I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 169
It takes three horses to pull this cannon.

Moreover, just like that, walking is quite difficult.

I saw that Ying Zheng stared at the Hongyi Cannon in front of him, and couldn't help but said with emotion.

"I think, if this Hongyi cannon can be lighter, weigh a few hundred catties, and a horse can pull him and run all over the mountains and plains, then it would be perfect!"

"Father, I'm afraid this is a bit embarrassing..."

Ying Changsheng sighed after hearing this.

Gongshu Shangzao on the side nodded even more.

"Your Majesty, the cannon is so huge that it is really not easy to move. However, I have a way, that is, get more horses to pull it, isn't it?"

"How many horses will it take?"

Ying Zheng couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard this.

It's like looking at a prodigal son.

Facing Gongshu Shangzao in front of him, he scolded and said.

"The cost of a horse is much higher than that of a person. Not to mention anything else, how much food does a horse consume in a day?"

"Besides, such a horse needs someone to take care of it, right?"

"In total, how much money and food does it cost to raise a cannon?"

"My Great Qin, even if I have mountains of gold and silver, I can't afford such expenses!"

Yingzheng's words left Gongshu Shangzao speechless.

Ying Changsheng was at the side, but he thought about it for a while.

He was thinking, in the afterlife.

No trains, no cars.

What kind of method did humans use to drag the cannon?

So that the cannon can be easily carried to the battlefield for combat?
When Ying Changsheng thinks carefully.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Ying Changsheng's head.

He thought of some of the movies he had seen about the European battlefields in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when shooting was excluded.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh fiercely.

Think that you have found a solution to the problem.

I only saw Ying Changsheng, smiling and talking to Ying Zheng.

"Father, in fact, this matter is not difficult to solve!"

"Father, if you make the cannon smaller, its caliber smaller, and then the weight of the shells smaller, wouldn't it mean that you can reduce the weight of the cannon a lot?"

"But, if this is the case, wouldn't the power of this cannon be reduced?"

Gongshu Shangzao on the side murmured with a slight frown.

"The power is indeed much smaller!"

Ying Changsheng nodded.

But then, he suddenly changed the subject and opened his mouth to speak.

"However, no matter how powerful it is, if we can't move the cannon and can only fix it on the city wall to use it, then no matter how powerful it is, what use is it?"

"This……"

Gongshu on the side made rumors.

Suddenly speechless.

I don't know how to respond.

But Ying Zheng felt that it was too reasonable.

He slapped his thigh and said.

"Your method, boy, is really good. If you cast this cannon into a smaller size, and then get a smaller cannon carriage, it can be pulled by a horse and maneuver with the army. At that time, this cannon Then you can ride freely on the battlefield and kill the enemy!"

"As for the shorter range? Is it less powerful?"

"This is all acceptable!"

"After all, there was no cannon in Daqin's army before, so we could still go to battle to kill the enemy. Now that we have this cannon, it is like a tiger with wings added. Under such circumstances, why do you think the cannon is not powerful enough?"

"In my opinion, this is purely overthinking!"

"Father is wise!"

Ying Changsheng hastily said compliments to Ying Zheng.

However, Ying Zheng talked eloquently and continued to add.

"Furthermore, I think the army should also prepare a small number of these large Hongyi cannons. After all, sometimes when encountering a strong city fortress, it would be good to use such large cannons to blast them." Breaking the city as soon as possible is not..."

"Father is wise, and my son thinks so too!"

Ying Changsheng nodded again and again, feeling that what Brother Zheng said was simply not too reasonable.

And Ying Zheng, after thinking about it again and again, continued to give orders.

"Just do it!"

"Gongshu Shangzhi, Shaofu in the future, hurry up and study, we must find a way to cast this cannon to be lighter, easier to move, and moreover, it must be safe, and it must not be fired a few times, and it will explode. ..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do my best and will never fool Your Majesty!"

Gongshu Shangzo said as he patted his chest and assured.

Then, he thought for a while and said to Ying Zheng.

"However, Your Majesty, although this cannon can be cast, but I have something that I have to mention to Your Majesty..."

"Oh, let's hear it?"

When Ying Zheng heard this, he suddenly showed doubts. He looked at Gongshu Shangzao in front of him and couldn't help but ask.

At this time, I only heard Gongshu Shangzao say to him helplessly.

"Your Majesty, what I want to say is that although this cannon can be cast, and the improvements you mentioned can be made, I can also do it, but now I need a sum of funds..."

"And, it's not a minority..."

"Oh?"

Now, Ying Zheng looked confused.

He looked at Gongshu Shangzao in front of him, and asked involuntarily,

"Isn't it expensive to cast a cannon?"

"Uh……"

Hearing Brother Zheng's words, Ying Changsheng smiled awkwardly, and then he stretched out his finger and pointed in the distance, the Hongyi cannon that had been fired a few times just now, and then said to Ying Zheng.

"Father, take a closer look, what is this cannon made of..."

"what?"

Ying Zheng was surprised, and then looked at Hongyi Cannon.

At first, Ying Zheng didn't react yet.

But immediately.

After seeing the brass luster exuding on the cannon body of the cannon.

Ying Zheng's expression suddenly changed.

He slapped his thigh fiercely.

"This cannon, this cannon is actually made of copper?"

"Father, do you think he was made of what?"

Looking at the shocked and surprised Ying Zheng, Ying Changsheng said in surprise.

But Yingzheng couldn't help but complained.

"I thought this thing was made of steel, but I didn't expect it. You actually used copper to make the cannon. You are so willing to give it up!"

Well, there is also a reason for Yingzheng's shock.

Later generations about money.

There is a saying of the gold standard.

Similarly, there is also the corresponding theory of the silver standard.

However, Daqin's currency, in fact, is not linked to gold and silver.

Because, these two things, in the current Qin Dynasty, the amount of mining is too small to be used as the mainstream currency. In the current Great Qin, the currency is copper.

Essentially.

The current Daqin is a copper-standard society.

Copper is money.

Money is copper.

The copper coin itself is made of copper.

The metal itself is also relatively expensive.

It is a high-end product.

It can be used directly as money.

The current Ying Changsheng used copper to cast cannons.

Probably, it's just like in later generations, some people heard that gold was used to make guns.

After all, a cannon consumes not just a few kilograms of copper, but thousands of kilograms. Even Brother Zheng was inevitably shocked...

(End of this chapter)