Kai Fu Han

Chapter 204 The Alliance Under the City 3
"The artillery retreat is caused by the recoil when firing. There is a principle of this phenomenon in the physics class. It seems that you did not pay attention to the cultural class." Liu Xinqi scolded, and then asked: "Tell me, which mechanical principle is it?"

"Uh, I don't know." Cui Wu hesitated and couldn't answer.

"Jiao Rui, you answer."

"The effects of force are mutual. If you want the cannonball to fly forward, the barrel will inevitably receive a backward force. This force will cause the barrel to retreat." Jiao Rui replied directly.

"Good answer! Cui Wu, I'm warning you again to pay attention to cultural studies. After returning to Dengzhou this time, I will organize a cultural examination for all land and sea officers. If there are no qualified ones, they will be sent to the new military camp. I will go back to the drawing board and reinstate myself when I am qualified. You can give me something to eat." Liu Xinqi said to Cui Wu again.

"Yes, leader. As long as I have free time in the future, I will ask Jiao Rui to make up lessons for me. I will not embarrass you." Cui Wu glanced at Jiao Rui sideways.

It seemed that he was very dissatisfied with Jiao Rui's performance just now, but Jiao Rui didn't care and ignored it.Both of them were Liu Xinqi's assistants, and Jiao Rui was really slapped in the face.

Liu Xinqi no longer commented on Cui Wu's weird words, and replied to the artillery improvement question he just raised: "Although you didn't learn the cultural lessons well, you raised the question of the barrel retreat very well. There is also a solution to the technical strength, and when I return to Dengzhou, I will guide the company to develop a "reverse assist device" and install the gun barrel to solve this problem."

The principle of this "retreat-assisted retractor" is very simple. It uses a spring or hydraulic device to absorb the force of the gun barrel's retreat first. When the force of the gun barrel's retreat is exhausted, it uses the absorbed force to push the gun barrel back to its original position. .With the current technical level of Xinghan League, it is completely possible to create a suitable "retrogression-assisting and re-entry mechanism".

Especially for ship-borne artillery, there is more space and load margin on the ship, and there are few restrictions, so it will be much easier to develop.

Finally, Cui Wu mentioned some problems such as the need to increase the range of artillery, the insufficient lethality of solid bullets to people, and the range of shotgun shells being too close. These were not problems that could be solved in a short time. The few of them could only stay in the chatting stage.However, after returning, these problems will be handed over to Liu Zhimu, so that he can organize people to study them slowly, and one day they will be solved.

The people chatting were all warriors with strong physiques. They didn't need much sleep to restore their body's energy every day, only two hours at most, so everyone else had arranged to take a break. A few people were still drinking tea and chatting on the deck. Lian Yechuan rowed a small boat to the Qizhou and joined in the process.

At Xushi, Zong Laimao came out from the rest cabin below the deck and asked the sailors on duty all the way to find Liu Xinqi.

"Leader Liu, you should go to Hirado Port again tomorrow, right?"

Liu Xinqi asked him to sit down and poured him a cup of hot tea. The night in early autumn was already a bit cold.

"Yes, our Xinghan Alliance has mobilized a lot of troops this time. With so many ships and so many people coming, we must solve the problem of the Kyushu Island trading station at once." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Let me go ashore and negotiate again tomorrow. After today's naval battle, I think they have realized your strength and determination." Zong Laimao suggested.

"Does your Japanese country also have a rule of 'not killing envoys when two countries are at war'?" Liu Xinqi asked. "Not all forces have this insight. Pirates like the Matsuura Party will not abide by the rules so much." Muneyimao replied.

"Then why do you want to go again? What makes you so courageous? We killed so many of them today. If you go as an envoy tomorrow, they will probably kill you to vent your anger." Liu Xinqi was confused.

Zong Laimao took a sip of tea and began to explain:
"The current patriarch of the patriarchal family is not the only child, I have more than a dozen younger brothers, and I don't even know how many illegitimate children. So before I succeeded as the patriarch, there were variables in the matter of succession. Now there are several younger brothers and I competed, and two of them did very well and already had the support of some retainers.”

"Although you promised to give our clan the exclusive right to sell big fish meat, this is not what I fought for. I want to try again. If it succeeds, the credit will belong to me. Although selling big fish meat is not profitable, It’s a lot, but the most important thing is stability and large quantity. Trading meat and grain with other families in the Japanese country for a long time will greatly stabilize our relationship with these families. Although the benefits here are invisible, they are very important.”

Liu Xinqi listened and nodded: "Understood, you have to hold the trade right of big fish and meat in your hands, not the clan."

"Although I also belong to the Zong family, you are right, that's it." Zong Laimao replied.

"Since there are benefits in this business, if you can't say it, aren't you afraid that I will do it without you?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Let's not talk about your credibility. From what I know about you during this period, you have great ambitions and are a person who wants to do big things. You will not be interested in such a small gain. You are either seeking profit in Japan, or you are There is a bigger plot." Zong Laimao guessed, and finally expressed his position: "No matter who you are, what I want to say is that our Zong family is not your enemy, no matter you are seeking profit or greater , we can all help, and you will also need our clan."

Liu Xinqi looked at Zong Laimao, as if he wanted to get to know this person again. There are indeed many smart people in this world. Zong Laimao's foodie appearance before was just an external manifestation, which can also be called a disguise. The real Zong Laimao is A person with very high vision, insight and determination.

"Since you are optimistic about me, believe me, I will not let you down. As long as you become the head of the family, your clan will be able to board my ship." Liu Xinqi promised.

"Hahaha, thank you, Alliance Leader. I have always been very worried that after you establish yourself in Japan, you will come to settle accounts with our clan. As long as you say this, our clan will definitely cooperate with the development of the Xinghan Alliance in Japan." Zong Laimao Also assured.

Both of them made a tacit agreement not to mention whether the Zong family was involved in the previous battle with Ma Hai. At that time, they had different positions and each had their own interests.Now that the two forces have a basis for cooperation, and cooperation will benefit both parties, the past conflicts will naturally be over. Anyway, his clan's participation in the attack on the Xinghan Alliance did not gain the slightest benefit.

On September [-], the fleet arrived outside Hirado Port again. This time, there were no obstacles to the departure of ships at the port, and there were very few ships parked at the pier, only some fishing boats and cargo ships.

However, you can see from a distance that the walls of Hirado Castle are heavily guarded.

(End of this chapter)