Black Gunpowder! Bronze cannon! The prelude to a new era.
In fact, the process of making cannons was not complicated.
At this stage, Zhang Xun was unable to forge iron cannons or even steel cannons, but... He could make bronze cannons.
Bronze was the earliest metal that humans had mastered. In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, bronze was widely cast on a large scale. Before the appearance of iron, it was the morale of the great development and prosperity of bronze.
The casting process of bronze was also very mature.
Theoretically speaking, if someone in the Shang Dynasty knew about the " cannon ", they could also forge a usable bronze cannon with the forging technology at that time.
In fact, before the manufacturing technology of cast iron cannons matured, bronze cannons were more popular. For example, the famous Napoleon Field Cannon was a type of bronze cannon.
However, due to its soft nature, when casting large cannons, the shells would hit the walls under high chamber pressure, easily causing the body of the cannon to be deformed. Therefore, bronze cannons were usually not cast too big.
Of course, Zhang Xun didn't need to be too arrogant.
He only needed to be a little ahead of the era and it would be enough to suppress this era.
Inside a secret workshop on Surging East Island, the workshop was surrounded by high walls and was heavily guarded.
Inside the workshop, Zhang Xun looked at the bronze tube in front of him.
"Viceroy, according to your request, we melted 250 strings of copper coins, a total of 1,000 catties of copper, and added 100 catties of tin to forge this thing.”
A grey-haired old man beside Zhang Xun said in a regretful tone.
This was three hundred strings of copper coins. A family in the Tang Dynasty could not even earn one string of copper coins in a month, but in the end…Just like that, it melted under Zhang Xun's order.
This old man was called Liu Tiesheng, an old blacksmith of the Black Tiger Navy.
"Uncle Liu, don't be sad about the money…This thing was worth much more than a thousand catties of copper!”
Zhang Xun carefully inspected the bronze pillar.
The cannon captain was about six feet long and had a caliber of 3.5 inches. It was about the same size as the famous six-pound field cannon of Napoleon.
The cannon weighed 1,100 pounds, which was about the same as the Napoleon six-pound cannon.
"What's the use of this thing?" Liu Tiesheng frowned and asked. His heart ached for the thousand catties of copper.
"Please follow me." Zhang Xun said to Liu Tiesheng. Then, he turned around and instructed Zhang Jiu, who was in charge of the security here," Old Nine, this is one of our most important workshops. The craftsmen here are all restricted from going out!'
"Big brother! Don't worry!"
Zhang Jiu was extremely strong and muscular, and he looked like he was flying.
Although his appearance was rough, his heart was as thin as silk.
This was also the reason why Zhang Xun gave him the task of guarding the cannon.
A group of people walked out of the cannon workshop with the bronze cannon that hadn't been placed on the cannon carriage. They entered another workshop on the other side.
This was a gunpowder workshop!
When the group of people entered, Wang Tiesheng smelled a thick smell of saltpeter.
The workshop was not big, and there were not many people.
However, Zhang Xun was more confident in creating black gunpowder than he was in creating cannonballs.
Of course, this was because of the system.
With a complete manufacturing process, it was not difficult to make black gunpowder.
Purifying saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon powder, and mixing them according to a certain ratio could obtain the most basic black gunpowder.
Of course, it was only completed after it was turned into gunpowder.
In front of Zhang Xun was a wooden barrel filled with black gunpowder.
Zhang Xun looked at the stick of gunpowder and felt as if the era was slowly moving forward with the sound of gears rolling.
The energy contained in this stab would explode the entire era…
"Have you tried? Second Brother."
Zhang Xun turned around and asked.
The person in charge of the gunpowder workshop was Zhang Xun's sworn brother, Zhang Er. Zhang Er was originally a blacksmith, but Zhang Xun transferred him to manage the gunpowder workshop.
"I've tried. The burning speed is very fast. It should meet your requirements.”Zhang Er nodded.
"That's good!" Zhang Xun nodded and turned to look at the people beside him.
"Everyone, this will be the top secret of our Liuqiu Governor's Office. No one is allowed to leak it!”
Everyone looked at each other. They did not understand what this bucket of black stuff was for.
Zhang Xun knew what everyone was thinking, and the corners of his mouth curled up."Let's go. Let's test how powerful this thing is.”
"Right, call Young Lady Yang and the others from Manichaeism.”
Zhang Xun reminded.
He wanted to make the Manichaeans fear him.
Obedience started from fear.
......
"Boom!"
Behind an open space, the people hidden behind the mound looked at the scene in front of them with their mouths agape.
About 50 meters ahead, a small pit had been blasted into the ground, and the soil was still steaming.
Just now, they saw Zhang Xun ignite a fuse. When the fuse burned out, a thunderous sound rang out.
They had never seen such a scene before.
"Heavenly Lightning…This is Heavenly Lightning…"
A Manichaean, Nan Nan, said. He was the leader of a Manichaean church. He looked at Zhang Xun with fear in his eyes.
He didn't know if the God of Light was real or not.
However, Zhang Xun was no different from a god in his eyes!
Yang Youniang's holy face was gaping as she watched all of this.
She turned her head to look at Su Yan, and a strange look flashed across her eyes.
He was the God of Light, the God of Light who had foresight!
Otherwise, how could he have mastered the heavenly lightning?
Zhang Xun was very satisfied with the power of the gunpowder.
"The next step is to test the bronze cannon.”
Zhang Xun touched the cold body of the bronze cannon and stared into the distance.
A new era had begun in his hands.
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