Chương 112: The cannon (2
"You did a good job Guarin but this is just the beginning. I will be giving you a difficult job to do after you finish this. This new mission will be about researching and fabricating a weapon called the gun and the bullet. It is more lethal than this cannon but it is complicated to make. You will see for yourself. Anyway, is there a problem that has showed up when you guys were creating these cannons?" Virtya turned to Guarin after shifting his gaze from the cannons.
"Well... The cannons themselves are not that hard to make and this achievement goes to the blacksmiths who did all the work of molding the components. However, saltpeter is not available in the market because it is not that useful to the people. We only managed to obtain 5 kilograms of it from a merchant from Litkesh and that was it. Still, from the 5 kilograms of Saltpeter, we have managed to make this gun powder. It is just that we have kept it at a far place from here so that it doesn't bring this guild down when it gets in contact with fire." Guarin reported seriously.
"I will see what I can do about this saltpeter." Virtya scratched the back of his head and together, the cohort exited from the chamber.
Virtya had already asked the knights to move the cannons to his palace so that they could stay there safely. He now needed to find a supplier of the saltpeter so that he could be assured of protection against his enemies like king Brisbois.
Slowly by slowly, one of the cannons was moved out of the chamber by one of the knights while following behind Virtya's cohort.
""Eeerm your majesty... What was that thing" Alexandre was curious. Virtya only told him to follow him to the blacksmithing guild and he had not told him about the cannon.
Virtya came to a stop making everyone to stop and even the knight who was pulling the cannon came to a halt.
Slowly, Virtya walked towards the cannon and touched its barrel and said,
"This is called the cannon and it works the same way as a ballista but it is an improved version of it as it can shoot projectiles to a target which is more than 500 metres away and it is 10 fold more powerful than the ballista. It reloads way faster, its faster than the catapult, with a higher accuracy and damage but more crowd control capabilities."
"So you mean this is better than a ballista?" Tanya asked just to be sure.
"Much better than a ballista. I am sure king Brisbois' knights would be helpless against this baby. Even if they would reach upon us, this baby will make sure to reduce their numbers considerably."
Both Alexander and Tanya turned to Nataschenka and Guarin as if they wanted to confirm if what Virtya was saying was the truth and when Guarin nodded his head, they both became silent. This was just incredible.
After that, Virtya continued to walk through the corridors of the blacksmithing guild.
Alexandre and Tanya were silent as they pondered how this small thing could be powerful than the ballista.
They just couldn't believe it no matter how many times they thought about it.
"Long live your majesty. Long live your majesty! Long live your majesty!"
The blacksmiths who had assembled outside lowered their heads and uttered.
Their voices reaching far.
Virtya smiled and allowed the cannon to be pushed forward.
[What is that? It looks like a chariot but where is the seat.]
[This can't be the thing that those guys had been making that whole time. It is not even special to force them to fabricate it in the dark]
[I am sure that I can fabricate this stuff with my eyes closed. Just look at those wheels, there is no secrecy in them, look at that round steel on top, it also has no secrecy and the whole cart. It is simply simplicity that any blacksmith in our guild knows how it is build or know how to build them.]
[Eeerm... I don't think it is as simple as we take it. Just look at that thing that you say it is a round steel. That doesn't seem like a round steel to me because the curvature is much wider than that of the round steel. Unlike the round steel, this one seems like it has a small opening at the top and the metal that they used to build it is also different... I think it is not what you think.]
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