Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

When Su Jin came in to report, Chu Jun didn't want to go.

But Tong Ran's eyes lit up for a moment, and he said, "Your Majesty, can I go with you?"

Perhaps it was due to Tong Ran's young age and his long stay in the local area. He had a kind of enthusiasm that was rarely seen in Beijing officials.Except for him, no one dared to offer to see the newly developed firearms of the Ministry of War.

Tong Ran's eyes were a very common gray brown color, but Chu Jun was fascinated by it for a moment, and he paused for a moment before saying: "Go and prepare, I will go with Tong Qing."

"Little Tiger, come here." Tong Ran called the little cat.

The little cat looked at him, then burrowed into Chu Jun's arms, meowing in favor.

Chu Jun was very satisfied with the kitten he raised, so he generously hugged it and went with him.

Half an hour later, Tong Ran and Chu Jun arrived at the weapons testing ground of the Ministry of War.

It is said to be a weapons testing ground, but it is actually a piece of wasteland in the suburbs of Beijing, which is specially set up for testing firearms.

Although Tong Ran majored in physics, he didn't study weapons.When I first drew the design drawings, I mostly wrote based on my memory of reading related papers before. For some things that I didn’t know myself, I only wrote the relevant principles and suggestions, what materials to use, how many parts are needed, what kind of design. The parts need to be figured out by the people in the Ministry of War.

He didn't expect that the people from the Ministry of War would make the red-clothed cannon so quickly.

This kind of cannon was made in the Ming Dynasty with reference to the cannons on sunken ships in Europe. Its power and accuracy are far higher than traditional cannons.Without Tong Ran's blueprints, Dacheng would probably have developed from traditional cannons a little bit, but now they skipped that stage and manufactured weapons that should have appeared more than 1000 years later.

Maybe the people here don't know what this means, but Tong Ran's heart is surging.

The testing ground of the Ministry of War has been surrounded by shady groups, leaving an open space with a diameter of about three miles in the middle, and there is no cultivated land around, so few civilians come here.The shady surroundings were heavily guarded, and they had to be searched when they entered and exited. Tong Ran and Chu Jun were together, but it was avoided.

Entering the shady scene, Wu Li, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came quickly, bowed down and saluted, "See Your Majesty."

"No." Chu Jun hugged the cat and said.

When Wu Li caught a glimpse of the cat, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, and boldly raised his eyes to confirm the identity of the person in the dragon robe in front of him.

Your Majesty is right.

But His Majesty is holding a cat?

"Wow!" the little cat roared.

Wu Li seemed to hear the scent of a tiger.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Li said, "It has been arranged inside, please move forward, Your Majesty. Lord Tong please too."

It was the first time Wu Li met Tong Ran head-on, and this man was too young.According to the information presented below, he is seventeen years old this year and has not yet been crowned weak. It is just because he became an official that he tied up his hair early.

What were you doing when you were seventeen or eighteen?

It seems that he is still in the army. He has just made a little contribution and won a small rank of eighth or ninth rank.

He claims to be excellent, but this 17-year-old inspector is far more amazing than he was before.

Wu Li: "Your Majesty Tong's design drawings describe in detail the power of the cannon in red. I spent a lot of time waiting for the ear of the cannon, so that it was cast yesterday. Today, I dare to invite your majesty to come in person. I hope we can wait for you The cast cannon does exactly what the blueprints say."

The gun ear is a part that is not written in detail on Tong Ran's design drawings.It is set on both sides of the center of gravity of the barrel and is used to adjust the firing angle of the cannon, which affects the power and accuracy of the cannon, and is a key part.

"I wish you success," Tong Ran said.If there is no problem with the solution of the Ministry of Industry, the red cannon should be able to exert its due power.

While speaking, Wu Li had already brought him and Chu Jun to the viewing platform.A chair with cloud and dragon patterns is placed in the middle, with an armchair on the left and right.Chu Jun sat down on the top chair, and the kitten lay on his lap, looking around curiously.Tong Ran sat down on his right hand.

Wu Li communicated with his subordinates, and a cannon covered with red cloth was pushed to the viewing booth by four soldiers.

Chu Jun stood up, and Wu Li commanded people to uncover the cloth.When the cloth was uncovered, it was exactly the cannon drawn on Tong Ran's design drawing. It was completely different from the guns used now, with the long barrel occupying most of the volume.

Chu Jun knocked on the cannon body, which was made entirely of metal and was extremely hard.

Under the command of officials from the Ministry of Industry, the soldiers filled in the squares, and the torch was delivered to Chu Jun by Wu Li. "Your Majesty, please light the fire."

Chu Jun was still holding the cat, Su Jin stepped forward to take it, but Chu Jun refused.He held the kitten in one hand, took the torch in the other, and stepped forward to light the fuse.

"boom!"

Due to the recoil, the cannon jumped back, and the explosion sounded in the distance, which was even more deafening than when Chu Jun saw it for the first time, and even the ground shook slightly.

"Wow!" The little cat screamed and hid in Chu Jun's arms.

"Xiaohu is scared." Tong Ran rubbed the cat's head, which was a natural comforting action, but when he looked up, he realized that the kitten was still held in Chu Jun's arms.

"Measure the distance and check the accuracy." Wu Li's voice came from behind, and the officials moved in response to the sound, and there were constant rustling sounds on the testing ground.

Tong Ran was surprisingly quiet.

"Sorry." He withdrew his hand and hurriedly took half a step back.Just momentarily lost his mind, he was so close to Chu Jun that he could even hear his breathing.

