There was a fast boat parked on the pier, Cheng Yue and the others got off the boat, and just sat down, the boat had already sailed to the shore. The two rows of sturdy men on the ship flew like oars, heading for a secret place.

The ship was very fast, and soon it had left the city of Suzhou, and in the misty waves, the ship sailed farther and farther, burrowing into the foggy water vapor.

Guo Kan said: "Governor, the place we went to is so secret, can you allow your subordinates to guess?" ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "Old general, please speak." ”

Guo Kan said: "I heard that the Metropolitan Governor has a secret place, and no one is allowed to approach it within three miles. The Great Khan had tried to inquire in many ways, but he didn't know what was going on inside, but where are we going? ”

Cheng Yue laughed and said, "The old general really knows very well, it is indeed there." ”

Guo Shoujing said excitedly: "Metropolitan Governor, is what the Metropolitan Governor said to his subordinates the last time I was in Dadu?" ”

Cheng Yue nodded and smiled: "Yes, you can see it at a glance." ”

Guo Shoujing saluted solemnly and said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "Your uncle and nephew are both worthy of my trust, and I won't bring them here if anyone else." ”

At this moment, a column of warships suddenly appeared in front of them. Liu Shun got out of the cabin, raised his handsome flag and commanded the army, and the warship gave way to a road. The strictness of the precautions can be seen.

The fast boat traveled forward for nearly half an hour, and finally came to a huge pier. It can be seen that the wharf has not been completed for a long time, and it can accommodate large ships of more than 4,000 materials.

The size of the pier alone surprised the uncle and nephew. With such a large wharf, can there be less things to transport?

Boarding the dock, a carriage had stopped in front of the five people. All five of them boarded the bus together. The carriage did not pause at all. Drive along the flat road towards the island.

The road is wide. Even comparable to the main road of Dadu, on this sparsely populated island, it seems extremely abrupt.

The carriage traveled a long way, and finally came to the valley, where the factory on the side of the valley had expanded more than ten times and occupied nearly half of the land, and the huge warehouses next to it were connected together, and the factories were full of people. It's busy, with more than a dozen specially designed three-story water wheels spinning to provide constant power to the factory.

Guo Kan and Guo Shoujing were so surprised that they couldn't speak, it turned out that there was such a factory here!

Cheng Yue said: "This is my most secret place - the arsenal!" The weapons and the latest and greatest things used in our army come from here, including bombs, armor, steel knives, crossbow arrows, and so on. ”

Guo Kan asked, "Governor, what about the guns?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "It's also here, you will see it later." ”

The carriage went further on, and walked along the edge of the factory for half an hour, when a high wall and a wide, high gate appeared in front of it.

The security at the gate was even more impermeable, and Liu Shun poked his head out and beckoned. The guards pushed open the side door, and the carriage drove straight into the door.

Enter the door. It's a very open space. Various terrains are artificially created throughout the open space, including ponds, hills, sand, swamps, forests, grasslands, and dwellings. On the right, a row of warehouse doors were closed tightly, heavily guarded in front of the door, with a murderous atmosphere.

Guo Kan was already stunned, he had been riding horses all his life, and it was easy to see that this was a place to try out weapons, and Cheng Yue had thought about it to such an extent! Guo Kan couldn't help but be impressed, no wonder Cheng Yue's weapons were so sophisticated, this young man was amazing!

Cheng Yue led them to a warehouse, and after the guards saluted, they opened the warehouse, and a team of guards walked in.

Soon, two guards each came to Cheng Yue with a flintlock pistol.

Cheng Yue took one and handed the other to Guo Kan.

Guo Kan was flattered and took the gun and looked at it carefully. The construction of the gun is similar to that of the firebolt, but it is much finer than the firebolt, and instead of fire, it is lit with flint and steel! The gunpowder was loaded in the back, and there was a protective steel cover on the outside to prevent it from being wet in the rain. There was a spiral in the barrel, which made Guo Kan's heart tremble. He was an expert and could see that it would take a difficult technique to make it, but he didn't understand why it was like this. The whole gun is extremely exquisitely made, and Guo Kan has admired it without firing a gun.

Cheng Yue nodded secretly after seeing the gun, handed the gun to Liu Shun again, and said, "Try it and show it to me." ”

Liu Shun had a smile on his face and took a wooden box from the person next to him. The wooden box was opened, and inside were eight rows of cylindrical ammunition, each about the size of a little finger, and yellow.

Liu Shun put a round of ammunition into the gun, closed the barrel, put an iron pellet from the front end, and quickly pressed it with a strip, and the whole process took less than ten seconds, which made Guo Kan stunned.

Liu Shun put the gun on his shoulder and began to aim at the target a hundred paces away.

Guo Kan blurted out and asked, "Metropolitan Governor, can this shot hit a hundred paces away?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Far more than that, the yellow gunpowder is very fierce, and it can hit at least three hundred steps away." ”

Guo Kan was amazed when he heard this, and said: "Dadu Governor, as long as this kind of gun is accurate, who else in the world is the opponent of Dadu Dudu?" ”

Cheng Yue shook his head and said: "Guns are dead, people are alive, and you can't underestimate the enemy at any time." ”

Guo Kan was full of praise, and was about to say it again, when Liu Shun fired a shot, the target was a piece of wood, which was broken to pieces, and the wood chips scattered, causing everyone to cheer.

