Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Ke's eyes widened and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
And this can't be blamed on his lack of knowledge.
The main reason is that he hasn't been on the battlefield for a long time, and Datang's weapons are updated too quickly.
Today, his understanding of artillery is basically still limited to the artillery of the Shu Army that could shoot at 800 paces.
But this kind of artillery had been eliminated a few years ago.
What's more, even the artillery used by Li Chengqian when he led his team to the Western Turks has now become an outdated product.
The artillery mass-produced in the ordnance battalion now has the shortest range of two miles.
Looking at the power of the artillery in front of him, Li Chengqian nodded.
Li Chengqian put his hands on his shoulders and said, "Not bad. This guy has basically completed the task I assigned him."
Hearing this, Li Ke couldn't help but be speechless.
He said: "My royal brother, what kind of task did you give that boy? Is this basically completed?"
In Li Ke's opinion, this is obviously an overachievement.
Artillery.
A cannon shot more than two miles away, isn't this guy satisfied?
"hehe."
Li Chengqian chuckled and said: "The target I set for him was three miles, and it was from the breech."
Hearing this, Li Ke was puzzled.
What is a breech?
And Li Chengqian also knew it, and he couldn't understand it even if he explained it to him.
So at that moment, Li Chengqian simply waved to Li Ke and said, "Okay, stop showing your teeth here and follow me inside to have a look."
After hearing this, Li Ke glanced at the artillery reluctantly, and then walked inside with Li Chengqian.
Now, Li Shimin has realized the importance of the ordnance camp.
Therefore, the ordnance camp is now expanding every year.
From the first ten miles to the nearly twenty miles now, it is the testing ground of the ordnance battalion.
Of course, even though it is so huge, it is only responsible for research and development.
The real manufacturing still has to be done in the industrial base set up by Li Chengqian in Beimo.
It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of the year, Li Shimin ordered the construction of a new ordnance camp in Mobei with a larger area and a wider range of projects.
All of them, Datang's military strength will inevitably rise to a higher level.
Back to the topic.
After a short time, Li Chengqian took Li Ke to the innermost part of the ordnance camp and stopped in front of a small courtyard with a sign indicating that no one should enter.
Li Chengqian looked around and saw no one was around, so he opened the courtyard door himself.
"Who!"
"I!"
Li Chengqian responded casually.
The people inside obviously didn't react, and it took a while before they remembered to come over and open the door.
The person who opened the door was none other than Zhu Guang.
It's just that this guy does look a little embarrassed now. Not to mention his gray face, there's a bandage on the top of his head.
Seeing this scene, a flash of doubt flashed across Li Chengqian's face.
He said with a puzzled face: "What are you doing? Are you fighting with others?"
"hehe……"
Zhu Guang smiled bitterly and said, "You don't know what I am capable of. How could I be beaten like this when I fight with others?"
"right."
Li Chengqian sneered: "It should be worse."
"Your Highness, please stop laughing at me."
Zhu Guang shook his head and sighed: "And you came just in time. I have a problem that I can't overcome."
"Originally, I planned it. If I still can't figure it out today, I will go to the East Palace to find you tomorrow."
As he spoke, Zhu Guang led Li Chengqian to the courtyard.
If we use the words of later generations to describe it, Zhu Guang is the top engineer in this ordnance camp.
And the courtyard where he works is the best in the entire ordnance camp.
Entering it, you can see all kinds of tools, as well as those scrap parts that you didn't have time to collect.
Li Ke walked to the garbage dump and pulled out a very strange-looking musket.
However, this thing is obviously a defective product, and the barrel at the back has been sawed open completely.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but feel curious and said: "Why is this musket like this?"
"Let's be innovative."
Li Chengqian said casually, and then looked at Zhu Guang's workbench.
At this moment, there is also a percussion gun of the kind used in the military today on the workbench.
It's just that this percussion gun has not been poisoned yet and is still intact.
Looking at the firing gun, Li Chengqian put his hands behind his back and said, "What's wrong? What's the problem?"
"It's still the breech loading problem you mentioned."
Zhu Guang pointed to the firing gun in front of him and said truthfully: "The hardness of our current barrel is unparalleled, it is absolutely the best, and it can definitely withstand the explosion of gunpowder in the barrel."
"But if the breech loading is changed, we will have to face a problem."
"The closing port of the breech must be made of a material that is harder than the barrel, otherwise..."
With that said, Zhu Guang pointed to his head.
Obviously, the wound on his head was caused by the gun being exploded during the test.
And looking at his appearance, Li Chengqian also laughed very unkindly. ,
"I told you, aren't you usually quite smart? Why have you become so stupid now?"
Li Chengqian said directly: "You said you can develop a breech-loading gun, but what I asked you to make is a breech-loading gun, so you can't do it?"
"But cannons and guns are not the same."
Zhu Guang said seriously: "If the hardness of the material of the cannon is not enough, then I will just add an extra layer of material."
"But guns must be light and accurate after all."
"If I add a few more layers of material, I lose this characteristic."
Zhu Guang curled his lips and said, "Anyway, I don't understand it now, otherwise you should do it yourself."
"Look, you are stupid but you still don't admit it."
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and said, "You got the principle wrong from the beginning."
"Made a mistake?"
Zhu Guang looked at Li Chengqian with a puzzled face.
"When I say breech, you put the loading port at the very back?"
Li Chengqian directly grabbed the firing gun and said, "Can't it be placed on the side of the tail end?"
"If we put it on the side, wouldn't the problems you mentioned be solved?"
As he spoke, he also made a gesture to pull the bolt and said: "And the bolt is mounted on the side, which is obviously easier than the back, right?"
Hearing this, Zhu Guang was stunned.
He raised his brows and said, "How can it still be like this?"
"if not?"
Li Chengqian put down the firing gun in his hand and sighed helplessly: "I have told you before, use your imagination and don't be limited by my words."
"But look at you now. It's obvious that you followed my original words."
"You have to remember, I came back to make you the boss, not to be my shadow."
After hearing this, Zhu Guang fell silent.
In fact, Li Chengqian did say these words to him before.
And he was able to keep his original intention unchanged at the beginning.
But as he enters Vanity Fair for longer and longer, his character will inevitably change.
For example, now, he will subconsciously cater to Li Chengqian's ideas.
And Li Chengqian naturally knew that this was not his fault, but environmental factors.
"Do your best, I believe you can do it, and the people in the world also believe you can do it."
Li Chengqian patted Zhu Guang on the shoulder and said: "And you, Zhu Guang, are destined to become our Datang's national artifact and the father of weapons one day in the future."
