"Now Huainan is full of hungry people and there are countless refugees. This is your chance to redeem your past mistakes and save your life. You must cherish it."
When facing death, some people only have fear in their eyes, but Song Che saw remorse in the eyes of Huang Wei and Feng Xu, and should give them a chance.
Even if their homes are ransacked, their property will eventually fall into the pockets of major government officials. Sparing their lives will always sound the alarm for them, which may be more helpful for the disaster in Huainan.
"Also, don't reveal even a single word about what happened tonight, otherwise all promises will be invalid."
"President Song, don't worry, we will keep it secret and spend all our wealth to do our best for Huainan!"
"Then it depends on your performance in the future."
Song Che picked up a glass of wine, drank it with the two of them, and then saw the guests off.
After Huang Wei and Feng Xu left, Ning Yehong walked in from the next box. It could be seen that she was very satisfied with the result of tonight.
"After talking for a long time, I didn't eat a single bite of the food and it was all cold."
Song Che sat back and greeted while eating: "How uncomfortable would it be for the refugees who chewed tree bark to see such a table full of delicacies without moving?"
Ning Yehong thought it made sense, so she sat down and picked up her chopsticks to eat.
Song Che picked up an abalone and put it into Ning Ye's red bowl. He smiled and said, "You can eat whatever you eat to nourish yourself. Abalone is a good thing. It nourishes yin and nourishes the skin."
"snort!"
Chu Shike couldn't see anyone being attentive and said sarcastically: "I thought you had some good way to make them talk. I can put a knife on their necks and explain clearly."
"But the fact is, before you put the knife to their necks, they will hit the knife edge themselves for the sake of their wives, children, and children. By then, you won't be able to find out anything."
Song Che blinked at Ning Yehong: "Mrs. Chu, do you think what I said is right?"
Chu Shike stood up and shouted: "Then I will place the knife on the necks of his wife, children and children to see if they can attack him!"
Song Che just ate calmly, "You have this way, why don't you do it? You just put it in front of me as an afterthought."
"you--"
"That's enough! Don't quarrel as soon as you meet!"
"Mrs. Chu, you are wrong again. It is 'you' and not 'you'. I have never wanted to quarrel with him - of course, he is your husband, so you will naturally favor him."
Song Che put his chopsticks on the bowl, stood up and sighed: "The world is like this. People who are prejudiced against you, no matter how many good things you do, they can still pick out the bones from the eggs to criticize you. "
He strode towards the door and said:
"The situation in Chuzhou has been stabilized, but there are also Taizhou and Tongzhou in the coastal states of Huainan. Through the list of merchants who went to Yang's house to purchase salt, and combined with what they just said, those who hang yellow scarves on the poles in front of the team, of course, also It doesn’t have to be a yellow scarf, it might be a white scarf, a green scarf, a red scarf, or maybe each state has a different logo. It’s up to you to check this;
The Yang family has been destroyed and the salt field has been closed. If there are still people smuggling salt at this time, it means that in addition to the Yang family, there is a 'snake head' in Huainan. He is different from Huang Wei and Feng Xu. He has a higher level. Likely to have direct contact with Japanese pirates;
If this 'snakehead' is found, I personally suggest not to catch him yet. If you follow the clues, you may find more."
He walked to the door, turned back and smiled at Ning Yehong:
"Mrs. Chu, if you encounter something you are unsure about, you can come to me, but it can only be you. I won't see anyone else... After all, I am very busy with thousands of people in a quarter of an hour."
After that, he pushed the door open and walked out.
After leaving Bazhen Tower, I just stepped onto the carriage.
Ning Yehong chased after her and shouted seriously: "Song Che!"
"what?"
"My name is Ning Yehong!"
"Um……"
Song Che said nothing, waved his hand freely, stepped onto the carriage and disappeared into the night wind and snow.
…
After another three days of testing.
The first qualified gun barrel was finally released.
As long as the shells can be fired smoothly, other auxiliary tools are not a problem.
Song Che ordered people to put the gun barrel on the cart and fix it tightly with hemp ropes. Then he pushed it to the martial arts field, pointed the muzzle outside the field, and cleared all obstacles.
This first experiment is not very demanding. As long as the cannonball can be fired, it means the direction is correct, and the remaining problems will be gradually improved.
All the craftsmen of the ordnance institute gathered on the field, holding back their hearts and taking a deep breath, waiting for the first test firing.
"Load!"
The soldiers first poured fifteen kilograms of gunpowder into the barrel in two batches, then stuffed a ten-kilogram iron ball into the barrel of the cannon, used a shovel to fill the ammunition tightly, and then inserted a long piece of gunpowder into the tail of the cannon. of leads.
"Safety is not ensured. Everyone is pushed ten feet away. Be careful of the iron fragments flying after the explosion," Song Che reminded, shouting:
"ignition!"
The soldiers lit the fuse with torches and hurriedly retreated.
"Hiss, hiss..." The fuse was burning towards the barrel bit by bit. Everyone opened their eyes wide and clenched their fists eagerly waiting.
Finally, the fuse burned into the barrel of the cannon. After three breaths of silence, the cannon roared!
"boom!"
The explosives in the chamber exploded, and a plume of thick smoke slowly rose into the sky. The repulsive force caused the entire vehicle to move back half a foot.
A tongue of fire erupted from the muzzle, the projectile roared out, and the sound of breaking through the air was clearly audible.
"boom!"
From far away, thick smoke and dust rose up four to five hundred feet away, which must have been a cannonball hitting something.
Song Che hurriedly sent someone to check, while he and other craftsmen came to the cannon. Although the barrel did not explode, there was still a crack.
"It seems that the thickness of the barrel is still not enough."
Blacksmith Wang picked up the book and quickly recorded the location of the cracks in the barrel, the caliber and length of the cracks, and learned something new from the past. Now he has the demeanor of a great craftsman.
"Sir! Sir! It's amazing! It's amazing!"
The investigating soldier returned with an iron ball in his pocket, shouting with excitement as if his throat was broken:
"Guess what, this little iron ball actually broke a big tree thicker than my waist! When I found it, it was still deeply embedded in the soil!"
The iron ball is a solid bullet, which only penetrates and will not cause a secondary explosion. This kind of power is in line with Song Che's expectations.
"Hahaha... With such a killing weapon, a Japanese pirate ship can be capsized with one shot!"
"Mr. Bai is truly a god!"
The craftsmen are all happy.
"Stop flattering me, I've just finished this! The fact that the cannonball can be fired shows that our research is in the right direction, but its accuracy, buffering, chamber blasting, and transportation are all big problems. We need to pay more attention to them in the future. Energetic."
"Then sir, we have achieved a small success today, are we worthy of a fat pig?"
"Yeah, I've been swinging hammers these past few days, and my arm is almost dislocated..."
"Okay! Thanks to the unremitting efforts of all the skilled craftsmen, this first shot can be successfully fired. I will order people to buy pigs from the market later. We will have meat today!"
