"Master, is this the Xiaoshan Cannon?" Liu Rengui ignored the cold wind after the beginning of winter, and surrounded the Xiaoshan Cannon No. 1 experimental sample for more than an hour. Master Zhou tried it out one month in advance. Of course, it was just a sample. Whether the cannon cannon cannons still needs to be tested.

The diameter is one foot, the body tube is six feet long, without rifling, two points and one line aiming device, for the first time in history, a round chassis is set up, which is an equilateral triangle with the two gun frames to offset the recoil. The gun bore is a rear-opening front loading type, using a heartless projectile, gunpowder is used as propellant, and the blasting bolt is cast as a whole steel, and manually polished.

The gun body can shoot thirty degrees left and right. Because there are half-arc gears about three inches wide under the barrel, the gun body can have a high and low firing angle of ten degrees to positive thirty degrees. In addition to the lack of a re-entry device, there is no integrated ammunition, and optical aiming device, it is not necessarily at a disadvantage compared with the Qing court artillery in the later Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

After touching the shiny gun barrel, the gun wheel of this gun was the weakest place, and the bearing strength and processing accuracy were not enough. Many of them were tried and tested but failed to be assembled, which led to the increase in the weight of the entire gun. It was originally planned to carry two horses, but now it is a bit regrettable. Fortunately, it is just a prototype, and there is still some time before the final shape is finalized. See if Master Zhou and the craftsmen can figure out better alloy steel and how to improve the processing accuracy. These are not effective in a short while, and at least thirty or fifty years later.

"Good thing, tsk tsk!" Liu Rengui touched the sparse beards on his jaw, and his eyes showed great joy. He probably had already fluttered his heart. He was probably thinking about what kind of benefits this thing could bring to him. Of course, I can also judge a gentleman's belly by the heart of a villain.

"That's right, Zhou Jianzuo, carefully apply oil and maintain it well. Wait for the head to ask His Majesty to see when the live-fire shooting will be carried out."

The muzzle is wrapped in linen as a bag. If you don’t use it for a long time, the Ministry of Works will make the cannon uniformly according to the shape of the mountain cannon to avoid being eroded by dust and rain. Of course, the cannon warehouse must also be built to store the cannons.

"Yes, Zhou Jianzhuo, the next step is to continue to produce the second part, pay attention to summarizing experience, mainly to formulate a production process, and each part and step must be meticulously handled according to the process."

Liu Rengui now understands what the process is. It is worth asking him to record the production process. The experience he summarized is completely different from what Liu Rengui thought, which is equivalent to completely subverting his view on handicraftsmen. He understands that these things cannot be learned in books and are worthy of his respect. Therefore, Liu Rengui has such a verbal advice at this moment.

Huai Liang and Diao Gui crawled out from under the cannon, especially Diao Gui, who was as happy as looking at his son, kept looking at him and looking at him, as if he wanted to see every corner clearly. However, Huai Liang was very concerned about the impact and lethality of the cannon, and asked him three times.

"Master, such a big projectile, the ordinary city wall is probably unstoppable. If so, when our army attacks the city and draws the village, we only need to set off a few cannons and the army can drive straight in. It is really a powerful weapon for siege!"

Huai Liang looked at the projectile model piled on the side and thought.

"That's right, siege is second. Just put gunpowder or iron nails into the projectile and leave a piece of turtle velvet. When the projectile is out of the cavity, ignite the turtle velvet. When the projectile flies into the local array, the gunpowder in the projectile is just ignited. Think about it, what is that scene?"

Cannons are really useless to attack cities. Killing and living power is the primary task of cannons. It would be even better if they could have explosives. Nobel, who is your grandfather’s grandfather? Where are you living? Are you married? I am rowing now to find you!

I immediately went to Danei to report the situation to the supreme leader and asked the head of state to personally decide the specific time of the first live-fire shooting experiment. Of course, the main purpose is to report good news. As for live-fire shooting, don't make it too sensational. After all, the probability of failure is very high, and I am only 30% sure.

"Wang De, we will be in charge of weapons!"

After listening to our report, without a second of hesitation, I immediately prepared to go to weapons surveillance for inspection.

"Your Majesty, it's probably inappropriate to be so popular!" Remind Li Shimin that the existence of weapons surveillance was only a few trusted ministers in a small range. Now the emperor suddenly walked towards an unknown place with great fanfare. People should ask, what should the emperor say about this question?

"The matter is reasonable, and this matter needs to be carried out in seclusion. Your Majesty, why don't you go there again?"

Liu Rengui also has the same idea as me, it's rare.

"Well, what the two beloved ministers said is very true. Wang De, I am going to go on a tour in a very short time!"

The three king and ministers, plus the eunuch Wang De, and a few personal guards, were only over 30 people in a group, and they rode in seven carriages. They didn't dare to go too fast along the way, so they walked slowly. After an hour, they arrived at the territory of the Weapon Prison.

There were clear whistles on the outer roads. After verifying their identity, they went straight to the gate of the Weapon Prison. The identity nameplate was also displayed. After a while of inspection, they were released into the core area of ​​the Weapon Prison.

"Haha, Ning Wen, the guards of the Weapon Prison are no less than my bedroom. Very good, very good!"

It was very comfortable to be praised by Li Shimin. The exchanges with Li Shimin have always been limited to reporting work and completing tasks. Today, I was able to use artillery affairs to go to the Supreme Leader to make a southern tour and get affirmed. How glorious.

Li Shimin waved his hand, and the number 20 personal guards did not follow him anymore. Li Shimin only took Wang De and the guard captain to the shooting range behind the Weapons Prison. Now the cannons waiting for inspection are lying quietly here.

Li Shimin's dragon claws were very gentle and caressing the cannon. It seemed that this was not a cannon, but a beloved concubine, very gentle, charming, and strong love. This one was probably in her thirties and was still a fighter among men.

"Your Majesty, this cannon has not been named yet. Why would you give it a nice name for Your Majesty?"

Flattery is still something to be patted, and the supreme leader is determined to make a name. Looking at Lao Liu's eyes, this is exactly what he thought.

"Well, this cannon will surely be the most powerful of the world. How about I give it the name of the "Tianwei Cannon"?"

"Your Majesty is wise! The heavenly cannon will surely shock the world and promote my Tang Dynasty's reputation!" I just robbed the first, and Liu Rengui quickly flattered him now. They are all capable people and all human spirits. Old Liu and his little eyes are paired with me. Hehe, this old guy is also learning to be sloppy.

Long Yan was very happy, and I was just a cliché. Of course, Li Shimin also played the cards completely according to the routine, and decided on the day of the first experiment. Of course, he didn't find any mages in the Imperial Heaven Prison who could create the world. The confidentiality rules are as follows. When I saw Liu Rengui and I entered the Weapon Prison, the leaders of the guards' company had to investigate according to regulations. It is estimated that Li Shimin felt that it was necessary to bring this system back to the Great Inner.

The day of the first experiment was decided, and ammunition was prepared now. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War were in charge of the research and development and manufacturing of gunpowder. They asked them for support in this matter. In order to reduce the intermediate links, I suggested that Li Shimin temporarily put the department of gunpowder research and development and manufacturing of gunpowder for the time being controlled by weapons supervision.

"Yeah, I'll reply to the Secretariat again!!"
Chapter completed!