Sure enough, Hu Yanqing and they waited for a while, and finally saw a Huangluo umbrella moving to this side, and a thin middle-aged man under the umbrella walked slowly, it was His Majesty Zhao Shu, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, seeing each other, Zhao Yan and Hu Yanqing and others all bowed down to salute, in fact, Zhao Yan did not intend to alarm Zhao Shu when he chatted with Zhao Yan a few days ago, but Zhao Shu told Zhao Shu about this matter again, but he didn't expect Zhao Shu to be very interested in artillery, so he took time out of his busy schedule.

"Haha, no need to be polite, is the artillery ready, when can it be test-fired?" Zhao Shu said with a smile at the moment, and was impatient to watch the test firing of the artillery, the reason why he was so anxious was mainly because Zhao Yan had mentioned to him the power of the artillery in the dream world, although he knew that the power of the artillery that Zhao Yan was testing now could not be compared with the artillery in the dream world, but he still couldn't stop his curiosity.

"Father, the artillery is ready and ready for test firing at any time." Zhao Yan took a step forward and said, just now he had inspected the artillery again with Qi Yu, and did not find any problems, but whether it can be successful depends on the actual test firing in the future.

"Let's get started, I can't wait!" Zhao Shu said very excitedly at the moment, which made Zhao Yan can't help but smile bitterly, he knew that if this was the case, he shouldn't have told him about the power of the artillery in the future, and now that Zhao Shu is so excited, he will definitely be a little disappointed when he sees the power of the sub-mother cannon.

At that moment, Zhao Yan asked Qi Yu to prepare artillery, and he took Zhao Shu and Zhao Ji to a bunker not far from the artillery, which was mainly to prevent the cannon from exploding and injuring the people who were watching, after all, when Qi Yu tried firing the artillery in the past, it was common to explode the bore, and even one of Qi Yu's legs was cut off by the fragments of the bore, and now he has a scar on his leg with a big bowl mouth, which looks very scary.

"King Jun, the artillery is ready, and it can be ignited at any time!" After Zhao Yan and the others hid behind the bunker, Qi Yu also reported loudly.

"Very well, let's get started!" Zhao Yan also said loudly at the moment, and stood by Zhao Shu's side at the same time, in case he was curious and stuck his head out, thus hurting himself.

After receiving Zhao Yan's order, Qi Yu immediately ordered the other craftsmen to hide behind the bunker, and then he picked up the torch and lit the long fuse, and he also ran behind the bunker as fast as he could, and after a while, Zhao Yan and the others only heard a loud sound of "boom~", like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the ground was a little trembling.

"How? Did it succeed? Zhao Shu heard the explosion outside, and asked Zhao Yan excitedly, he didn't know the principle of artillery, so he asked Zhao Yan as soon as he heard the sound outside.

"Father, whether it is successful or not still needs to be known by the sons and daughters themselves." Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, the more Zhao Shu expressed his excitement, the more bad he felt, because he knew the power of this kind of artillery better than anyone else, and it would definitely disappoint Zhao Shu.

At that moment, Zhao Yan walked out of the bunker, only to find that Qi Yu and other craftsmen had already rushed into the smoke emitted by the artillery when it was fired, and with a few violent coughs coming from inside, Qi Yu was soon heard excitedly shouting: "It's successful, the child and mother cannon didn't have any damage!" ”

With Qi Yu's shout, the other craftsmen also cheered, which also made Zhao Yan overjoyed, and immediately strode to the side of the artillery, leaned down and checked the cannon with Qi Yu, and found that the sub-barrel and the mother barrel were really not damaged, and the cannonball was also shot out, but it was not possible to see where the cannonball was fired here.

"Great, hurry up and check the landing point of the shell, calculate the range and accuracy!" Zhao Yan also excitedly ordered at the moment that the artillery could not just shoot the shells, the range and accuracy were also very important indicators.

Qi Yu and the others immediately agreed when they heard this, and then ran quickly to find the landing point of the cannonball, but after a while, they saw a craftsman in front of them shouting, it seemed that he had found the landing point of the cannonball, Zhao Yan roughly estimated, this cannonball was about a mile away, and the range was a little close, this may be a problem of air leakage between the subtube and the mother tube, and the direction of the shot was about the same as the direction they were aiming at, which showed that there should not be much of a problem in terms of accuracy.

"Yan'er, was this test shot successful?" At this time, Zhao Shu walked up again and asked, and at the same time there was a puzzled expression on his face, he already knew that the power of this kind of artillery was not very large, but in his mind, no matter how small the power was, it should not be worse than a ballista, but just now he only heard an explosion, and he didn't notice any changes other than that.

