The next morning.

Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao appeared on the campus of Dongjiao University. There were not many people on the campus at this moment, and they probably were in morning classes.

The two of them didn't stop for much, Fang Zhengyi led him to the firearm.

In the office of the Firearms Institute, Mo Xiaohu was lying on the table studying the drawings.

Suddenly, the door creaked open.

Mo Xiaohu frowned and couldn't help but raise his eyes.

After seeing it, he immediately stood up and said in a panic: "Hello, Your Highness, Prince! Hello, Master!"

Fang Zheng waved his hand and headed straight to the topic: "Don't be nervous, how is the development of the new artillery?"

"Boat? It turns out that a new cannon was launched?" Li Yuanzhao was overjoyed.

I didn’t expect that the Firearms Institute would produce new results so quickly, and it was still a cannon!

Fang Zheng nodded.

Any important achievements in Dongjiao University will be reported to him as soon as possible.

The news that this new artillery is about to be successfully manufactured was put on his desk a month ago.

Now that I want to make contributions, there is probably nothing better to start with than a firearm. After all, this thing has just been made to the Heaven-Splashing Power.

The entire court is full of interest in it and can be regarded as the magic weapon for the country in everyone's hearts.

"The cannon...the cannon has been developed! It is placed in the backyard. Do you want to see it?" Mo Xiaohu was sweating in his heart.

"Don't be nervous, just come and take a look and lead the way."

...

The backyard of the firearms office is an extremely open test site.

There were also many targets on the field, probably for testing guns.

Soon, Mo Xiaohu found two craftsmen and pushed the cannon into the open space.

Without saying a word, he lifted the waterproof cover to reveal the lurking gun barrel inside.

Li Yuanzhao said in surprise: "Why is this cannon smaller than before and is still weird? Can its power keep up?"

Mo Xiaohu said proudly: "Your Highness is right. This cannon is indeed much smaller than before, but its power is far greater than that of old cannons!"

"How is this possible? Can such a thing happen?" Li Yuanzhao was full of curiosity.

"Of course, as long as the materials and structure are in place!" Mo Xiaohu explained: "Your Highness should have seen the old cannon. The walls of the tube are very thick but the mouth is small. It weighs 8,000 kilograms but can only fire about 11 kilograms of shells."

"The reason is that the casting level before was not up to standard. The iron-molded cannons were cooled from the outside to the inside, which would generate a large amount of white cast iron. Although this cast iron was hard but extremely brittle, it could only be continuously piled up materials and thickened the cannon barrel.

Only by ensuring normal launches.”

"Now the Metallurgical Institute has used a new process, using a new double-layer method to cool from the center outward, and the gray cast iron is produced, with excellent quality, so the material can be completely reduced. On the other hand, the barrel of the old gun is as thick as the beginning to the end.

, We borrowed the pressure gauge developed by steam, and the pressure was measured from the medicine chamber to the muzzle, which should gradually decay. Therefore, the gun body has now been changed to a spindle-shaped material from thick to thin, saving a lot of material again."

"Now, a cannon cast can save 3,000 kilograms of iron! The shells fired can also exceed 20 kilograms. It can be said that no matter how range and power are, they are very different from the original old cannon!"

Li Yuanzhao was a little stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but applaud, "Awesome... I originally thought that weapons such as artillery were developed separately, but I didn't expect that there were so many research institutes involved, and the Ministry of Works was far worse than you.

Now.”

Fang Zhengyi smiled slightly: "Your Highness, if you do research like this, it is easy to achieve results if you interdisciplinary disciplines."

After saying that, he turned around and asked Mo Xiaohu: "The report you submitted before said that the problem of casting cannons has not been solved yet. Now who solved this problem? Each person who made the first contribution will be awarded 1,000 taels."

Mo Xiaohu was happy at first, then hesitated: "Master, this problem of casting cannons is a coincidence... We thought it would take three months to solve it, but later some people thought that there were not two foreigners in our capital.

So, I thought about asking the foreigners what craftsmanship there is.”

"I didn't expect to ask! Although they didn't understand the specific technology, they did give a lot of inspiration for metallurgy. So is this reward considered a foreigner?"

Foreigners? Aren’t it just Fo Bole and Dazhuang? I didn’t expect that these two foreign wastes have some specialties!

Fang Zhengyi thought for a while and said, "Where are these two people now? I'll see them."

"Just in the Metallurgical Institute, they were opened by the Jinyiwei. Now they are assistants in the Metallurgical Institute. They are so tall that they have the strength to do so."

"Yeah, what's going on?"

Mo Xiaohu said: "I heard that it was a new official who took office. I thought these two were ugly and affected the image of the Jinyiwei, so I found an excuse to directly break up."

It seems that foreigners are still not popular.

Fang Zhengyi smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Go and call these two people for me."

Seeing Mo Xiaohu leave, Li Yuanzhao whispered: "Lao Fang, let's try a shot?"

"Stop making trouble, this is in the school! How much is the noise? If you want to fight, find a place where there is no one, so you will have a chance in the future."

"Tsk, too, but what's the name of this cannon?"

"Well... I've given it a good name, you'll know in a while."

Soon, foreigners brought it.

The two foreigners didn't see Fang Zhengyi for a long time, and the grievances that had accumulated in their hearts suddenly burst out.

Dazhuang said with tears in his eyes: "Master Fang! You are here to find us. The new commander made him unreasonable because we are foreigners and we are going to drive us away. How can we be treated differently when we are all naturalized.

?You have to make the decision for us!"

Seeing the two of them crying, Fang Zheng smiled and pointed at Da Cannon: "Don't be afraid, I am here to compensate you today."

"You have made great contributions to the creation of this cannon, and I will reward you with great rewards."

"What is this, Lord Fang?" Dazhuang said in confusion.

Fang Zheng showed doubts, and Mo Xiaohu quickly explained in a low voice: "Master, the new cannon is our secret. These two people only participated in the metallurgical process and have never seen the new cannon."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about what this is. Just know that you have made merits and should receive the reward."

The two of them were overjoyed and looked at Fang Zhengichi with hope.

Fang Zhengyi smiled and said, "In view of your contribution, I decided to give it a foreign name. People in the world will never treat you differently after they know that it is a foreigner who participates in the manufacturing process."

Fo Bole and Dazhuang looked at each other and felt a little disappointed.

They didn't even know what this iron tube is for. What's the use of giving foreign names? They thought they could make some money.

"I decided to call it an Italian cannon, and in addition, you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver for each of you."

Fo Bole and Dazhuang looked at each other in surprise.

What does it mean, I don't understand!

Although I couldn't understand, I was still a little excited. After all, I made a fortune of 100 taels in vain!

Seeing this, Li Yuanzhao whispered: "Lao Fang, what do they react? Do you understand foreign languages? Don't pretend to be strong? I'm embarrassed for you."

"Because of blowing Sting!" Fang Zheng was very happy, "Your Highness, I have been studying foreign literature for more than ten years, you are the first one to say I am pretending! It's ridiculous! Howdelicious!"

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Chapter completed!