The sun had already fallen on the sea, and Yuan Fang let out a long sigh and said, "Am I useless?" ”

Sang Rou shook her head: "Brother-in-law, in my heart, you are the most powerful." ”

Yuan Fang said frustratedly: "However, but I swore to Yang Xing that the cannon is very easy, and it won't take long to build it, Yang Xing almost put all his life on it, but I, I haven't made any progress for so long, and the Wanliu Empire and the Liusang Empire are getting stronger and stronger." ”

Yuyue said softly: "Brother-in-law, your pressure is too great, you haven't had a good rest in the past few days." ”

Yuan Fang smiled bitterly and said, "How can there be time to rest, if you wait any longer, they will really call." ”

Sang Rou grabbed Yuan Fang's arm, pillowed her head on Yuan Fang's shoulder, and said softly: "Brother-in-law, do you remember when you were in Niujiao Mountain?" At that time, I was just an ordinary soldier, when we were surrounded by the Rather Empire, General Xia Liang decided to break through, and that night, you announced in front of everyone that Sister Xia Liang was your woman, brother-in-law, at that time, your tone was unquestionable, full of confidence, how heroic that was, this is how Sister Xia Liang was conquered by you, I saw this scene with my own eyes not far away, brother-in-law, you don't know it yet, at that time, many sisters were moved by your domineering and heroic, and several of them were clamoring to marry you. ”

Yuan Fang was stunned and asked, "Won't it?" ”

Yuyue smiled and said, "Really, I can testify and tell you a secret, Sister Jingqiu is one of them." ”

Yuan Fang looked at Yuyue in surprise, and then turned his head: "Don't be kidding, okay, I'm much better now, thank you for accompanying me." With that, he fled.

Yuan Fang really didn't want to mention this topic, he was not an idiot, of course he knew that Yu Jingqiu had a good impression of him, but he couldn't do that, because he couldn't give Yu Jingqiu anything, and more importantly, his heart was full of Xia Liang, and there was no room for others.

Escaping back to the room, Yuan Fang lay on the bed, recalling the scene of proposing to Xia Liang, he couldn't help laughing, and unconsciously, tiredness hit, and he slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Early in the morning, Yuan Fang woke up from a sweet dream and stretched his waist hard, Ye Qingru heard the movement and came in with a basin of water and put it next to the bed, walked to open the curtains, the warm sun shone on his body, and it was very comfortable to be lazy, Yuan Fang got dressed and got out of bed to wash his face, and said with a smile: "Qingru, what are you eating for breakfast today?" ”

Ye Qingru shook her head and said, "I don't know, the red clothes are yelling about cooking today, and I don't know what to do." ”

Yuan Fang said with a sad face: "It's over, it seems that there is no breakfast to eat." ”

Ye Qingru covered her mouth and chuckled: "The craftsmanship of the red clothes is not very delicious. ”

Breakfast is porridge and pickles, which is Yuan Fang's favorite, but this breakfast Yuan Fang ate very painfully, the porridge was boiled in red, the burnt rice grains were like sand, Yuan Fang's teeth ached, and finally swallowed it directly, finally filling his stomach.

After the meal, Yuan Fang said in a weird manner while picking his teeth: "Hongyi, aren't you injured, let others do this kind of thing in the future, you have a good rest." ”

Hongyi didn't hear the meaning of Yuan Fang's words, and thought that Yuan Fang really cared about himself: "It's okay, you are all so busy, I should help if I have nothing to do, and I will make breakfast for you every day in the future." Yuan Fang rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that this is over, don't think about eating breakfast in the future.

Guan Xiaoyun secretly stuffed Yuan Fang with a steamed bun, lowered his voice and said, "Dean, if you don't eat enough, you can eat another steamed bun." After speaking, he squeezed his eyes and ran to help Hongyi clean up the table with a smile.

Yuan Fang sighed and said, "Xiaoyun still knows that it hurts people." ”

Meimei slept and felt a lot more relaxed, and Yuan Fang regrouped and went to work again. This time, Yuan Fang no longer acted maverick and made his own opinions, but called Sang Rou and them to discuss and brainstorm together, although Sang Rou and they didn't know much about these, but they also provided a lot of useful suggestions. Reconcoction of gunpowder, Xia Yi made a record, and at noon that day, Guan Xiaoyun and several blacksmiths came to the test site on the beach with a cannon that had been made overnight.

Guan Xiaoyun placed the cannon well, adjusted the angle, and then fixed it with a stone, especially with a small stone stuck in the back.

Yuan Fang walked to the cannon to look at the angle and make sure that the cannon body had been firmly fixed, so he inserted the fuse to fill the gunpowder, then compacted, and finally, loaded a fist-sized solid iron egg into the barrel.

The fuse is still elongated, after igniting it, Yuan Fang ran away from a safe distance, watched the fuse burn little by little, and finally the fire drilled into the gun body, and then there was a muffled sound, thick white eyes sprayed out from the barrel, and the strong recoil pushed the large reef behind a little bit.

Dozens of meters away from the sea, a black thing flashed and fell into the sea, splashing a lot of water. Yuan Fang looked at the sea blankly, then looked at the slightly deformed cannon body in the back seat, and muttered to himself in disbelief: "Success?" ”

Xia Yi grabbed Yuan Fang's arm and jumped and said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, it's successful, we've succeeded." Yuan Fang was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses, and ran over to check on it, the gun body was intact and not exploded, and the position at the back of the gun barrel was a little more dented because of the recoil force and the force of the reef.

Succeeded, really succeeded, Yuan Fang said excitedly: "Quick, measure the distance of the cannonball, Xiaoyun, quickly find someone to come over and check if the cannon barrel is damaged, Xia Yi, Xia Yi, have you remembered the formula of this gunpowder?" ”

Xia Yi nodded vigorously: "Remember." "Sang Rou, Yuyue, Ye Qingru, everyone has a happy smile on their faces, so many days of hard work, there is finally progress.

The results came out quickly, the cannon body was intact, the barrel was only slightly scratched to negligible, and the range of the shells was more than forty meters, although this was far from Yuan Fang's goal, but this was a very good start, as long as adjustments were made on this basis, it would not take long to achieve what he wanted.

The propellant finally made progress, Yuan Fang couldn't wait to run back to improve, another day passed, but Yuan Fang seemed to be stuck here, and there was no way to increase the power of the propellant.

The propellant had a breakthrough on the third day, it was Yuyue's words that reminded Yuan Fang, at that time, Yuyue was studying the matter of the cannon barrel with Guan Xiaoyun, after several experiments, the cannon barrel was scratched by irregular iron balls A lot of scars, Guan Xiaoyun and Yuyue pondered whether they could make the inner wall of the cannon barrel stronger, Yuyue had a whim, changed her thinking angle and started to solve this problem from the cannonball, her idea was to polish the cannonball into a regular world, as long as the surface is smooth, it will not cause too much damage to the cannonball.

Yuan Fang, who was meditating at the time, heard this sentence and had a flash of inspiration in his mind, as if he had caught something, and immediately fell into deep thought.