Chapter 355: Yukihime's Mysterious Gift from Little Lori
Iceberg Big Cat Royal Sister Li Huamei went back to Daming Kingdom across the sea, and Xue Ji Xiao Lori also came back from Sakai Port.
Xue Ji's little Lori brought back a lot of gifts to Wang Tianxie, there are five little Loli, there are five little royal sisters, there are ten cute cat girls, and there are ...... Ahem, I was dazzled for a while, I saw it wrong, Xue Ji Xiao Lori and the fifth princess Ji God of Wealth Liji will not change jobs to become human traffickers.
If you take a closer look, what Yukihime Lori brought back was actually a cooperation plan for Hakataori and Kagazome's branch in Kiyoshu Castle, the expense income statement (account book) of the first quarter of "Sakai Port Onihime Hot Pot Izakaya", with 300 iron cannons, and a mysterious gift.
Well? Right? Why does it seem that something strange has been brought back? No, that's right, Yukihime's little Lori really came back with a mysterious gift!
"Master, this gift will arrive in Ise Bay in two days, and Master will have to greet him in person, I guarantee that you will like it, apprentice, I have taken a lot of effort. Ah, by the way, it's best to call that guy from the Nine Ghosts Jialong to go with you. Yukihime's little Lori waved her little fist triumphantly.
Wang Tianxie is very curious about this mysterious gift with Xue Ji's little Lori. In order to ensure the mystery of the gift, Little Lori even hid all the ghost sisters of the Heavenly Ghost Lineage. Except for the fifth princess Liki, who shared her body, no one knew.
Wang Tianxie was very helpless about this, so he had to send someone to send a letter to ask Jiugui Jialong to come to the Yamauchi Pavilion, while waiting for Xiao Lori to take him to receive gifts.
"Wow, the Heavenly Evil Boy is so powerful! How did this big guy get it back? "Wang Tianxie and the Nine Ghosts Jialong are looking up at a giant warship moored in the port of Ise Bay at this moment. Next to the two stood the buyer of the Spanish second-class galleon, Yukihime Lori.
"How is it, Master, this is a good gift, isn't it? Pretty good, right? Pretty good, right? Pretty good, right? Hey, hey, hey...... It took us a lot of money to buy it back! At this moment, Xue Ji's little Lori smiled very brightly, laughing loudly, while pulling Wang Tianxie's sleeve and constantly asking for credit.
Wang Tianxie looked at the Spanish galleon, and his face was really full of surprise. It's really dozing off, someone sent a pillow! A while ago, I was still complaining that the iceberg big cat sister was not kind, and now I have received such a super big guy back.
As for the Nine Ghosts Jialong's expression at the moment, it was even more exciting. The leader of the dignified Nine Demons Water Army, the lord of the Shima Kingdom, Nine Demons Yoshitaka, was now so surprised that he seemed to have swallowed 100,000 mosquitoes alive.
The Ataka ship, which was a heavy warship in this troubled Warring States period, was only about 50 meters long and 10 meters wide at most, and could carry an army of more than 100 people. The only advantage is that only a few dozen sailors are needed to operate flexibly. With smaller clippers such as Shangguan Ship and Xiaozao as escorts, it can be regarded as having a certain combat effectiveness.
But Xue Ji Xiao Lori bought back a 350-ton Spanish second-class galleon from a Spanish merchant. If you park the Ataka ship with this Spanish second-class galleon, it definitely looks like a four-year-old Lori and a twenty-two-year-old mature royal sister.
Well, the Ataka ship is a four-year-old little Lori, and the Spanish second-class galleon is a twenty-two-year-old mature royal sister.
Moreover, this is a full-gauge twenty-two-year-old mature royal sister. What is Full Spec? Of course, the mature royal sister is equipped with all kinds of guns of various sizes within the specifications!
This 350-ton 22-year-old mature lady has a two-story high string, a high tail building, a low foredeck, a flat stern, and a protrusion at the bow. Like the ramming angle of an oar, there is an independent gun emplacement.
The sides of the hull slope inward from the bottom to the top, creating a distinct equilateral trapezoidal shape that slopes all the way to the aft tower. This made the twenty-two-year-old mature lady sail exceptionally smoothly.
The lines of the twenty-two-year-old mature lady are very graceful, and the stern is even more exquisite, and the ratio of length to width is about three to one, which makes this great lady excellent in sailing speed.
Well, the only thing that makes this twenty-two-year-old royal sister feel disliked but have to accept it is. Her tonnage reached three hundred and fifty tons.
The groove was ding, for a twenty-two-year-old mature royal sister. That's a lot of weight! However, only at such a tonnage, she can provide a stable firing platform for twenty artillery pieces, fourteen rotary guns.
Below the battery was the cargo hold, and above the shipyard was inhabited by passengers and soldiers. As for her towering ship, it provides fortress-like cover for the soldiers on board, giving the mature maiden a great advantage in close combat.
The twenty-two-year-old also owns a bow mast, foremast, mainmast and aftermast. It is hung with a square canvas.
A large square canvas hangs from the bow. The foremast and mainmast are hung with three pieces of square canvas, from top to bottom are the upper mast, the mid-mast and the mainsail. On the backmast hangs a large spinnaker.
"Jialong, let's go to the deck and have a look, my precious apprentice has brought us twenty good things!" Wang Tianxie touched Xue Ji's little Lori's head, and said proudly with a smile Nine Ghost Jialong.
