After looking at the cannon, Cao Shuo was not very satisfied.

He asked Mi Heng again: "Did you make any mines that I asked you to build?" ”

"Back to my lord, the mines have really been made." Mi Heng said: "It's just that it can't be confirmed. ”

"Why can't it be confirmed?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Landmines are buried in the ground." Mi Heng replied: "To verify whether it can be used, someone has to wade on it." But who would be so stupid as to test thunder knowing that they would die? ”

"Take me to see it." Cao Shuo didn't answer, but just gave Mi Heng an order.

Mi Heng responded and accompanied Cao Shuo to the craftsman's workshop on Penglai Island.

Hearing that Cao Shuo was coming, the craftsmen had been waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Cao Shuo, they bowed down one after another.

Cao Shuo smiled and raised his hand towards the craftsmen: "No need to be polite, I just want to see how you have made thunder." ”

"Tell me about my lordship." Mi Heng instructed the craftsman's workshop to take charge.

The steward was a craftsman who was slightly older than the others.

He said to Cao Shuo: "The lord ordered the craftsman workshop to develop cannons and mines, although we first appeared in Shouchun City, we did not grasp the essence at all. Although we are still far from mastering the essence now, we are not far from being able to grasp it then. The lord should have seen the cannon......"

The steward lifted the cannon, and Mi Heng's face was a little unpleasant: "The cannon has such a close range, are you embarrassed to say it?" Don't talk about the useless, pick the important ones. ”

Mi Heng mentioned that the range of the cannon was too close, and the steward immediately understood that Cao Shuo did not take a fancy to it.

Originally, he wanted to ask for credit, but he didn't expect to do things badly, so he quickly diverted the topic: "The mine was indeed made, but it can't be confirmed, and I don't know how many kills and injuries it can have." ”

"I think it's strange that they can't be confirmed." Cao Shuo smiled and asked, "What exactly did you cause thunder?" ”

Accompanying Cao Shuo into the craftsman's workshop, the steward replied: "At the beginning, we used a fuse to light mines, and later we accidentally discovered that gunpowder only needs the slightest spark to explode. If you use a spring to flick the body of the mine and collide with a spark, you don't need a fuse at all, and it can cause the mine to explode. ”

What the steward said really aroused Cao Shuo's interest.

Springs are extremely versatile, and when applied to mines, they can really be used to detonate staggered fuses.

"Have you made anything yet?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Yes!" The steward replied: "I didn't dare to build more, only one or two hundred were made." ”

"Take me to see it!" Cao Shuo waved his hand.

Mi Heng and the steward, along with a group of craftsmen from the craftsman's workshop, accompanied Cao Shuo to the warehouse where the mines were stored.

When he entered the warehouse, the steward told two craftsmen to go in and get the thunder.

A moment later, each craftsman took two mines.

The mine was round and smooth, and the shape was very unsightly, but Cao Shuo didn't see the existence of a fuse in it.

The construction of mines in later generations is far from being so simple.

But the craftsmen of the craftsman's workshop could think of detonating a mine with a spring, which is beyond common sense for the people of this era.

Taking the mine from a craftsman, Cao Shuo saw that there was indeed a spring buckle on it.

He asked Mi Heng: "Is there a place in Penglai that can confirm whether landmines can be used?" ”

"Yes!" Mi Heng replied: "I can take the lord to see it now." ”

"Let's take a look!" Cao Shuo beckoned: "Bring me all the mines." ”

"There's no way to confirm whether the mines can be used or not, what is the lord doing with them?" Mi Heng asked in surprise.

"You can't seal it, can't I?" Cao Shuo didn't say what he was going to do, and gently patted Mi Heng's arm: "Can you use it, I'll understand it after a while!" ”

The craftsmen of Mi Heng and the craftsman's workshop were confused.

Ever since the mines were built, they have been wondering how they can verify whether they are usable or not.

After thinking about it, they didn't think of a way.

Cao Shuo just got here, and he actually said that he could confirm whether the landmine was practical or impractical.

The craftsmen took out all the mines and accompanied Cao Shuo to the testing ground in Penglai.

The so-called testing ground is specially opened for craftsmen's workshops.

This is an open space, and connected to it is the vast sea.

When he arrived at the testing ground, Cao Shuo ordered: "Plant all the mines." ”

Landmines were developed, and craftsmen have long been accustomed to burying them and digging them out.

It didn't take long for them to bury every thunder by heart.

Next, it will be confirmed whether the mine will detonate or not, and everyone present looked at Cao Shuo.

Cao Shuo instructed Deng Zhan: "Take someone to get some wooden barrels, fill them with clay, and then soak the soil with water, fill them and send them over." ”

Deng Zhan left in response.

The craftsmen didn't understand what was going on, and Mi Heng suddenly said: "The lord is going to use a wooden barrel instead of a human thunder?" ”

"Haven't you ever used this method?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Used." Mi Heng replied: "It's just that we were loaded with sand ...... at the beginning."

"The sand is soft, and even if it is filled, it slides in the barrel." Cao Shuo said: "The sand in the barrels must not have gone far. Your approach is really not very good. ”

As soon as Cao Shuo explained, the craftsmen were also stunned.

Everyone said: "It's still the lord's wisdom, if the lord doesn't come to Penglai, I'm afraid we won't be able to think of this method even if we want to break our heads." ”

"It's not that you didn't think about it, it's just that you gave up too early." Cao Shuo said: "After trying several methods, if you don't achieve your goal, you can easily say that you can't confirm it, don't you feel sorry for yourself." ”

Walking to the wooden box where the mines were placed, Cao Shuo picked up one: "It is much easier to verify whether the mines can be used than to make mines." You didn't give up on making mines, but when you got to the last step, you actually retreated, how will you develop new weapons in the future? ”

"With artillery and mines, the lord can already sweep the world." Mi Heng asked, "What new weapons do you want to develop?" ”

"There are many weapons that can be developed in the world, and one day you will find that mines and cannons are just the prototype of hot weapons. The real thermal weapon still needs your further research. When he said this, Cao Shuo's mind came to mind about missiles, nuclear weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction.

The workshop built a cannon and even developed a mine that was detonated with a spring.

With the first step, there will be a second step, a third step in the future.

The development of technology only took a leap forward after people discovered that the world was really strange.

He lived in an era where there would be a new technological breakthrough every five years, and in the changes of the times before that, the development of technology was very slow, hundreds of thousands of years, and there would not be too many breakthroughs.

Unlike everyone else who has seen the technology of later generations, although Mi Heng and the craftsmen are looking forward to it, they all feel that what Cao Shuo said is a little unbelievable.

Cannons and mines are so lethal that there are more powerful weapons in the world?

(End of chapter)