Time flies five days, and another day is the Shangsi Festival.

Dozens of the most skilled craftsmen in the machinery factory and the iron smelting plant stayed asleep day and night, and finally casted, polished and installed the three cannons. According to Chen Xu's order, he used a ox cart to pull down a long-awaited shooting range at the foot of Nanshan thirty miles away.

The shooting range is surrounded by wild mountains and wild ridges. One of the thorns and weeds on the flat ground is completely removed. The three cannons are lined up ten feet apart, and they are covered tightly with red silk, which looks extremely mysterious. Seven or eight tightly bound wooden crates are placed under a straw shed near the cannon. The wooden box is painted with black ink marks on the words "be careful and rigorous fireworks" facing up.

Chen Ping, Fu An, Han Xin, Liu Bang, Hu Kuan, Zhang Cang, Gongshu Sheng and Ma Gan, dozens of people from the newspapers and the Academy of Sciences were all gathered around the three cannons and discussed, and their faces were red with excitement.

Chen Xu looked at the direction two miles ahead with a telescope. There was an abandoned palace, bluestone foundation and rammed earth as walls. Most of them had collapsed and were covered with trees and thorns. I don’t know which abandoned building of the Qin Dynasty was. Chen Xu arranged for people to search around Xianyang for a few days and finally found such a good place to test artillery. At this time, some young men from the musket team were carrying out simple debris cleaning to prevent them from blocking their sight and seeing the hit point of the shells.

A hundred feet away from Chen Xu's left, there were also a group of young men from the musket team and several carpenters who were stepping up to build a wooden wall to replace the hull and deck of the sea ship.

These two are today's targets.

As for the test guns, Chen Xu was too lazy to do it. This cannon with gunpowder in the front bore is actually a large iron pipe, without any technology at all. According to the current iron craftsmanship and level of the experimental factory, there will be no problem. Moreover, during the casting of the cannon, he had to inspect the factory every day. The three cannons in front of him were no longer the same as those he used to attack the Yellowstone Public Fleet in the East China Sea four years ago.

These three cannons are not only cast and polished with fine iron, but are also installed on the base with wheels for easy movement and steering. The cannon stand also has a spiral adjustment rod that can lift and lower the elevation angle of the cannon. Therefore, even the cannons made in a hurry are basically not much different from the drawing design.

"Report, the No. 1 shooting range has been processed!" A young man from the musket team ran to Chen Xu and stood attentively.

"After a moment, I ordered that no one was allowed within fifty feet of the target No. 1 to prepare a flag and a siren, and then follow the orders!"

"Here~" the young man saluted and turned around and left.

Looking at the back of the young man in the musket team who has become a young man at the age of seventeen or eighteen, Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh that five years have passed since the establishment of this musket team. During these five years, they were the most direct group of people who witnessed the development of firearms. They first came into contact with muskets, started a large amount of live ammunition training, and first learned to bombard the sea boat. Today, they are the main force in demonstrating firearms to the emperor.

Some of these people will soon be arranged to serve and develop the Maritime Academy and the Marine Division fleet in preparation. In the following years, they will gradually grow into middle and senior generals of the most advanced musket force of the Qin Dynasty, and there will be great opportunities to be named marquis and generals in the future.

These young men control the most advanced weapons and most powerful troops of the Qin Dynasty, which is also the most solid backing for Chen Xu to maintain his status and stabilize the Qin Dynasty in the future.

He didn't mind being a powerful minister, because there was no difference between a prime minister without power and a salted fish.

His purpose of being a powerful minister was to better serve the Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, the Qin Dynasty, both in the court and in the army, needed fresh blood, new political ideas, and new military concepts.

The greatest hero is to serve the country and the people.

Chen Xu felt that he was a knight who had to overcome all obstacles and tried every means to make the Qin Dynasty peaceful, prosperous and glorious, and could not repeat the mistakes of history. For this goal, he would not mind anyone's opinions and slander, nor would he mind all enemies who attempted to subvert the Qin Dynasty.

"Woo~~Woo~~"

One after another, the sound of horns came from the direction of Xianyang City.

You can still hear the sound of the gong opening and the sound of horse hooves like muffled thunder.

The emperor's ceremonial guard who watched the cannon shooting had already left the city. Although there was no sign at this time, according to the sound of the horn, the distance was about twenty miles away and would definitely arrive in half an hour.

"Instruct each team to check the preparations again, and at the same time, patrol the surroundings without any unrelated people coming close!"

"Here~~" Five young men in the musket team who had been standing next to them had turned over and horses, waving their flags and roaring and ordering to scatter.

The preparations were orderly. After half an hour, the wooden target was installed and the last inspection was over. Everyone returned to the artillery position to wait. At this time, the sound of trumpets was getting closer and closer, and the sound of horse hooves rolling like thunder became more and more intense. Several young men lying on the tree holding telescopes to observe were roaring and seeing the emperor's ceremonial guards and flags.

As everyone was anxiously waiting, another three moments passed. As a black dragon flag fluttered and revealed from the thorns and the fierce sound of horse hooves, a lieutenant and imperial guards with black helmets and black armor ran with huge shields and kicks. Behind them were thousands of horse-riding formations holding long spears and flags. Behind were five hundred Xuanwu Guards, wrapped in the center of Qin Shihuang's emperor's jade chariot. The Xuanwu Guards, the imperial guards escorted one after another of the kings, princes and ministers.