"Father, this test firing is considered a success, but there are still some small problems in the middle, which makes the range of the artillery a little closer, but the accuracy should be okay!" Zhao Yan said honestly at the moment, he had already made up his mind, no matter how disappointed Zhao Shu was, the development of artillery would continue.

As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, he saw that the craftsman who had just found the cannonball had already run back, and then reported loudly to Zhao Yanyu: "King Qiyu, the range of the sub-mother cannon this time is about 1.3 miles, and the direction deviation is extremely small, so the second test firing can be carried out." ”

"Very good, then prepare for the second test launch, prepare the target!" Zhao Yan also immediately ordered, but Zhao Shu and the others were all confused, when they used to observe the demonstration of the new weapon, they all directly looked at the power of the new weapon, and it had never been so cumbersome as now.

Zhao Yan also saw the doubts on the faces of Zhao Shu and the others, and immediately explained: "Father, in the past, the weapon tests that you or the ministers watched were all tested many times in advance, and then the maximum power of the weapon was displayed in front of you, but in private, a new weapon needs to be tested in many ways, and the process may be very boring, which is why I didn't inform you in advance." ”

Zhao Shu finally showed a sudden expression when he heard this, and he couldn't help but speak: "I see, I remember when I watched the ballista test firing, you were able to tell the range of different ballistas in one mouth, as well as the deviations that occurred when firing out, and I think it was also because of the tests that I had done in many aspects below to understand it so clearly." ”

"Father is wise, this is indeed the case!" Zhao Yan nodded at the moment and said, Zhao Shu is usually busy with government affairs, so he naturally has no time to pay attention to this trivial matter, but now let him know some routine work of weapon development, which is only good for the ordnance supervisor.

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Zhao Shu also felt a little disappointed, after all, he still had a lot of government affairs to deal with, and he really didn't have time to spend it on Zhao Yan, but he quickly spoke again with some unwillingness: "Yan'er, then can you let your father see the true power of artillery, so as not to let me run in vain." ”

"This ......" Zhao Yan showed an embarrassed expression when he heard this, but quickly spoke, "Father Qi, the next step is to conduct an accuracy test of the artillery, you can see the true power of the artillery, but I think the Father Emperor may be disappointed, because this kind of artillery is still very primitive, and the power is also very limited, and it is not even as powerful as a ballista." ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say that the power of artillery is not great, this made Zhao Shu frown, but he still insisted on speaking: "It's okay, I also know that nothing can be done overnight, and the same is true for artillery research, Yan'er, even if you let people demonstrate, I am already prepared in my heart!" ”

"The retainers obey!" Zhao Yan immediately agreed, and then asked Qi Yu and others to prepare for test firing again, this time a few broken cars were placed as targets in front of the artillery, and with a loud sound of the artillery, the shells flew out and flew in an arc in the air towards the target, but unfortunately this time it may have been impossible to aim, or there was too much gunpowder, and the shells flew over the target and fell behind.

This time, although Zhao Shu hid behind the cover, he held a telescope and looked at the target in the distance, as a result, he saw an iron ball fly over the target, and then bounced on the ground a few times, although he believed that the iron ball that flew out was also very powerful, but compared with the ballista shell that would explode, there was still a big gap, after all, it could only kill points and lines, but the ballista shell could form a range of comprehensive killing.

"Father, you see, the current artillery is like this, it can only fire solid bullets that cannot explode, and in the future, we will study the flowering shells that can make it explode, and the range and accuracy of the artillery are also things we need to study, it may be a long process, but one day we can bring out the true power of the artillery!" Zhao Yan introduced again.

"Well, although I am a little disappointed, I also see some advantages of this artillery, first of all, although the function of this thing is similar to that of a stone thrower, but the power is much stronger than that of a stone thrower, and it is much smaller than a stone thrower, and it is more convenient to transport, and it is also much stronger than a stone thrower in terms of accuracy, but compared with a ballista, it is still a little insufficient." Zhao Shu also nodded at this time.

"What my father said is that now it seems that artillery cannot be compared with ballistas, but artillery has more development prospects than ballistas, such as range, artillery may eventually increase to a few miles, more than a dozen miles, or even dozens of miles, but ballistas cannot, if you want to increase the range, you can only increase the volume of the ballista, and in the end you will find that it is not practical at all, and there are other advantages of artillery, which will be presented to people one by one in the future." Zhao Yan was also full of confidence at this time, no one knew the power of artillery in the future better than him.

Seeing Zhao Yan's confident appearance, Zhao Shu couldn't help but have a little confidence in the artillery again, and immediately encouraged Qi Yu and these craftsmen a few words, and then prepared to leave, originally Zhao Yan wanted to stay in the Firearms Department to personally record the performance of the mother cannon, but Zhao Shu motioned for him to go back to the palace with him, it seemed that there was something important to discuss with him. R1152