Chapter 315: Preparing to Cast Cannons and Refit Ships

"That's the three of you getting guns?" Ning Fan looked at the boxes on the shelves around him, he really didn't notice it just now, but now when he heard that there were guns, like those men with good guns, he suddenly came to his senses, and he wanted to touch those guns, he hadn't touched real guns in more than 20 years since his military training in college.

Huang Shi did not disappoint Ning Fan, seeing that he was still a little swaying even when he stood up, he went to the shelf and brought the Barrett M82A1 sniper gun and put it on the table for him to see.

"Wow, this ...... Tsk, tsk, tsk...... "Ning Fan obviously can't put it down, and it's the first time he's touched this kind of real gun.

After touching it for a while, Lao Ning said to Huang Shi, "Lao Huang, do you want to give me this kind of gun." ”

Huang Shi shook his head and refused, "Hehe, Lao Ning is not that I won't send you, but think about it, where can you put it if I send you?" In addition, this gun will have a big use in the near future. ”

Seeing that Lao Ning was a little disappointed, Lao Huang had no choice but to say again, "But after a while, if there is a suitable opportunity, I can let you come here to play." ”

"Really?" Ning Fan was a little surprised.

"Of course it is." Then Huang Shi said to Ning Fan again, "Old Ning, let's talk about some serious things now, how about it?" ”

Ning Fan was still immersed in the joy just now, so he said, "Oh, then you can say it." ”

"Okay, then I'll tell you." Huang Shi was still a little embarrassed, but thinking of the 10 million each given by Bai Xiaohei and Shi Wenbo, he thought that Lao Ning should have more money than them, and it shouldn't hurt his muscles and bones.

"Well, you say, brother, what's not to say."

"That's the case, I want to do such a big thing in this time and space, to be honest, I can't do it alone, I will find some suitable people to join in, so, Lao Ning, you have to follow me."

Ning Fan replied very briskly, "Okay, no problem, you saved my life, plus, didn't you say, if you can't complete the task, everyone will have to accept the punishment, I have to do it if I don't want to." ”

Seeing that Lao Ning had no disagreement, Huang Shi continued, "Wait a minute, then let's arrange the plan, how about it." ”

"Well, I think this plan is very necessary, otherwise it will be five years and it will pass in a blink of an eye." Speaking of this, Ning Fan stopped looking at the gun and seriously discussed it with Huang Shi.

"That's right, so I have to speed up a bit, occupy Taiwan for him first, and find some of the spaceship fragments on it first."

Ning Fan thought about it, combined with what he had just listened to Lao Huang's introduction, and felt that it was still feasible, "Okay, then what are you going to do now?" ”

"That's what I think, you guys will help me make money first, because no matter what I did in the Ming Dynasty, I had to use the resources of modern society."

"Okay, that's absolutely fine." Ning Fan agreed directly without even thinking about it.

"Second, Lao Ning, I have to ask you for a sponsorship here." Speaking of this, Lao Huang's face was still a little impressive, after all, as soon as he said this, he felt as if he was begging for retribution.

"How much?"

Although Huang Shi didn't know what Lao Ning thought in his heart, seeing that there was no unhappy look on his face, he put his heart at ease and said, "Do you have 10 million?" ”

"Lao Huang, I'll sponsor 20 million." Who knew that Lu Dao Ning Fan was even more generous than Lao Huang thought, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 20 million, which scared Lao Huang away.

In Huang Shi's impression, Lao Ning didn't seem to be so rich, so he asked, "You won't include all your belongings, will you?" ”

Sure enough, Ning Fan smiled bitterly, "Lao Huang, I want to open it, in fact, what's the use of making so much money, just use it, at that time, this money is really something outside the body." ”

"You can't say that, after all, you still have parents, wives and children to support."

Ning Fan nodded wordlessly, he was in the hospital, and he really wanted to die after being tortured by the disease, but when he thought of his elderly parents and young children, if he was really gone, how could they live, this was the bond that he had never taken that step.

Huang Shi didn't know that his words touched the memories in Lao Ning's heart, so he still said according to his own thoughts, "I want to focus on this time and space now, and some modern things can only be entrusted to you." ”

"Lao Huang, you can arrange it directly."

"This time, after you stabilize yourself, the first thing you will do is help me find a factory that can cast cannons, and help me customize 3 guns of various specifications."

"Cast cannon?!" Ning Fan was a little surprised, and he didn't know what Lao Huang was going to do.

"Yes, cast cannons, because I don't have this kind of long-range attack weapon now, don't look at the fact that we have so many guns, but these guns are not as effective as artillery in the initial naval battle, so deterrent."

