Chapter 101: Improving Artillery!
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Li Ling and Ma Qiang actually created a new type of cannon barrel, which is really incredible.
Due to the adoption of the new process, the originally slow speed was suddenly raised, and Xiaohachi mobilized some clever soldiers to help, and now he can produce more than a dozen heavy cannons in a day. "Young Master, as long as you make enough shells, you can use these cannons to run rampant all over the world, and it shouldn't be difficult to exterminate pirates and pirates!" Ma Qiang said excitedly.
Whether it is pirates or pirates, they rarely use firearms to fight, at most they have a few muskets, as long as the warship is equipped with these Franco machine guns, it is not difficult to deal with them. "Let's hope so, you'll have to speed up the production process so we can free up time to clean up the pirates before the freeze!" Li Ling instructed Ma Qiang.
This time, they ransacked Dongying's tribute mission, but they were afraid that the other party would soon know the news, and it was difficult to guarantee that the Japanese would not come to retaliate.
Instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and it is naturally best to be able to clear the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier.
After several tests, Li Ling found that the black powder made by Ma Qiang according to the traditional method was not very powerful, and the power and range were very limited when used as a cannon shell. "Young Master, Andre gave me this recipe before, and in addition, I have also asked someone, and it seems that I am using this recipe similarly!"
Although Ma Qiang was not very satisfied with the range of these shells, he had tried his best, and he had tried to change the composition and proportion of gunpowder, but each time he failed, the more he improved, the less powerful he became.
He suddenly realized that this recipe was the accumulation of many years of experience of his predecessors, and there would be no mistake. "I said you remember, and then test the gunpowder according to the formula I said."
Li Ling remembered very well that the composition of black powder should be twenty parts sulfur, thirty parts potassium nitrate, and forty-five parts charcoal powder.
Ma Qiang didn't ask how this component came about, anyway, in his eyes, as long as what Li Jieyuan said was right, he just had to do it. With a loud "boom", a black mushroom cloud rose in the sky. "It worked, we made it!". Hachi, who was a helper on the side, jumped up happily, and after comparison, he found that the modified gunpowder was much more powerful than the original one, and as long as this gunpowder was used to load the cannonball, the power of the cannon could be doubled! "It's wonderful!". , Ma Qiang was also a little excited, he didn't expect that the feat of developing new gunpowder was actually completed in his hands.
The loud bang completely shocked the villagers, and many fishermen put down their work to watch, wondering what was causing such a big battle.
Andre and his son also came over in the crowd, and when he knew that the movement just now was made by Hachi and the others when they were conducting a cannon test firing, his mouth was open enough to stuff an egg.
Ma Qiang really improved the artillery manufacturing process, not only with a longer range, but also with greater power.
How the hell did he do it?
Andre was the first to walk near the cannon, he was completely stunned, and in front of him was the neat cannon body and the redesigned shells.
"This, this is incredible, just with Ma Qiang, an ordinary craftsman, how can he achieve such great results in a short period of time?". Andre was a little confused.
"Father, it seems that what Lu Gongzi said is going to be reconsidered!" The scene was so shocking that Antonio couldn't help but glance at Li Ling.
The other party's confident appearance immediately infected him, and his heart was completely tilted towards Li Ling's side, and it seemed that he wanted to find someone to ask about Lord Li's situation.
Ma Qiang loaded the shells into the various artillery pieces until he was sure that the artillery test fire was successful.
Andre and his son quietly walked in front of Hachi.
At this time, Hachi was beckoning his soldiers to carry artillery and shells, and he was so busy that he didn't notice the arrival of the two at all.
"You, what about you, hurry up and carry the shell, it'll be time to use this shell in a moment!"
"You go and pull the cooled artillery to the storeroom and wait for processing!"
Xiaoba is full of energy, these are the capital for them to deal with the Japanese in the future, as long as they master these equipment, they will definitely be able to avenge their father smoothly!
"Little Hachi-sama, what are you busy with?" Antonio greeted Hachi with an extremely unskilled accent.
Andrea, father and son, did not believe that Li Ling would create a new type of cannon barrel, and when they left in a negative mood, Xiao Hachi despised the behavior of the two of them very much in his heart.
However, it was because the father and son were born in a small state, did not understand etiquette, and took the initiative to talk to themselves.
The Li family has been in business for generations and has a lot of money. Dachang Qian Zhuang was founded by the eldest young master, and countless money flowed into it every day, with profits of thousands of taels.
Li Lingnai was born in Nanzhili Xie Yuan, the master of the Yuan Gong and the old man of the court, and after two people took care of him, he would definitely be able to mix in the court.
Not only that, but even the current emperor knew the prestige of the eldest young master, and personally appointed him as a local regimental training envoy by a holy decree, responsible for the extermination of pirates and pirates.
The two fathers and sons looked at each other, which was completely different from what Lu Gongzi told them.
Lu Gongzi said that Li Jieyuan was still young enough to be an official in the imperial court, and he didn't tell them that Li Jieyuan had done something that made the emperor look at him differently, Jane was in the emperor's heart!
After wandering in the Ming Dynasty for many days, Andre naturally knew that the basic state/policy of the Ming Dynasty was to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and the Lu family was the one who paid the most attention.
The two fathers and sons nodded to each other, and finally made up their minds completely, and they would completely follow Li Ling in this life!
"Little Eight Adults, we have an important matter to report to Li Gongzi, please help me report it." Antonio stepped forward and pleaded with Hachi.
"Don't you see what I'm busy with? Wait, the eldest young master is even busier there, and when we finish testing this batch of artillery, maybe the eldest young master will meet you! ”。 Hachi replied casually.
He ignored Andre and his son, and directed the soldiers to carry the artillery.
The two of them were closed, and they were very unhappy in their hearts, blaming themselves for being too high-spirited, and preconceived that Li Ling and Ma Qiang would not be able to improve the existing Franco machine artillery. That's not the right to help them.
If they had participated in the process of improving artillery, perhaps they would have mastered various parameters.
Li Ling thought that Andre and his son would talk to him about artillery, but he didn't know that the two told him a very urgent matter.
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