Nanming Engineer

Chapter 371 Make it for me at full speed

Alfonso and Duro took a closer look at the pattern, their expressions suddenly became surprised, and they couldn't help asking Wang Huanfa: "Your Excellency, have you ever been to Europe?"

Wang Huan was waiting for the two to answer, but he couldn't prevent the two from asking questions, so he could only patiently answer casually: "Not in this life."

The two red-haired ghosts were dumbfounded, what does it mean that there is no this life?But the two of them didn't go into the details, just looked at the drawing suspiciously, and Alfonso said to himself: "I haven't been to Europe, how can I draw the blueprint of the legion cannon, this kind of blueprint is not an orthodox cannon maker, Can't draw it."

This sentence immediately relieved Wang Huan. It seems that the general direction of his painting is correct, and there is something to be done!
The Legion Cannon, the main field artillery in Europe in the [-]th century, was the favorite type of artillery of the European savages before the advent of the Napoleon Cannon. Alfonso knew this, and that was it.

So there was no more ink marks. Wang Huan asked the two Portuguese sailors who had never had a chance to speak, and found out that one of the two buddies was responsible for delivering coal to the blast furnace, and the other was responsible for beating parts on the iron felt with a big hammer. I can't even understand the blueprints, and accepting Liu Erlang's money is just thinking that he can make money in the arsenal of the Ming Dynasty, and he wants to be Mr. Nan Guo who will run away after grabbing a hand.

Liu Erlang was flushed with shame, but Wang Huan patted him on the shoulder and praised him fiercely. Alfonso and Douro are two treasures, but those two Portuguese sailors can't be wasted. Wang Huan is right Liu Erlang asked him to send someone to follow the two buddies back to Macao, go to the gun factory to find someone with a high price, and if he found a useful one, he would give the two sailors 500 taels of silver in cash.

Liu Erlang suddenly realized that he was trying to treat the two Portuguese sailors as human beings. He agreed with understanding and immediately followed suit.

But Liu Erlang didn't have to go to Guangdong in person, he had to stay as an interpreter. After all, Wang Huan couldn't stay in the military bureau at any time. Alfonso and Du Luo had to rely on him for their daily communication with Xu Erjue.

On the second day, accompanied by Liu Erlang, Xu Erjue led Alfonso and Du Luo for a stroll outside the military battle bureau. Looking at the loess everywhere, the two red-haired ghosts wanted to cry but had no tears. There was no smell of sea breeze in the wind and sand all over the sky. It was obvious that the place where they were now was far away from Macau.

Liu Erlang told them that this place is called Hanzhong, which is thousands of miles away from Guangdong. If you are lucky, it will be safer to walk back to Europe by following Marco Polo's footsteps on the Silk Road than to go back to Guangdong.

Hearing this news, Alfonso and Duro completely gave up their desire to sneak back to Macau, and the communication with Xu Erjue, a Catholic, also gave them a little comfort. They asked for a Bible from Xu Erjue and read it every day. They were all repenting, thinking that God must be punishing them for throwing them so far from home.

But all of these disappeared when counting the golden beans. Wang Huan gave them the box of golden beans weighing about half a catty, and Alfonso asked for more because he had a high military rank.After the golden beans were collected in their pockets, Alfonso and Douro finally made up their minds. If they come, they will be safe, and they will not be able to escape anyway. Why not do it down-to-earth? This Ming Dynasty grandmaster named Wang Huan Guan is a generous boss, working under him must earn more than in Macau.

Alfonso knows how to make drawings and is a senior cannon-caster who is proficient in design; Douro is a man of action. He is good at picking up a wrench and screwing screws. Xu Erjue divided the work for them. On the basis of rough samples, draw fine samples that can be trial-manufactured, and then finalize the drawings as a blueprint.Du Luo is responsible for teaching craftsmen and bringing out a group of skilled workers.

In less than ten days, Alfonso and Xu Erjue took out the basic pattern of the Napoleon cannon in a large house. After Wang Huan got the news, he went to see it in person. He was pleasantly surprised to find that Alfonso and Xu Erjue were two geniuses. , They conceived their poorly drawn drawings in a reasonable way, and carefully outlined the Napoleon cannon that was comparable to the original.

After another 30 days, Cheng Pao came out.

Bronze gun body, thinner front and thicker gun bore, carefully calculated caliber-to-length ratio, riveted gun carriage connected to the gun body, small but firm fire door, very distinctive huge wheels, especially engraved on The scales on the gun mounts all show that they are different from any artillery in the Ming Dynasty.

"The whole cannon weighs 980 six catties, and it fires nine catties and seven taels of iron bullets. The fixed yellow powder can be calculated in advance, and it can be loaded directly when firing." Xu Erjue followed Wang Huan, and introduced him proudly. : "The scale on the gun mount allows the gunner to set the shooting angle according to the distance of the enemy. It is simple and clear, and ordinary soldiers can understand it. Moreover, the gun wheel is very large. It does not need an ox to pull it, but two horses can pull it , stop and go, flexible.”

Wang Huan couldn't stop nodding, and kept circling around the sample cannon. The unique golden gleam of the bronze cannon body made him unable to restrain himself from reaching out to touch it. Even a blind man could see the joy.

"My lord governor, this cannon can fully withstand the gunpowder you developed. The bronze cannon body is different from the iron cannon, and its strength is much higher." Alfonso also said with admiration. He had seen yellow gunpowder before. He had never seen violent gunpowder in Europe, and after hearing that it was invented by Wang Huan, he changed from being afraid of Wang Huan to admiring the superior: "My lord, your gunpowder is much stronger than black powder, you can tell Do I have the recipe for it? I want all Europe to know that you invented it."

Wang Huan glared at him, stopped, and the smile suddenly wiped from his face. His expression was so cold that everyone present felt as if they were falling into an ice cave: "You don't need to know! You shouldn't ask either! Remember, you have to think To live here, just do your own thing, otherwise, too much curiosity will kill you!"

These words were like a sharp knife, which was placed on Alfonso's neck and made him retreat a few steps. Then he knelt down in fear, and agreed hastily, dripping with cold sweat.

Wang Huan ignored him, and said in Portuguese: "You don't have to be afraid, get up! As long as you are serious about casting cannons and don't play tricks, you will be given the money and freedom that should be given to you."

In Alfonso's heart, he really came up with the idea of ​​dynamite. If he could get the formula, he could bring about a qualitative change in the way of fighting in the whole world when he returned to Europe. Just selling the formula would make him rich. Wang Huan's wishful thinking is to use the reward he deserves in exchange for Wang Huan to give him the formula.

Wang Huan's determination made him give up. He could see that this was Wang Huan's bottom line. The yellow gunpowder formula was absolutely untouchable.

After walking around the sample cannon for a few more times, Wang Huan watched as Duro and Alfonso operated the cannon and fired an iron bullet weighing nearly [-] jin into the open space two miles away with a pack of propellant powder. Completely relieved.

"Produce at full capacity, tell me what you need, and I will give you what you want!" Wang Huan clapped his hands on the body of the cannon. Fang Suo was infected: "Even if I am so poor that I want to pawn my pants, I will give you every penny I got!"

"Cannon! Within 30 days, I want more than ten cannons!" Wang Huan spit and danced, "There are also attached cannon shells, fifty shells per cannon, we must build them!"

(End of this chapter)