The current Datang Divine Cannon, no, in Li Tai's words, it has become the Datang Divine Cannon version 1.0.
The range is about 300 meters. When loading, it takes about five minutes to fire a shot due to the cooling of the barrel.
In fact, it was not that Tang Ping had not thought about letting them directly engage in Fran cannons at the beginning.
The so-called Fran cannon is a rear-mounted cannon that can be disassembled.
The charge is like being placed in a can, and then the can can be installed on the rear half of the gun. After firing a shot, the can is taken out and replaced with a new can.
In this way, whether it is loading or cooling, the speed can be greatly improved.
And the maneuverability is better, but later, taking into account Datang's forging capabilities, if the airtightness of the Franco cannon is not good, it is better to make this kind of front-loading cannon.
After all, the best opponent of the Fran cannon is the cavalry, not the city wall. If it really hits the city wall, such a front-loading cannon must be even more powerful.
However, this experimental base can no longer be used. First of all, Tang Ping has a strong opinion. The artillery experiments here have seriously affected Shanghe Village.
Postpartum care for sows is difficult.
Secondly, it is not far from Xiahe Village. There will be more and more people there, and it will be easy for them to sneak in and work carefully.
So it is better to find a more closed and remote place.
Just like that, when Li Shimin left, he took Li Tai back and said that his eldest grandson had not seen his fat son for many days and he had to take it back to show his eldest grandson.
Then this year's Spring Festival ended soon, although these students were given a turn by Li Bai before the Spring Festival.
But it has to be said that the students who finally stayed to participate in Chunwei were basically all talented and learned, and through the literary meeting with Li Bai, their studies were improved.
So although there were fewer people in the end, it was not unacceptable.
Then Chang'an welcomed batches of guests.
Because the wedding of Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan is coming soon.
This time, both Datang and Dongyue posted posts. One is the country with the strongest military strength, and the other is the country with the strongest economic strength.
The other surrounding countries naturally wanted to give face, so soon one team after another
The team's envoys came to Chang'an.
Northern Yan, Turks, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Fuyu, Fusang, Dongyue, Western Man, and more than ten small countries in the south all came.
Outsiders wearing strange clothes can be seen everywhere in Chang'an City.
The most low-key among them is probably the Turks and East Vietnam.
Because the Turks are now the Shu Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, and Gu Xiaotang went through the war on the pretext of the Turks, there is really nothing good to offer, so he only sent a shabby envoy of ten people.
As for Dongyue, it was because of the ambiguous relationship between Wang Qingluan and Dongyue. Although she was still a princess of Dongyue in name, she was married to the Tang Dynasty this time, but Zhen Xiong had the final say about Dongyue now, and he knew that he The conflict with Wang Qingluan is impossible to reconcile.
So he sent an envoy just to save face. What he needed was Datang's support.
This time the East Vietnam envoy was not so much here to send congratulatory gifts as it was to see whether Datang's attitude or strategy towards East Vietnam had changed.
Now Dongyue has built several new types of sea-going ships based on Tang Ping's drawings, but they still rely heavily on Datang's tung oil exports.
Only a large-scale new navy can enable East Vietnam, which is located in the east and close to the sea, to open overseas markets and obtain a greater economy and other resources.
After all, East Vietnam produces too little steel. The iron from almost all countries on this continent is not for sale. They can only go overseas to find enough iron to strengthen their military strength.
Therefore, they cannot let Wang Qingluan affect the relationship between Datang and Dongyue.
"Sir, some Turks are looking for you, saying that you owe them something!"
Tang Ping, who was wandering around the village, suddenly received a call from Xiao Luo.
"Do I owe them something?" Tang Ping was a little confused, but since he was from Turks, he might as well go and have a look.
When I returned to the convenience store, I saw a big man standing at the door of my courtyard.
"Qihuri!" This can be regarded as an old friend. When he was in Turks, Qihuri was hunted down by other Turks, but he was rescued by Tang Ping and others. They were not separated until Tang Ping and others returned to Chang'an.
"Hello, Yinshanhou!" Qihuli came up and hugged Tang Ping enthusiastically: "Long time no see!"
"yes!
"Tang Ping nodded. Although it was actually only a few months ago, when he suddenly saw Qihuri, he really felt that a long time had passed since he left for Turks.
"How's it going? Are you in Turks now?" Tang Ping looked around and whispered, "Hou Junji didn't give you any trouble, did he?"
He knew that Hou Junji was greedy and not a good person, so he sent Hou Junji to the Turks to take charge of the Protectorate. There was nothing else, and he was afraid of Hou Junji and Turks like himself. People and friends can’t get along.
"No!" Qihuli said: "Actually, we haven't seen him very much. I heard that he spends most of his time drinking in the Protector's Mansion. He probably doesn't like our Turks' miserable places. Everyone is living a good life now, and many of our tribesmen who were separated at that time have also come back."
"What about you sweating?" Tang Ping asked.
"Sweating...it's pretty good, but I've been pregnant recently and I don't have much appetite."
Tang Ping was stunned for a moment, then looked at Qihuli and asked, "Pregnant? Is Gu Xiaotang married?"
I asked this question subconsciously, and then I changed my words when I realized what I was saying: "Are you guys married?"
Qihuli shook his head and said, "No marriage."
Tang Ping didn't know what to say. After all, this was someone else's business, so he patted Qihuli on the shoulder and asked: "Okay, I also said that I would go to Chang'an tomorrow to see who the Turkic mission was. Since you are here today, I will let you try the good wine we have here!"
Qihuli nodded, then took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Tang Ping: "This is what the Khan said you owed her, and asked you to return everything to him this time."
Tang Ping opened the note and found it in his own handwriting. He wrote the IOU for hiring Gu Xiaotang and learning riding skills.
There were more than sixty pieces of chocolate in total. Unexpectedly, Gu Xiaotang was about to become a mother, so she even sent someone to come and ask for chocolates.
Looking at the content on the note, Tang Ping felt a different feeling in his heart, which he couldn't explain.
He folded the note carefully and slapped it into Qihuli's hand.
"Don't you just want to eat chocolates? You don't need her to bring me an IOU. I'll bring you a box when you go back. As for this IOU, ask her to change it herself next time!"
