Most of the time people are comparing their hearts to their hearts, you are good to others, in exchange for the loyalty of others, the ancients paid more attention to the word faith, Gao Huaiyuan treated them like this, they will naturally do things for Gao Huaiyuan, and this is a principle that Gao Huaiyuan has always followed to treat his subordinates, otherwise, he is no matter how capable he is, he can't do so many things.

And Gao Huaiyuan really didn't fool these craftsmen, this time before he returned to Crouching Tiger Village, he had already sent a few shrewd subordinates, with enough money to set off to the Zaoyang area of Jiangbei, and released carrier pigeons to notify Huang Yan, who is now the general of the Zhongshun Army, to meet them in advance, and selected two people from the northerners in Zhuangzi as guides, and together took advantage of the opportunity of the short period of war between the two countries to sneak into the territory of Jinguo to find the families of these craftsmen, as for how many can be found, Gao Huaiyuan didn't say anything, but at least he had to find some to bring back to show his sincerity.

At the same time, he did this for another purpose, which was to start to extend his tentacles to the territory of the Jin country, and collect as much information as possible from the Jin country to pass it back, so it was worth spending some money.

But what he did, in the eyes of these craftsmen, was undoubtedly an act of righteousness, which made everyone very grateful, so they completely attributed it to him and never thought about him again.

When Gao Huaiyuan and everyone were drunk, a craftsman named Ma Bing suddenly held a thing and sent it to Gao Huaiyuan, leaned over and said: "Young master, the small thing you ordered to make before, the small one has also been made into one, it is really very easy to use, please take a look, young master!" ”

Gao Huaiyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and almost slapped himself, this time he came to Tiezuo, he was thinking about it, but as soon as he saw the firecracker, he happily forgot about it, if the horse soldiers didn't offer this kind of thing, he really forgot about it!

Ma Lian is also one of the craftsmen he brought back from the army, but Ma Lian is a jeweler, he used to create some jewelry and other things for people, and he is very ingenious, Gao Huaiyuan now all the compasses are made through Ma Lian, and the craftsmanship is quite meticulous, so Gao Huaiyuan often arranges for him to make some new things.

This time, Ma Lian presented not an ordinary thing, but a lighter, which was one of the common daily necessities in later generations, but at the moment this kind of thing is still very primitive and crude, and the basic function has the function of a lighter in later generations.

Gao Huaiyuan since he arrived in this era, can be regarded as suffering from the things that do not take advantage of the fire, this era wants to ignite the fire, but it is a technical job, and it takes a lot of effort, to have a fire sickle, flint, fire folds and other things together, table tennis for a while to be busy with fire, it is very inconvenient, where is there a match in the future to wipe it or a lighter to hit it is convenient!

So Gao Huaiyuan wanted to make matches as a substitute at first, but because he couldn't find suitable chemical materials, and yellow phosphorus was highly toxic and poisoned people if he didn't do it well, so he finally put the idea on the lighter, so he pondered this matter without anything, and finally after several twists and turns, he designed a lighter with a simple mechanical principle, and drew a sketch and handed it over to the horse soldiers for trial production.

And the horse soldiers finally lived up to expectations, and put this kind of Gao's lighter out on trial production, and presented it to Gao Huaiyuan while Gao Huaiyuan was on his head.

This kind of lighter is as big as a cigarette case, the shell is made of copper, after opening the cover above, there is a special strong spring inside, it will be fired after the trigger, the small fire sickle at the front end will be knocked on a small piece of flint, and the ignition is a cotton rope, this cotton rope has saltpeter powder in it, it will catch fire when it encounters sparks, the principle is very close to the principle of the flintlock pistol, Gao Huaiyuan originally wanted to use fire oil, but the fire oil is not easy to catch fire, and now it is not easy to get oil, so it will be replaced by this kind of fire wool stained with saltpeter powderLater, wait until you get the oil to talk about improvement.

In front of everyone, Gao Huaiyuan took this fresh thing and tossed the spring hard, and then heard a crisp knocking sound, and immediately jumped out a few sparks, but unfortunately it didn't fall on the cotton wool, so Gao Huaiyuan dialed twice in succession, and several sparks immediately fell on the cotton wool, raising a flame.

Such a fresh thing immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Gao Huaiyuan laughed and said, "Ma Lian did a good job!" I'm just looking at this kind of thing, and now you can see that it's much easier than making a fire sickle on a daily basis! Zhou Hao, reward Jin Tong and the horse soldiers for me, there are really a lot of surprises for me today! In the future, as long as everyone has merit, Gao will never be stingy with rewards! Horse soldier, if you have nothing to do in the future, make more of this kind of thing, the more the merrier, let our people use this kind of thing first! ”

Everyone looked at the thing that could light the fire in Gao Huaiyuan's hand, and couldn't help but be amazed again, Gao Huaiyuan didn't hesitate to let everyone pass it on, so that everyone's curiosity was satisfied, and everyone continued to laugh and drink.

After staying in the iron work of the mine for a day, he took Zhou Hao and others to drive a big cart, loaded the three fire guns that had been cast, and returned to Crouching Tiger Village.

