"Hell, your father is more evil than the noble lady's father!" Yasuo complained inappropriately.

"Shut up!" An rolled her eyes and continued: "Father didn't mean to make things difficult. At that time, when my father helped his brother choose marriage, the other party also asked for so much. My cousin really wanted to raise money to marry me, but the family didn't want to make things difficult.

I agreed and wanted to use the money to help him get promoted, so my cousin proposed to postpone it for one year, and my father agreed. But soon, my cousin’s promotion was once again shelved, and my father was about to betroth me to someone else.

The other party is willing to pay 3,000 livres."

"Did you run away from your marriage?" Alphonse asked.

"Well, I'm going to find my cousin." An nodded.

"Uh...hell..." Yasuo said again at an inappropriate time.

"Because of true love?" Alphonse is not surprised by the French people's various bizarre loves.

"My cousin and I really love each other, but my cousin thinks that running away from marriage is not honorable." An lowered her head in frustration and said, "So he sent me back and asked my father to keep his promise and refuse other people's marriage contracts.

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"I guess your father is not that honest." Alphonse nodded. Otherwise, Ann wouldn't have gone all the way from Marseille to Calais, and maybe even to Amsterdam. You know, she turned out to be a member of the Dutch Shipbuilding Guild.

Employee!

"Well, so I ran away from marriage again, but my father had already taken out a loan to hold a wedding for my younger brother, so I have been sending money home for the past three years to help repay the loan. I hope to save enough money as soon as possible to end all this." An replied.
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"You said...three years? Isn't your cousin?" Yasuo also felt strange.

"He got promoted, but he needs to go to Africa for five years. He wrote a letter asking me to wait for him. I can't wait any longer. I want to finish my family's debts and then go to Africa to find my cousin." An replied.

"An." Alphonse frowned and looked at An Dao seriously.

"Huh?" An looked at Alphonse strangely, which made Alphonse wonder whether he should speak. He looked at Yasuo again, and saw that he shook his head at him, so he could only sigh again and said:

"What's your cousin's name? Where did he go to Africa? You know, my uncle is in Africa. Maybe he can provide you with some information."

"No, I received his letter and I know he is in Port Saint-Louis!" An rolled her eyes and replied.

"Recently?" Alphonse asked with a smile.

"Uh...last year." An said helplessly.

"I'll help you come up with an order as soon as possible so that you can raise enough money." Alphonse smiled.

"Why don't you just give it to me? I know you have enough money." An said dissatisfied.

"An." Alphonse smiled.

"Huh?" An rolled her eyes.

"I like you too. Don't go to Africa to pursue love. Come to me directly. In this way, you can pay off your family's debt at any time." Alphonse replied with a smile.

"Get lost!" An rolled her eyes, stood up, turned around and left: "Hurry up and find me an order, I'm going to Africa."

"Do you think she knows?" Yasuo couldn't help but ask after An left.

"Don't give up, don't let go." Alphonse shrugged and replied.

"Really, I suggest you chase her while she still believes in love." Yasuo stood up and patted Alphonse on the shoulder, then left the study, leaving Alphonse immersed in the shadows without knowing what to say.

Medium…

Two days later, Alphonse reconvened Yasuo and An for a meeting, and he decided to launch a brand new product!

"16-pounder?!!" Yasuo looked at Alphonse in confusion. Is this guy addicted to cutting corners? Does he still want to sell a 16-pounder as an 18-pounder?

"French pound, you may not be aware of it. Paris has developed a 16-pounder to replace the original 18-pounder. Of course, it is actually equivalent to the British 18-pounder. After processing with our technology, it can definitely be used as an 18-pounder or even a 20-pounder.

"Pound used." Alphonse said, in fact, the French 16-pounder gun has been developed a long time ago, but the new shipyard ordered by Kolber not long ago began to design the drawings of the 16-pounder gun; of course, from Alphonse's perspective,

, the recoil force of about 16 pounds is smaller than 18 pounds, but the power is still sufficient. In this way, the newly built battleships can barely squeeze into the battle line despite insufficient size or craftsmanship. In other words, probably the newly built battleships

If the quality is not enough, reduce the size of the artillery...

"But why not just launch the 18-pounder?" Yasuo said angrily.

"Obviously, if the military limit is 16 pounds, then the civilian limit will only be open to 16 pounds at most." An understands the urine of carnivores very well. Our country, France, has its own national conditions like this. Which unruly citizen dares to get in trouble with me? So,

It is obviously a minuscule 2 pounds difference, but it may be the difference between civilian and prohibited items, especially for a noble like Alphonse. Due to serious flaws in the tax system, he receives considerable tax-free treatment and sells thousands of artillery pieces a month, but

The tax on raw materials is paid at the time of purchase, and the export transportation tariff is settled by the dealer. So even if his net profit exceeds livres in one month, he actually hasn't paid a dime of tax... Since I am a big Frenchman.

If the national conditions support the development and growth of civilian products, why should we go out of our way to produce prohibited products?

"Besides, 16 pounds is definitely easier to conquer than 18 pounds." Alphonse would never admit that it was to cut corners.

"Fart, there are 18-pound cannons all over the world, just imitate them. Why do you have to work so hard to develop a 16-pound cannon from scratch?" Yasuo rolled his eyes and felt out of breath.

"Look, you've hit an important point again." Alphonse blinked.

"Damn it! You got the military blueprints!" Before Yasuo could react, An almost jumped with excitement.

