These are the two kinds of cannons on the opponent's warship painted by Tang Liansheng.
One is a cannon with a very long tube that can shoot vertical targets. Tang Liansheng said the range can reach at least ten miles away.
One is a cannon that can be mounted on the side of the ship. It has a handle to rotate the cannon body. It is used to prevent opponents from boarding the ship. It is short-range shooting, light and flexible, and has a large shooting range. There are ten such rotating cannons on a Japanese pirate ship.
Rest of the frame!
Yan Baiwei asked them: "The warship Wei Shilei was on was equipped with a bowl-mouth gun. This is already the best weapon of our Daqing Navy! And the range of this bowl-mouth gun is less than twenty feet.
Loading is time-consuming, the error is huge, and you can't hit three out of ten... You can tell me, if the pirates want to come ashore with such a weapon, how will our navy attack us? Huh? How will they attack us? The opponent is ten miles away from us.
After firing a few shots, what can we use to fight back? You guys?"
Tao Xiang and others all looked shocked.
They are all literati and are not sensitive to weapons. In addition, they are conservative and moderate in their ideas. It is easy for them to make the mistake of seeing the world as they see it.
Therefore, only by confronting them with the facts and comparing the bloody data will they admit that they were wrong.
This kind of impact is probably equivalent to traveling back in time to the Republic of China and giving them a smartphone with Internet access... It's also like someone seeing an interstellar brain in the 20th century.
I have this concept in my mind, but I never thought that this thing has advanced to this extent.
Yan Baiwei said coldly: "Do you think that I opened the sea just to facilitate business for Prince Qing? I can tell you that if I dare to make such a mistake that ignores the national system, Prince Qing will not be the first one to do it.
I will agree!!”
His eyes passed over everyone in turn: "The treasury has no money, and I will not do anything that is not necessary! I insist on opening the sea just because it is inevitable! Learn from the barbarians and learn skills to control the barbarians. This
This is not just talk! If we capture their ship weapons, we can hand them over to our skilled craftsmen to copy and improve them, and then use them against them!"
Someone said: "I heard that Prince Qing has ordered craftsmen to make a big red cannon. It is extremely powerful. It may not be impossible to resist this cannon."
"Not necessarily?" Yan Baiwei sneered: "What do you mean not necessarily? You are standing in the court, wearing this official robe, but you are telling me that it is not necessarily? Maybe? Such vague words? Red Cannon
The shooting range is about three miles. If you want to be accurate, the shooting range is only about two miles. You can tell yourself whether you can resist it??"
Someone said: "Now that the Yi people have this cannon, we can use it for coastal defense."
Yan Baiwei laughed and said, "How did you know that this cannon is the best weapon for the Japanese pirates? What if they have a better one? We have been talking about knowing the enemy for many years and fighting a hundred battles without danger. Have you all forgotten it now?
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He stood up, faced everyone, and said loudly: "For the ten thousand years of Daqing's inheritance, and for the sake of the people of the world, I cannot tolerate closing my eyes and listening to fate! I dare not risk the inheritance of my ancestors! The opening of the sea is my will.
Decide early and there will be no need to discuss it again!”
"When you read the books of sages and stand in the court, you should have far-sightedness! Your intelligence and talents should be used for our Daqing, the peace and prosperity of the country and the people, and the prosperous age, instead of clinging to the incomplete, content with the status quo, and laziness! If you are really a turtle
If the jade is destroyed and the coffin is destroyed, how will you be able to see the common people in the world?"
All the ministers looked at each other for a few times, then bowed their heads deeply: "I obey the decree, long live long live long live!"
Tang Shijin listened to Yan San's live broadcast on this matter.
Yan San was in charge of news, and he was very clever. He wished he could even memorize the punctuation marks. Tang Shijin really felt "as if he had experienced it himself".
A weak king makes his ministers strong, and a strong king makes his ministers weak. Therefore, no matter how difficult the process was, Yan Baiwei finally settled the matter with a rare and strong attitude.
Tang Shijin considers himself not a political idiot, but he really doesn’t understand why.
Why do they still insist that it is safer to close the country and ban the sea than to open the sea?
It is true that Greater China has a vast territory and is self-sufficient, so gentlemen like them have no desire to covet foreign goods. However, how can they rest assured if they don't see with their own eyes what other countries have developed into?
Why do you dare to rest assured?
Yan Baiwei sneered: "First, they are arrogant and think that our heavenly kingdom has everything, so why should we ask for it from outside? Secondly, they think that foreign things have so many strange and cunning skills that if too many of them enter the middle-earth country, it will cause trouble."
The people are addicted to pleasure, the people's minds are changing, and the people's hearts are unstable... They really don't regard themselves as outsiders!"
Tang Shijin was even amused by him.
What he means is that this should be what he, the emperor, should worry about the most. Now that he has said that he will open the sea, they are strongly opposed to this?
Tang Shijin touched his face: "Believe me, you are right."
He laughed: "I know, I believe in you, and I believe in myself. I know I am right."
Even without Tang Shijin, Daqing's business was very prosperous, and it was even more prosperous under her leadership. Under such circumstances, closing the country to the outside world would only turn all kinds of trade into darkness... Therefore, it was better to seize the initiative.
Tang Shijin sighed: "It's better to go faster!"
Go faster, faster, get in front of those people, and then use your strength to crush them! It feels so good just thinking about it!
She lost consciousness for a while and gave the baby in her hand to Yan Baiwei: "By the way, give me the battle report and I will write a letter to Ling'er."
The Hero Summoning Conference, or the martial arts conference, is scheduled for the tenth day of October, and now most people have arrived at Tianshi Mountain from all directions.
After Qi Yaoling came here, he never left and stayed in Tianshi Temple.
He had acted evilly in the past and had a reputation for evil, but he had been with Tang Shijin for almost ten years, and he was granted the title because of the new grain incident. He was so benevolent and righteous that he was completely cleansed.
Let’s talk about the people carrying people in sedan chairs. These reckless people, even if they don’t look at Qi Yaoling, they still have to look at Tang Shijin and the court behind him. Who has nothing to do to provoke him?
Qi Yaoling has always had a humble attitude, saying that I know that I have a bad reputation, and the reason why I can do this is all because of my master. I am just a representative... I have given them enough face. Therefore, I get along very well with the people in the Jianghu.
Before everyone arrived, those who came first were already discussing what to do.
First of all, it is more troublesome to obey the command, so each party must have someone as its leader that everyone can admire.
While everyone was discussing, someone from Changmu Feierlou came over and handed a message to Qi Yaoling.
Qi Yaoling's expression changed as soon as he saw it.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh and looked at him together. After Qi Yaoling read it carefully, he stood up and gave the letter to Headmaster Lu: "Headmaster Lu and all of you should also read the letter written by my master."
Headmaster Lu quickly took it with both hands and unfolded it to take a closer look.