After returning to the village, he immediately found Zhou Hao's father Zhou Lao Wu and arranged for him to lead the carpenter to make a few shelves, such a thing is naturally a matter of hand to hand for Zhou Lao Wu, an old carpenter, and at the end of the day, he completed his instructions in accordance with Gao Huaiyuan's requirements.

Considering that this is an experimental thing, Gao Huaiyuan didn't make any gun mounts too carefully, but simply fixed these three guns of different sizes firmly on the wooden frame, which was strong enough.

After doing this, he sent someone to get a barrel of gunpowder from the gunpowder workshop in the back mountain, as well as a large bag of iron particles the size of a little finger, and then brought the most intimate group of people to drag the three guns into the ravine, find an empty valley, and place the three guns.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't explain anything to everyone when he did these things, Zhou Hao and others were also used to Gao Huaiyuan's behavior, everyone only bowed their heads and did not ask too many things, in short, they guessed that Gao Huaiyuan must be going to give them some surprises this time, but they couldn't figure out why Gao Huaiyuan had so many strange things in his head, and any of them were shocking and good, so they couldn't be convinced.

When it was really time to release the cannon, Gao Huaiyuan really scratched his head a little, don't look at the fact that he has played with a lot of guns in his later life, but the cannon is really the first time that the big girl has been on the sedan chair, these three guys don't look good, but they have to be counted into the category of cannons, and how to load this thing, he only knows in theory, and in practice, it is really a bit of a hurry.

Fortunately, the preparation was quite sufficient, Gao Huaiyuan prepared three wooden sticks of the same caliber as the gun chamber in advance, which were used as gun rods for loading, and also prepared three long rod brushes as brushes for brushing the gun chamber, these things were all things he had seen in film and television works before, and they were copied by him in life.

When the three guns were placed, Gao Huaiyuan did not ask others for help, and after checking the firmness of the guns, he began to fill the gunpowder, as for how much to load, he was also in line with the attitude of crossing the river by feeling the stones, starting with the less, and the first gun of the province was ignited and the barrel was blown up.

Everyone gathered around to watch Gao Huaiyuan work alone, Li Ruohu scratched his head and muttered, "Young Master, what are you doing?" Why do you want to fill this copper pipe with gunpowder! It's not like it's going to be a new type of sky-shattering thunder! ”

Gao Huaiyuan didn't answer them, he was busy with his own work, and after tossing for a long time, he finally finished loading the three firearms, and tamped the ammunition inside with the cannon shaft, and connected a long lead at the fire door.

Anyway, the breeches of these three guns are still cast quite standard, and the polishing inside is also good, and there is no difference in thickness or jerky feeling when loading, which makes Gao Huaiyuan feel a lot more relieved.

"Stay away, I'm going to try the gun! Everyone's hiding behind the rocks! Gao Huaiyuan wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and instructed Zhou Hao and the others, and took out his lighter from his arms and began to fight.

As soon as everyone saw Gao Huaiyuan's posture, they immediately consciously found a place to hide, they now knew how powerful the gunpowder exploded, and they didn't dare to make a little bit of a big difference, so they quickly hid their bodies, only exposing half of their heads and looking at them from afar.

Gao Huaiyuan took a deep breath in a nervous mood, then put the flame of the lighter on top of the thinnest firebolt, lit the fuse, and then immediately ran away, plunged headlong behind a big stone, and then immediately stretched out half of his head and looked at the door hissing and smoking.

He didn't want to miss the scene where the world's first cannon was fired, anyway, this was his masterpiece, so he had to see the result with his own eyes.

Everyone held their breath, looked nervously at the smoking copper pipe, and wondered if Gao Huaiyuan was too extravagant, and actually spent so much effort to make this thing out, after this thing exploded, wouldn't it be scrapped? It's easier to cast an iron lump out of pig iron.

And a roar finally exploded in everyone's expectation, only to see that the fire gun shook suddenly, jumped on the ground, and retreated backwards for some distance, a ball of flame erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and the smoke immediately spread, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of gunsmoke.

"Haha......" Just when everyone was still looking out in the hidden place, everyone suddenly heard a person's wild laughter, and a figure rushed out, rushing to the exploding copper pipe like lightning.

I saw Gao Huaiyuan like a nymphomaniac surrounding the still smoking copper pipe, spitting his hand and stroking the copper pipe that was still intact, and couldn't stop laughing.

"It worked! Ha ha! The first shot in the world! I finally made it! Ha ha! Gao Huaiyuan couldn't wait to hold this fire gun and kiss it hard.

Everyone also walked out one after another, gathered around Gao Huaiyuan, and watched this weird-looking thing together, I really couldn't figure out how this thing would be intact after it exploded.

"Big brother! If this thing didn't explode, can it be considered a success? Zhou Hao looked at Gao Huaiyuan's crazy expression, and was really worried that he was stimulated and went crazy, so he carefully reminded Gao Huaiyuan.

