Several people were carefully checking the situation of the straw man, and Du Ruhui was shocked: "Yuan Shan, is this the power of artillery?"
Yuan Shan saw that it was only a small area of destruction, because the artillery that was only made now was no different from a large firearm, but the projectile was scattered, and a large area had a larger range, and the distance was not as good as that of a bow and arrow, but the deterrent effect was still very large.
Hearing Du Ruhui's inquiry, Yuan Shan immediately explained: "Du Shangshu, this is only one of the least powerful types of artillery, the projectile is made of multiple projectiles, the lethality is so-so, and the infantry cover and against the cavalry will play a certain role." ” "Yuan Shan, you said that this artillery is still the least powerful, what is the most powerful?"
Du Ruhui asked curiously.
"I can't say it, maybe I can easily destroy the city wall."
Yuan Shandao.
"Well, now that we have seen this artillery, the range is a little less, and it is not easy to say its role in the Tang Dynasty military, I will think that Your Majesty will tell the truth."
Du Ruhui said.
"There's a book of Lao Du."
Yuan Shandao.
"This thing is good, let me try it too."
I saw that Wei Chi Jingde took the fire rod and reloaded the ammunition with the help of the craftsmen, and now used a solid projectile.
The "boom" solid projectile just hit a tree, directly causing a large gap in the tree body, and the power was amazing, but this distance did not exceed 100 steps, Yu Chi Jingde was very excited, and then lit another shot.
There was a short loud "boom", and a projectile was fired again.
It's just that this time it was very unlucky, and it didn't hit the tree, but just fell to the ground in the distance, and directly smashed a small hole that was not big.
This small cannon can have such an effect thanks to the fact that the gunpowder put in is improved, and the power is greater, but the strength of the barrel is very high, Yuan Shan is happy to see that Yu Chi Jingde is playing, it is not good to go on like this, this small cannon has not been tested to the limit, if it suddenly explodes, then they will not be able to explain.
"General Wei Chi, this artillery is just a sample, and the limit of continuous firing has not been tested yet, so let's stop first."
Yuan Shandao.
"Haha, I put it two more times when I was happy, but the range of this gun is still shorter than that of bows and arrows, and swinging this gun on the battlefield will take up some soldiers, and mobility and flexibility need to be further adapted."
Wei Chi Jingde said.
Wei Chi Jingde has experienced a hundred battles, and he was the first to notice some problems in the use of this new weapon, and these Yuan Shan also knew that as for how to move firearms, this still needs further research.
"General Wei Chi is right, the use of new weapons needs to be further adjusted with the Tang Dynasty soldiers, this is just an experiment, the ordnance supervisor still needs more time and funds to develop more advanced firearms, I believe it will not be long before it will be able to meet the requirements of long-range strikes."
Yuan Shan said.
After sending this person away, Yuan Shan breathed a sigh of relief, the use of firearms is not yet mature, the next thing is to make another small gun like this, thicken the thickness of the barrel again, increase the number of consecutive shots, and then test the limit of the number of shots.
After Li Shimin of the Xiande Hall understood the power of artillery, he immediately arranged for someone to secretly pull the artillery of the military superintendent back to the school field in the north of the imperial city, and Li Shimin tested the power of the artillery on the school field of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army.
The scattered bullets are really very strong, and the range of the solid bullets is also very far, and the three consecutive shots have a certain understanding of artillery, but in the current battlefield, it is not clear how this weapon will work, but it can be used as a city defense weapon.
It's just that the cost is too expensive, and a lot of iron tools are needed, which makes Li Shimin a little embarrassed, and after repeated thinking, he still called his confidant minister to discuss.
"Your Majesty, the effect of this cannon as seen by Yichen is very strong, and Yuan Shan said that this artillery is specially set for cavalry, scatter damage can make horses hurt, and the sound can also startle horses, which has a great impact on horses who are not used to it."
Du Ruhui said.
"Your Majesty, the minister compared the gunpowder used in artillery and the gunpowder used in grenades, and the minister thought that the Yuan Jian was knowing more about the use of firearms, so it was better to hand over the production of grenades to the ordnance supervisor to make it."
Fang Xuanling said.
"Xuan Ling's suggestion is very good, then merge the Gunpowder Supervision into the Ordnance Supervision, what do you think?"
Li Shimin said.
The merger of the two prisons into one prison is still somewhat complicated in how to arrange this kind of thing, the specifications of the ordnance prison will be expanded, and how the official positions of the two main prisons will be arranged, all of which need to be discussed, and there is no precedent for this, and it is completely in accordance with Li Shimin's wishes.
Moreover, since the establishment of the Gunpowder Administration, it has been a very hidden prison, and Li Shimin's meaning is very clear, that is, he will attach importance to the Weapons Supervision and will soon have great power, and for the imperial court, these things still need to be operated.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can secretly merge and strengthen the guard of the weapons prison."
Fang Xuanling said.
"Well, what Xuan Ling said is very reasonable, I will arrange for the Northern Ya Forbidden Army to go over."
Li Shimin said.
Within two days, the ordnance supervisor was lively, Yuan Shan didn't know what Li Shimin was smoking, the number of craftsmen increased from thirty to one hundred and thirty at once, and the entire ordnance superintendent's station was expanded again, and the number of guards increased from twenty to two hundred.
And when all this was carried out, Du Ruhui was directly responsible, and after everything was dealt with a month later, Yuan Shan knew that Li Shimin wanted to let the ordnance supervisor produce grenades also belonged to them.
Yuan Shanya is going crazy, he hasn't been in the manor for two months, and most of the time is spent researching and building artillery with craftsmen, and the artillery created during the test is also varied, and all the cannons of different specifications and calibers are made, and then the test and data test are carried out, which is really like money, and the warehouse began to store iron ore to directly reserve ready-made iron.
This shows how much Li Shimin attaches importance to the ordnance superintendent, so that Yuan Shan was trapped, and the power of the grenade made with the new formula was more than doubled, this matter made Li Shimin happy enough, and the emperor was happy, but Yuan Shan had not had a peaceful shop for a long time.
The Cotton Chamber of Commerce, the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce, the president did not appear for more than a month, which made them members very nervous, Yanbei came back with all the people who purchased horses from the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce, and this time they went out to buy more than 3,000 horses.
Among them, there are a thousand horses from the Yuan family manor, and the downward ones have been digested by the Chamber of Commerce and immediately, but Yuan Shan doesn't know about this matter yet.
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