Chapter 35: The Cannon Is Finished
Li Jin has always wanted to clean up that annoying Taishou, but he has not yet found a suitable opportunity to repair him, and he is so anxious that he wants to bombard the Taishou Mansion directly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Speaking of cannons, Li Jin couldn't help but want to go to the laboratory again.
Under the supervision of the village elder, the building of the laboratory has already been completed, and the entire eight rows of houses, with a large open courtyard against the mountain, are all built with a combination of stone and wood, and the sturdiness is definitely the best in the camp.
This can be said to be the place that carries Li Jin's ideals and hopes. Dozens of days had passed, although he understood that there were not many achievements in years, or even decades. But he still wanted to see how Buke was doing with the R&D process.
He was accompanied by Buke's uncle, Bron. According to Brown, after Bron went to the lab, he hadn't been home for dozens of days, and occasionally someone would come back with a message, just to prepare all kinds of strange materials.
Of course, in order to develop scientific research, it is indispensable to recruit manpower. Now, there are nearly 200 people living in the laboratory. What blacksmiths, carpenters, alchemists, farmers, herdsmen, hunters, etc. Of course, Buke is not an individual. She wants to be very strict, and she is willing to accept those who can do her questions.
Even after it was built here, Li Jin had never come to this courtyard, but he also knew that this courtyard had been tossed beyond recognition at this time. Some walls have collapsed, while others have lost a corner. The trees and plants transplanted in the courtyard for the sake of beauty do not know how they have been destroyed and are crooked, and they are not in shape. It made Li Jin cry and laugh a little, and Bronn was embarrassed.
However, Li Jin had already heard that the courtyard of the Buke family was not much better than this before. And her parents didn't dare to raise chickens and ducks in their own homes, and they didn't even grow flowers and plants.
Rumble!
Not long after Li Jingang stepped into the courtyard, he heard a thunderous sound in the courtyard. Although Li Jin was stunned, he was clear in his heart. This should be the sound of a cannon that has been built. Come to think of it, Buke is quite talented in the research and development of firearms.
Li Jin was anxious, and trotted all the way to the courtyard where Buke was doing the experiment. The originally beautiful backyard of the mountain, not to mention the wall or something, even the back mountain, was bombed into a cliff full of holes from the root. In the wide backyard, there were more than a dozen strange cannons, and even Li Jin was a little puzzled by strange-shaped cannons lined up.
At this time, hundreds of people in ragged clothes and dirty faces were excitedly surrounding one person, squeaking and chattering. Originally, Bronn wanted to shout that Young Master Li Jin was here and let them welcome him warmly, but Li Jin stretched out his hand to stop it, and walked over with his hands behind him, standing behind this group of invention monsters, and did not stop their discussion. Just listen with your ears and look with your eyes. There was one thing that surprised Li Jin a little, among the hundreds of people, there were more than a dozen blue-eyed foreigners. One by one, they spoke half-baked Chinese, mixed with various ethnic languages, and communicated with Xu Buke. I don't know where Buke got it.
Li Jin frowned slightly, and beckoned someone who was here to maintain law and order to come over and ask in a low voice, only then did he learn from them that some of these foreigners were Buke's former friends, and some of them were attracted by the high talent reward.
Knowing this, Li Jin kept communicating with a few guards here in a low voice, and comforted him with kind encouragement. made those guards excited, one by one. He lowered his voice and said that he must stand up and prevent outsiders from having a chance to infiltrate here. Scientific research, production and manufacturing are not important, what matters is the principle and drawings of the invention, although most of the camp is very united and unanimous to the outside world, but there are no dissenting people, so just in case, this group of scientific researchers will not easily leave here.
Li Jin's requirements are very simple, for talents in foreign races, they can enter but not leave. Even if you walk into a scrap of wood, then be prepared to die in this camp. Li Jin had already planned that when the scientific research and technology were a little more mature, he would plan to arrange a patrol team of dozens of people here, and no one would be allowed to enter or leave at will. The technology of firearms technology is now the lifeblood of whether Li Jin can be mixed in ancient times, and if this technology is not properly protected, it will only make him suffer.
Not to mention the foreigners, Li Jin stared at the cannon that Buke was fiddling with. Compared to ordinary cannons, the barrel is much slimmer and smaller. On the gun mount, two wheels were added. However, judging from the three brackets extending from the gun mount and the slightly suspended wheels, the wheels are only used for walking, not for firing guns. What made Li Jin's eyes shine the most was that the wheels were wrapped with a layer of black rubber. Rubber is a good thing, and modern industry is indispensable for this kind of thing.
In addition, when Buke was seen fiddling, there was also a gearing system on the gun mount. With the joystick, you can adjust the up and down angles of the barrel.
It was clear that this was a newly designed cannon, and the Buke were testing its performance. I saw that she went into battle in person, moved a "cannonball" with a fuse, opened the gun chamber door, and stuffed it in. Li Jin also smiled dumbly when he saw the so-called "cannonball". This Buke was indeed a genius, but after a little inspiration from him, he came up with the idea of a cannonball that combined gunpowder and warhead. In this way, as long as the "shells" are prefabricated at the beginning, it will be much more convenient and faster to use them when they are really fighting, and a lot of effort and danger will be saved.
While Buke was fiddling with the cannon, someone began to wait on the cliff wall, and hung a large wooden target with a rope. Buke, on the other hand, is constantly adjusting the angle of the cannon slightly.
Not long after, she used a torch to light the fuse that the shell was exposed.
The sound kept ringing, and everyone fled for a few feet. The expression was both excited and nervous, staring at the cannon and the target. In that atmosphere, even Li Jin felt a little short of breath. Staring at it deadly. Originally, those timid people wanted to cover their ears and run away. But seeing that Li Jin didn't move, they were not embarrassed to move, so they had to grit their teeth, and their faces were a little pale and ugly.
Bang
The cannon roared like thunder, and the huge recoil caused the muzzle to rise and fall suddenly. At the muzzle of the cannon, the tongue of fire spat out.
Almost at the same time, there was a bang, and the wooden target was shattered by the shell. And the cliffs. It was also hit hard by a shell and the rubble flew up. A small hole was smashed.
Hey, the cannon turned out to be.