"Don't worry, I will protect it." Chu Jun said.

Tong Ran's heart skipped a beat, but Chu Jun walked past him with the cat in his arms, striding towards the place of the explosion.Tong Ran quickly caught up.

Su Jin followed behind Chu Jun and advised, "Your Majesty, it's dangerous, you'd better not go there."

Chu Jun stopped, and Su Jin thought that he listened to the persuasion easily, but instead of him, he asked Tong Ran, "Is there still danger after the artillery blows up?"

Tong Ran subconsciously avoided his gaze, and said in a low voice, "If it has exploded sufficiently, there will be no danger of explosion." Out of caution, he spoke conservatively.

"Then go and have a look." Chu Jun said, striding towards the pothole that was blown out by the bomb again.

There were already officials and small officials from the Ministry of Industry doing calculations and checking. When Chu Jun came, everyone bowed and saluted. He waved his hands to let people continue to work.

The power of that bomb was really amazing, a small black ball actually blasted out a deep pit with a diameter of about five steps.

Su Jin stood by the edge of the pit, carefully poked his head to look in, it was still very deep inside.There was no one in their testing ground. If it was on the battlefield, under the impact of such power, there might be several corpses in the pit.

If an arrow is flying, soldiers with good skills can still hide, but if they are hit by this thing, there is nowhere to hide.

Just watching, Su Jin was sweating.

After a while, the calculated data came out quickly, and an official ran over and said, "My lord, the distance is 480 steps, and the center of the explosion is one and a half steps to the left of the target."

Tong Ran did some calculations in his mind, here 500 meters are 480 mile, 800 mile is [-] steps, [-] steps is [-] meters.It is already very impressive that ancient cannons can have this range.

Tong Ran had seen modern weapons before, and he acted calmly. Other people present, including officials from the Ministry of Industry who participated in the production, were all excited.

"What is the strongest range?"

"The top players in the imperial guards only have 120 steps with the Hercules Bow! If it is longer, the power will drop sharply."

"Compared to the ultimate range of xx, it has been quadrupled, quadrupled!"

If it weren't for Chu Jun's presence, they would probably be able to perform a run of undressing.

"Report to Your Majesty!" Wu Li was in his 40s, and his face was flushed with excitement. Fortunately, he was not carried away, and immediately ran to report to Chu Jun.

"I've heard it all." Chu Jun waved his hand, telling him not to repeat.

"Master Tong, your drawings are really, really, really, really great!" Wu Li was so excited that he used honorific words to Tong Ran, and said two things in succession.He was born in the army, and he couldn't find a more appropriate word to describe him.

Without the blueprint given to them by Tong Ran, without him carefully describing the power and explaining the principles, it would be impossible for them to create such a thing-this would be a huge leap in Dacheng's military strength.

The scorching wind swirls, and a large amount of righteousness from inventions, creations and innovations sweeps in. Almost everyone on the testing ground has received righteousness.

Inside and outside the capital, everyone above the Mysterious Rank can sense this power rising from the outskirts of the city.

There was a lot of discussion in the yamen everywhere.

"It's upright!"

"It is very large, involving at least dozens of people."

"Could it be the Master Tong from Jin Hejian?"

"I don't know, go find out."

"Where to ask?"

"Of course it's the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry." The person who spoke earlier showed a sly smile.

As the two yamen that used to blatantly compete for Tong Ran in the court, they received a lot of attention at this time, and all the yamen suddenly had a reason to go to the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Households.

The people who came all made indirect remarks: "I don't know where the boy inspector is now?"

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs made great efforts to win over Tong Ran.They were all set up at the station yesterday, but they were cut off by His Majesty.Today, I was invited by the Ministry of War to go to the test site.

They can't do anything with His Majesty, but the Ministry of War will do their best to hinder them.

"IDK."

"Come on, close the door and thank you!"

Of course, the yamen of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households also felt the righteousness from the suburbs of Beijing, and they knew it well, it was because the Ministry of War successfully tested new weapons.But they didn't say it, it was enough to be aggrieved that they didn't get Tong Ran, who wants to make wedding dresses for those bastards in the Ministry of War!

On the proving ground, Tong Ran tapped on the cannon body.

"Is this actually made of steel?" Tong Ran said.At present, the only one who has the steelmaking technology should be his Jin Hejian. Since he took office, there has never been a record of transporting steel to the court. Where did the steel come from?

"This..." Wu Li has always been straightforward, and he couldn't help being embarrassed about this matter for a moment, and then he cupped his hands and said to Chu Jun, "Your Majesty, forgive me, the body of this cannon is made of steel. It was obtained from a few officials from the Ministry of Industry who Supervisor He had studied with. People in the Ministry of Industry did not know about it."

It turned out to be like this.Tong Ran understood that the people sent by the Ministry of Industry to Jin Hejian to study did know steelmaking technology, because they were sent by the imperial court, Tong Ran had no secrets, and asked them to teach them Jin Hejian's new technology.

Wu Li, Minister of the Ministry of War, has always been known for his straightforwardness, and it seems that he also has a lot of tricks in private.That's right, if you don't have some means and scheming, it may be difficult to gain a foothold in the court.

"How did you do it?" Chu Jun asked lightly.

Wu Lidao: "Your Majesty, I ordered someone to pretend to be a bandit and rob the little official's notes."

Tong Ran: ...

If he wants to take back what he just said, this method is too simple and rude.

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