In a moment, old Benito and a few casters launched two bronze guns, the guns were 5 feet long, thin in the front and thick in the back, the front diameter was about 6 inches, but there was a square cao two feet long in the back, I don't know what to do. It was still a four-wheeled gun carriage, with a wooden box on the gun carriage, and a row of small bronze guns long and a half feet long in the box.

Chongwen said: "This is the big gun I asked old Benito to cast, and it has just been cast. You see, this cannon is the mother gun, and the box is a sub-gun, and the medicine has been loaded, the charge is 1 catty, and the cannon is 1 catty of iron bullets.

When firing, put the sub-gun into the mother gun from the slot behind the mother gun, there is a copper pin on the gun trough to tighten it, and after the sub-gun has finished firing, it will be withdrawn from the back slot, and the second round of the gun will be loaded to continue shooting. The speed of the cannon is so fast, no one can do it. ”

Liu Guan was surprised: "It turns out that you are pounding this thing behind our backs these days." ”

Chongwen said: "It's not that I don't trust you, I can't trust Nonghime, so far, do you know her true identity? Do you know whether she is friend or foe? At least now, I don't want her to know all the details of us, you also have to be careful, and you are not allowed to reveal a word you see today to outsiders." ”

Liu Guan nodded and said: "Don't worry, it's about the death of all beings on Dragon King Island, I know the severity." But ... I have seen a casting cannon in the Beijing Division, and it takes half a year to dry the mud tires, otherwise there is moisture in the tires, bubbles in the chamber, and the guns will be wasted. ”

Chongwen said: "I asked them to burn the mud tires into pottery tires, polish them finely and flatly, but it's not so fast? I just don't know how the pottery tires are, so it's so late, and I have to hurry to see them." ”

Old Benito leaned over and said: "A total of 5 doors have been cast, and the other 3 doors have been scrapped, and with experience in the future, there will not be so many scraps." In addition, the time is in a hurry, and there is no door and crosshair, and the accuracy is always worse. ”

Chongwen nodded and said, "The ship is full of old gunners, and it doesn't have much impact, what about the ammunition?"

"There are two kinds, one is a one-pound solid iron bullet on the ship, and the other is a shotgun," Benito said. ”

Chongwen nodded and said, "Let's test fire, two shots of each of the two cannons." ”

Benito smiled and waved his hand behind him. A few gunners quickly ran to a hundred paces away, lit a row of bonfires, and lit a bonfire 60 paces away, forming two rows of fire. Originally, there was a row of stone targets to be used for tomorrow's test, but the vision of the test shot at night was not clear, so the fire was lit to show the target position.

Then the gunners pushed the big gun to the gun position, and the chain smashed the nails and fixed it. A gunner reloads a solid round, and the gunner lies on the gun body to look at the fire, then retreats to the gun carriage and signals that he is ready to shoot.

Several men retreated 10 paces away, and Benito waved his hand downward, and the gunner ignited the fire, and then fell to the ground. A cannon rang out, and a stone barrier a hundred paces away broke up. Before everyone could react, the gunner had already pulled out the latch, and despite the fact that the gun was still hot after shooting, he pulled it out with an iron clip.

The sub-gun was thrown into the ground, and he quickly took out another sub-gun from the ammunition box, and as soon as he pushed it, the sub-gun was already in the chamber, and the bolt was tightened. After aiming, signaling that preparations were complete, Benito waved his hand down again, and the gunner ignited. This time it was a shotgun, and 30 thumb-sized pieces of iron swept across the target 60 paces away, and the inch-thick planks were torn to shreds.

The gunners reloaded quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they had completed 4 shots, two each of solid iron bullets and shotguns. Liu Guan and the general soldier were dumbfounded, if the cannon can shoot so fast, who can be at sea!

Liu Guan ran to the target, only to see that the stone barrier a hundred steps away was torn apart, if it was hit on the wooden plank, the power can be imagined. The planks that were inches thick 60 paces away were torn to pieces, and the iron armor shield could not stop it no matter what.

This guy is quite powerful, and the rate of fire is so fast, it is really terrifying, Liu Guan was stupidly stunned on the target position. The catfish boy ran over and pulled him aside, and only then did the second cannon test fire, which was as effective as the first.

Liu Guan shouted to Chongwen: "This guy is as easy as thunder, and there are 4 catties of cannons on the ship, why don't you cast 4 catties of cannons, we can sweep across the East China Sea." ”

Chongwen said: "How difficult it is to cast a cannon, do you dare to guarantee that it will be cast within a month? What's more, our ship is too small, and two 4-pound cannons must capsize if they fire a salvo." Liu Guan was stunned for a long time, and he didn't know what to think about, and suddenly pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, pointed at the old Benito and shouted: "Wu Na red-haired ghost, if you dare to leave Longwang Island for half a step, I will break your body into ten thousand pieces." ”

Chongwen laughed and said to old Benito: "From now on, you are our partner, I have to say that you are really lucky, and the wealth you have now may not be comparable to your barbarian king." Xu Hai translated, and old Benito's eyes widened: "You mean, now I have the magical treasure of Sinbad the Sailor, and can I take my treasure?"

