Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade -
Chapter 435 - 238 Test_3
Chapter 435: Chapter 238 Test_3
Qian Yixiu smiled and greeted him, then she greeted Lin Qing before immediately ordering someone to get ready for bathing water and dinner.
The Little Monk curiously looked at the cannon barrel, and said in wonder, "The cannons made by my fellow monks are both short and thick, how come this one is so long and thin?"
Qian Yixiu vaguely remembered that in her previous life during the Ming Dynasty, cannons were imported from the Portuguese and later Daqian also bought Cannons from the English. The cannon had a longer barrel, and she wondered if this was the same type of Cannon as the one from her past life.
She knew about these things thanks to her previous life’s labor union work. One year, her unit celebrated the Army Day, and the labor union organized a writing event about the military. A young worker who had been demobilized from the army wrote an article on modern weapons, which introduced how cannons were introduced to China. She found it quite interesting and even specifically searched online for related content.
After Old Foreign Li and Lin Qing, fresh and full from their bath and meal, walked over, Old Foreign Li indeed called this type of cannon a Canna, so Qian Yixiu casually referred to it as a Cannon.
Qian Yixiu also gestured to Old Foreign Li that the pearls would be given to him after the cannon had been tested tomorrow, and the foreigner nodded, indicating he understood.
The next day at dawn, when there were still no people outside, Old Foreign Li, Lin Qing, and Huang Hua pushed the cannon carriage westward, with Qian Yixiu, Qian Yeejin, and the Little Monk following behind them. The foreigner had brought three iron balls, and Qian Yixiu cleverly chose one at random, instructing someone to carry it in a handcart pushed by Li Jinhu.
They arrived at the west side of Moonlit Lotus Pond, at Luanshi Ridge, a place seldom visited by people, which was the best choice for conducting tests.
A few craftsmen living here also came out to look and touch this strange object. Old Foreign Li said that the cannon had a maximum range of 1500 meters, and instructed people to check if anyone suddenly entered the range and to have Huang Tie stand on the other side, beyond the range.
Once everything was ready, Old Foreign Li and Weilin loaded the iron ball into the cannon and set off the first Cannon shot in the Great Qian Kingdom’s territory. With a loud bang and the smoke dissipating, besides Old Foreign Li, Qian Yixiu, Qian Yeejin, and the Little Monk, everyone else was holding their heads and crouching on the ground.
They ran over a thousand meters to see that a huge rock had been shattered and a large pit had formed, showing the cannon’s impressive power.
The Little Monk’s eyes widened, and he whispered in Qian Yixiu’s ear, "This is dozens of times better than the cannons made by my fellow monks."
Qian Yixiu smiled contentedly, and they returned to Moonlit Lotus Pond. She gestured for Old Foreign Li to explain the specific operating procedures and precautions to those craftsmen.
While Old Foreign Li, with a combination of gestures and explanations, and Lin Qing acting as a barely adequate translator, the nearby villages were in an uproar.
They thought the loud bang was a thunderclap from the sky, a thunder so strong that it shook the ground. Many old people cried in fright, believing that the Sky God was angry and had sent a warning thunderclap. Many suggested that sacrifices should be made.
Qian Yixiu and the others returned to Guiyuan and heard about the villagers gathering funds to buy sheep and pigs, preparing to sacrifice them in three days.
Qian Yixiu didn’t find it appropriate to explain things to the villagers, so she paid no mind to it, only instructing Old man Cai to contribute a bit more money from their household.
When only Old Foreign Li and Qian Yixiu were left in the room, Old Foreign Li displayed two pocket watches, a gold-plated sitting clock, two emeralds, and a cat’s eye stone on the table.
What woman doesn’t like gemstones? Holding a cat’s eye stone and two emeralds, Qian Yixiu laughed foolishly. These three gemstones were quite large, about the size of the pad of her index finger. She had seen Grandma Liang wear a cat’s eye stone, but it wasn’t as big as the one she was holding.
For her, no matter how nice the pearls were, she dared not wear them out. But these three gemstones, although precious, were not unique, and she and her mother could wear them if they pleased.
After she finished laughing, she noticed that Old Foreign Li’s eyes were round with anticipation.
She first opened a box that had been prepared in advance, which contained ten bolts of soft satin and twenty pounds of tea. Then she took out the pearls from her purse and handed them to Old Foreign Li.
Old Foreign Li eagerly took the pearls and greedily admired them over and over.
Afterward, Qian Yixiu brought up the idea of exchanging for another spyglass, and Merchant Li nodded with a smile. He had brought with him two more spyglasses and two pairs of silver-framed reading glasses, hoping to exchange for ten more sets of Liancourt Cosmetics. His father said these cosmetics were even better than those in their country, with bright colors, a rich fragrance, and the packaging in painted porcelain boxes was pretty.
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