San Bunzi and Xie Di stood on the side of the road, watching Xie Shence and the others gallop over, and smiled.

Xie Shence then passed five checkpoints and entered his own arsenal.

Compared with the last time, today's artillery battalion is more tight, and it is more lively.

Everywhere you can see warning signs and guards, alchemists walking around at will, craftsmen in a hurry...... Xie Shence felt a sense of familiarity at this time.

Liu Guitian was still very unhappy when he was forcibly brought over, shouting that the three jumpers would delay his time, and when he saw Xie Shence, he immediately changed his face.

"My lord, you have come at the right time, the results of the new round of artillery battalions have come out, and we have found the best ratio of gunpowder, the effect is stronger, and the same weight of gunpowder is ......"

"Alright." Xie Shence interrupted Liu Guitian's invitation, he didn't care if the structure of the gunpowder was optimized, but he just wanted to know if the thing he said was successful.

"The cannon I said earlier, is there any progress?"

"This ...... Your Excellency, you know, even if Master Zuo came, he couldn't ...... "Liu Guitian is hesitant." Xie Shence was a little dissatisfied in his heart.

"That means it hasn't worked out yet?"

"Yes, yes." Liu Guitian wiped his sweat, and three gray stains appeared on his face in an instant.

His family is under the control of the Xie family, and although he now has a freedom that others can't envy, he still can't escape.

The family lives well and has no worries, but that also means that he is getting closer and closer to the Xie family.

- He was naturally afraid that Xie Shence would not be happy.

Immediately called over to Zuo Tiehammer, and thanked Shence to inquire about the progress of steel smelting.

Zuo Iron Hammer really deserves to be a skilled craftsman who has fought iron for Huai Jun all his life, but it took a short time to thoroughly study the steel filling method mentioned by Xie Shence, and then put it into use, after a period of experiments, it did refine steel with better strength and density.

However, it is still very difficult to use it as a cannon barrel.

"This kind of steel is undoubtedly good iron, used to make swords, if it is equipped on a large scale, the combat effectiveness of my Great Jin army will definitely be able to reach a higher level. But ......"

Zuo Tiehammer paused and said, "It's still not enough to make cannon barrels. The strength, toughness and heat resistance of steel are still one layer short and cannot be balanced. ”

"Moreover, the kind of iron pipes that are currently made regular and have no gaps...... Forgive me, my lord, I can't make it with a left hammer. ”

"And dare I say, no one can make it today."

Xie Shence asked, "Is there really no way at all?"

Zuo Tiehammer said: "At present, it seems that it is very difficult to meet your requirements. However......"

"And yet what?"

"However, if you don't calculate the cost, it is still possible to use it once or twice."

Xie Shence was overjoyed: "Have you ever experimented?"

"The finished product is there, and I would like to demonstrate it for adults."

Xie Shence immediately responded, and then everyone went to the big school.

Perhaps in order to experiment with newly developed weapons, the school field was expanded quite a bit. The cost of digging such a huge school field is definitely not small, and Xie Shence can foresee that when he looks back at his financial list, he is likely to twitch.

A large cart covered in black cloth was pulled by five oxen and slowly approached this way, and the silhouette showed that it was quite large.

In terms of weight, it is obviously several thousand catties.

A cannon costs 2,000 catties of iron, and the cost is indeed not small.

After the soldiers cleared the field and made sure that there was no one around, the left hammer lifted the black cloth with some excitement. So the appearance of the first cannon in this world was revealed in front of Xie Shence.

It's really a cannon......

The pitch-black cannon body does not shine with a metallic luster, but it makes people feel suffocated. The huge base, with its overall shape gradually slimming towards the muzzle, looks more like a baseball bat magnified many times.

Of course, there is no baseball bat in this world yet.

Xie Shence exhaled, feeling that this kind of style was within the scope of acceptance.

Xie Shence took a closer look, and he could vaguely see the traces of the processing of this cannon.

The joints are still rough, and there are traces of iron pouring in the gaps. But it should also be the ultimate in current technology.

Overall, the appearance is out.

I just don't know how it works.

Xie Shence stood far away, watched Zuo Tie Hammer leaning over, took out a cannonball from a box of gunpowder, put it in from the muzzle, then compacted it with a ramming rod, took the torch, lit the fuse, and then ...... Run away quickly and lie down.

Xie Shence didn't blink, looking at the little green smoke coming out of the cannon, and his heart was worried.

About seven or eight breaths later, the cannon shook suddenly, the muzzle of the cannon emitted a burst of red light, and with a loud bang, white smoke came out, and something exploded on the opposite hillside.

“……”

“……”

Someone said these things loudly to Xie Shence, but Xie Shence couldn't hear anything.

- He forgot to cover his ears.

His head was a little dizzy, his ears were roaring, and after a long time, Xie Shence gradually heard the voices of the people around him.

Someone brought a chair, thanked Shence for sitting down, and then asked Zuo Tie Hammer to report the results of the experiment.

“…… The barrel cracked again...... The range is about 300 paces, and if the angle is adjusted, the maximum effective distance is 500 paces...... The killing range of this caliber is three zhang square ......"

After Zuo Tie Hammer finished speaking, Xie Shence asked, "How many more shots can you fire?"

"One shot at most."

"What?!"

"If you re-patch...... If it's fast, it can be made up in three days, and you can continue to use it. ”

Xie Shence stopped talking, and his face was indescribably ugly.

Indeed, at the current level of technology, such a "high-tech" thing as a cannon should not have appeared and could not have appeared. And the regular use of artillery, Xie Shence vaguely remembers that it will take hundreds of years.