"Master. You see, these six are half-length cannons, these six are falcon cannons, and the other six are light falcon cannons. Xue Ji Xiao Lori pointed to the cannons lined up on both sides on the deck, and introduced them to Wang Tianxie and Nine Ghost Jialong.
Of course, in Xue Ji's little Lori's heart, she was just introducing to her master Wang Tianxi, and the Nine Ghosts Jialong just happened to come over to listen.
The so-called semi-long cannon was an eleven-pounder cannon with a caliber of four and a half inches, a barrel weighing three thousand pounds, and a length of ten feet. The Falcon was a seven-pounder cannon with a caliber of three and a half inches, a barrel weighing two thousand pounds, and a length of eight feet.
These two types of artillery are heavier than the four-pounder cannon and six-pounder cannon that the iceberg big cat royal sister Li Huamei brought to Wang Tianxie from the Ming Kingdom across the sea, and the power is also higher.
As for the light falcon, it was a 3.5-pound gun, with a caliber of 2.5 inches, a barrel weighing 1,400 pounds, and a length of seven feet. Although this kind of artillery is lighter than the four-pounder cannon of the Ming Kingdom, it is also much less powerful than the four-pounder cannon.
After all, on the other side of the sea, the casting technology of artillery is very powerful, much stronger than that of Western countries at the beginning of the Age of Discovery. In particular, the 8,000 to 10,000 catties of red-coated cannons with their own unique names are definitely artifacts among artifacts for Western countries at the beginning of the Age of Discovery.
The six half-length guns, six falcon guns, and six light falcon guns were deployed on either side of the twenty-two-year-old imperial sister's body as shipside guns. Each of them had an independent gun emplacement, which was mounted on a two-wheeled trolley.
The 350-ton Spanish galleon bought by Yukihime Lori, in addition to the six semi-long guns, six falcon cannons and six light falcon cannons, is also equipped with two cannons and two long guns, for a total of 21 guns.
"Those two cannons, called long guns, are sixteen-pounder guns, with a caliber of five .5 inches, a barrel weighing four thousand three hundred pounds, and a length of twelve feet, which are used as stern counter guns." Xue Ji Xiao Lori Yao pointed to the two heavy guns at the stern of the ship, and introduced Wang Tianxie and Nine Ghost Jialong.
"Master, this is a cannon, a twenty-four-pound gun, six inches in caliber, five thousand four hundred pounds in weight, and eleven feet in length, which is used as the main gun in the bow. Master, Master, it's twenty-four pounds! Yukihime-chanting pointed to the two guns that looked heavy at the bow of the ship, and shouted with her hands dancing.
For Xiao Lori's move, Wang Tianxie rubbed the other party's head harder, and almost didn't knead Little Loli's hair into a bird's nest.
Seeing these four sixteen-pound and twenty-four-pound guns, Wang Tianxie was extremely excited, this was what he wanted most. Although it is not as good as the thirty-three and forty-one pound medium guns used by the Li family fleet of the big cat royal sister of the iceberg, it can be regarded as a big killer.
In addition, the ship is equipped with 14 rotary guns, which are usually placed on deck or below the ship, and can be reinstalled on both ships if necessary.
However, the rotary cannon was nothing more than a cannon used to kill people at close range, and was fired from a rotating gun carriage mounted on the ship's side rail. Wang Tianxie's fourteen rotary cannons were all ultra-light guns that fired 1.5 pounds.
All cannons are reloaded, which means they can be reloaded very quickly if necessary. Interestingly, in addition to the usual solid shells, the Rotary Cannon can also fire something very strange.
"Hehe, Master hasn't seen anything like this, has he? This thing is another shell of the rotary cannon, a bunch of solid shells bundled into a bunch with a net pocket, which looks like a bunch of grapes. Therefore, its name is also called 'grape'......'boon'. Xue Ji Xiao Lori carried a small net bag, waiting hopefully to see Wang Tianxie's stunned appearance.
Maybe he has been following Wang Tianxie for too long, or is it that if there is a teacher, there must be an apprentice? Xue Ji's little Lori actually made a joke in front of Wang Tianxie and Nine Ghost Jialong, and deliberately said the word "bullet" in "grape bomb" after taking a big breath.
Speaking of this bunch of grapes bundled with nets, well, no, it should be the mention of this "grape bomb", it is estimated that few people can understand it except for those who specialize in the Age of Discovery.
But if you change the name to "shotgun", I think many people will understand. It's just that the principle of grape shells is similar to that of shotguns, but they are the types of shells used by battleship rotary guns, not army shells.
"Master, don't underestimate this grape bomb. Although its range is not as good as that of solid bullets, the group of Spanish merchants said that this thing can take down dozens of enemy soldiers with a single shot fired at close range. Xue Ji Xiao Lori introduced with a grin, while Wang Tianxie and Nine Ghost Jialong were dumbfounded.
"And, it is said that with a bit of luck, it only takes a few shots to break up an infantry squadron. In naval battles, it can also knock down a large number of enemy officers and sailors, and paralyze enemy ships. Xue Ji's little Lori looked invited.
Seeing that his little Lori apprentice was so powerful, Wang Tianxie naturally cooperated and stuffed a lollipop into Little Lori's hand. (To be continued......)
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