Come on, come on, let me show you a big baby.
If this sentence is said in different scenarios, it means different meanings.
At this time, Wang Zhi said this in front of so many heroes. Of course, he was not just teasing you.
If he says there is a treasure, then there must be a treasure.
"Boss Wang's baby must be a good baby." Someone in the audience said, "But Boss Wang gathered us all here today just to let us take a look at Boss Wang's baby?"
Wang Zhi smiled: "You have come all the way, so you can't just see a few treasures. I, Wang, have spent so much money to have everyone gather here, and it doesn't just end with watching a show." of."
Saying this, Wang Zhi clapped his hands gently: "Bring it up."
Before Wang Zhi finished speaking, he saw two strong men walking up carrying a heavy box.
Fang Bie looked at the box and frowned slightly.
Yes, even the box was not replaced. It was one of the boxes in the batch of goods that Guo Sheng asked Fang Bu to bring to Yingtian Mansion from Bianliang.
"It's so familiar." Xue Ling next to her couldn't help but say.
"Boss Wang, please stop being too tight-lipped." Someone urged below. All treasures are most attractive only when they are inside the box. Just like when you draw a card, there are infinite possibilities in the card pool. Once you draw it out, Then he has nothing but being able to prove that he is a large African.
But even so, there are a few people who can bear not to drain all the cards in their hands to see what happens.
"Everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis, and the steamed buns must be eaten one by one." Wang Zhi said with a smile, and continued to clap, and the second box was soon carried up.
"Open it." Wang Zhi said.
The men in front of them obediently opened the two boxes and opened the boxes to all the guests.
Fang Bie looked at it intently and frowned slightly.
There were two boxes, one box was known to Fang Bie, and they contained strips of firecrackers wrapped in oil paper, and they were not early models, but mass-produced models that had almost been improved into matchlock guns.
The second box was something Fang Bi had never seen before.
After opening it, the East and West inside looked very familiar.
Or not familiar with it.
I say familiar because the shape of this thing is so prominent that you can tell what it is at a glance.
The reason for saying unfamiliarity is that this is really the first time Fang Bie has seen this thing.
Because the second box contained an iron cannon.
It is not a Fran cannon. The Fran cannon is a very mature breech-loaded iron cannon with a very fast rate of fire, but it is huge and very inconvenient to transport. It is impossible to put it in a box and be carried by two people.
But looking from a distance, just judging from the size, shape and characteristics of this iron cannon, it should be a scaled-down version of the imitation Fran cannon.
The Big Fran cannon is a powerful weapon in naval warfare. Only warships at sea can install it. If it is on land, its only use is to defend and attack cities. After all, it is large in size and weight, and transportation is a long-standing problem. , the hatred value is also ridiculously high.
Although this reduced model is naturally not as powerful as the Big Fran machine gun, it looks like a quite mature field gun. It can be carried by two people. If it is put on the car, an ordinary mule carriage can It can be transported easily, and its strategic value is much greater than imagined.
Fang Bu was a little surprised, and those powerful people in the world were even more confused.
They never expected that when Wang Zhi said he was going to bring out the treasure, what he actually brought out were these two boxes of guns.
What a treasure this is!
"Boss Wang, can you please explain?" Someone in the audience had already spoken.
"Does this need an explanation?" Wang Zhi smiled, reached into the box and pointed lightly: "This is the Japanese iron cannon that I asked the Chinese craftsmen to make."
"Speaking of which, I bought this Japanese iron cannon from the group of Flangji people in the west, but I didn't expect that the Japanese could improve the Flangji iron cannon to make it have a longer range and a faster rate of fire. It’s faster and more accurate. Compared to our Chinese fire guns, I don’t know how high they are.”
"So I specially found a group of Japanese craftsmen and asked them to come to China to open an iron gun factory. It really cost me money at first, but now." Wang Zhi patted the box containing the iron gun: " They can produce fifty of these iron cannons for me in one day. If the raw materials are sufficient, it will be 5,000 in 100 days and 18,250 in a year."
"Such an iron cannon can hit flying birds fifty steps away, and the birds will fall with the sound of the gun." Wang Zhi looked at the heroes in the world in front of him and smiled: "You think if this is not a treasure, then what is a treasure? "
The crowd in the audience was silent for a while.
Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of with a gun. Even if it is a blunderbuss, ordinary people in the world will not take it seriously. After all, a blunderbuss is fine for hitting stationary targets. If you want to hit a target that moves at high speed, you have to really shoot it. It's up to chance.
But one musket is nothing. What if there are seven, eight, ten, or even hundreds of thousands of muskets? If hundreds of muskets are fired in one volley, wouldn't it mean that even a first-class master would be forced to flee?
Let’s not talk about the Jianghu, but let’s talk about the court.
If according to what Wang Zhi said, he can produce fifty such iron guns a day, which means that he can produce 18,250 iron guns a year. One year's output can equip an army of nearly 20,000 people. In this way With the army, can the imperial court still encircle and suppress the territory?
By that time, it will be impossible to say who will encircle and suppress whom.
Wang Zhi looked at the reaction of the audience and smiled with satisfaction: "Actually, this iron cannon is nothing. To put it bluntly, it is the toy of the big-headed soldier, and this thing is really a treasure."
Wang Zhi looked at the cannon in another box and said.
"Come on, take this cannon out and let everyone open their eyes. This is not some Western thing. This is an authentic high-end cannon produced in China. It can shoot as far as three or four miles. When the cannonball hits the ground, not even a blade of grass will grow."
As Wang Zhi said this, one of his men lifted the cannon out with some difficulty. The cannon was only as thick as an adult's arm and was five or six feet long. The box that originally contained the cannon was very narrow and long, but After it was carried out, everyone could clearly see the true face of the cannon.
Fang Bie frowned again.
Wang Zhi's technical level surprised him very much.
Because this iron cannon is too thin.
The thicker the iron cannon is not, the better.
In fact, the reason why the early iron cannons were so thick was mainly because the smelting technology was not up to standard. The iron quality of the cannon bodies was poor and had many impurities. Bubbles and waste were commonplace.
The quality of the cannon body is not up to standard, but it is easy to explode the barrel. If a cannon can damage the enemy by 1,000 and damage itself by 800, then I can only say that you are a man who dares to fire this cannon.
So what should we do if our smelting technology fails?
We can only make the iron cannon as thick as possible.
After all, big is beautiful.
More is better.
An iron cannon is made thick and big, doesn't it make it look majestic?
Of course, then this cannon can only stay on the city wall, quietly watching the afterglow of every day.
Then every time there is a battle, two lucky gunners will be randomly selected to sacrifice to the sky.
If Wang Zhi was not deliberately trying to be fat, but could actually make a cannon with such a thin barrel, then Fang Bie would have to admit that Wang Zhi represented the advanced productivity of this era.
"That cannon doesn't look very powerful." Xue Ling said from the side.
Xue Ling really doesn't understand this aspect, and it's impossible to understand it. Anyway, in the eyes of girls, big is good, and more is beautiful.
The cannon on this platform looks so slim, how can it be effective in combat?
Someone in the audience was already shouting: "Boss Wang, your cannon looks so thin. Will it explode directly when fired?"
"Would you like to give everyone a try?"
Wang Zhi listened to the noise below and couldn't help but smile: "Okay."
"Come here, carry this cannon out, and we will let the guests have a good look at the power of this Black Flag General."
As he said this, someone had already carried the cannon called Black Flag General onto his shoulders again, and then walked out of the big tent. Wang Zhi followed behind. When the others saw Wang Zhi going out, of course they couldn't bear their curiosity. , also followed out in a swarm.
Fang Bu deliberately hung back and looked at Guang Jiqi, whose face was livid: "How is it? Did Wang Zhi give you a lot of surprises?"
"If you kill Wang Zhi here now, are you sure?"
Guang Jiqi shook his head quietly: "Absolutely impossible. He is protected by experts. There is almost no chance of assassinating him here."
"And those blunderbuss, oh, those blunderbuss."
"I always feel that what Wang Zhi said is true. He really has so many guns, and he is producing more guns every day."
"If Wang Zhi really has so many guns, can the imperial court defeat his pirates?" Fang Bie asked.
Guang Jiqi did not hesitate at all: "He is absolutely invincible, so we can only take advantage of his fledgling power to strike first."
