"Boss, you said that this boiler was so powerful when it exploded, can we use this steam to make any weapons?"

"This, too." This is Yang Heng chatting with a few blacksmiths in his spare time, and one of the blacksmiths has been a soldier, so he asked such a question.

"Do you have any ideas, or do you already have some ideas in mind?" Yang Heng asked curiously, did he really have any ideas. "Hehe, owner, no, I don't have an idea, I just saw that when this thing exploded, how could it be so powerful, if it was made into a weapon, wouldn't it be better?"

Oh, I see, it's not that he really has an idea, Yang Heng was a little disappointed, but this is a very good proposal, although it seems that he remembered that he had never seen this kind of weapon in his previous life, but it was not impossible to study.

"Cheng, you have an idea, I have written it down for you and will give you a reward at the end of the month." Although this is an idea, it may not be possible to achieve it, but Yang Heng still decided to give him a reward, and this is also a new reward method for the Yang family, as long as the idea is proposed, it must be reasonable, whether it is realized or not, a certain reward will be given, if it can be realized, then it will be rewarded more, naturally, it is not that you put forward an idea, you will be rewarded, then this reward is too worthless, mainly here, you have to say it reasonably, as this time, I think that when the boiler explodes, it is very powerful, and I think that this phenomenon will be used to make weapons, and that is it.

"Boss, this. Are we just chatting? I don't want that kind of reward. "How can this be done? Our Yang family has such a rule, that is, as long as you put forward a reasonable idea, we will give you a reward, but if you say so, the owner, look at this rain, how big, if we can create artificial rain. Then when we fight, we can rain on the enemy, and we won't win, this idea will never be rewarded, because we can't achieve this, that's the realm of the gods. ”

Since he had this idea, Yang Heng began to look at this steam engine in a daze, yes, this is a new idea, and this is definitely a weapon that has never been seen.

Suddenly. Yang Heng remembered a discussion on the Internet in a previous life, that is, ancient Greece or this era was more than 800 years ago. There was a war in ancient Greece, and there has always been a record that this battle was won with a mirror, that is, a mirror was used to reflect sunlight on the opponent's sailboat and set the sailboat on fire, but it seems that some researchers have studied that this should not be a battle won with a mirror, but a new weapon, that is, a steam cannon.

But this is just a study, Yang Heng also believes that this is not a battle to be won with a mirror, but this steam cannon really has no record, how to do it.

It can't be said that Yang Heng is not doing his job, after Yang Heng arranges the task, he is actually an idler, sometimes a little guidance is enough, it can't be this steam engine, he is making it from beginning to end, when the train starts, he still needs to be responsible, if there is a little failure, he must also find him, then he is not tired to death, in fact, Yang Heng only played an idea in it, and the role of solving puzzles, and the rest need to be studied by the workers themselves, so as to do a good job in this matter.

Since it is a steam cannon, it means that this is a cannon, and the cannon needs a barrel, and it doesn't need to be too big to have a small-caliber barrel. So, Yang Heng asked people to make a small cylinder more than two feet long and two inches in diameter, but after this cylinder was made, how could it use steam to launch projectiles.

Directly connected with a pipe, it can't be done, so that the projectile is just pushed out of the barrel, but it will not hit a long distance, and the cannon, how should it work, the cannon, is a huge blasting force, and then along the direction of the barrel, with the highest speed to push the projectile out.

Explosive power, explosive force, can you store a potential energy first, and then release it suddenly, will this projectile be pushed out faster?

After having this idea, Yang Heng once again transformed the cannon barrel, first of all, he installed a high-pressure steam chamber behind the cannon barrel, and the projectile is a sealed plug, in front of the projectile is a trigger thing, naturally, this is not a trigger pulled by a finger, hey, yes, there is a little bit of meaning, first ignite the boiler, when the boiler reaches pressure, you can use this steam cannon, whenever the pressure of the steam chamber behind the barrel is the same as the pressure of the boiler, You can turn off the switch of the boiler, then aim, quickly pull the trigger, and a projectile will fly out of the city at high speed, this, although it cannot be used for field warfare, but it is used to defend the city, it is definitely a good thing, however, this projectile should be prepared enough, and this projectile is solid, this power is a little small, or not a hollow try.

"Xuewen, what are you mysteriously calling me to do, and what's the fun of it?" "Your Majesty, you will know the road when you arrive, this time it is not far, it is on the city wall over there."

With good things, it is natural to share with Li Erlai first, Yang Heng set up this cannon on the city wall in the south.

"You let me see this, isn't this the boiler you said, you also put one in the palace, what's so nice about this?"

"Your Majesty, I'm not letting you see this boiler, I'm letting you see this thing connected to the boiler." Yang Heng pointed to a few cannon barrels on the city wall and said.

"This, isn't it just a few pipes of different lengths and thicknesses, what's so beautiful, what did you put on the outside, that's the target?"

Yes, after Yang Heng's improvement, several cannons have been made, this one is much stronger than that strong crossbow, this is a range of weapons.

"Your Majesty, you better take a look first, get ready to start, Your Majesty, I'll command first."

Soon, the boiler burned, and when the pressure was reached, "report to the instructor, the test artillery squad is ready, whether to start." "Let's go."

The cannon is laid flat, and there is a loading hole on the top of the cannon, whenever the ammunition is loaded, an iron plate on the top is lifted, and then the projectile is put in, and the cannon barrel can be adjusted up and down and left and right with more than 30 degrees, "inflated and prepared," "prepared," "put" "bang," as if some plug had pulled out the person, and then I saw a projectile quickly running to a target one hundred and fifty steps away from the city, "Boom." "It turned out to be a flowering bomb, and some of the targets around the target were blown up crookedly.

"Prepare the cannon," "put" There were a few more sounds of pulling the plug, and then some sounds of hitting the wooden plank, and I saw that there were some small holes in the distance on several targets.

"This?" Li Er looked at the scene in front of him with some surprise. "Your Majesty, this is a steam cannon newly developed by Chen, in fact, this is not very useful, but whether it is attacking the city or defending the city, it is a good thing, and this thing is light to transport."

Yes, the transportation is light, this boiler can be big, it can be small, if you are fighting outside and need to siege the city, you can have a small boiler with you, as long as the pressure is enough, it will become, but the launch time is slower, and Yang Hengzhen does not plan to use this to attack the city, and it will not become the main weapon, it can be used to scare some foreign envoys, and the cost is not very high.

"Well, this is good, it's very good to use it to defend the city, and you don't need to use any warriors, it's just that ordinary people can use it, good, good, good." Sure enough, it was Li Er, he saw the usefulness of this thing at a glance, originally, this thing was a chicken rib in Yang Heng's eyes, and he didn't allow Li Erzhi to say it, he was afraid that Li Erzhi would have opinions after he knew it, but let Li Erzhi Dao, this is really not practical, but if you let some old people, women, and children operate it, it will be absolutely amazing, this is definitely a weapon to defend the city, especially this flowering bomb, if this is a real artillery, as the gunpowder made by Yang Heng now, it is really not up to standard, You can use this steam cannon to shoot it, and there will be no problem. (To be continued......)