Finding that Tang Ruowang still has this ability, Gao Han simply sharpened his knife and did not cut wood, and took all the brocade guards around him to the firearms factory to learn again, and it was very dangerous to load gunpowder and fire shells with real guns.

For about ten days, during the time when the firearms factory was making gunpowder and projectiles for the newly made three-pounder gun, basically the Jinyi guards had already learned and practiced the steps and skills of this cannon several times.

In his words, when the first qualified cannon is produced, it will take a little time, but as long as the first one is made, the rest can be made according to the previous process, and it will save a lot of time in terms of time and materials.

Gao Han thinks so.

On the fourth day of the seventh month, the auspicious day of the zodiac, the people in the Four Seas Restaurant poured out, and even Hagus, who was a prisoner, was brought out, and on the side of the firearms factory, except for a few janitors, there was no one left.

All the people were concentrated in a small valley four or five miles away from this bustling settlement.

The terrain of Haojing Ao is not very good, it is really not easy to find a flat land that is wide enough, this small valley is still because John Tang has been here for a few years and knows this place to find it, and today, the results of his busy more than a month are going to be tested here.

Three brand-new cannons were fixed on three mounds of earth, and at a distance of about five or six hundred paces in front of the mounds, eight or nine bags of earth were raised on the flat ground, which was the target of this new artillery test.

Out of the importance of this matter, Gao Han, who came here to watch the test gun, also invited a lot of people, Qian Lianghu of the City Ship Division, this is definitely a must, secondly, the garrison deputy Qianhu of Dongguan Qianhu, this is also to be invited, the last time the musket was test-fired, he came uninvited, wanted to take advantage of it, Gao Han did not have many good eyes to him, but now it is different, as long as the people of this army are willing to pay, he is still very willing to sell this transitional cannon to the other party.

After all, Gao Han's original intention at the beginning was that if this kind of small cannon could not be used by himself, it could be directly used as a ship cannon equipment for the sailor, so that the people of the sailor could intuitively see the power and range of this firearm.

In addition, Qin Yi, the county magistrate of Xiangshan County, and several people invited by Olivia, who were considered a little prestigious, were also invited.

Of course, inviting so many people to watch the cannon, Gao Han certainly didn't want it to become a failed farce, this was because he had confidence in John Tang and the steel he smelted, and he didn't believe that even one of the three cannons could not be fired, if this was the case, then the position of the chief caster of John Tang really had to be replaced, and no matter what kind of missionary matter, don't mention it again!.

When Gao Han and the others arrived in the valley, they found that it was already full of people in the valley.

There were even hawkers who were selling, and I don't know who leaked the news, anyway, Hao Jingao seems to have a very depressed atmosphere recently, whether it is a fan or a Ming person, it seems that he misunderstood the meaning of Gao Han, this is to take this test gun, when a festival has passed.

Fortunately, no one dared to haunt near the target of the test gun, well, let's put it this way, in front of the muzzle of the three cannons, except for a few craftsmen from the firearms factory who were in charge of inspecting the target, no one else could be seen.

You can make up the excitement, but it's not worth it if you put your life at risk.

For cannons, especially this kind of artillery that doesn't seem to be very big, the people who are preparing to watch the cannon around Gao Han are not very unfamiliar, those semi-armed warships of the Victor Chamber of Commerce are mostly equipped with such cannons, in fact, after such cannons are installed on the merchant ship with one or two, and finally add a few firearms, this merchant ship can be called an armed merchant ship.

"Mmmm, these cannons still look very good!"

Qin Yi, the county commander, did not use firearms, and only saw the glamorous side of this cannon, but it was Liu Xing, the sailor next to Gao Han, who was interested in these three cannons placed here.

The cannon body is not big, about one person long, the barrel is not thick, the thickness of an adult's thighs is only, such a cannon, the weight must not be too heavy, if the power is acceptable, loaded on several of his warships, he really doesn't think those Yiren armed merchant ships have anything to worry about.

However, it is still necessary to look at the accuracy and power of the launch, as well as the size of the movement, if the movement is too large, the warship is afraid that it will not be able to bear it.

Gao Han didn't know that the sailors around him were guerrillas, and when he hadn't tried the gun, so many thoughts had turned in his mind, he just looked at the crowd behind him who were almost thousands of people watching the excitement, and frowned with some displeasure.

"Your Excellency!" Qian Lianghu is now very dog-legged: "These idle people, do you want to send someone to disperse them, crowding here so noisy and shouting, it's too bad for the interest of adults!" ”

"No need!" Gao Han thought for a while, "Anyway, this news has been leaked out, no matter how good or bad today's test gun is, it can't be blocked after all, so be generous!" ”

What he thought was that there were many people, and he was afraid that if he tried this artillery, the news would quickly spread to the Portuguese Far East Fleet that was still in Manchuria, and the threat in his heart was not these people and officials here.

However, since the news can't be blocked, it's better to be generous, it's nothing more than the next time you experiment with a larger artillery, it's good to be cautious, the so-called fiction and reality of the soldiers, it's just that, sometimes, some real news is mixed with a little false news, which is more believable.

"My lord, can you start?"

When the person who was checking the target in the distance waved the flag in his hand to signal, John Tang stepped forward to ask Gao Han.

Gao Han nodded, and a group of brocade guards wearing red captain's uniforms came from behind him to the three cannons.

With Tang Ruowang's order, the Jinyi guards were divided into three teams, each team of three people, and began to get busy in front of the three cannons.

The charges of these three-pounder guns were obviously borrowed from the charging method of Gao Han's muskets, first cleaning the chamber, and then, placing a large powder bag wrapped in oiled paper into the chamber, and then the gunner pressed the gunpowder with the pestle, and then loaded the shells.

The gunner at the end of the gun used the iron stick in his hand to insert the gunpowder bag in the fuse tube at the end of the gun, loaded it with the gunpowder, and then lit the torch, stood at the end of the gun, and waited for the order to light the fuse at any time.

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