Chapter 205: Good Cannon and Parting

Jiang Feng's kitchen kung fu of weighing the amount of fish and meat was still there, and when he heard the introduction of a few old craftsmen, he reached out and took a cannonball and weighed it, about two catties and three taels, of course, this is the weight of modern times, and one catty in the Ming Dynasty is slightly larger than a modern one.

His historical knowledge is that he doesn't know how many kilograms a pound is, but some time ago, the Xia family bought a three-pound cannon from that, and the weight of the shell should be three pounds according to the name, and he has also weighed it, and it is estimated that it is about two catties and eight taels. explained that the cannon he cast should weigh about two and a half pounds, but listening to the introduction of the person on the side, the gun body weighs about four hundred catties, which is already much lighter than similar guns.

The surprising thing is not this, but the sighting device on the cannon, there are probably nearly 1,000 experienced craftsmen in the entire Yantai Mountain Thousand Households, which is not a too alarming number, because the children of the craftsmen recruited by Jiang Feng's subordinates in the Tianjin Wei Craftsman Household Camp and the Firearms Manufacturing Institute are all to help bring their families out of their nationality to Dengzhou.

In the past, these craftsmen made weapons, bows and crossbows, and firearms, and there were quite a few of them, plus the homeless people recruited by Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng's weapons basically didn't have to worry. And there can also be some stock. Of course, everything is done in secrecy.

On the crossbow machine, it can be said that the crossbow of the individual long-range precision weapon of this era generally has a "Wangshan" for aiming, which has appeared in the Qin and Han dynasties, which fully demonstrates the great creative spirit of the ancient working people in our country, and the role of Wangshan is a simple sight.

Through the line of sight, the target, the angle between the crossbow body and the Wangshan, to increase the accuracy of the crossbow arrows when shooting, to Jiang Feng's surprise, this technology was actually used on the newly cast artillery, and obviously in the past few months when Jiang Feng was busy buying and selling salt and grain, after many tests, the gun mount and gun carriage are quite suitable for field travel.

Jason Hogan is now staying at the foot of Yantai Mountain every day to train his troops, and after hearing Jiang Feng coming, he also came to say hello, and the result was just in time for the test of this new artillery. Jason was an infantry lieutenant in Spain, and his detailed knowledge of artillery was indeed as he said he was.

But after more than ten years of soldiers, even if you haven't seen pork, you must have seen a lot of pig runs, after seeing this new cannon, I was very surprised, and I was greatly admired there, and said:

"My lord, even the Spanish infantry regiment has three or four small-caliber guns, which you call here the Franco."

To be honest, Jiang Feng's idea of admiring foreign countries is still quite serious, of course, this is also inseparable from the responsibility of the modern news media, how the old craftsmen say that this cannon is good, he is always skeptical in his heart, but as soon as Jason Hogan said this, Jiang Feng immediately smiled and nodded again and again.

These old craftsmen were all small craftsmen when they were in the Tianjin Wei Craftsman Household Camp, and the craftsmen who cast weapons here in Yantai Mountain Thousand Households were also faintly headed by them, and seeing that the adults were happy, they immediately called a dozen helpers, and aimed their cannons at a barren beach hundreds of steps away.

When loading the medicine, Jiang Feng looked a little wrong, and several masters obviously disagreed because of how much to load, so they hurriedly stopped and asked:

"Didn't you determine how much each cannon should be charged?"

"Lord Hui, we are all based on experience, and it will not be worse or less."

Jiang Feng almost fainted when he heard this, if he was reloading medicine on the battlefield, it was all based on experience, wouldn't it be a troublesome thing, quantitative and accurate numbers were indeed a defect in ancient China, and many technologies and related products could not be passed down for such reasons.

"A few of you, each of you shoots a shot according to your own charge, record how far you shoot and what happens, who is it, you go to the workshop and get a scale, and the gunpowder of each cannon must be weighed out for me and recorded on paper."

A few old craftsmen listened there in a daze, Jiang Feng's vicious expression there, these people still thought that they had made Lord Jiang angry, and they trembled there, for fear that there would be any punishment next, Jiang Feng let out a long breath here, his excitement was more like the excitement of making a cannon made him a little uncontrollable, Jiang Feng calmed down and continued:

"In the future, everything in the manufacture of weapons workshops must be recorded, don't rely on experience, it will be beneficial to do more."

When Jiang Feng Hyundai worked in the restaurant, the restaurant was busy with business, such as fried water spinach with garlic, I don't know how many plates to sell in a day, if they were all blended there with their own experience, I am afraid that the guests would have been scolded to death, so the restaurant is rationed by the small workers of the side dishes, which saves a lot of effort.