"Fortunately, I just have a rough idea, but at least it gives us an idea." Alfons actually has no drawings at all, but naval guns in this era are just like that. Considering the trimming issue, the entire balance rod has no aesthetic feeling at all.

, and the size can also be obtained from future exhibits. The caliber is 134mm, the gun length is 3.1m, and the weight is less than 2.5 tons. It took half a day to draw it with a piece of parchment, and Alphonse himself also made up for it during this time.

I have learned some knowledge about cannon casting, and I have also observed the process of cannon casting from beginning to end. I can’t say that I have mastered it, but at least I am a beginner.

Seeing that Alphonse actually took out a piece of parchment, not only Yasuo but also An also pushed his head over, but heard Alphonse continue: "This is actually not a military drawing. I have modified it. The prototype is pure

Considering the difficulty of processing and the strength of the cannon, I changed the straight tube into a conical shape."

"Damn it! Have you verified this modification? You are just trying to cut corners, you devil!" Yasuo loudly retorted to Alphonse who randomly modified the drawings. In fact, there are conical cannons, but the ones that exist now are

It is a short-barreled gun. A long-barreled gun needs strong speed and a straight enough forward path to make the ejection point more accurate.

"This is a great transformation! Damn it, you can verify it immediately and cast a sample cannon for me right away!" Alphonse would not analyze the principles of his own artillery design with Yasuo. On the one hand, he is also an amateur, and on the other hand, he is also very amateur.

On the one hand, this is actually the biggest secret of cannon casting.

"Yasuo, you can make it stronger. It is a sample after all." Seeing that the two men were about to quarrel, An quickly stood up to persuade him to make peace, then looked at Alphonse and said: "But boss, you are like this

Even the casting gunners can't be persuaded by the transformation of this product, so how do you convince customers to buy it?"

"Don't worry, I spent a lot of money to invite retired artillery officers from various countries. Soon a master of artillery will join us. When the time comes, he will decide whether the artillery is good or not." Alphonse replied,

This is something he has already anticipated. A good gunner is the soul of a ship!

"So, how are you going to sell this artillery?" An asked again.

"1,000 livres." Alphonse said with a slight smile.

"What?! The standard 18-pounder gun on the market only costs 720 livres!" Yasuo and An looked at Alphonse in shock.

"This is a giant artillery weighing more than 4,500 pounds. It is almost 20 times heavier than a rapid-fire cannon. The price should be increased a little." Alphonse replied naturally.

"You are indeed a devil. Except for rapid-fire cannons, the 6-pound cannons on the market are all 300 pounds, and they are only worth 30 livres. After conversion, the 18-pound cannon, which is 15 times heavier than them, should be worth 450 livres.

, you actually want to sell it for 1,000 livres?" Ann was already frightened by Alphonse's weird logic.

"You ignored its most important feature." Alphonse knocked on the parchment on the table. It was a fusiliary structure, which was almost a copy of the original fusiliary structure on the musket, but it was used on the artillery!

In other words, it does not require ignition or live wire, and more importantly, it is more airtight!

"The flintlock...this means that it fires very quickly! It can also avoid open flames, does not require a match rope, is not afraid of moisture, and is airtight. This is a simple but great improvement." Yasuo gave a sincere evaluation.

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"Look, this is the level you should be at. Tell me more advantages." Alphonse knocked on the table and continued.

"As long as it is activated, it can be fired immediately, and the accuracy is greatly improved. Then there is the rate of fire. Apart from reloading, there is no more time. The matchlock can only fire 2 rounds in five minutes, but it can shoot 3 rounds. Just with this

Two, then two cannons can at least equal the three or even four existing cannons!" Yasuo quickly understood the essence of capitalist Mr. Moller's business philosophy and continued to talk: "There is also the issue of counterweight.

When its rear seat is larger, the stability of the recoil is naturally higher; we assume that it is an extra-long mortar, then its initial launch velocity will not be very high. It depends on the variables. If it is designed according to the drawing,

The muzzle speed will be reduced by about 10%, and the range will be shortened by at least 15%, but its elevation angle will be higher, which gives the small boat the possibility to attack the larger ship. Then when using battle line tactics, it will bridge the gap in ship height!

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"The Dutch! The Dutch need it! Their battleships are smaller, but with it, they can match the British ships. Even if the number is sufficient, the Dutch can suppress the British with the amount of ammunition for saturated bombardment!"

An exclaimed loudly. He was indeed a business genius. It was still the same cannon. The improvement was less than 10%, which suddenly gave it the value of one cannon compared to two other cannons. Although the power may have shrunk due to the muzzle velocity problem, the Qi

The strength increased by the increase in density is basically equalized, so when selling, you can ignore this problem...

"That's right. You see, in terms of accuracy and rate of fire, it is comparable to two British 18-pound guns, but what about the recoil? It's still a 16-pounder. Think about it, originally the Dutch only planned to use it on one battleship.

We have deployed 12 36-pound guns, 12 32-pound guns, 18 12-pound guns and 4 of our rapid-fire guns. At this time, we should suggest that they replace them with 8 32-pound guns and 22 of our 16-pound guns.

Alphonse smiled and said: "Then what is the result? Although they lost 4 32-pound guns in one ship, the firepower of 4 32-pound guns and 18 12-pound guns suddenly became 44 18-pound guns."

What kind of improvement is this in firepower? Moreover, more 32-pound guns can be saved to build more battleships."
Chapter completed!