help him share the burden."

Shen Wanbao gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay! Let's see if there's anything interesting going on with him!"

Prince Xiang Tiange was idle, so he naturally followed him.

……

Pingwangfu.

Yu Garden.

Chu Tianxiu had a headache.

Ever since he used a powder gun, after defeating Li Rong.

There was a wave of gunpowder craze in Jinling City. Everybody wanted to make gunpowder, even powder guns. It's just that they don't know the combination of gunpowder, and they don't know the art of steelmaking.

This Pingwang Mansion was much more lively, and all kinds of guests came to visit, beating around the bush, wanting to buy a few gunpowder guns from his hands.

Of course, Chu Tianxiu knew their thoughts, either to take them back and pretend to be forced, or to buy a few and go back to imitate them.

This kind of artifact, a heavy weapon of the military industry, of course he will not sell it.

In addition to the Danyang soldiers for their own use, the Pingwang Mansion, the Taiwei Mansion, and the Imperial Palace Forbidden Army can buy them from him.

When Li Tiantian saw that in Jinling City, the gunpowder suddenly became very popular, and his heart was itching.

He also wants to take advantage of this wave of heat and make a fortune.

Gunpowder can make money, but it can't be sold.

Of course, weapons such as gunpowder packs with lethal power cannot be sold, and if you are not careful, you will kill people, and maybe the imperial court will come to raid the house.

Li naturally pondered that selling gunpowder products that were not lethal at all, but were extremely attractive.

Here, Li Tiantian had a whim, got an idea, came to Yu Garden in a hurry, found Chu Tianxiu, and said that he had researched a new thing, which was very, very powerful.

Like a fairy, it can fly into the sky!

Unique!

As soon as this thing comes out, it will definitely be a sensation in Jinling City, and even a national sensation may not be. Which rich people must cry for their fathers and mothers, and rush to buy.

In short, his invention is that the cow can't do it.

It's just a lack of funds, a lack of partners to do this business. Although he can tinker with gunpowder, he is not very good at business.

He came to ask Xiao Duhou if he wanted to do this business together.

Make a lot of money, make a fortune!