So at this time, he also had this mind, and after the weight of the gunpowder needed for each shell was determined, it was all quantitatively wrapped in a paper bag, which would improve the efficiency a lot.

The gunpowder was already loaded, tamped with a stick, and then the twist was stuffed into the fire door, the cannonball was put in, and the twist was lit with a torch.

Unlike the muffled sound of the musket, the sound of the cannon was quite loud, and almost everyone standing around involuntarily covered their ears, and the lead bullet whistled out in the chamber of the cannon, smashing heavily on the barren beach, and the rest of the momentum did not stop jumping for a while before falling into the sea.

The jump of the solid cannonball was too terrifying to kill the dense formation, and Jiang Feng could almost imagine the terrifying sight caused by the solid cannonball falling into the crowd, with stumps and broken arms, and flesh and blood flying. Hmph, since it's a Spanish infantry regiment with four small cannons.

Then my Jiang Feng's subordinates will cast eight guns, and since the first shot has been seen, Jiang Feng is also extremely satisfied in his heart, and said directly:

"Tomorrow each person will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver, and all the handymen involved in the cannon will be given five taels of silver each, and you will pass on the word, if the matter of this cannon leaks out, I will find someone to destroy his full door."

Two hundred taels of silver per person, if it leaks, it will be the punishment for destroying the door, a few old craftsmen did not come back to their senses for a long time, watching Jiang Feng go away, knelt on the ground, and shouted there:

"Thank you, thank you!"

When they were craftsmen, they didn't have enough food and clothing, but even if they worked for two lifetimes, they couldn't earn a hundred taels of silver......

Jiang Feng walked to the tethered horse stake on the edge of the earthen platform, and when he was about to turn over and get on the horse, Jason Hogan behind him ran over quickly, shouting there:

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, sir."

Jason Hogan is now wearing the clothes of Tie Ding back then, vaguely the style of Luo Yi as the leader, and now except for his blonde hair and blue eyes, he can no longer see any difference from other Dengzhou battalion sergeants, he quickly ran to Jiang Feng, first bowed and saluted, and then said with a smile:

"Honorable lord, your troops don't need me to continue training anything, and if you allow it, I would like to take a ship back to Europe in a month."

Hearing such a sudden resignation, Jiang Feng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, now the more than 2,000 soldiers under his command are basically in the queue, and there are various aspects of the battle Jason Hogan, this European officer teaches everything is almost learned, and the rest is just a matter of proficiency.

However, Jiang Feng had already spent thousands of taels of silver on this Jason Hogan, so he naturally didn't want the other party to leave like this, Jason saw Jiang Feng's hesitation, and bent down respectfully there and said:

"My lord, your generosity has now allowed me to go to the Americas or return to Europe to live as a rich man, and I think I can contribute more to the independence movement of my compatriots, please allow me to make this plea from the bottom of my heart."

The other party's firm eyes already explained a lot of problems, and Jiang Feng was also a guide to twist the melon, so he finally nodded there and said:

"Yes, I will arrange a boat for the Xia family for you, you can rest assured, they will guarantee your safety on the road."

Hearing Jiang Feng's permission, Jason showed a relieved expression on his face, bowed there, turned to leave, and suddenly heard Jiang Feng behind him shouting:

"According to the rules of Daming, I will also give you a thank you gift of 1,000 taels."

This was really a surprise for Jason, and he turned to Jiang Feng with a smile and saluted more respectfully, and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your generosity!"

"Tell your fellow citizens about my generosity, I need artisans for cannon forgers, craftsmen for guns, doctors for boats, boatmen for shipbuilders, many people, let them come to me, and I will pay them ten times as much!"

"As you wish, I will surely spread your generosity to my hometown, honorable lord!"

When Jiang Feng sat in Dengzhou Mansion in the evening, he was in a very happy mood, although Jason's departure made him a little uncomfortable, but the creation of the cannon made his heart full of pride and ambition. There were not many people called this night, so they first arranged for Liu Twelve and Yang Da to send them to closely monitor the workshop where the new barracks cast cannons, and in case of any abnormal situation, they would be killed immediately.

The last one to come in was Zhao Xiucai, Zhao Xiucai is now the role of the chief manager in the system under Jiang Feng, of course, the management is mainly money. The relationship between the two people is more like friends, Jiang Feng speaks more casually, as soon as Zhao Xiucai entered the room, Jiang Feng happily patted the table and laughed:

"Lao Zhao, we also have cannons, allocate silver to the workshop, give as much as you want, and in another month, I will see eight cannons!"

"Owner, that cannon cost us more than 7,000 taels of silver!"

With a "poof", Jiang Feng spit out the sip of tea he had just drunk.