However...... However, since it has been made, it is better to ...... It has to look like something too, right?

This one...... Two guns in three days...... What is it?!

Even if you can blow up the city wall, it takes three days, and the enemy is not a fool, how can you repair it, isn't it in vain? And this kind of cannon, even if it is repaired, must have an extremely strict number of uses, and it will explode if it is not good......

Xie Shence didn't ask how long the interval between the firing guns was, because it was in vain to ask.

――Can you fire a second shot or two?

If this was to be used on a large scale, thank God for dying of poverty - he now understood what Zuo Tie Hammer meant by not counting the cost.

Xie Shence doesn't blame Liu Guitian and Zuo Tiehammer, but only blames himself for being eager for quick success.

After seeing the Xianbei Iron Cavalry, the Youzhou Fanyang Cavalry, the Black Floating Capital, and the powerful Big White Fish Cavalry, Xie Shence has a clearer understanding of his own strength. He knew what level he was at, so he felt the need to improve his strength.

This necessity is urgent......

Tiqi is powerful, and very powerful, but this strength does not give Xie Shence a sense of security.

Because...... Tiqi is the Jin Emperor's, and will always be the Jin Emperor's. Even if Xie Shence won the hearts of the people, it would be impossible to make Tiqi his own - after all, the hearts of the people are towards the field.

Is Xie Shence strong now?

Powerful.

But his strength also comes from Emperor Jin.

If...... If he is no longer the Admiral of the Tiqi Division, then he is just the little marquis of the Weihou Mansion.

Oh yes, it's still a doctor of Taixue. But what's the use of that?

When that time comes, not to mention Emperor Jin and Sima Bi, even a certain squire can pinch him casually.

You must know that as the commander of the Tiqi Division, Xie Shence definitely has a lot of enemies. Once you lose power, you will inevitably face overwhelming assassinations.

Don't you see that there are still people in Tiqi who are protecting Wei Liao now?

Belch...... Far from it.

Xie Shence is indeed eager to improve his strength, and he understands that he can't be in a hurry, but his disappointment is still overflowing.

Waving his hand, Xie Shence said, "Pull it down......"

"Liu Guitian!"

"The villain is here!"

"The study of gunpowder...... There's still room for improvement, try to pursue power, and don't worry about anything else for the time being. ”

“…… Be! ”

Turning around, Xie Shence looked at the somewhat gloomy Zuo Iron Hammer and said, "Old man Zuo, in fact, I know that this cannon is very difficult, and as for the pistol, it is even more difficult. So I don't blame you, and you don't need to blame yourself. ”

Zuo Tiehammer looked lonely, looked at the cannon that was dragged down, and was stunned for a long time.

Suddenly, Zuo Tiehammer smiled again, and he said, "Do you remember the first time we met, Lord Admiral?"

Xie Shence said: "I still remember."

"At that time, the adults said that I couldn't make a sword within the allotted time, and I was not convinced by the left hammer, but in the end I succeeded."

"But I heard from your apprentice that you are exhausted...... My Han knife is actually the fire that you quenched with your painstaking efforts. ”

Zuo Tiehammer smiled: "What does it matter?"

"I'm afraid you'll die."

"So what does it matter?"

Xie Shence looked at Zuo Tie Hammer and seemed to see the frenzy in his eyes.

"This is an invention that can change the mode of warfare! Xiao Lao'er didn't know what kind of genius the Admiral was, and he could actually think of this, but since the Admiral was willing to let the little old man give it a try, then the little old man had no reason to back down! ”

"If he succeeds, Xiao Lao'er can also leave a mark in the history books, even if it is infamy! If that fails...... Little old man at least tried! ”

Xie Shence hesitated.

"Please also ask the Admiral not to stop this project, the little old man is willing to sacrifice everything for it."

Xie Shence pondered for a long time.

In fact, the principle or something, the left hammer has already understood, but it can't be caused because of the casting problem of the cannon, and as long as the cannon barrel can be made, then everything will fall into place.

But it's just those two points that get stuck in everything!

the quality of the steel, as well as the casting of the steel pipes.

These two points are precisely the points that cannot be overcome by current technology.

Do you want to stop?

If you stop, you will definitely be unwilling. If he didn't stop, the left hammer would probably die because of it. He's too old to stand that kind of hard work.

Xie Shence hesitated.

"Ordinary!"

Left Hammer knelt down.

"Lord Admiral, Zuo Tiehammer has served in the army all his life, and he has been striking iron and making weapons all his life, in order to create the most powerful weapons, what is the little old man willing to pay! Now the cannon that Lord Admiral said can change the war, and even change the pattern of the world, even if my Great Jin dominates the world with it, it is not impossible! In this case, how could Xiao Lao'er just glance outside the door and leave? The little old man is dead! Your Excellency the Admiral...... Fulfill! ”

Xie Shence looked at the thin old man kneeling on the ground, looked at his wrinkled skin, looked at his thinning hair, and didn't speak for a long time.

I didn't notice, he was so old......

Rubbing his fingers against the scabbard of the Han knife, Xie Shence finally said, "Admiral Ben...... Fulfill you. ”

"Lord Admiral!"

"Just one point, don't die."

"Yes!"

Xie Shence left, and when he left, he took a batch of fried with him? Medicine. Thank you for the bombs that Shence took away? Medicine, not only the newly developed high fried? medicine, and the first generation of bombing when he was suppressing bandits in Quanyang? Medicine.

It was used to deal with Emperor Jin.

(PS: Chapter 1!) There is also a chapter that should come out before twelve o'clock. ）