Chapter 181: Gunpowder [II]

"General, what did you just draw?" Sha Eucalyptus asked curiously.

"You'll know when the time comes!" Li Cunhuan smiled mysteriously, glanced sideways at Zhao Chao, and said: "Forget it, three days is too little, I'll give you five days, you make three such things for me!" You know? ”

"Yes, General!" Zhao Chao responded respectfully.

Li Cunhuan then inspected the ordnance prison again, but these were nothing special, and when he came to the periphery of the ordnance prison, he could still see merchants who came to buy weapons from time to time.

Li Cunhuan found a very interesting phenomenon, the Jurchens are obviously divided into two kinds, one is dressed like a wild man, but this is the latter's bodyguard and guard. And the other is that except for their appearance, they are completely no different from the Tang people, and even their manners and dresses are similar.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but be even happier, even happier than seeing gunpowder. The reason why it is difficult for one country to conquer another is because of differences in civilization. It is very simple that nomads advocate freedom, while Chinese civilization pays attention to law and has relatively strong binding force, which is a very big point of conflict. Another example is the modern Indian uprising, because the British used lard-smeared bullets to insult Indian soldiers, in fact, this may be a small thing in the eyes of many people, but in the eyes of Indians, it is an insult to their faith.

But if the two civilizations are in agreement, it will be easier to integrate, which is one of the main reasons why China has always been divided, although it has often been divided, and not for a long time, because they are too easy to run into, and there will be no large-scale revolt in the occupied lands.

If Bohai knew that Li Cunhuan had targeted them now, I am afraid that he would not be able to sleep steadily.

Five days is not a long time, nor is it a short time, Li Cunhuan inspected Liaodong City while dealing with important documents sent from Youzhou, mainly promotions and demotions, and large sums of money. This is Li Cunhuan's cleverness, focusing on grasping financial rights and personnel rights, with these two, even if others have different intentions, it is difficult to turn over any big storms.

Came to the Ma'anshan Ordnance Supervisor again, this time Duan Ziyao was smart, Li Cunhuan had just arrived, and immediately asked the defenders of the small fortress to evacuate, and the soldiers of Tieying Capital took over. By the time Li Cunhuan entered the small fortress, there were soldiers from the Iron Eagle Capital inside and out.

With a rough memory, Li Cunhuan came to the trial ground, and Zhao Chao and the three craftsmen were already waiting on the side. Three bronze cylinders embossed with tiger stripes lie on the proving ground.

"How much do they weigh?" Li Cunhuan asked.

"One hundred and eighty pounds!" Zhao Chao replied on the side.

"Hmmm! Bring cannonballs, gunpowder! Li Cunhuan said.

"Yes!" Zhao Chao hurriedly responded on the side, and a craftsman hurriedly took out a small iron ball from the basket on the side, and visually measured about half a catty (three hundred grams), and when the cannonball came, it was already very light, you must know that the cannonballs used in the red-coated cannons of the Ming Dynasty generally weighed two or three catties, or even five or six catties.

"Don't use full-body plate armor, it's too wasteful, just shoot like this!" Li Cunhuan waved his hand and commanded Sha Yuke beside him.

"Yes!" Sha Yu Ke hurriedly led people up and removed the plate armor, there was only a solid earthen wall behind the proving ground, and everyone couldn't help but think, could it be that the general was going to shoot that earthen wall?

From the earthen wall to the copper lump that I don't know what it was, it was about 90 zhang, that is, 300 meters, and even the range of the pulley longbow was only that. And you have to pull the full moon and add a 60-degree projectile.

"Is it done?" Li Cunhuan asked Zhao Chao.

"It's almost there!" Zhao Chao put the iron ball in, and then tamped it with a wooden stick.

After a while, Zhao Chao had everything done, and a craftsman came over with a torch and was ready to light the rope on the copper lump.

"Wait!" Li Cunhuan hurriedly stopped, "Someone! Sixty feet behind this artillery, a row of wooden tables was moved, and they fell down and lined up in a wooden wall! Also, the arquebus is longer! Don't be so short. ”

Although I don't know why Li Cunhuan is so careful, everyone still does what Li Cunhuan said.

After some busyness, a row of long wooden tables turned on its side, the table top leaned against the side of the copper cannon, and the fire rope as a fuse was also lengthened to a foot, that is, more than thirty centimeters, all the way to the ground.

"Remember, light him and run over at once, if you can't run to my side before the artillery is fired, a hundred sticks!" Li Cunhuan said sharply to the craftsman.

The craftsman in charge of lighting the arquebus was like a chicken eating rice, and his head was fast.

Li Cunhuan knew that it was false to talk to these people, because they would not care, and in his heart, they looked down on him as a layman from the bottom of their hearts. Indeed, although Li Cunhuan can use his power to let them do things according to their own will, he will not get a trace of their approval. So Li Cunhuan had to use some tougher means, such as threats.

Seeing Li Cunhuan so cautious, everyone couldn't help but become a little nervous, Li Cunhuan lay on the ground early, covering his ears with his hands. There is no trace of the slightest degree of posture that should be, which arouses everyone's inexplicable eyes.

The craftsman lit the fire rope of the artillery fuse according to what Li Cunhuan said, and immediately turned around and ran, "Z! Multiply! The voice rang out in the silent proving ground. However, the craftsman ran to Li Cunhuan's side, the fire rope had not yet burned out, and there were still about three inches, and the cannon finally sounded in the anxious mood of everyone.

"Boom!" With a violent bang, the entire cannon was overturned, and the barrel of the gun turned into fragments, flying in all directions, filling the air with gunsmoke and firelight. There were even red-hot copper pieces flying to Li Cunhuan's side, but with the blocking of the wooden table, coupled with such a long distance, it was also the end of the crossbow.

After a long time, everyone came back to their senses, and their eyes looking at Li Cunhuan already had a touch of admiration.

Li Cunhuan didn't pay attention to this, shook his head, and said: "The gunpowder is too much, reduce the dose by one-third." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Chao's answer this time was a little more agreeable.

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