Didn’t you say that the cannon will never explode? Then it’s easy to do. Let you, a bastard, test the cannon by yourself. As you said, the cannon will never explode, so you will test the cannon.

Tang Ruowang was overjoyed and then understood what the prince meant. Jia San was afraid that he would suffer a lot, so he bowed and said, "Your Highness said so much, and the lower officials thought it was OK. Since Eunuch Jia said that the cannon was absolutely not a blow-up, then let Eunuch Jia personally set an example for the lower officials."

Jia San knew very well that these seven cannons were all paper-paste lanterns. The rough iron of the cast cannons was all scrap iron from the iron factory of Chengguogong. There were a lot of impurities in these rough iron, and the cast cannons were full of iron slags, and the barrel was also uneven and had holes.

Such cannons would be like a ghost if they didn't explode. Originally, Jia Chuan wanted to find someone else to test the cannon. Even if two of them were exploded, it would be reasonable. After all, the red cannons of this era have a certain chance of explosion.

At worst, I will just say coincidences. Besides, it’s not me who blows the chamber and kills me, just fill in less gunpowder.

Unexpectedly, the young prince actually wanted to let him test the cannon himself, which scared Jia Chuan so much that he trembled and said, "When the prince's words, I don't know much about the cannons, so let the cannoners try it."

"No, I want you to try it. Come on, all of your military battles will come over. You, you, and you, you, you, you, you, and you, go over."

Zhu Cilang pointed to the assistant secretary Qin Gaoyang, and there were several other chief officers, supervisors, etc. These people were all birds of a feather.

This is the prince's order, no one dares to ignore it. Moreover, Jia Chuan was so full that he said that the cannon would never explode. Even if he wanted to refuse at this moment, it would be impossible.

Several people were trembling and were really scared. It was a lucky thing that one of these shoddy red cannons would not explode one of them, and the chances of not blowing up seven of them were very small.

Once the chamber explodes, it will either be killed or injured.

Qin Gaoyang was trembling with Jia Chuan and a few eunuchs fiddling with the first cannon. They did not dare to load too much gunpowder because they thought they had a long life. But if they had fewer shells, they could not shoot out or had insufficient power, they would be punished.

Zhu Cilang gloated and asked you dogs to be inferior. Now, you are suffering from it.

"Eunuch Jia, what are you doing? Hurry up! I want to see the power of this cannon. This matter has been reported in the palace. I want to go back to report to my father, hurry up!"

It was over, dead. Jia Chuan was so scared that his legs were weak. Qin Gaoyang went to load gunpowder and then put the shell weighing more than ten kilograms into the cannon chamber.

Under normal circumstances, round shells will fall into the barrel slowly evenly and slowly within the chamber.

But because of their shoddy work, the barrel was uneven, and the shells actually stuck halfway through the barrel.

There was no way, Jia Chuan brought people to pound the shells in with a wooden pestle. Everyone was sweating profusely. If this gun was not blown up, there would be a ghost.

After finally loading the cannon, the fuse left at the bottom of the cannon is lit with a torch.

However, it is another question for who will light the fire. Jia Chuan glanced at Qin Gaoyang beside him: "Godsson, it's time to be loyal to Godfather, you can light the fire."

However, Qin Gaoyang refused this time. He knew very well what it meant to ignite the fire and shook his head hurriedly: "Godfather, it's not that my son doesn't want to do it for him. It's really because the prince has an order to let you ignite the fire in person."

Jia Chuan was furious and looked at him hatefully: "Okay, very good, you are a traitor. We have been raising you for so many years in vain. Is that what you treat your godfather?"

At the critical moment of life and death, Qin Gaoyang didn't want to pay his life to flatter him. Even though he was hated by Jia Chuan and even if he had no good life in the future, he still shook his head firmly: "Godfather, come in person."

The two of them were bothering, and Jia Chuan held up the torch in his hand and refused to light the fire.

Zhu Cilang, not far away, shouted angrily: "Jia Chuan, what are you doing! Why not hurry up? If you really can't do it, I will still be waiting for someone to change the fire!"

In the suburbs of the east of the city, Zhu Cilang hid in a relatively safe position, which was a huge rock. He also knew very well that these cannons were at risk of explosions, so safety was the first priority.

Next to Zhu Cilang were Luo Yangxing, Tang Ruowang and others. Everyone seemed to be laughing at the military battle situation.

In fact, letting Johnson Chan preside over the construction of the Red Cannons, based on the Ming Dynasty's technology, can completely create the Red Cannons with excellent performance and infinite power. Because the Ming Dynasty's iron smelting technology during this period has unprecedented development and is even ahead of the European level.

However, having enough private pockets and using inferior products as good ones, shoddy products seem to have become the default operation in the officialdom. How can they make money if they don’t do this? Only by using the minimum amount of money can they squeeze profits from it.

In the face of interests, nothing matters. Even the red cannons, which are the magical artifacts of protecting the country, dare to make a decision. If this goes to the battlefield, it would be strange if the Ming army is undefeated.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty's iron and steelmaking technology was far ahead of Europe. Due to the accumulation of long-term industrial technology experience, the industry has been developed, metal smelting technology has advanced, and steel production has reached the highest level in my country's history.

In the early years of Hongwu, the national official iron production was more than 18.47 million kilograms, 8.9 times that of the Tang Dynasty, 2.8 times that of the early Northern Song Dynasty, 8.1 times that of the early Southern Song Dynasty, 3.1 times that of the early Yuan Dynasty, and 1.9 times that of the early Qing Dynasty. In the early years of Jiajing, the national private iron production was as high as 45,000 tons, ranking first in the world at that time.

Although there was no Western blast furnace in the Ming Dynasty, the iron-smelting vertical furnace using coke had no obvious disadvantages because the body, abdomen and waist had different inclinations. Fang Yizhi's "Physics" of the Ming Dynasty recorded that large-scale coking had appeared in the Ming Dynasty for metallurgy.

Some advanced Western artillery styles have also been greatly improved and developed with the improvement of China's mature industry. For example, the Ming Dynasty pioneered the invention of the composite metal casting gun method. The copper-iron composite cannons casting were superior to the pure iron or pure bronze cannons at the technical level at that time in many aspects. They were lighter, stronger, cheaper, and able to withstand greater explosion pressure.

Chinese craftsmen also experimented with other variants, such as steel and cast iron or wrought iron composite cast iron. Although they were not as powerful and durable as copper and iron composite guns, they were cheaper and more durable than the standard pig iron guns at that time.

However, all this became empty talk in the face of interests. The seven cannons made in the military battle were simply equivalent to suicide.

After hearing what Zhu Cilang said, he could make others ignite. Jia San was happy and handed the torch to Qin Gaoyang: "You come and ignite the fire."

Qin Gaoyang's heart was rushing past ten thousand alpacas, and he was killed by the senior official, so he had no choice but to take the torch.
Chapter completed!