Chongwen said seriously: "Yes, to be precise, we have endless treasures, which are treasures that you can't even dream of. Of course you can take your share, but I want to remind you that if you leave us people, you may not be able to enjoy the glory of these riches for a day, and the only thing that awaits you is death. ”

Benito thought for a long time, and finally said dejectedly: "Maybe you're right, my hometown is too far away, and I can't go back alone anyway." In this damn place, I only have you friends, and I can't live a day without you... Okay, I'm in the gang. But my king is the great Henry IV, not a barbarian. ”

Chongwen laughed and said, "Okay, your king is not a barbarian king... But you have to learn our language. Otherwise, whether your king is a barbarian or not, your partner will kick your ass every day. ”

He ignored him and turned to look at the general soldier. Before the old guy could wake up from the shock, Chongwen shook his hand in front of his eyes and said, "How is it? Are you still afraid?"

The chief soldier muttered smoothly: "Don't be afraid, we should now enter the Emperor Jingshi and rob him of his gold and silver treasures!"

The cigarette smoke was swirling in the cabin, and the three mothers and mothers looked at all beings with kind eyes. In the cabin, Chongwen respectfully incense, and the sailors outside the cabin knelt on the ground. Paying tribute to the three mothers-in-law, Chongwen took out a pair of Qibei, this shell comes from the deep sea, round and smooth like jade, the inner wall is snow-white, and the outer wall has cyan waves.

Chongwen gently threw it upward, and the seashells flew up and fell to the floor, two shells one positive and one negative, blue and white.

There was a burst of cheers in the cabin, and this was the grandmother thief's inquiry. The third mother-in-law took pity on the sea people, and only asked for a lawsuit, answering everything. Before each voyage, the sailors always had to ask each other and predict the good and the bad. If the seashells are all positive or negative, it is unlucky and should not go to sea. Only one positive and one negative is good luck, and it is safe and profitable to go to sea. Nothing misses.

The Niangniang Temple on Longwang Island has not yet been built, and can only be cast in the ship's god cabin. The results have come out, this time to go to sea, must be blessed by the three mothers-in-law, how can these guys who have begun to be idle on the island not be excited.

Chongwen exited the divine cabin and walked to the wooden corridor on the second floor of the stern, where the deck was full of Dragon King Islanders. The newly recruited Chai Demei, Laicai Niu, Xu Hai, Benito, etc. were also mixed in the crowd, and Nonghime's master and servant were in the captain's cabin, looking at the scene in front of them curiously.

Chongwen said to everyone: "Brothers, all the people of Longwang Island, there is not enough food on the island, and there is no shortage of cloth, iron, medicinal materials, and paper, so we must go to sea to trade in the country in exchange for the materials we urgently need. ”

The sailors thundered with joy.

As the voices subsided, he continued: "But not everyone follows me to the country, Longwang Island is our home, and someone must take care of our home and build it well." The brothers who had not recovered from their injuries stayed, Benito left behind to build the workshop, and the finance minister Ah Qian stayed behind to lead the islanders and build the Dragon King City.

The two bowls on the ship are left for you, and the firearms, bows, crossbows, and cannons are well prepared for you, and you must keep our home firmly, otherwise we will be exiled forever. ”

Huang Qian said: "Don't worry, we will never let you down." ”

Chongwen nodded and said: "That's good, the ship's finance chief will be succeeded by Catfish Boy, in charge of the direct warehouse, I have already explained to him the goods that need to be prepared for going to sea, Ah Qian, you transfer it to him from the island direct warehouse." So everyone is ready to go, and we will set sail tomorrow.

Finally, I want to say that no matter whether you go or stay, you are brothers with the dead and dead. Alive, we fight together, and when we die, we will reunite with the Shrine of Righteousness, and in the next life, we will turn the East China Sea upside down!"

The people of Dragon King Island raised their right arms in unison and shouted in unison: "The same as the dead and dead, that is, brothers!" Everyone's chest was burning with flames, and they couldn't wait to go to the sky and the earth now, and kill happily.

Yukan disembarked and began to load the ship. The catfish boy took the book and followed Huang Qian to the cave to transfer goods, this time there were not many goods that could be brought, mainly some Nanban medicinal materials, spices, and a large number of gold, silver, pearls, and shells. In that pile of treasure mountains, Huang Qian actually cleaned out hundreds of pieces of kapok that had not yet rotted, and brought them with him this time.

In the evening, the sailors unloaded the two bowls on the ship and placed them on the wooden building of the fence wall, which was 300 paces apart, and could control about 600 paces of the fence. Benito led a few gunners to push the two guns to the port, and the sailors hoisted them on the aft terrace of the warship with iron chains, and Liu Guan shouted loudly for fear of bumping his treasure. All the guns on the ship were replaced with arquebuses, and the eliminated muskets were left to the workshop farms on the island.

In the compass cabin, Chongwen handed over the map of the Dragon King City he drew to Huang Qian, the size of the neighborhood, the number of gun positions, the location of the temple, the mountain city where the islanders lived, the port, the arsenal, the grain depot, the ditch, the tower, the corner tower, the horse face, the nest shop, the road, every detail was clearly marked, and he explained it to him repeatedly, until the Dragon King City had taken root in Huang Qian's heart.

On October 12, the first winter of Dakang Yongji, the people of Longwang Island pulled anchor and set sail towards the turbulent country.

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