"Haha, I've been waiting for you for a long time, I'm late!"

The emperor's jade chariot had just stopped. Before Lang Jiang could reach out, the car door was pushed open from the inside with a loud bang. Qin Shihuang, wearing a mysterious suit and a sky-scaling crown, was already standing at the car door with a happy laugh.

"Your Majesty forgive me, I am in a position to welcome you!" Chen Xu quickly bowed and saluted.

"I welcome your Majesty!" Chen Ping, Hu Kuan and Gongshu Sheng and Chen Xu's hardcore brothers were all quickly saluted.

"You are free to be polite. I heard that you have been busy for several days to cast cannons. After watching the power of the Taiyi God Cannon, you all have rewards!"

With the help of two eunuchs, Qin Shihuang waved his hands and looked around, and finally his eyes fell on three cannons covered with red silk. Without waiting for Chen Ping and others to thank him, he strode towards the three cannons, his face full of excitement and surprise.

Chen Xu didn't have time to say hello to Feng Quji and Meng Yi and others behind him, so he quickly followed Qin Shihuang's pace.

"Is it the Taiyi God Cannon here?" Emperor Qin Shi asked with interest around the three tightly covered cannons.

"That's right, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu nodded.

"Then why do you need to cover it with red silk!" Qin Shihuang was very confused.

"Taiyi Divine Thunder Cannon is a fierce weapon. It is a warning to the enemy. Do not show it to others on weekdays, so I will cover it up. Your Majesty will observe the power of the Divine Cannon today. This cannon has seen the light of the mortal world for the first time. I also asked Your Majesty to personally unveil the curtain and give it a name. In the future, this cannon will be passed through the mortal world under the name of Your Majesty. The name of Taiyi cannot be added easily, otherwise there may be a heavenly disaster!"

Chen Xu said that Hu Chai was full of words and threw a mysterious Buff halo for the cannon to improve his personality.

In this era, everyone is very respectful of gods, including Confucianism, whose son does not speak of strange powers and confuses the gods. They do not understand gods and ghosts, and only say they keep away from them. It is not that they say that there are no ghosts and gods in the world. According to Confucianism, everything is mysterious and does not understand. Try to stay away from it and don’t show off, otherwise they will be struck by lightning. This is the doctrine of the mean of protecting oneself. Therefore, Confucianism advocates idealism from beginning to end, and they are hostile to all scientific research.

The First Emperor agreed with Chen Xu's statement, and his face was solemn, pondered for a moment, and said a little nervously: "My dear, should I bathe incense and worship and thank the Immortal Emperor Taiyi?"

"Don't use it. At the beginning of the casting, I have burned incense to comfort my master. Your Majesty is the emperor on earth. He controls everything in the world. There is no need to be so careful about small matters. Please open the three Taiyi God Cannons. I can arrange for someone to start testing the cannon!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"I'll make careful arrangements!" Qin Shihuang's face relaxed, and he smiled and called the Grand Historian who followed him to record the grand event of consecrating the magic weapon of the immortals. Feng Quji, Meng Yi, Zhao Hai and other officials from the three provinces and six ministries, as well as the princes, princes and ministers who followed and watched the fun, all surrounded him with their own thoughts, and in an instant, the three cannons were surrounded.

"Today, the young master has to offer Taiyi Divine Thunder cannon to me. I thank Taiyi Immortal Lord for protecting me from the Great Qin. I will keep this magic weapon properly in the future!" Qin Shihuang still bowed deeply to the highest direction of Taiyi Mountain very respectfully, and then grabbed the red silk with his own hands and pulled it down.

The three guns are exactly the same size and are lined up in a row, and the whole body of steel is extremely heavy. The black and shiny alloy gun barrel is about eight feet long and the muzzle is five inches in diameter. After careful polishing, the matt surface exudes a faint metallic luster under the bright sunlight.

The gun mount is also made of steel. The two huge wheels are three feet in diameter. Several iron hoops of three inches thick tightly fix the gun barrel on the gun mount. There are also a few pieces of black and gloomy wood under the gun mount to reduce the strong vibration of the gun barrel during firing.

Looking at these three strange but heavy steel cannons, everyone felt a chill of hair standing on their backs. The strong sunlight seemed to have lost its warm energy, especially the black muzzle, like a dragon that chose to devour human souls.

"It's indeed an immortal magic weapon, which makes people feel trembling when you see it. Good... Good... This magic weapon will definitely bless me, Daqin for thousands of years..." Qin Shihuang excitedly touched the cold and black cannon body and barrel with his hands, and his excited voice trembled slightly.

"What a powerful magic weapon, my hair stands upside down when I look..."

"Is this Taiyi God Cannon weighing thousands of pounds?"

"Yes, the whole body of stainless steel is cast, weighing at least a thousand pounds..."

"I don't know what the power is?"

"It must be extremely powerful. I heard from the Zuo Prime Minister a few days ago that more than ten kilograms of steel projectiles can be shot three miles away, and within two hundred feet, it can penetrate more than a foot thick wooden board..."

"Hiss, it's so terrifying..."
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