The mountains were covered with heavy snow, and everyone stopped in a flat place. This was a valley entrance, which was quite wide to look inside. Moreover, the valley was not small, and the mountains behind were at least ten miles away.
The research institute took the parts from the crabs and leeks and began to assemble the cannons. The old man walked to Jiang Xingchen and whispered: "Boy! Now it's time to tell us, what is this thing?"
"Cannon!" Jiang Xingchen said concisely.
"Is that a cannon? Is it more powerful than a crossbow?" Zhao Danqing also ran over and approached him to ask.
"Isn't this nonsense?" Before Jiang Xingchen could speak, the old man scolded Zhao Danqing and said, "If it's not as powerful as a crossbow, why are you studying this thing?"
As he spoke, the old man turned his head and said to Jiang Xingchen: "Boy, it's not me who said you! Look at the name you gave me, cannon! It's so rustic! It's not majestic at all. Since it's more powerful than a crossbow, it should..."
Jiang Xingchen's mouth twitched straight, and he knew that he would not pay attention to this old thing. He said it endlessly, like Tang Seng.
"I don't have time to think of any name..." Jiang Xingchen originally wanted to interrupt the old man and dodge it. But as soon as he spoke, the old man rushed to say, "I don't have time to think of the name, leave it to me!"
"Then you think about it slowly!" Jiang Xingchen was speechless. He ignored the two guys anymore, waved his hand, turned around and walked back.
This time, the old man did not come to annoy him. He frowned and stood there, and began to think hard. Zhao Danqing also calmed down, like the old man, lowered his head and thought about his name.
Jiang Xingchen walked back about fifty meters, called Mo Hongxian and his second brother to come over, and said: Digging a hole here is bigger, so that all of us can go down." Although there is basically no problem with the cannon. But you must also pay attention to safety. What if it explodes. The terrain here is flat, unlike the hillsides behind the territory. There are rocks everywhere to hide. So you must dig a trenches to hide.
"Okay!" Mo Hongxian responded, greeted the members of the Bauhinia. He took the pickaxe and shovel and dug it up.
Although everyone's cultivation level is not low, it is cold in the north, and now it is the coldest time. The soil is so frozen that it is no different from iron lumps, and the speed of digging is not fast.
After about half a month, a large pit of five meters long, one meter wide, and one and a half deep was dug. The cannon on the other side was also assembled.
Jiang Xingchen first asked the crab to come and unloaded the shells from the bag on its body into the pit.
"Brother! This bomb is different from the past!" The second brother asked in surprise when he saw the shell. The bomb used to be like a small watermelon. What he sees now is almost the same as the shells that Jiang Xingchen had in his previous life.
"This is called a cannonball, not a bomb! And the production process is very different from a bomb!" Jiang Xingchen explained, ran to the cannon, filled the cannonball, and then ran back with a long rope.
"Everyone hides in the pit! It's about to start!" Jiang Xingchen greeted loudly.
Kitten woman, Mo Hongxian, second brother, and a group of people jumped into the pit one after another, no one had any doubts. They have seen Jiang Xingchen's experiments these days. They all know that the danger is too great.
The old man and Zhao Danqing also temporarily put down their names and ran over happily. They all wanted to see how powerful this thing is!
In the tunnel, no one spoke, and even the chattering old man shut up and lay on the edge of the tunnel and looked ahead.
Jiang Xingchen took a deep breath and said: "One, two, three! Lower his head!"
With the last two words out, Jiang Xingchen pulled the rope hard and his head quickly lowered. The old man, Zhao Danqing and the others were also bent over quickly and hid in the tunnel.
"Bang!" There was a loud bang. After a second, everyone felt that nothing was wrong and immediately looked up. They saw a quiet place in front of them.
"Boy! What's going on? There's no movement?" the old man asked in surprise.
Zhao Danqing, Mo Hongxian, second brother, and kitten girls all turned their heads to look at Jiang Xingchen.
But at this moment, a roar suddenly came from afar, followed by echoes, as if the sky was rolling thunder sounded.
"It's ringing?" The old man blinked and asked in surprise: "Where did this fight?"
"Old man, look!" The kitten woman jumped up and pointed to the mountain in the distance.
In fact, there was no need for a kitten girl to remind everyone that they had seen it, and they saw large snow on the hillside in the distance rolling downwards, and then the rumbling roar came into their ears.
Although the mountain is at least ten miles away from here, it can be seen clearly with such a large amount of movement.
"Snow...Avalanche!" Zhao Danqing swallowed and murmured: "Has this shot been so far?"
The old man was stupid. The past crossbows could hit thousands of meters, or two miles, which was already amazing. In a war last year, the eight kingdoms could not find the north! But now, one shot was actually ten miles away. If this weapon was put on the battlefield, how could it be played? If you were not seen, you would be beaten up and cheated.
"Boy! You really hit the avalanche over there with a cannon, right?" the old man asked. He couldn't believe the range of more than ten miles. How could it be so far?
