Come on, come on, I'll show you a big baby.

If this sentence is said in different contexts, then it means that it has different meanings.

At this time, Wang Zhi said this sentence in front of so many heroes in the rivers and lakes, of course, it will not be to the extent of simply amusing you.

He said that if there is a treasure, then there must be a treasure.

"Boss Wang's baby, then it must be a good baby." Someone in the audience said: "But Boss Wang gathered us all here today, just to let us take a look at Boss Wang's baby?" ”

Wang Zhi smiled: "You have come from afar, it is definitely impossible to just look at a few treasures, I Wang Someone spent such a big price to let everyone gather here, and it is not to watch a lively end." ”

Saying this, Wang Zhi clapped his hands lightly: "Carry it up." ”

Before Wang Zhi finished speaking, he saw two sturdy men walking up carrying a heavy suitcase.

Fang Bei looked at the box and frowned slightly.

Yes, he didn't even change the box, it was one of the boxes in the batch of goods that Guo Sheng asked Fang to bring to Yingtianfu from Bianliang.

"It's familiar." Xue Ling next to him couldn't help but say.

"Boss Wang, don't sell it." There are still people urging below, all treasures are only the most attractive when they are in the box, just like when the card is drawn, there are infinite possibilities in the card pool, and once it is drawn, then it is useless except to be able to prove that he is a large African.

But even so, there are a few people who can endure not to drain the card pool in their hands to see what is going on.

"Everything must be first come, first come, and steamed buns must be eaten one by one." Wang Zhi said with a smile, and continued to clap his hands, and the second box was quickly carried up.

"Open it." Wang Zhi said.

The subordinate in front of him obediently opened the two boxes, pointing the openings towards all the guests.

Fang Bei looked intently, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Two crates, one as far as Fang Bei knew, contained strips of muskets wrapped in oiled paper, and were not early models, but production models that had almost been improved into arquebuses.

And the second box is something that Fang Bei has never seen.

After opening it, the things inside are very familiar.

Or rather, unfamiliar.

I say familiar because the shape of this thing is too prominent, and you can tell what it is at a glance.

I said I wasn't familiar with it because it was really the first time I'd seen this thing.

Because the second box contained an iron cannon.

It is not a Franc cannon, the Franc cannon is a fairly mature rear-loading iron cannon, the rate of fire is quite fast, but the size is huge, it is very inconvenient to transport, and it is impossible to be carried by two people in a box.

But from a distance, judging from the size, shape, and characteristics of this iron cannon, it should be a miniature version of the imitation of the Franc cannon.

The Great Franc cannon is a weapon of naval warfare, and only a ship at sea can be equipped with this thing, and if it is on land, its only use is to defend and siege the city, after all, it is large in size and weight, transportation is a big problem, and the hatred value is also ridiculously high.

And this reduced model, although it is said that the power is naturally not as good as the big franc cannon, but it looks like a fairly mature field gun, two people can carry it, put it on the car, ordinary mule and horse-drawn carts can be easily transported, and its strategic value is much greater than imagined.

Fang Bei was a little surprised, and those Jianghu heroes were even more unclear.

They never expected that Wang Zhi said that he wanted to take out the treasure, but it turned out that it was these two boxes of guns that came out.

What kind of treasure is this!

"Boss Wang, can you explain?" Someone in the audience had already spoken.

"Does this need to be explained?" Wang Zhi smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed lightly into the box: "This is the Dongying iron cannon that I asked the Shenzhou craftsman to make." ”

"Speaking of which, I bought this Dongying iron cannon from the group of Fran machine people in the west, but I didn't expect the Dongying people to be able to re-improve this Fran machine iron cannon to make it have a longer range, faster rate of fire, and higher accuracy, compared to our Shenzhou firearms, I really don't know how high it is."

"So I deliberately found a group of Dongying craftsmen and asked them to come to Shenzhou to open an iron cannon factory, which really cost my old nose money at first, but now." Wang Zhi patted the box containing the iron guns: "They can produce fifty of these iron cannons for me a day, if the supply of raw materials is sufficient, it will be five thousand in a hundred days, and eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty in a year." ”

"Such an iron cannon can shoot birds fifty paces away, and the guns sound and the birds fall." Wang Zhi looked at the heroes in front of him and smiled: "You say that if this is not a baby, then what is a baby?" ”

The group of heroes in the audience was a little silent for a while.

Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of with a gun, even if it is a bird, ordinary people will not put it in their eyes, after all, it is okay for a bird to hit a stationary target, if it hits a target moving at high speed, then it must really follow fate.

But one bird gun is nothing, what if there are seven or eight tens, or even hundreds or thousands? Hundreds of birds shoot a salvo, isn't it a first-class master who will also run away?

Let's not talk about the rivers and lakes, but about the court.

If, according to Wang Zhi, he can produce 50 such iron guns a day, it is 18,250 a year, and the output of a year can equip an army of nearly 20,000 people.

At that time, it is impossible to say who will encircle and suppress anyone.

And Wang Zhi looked at the reaction of the audience, and smiled a little satisfied: "Actually, this iron cannon is nothing, to put it bluntly, it is a toy of the big-headed soldier, and this thing is really a treasure." ”

Wang Zhi looked at the cannon in the other box and said.

"Come, bring this cannon out and let everyone open their eyes, this is not a Western thing, this is an authentic high-grade cannon produced by our Shenzhou, it can hit three or four miles away, and the cannonball will fall to the ground, and there will be no grass."

Wang Zhi said this, and some of his subordinates lifted the cannon out with some difficulty, only to see that the thickness of the cannon was no more than the thickness of an adult's arm, and it was five or six feet long, and the box that originally contained the cannon was very narrow and long, but after this was lifted, everyone could see the true face of the cannon clearly.

Fang Bei frowned again.

Wang Zhi's technical level surprised him very much.

Because this iron cannon is too thin.

Iron cannons aren't always better if they're thicker.

In fact, the reason why the early iron cannon was so thick was mainly because the smelting technology was not up to par, the iron quality of the cannon body was poor, there were many impurities, and what bubbles and waste residue were commonplace.

If a cannon can injure the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800, then I can only say that I respect you for those who dare to open this cannon.

So what should I do if the smelting technology doesn't work?

You can only make the iron cannon as thick as possible.

After all, big is beautiful.

More is better.

An iron cannon is made thick and big, doesn't it feel majestic when you look at it?

Of course, then the cannon could only stay on the city walls, quietly watching the afterglow of the day.

Then every time there is a battle, two lucky gunners must be drawn to sacrifice to the sky.

If Wang Zhi did not deliberately slap his swollen face and become fat, but was really able to make a cannon with such a thin barrel, then Fang Bei had to admit that Wang Zhi represented the advanced productive forces of this era.

"That cannon doesn't look very powerful." Xue Ling, who was on the side, spoke.

Xue Ling really doesn't understand this aspect, and it is impossible to understand, anyway, in the eyes of the girl, big is good, and more is beautiful.

The cannon on this one looks so slim, how can it stand up to combat effectiveness?

And someone in the audience has already coaxed to speak: "Boss Wang, your cannon looks so thin, will it explode directly when it fights?" ”

"Do you want to try the cannon for everyone?"

Wang Zhi listened to the noise below, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay." ”

"Come on, carry this cannon out, and we'll let the guests have a good look at the power of this Black Flag General."

Saying this, someone had already lifted the cannon called the Black Flag General on his shoulder again, and then walked towards the outside of the big tent, Wang Zhi also followed, and the others saw that Wang Zhi had gone out, of course, they couldn't bear to be curious, and they also followed out in a swarm.

Fang Bei deliberately hung behind and looked at Guang Jiqi, whose face was pale: "How is it?" Did Wang Zhi give you a lot of surprises? ”

"If you kill Wang Zhi here now, are you sure?"

Guang Jiqi shook his head quietly: "It's impossible, he has the close protection of a master, and there is almost no chance to assassinate him here." ”

"And, those birds, hey, those birds."

"I always feel that what Wang Zhi said is true, he really has so many birds, and he is producing more and more birds every day."

"If Wang Zhi really has so many birds, can the imperial court still be able to beat those pirates under him?" Don't ask.

Guang Jiqi did not hesitate at all: "It is invincible, so I can only take advantage of his fledgling wings and strike first." ”

Speaking of this fledgling, Guang Jiqi sighed again.

