Seeing Liu Fan's impatient look, Sun Yuanhua hurriedly persuaded: "Jimin, don't worry! Since it is a discussion, it is better for everyone to express their opinions, compare with each other, and choose the best among them! The gun is a little better, there is not too much complicated process, it is easy to imitate, what do you do with the artillery? You can't buy them all, can you? Besides, now we can say that we have nothing, and it's useless for you to be anxious! ”

When Liu Fan heard this, he finally calmed down a little and complained to Sun Yuanhua: "If you're not in a hurry, you can't do it!" Now Houjin already has the technology to make Hongyi cannons! But we still haven't started yet! One step behind, one step behind, when the time comes, we will suffer a big loss when we meet on the battlefield! ”

Liu Fan's words made Sun Yuanhua's face red, this thing was still a sin he created, if it weren't for his advocacy of appeasing Kong Youde's rebels, it would not have caused the current result, thinking of this, the hatred for Kong Youde in his heart became more and more profound, and at the same time, the apology in his heart became heavier and heavier, "Jimin rest assured!" Since I can make a cannon in Dengzhou, I can do the same in Jiaozhou! From tomorrow onwards, I will live in Shihe and do my best to help you forge cannons! ”

Liu Fan realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, and hurriedly apologized to Sun Yuanhua, "Senior brother! I didn't mean to target you..."

Sun Yuanhua interrupted Liu Fan's words and said firmly, "Jimin!" I know! You don't have to apologize! If you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences, my Sun Chuyang is not a person who only evades responsibility! I'll use my methods to make up for the mistakes I made! ”

Sun Yuanhua paused, continued: "Let's get straight to the point!" I know more about our Ming artillery than you do! From the forty-sixth year of Wanli to the first year of the Apocalypse, the Ministry of Industry aided Liao's military supplies, including ten generals of Tianwei, two generals of Shenwu, three hundred and thirty generals of ten thunderstorms, three hundred and eighty-four generals of Feidian, four hundred generals of Jiesheng five, one thousand five hundred exterminators, six hundred tiger squat cannons, five hundred whirlwind cannons, two hundred divine cannons, fourteen thousand and forty divine guns, nineteen Weiyuan cannons, three thousand two hundred and eight Yongzhu cannons, and three thousand Lianzhu cannons. What cannon do you want to cast? ”

Burst... Liu Fan, who was drinking tea, immediately sprayed, General? Two generals? Three generals? Five generals? What the hell is this? Who came up with the name? That's too casual, isn't it? And there are too many of these cannons, right? The size is almost tens of thousands, right? How can so many cannons still be beaten like this by the Tartars? Wiping his mouth, Liu Fan asked a little embarrassed: "That senior brother!" I don't understand these generals' artillery at all! Tell me about it! ”

Sun Yuanhua glanced at Liu Fan, took a dumb sip of tea, and said slowly, "This general cannon was cast during the Jiajing period, the cannon weighs thousands of catties, the power is huge, a cannon erodes for several miles, and it can fire scattered bullets." The second general cannon is similar to it, the cannon weighs less than 1,000 catties, and the power is slightly inferior. As for the rest, they are some small cannons, their power is limited, the range is too short, and they are even inferior to the Tiger Squat Cannon, so don't mention it! ”

Liu Fan was suddenly choked and breathless, and you said that you were teasing me for a long time! Some dissatisfied: "Senior brother! In that case, why are you telling me so much! ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "I'm just introducing it to you!" lest you don't know anything and lose Master's face! These cannons just aren't for a field army like you! But the defense of the city is still powerful! It doesn't matter even the point! Most of the guns of our Ming Dynasty tend to be used to defend the city, while the artillery of the West, advocating offense, is mostly used in field and naval battles! So my teacher and I have been working to promote Western-style artillery! But since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army has been broken, especially in recent years, few armies dare to fight with the Tartars out of the city. So even if we build a field artillery, it won't come in handy! ”

Liu Fan hurriedly said: "They don't need me!" Our Broken Army has not been an army defending the city since its establishment. What we need is field artillery! ”

Sun Yuanhua glanced at Liu Fan and said, "Father Tang knows more about this than me, so let him talk about it!" ”

When Tang Ruowang heard this, he said, "Lord Liu! Since Spain made the cannon systematic, European countries have followed suit, and up to now European artillery is mainly divided into three categories. Siege artillery, field artillery, and legion artillery. According to the shells fired, they are divided into categories, mainly divided into three-pounder guns, six-pounder guns, twelve-pounder guns, sixteen-pounder guns and other categories. Although a few of us know some cannon casting techniques, we are far from being as professional as those craftsmen, and we can only cast some small cannons under six pounds! If you want to find more powerful field artillery, you can only go to Europe itself, and as far as I know, even the major colonies have very few powerful field artillery! ”

All right! It seems that the ideal of crushing the Tartars with thousands of cannons is still far away! The gap between fantasy and reality is too big, which makes Liu Fan a little at a loss, and after thinking about it, Liu Fan still said, "Everything started from scratch!" Three-pounder cannons are also cannons! It's better to be able to build a cannon than nothing! Brother! A few priests! Now I'll leave the Arsenal to you! No matter how much it costs, you must build artillery by the beginning of next year! I don't expect the Golden Tartars to give us much time in the future! Once they're ready, we're going to face off against the Houjin Iron Rider! Time is not waiting for me! ”

Sun Yuanhua stood up and patted Liu Fan's shoulder, comforting, "Jimin, rest assured!" We will definitely go all out to build the arsenal this year! Now take us to the artisan's camp! ”

"Good! Let's go! Liu Fan also stood up and said loudly

Although the weather is cold and biting, it still can't stop Liu Fan's inner heat, Liu Fan is so eager to have his own arsenal! Only with his own military industrial system can he be invincible in this troubled world.

In the following time, Liu Fan put aside everything and devoted himself to the construction of the arsenal, selecting the site, building the factory, recruiting craftsmen, buying materials, and being very busy.

Because of the lack of technology and materials, Liu Fan chose to build a practical and cost-effective firearm in advance, so as to hone craftsmen, improve their technical level, and increase their early technical reserves. It will not be an embarrassing situation that will not be created if it is really brought out when the time comes. As for the bird, Liu Fan chose to give up completely. On the one hand, the bird gun is indeed a little behind the West, and on the other hand, the Houjin is really too powerful against the bird gun! Houjin's cotton armor is completely a bird gun nemesis, so Liu Fan prefers a powerful heavy smoothbore gun like Spain! At the very least, you don't have to worry about bullets not penetrating other people's armor.