Speaking of this fledgling thing, Guang Jiqi let out a long sigh again.
To say that Wang Zhi is still young would be to deceive himself too much.
Wang Zhi has been able to secretly set up a gun factory on the land of China to produce these guns without anyone noticing. These guns cannot be used as decorations after they are produced. In addition to selling them to others, they are more Arm yourself.
So Wang Zhi - what else does he want to do.
Leaving aside the muskets, the iron cannon is just like an embroidery needle on the ship, but if it is on land, such a field cannon is really amazingly powerful. It can really kill an earth-walled bunker with one shot. .
If you can gather enough cannons, it is not impossible to attack Yingtian Mansion.
Fang Bie looked at Guang Jiqi, whose face was livid and couldn't stop thinking, and couldn't help but smile: "As long as you come, let's make peace with it."
"Wang Zhi's performance has just begun, let's take a look at what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd."
Guang Jiqi nodded and walked out of the tent with Fang Bie.
Beyond the big tent is Xuanwu Lake.
The shadowy Yingtianfu city wall can be seen outside Xuanwu Lake.
After all, although Xuanwu Lake is not in Yingtian Mansion, it is too close to Yingtian Mansion.
Watching his men skillfully set up the black flag general's cannon, the sun was about to set, half the river was rustling and half the river was red.
Wang Zhi raised his hand and pointed at a rock in the Xuanwu Lake two or three miles away: "Did you see that rock?"
"Let's just hit that rock."
Saying this, he asked his men to adjust the position and angle of the cannon, load the cannonballs in front of everyone, and finally laid the fire. Naturally, someone put the torch in Wang Zhi's hand: "Report to the captain , everything is ready.”
Wang directly passed the torch, turned around and looked at the people behind him, "You heroes, do you want to make a bet with me, Wang, on whether this shot can hit the reef in the lake?"
Naturally, the heroes in the world don't believe it.
The accuracy of cannons in this era is actually a metaphysical matter.
It is almost impossible to accurately judge the landing point and hit a rock three miles away, but Wang Zhi is so sure, which makes people feel a little guilty.
After all, he is Wang Zhi, and no one can beat the man in front of him in this matter of betting.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to achieve the status he has today.
"What does Boss Wang want to gamble with?"
When no one spoke, Fang Bi took two steps forward, stood up, looked at Wang Zhi in white in front of him, and said with a calm smile: "I'm happy to accompany Boss Wang on any bet he has."
Wang Zhi looked at the young man who suddenly stood up and felt that he was very unfamiliar, but for some reason, he felt that he did not dare to underestimate him at all.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhi couldn't help laughing: "Brother, since you said this, let's bet on this Black Cavalry General Cannon. If this cannon can hit the reef with one shot, then this I’ll give the door cannon to you, little brother.”
"Then what if I lose?" Fang Bie continued.
Wang Zhi looked at Fang Bie: "If you lose, little brother, then you might as well stay and serve me for three years."
"Within three years, I, Wang Zhi, will not be able to meet my little brother's expenses. May I ask what I think of you?"
Fang Bie smiled and stepped forward to high-five: "Then it's a deal."
"But I dare to ask Boss Wang." Fang Bie pointed to the torch in Wang Zhi's hand: "I wonder if you can let me light the fire?"
Wang Zhi looked into Fang Bian's eyes, smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid if something happens and I get hurt, little brother."
With that said, Wang Zhi stepped forward and lit the fire with a torch. Sparks were seen flying around, and the people around him couldn't help but step back. After all, although the cannon has been fixed and erected, the cannon body is so thin that if it really explodes, If it's empty, it can be said that it's time to draw the lucky audience again.
However, Wang Zhi actually dared to put himself in danger, which shows that he is quite confident in his own black flag general cannon.
The fire quickly burned to the end, and then penetrated into the barrel, igniting the compacted gunpowder in the barrel. The burning of the gunpowder released a large amount of expanding and hot gas, and finally pushed the cannonball forward.
"boom!"
There was only a loud bang, and everyone watched as a black cannonball flew out at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye.
Then splashed into Xuanwu Lake.
It was still dozens of feet away from the reef that Wang Zhi was pointing to.
