Penglai is far overseas, and although it is not as far away as Toei Island, where Himiko is located, it is still some distance from the coast.

Far away from Penglai is Donglai in Qingzhou.

A few years ago, the entire coast was controlled by Cao Shuo, and the only way for other forces to go to sea was to take a detour out of Bashu and into Tianzhu, or all the way north from Sakhalin to the water.

Cao Pi has never paid much attention to naval construction, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan have no chance to attach importance to the navy.

More than a dozen warships in the East China Sea, which had changed their commanders, docked off the coast of Penglai.

The captain who used to be a warship captain has now been demoted to a soldier.

Before coming to Penglai, what they had to do every day was to inspect the warship, arrange the mast and sails, and find out whether the warship was damaged in time.

Although they were disgraced after escaping death, they knew very well that Cao Shuo had no intention of sparing their lives, and for some reason, he actually ordered them to be spared.

There were special personnel to inspect the warships, and there were no accidents on the warship road in the East China Sea near the coast of Penglai.

The warship docked, and Mi Heng waited on the shore with a group of people.

Cao Shuo and the foot trainer were the first to get off the boat, and Mi Heng greeted them: "Lord! ”

"The cannon you said you built?" Cao Shuo asked.

"It's the cannon that was made." Mi Heng replied: "We have also tried it, and it is not much different from the original description of the lord. ”

"Take me to see it." Cao Shuo commanded.

"The lord came from the sea, and it was very bumpy along the way, so it was better to rest for a day or two first." Mi Heng said: "The cannon is in Penglai, you can watch it at any time." ”

"There was an accident in Hanzhong, Yang Song and Yang Bai rebelled, imprisoned Zhang Lu, Yuan Hao, and Ziyi, and the world was stable for some days, but turmoil was coming. I don't have much time to rest. ”

Turning his head to look at the foot trainer, Cao Shuo ordered: "I'll go and see the cannon, you go back and rest first." ”

The foot trainer owes a salute.

As a woman, and a woman as docile as water, she had little interest in weapons in the first place.

A man conquers the world, and a woman only needs to keep a stable house, create a peaceful back house for him, and let him have a place to rest when he is tired.

With a bow, the foot trainer answered, and left accompanied by several maids.

Mi Heng accompanied Cao Shuo to the open space on the island.

The open space is not far from the sea.

In front of the sandy beach along the coast, a row of low walls was built.

The walls were low but stocky.

The walls were mottled and pitted, and it was evident that they had been tossed and turned, and several places had been bombarded to the point of collapse.

"The place where it collapsed is the masterpiece of the cannon." Mi Heng pointed to the collapsed place: "Is the lord going to see it now?" ”

"Send it to me and I'll see it." Cao Shuo commanded.

"Push a few cannons up." Mi Heng commanded.

"How many?" When the soldiers went to push the cannons, Cao Shuo asked Mi Heng, "How many have you made?" ”

"Not much." Mi Heng replied: "The lord didn't speak, I only asked the craftsman to build more than ten units, once the lord feels that he can, three or five hundred units can be built in a few days." ”

Three to five hundred cannons can be built in a few days.

Cao Shuo knew that Penglai's current construction capacity was beyond his expectations.

Nodding, he didn't say anything, just silently looked at the city wall that had long been so bright that it was bruised all over his body.

It didn't take long for a group of soldiers to arrive with cannons.

The officer with the troops ran over: "Lord Qiqi, the cannon is ready." ”

Cao Shuo nodded, and Mi Heng ordered: "Immediately practice for the lord to watch." ”

The soldiers brought in five cannons.

They lined up towards the city walls.

As Cao Shuo expected, it was very laborious to reload gunpowder and shells.

Some soldiers stabbed the shells with iron rods, and some lit the fuses behind the barrels.

The fuse ignited, and the cannon made a loud "boom".

Cannonballs flew out and fell towards the city walls.

At the beginning, Cao Shuo built a catapult, and the huge stone bombardment of the city wall was spectacular.

The cannonballs were relatively small, not as huge as the boulders, and they were extremely fast, until the city wall roared and white smoke came out, and Cao Shuo and the others didn't see how the cannonballs flew out.

"Didn't the lord see it clearly?" Cao Shuo didn't have any special expression on his face, and Mi Heng asked tentatively.

"I really don't see it clearly." Cao Shuo said: "One more shot, I'll take a good look!" ”

"One more shot." Mi Heng commanded.

Here the soldiers loaded their shells and bombarded the wall.

The white smoke cleared, and a part of the city wall was loosened by the shells.

"This wall you've built is really not very strong." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "I only hit it twice, and it was actually loosened!" ”

"Lord Mingjian, it's not that the wall is not strong, but that the cannon is too powerful." Mi Heng said: "If it's a catapult, I don't know how many stones it takes to blast the wall like this." ”

"Shoot a few shots at the sea." Cao Shuo confessed.

"Hit the sea?" Mi Heng was surprised: "No matter how fierce the cannonball is, it won't make many waves when it hits Haili." ”

"I just want to see how far I can hit." Cao Shuo said: "The power of the cannon is the speed of the cannon, and the second is the range of the cannonball. The ejection speed still looks okay, all I need to know is how far it can fly. ”

"I see." After Cao Shuo explained, Mi Heng instructed the soldiers: "According to the lord's orders, push the cannon to the beach and blast it a few times." ”

The mud on the beach was soft, and the cannon was about to be pushed onto the beach, Cao Shuo said: "Such a heavy thing, don't push it onto the beach." A few blasts outside the beach can also show the approximate range. ”

Soldiers pushing cannons set up the batteries six or seven paces from the beach.

They loaded gunpowder and fired several shots into the sea.

Cao Shuo, who was standing on the shore, saw several small dots flying out quickly falling into the sea in the distance.

The black dots fell into the sea, stirring up several waves.

Looking at the place where the shells fell into the sea, Cao Shuo's brows furrowed slightly.

"How far did the cannonball fly out?" He asked Mi Heng.

Mi Heng replied: "There are a hundred and ten steps to say less. ”

"How do I think it's only sixty or seventy steps?" Cao Shuo asked.

"It should ...... It's not that close......" Mi Heng said with some embarrassment: "How many more rounds do you want to come again?" ”

"A few more shots." Cao Shuo nodded.

A moment later, several more shells flew out.

When the cannonball fell into the water, Cao Shuo turned his head to look at Mi Heng: "What else does Zhengping have to say?" ”

After the cannonball flew out, it did fall into the water sixty or seventy paces.

Mi Heng replied with some embarrassment: "I will urge the craftsmen to step up the development of a cannon with a longer range. ”

"The cannon will determine the course of the war in the future, and you can't be negligent." Cao Shuo asked again: "What I want is not only power, but also a longer range." The enemy army is far away from us, I smashed them first, how can they fight with us? ”

(End of chapter)