Fang Er didn't have time to see where the cannonball landed.
He looked directly at the others.
Ah!
Before he could find out which cannon had the problem, he heard Hou Junji scream loudly.
Turning his head, he saw Hou Junji holding his thigh and rolling on the ground.
Li Er was also stunned.
What's going on?
Cheng Chumao hurried over to check.
He saw that Hou Junji's lower garments were still smoldering.
After extinguishing the flames, a bowl-sized wound on his left thigh was continuously bleeding.
The area at the root of his thigh was a mess of black char.
Fang Er went to look at the cannon he had used.
A crack appeared at the tail of the cannon.
This was caused by barrel pressure.
There were only two reasons: too much powder.
Or there was a flaw in the tail of this cannon. Wei Zheng was lingering in fear.
Motherfucker!
His premonition had come true!
Your Majesty, that cannon had a problem. Fortunately, he was only sprayed by gunpowder. He should be fine.
Fang Er explained the reason to Li Er.
Li Er did not blame him.
He just had Hou Junji sent back.
However, after this incident, others did not want to risk their lives.
Li Er was having a good time firing the cannons, but this incident made him lose his enthusiasm.
Your Majesty, esteemed officials, please do not take this to heart. Today was meant to test the cannons and identify the substandard ones. I guarantee that there will be no such problems with the cannons equipped in the army.
When Fang Er said this, others expressed their understanding.
But they did not stay long. After Li Er praised Fang Er a few times, they all returned to Chang'an City together.
The two teams of blacksmiths, upon hearing that the cannon had developed a crack and injured the Duke of Lu, were trembling, afraid that Fang Er would hold them accountable.
This is not your fault. It was meant to be a test, and they volunteered. It's fine, just be more careful in the future.
Fang Er comforted the terrified blacksmiths.
Cheng Chumao and Yuchi Baolin, on the other hand, were secretly amused.
Heh heh, that old monkey, just now he vowed to present Liang Shidu's head to His Majesty. Now, he's taken himself out first.
Haha, I've disliked him for a long time. He even provoked Brother Fang in the palace last time. He deserves it!
Hey Baolin, did you see that? The old monkey's pubic hair was all burned off. I wonder if his little monkey was burned too.
Slap
Slap
Fang Er, having snuck up behind them, heard them gloating and gave each of them a slap.
What the hell! Who is it?
Cheng Chumao was startled by his slap and turned around to see Fang Er.
I said, big brother, you should at least say something. You scared me to death.
You deserve it! How dare you say such things in public? Hou Junji is also a duke. You should say such things in your room in the future, understand?
Understood, big brother.
Yuchi Baolin rubbed the spot where Fang Er had slapped him and said sheepishly.
Alright, don't just stand there. The remaining cannons still need to be tested. Make the fuses longer and pay attention to safety!
Alright, Brother Fang, just watch! Brothers, let's keep firing the cannons!
The two of them walked away with their arms around each other, continuing to test the cannons.
The construction at Fang Family Village and the imperial army's preparations for war were both proceeding in full swing.
The day after the cannon tests, Li Er sent people to pick up a hundred thousand shi of grain.
When the agreed-upon half-month period arrived.
A total of twenty-three cannons were lined up on the open ground in front of the blacksmith workshop, exuding an imposing aura.
The cannon that had the problem last time had been melted down and remade.
Fang Er had originally made twenty-seven cannons, and in the subsequent days of testing, four more were eliminated.
These twenty-three were now qualified products that had passed the inspection.
The inspection process was the same as for the first cannon.
Yuchi Baolin and Cheng Chumao led their men to fire them continuously.
They stopped only when the barrel became overheated and red.
After cooling down, they would continue firing.
Each of these twenty-three cannons had undergone at least fifty test shots.
Li Er once again brought his men to Fang Family Village.
Looking at the cannons that exceeded expectations, he was extremely satisfied.
He waved his hand grandly: Little Dengzi, give Cadet Fang the land deeds.
Duke Deng brought over a stack of land deeds.
Fang Er took them and glanced at them. They were indeed the three thousand mu of high-quality irrigated land as agreed. He thanked Li Er and tucked them into his embrace.
Ding! Detected that the host has completed the first batch of arms transactions with his own skills! System is upgrading! Duration: 4 hours!
As soon as he tucked the land deeds into his embrace, Fang Er was stunned by this system notification.
Damn it!
This is already over a hundred chapters!
I could only exchange for various random items.
Now that I've made a sale, it's coming out to upgrade?
You should have told me the upgrade conditions earlier, and I would have upgraded you in minutes!
Damn it!
Li Er, seeing that he seemed preoccupied, didn't ask any further questions. After praising him a few times, he had his guards load the cannons onto the prepared carts and take them away.
Along with them, five hundred solid shot cannonballs were also taken.
After seeing them off, Fang Er returned to the blacksmith workshop and stared at the countdown timer slowly changing.
He was in a hurry.
Finally, he heard the long-lost voice.
Ding! System upgrade complete, please check it yourself!
Fang Er eagerly opened the system panel.
After the upgrade, in addition to point exchange, there was a new option.
Task System
Holy cow!
This is so damn scammy!
No wonder when the system was first activated, it said there would be random tasks, but I haven't seen any for so long.
So it turns out that it only appears after the system is upgraded.
Does the system designer have a screw loose?
If I hadn't bought these twenty cannons, would they have appeared until I died?
He clicked on the task system, and the current task was displayed.
Current Task: Hero's Expedition: The host needs to accompany the Tang army on an expedition and personally kill Liang Shidu.
Task Reward: One multi-blade semi-automatic lathe
Holy crap!
Oh boy!
Fang Er jumped up and down on the spot!
Damn it, it's too exciting!
They are actually rewarding a lathe directly!
My god!
Fang Er felt that he could no longer express his current feelings!
Isn't it just killing Liang Shidu personally?
Damn it!
Scum! For this lathe, let alone Liang Shidu, even Li Er!
Forget it, let's not consider Li Er, the consequences would be too serious.
Even Li Yuan, I would find a way to kill him!
Hehehehehe!
Fang Er, who came out of the room and returned to everyone, felt full of strength!
Yeah, the strength of having a goal!
Zhao Hu! Assemble the guard!
He issued his command to Zhao Hu, who was patrolling.
Immediately, forty-four guard members stood neatly in front of Fang Er.
ps: Guaguguaga! Look forward to the appearance of the lathe!
Today, there are also four chapters. The first chapter is here!