Speaking of these, Lao Huang thought that if the galleon he built was in a naval battle, and suddenly the porthole on the enemy's side opened at the same time, revealing hundreds of guns, coupled with flexible and mobile steam turbines, the enemy would be destroyed quickly even if it was the Spanish Armada, and there was no shadow of the Invincible Armada at this time.

"Lao Huang, didn't you say that Bai Xiaohei and Shi Wenbo are in Canada, why don't they try to buy some guns?"

"Alas, Lao Ning, do you think this cannon can be bought casually, and the most important thing is the cannonball, the current artillery must be equipped with modern cannonballs. And if we cast our own cannons, then gunpowder and shells can be made ourselves. ”

Huang Shi continued, "And we don't want one, two, but hundreds, thousands, because we are not just one ship, there may be thousands of ships in the future, Lao Ning, think about it, they are pulling the sails across the seven seas, how magnificent that is." ”

Ning Fan laughed when he heard this, "Then do you want to say that wherever the sun shines, our land, the plains of North America and Russia are our corn fields, Canada and the Baltic Sea are our forest areas, Australia is our pastures, Peru is our silver mines, South Africa and Australia are our gold mines, India and China are our tea plantations, the East Indies are our sugar cane, coffee, and spice plantations, and the southern United States is our cotton plantations." ”

Huang Shi was stunned for a moment, "Ah, yes, but this is not enough, what you said is still made in the way of the colony, I don't want to do this." What I want is to plant our flag in the whole world, and in this world there can be only one nation, one will, all people believe in one religion, all people write one language, all speak one language. ”

"Then your difficulty is greater, at least more than 10 times higher than what I just said." Ning Fan heard Huang Shi say this, he shook his head directly, because he wanted to have the same track and the same book within the scope of the world, he thought that there was no conquest for hundreds of years in the past, and it was estimated that it would be easy to repeat, so he was not very optimistic.

"If you don't try, how do you know if Lu Daocheng will succeed." Huangshi has a characteristic, if he identifies something, no matter how difficult it is, he will persist in doing it, as he himself often says, when doing things, it is like putting himself on the edge of a cliff, not going backward but only moving forward, so that there will be a way to live.

"Okay, okay, I'll do this when I get back, so what's the second thing?" Ning Fan saw that Huang Shi had made up his mind, and he couldn't persuade him, so he wanted to know what the second task that Lao Huang wanted to arrange for him would be.

Huang Shi was also very happy when he saw that Ning Fan agreed, so he said, "The second thing is to help me buy two more second-hand cargo ships of 2,000 to 3,000 tons, and we will refit them." ”

"Why do you want to buy second-hand modifications, not brand new customizations."

"Ugh." Huang Shi sighed, there is really no right to speak without investigation, look at what Lao Ning said lightly, the upper and lower mouths are closed, just like asking why not eat minced meat, "Why don't I want to buy a new one, the problem is, the lowest price of a 3,000-ton bulk carrier is 7 million, and the 10 million you sponsor is only enough to buy one at most." ”

"Ah, it's so expensive." Ning Fan didn't know that this kind of cargo ship was so expensive.

"yes, that's how expensive it is." Huang Shi is also a little helpless, so don't look at him now that he has tens of millions of cash, but if he really wants to do something, it is far from enough.

"How much does a second-hand bulk carrier cost now?"

"I originally inquired about a bulk carrier built in 2002, it has a total length of 8 meters, a width of 13 meters, a depth of 7 meters, a draft of 5 meters, and the price is about 3 million.

Ning Fan pondered for a moment and replied, "Okay, there's no problem, I'm better at negotiating prices or something." By the way, Lao Huang, what do you want to convert these bulk carriers into? ”

"First, we have to put ramming horns on these cargo ships."

"Okay, I see." Ning Fan Zhilu said that the so-called ramming angle is a protrusion fixed on the bow of a battleship to crash into an enemy ship.

It was probably invented by the Egyptians in 1200 BC, but it was later widely adopted by ancient Phoenician, Greek, and Roman galleys. Revival in the mid-19th century, mainly in the American Civil War, the use of ramming horns on steamships with iron armor was effectively used against wooden galleons. But the development of naval weapons and the use of metal-hulled ships soon made it obsolete again.

Now Lao Huang wants to install this kind of thing on an iron-hulled ship, which can be said to be invincible in the world on the ocean in the 16th century, even if the solid projectiles of those early bronze cannons can hit their hull, it is estimated that they will only leave shallow pits. And if they rush to the wooden ships with full power, plus the impact of the ramming horns, the disintegration of those wooden ships is inevitable.