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Zhang Mingli returned to the inner house and explained to his wife: "Now that the governor is going to send troops to fight Lingao, I have too much to do with Brother Xia, and I will inevitably be implicated." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoNow that the stores have been seized, I will have to go to court if I don't get it. You quickly pack up and take the children back to your mother's house in Foshan to avoid them. ”

His wife was taken aback: "Why was it suddenly investigated?" Let's go back to Foshan, what about you? ”

"I'm going to Lingao and inform Brother Xia. I can have today's net worth and status, all thanks to his help, when disaster comes, I can't just take care of myself. ”

After arranging the affairs at home, Zhang Mingli hurried to Lingao.

Hearing that the store was sealed, the goods were sealed, and the flowing water was confiscated, Xia Nan was also shocked, this cloth and wine were his main source of income, if these two financial routes were cut off, how would he develop. I can't help but feel annoyed, I still underestimated the government too much, which led to passivity.

Annoyance is annoyance, but he still has to appease Zhang Mingli: "Brother Zhang, since the government has sealed the store now, you can stay in Lingao for the time being to avoid the limelight, and leave this matter to me to figure out a way." ”

After arranging Zhang Mingli to rest, Xia Nan thought about it, called Sima De, and asked, "Mr. Sima, if you want Wang Zunde to step down, what can you do?" ”

Sima De replied: "As the governor of Liangguang, Wang Zunde has a high and powerful position, and it is difficult to shake his status when he is idle. Dare to ask the lord, because what must he step down? ”

Xia Nan told Sima De the news brought by Zhang Mingli. Sima De frowned: "If this is the case, it will be troublesome, even if you can repel the advance of the official army, as long as Wang Zunde does not fall, the shops in Guangzhou will not be able to open, and Lingao will not become a tree without roots and water without a source, and you can only sit and eat empty?" What a trick to draw salary! ”

"That's exactly why, at the moment, we are training and building ships and making guns, and we all rely on these incomes. If I want to break this trick of the government, unless I can do the business on the sea, but far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and there are many opponents on the sea, Liu Xiang is near, and Zheng Zhilong is far away, it can't be done in a while. ”

Sima De nodded and said: "I heard that Wang Zunde is known for his simplicity and fortitude, in other words, silver is not good, and it is difficult to change his mind, and he does not eat soft and hard." If you want to continue to do business in Guangzhou, you can only let him fall. ”

"In your opinion, will the failure of this attack make him lose Chongzhen's trust and remove him from his position as governor?"

"To be able to achieve the position of governor, someone must speak for him. Just the defeat of the pirates may not make him completely lose power. ”

Xia Nan stood up, walked a few steps back and forth, and suddenly said viciously: "Just give him a ruthless one, after defeating the official army, let's bombard Guangzhou City!" I don't believe it, I can't let him go down like this! ”

Sima De wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and his own lord really dared to think: "...... If you can really bombard the city of Guangzhou, and the defenders can't fight back, someone has to carry the black pot. Tracing back to the source, if everything is caused by the failure of the attack, the governor will naturally be unable to escape the blame......"

Xia Nan made up his mind, so he asked people to go to Lin Weiye to discuss countermeasures.

Lin Weiye was urgently found from the arsenal, and he said helplessly: "I'm busy casting naval guns here, and you come to me twice in three days, and things over there will affect the progress." If it's a matter of war, just find Huang Hansheng and them, anyway, I'll only take care of technology. ”

Xia Nan said decisively: "The caliber size of the naval gun has been determined, you can let Sun Yuanhua help you with the rest of the things, and then promote a steward from the craftsman to assist, I think Wang Yihammer is good, you can consider promoting and reusing." You now have a new mission. ”

"What task? There are rifles, mountain howitzers and Napoleonic guns are enough, and naval guns are set, what else is needed? Lin Weiye was puzzled.

"I want to bombard the city of Guangzhou, let the governor of Liangguang step down, you get me a few cannons that can bombard the city, 10 catties of field artillery is not enough."

Lin Weiye was taken aback, he had seen the city of Guangzhou, as high as two zhang, the solid soil was rammed, and the whole body was covered with bricks, what kind of cannon could such a city wall be bombarded?

"Are you kidding? The solid shells of the black powder smoothbore cannon can still be used to destroy such a city wall, unless a high-explosive * explosive is made, and explosive bombs are used. ”

"I didn't say you were going to blow the wall down. I just need to deter the city enough to panic the soldiers and civilians in the city. ”

Lin Weiye pondered for a long time before he said, "If that's the case, maybe the mortar can meet your requirements." ”

"Mortar? What kind of cannon is it? ”

Lin Weiye explained: "The mortar cannon is a kind of artillery with a short barrel, large firing angle, low muzzle velocity, and high arc ballistics, which is essentially a curved smoothbore gun, and there is no fundamental difference in the firing principle of howitzers and Caron guns, and you can also see it as an extreme version of the Caron gun." Because of its short and thick cannon body, the shape is similar to the stone mortar in China, so it is called the mortar cannon. The small-caliber, portable mortar was later developed into a mortar, which can be regarded as the predecessor of the mortar. ”

Speaking of mortars, Xia Nan didn't understand very well, but when it came to mortars, he immediately understood. "How far can you shoot? How powerful is it? ”

Lin Weiye thought for a while and said: "I remember that in the Napoleonic era, 10-inch caliber mortars were usually used as siege guns, and of course there were 12-inch ones. It doesn't make sense to talk about the longest range of this kind of artillery, because they are all projectiles at large elevation angles, and they can go over the city walls and directly into the city. As for the power, it can fire an 80-pound grenade, and with our current technology, it is no problem to load forty or fifty pounds of explosives, and it can bluff people after falling into the city and exploding. If you need to, it's not impossible to smash the wall with solid bullets, but for a city wall like Guangzhou, the city wall can't be smashed without a few thousand rounds of shells. ”

Xia Nan's eyes lit up: "Jump over the city wall and blow up the city directly?" Can you still hold forty or fifty pounds of explosives? I need a weapon like this, can I make it in a short time? ”

The city wall can bring a sense of security to the soldiers and civilians in the city, the existing direct fire cannon can not directly attack the city, and the huge grenade is sent into the city by projectile, causing an explosion, the city wall is useless, it can destroy the will of the defenders and the people to resist, and then cause disastrous political consequences to Wang Zunde.

"The principle of the mortar is not complicated, it is similar to the howitzer with a curved fire, except that the caliber is much larger and the barrel is much shorter. The key is that the chamber with gunpowder at the bottom is made very narrow, so that the gunpowder is more explosive when it burns in a small space, after all, the mortar does not have a long enough barrel for acceleration. Because you don't have to worry about the accuracy, as long as you know the principle and the material is clear, it is easy to build. However, although this cannon is very short, the weight is not light, not counting the base, there should be fifteen or six hundred catties. (To be continued.) )