If Wang Zhi is now fledgling, it would be too much self-deception.

Wang Zhi has been able to secretly set up a gun factory on the land of Shenzhou to produce these guns, and these guns can't be used as decorations, in addition to selling them to others, it is more about arming himself.

So Wang Zhi - what else does he want to do.

Not to mention the bird, the iron cannon is an iron hanhan on the ship, embroidery needle, but if it is on land, such a field cannon is really amazingly powerful, what kind of earthen wall bunker, it can really kill one with one shot.

If you can muster enough artillery, it is not impossible to attack Ying Tianfu.

Fang Bei looked at Guang Jiqi, whose face was pale and couldn't help but smile: "If you come, you will be safe." ”

"Wang Zhi's performance has just begun, let's take a look at what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd."

Guang Jiqi nodded, and walked towards the outside of the big tent with Fang Bei.

Beyond the big tent is Xuanwu Lake.

Outside Xuanwu Lake, you can see the shadowy Yingtianfu city wall.

After all, although Xuanwu Lake is not in Yingtianfu, it is too close to Yingtianfu.

Watching his subordinates skillfully set up this black flag general's cannon, the sun was about to set at this time, half the river was sorrowful and half the river was red.

Wang Zhi raised his hand and pointed to a reef in Xuanwu Lake two or three miles away: "See that stone?" ”

"Let's hit the reef."

Saying this, he asked his subordinates to adjust the direction and angle of the cannon, loaded the cannonballs in front of everyone, and finally laid the fire twist, and naturally someone put the torch in Wang Zhi's hand: "Report to the shipowner, everything is ready." ”

Wang directly crossed the torch and turned to look at the people behind him, "Do you guys want to make this bet with me Wang, just bet on whether this cannon can hit the reef in the lake?" ”

The heroes of the rivers and lakes naturally do not believe it.

The accuracy of cannons in this era is actually also a metaphysical thing.

It is almost impossible to accurately judge the landing point and hit a reef three miles away, but Wang Zhi is so sure that it makes people feel a little empty in their hearts.

After all, he is Wang Zhi, and no one has been able to win against the man in front of him in this matter of betting.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gambled on his status today.

"What does Boss Wang want to gamble on?"

When no one spoke, Fang Bei took two steps forward, stood up, looked at the white-clothed Wang Zhi in front of him, and said with a calm smile: "Boss Wang, whatever the bet, I am willing to accompany you." ”

Wang Zhi looked at the young man who suddenly stood up, and felt very angry, but for some reason, he faintly felt that he didn't dare to underestimate the other party at all.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhi couldn't help laughing: "This little brother, since you said so, then let's bet on this black cavalry general cannon, if this cannon can hit the reef with one shot, then this cannon will be given to you, little brother." ”

"What if I lose?" Fang Bei continued.

Wang Zhi looked at Fang Bei: "If you lose, little brother, then you might as well stay and serve me for three years." ”

"Within three years, I can't shorten my brother's expenses, dare to ask my brother what he thinks?"

Fang Bei smiled and stepped forward to high-five: "Then it's a word." ”

"But dare to ask Boss Wang." Fang Bei pointed to the torch in Wang Zhi's hand: "I don't know if you can let me light the fire?" ”

Wang Zhi looked at Fang Bei's eyes, smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid that if something happens, it will hurt the little brother." ”

Saying this, Wang Zhi stepped forward and lit the fire twist with a torch, only to see the sparks running around, and the people around couldn't help but retreat a circle, after all, although the cannon has been fixedly erected, but the cannon body is so thin, if it really explodes, it can be said that it is time to draw the lucky audience again.

However, Wang Zhi actually dared to risk his life, which shows that he is quite confident in his own Black Flag General Cannon.

The twist quickly burned to the end, then burrowed into the barrel and ignited the already compacted gunpowder in the barrel, which released a large amount of expanding hot gas, which eventually propelled the shell forward.

"Boom!"

Only a loud bang was heard, and everyone watched as a jet-black cannonball flew out at a speed that was barely visible to the naked eye.

Then splashed down in Xuanwu Lake.

It is still dozens of zhang away from the reef that Wang Zhi pointed to.