"The cannon of the giant ship is the real romance of men!"

Li Kang didn't remember where he heard this sentence, the giant ship was hopeless in a short time, but when he stroked the bronze cannon body with his hand, he immediately agreed with this sentence.

Majestic, noble, heavy, hideous... And a sense of security!

This was Li Kang's first impression of bronze artillery.

To say that Li Kang has not seen artillery, on the big and small screens, from the old-fashioned ancient artillery to the modern high-tech shipborne guns, don't watch too much!

Moreover, in many places of interest, there are all kinds of ancient cannons on display, and Li Kang has had zero contact with them more than once.

However, the former is too illusory through a layer of screens, and although the latter does not know whether it is a genuine product or a modern imitation craft, Li Kang always has the feeling that this is a toy, and there is no way to connect it with the mighty and domineering 'King of War'.

Therefore, for the above two, he was very calm when he watched it, and there was no feeling of heartbeat.

And now, after seeing the artillery in the firearms production room, Li Kang was instantly moved!

"What model is this cannon?" asked Li Kang as he bent over, his hands constantly swaying on the cannon, and he didn't raise his head.

"This cannon is a ten-pound cannon!"

"Ten pounds of cannonballs?" Does that mean it can shoot ten pounds of shells?"

"The lord is wise, it is true!"

"Introduction!" Li Kang finally got up, pointed to the row in front of him, a total of four guns of different sizes, and said.

"No!" Bi Maokang responded, then walked to Li Kang's side, pointed to the largest of the cannons, that is, the one that Li Kang had just 'been lucky' for, and said: " This is a ten-pound gun, which can be used as a city defense cannon or a field gun, with a barrel length of 1.62 feet (meters), a caliber of 11 inches, a wheel of 1.4 feet, a gun body weighing about 890 kilograms, a total weight of about 1.5 tons, a standard charge of 2.1 kilograms, a maximum range of about 1800 feet for upward firing, about 1500 feet for flat firing, and an effective firing range of 600-800 feet. ”

Bi Maokang said while observing Li Kang's reaction, and after nodding his understanding understanding, he then pointed to a slightly smaller gun next to him and said: "This is a five-kilogram cannon, which is also cast in bronze, with a barrel length of 1.48 feet, a caliber of 8.8 inches, and a wheel of 1.1 feet, a gun body weighing about 610 kilograms, a total weight of about 1 ton, a standard charge of 1.04 kilograms, a maximum firing range of about 1200 feet, and an effective firing range of about 300-500 feet." ”

Li Kang listened carefully, and quickly compared with the 'big and small Napoleonic cannons' that he was more familiar with, this comparison, the gap is obvious, whether it is the range or the weight of the gun, there is still a lot of room for improvement, but Li Kang is not in a hurry, lack of technology, lack of manpower, poor conditions and other problems are not difficult to overcome, he believes, give him a period of time to develop, with the wisdom of the Chinese nation, Napoleon cannons are just a small meaning.

Moreover, for the current environment in China, these cannons are enough at this stage, at least compared with the red-coated cannons, although they are not as far as it shoots - people often 'erode dozens of miles' - but the volume is small, and the accuracy is also high.

"This third cannon, for the Francophone cannon, weighs 300 kilograms, the mother gun is about 2.85 feet long, equipped with four sub-guns, although the firing range is not as good as the first two, about 300-1000 feet, but the advantage is that the charge is convenient, can speed up the firing, the standard charge is 1 catty. Bi Maokang then came to the third cannon.

Li Kang raised his eyebrows, saying that the Franc cannon has a low technical content among cannons, and its only advantage is that it has a fast rate of fire, and it will also have merit when the time comes, and it may be able to play a miraculous effect when it is used in the army.

"Hehe... If the lord is satisfied, this Franc cannon can also be made in various models, from the smallest one hundred and fifty catties to the largest thousand catties. ”

"It's useless for me to be satisfied, it depends on the actual battle, and the soldiers are not satisfied!"

"What the lord said is very true, but his subordinates believe that the soldiers will not be disappointed. ”

"It's good if you have faith!" Li Kang said noncommittally.

"This fourth..."

"This fourth statue doesn't need to be introduced, I can still recognize such a conspicuous appearance. Li Kang interrupted Bi Maokang's words with a smile.

