Chapter 357: A shot in the wilderness!

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Gao Xianda is now completely circled, I don't know what Kangxi is going to do.
So he simply chose silence. Anyway, this is Kangxi's will, and he had to accompany him to the end.
Fortunately, Kangxi also gave them an introduction along the way.
The old priest is called Nan Huairen, a missionary from Belgium.
There were many missionaries from the West in the Kangxi dynasty. A missionary from Germany, named Tang Ruowang, came to China during the Ming Dynasty. Understand the science of astronomy, geography and yin and yang calendar. In the Shunzhi period, Zeng Guansheng was also the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and he was in charge of the "Qin Tianjian". Later in Kangxi for three years, because of the disagreement with the Han official Yang Guang of the Qin Tianjian, he was estimated to have been in the Qing Dynasty for only two hundred years. At this time, it was the Ao worshipping the dynasty, and he was going to be executed. Later, because Kangxi came to intercede, he only pardoned the death penalty, and he is still being held in jail.
Nan Huairen is an apprentice of Tang Ruowang and a very learned person. Astronomy and geography are omnipresent, especially good at casting cannons. He now works in North Korea and often comes to the palace to explain Kangxi’s advanced scientific knowledge from the West, so even Kangxi calls him a teacher.
Kangxi was very interested in the art of the cannon. He studied and discussed the related theories of the cannon with Nan Huairen many times. Unfortunately, no matter how good the theory is, if it is not actually made, it will have no effect. Therefore, Kangxi secretly decided to send a group of cannons under supervision.
Kangxi followed him this time to see the test firing of these cannons.
This was a good thing, but Kangxi is a child after all. He was soon in charge of politics, and he had the right to worship in foreign countries, and his grandmother, Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager, was the master. Kangxi was caught in the middle of a political vortex, and he rarely had his own opinions. If Xiaozhuang knew this, he would say that his children's family was too playful, and if Ao Bai knew it, he would also feel that Kangxi was not in politics, and he was even more arrogant.
Both of them are people with the ability to abolish the emperor, and Kangxi dare not let them know.
Rarely today, Ao was sick at home, and Xiaozhuang went to incense. Kangxi finally got a chance to leave the palace. The guards in the palace were very talkative, and he was not sure which one was the worshipped cronies, and which one was the eyes of the empress dowager, so she simply didn't bring any. He only believes in Gao Xianda now, so he brought Gao Xianda to his side.
Gao Xianda saw that he was right, had clear ideas, and could not refute. He had to let it go. I just hope there won't be any difference.
They quickly left the city, and slowly the scenery outside the window had turned into agricultural land. After a while it reached its destination.
There are three cannons standing there, and someone is already debugging there.
Kangxi told Nan Huairen that this time he only came out to test, so don't tell outsiders their identity. If it leaks out, you are only asking.
Nan Huairen quickly nodded and said yes.
Gao Xianda also relaxed a little bit, Kangxi wasn't deadly after all.
Nan Huairen took the two of them out of the carriage, and the staff saw Nan Da coming and came over to salute. They did not know the identity of Gao Xianda, but they did not dare to ask more if they saw their gorgeous clothes and good temperament.
Nan Huairen was a kind old man in front of Kangxi. But it is different in front of these staff, it is completely like a grandfather, and I can tell everyone to start.
The staff over there had already been prepared, and they led them to the first gun.
That thing is said to be a gun, rather than a big thick iron pipe. Someone stuffed gunpowder into it, tamped it with an iron bar, and then tucked a bowling ball-shaped round iron pimple along the barrel of the gun and rammed it again. Then he adjusted the angle of the iron pipe and reported to Nanhuai Renhui: "It is ready to launch."
Nan Huairen glanced at Kangxi and said, "Go back to the emperor, this cannon can be shot one and a half miles, and the target is already there."
Kangxi looked down his finger and saw that there were ten mounds juxtaposed in the distance, and nodded and said, "Okay, you let it go." Wanquan." Kangxi smiled slightly and retreated.
Nan Huairen personally ignited the lead on the iron pipe, and as the lead slowly burned out, only to hear the sound of "boom", the iron pimple was fired out by the big iron pipe. A mound exploded in the distance, and a pillar of fire rose into the sky. It turned out that there was a lot of sulfur in the mound, and the shells fell and immediately burned, which looked amazing.
"Pappapa" Kangxi hadn't seen it before, so he felt very magical and took the lead to applaud, which made Nan Huairen feel glorious.
But in Gausenda's view, this is just a pediatric trick. He was used to the tanks and artillery made by Berkeley and Chiyue. Although those are just models, this iron pipe is too rough! And can that iron pimple be regarded as a shell? Why don't you explode after landing? Smash it by life? What is the difference with stone?
So Gao Xianda didn't speak, but smiled contemptuously.
But this contemptuous smile was seen by Nan Huairen. The success of this test is related to Nan Huairen's position in Kangxi's mind and his future career. Can't be used as a child's play.
When he saw that Gao Xianda was quite disdainful, he said unpleasantly: "Sir Rui seems to have some opinions on these Hongyi cannons."
Gao Xianda smiled: "Dare not dare. This cannon is very powerful, I have nothing to say."
If Gao Xianda didn't say it, it would be fine, but even the perfunctory expression on his face could be seen by Kangxi.
Kangxi said: "Senior Manager Rui, our test this time is to provide Teacher Nan with some suggestions for improvement. Although you have any ideas, Teacher Nan will not be angry."
Gao Xianda received the imperial edict, and he had no reservations. He said, "I am a layman, and I don't understand many of these principles. I can only talk about it from a practical point of view. Not to mention how much the cannon is loaded and ignited. Slow, how inconvenient it is to move, just say this cannonball. Such a big iron pimple, it is better to hit it. If it is not hit, what use is it?"
Kangxi nodded and said: "It is true that if these shells are heavy. If they hit the target, the natural effect is significant. But if they don't hit the target, they will probably only smash some dirt."
Not only did Gao Xianda ask a question, but also came up with a solution: "Why don’t you make the warhead hollow and fill it with explosives? Just like those mounds, even if they fall on the ground, they can explode. The range of ten meters will be affected!"
After listening, Nan Huairen frowned, and said: "Huh? This guy makes sense!"
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