"Of course it worked! If this thing explodes, it will be a failure, and it is now intact, how can it be said that it is not a success? Gao Huaiyuan was so happy that his mouth was about to fall crooked, and he retorted to Zhou Hao.

"Big brother! I really don't see what this thing is for. Why are you so happy? Zhou Hao really couldn't figure out why Gao Huaiyuan was happy with this virtue.

"Stupid! What are you looking at around this firecracker! Let's go and see the tree in front of you! Let's see what's on the trunk! Gao Huaiyuan turned his head to look at the people around him, and saw their confused eyes, and he couldn't help but say to them.

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's reminder, everyone shifted their attention to the big tree that this thing was aiming at just now, and walked over one after another and looked at the trunk.

"Where did these holes come from?" Zhao Tong's eyes were sharp, and he immediately pointed to a few broken places on the trunk and asked Zhou Hao and the others.

Everyone looked closely, and there were indeed many holes in the trunk, and the bark had been stripped off, and the xylem inside was exposed, and there were at least several such damages on the thick trunk.

"Oh my God! These holes seem to have been hit by iron bullets filled in the copper pipe! It's so far, and it's so powerful! Let me see how deep we can get in! Zhou Jun exclaimed in surprise and pulled out a dagger from the boot barrel, lay down on the tree and began to dig on the trunk.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan also followed, proudly lying on the trunk to watch the effect of killing, when he saw the deep hole in the trunk, Gao Huaiyuan was even more satisfied, and his mouth was completely crooked to the side.

"Is this really the copper pipe? How could you have knocked the iron bullet so far! Zhou Hao began to understand a little at this time, and asked Gao Huaiyuan.

"Yes, it was the copper pipe that was made, and now you should understand what this thing is for! In fact, this is a kind of sudden*, and now I officially name it artillery! This cannon is a real artillery! It is also the first bronze cannon in the world today! Ha ha! Gao Huaiyuan pointed to the fire gun that had just been released and said to everyone.

"Cannon? If this thing can also be called a cannon, then what kind of cannon is used in front of the army! Can this be more powerful than that kind of cannon? Zhou Hao still didn't believe how powerful this kind of thing could be, so he asked Gao Huaiyuan again.

"Of course it's amazing, this cannon is not another cannon, it is completely powered by gunpowder, the projectile is thrown out of the weapon, the power can be said to be far more than that kind of stone cannon, as long as it is aimed at the enemy and fired, the middle one will not be spared, even if he is wearing heavy armor, he can't resist the bombardment of this thing, and this kind of cannon is expensive in the projectile speed is extremely fast, the naked eye can not be identified, no matter how high the kung fu is, there is no way to hide!

Just now, this one is too small and its power is limited, you can't see its power, wait a minute, let you see the power of the other two big guys! Bring the pigs and sheep we brought with us, and tie them to these trees, and you will know how powerful they are in a minute! Gao Huaiyuan couldn't contain his excitement and explained to the gang.

Everyone didn't understand it in the fog, but looking at this little thing, it was so powerful, and if you put those two big guys later, it would probably be more spectacular, so Zhao Tong and the others immediately brought a few pigs and sheep from afar, and bolted them to these big trees according to Gao Huaiyuan's instructions.

At this time, Zhou Jun, who had been busy for a long time, finally dug out an iron bullet on the trunk of the tree with a dagger, and smacked his tongue: "Good girl! This iron bullet was actually embedded in the trunk of the tree so deeply, the power is really terrifying, if this hits a person, no one can really resist such a blow, it is really powerful! ”

Everyone immediately stretched out their heads to look at the iron bullet the size of a little finger in his hand, only to see that after the iron bullet hit the trunk, it had already changed into a flat appearance, and Zhou Jun dug a deep hole in the trunk with a dagger.

Gao Huaiyuan took everyone behind the second medium-caliber gun, and then told them in detail the firing principle of the gun, so that they had an intuitive and preliminary concept of the gun, which made everyone hide again, and lit the fuse of the second gun.

Lying behind the stone, Gao Huaiyuan silently chattered and counted, and when he counted to the tenth sound, he only heard an earth-shattering roar from the firecracker, and then Gao Huaiyuan's mouth opened widely, and he didn't close it for a long time.

It turned out that after the sound of this medium-caliber firearm, Gao Huaiyuan and the others immediately turned over when they saw this firecracker, and then fell heavily backwards, rolled a few times and then fell to the ground.

A few pigs and sheep a hundred paces away in front of the artillery immediately let out a scream, and several of them immediately burst out with blood flowers, and then fell to the ground with a terrible scream.

After seeing the miserable situation of those pigs and sheep, everyone no longer doubted the power of this artillery, and after a moment's pause, they immediately ran towards the place where the pigs and sheep were, and lowered their heads to examine the wounds on the pigs and sheep.

As a result, everyone immediately smacked their tongues, and the thick body of the huge pig was actually pierced by the iron bullets sprayed by the artillery, and fell to the ground with a broken stomach, and the sheep who were shot were even more miserable, and the body was blasted to the point that the skin and flesh were opened, the tendons were broken and fractured, and the flesh and blood were blurred and died, and they could no longer die.