This last cannon is very different in appearance from the first three.

The head and tail of this cannon are about 6 inches long, and there are 7 iron hoops around the body, and the head of the cannon is erected by two iron claws, and there are iron stumbling blocks, which looks like a fierce tiger, and it is majestic.

It's a tiger squat cannon!

"How much does it weigh?"

"35 pounds. ”

"What about range?"

"About 500 feet. ”

"Not bad!" Li Kang narrowed his eyes, the Tiger Squat Cannon was very suitable as a replacement for the latter before the mortar was made.

......

In the end, Li Kang left the firearms production room with some regret, Bi Maokang and others were indeed very hard-working and skilled (relative), but they were limited by manpower and material resources, and the output was too low.

For example, ten-pound cannons and five-catty cannons can only symbolically build a few and put them in the town where they are needed, and for the time being, only the light tiger squat cannon has the hope of being installed.

Of course, Li Kang is not completely without advantages, his advantage is that he does not need to worry about bronze, Huaxia has no copper coins, and it can be expected that there will be no in the future, so he does not have to worry about the shortage of money caused by a large amount of bronze to make cannons.

After lunch, Li Kang held a telescope in his hand and kept putting it in front of him to entertain himself.

"It stands to reason that after the firearms manufacturing room manufactures muskets and cannons, shouldn't the system unlock more advanced similar products?" Li Kang once again browsed the system information in his mind, and still found nothing.

"This is not scientific!" Li Kang scolded indignantly.

In the afternoon, Li Kang inspected the salt works of the Yiwu camp, and summoned five hundred civilians on the spot, upgrading the Yiwu camp to a 'town', which made Qi Yu so moved that he almost knelt down and shouted, 'Long live my emperor'!

The reason why Li Kang sent more manpower to Yiwu Town was, firstly, the expansion of Yantian was imperative, and the manpower would naturally increase;

Both, there is plenty of food in the sea, and it has been wasted, it is a pity, adding more manpower into the sea fishing industry, maybe it can also make Yiwu Town achieve food self-sufficiency in advance, and can enrich the dining table of all Chinese people, and finally, it can be regarded as testing the water for the great voyage in advance, killing three birds with one stone, why not;

Three, with the installation of muskets, paper shell bullets will be consumed in large quantities, the paper in the system is too expensive, Li Kang can't afford to consume, then he can only make his own, and papermaking needs alkaline substances, Huaxia has not found alkali ore so far, Li Kang also thought of 'high calcium' shells for a while, before the discovery of alkali ore, burning shells to obtain lime is a good choice, and lime is also one of the raw materials for burning cement, killing two birds with one stone, Li Kang naturally does not mind doing it;

The four of them will be recruited sooner or later anyway, and where will they recruit or not? Not all of them are his Li Kang's people.

If Yang Pingwei can successfully establish a long-term grain trade route with the Hedong region this time, Li Kang will continue to add people to Yiwu Town, not only Yiwu Town, but all areas under the jurisdiction of China will usher in a 'migration wave'.

"But don't think about this fort, Xin'an Town can't be satisfied with the pitiful output of the firearms manufacturing room!" Li Kang stood on the seashore and said to Qi Yu, who was trembling on the side.

It's a pity that Qi Yu doesn't care about this matter, his own job is to develop the salt farm, and the goal is naturally to be promoted, and now the purpose of the first stage has been achieved, the fort or something is originally a disguise, if you don't repair it, you won't repair it, anyway, he Qi Da Mayor doesn't think that there will be danger from the sea.

Therefore, he immediately said that he understood the difficulties of the imperial court, resolutely upheld the decision of the imperial court, and led the people of Yiwu Town to vigorously carry forward the fine style of the Chinese nation to bear hardships and stand hard work, overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and not let the lord work for Yiwu Town, and not let the court worry about Yiwu Town.

Actually, what Qi Yu wants to say most at the moment is: don't blow crazy here, hurry back to the house!

Fortunately, Li Kang seemed to hear his heart, did not continue to discuss some political programs with him, just praised him, and took the lead to walk back, although with his physique, this cold is nothing, but it is also very uncomfortable to be blown by the cold wind for a long time.