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Everyone thinks about it, there is an example of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and the former governor of Denglai in front of him is not also a living example, the basket stabbed by Wang Zunde is not small, and why is he struggling to survive in the governor's office.

Sima De glanced at Sun Yuanhua and said to Xia Nan: "It's not thoughtful, don't blame the lord." ”

"How can I blame you. Everyone can speak freely, and those who speak are not guilty. Xia Nan comforted him, turned his head and asked Sun Yuanhua, "Master Sun, in this way, Wang Zunde's dismissal is just around the corner?" ”

"The old man said a long time ago, he is no longer an official, and he deserves this sentence, if he doesn't think I'm big, just call me sir." Sun Yuanhua corrected his title, "The old man knows what you are worried about, you have a huge business in Guangzhou, but the shop has been sealed by this chief inspector, if he is in power, your business will be cut off - you can defeat the officers and soldiers in Lingao, but you may not be able to enter Guangzhou." What's more, as long as you don't accept the appeasement, you are the opponent of the government, and no matter who takes over the governor's position, this shop will not be unsealed. Although he was talking about Wang Zunde's going and staying, the focus was on the last sentence, he wanted to guide Xia Nan to accept the appeasement as soon as possible.

Xia Nan nodded: "It's not impossible to appease, but Wang Zunde must step down immediately, and the new governor can no longer threaten me with the sale of the seizure of Guangzhou, I must teach the old and new governors how to behave." 【】”

Sun Yuanhua said strangely: "Why do you make such nonsense, you can enter Guangzhou with a thousand land divisions and a thousand water divisions?" ”

"This bit of people, it's a fool's dream to enter Guangzhou, I'm not crazy. However, to scare and scare them, there is no need to get in. Xia Nan replied with a sneer, he turned to Lin Weiye, "Old Lin, what's going on with that mortar thing?" ”

"The first prototype cannon was made, and I originally wanted to test fire, but it was interrupted by the attack of the official army."

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I'll go to see you test the gun today, and everyone will open their eyes."

Everyone in the South Park was taken to the shooting range of the horses. Different from the usual test guns, a two-zhang high brick wall was built on the shooting range, and there were battlements above, and the height looked the same as the ordinary city wall.

A few hundred meters from this section of the "wall" sat a strange creature: an iron bucket-like thing, placed diagonally on a base similar to a gun carriage, with gun lugs on the axis near the bottom to adjust the angle, and a wider base under the base, made of thick planks.

Sun Yuanhua stepped forward to look at the iron barrel with a diameter of two people, extremely thick and very short, and the barrel in the middle showed that it was indeed used to fire cannonballs, but the wall thickness was quite exaggerated, close to half of the radius, not so much a barrel, but a hollow barrel-shaped iron lump was more suitable. He turned back to Lin Weiye suspiciously: "The cannon you are talking about, can't it be this iron lump, right?" ”

Lin Weiye replied affirmatively: "That's right, this is a 10-inch siege mortar...... Uh, I'm talking about 80 pounds...... No, 70 pounds of siege artillery, dedicated to attacking cities, can throw 70 pounds of flowering shells. In fact, the mass measurement unit of the Ming Dynasty was larger than the modern one, 80 pounds is about 36 kilograms, according to the algorithm of the Ming Dynasty, it is about 60 kilograms.

But whether it was 70 catties or 60 catties, they all shocked the people present, especially Sun Yuanhua. Sun Yuanhua knew that the heaviest Hongyi cannon could also fire 15 catties of shells, and what was the concept of 70 catties of cannonballs, which was equivalent to the sum of the weight of the five largest Hongyi cannons!

"And you can also open the flower bomb!" Sun Yuanhua stroked the iron bump, and his exclamation was mixed with questions, "With such a short cannon chamber, can the cannon hit far?" ”

"The mortar cannon is fired by projectile, so there is no need for the barrel of the Hongyi cannon." Lin Weiye knocked on the bottom of the cannon body, "The biggest difference between the mortar cannon and the long-barreled cannon is that the bottom uses a narrow chamber, and the gunpowder burns more explosively in the narrow space, so that even if there is no longer barrel for acceleration, you can get good thrust." But in this way, you can only shoot, and you don't want to shoot far with flat shots......"

He turned his head to look at everyone, except for Xia Nan, they all looked confused, Sun Yuanhua seemed to understand a little, but he didn't understand the terminology he used.

Lin Weiye coughed awkwardly, and said: "This is a bit similar to firecrackers, make the firecrackers smaller, stuff the gunpowder tightly, seal it well, and explode it louder than ordinary firecrackers...... You know what I mean? ”

Although the metaphor is nondescript, Sun Yuanhua understood what he meant, and nodded in response: "The end of the cannon chamber is narrower, and the gunpowder ignites more forcefully, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Weiye nodded again and again. He asked someone to bring over a huge iron ball, pointed to a section of wooden pipe exposed above the iron ball, and said: "This is a wooden signal tube, because there is no long enough barrel, it is impossible to rely on the heat flow of gunpowder burning through the gap to ignite the fuse at the front end in the barrel like a mountain cannon, and can only manually ignite the fuse of the cannonball and then ignite the fuse of the barrel." ”

"Then comes the more dangerous time, and I advise everyone to stay at a safe distance. During the test firing, if the fuse of the shell is ignited, the fuse of the barrel is not ignited or burns too slowly, and the shell explodes in the chamber, it will be the end of the destruction of the cannon, and the people around will also be affected. ”

Hearing him say this, Sima De and the others hurriedly withdrew from the distance. Sun Yuanhua stood still and didn't move, Lin Weiye asked in surprise: "Master Sun...... Why hasn't Mr. Sun moved yet? ”

Sun Yuanhua replied calmly: "I want to see the effect of this cannon, it is better to stand closer and see more clearly." How can there be anything that is not dangerous to test the gun, and the old man has not tried the gun himself. ”

Since he is so insistent, Lin Weiye also goes with him. The gunner adjusted the angle of the muzzle, and then asked the two men to lift the shell and gently put it into the breech. The medicine chamber at the bottom was already pre-loaded with gunpowder, just waiting for the ignition.

The gunner lit the letter tube of the shell, then lit the barrel fuse, and then lay on the ground, Lin Weiye pulled Sun Yuanhua to the ground as well. After the barrel fuse burned to the end, with a deafening loud sound, the mortar cannon body shook violently, the entire base and chassis moved back a few inches, and a dark shadow drilled out of the muzzle with the flames.

Sun Yuanhua raised his head and watched the cannonball rise high into the air, drawing an arc and crossing the "city wall". There was a faint sound behind the wall, which was supposed to be the sound of cannonballs hitting the ground.

Then a loud bang rang out, and a fire erupted from behind the "wall"—it was the heat from the explosion—and smoke billowed out of the sky. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.