"Yo, head of the regiment, don't you stay at home to take care of the children?" Gan Ning, who declined Sun Quan's new appointment and was recuperating at home for his next voyage, went to Lyle's suburban workshop.

"It's like there's no maid at home." Of course, Lyle will not ignore his sister-in-law, but at the age of eighteen, he is indeed far less concerned about his heir than Sun Shangxiang, who is ten months pregnant, and resumed his research and development work within a few days of his son's birth, "Anyway, why did you come over suddenly, who leaked the news?" ”

"No, it's news from the lord, I just happened to be discussing with the lord about the next time I went to sea." On the one hand, it is to protect Lyle, the genius who leads Da Wu forward, and on the other hand, to protect Lyle's various inventions, this workshop is guarded by Sun Quan's personal guards, and the news is naturally transparent to Sun Quan, at most, it is only because the personal guards can't understand Lyle's actions and there is a delay in reporting.

Lyle frowned, and made up for the follow-up development: "Then the lord summoned the ministers to come here, but you didn't cooperate at all, and you came over to have a sneak peek?" ”

"Hey, even if it's me, I wouldn't do such a thing, would I?" Gan Ning rolled his eyes, although he had offended Sun Quan N times earlier, there was no hope for the marquis when he was alive, and it is estimated that there would be no posthumous seal after his death, but there is also a degree of arrogance, and it is not good to harm the descendants, "It is the lord who sent me to consult your opinion, if it is true that as the report says, the miniaturization of the cannon has been realized, and he will bring people over." ”

Lyle said in surprise: "Huh...... It seems that after the cannon was stolen by Cao Wei, the lord also had a good point. ”

When the good news was heard, a large crowd immediately came, and it was a celebration.

After consulting the inventor's opinion, he brought his confidants and cronies to him, which was an inspection.

Since what he wants to do is to inspect the goods, it means that Sun Quan attaches great importance to this invention, which is completely different from the banquet held by Zhuge Liang after offering black powder and cannons.

"No, you look down on the lord too much." Gan Ning was powerless.

Needless to say, loyalty or something, Lyle had already expressed his attitude on the ship, and everyone who prevented him from going to sea would die, but looking down on Sun Quan's heart and ability was more excessive than lacking loyalty.

"You are the least qualified to say this, I have not disobeyed the orders of my lord." Disobedience and disobedience itself is ironclad evidence of contempt for Sun Quan, but Gan Ning doesn't have this consciousness, "Forget it, let's stop this topic, just take the things away, I don't have any opinions." ”

"It's also ......" Gan Ning is more interested in Lyle's new invention than discussing the topic of [whether Sun Quan is a qualified lord], "So, where is the thing?" Let me play one hand first? ”

Lyle stretched out his hand and pointed to the workbench that lay flat in the corner of the workshop, and said, "Because it is a prototype, there is a possibility of exploding at any time, and you will bear the consequences." ”

"Cut, anyway, I used it successfully, I don't believe I'm so unlucky." In fact, Gan Ning was also a little panicked when he heard the word 'explode', but he couldn't be cowardly when he built a lifelong character, and strode to the workbench, "...... Hey? How can there be three? ”

"The first one, which can be made with today's technology, is a long wooden rod with a metal barrel in front of it, and a small notch behind the barrel, through which the gunpowder is ignited directly when fired. The disadvantage is that loading ammunition is extremely cumbersome, time-consuming, and inaccurate, and it is estimated that only one shot can be fired on the battlefield. ”

This is a firearm that even Gan Ning wants to get, after all, it's really just a matter of reducing the proportion of the cannon and adding a wooden stick, as long as the craftsmanship can be done, it can be made immediately.

"The second, which I have improved, can barely be made in small quantities, the barrel has been changed to a slender steel tube, and the ignition is done by a rotating hook with a lit rope in it, and the gunpowder can be ignited by hooking a finger."

Ganning wanted to marvel at such a slender and straight steel pipe, but his eyes couldn't help but turn to the third gun, which looked more delicately structured.

"The third one is just a model, and there are too many small parts in it, and if you really use it to launch a projectile, it may fall apart directly. My idea was to open a gap at the back end of the steel pipe to fill the gunpowder and projectiles, and instead of filling from the muzzle, the ignition tool would be changed to flint, and the flint would be sparked and ignited the gunpowder. ”

Gan Ning thought that the soldier with the gunpowder bag and projectile bag on his waist fired a shot, opened the steel pipe mouth to load the ammunition, and could fire a second shot, and then thought of the power of the cannon, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

After a long while, Gan Ning still didn't reach out to pick up any of the three guns on the workbench after all, but turned around, looked at Lyle and said in a deep voice: "Commander, I think you better not sail...... That's what Pearl Dark Investment means! ”

"Get out." Answer.

Incidentally, after seeing the real thing and listening to the paraphrase, Sun Quan had exactly the same opinion as Gan Ning, and even had a desire to break his brother-in-law's feet and let him stay in Jiangdong to concentrate on research.

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Mother and son are safe, Sun Shangxiang gave birth to a son - Ah Liang - not the 'good' in the good and evil, but the 'good' in the bad, although the future can also be classified into the category of virtuous talents, but in the glory of the ancestors and fathers appear bleak, the evaluation of later generations is "the son of Wolong is the dragon that crisscrosses the seas, and the son of Jiaolong is the loyal dog of a county in Bi'an".

Ling Tong, who did not want to be compared to the enemy who killed his father, led the fleet to invade the Korean Peninsula, although he failed to grab too many high-value goods, but captured a lot of slaves - this route was much easier than the route in the South Seas, there was nothing to brag about, but Sun Quan seemed to be very interested in the slave hunting business of this route.

Jiaozhou's shipbuilding industry is developing rapidly, and the recruitment and training of sailors is steadily progressing - Jiaozhou is a desolate place in the eyes of the Central Plains people, and sailors are a high-risk industry, but "money makes ghosts grind", as long as there is enough money invested, shipwrights and sailors will have it.

At present, the focus is on the production of cannons, and arquebuses began to be produced on a small scale - the generals rushed to equip their troops with arquebuses, but no one could grab the inventors, and all the arquebuses fell into the hands of the Koto Pirates.

Three years have passed in a flash.

The second voyage, a year later than Lyle had originally anticipated, was a huge fleet, a large number of troops, and a new weapon, and it was able to do something very different from the previous one.

The fleet still consisted of the veteran Gan Ning as the captain of the flagship, and the two generals appointed by Sun Quan, Ah Yong and Ah Zhong, were the captains of the other two large ships. But this time, Sun Shangxiang didn't want a son, and didn't set off with the army, but he didn't know where to find two beautiful maids to stuff them for Lyle, and he was mentally prepared to become a concubine after returning home.

The crew consisted mainly of veterans from the families of politically implicated criminals, soldiers who wanted to gamble on a rich game, and natives recruited by Jiaozhou, and a considerable part of the sailors who had become rich were content.

To the Hundred Vehicles Dynasty...... No, for the countries bordering the Indian Ocean, the devil is once again coming from the east.