Wang Jian said: "Actually, the old gentleman does not have to be presumptuous, I believe that with the manifestation of the saint, he will soon attach importance to the contribution of businessmen to my Ming Dynasty, and the original inscription of the saint to you and other businessmen is the best proof." ”

Liang Si didn't believe Wang Jian's words very much, the world has been prejudiced against businessmen for thousands of years, even if this young man is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he is a big celebrity around the emperor, it is difficult to influence the emperor's opinion. However, he still nodded and praised the emperor for his wisdom and martial arts, and bribed Wang Jian with 5,000 taels of silver before leaving, hoping that Wang Jian would not listen to the rumors of other merchants, and he did not coerce and lure other merchants to let them not bid to participate in the auction.

Early in the morning, Wang Chengen reported that John Tang had built an artillery cannon and asked the emperor to inspect the goods.

Since Tang Ruowang got Wang Jian's promise, he chose a place called Horseshoe Ridge in the mountains south of Jinan City to build a firearms bureau, and wholeheartedly made firearms for Wang Jian.

This black guy is much more powerful than firecrackers.

Wang Jian was also looking forward to it, he had only seen it on TV before, but he had never seen real artillery with his own eyes.

He called Ma Miao, along with the main generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, to the Horseshoe Ridge Range to test the power of the new artillery.

When Ma Mi heard that Tang Ruowang said that it took more than 100,000 taels of silver to create such an iron pimple, and heard him boast about how good this cannon was, she opened her mouth in surprise and asked, "Your Majesty, is this artillery really as powerful as he said?" ”

Before Wang Jian could speak, Zu Dabi, the deputy general of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, said in a loud voice: "That's it, I don't believe in any artillery firearms, these foreign devils love all kinds of bells and whistles, but they are all fireworks tricks, and those sparks don't hurt to burn on me!" ”

An old blacksmith heard that someone had insulted his treasure, but this cannon had been made by him without eating or drinking for several days, and he could not help but say, "This general, this cannon is different from other earthen cannons. ”

Zu Dabi glared at the bull's eye, and spit flew sideways: "You fart, what's the difference?" I only know that fighting a war is to fight with real knives and guns, you old thing knows a fart, you count how many holes in my body, and tell me about fighting? You're a ball's egg! ”

Zu Dabi was angry and terrifying, and the old blacksmith thought that Zu Dabi was going to beat him, so he was so frightened that he retreated again and again.

Ma Yumei hurriedly stopped Zu Dabi, and she said, "General Zu, Hugh has to make a mistake!" Whether this artillery is powerful or not, it's not for you to have the final say with him, this palace has to see it for yourself. ”

Zu Dabi's bull temper is not restrained in front of Wang Jian, and only Ma Xiaomei can control him.

Ma Mi turned her head again to comfort the old blacksmith and said, "Don't blame the old man, this subordinate of this palace is this short-tempered, not on purpose to get along with you." ”

Then the old blacksmith saw that Ma Concubine was courteous to him, and called him "sir" with the respect of the imperial concubine, he couldn't help but cry, only felt that he had never been so respected in his life, and he hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Li Yan also said: "Niangniang doesn't know, the power of artillery is really powerful. Nurhachi in the realm of the emperor at the beginning was careless and died under the muzzle, this matter is absolutely true, and it cannot be faked! He remembered the artillery battle in Ningyuan City again, and he was still excited, not to mention that the artillery in front of him was even bigger than the Shenwei General Cannon that killed Nurhachi at the beginning.

Seeing that Ma still didn't believe it, John Tang was anxious, this was related to whether he could gain a foothold in Daming in the future, as well as his own missionary cause, and there was no room for falsehood and suspicion.

Tang Ruowang said proudly: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that this cannon is not only greater than the Hongyi cannon in the imperial capital, but also more powerful than the Hongyi cannon, the range of the Hongyi cannon is only two miles, and the range of this cannon is even farther, twice as much, as much as four miles!" ”

The other generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion are also experienced in a hundred battles, they are not as reckless and impulsive as Zu Dabi, not to mention that they know how to use artillery, at least they all understand the great role of artillery in defending and besieging cities, and after listening to Tang Ruowang's words, they all looked at this huge artillery in shock.

It's twice as long as the range of the Hongyi cannon, what is that concept? That means that the Hongyi cannon can only be beaten passively, and if it is used to defend the city, the enemy will not be able to get close to the city wall at all!

If you can't even get close to the corners of the city walls, how can you attack the city?

The generals looked at the big iron cannon in front of them infatuated as if they saw their beloved beauties, and they were just drooling. They were all eager to try, and even Wang Jian was red, wanting to see the power of this cannon.

Originally, he was going to let a craftsman who had skillfully practiced artillery test the cannon, but was rejected by a professor at the academy, on the grounds that the cannon was forged with more than 100,000 taels of public money, how could this honor of igniting the first cannon be obtained by a craftsman who did not enter the stream?

Under the incessant preaching of the professors of the college, Wang Jian's head was hot, and he couldn't help but decide to set fire to the first cannon himself.

Only Bi Maokang was still sober, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, this cannon is very powerful, and the emperor is comforted by the Ming Dynasty, just in case, let's change to a skilled craftsman!" ”

Wang Jian looked at the big guy in front of him, and looking at the shape, Wang Jian roughly guessed its structure and purpose: it is more than four meters long, and the caliber is much larger than the previous Hongyi cannon, nearly 30 centimeters. There are ear lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, presumably used to adjust the angle of the shell, change the range with the amount of gunpowder, as well as the front sight and illumination, and use the parabolic principle to calculate the trajectory, and the accuracy should be very high.

This cost me more than 100,000 taels, and it's just a money-eating machine. Wang Jian had a pain in his flesh, and he naturally didn't listen to Bi Maokang's advice.

Wang Jian said: "It's okay, I have my own heavenly blessing, since I ordered you to supervise it, I will personally try its power!" ”

Bi Maokang had no choice but to ask someone to fill the gunpowder, and then adjusted the trajectory and aimed at a big tree a hundred meters away.

Everything is ready, and when the matter is approaching, when the fire is really lit, Wang Jian's hand holding the torch can't help but tremble a little: "This is too damn scary, it won't explode, right?" "When he was a child, when he saw someone popping popcorn on the side of the road, he would hide far away, not to mention the real guy in front of him, how could he not be afraid? He couldn't help but regret a little and wanted to retreat, but when he saw that the generals and the people of the academy were looking at him with blank eyes, he couldn't ride a tiger for a while.