Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 153

[Chapter 153 The Birth of Artillery]

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Mo Di stared at Kutu and the others expressionlessly.

After receiving the news of Qutu’s arrival, he was calm because he was sure that the court would submit.

The current Dasong is precarious, powerful enemies from all sides are constantly encroaching on Dasong’s land, and the royal guards are powerless to resist.

In the northwest and southwest, they can only rely on the forces of the tribes to resist.

And this made the clan army stronger and stronger.

So he knew very well that it was impossible for the emperor to trigger a war with Beidi for the three of Kutu.

“You can go back to the grassland.” Mo Di said.

The city gate has been opened, and the land outside once belonged to Ning Jindusi.

Now it belongs to Beidi.

“Hahaha…” Charha and Tam laughed wantonly.

Kutu didn’t smile, even if he returned to the grassland, he would be a disgrace to the grassland.

This sudden sense of shame made him hate King Yan to the marrow.

Yes, being ridiculed, he also wants to go back.

Even if you go back and just be a wolf recorder.

He wants to return to Yan County again and end Yan Wang’s life with his own hands.

Go through the city gate.

He strode towards the approaching cavalry.

After getting on the horse, he glanced back at Yanguan, and rode his horse towards the army.

Not long after Kutu left, Beidi’s army moved.

They headed slowly north, disappearing into the skyline as if they had never been there.

“Finally left.” Xiao Yuanshan laughed.

Mo Di snorted coldly, “Don’t you feel ashamed?”

When Xiao Yuanshan heard the words, the veins on his neck suddenly popped up, he looked at Mo Di with resentment, and said angrily: “Mo Di, today you are the chief general, I accept this, but you can’t be the chief general of Yanguan forever.

” Finished, he turned and left.

Behind him is the Xiao family, the court, the Xiao family and the Dou family have united and have been trying to make him replace Mo Di as the general of Yanguan.

Therefore, he is not afraid of Mo Di.

Mo Di ignored Xiao Yuanshan, he looked towards the north again, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

He had an ominous premonition that the time for Beidi to go south was getting closer.

If Yanguan is broken, who will be able to turn the tide?

He turned to the west.

In Yanzhou, the Yuan family can’t be counted on, only King Yan may be able to fight Beidi.

He knew that King Yan had nowhere to escape, no way to retreat, and if he lost the seal, he would die, only to fight to the death.

This is also the reason why he let Mo Yu go to King Yan’s command.

King Yan is like a spark of fire, although it is faint, it burns persistently.

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“Is this the way to make cannons?”

Wang Ying held up the blueprints in the study of the palace.

There is a complete cannon manufacturing process on the drawings.

Yan Wang has always liked to show him the craftsmanship in the form of pictures.

This is not only intuitive but also easier to understand.

“Go back and prepare now, and tell me when you’re ready.” Zhao Xu said.

The production of the artillery is just a step away, and now he is as full of expectations as Wang Ying.

He felt the anger of the generals yesterday.

Although he persuaded him, he was still upset.

After all, after coming to this world for so long, he has gradually integrated into this world.

The hatred of the country and the family is not lost to them at all.

What’s more, for him, he still faces a real threat to survival.

Looking up, there are enemies on all sides.

He has no way out, only to constantly make himself stronger.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Wang Ying went happily.

next morning.

Wang Ying came to the palace again, and the military commander was ready at this time.

Wash and dress under the service of Feng’er and Luan’er.

After a simple meal, he got up and went to the Military Division.

In the Military Division, Zhao Xu saw craftsmen erecting iron molds.

There are nine complete iron molds in total.

As for the ironmaking blast furnace area, craftsmen are extremely busy.

In the past two days, Bing Zhansi has bought a large amount of iron ore.

Just for this day.

A single cannon shot required enough steel to make a hundred plate armor.

“Your Highness, these are ground rice husks, these are washed fine sand, and these are coal powder.”

In front of the iron mold, Wang Ying pointed to the things in the wooden box, which he prepared according to the words on the picture. of.

They need to be used before pouring.

Zhao Xu leaned over and picked up a handful of rice husks.

These crumbs are so crushed that they are almost dusty.

He looked at the sand again.

The sand has been sifted through a fine sieve, and the thickness is roughly the same, as is the toner.

“Let the craftsmen brush it up.” Zhao Xu said, he was very satisfied.

These things must be brushed inside the cannon mold, so it is required to be even.

Wang Ying heard the words and gave orders to the craftsmen.

At this time, the craftsmen mixed the rice husk powder with lard and brushed it for the first time.

Play fine sand for the second time, this is to prevent the gun body from sticking to the iron mold.

The third time, the craftsman brushed toner for carburizing.

After the molten steel is poured, some of the carbon will be incorporated into the molten steel, increasing the carbon content of the outer layer of the molten steel.

As we all know, steel is actually iron with a certain range of carbon content.

The higher the carbon content, the harder it is.

In this way, the artillery is hard on the outside and soft on the inside.

The purpose of the inner softness is to make the gun better withstand the explosion of gunpowder.

Because it is too hard and easy to explode.

The external hardness is to keep the cannon from deforming, otherwise the cannon will be like a balloon, and its tail will expand when it explodes.

In the contemporary Ming Dynasty, there was a copper-core iron body artillery that used this principle.

However, this kind of artillery is more troublesome to build, and it is far less suitable for mass production than iron mold cast artillery.

After the craftsman finished painting, Wang Ying went to check it carefully and asked the craftsman to deal with some defects.

He was extraordinarily strict in the matter of production.

After that, Wang Ying asked the craftsmen to put the iron molds together and tie them with iron hoops to form a cylinder.

The craftsman was also asked to light the iron mold to heat it up, which is to prevent the outer layer from cooling too quickly when casting molten steel, which will affect carburization.

After all these preparations were completed, Wang Ying asked the craftsmen to take the clay core and stuff it into the iron mold.

The thickness of the mud core is the width of the muzzle.

After the casting is completed, it is only necessary to crush the mud core.

“Casting molten steel.” When everything was ready, Zhao Xu nodded to Wang Ying.

Wang Ying immediately shouted, his voice was even a little out of tune.

He is very excited, creating such a sharp weapon, it is not impossible to make a name in history in the future.

The craftsmen were ordered to carry the crucible on the left and right sides and climbed onto the earthen platform. The left side slowly poured molten steel and then removed it, and the right side began to pour.

Another craftsman climbed up on the left side, and after the right side was poured, he poured it, so as to maintain continuity.

The molten steel flowed down, and the air seemed to be hot at this moment.

The craftsmen who carried the molten steel were sweating profusely.

When the molten steel was level with the muzzle, Wang Ying stopped the casting craftsmen.

The next step is to wait for the artillery to cool down naturally.

Carburizing has a process. Artificially accelerated cooling will make carburizing insufficient and affect the quality of the gun.

It wasn’t until the evening that the cannon completely cooled down, and Zhao Xu immediately asked someone to dismantle the model.

The iron hoop was smashed, the craftsman removed the iron mold, and the mud core was chiseled off to clean the gun bore, and a real artillery was born.

This artillery is not the firecracker used by Beidi and Dasong, its power will definitely make his enemies very happy.

Next, it’s time to test the power of the artillery.

(end of this chapter)