He looked at Kong Youde with a smile: "If the household department buys the Xiyi cannon, where do you think they can buy it?" ”

"Of course it's Guangdong, no, it should be Haojingao!" Kong Youde reacted immediately: "When it comes to the number of people living in Fan, there are many more people in Haojingao than in Guangzhou, and there are also firearms factories in Haojingao, if I am from the household department, I must be the first choice to go to Haojingao!" ”

"That's it!" Sun Yuanhua nodded: "If this firearms factory is in the hands of this Gao Han, it is equivalent to being in the hands of Jinyiwei, at this time, the people of the household department want to buy this Xiyi cannon, but I am afraid that they will be skinned by the people of Jinyiwei!" ”

"This person is not simple!" Sun Yuanhua smiled slightly bitterly: "Whether it is the meaning of the imperial court, or the meaning of Jinyiwei, he occupies this firearms factory in his own hands, and the matter of Liaodong purchasing artillery is left to him to knead, if he really has the ability to imitate the Xiyi cannon, then let him make some oil and water from it, it is just that, if he does not have this ability, and delays the major affairs of the imperial court, then this person, his heart can be punished!! ”

"I'm afraid that he is also worried that he will not be able to build this Xiyi cannon, so he asked us for help, after all, the adult's attainment of firearms is known to the world!" Kong Youde came back to his senses: "Then my lord, should we consider cooperating with them?" If this thing is successful or not, we will not suffer!! ”

In June in Ho Jing O, the weather is so hot that it is simply irritating and irritable, but the things in Gao Han's heart are more irritating than this more upsetting and irritable weather.

Under the speculation of Bourne and a group of craftsmen, the clay model of the first Xiyi cannon was completed, and Bourne and others were busy for more than a month to make sure that there was no problem with this model, and then finally began to cast the cannon.

The casting process was very smooth, but after cooling, when the gun body was tested according to the convention, Bourne had to regretfully announce that the casting process was not up to par, and the cast gun body was extremely uneven in various metals, and even did not need to be tested with water.

Such a cannon body is a defective product that can no longer fail.

Not to mention, the things that were cast were directly returned to the furnace, not to mention the time and manpower wasted during this period, and more importantly, the expectations of Gao Han were wasted.

People really can't always be lucky, when the local method of steelmaking, a furnace was successful, it is estimated that the good luck has been used almost, if possible, Gao Han would rather change the luck of these two things, even if it is a few more steel, it only costs more than once the thing, but the cannon cast out of the waste product, this delay is a lot of things.

After the failed casting, the craftsmen fell into the mode of reviewing experience, even the horse master of the military department, there was no shelf, and often quarreled with the craftsmen to the protrusion, inextricable, however, when those craftsmen were arguing, they did not regard him as a big official of the imperial court, and those who dared to quarrel with him regarded him as a peer.

Byrne also fell into a strange state.

When he first began to know that he had his own command of the whole process of cannon casting, he was excited and full of confidence, and felt that according to his decades of experience, and even the experience of participating in cannon casting, he was very likely to succeed.

When choosing the size of the cannon to cast, he even carefully chose to start casting from the five-pounder cannon, and he was not afraid of failure, and he could accumulate experience, and if he succeeded, he would continue to build it in Dali.

However, people say that it is a good start, he opens the door is black, thousands of pounds of steel have become waste, and those that can be reused are only afraid that there will be no one in ten, even if he doesn't say it, but, from Miss Liu's eyes, he can also see that the flesh hurts for a while.

That's not all, it's not a strange thing to fail, but no matter how he calculates or redesigns the model, he can't find the reason for his failure, and sometimes he gets upset, and he even blames the craftsmen who cast the molten steel, thinking that they didn't follow their own intentions and didn't carry out their orders properly to cause failure.

However, deep in his heart, he knows that he really can't complain about this matter, if he wants to complain, he can only blame himself, he takes himself too seriously, this cannon and fire are really two different things!

The official of the Ming Dynasty was arguing with the craftsmen again, and he stared at the drawings on the table, feeling that his head was a little swollen.

I need fresh air, I need a place to calm my mind, he told himself, shook his head and walked out of the firearms factory!

A young man behind him, not far away, followed him, he didn't think so, it was the guard sent to him by the tall man, in Ho Jing O, he was not worried about his safety at all.

The cathedral in the Victor Chamber of Commerce has now been thoroughly cleaned, and even at the strong request of many people, the cathedral is now open to the people of Haojing Ao, although near the church, there is a barracks of the Ming Mansion, but it is still the most calming place for Bourne, he decided to go there to take a walk and sit down.

The priest named Billy came here after the battle of the church, and the priest didn't care about the bloodshed that happened in this church in the past, and he didn't care, the battle of faith would happen anywhere, but as long as there was a church, it was God's territory for him.

It was quiet in the church, and a few people were pulling around, not knowing whether they were praying or repenting, and Bourne went in and found a place to sit down.

He didn't see Father Billy, but he didn't care, he just wanted to find a moment of peace here.

"Mr. Bourne!"

Father Billy, whom he did not see, walked in through the door behind him, just in time to see him, and greeted him with a smile.

"Priest!" Bourne bowed his head slightly, and there was another priest beside Father Billy, but Bourne was very eye-catching, as if he had never seen him here.

"This is Father Adam John, from the Diocese of Beijing, which is the capital of the Ming Empire, thank you Father Adam John for bringing the glory of the Lord there!!"

"Hello, Father John!"

Byrne bowed his head to the new priest, and Father Billy said: "Father John, this Mr. Byrne is the chief caster of the Ho Ching O Firearms Factory, and he is deeply respected by the Ming magnates here, and I am proud that our diocese can have such an important parishioner!" ”

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