Emperor Chongzhen and the hundred officials were caught off guard and were taken aback.

A group of guards subconsciously blocked in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and when they reacted, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Emperor Chongzhen and the hundred officials were looking around, when they heard another muffled sound in the distance.

"Where did the shells hit?"

Emperor Chongzhen was very puzzled, and looked around for a long time, but he didn't see where the shells fell.

The hundred officials couldn't answer, and they looked around, but they didn't see where the shells hit.

After waiting for a long time, a guard hurried over, his face was full of disbelief, and he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the shell hit ten miles away, where exactly did it fall, the sergeant is going to investigate, and it has not yet been reported." ”

"What?"

Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback: "Really hit ten miles away?" ”

The hundred officials were also surprised, thinking that it would be a joke to attack the enemy ten miles away, after all, exaggeration is not a new thing, and some officials have not used any means in order to make the emperor notice themselves, and bragging is not uncommon.

But now it seems that this small Western cannon, which is not very powerful, can really shoot a cannonball for ten miles.

Baiguan was a little confused, when did the cannon cast by Taixi be so powerful?

Rumble!

There was another cannon shot, and Emperor Chongzhen and the hundred officials hurriedly looked at it, but they didn't see anything, only vaguely saw a faint arc in the sky, as if the air was forcibly compressed.

After about ten breaths, there was another muffled sound in the distance.

Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, if the Hongyi cannon reaches the limit, it can also hit the iron bullet ten miles away, but it is not accurate, and it is difficult to control the accuracy if it exceeds five hundred steps, but I don't know how the accuracy of this cannon is, and if it is as troublesome as the Hongyi cannon, I am afraid it will be of great use." ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand much of this, so he looked at Li Chuan.

Li Chuan said: "Your Majesty, these cannons bought by the ministers are extremely fast to load, and they can shoot thousands of shells in half an hour at the earliest, and they will not explode. If the gunner is skilled, the accuracy of the 10-mile range can be controlled within 10 paces. ”

"What?"

Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback, even if he didn't understand artillery, he was taken aback.

The hundred officials were even more incredulous, and a few officials who knew artillery jumped up directly, and one official shouted angrily: "It's nonsense, artillery that can't bomb can shoot thousands of shells in half an hour, and it can control the target within ten steps when it hits ten miles, so bold, you dare to bully the king." Your Majesty, please take this fang down and punish the crime. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's face was not good-looking, and he said unhappily: "I also feel ridiculous. ”

Li Chuan glanced at the official who jumped out, and then said, "Your Majesty, please ask the emperor to move and watch it." ”

"Bold!"

The official immediately reprimanded angrily: "The emperor's body of ten thousand gold, how can you be in danger, what are your intentions?" ”

The ministers also hurriedly agreed, you must know that it is dangerous to fiddle with artillery in these years, and artillery explosions occur from time to time, which is not as good as the explosion of firearms, once the artillery is blown up, the probability of the gunner's survival is not more than one percent.

Let the Emperor Ninety-Five Supreme go to watch the cannonballs, this is no different from murdering the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen's face was even worse, although he didn't think that Li Chuan had evil intentions, but he didn't consider his own safety, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, he was not a good courtier, if it weren't for Li Chuan's loyalty to the king, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to beat him.

Li Chuan said confidently: "The minister invited the emperor to take the stage and watch it from thirty steps." ”

Emperor Chongzhen groaned slightly, and then said: "That's it, I will take the stage to take a look." ”

Thirty steps is considered a safe distance, even if the cannon explodes, it is impossible to hurt Emperor Chongzhen, so the hundred officials have nothing to say.

Soon, a group of people came to the test site and climbed a high platform to watch from afar.

Li Chuan personally commanded the family to load and launch, and a group of brocade guards unsheathed their swords and surrounded them, staring at Li Chuan and a group of family members with fierce eyes, but if they found that everyone had a plot and did not have a tricky heart, they would cut them into meat puree.

At this time, the sergeant who had gone out to look for shells finally returned.

"Your Majesty, the cannonball hit thirteen miles away!"

A guard stepped forward to report, and there was still a hellish expression on his face.

Emperor Chongzhen and Baiguan's expressions were also a little ghostly, the emperor nodded in a good mood, and then looked at the small cannon not far away that didn't look like a very powerful cannon, and there was a little more expectation in his eyes, if this artillery was really as powerful as Li Chuan said, it would definitely be a great weapon for the Ming generals.

Rumble!

The cannon sounded, and Emperor Chongzhen and the hundred officials hurriedly watched intently.

Boom Boom Boom ......

After the shell slid from the muzzle to the bottom, it directly triggered the fuse after hitting the firing pin, ignited the medicine bag, and shot it out directly, with an interval of only about three or four seconds.

There are three households, two of whom are responsible for delivering ammunition and one for reloading.

One shell after another was fired, and the Jinyi guard and the sergeant standing next to him were dumbfounded.

Emperor Chongzhen and the hundred officials on the high platform also looked confused, feeling that their knowledge was lowered.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but say: "What's the matter, there is no need to charge, how did the cannonballs go out?" ”

All the officials looked at each other, and no one could figure out what was going on.

An official coughed and said, "Your Majesty, let's wait and ask the commander of Jin Shanwei." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, his eyes were a little hot, and he stared intently at a few family members who were loading with flying express bullets.

In three minutes, fifty shells were fired.

"Stop!"

Li Chuan's face twitched, and he decisively stopped,

In just three minutes, 300,000 was called out like this.

What a loser!

In order to perform for the emperor, 300,000 yuan was beaten into the ditch.

The sergeants around the side had hot eyes, these were all gunners in the army, Li Chuan explained the essentials of operation to them, and a guard ran over and said, "Lord Li, Your Majesty called you over." ”

"Ergou, you talk about them!"

Li Chuan had no choice but to confess and hurried to serve the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen's thirst for knowledge was a little strong, and without waiting for him to salute, he asked: "Gunpowder is fired with charge, but I don't have a charge, how did those shells get out?" ”

Li Chuan said: "The emperor doesn't know, these cannonballs are not solid iron shells, but special shells, gunpowder is contained in the shells, and they are two medicine bags, after the shells slide to the bottom of the barrel, hitting the stones of the gun carriage, it will trigger a medicine bag and shoot the shells." After the shell hits the ground, the second kit will be ignited under the squeeze. When the shell explodes, the shells explode into hundreds of fragments, causing damage to people and animals within a radius of 30 paces. ”

"How can there be such an elaborate cannonball?"

Emperor Chongzhen was dumbfounded, feeling that he had seen a long time.

A group of civil and military officials were also dumbfounded, and their faces were full of incredulity.