Mo Hongxian also swallowed his saliva and said, "No! If it really hits that far, it will be too easy to kill anyone in the future. It can be solved with just one shot of more than ten miles away!"
The second brother couldn't help but shivered when he listened on the side. This was so scary.
Jiang Xingchen ignored them, but lowered his head and whispered to himself: "From launching shells to changing snowy mountains, it takes about four seconds! In other words, the speed of shells has reached more than kilometers per second... In this way, the explosive power of Yuanshi should be stronger than gunpowder. This is the first development, and there should be room for a significant increase in the future, so that the number of Yuanshi can be reduced and the current propulsion will be maintained..."
When Jiang Xingchen whispered, several researchers were not idle. They had paper and pen in their hands. They wrote down Jiang Xingchen's words and used them as their future research direction.
"Boy! What do I ask you? Are you talking about it? Did you really hit the avalanche on the hillside there with a cannon?" The old man was so angry that he slapped Jiang Xingchen in the face.
Jiang Xingchen then came back to his senses, looked at the people with confusion and smiled: "What do you think the avalanche would have happened casually if it weren't for this shot!"
"I'll take a break! This cannon is too powerful!" Zhao Danqing couldn't help but shout.
The old man frowned and asked, "Boy, once this weapon is released, the emperor..."
"Hehe!" Jiang Xingchen smiled and said, "My territory is independent, and the intellectual property rights are clearly written! If the emperor wants it, I will sell it to him! We are still very happy to cooperate now!"
The old man pondered for a moment and whispered: "Just know what you know in your heart!"
"Don't worry! I have a clear heart!" Jiang Xingchen smiled and turned out from the tunnel. Then he continued the cannon testing along the flat ground...
From morning to night, all the 100 shells brought were empty. The cannons survived the test and there was no problem of explosion. This also marked the official successful development of the cannon!
After a day of experiments, Jiang Xingchen also roughly concluded that the range of the cannon was about seven kilometers.
The most tiring thing on this day was the Bauhinia Mercenary Group and the kitten girl. The former not only needed to open the way, but also needed to dig tunnels. The kitten girl kept running back and forth to find the landing point of the shells.
After returning that night, Jiang Xingchen cooked and took out the third brewed white wine to reward everyone.
Tourists are rumored to the sorghum wine that was brewed for the third time, but no one has ever drunk it. After brewing it, it is placed in a cellar to settle. This is the first time it has been taken out.
The kitten girl was drinking the wine and her eyes narrowed happily, feeling that no matter how tired the day was, it was worth it.
The old man only drank one cup and took away two jars on the table and hid it. As a result, it caused a lot of fighting.
After the dinner, Jiang Xingchen drew a picture and sent it to the Curse Land, asking the five newly built seven-story treasure ships to install a turret.
Then he went to the research institute and called the researchers and craftsmen who worked with him to study cannons, and asked them to bind the various components of the cannon and the size of the shells into a book.
Time is tight now, and he doesn't know whether bombs have been developed overseas. Even if the other party has not stolen manganese steel, using a normal range launch device can still pose a threat to the Wang family fleet.
Therefore, Jiang Xingchen was preparing to take these people to the Curse Land and give birth there directly, which would save a lot of time.
As for the required materials, I can only work hard to get the ribs, so I will take several extra trips to be responsible for transportation!
That night, Jiang Xingchen, who returned to the lord's mansion, told Mei'er that she was leaving for a while. Because the matter was urgent, Mei'er certainly would not stop him, but just told him to pay attention to safety.
The next morning, Jiang Xingchen was about to go to the research institute. The old man and Zhao Danqing ran over.
"Boy! I thought of the name of the weapon yesterday, it's called Tianleihong, how about it, be majestic!" The old man pinched his waist, laughed loudly, and looked proud.
"..." Jiang Xingchen was speechless. After holding it in for a night, he found such a ghost name!
Zhao Danqing grabbed the front of him in one step and shouted: "Brother! Don't listen to this old guy, what the hell is Tianleibo! Listen to me, the avalanche cannon, it's much more powerful than his!"
"Puff!" Jiang Xingchen almost didn't squirt. You are so unreliable. Avalanche cannon, why don't you call a diabetes cannon?
"Brother Zhao, you can't feel happy, right? Why is my name not good? Tianlei is much stronger than your avalanche, okay?" The old man grabbed Zhao Danqing's neck and said viciously.
Zhao Danqing did not show any weakness and said loudly: "It's not nice, but it's still vulgar! It is recognized that you are weak in your name. I also named my lazy monkey Xiao Chenchen!"
"Ouch!" The old man's eyebrows were all standing up. What do you mean by mentioning this? Isn't this let Xiaohuntan take revenge on me?
"Okay!" Jiang Xingchen stopped the two of them and shouted: "You are fighting over and over again, will there be a result?" As he said that, he threw a yellow crystal coin to the two of them, turned his head and walked out. (To be continued)