Guo Shoujing couldn't help but applaud, he hadn't tried to make a gun, but it couldn't be compared with the gun made by Cheng Yue at all, at most it was a little better than the previous gun. Cheng Yue's gun can obviously be used in warfare, not only powerful, but more accurate than bows and arrows, once all of them become an army, confronting Cheng Yue head-on is tantamount to looking for death!

Guo Kan excitedly asked Liu Shun to teach him to load ammunition, and the old general's majesty was undiminished, and he was so happy that he danced with joy when he hit a shot.

At this time, a "boom" sound sounded in the warehouse, and Cheng Yue ordered everyone to get out of the way. Soon, three guns of various sizes were mounted on artillery carriages and pushed out of warehouses. In front of the warehouse, there was a dug gun base, and three guns were introduced one by one.

The steel barrel is unusually beautiful, glowing in the sun. Guo Kan's eyes lit up, and he immediately pounced on it and rubbed it with the barrel of the cannon, as if he had seen a relative.

Cheng Yue laughed and said, "Old general, this is the cannon I cast, what do you think?" ”

Guo Kan looked at the barrel of the cannon, and sure enough, there was also a threaded line, and after thinking about it again and again, he asked: "Dadu Dudu, can the line in this make the cannonball fly more steadily and accurately?" ”

Cheng Yue nodded and smiled: "The old general really lives up to his reputation, and he can see through its usefulness at a glance." ”

Guo Kan sighed: "My subordinates have used the cannon for most of their lives, but they never know this trick, I am really ashamed." ”

Cheng Yue said: "Do you want the old general to try a shot?" ”

Guo Kan was in high spirits and said, "Of course, the Metropolitan Governor does not allow me to ask for it." ”

Liu Shun smiled and beckoned people to send ammunition, and Guo Kan chose the largest siege cannon charge.

After charging, everyone got out of the way, and after Guo Kan took aim with the sight above, he lit the fuse and immediately ran to the side, everyone opened their mouths and covered their ears. I could only hear a loud "boom", the earth shook, the dust flew, a large ball of fire burst out of the muzzle, and a shell rushed out of the chamber and flew into nowhere.

Guo Shoujing didn't expect the cannon in front of him to be so powerful that he was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground. Guo Kan didn't look scared at all, pointed to the direction of the cannon ejection, and laughed wildly: "It turns out that this is called a cannon, this is a cannon, a cannon——! Haha......"

Cheng Yue laughed loudly: "Old general, how is this cannon?" ”

Guo Kan came back to his senses, bowed his head and bowed, and Cheng Yue hurriedly held it.

Guo Kan asked, "Metropolitan Governor, how far can this cannon hit?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Look at the shells, five miles to ten miles." ”

"Ho ——!" Guo Kan was taken aback, the copper cannons of the Yuan Dynasty could only hit more than a mile at most, and the shells could not be large, and the cannons made by Cheng Yue were simply dozens of guns!

Guo Kan exclaimed: "With such a cannon, why worry about the failure of the Western Expedition?" The old man now knows that he is a frog at the bottom of the well, and he is grateful to the governor for bringing the old man to Suzhou. Don't hide it from the Metropolitan Governor, Lao Yu has worked for Mongolia for most of his life, if it weren't for the fact that the Dadu Governor defeated the Mongols, Lao Yu would not be willing to change his court. But now that I see these weapons, I understand that most of the governors are thousands of miles away, and the old gaze is short-sighted after all. ”

Cheng Yue held Guo Kan's hand and laughed: "Those who know me, General Guo is also!" The old general is right, my purpose is not just to defeat the Mongols, but to subdue them for my use! It is not difficult to defeat the Mongols, the Great Song Dynasty is in my hands, as long as I have three years of preparation and training, I am confident that I can fight into the capital. But my ambition is not limited to this, the old general said in a word. ”

Guo Kan was so excited that he trembled, and Guo Shoujing's cold sweat soaked through his clothes!

Cheng Yue smiled at Guo Shoujing and said, "Are you afraid?" It's still too late to go back to Dadu. ”

Guo Shoujing dared to have such thoughts, and immediately replied loudly: "Where did the Metropolitan Governor come from, ...... The subordinates have long been the only governor of the capital, and they dare not disobey. ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said with a smile: "You come with me, Master Li, you lead the way." ”

Li Fu bowed and replied yes, turned around and walked forward, and everyone followed closely. Walk through two doors and come to a tall spired house.

Designed by Cheng Yue with reference to later factories, this steeple house is nearly three stories high, and all the windows are glass, which are open, but have been blackened by smoke. Several tall, straight chimneys protruded from the roof, the tips of which had also been blackened.

Guo Kan and Guo Shoujing saw such a house for the first time, and they were very curious, so they followed Cheng Yue through the heavy guards and pushed the door into the factory.

There are more than a dozen machines of all sizes in the factory, some as big as small houses, some as big as donkeys and horses, with different shapes, all with more or less black smoke on them, and some of them are steaming. There are many Cheng Yue's students and craftsmen standing next to each machine, and there are many strange parts scattered around, all of which are made of steel, I don't know what it is used for, and Guo Shoujing is dazzled. (To be continued......)