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Chapter 73 Artillery Test

In the west of Border Town, near the Chishui river

The snow didn’t perroup of people had already spent half a day dragging the carriage to the artillery field

“What is this?” asked Carter, who had already become somewhat accustomed to the fact that the Prince would repeatedly coun?”

“You are alht,” Roland confirmed He directed his men to rele of the cannon He Set its angle parallel to ground level, pointing towards a snow pile

The principles of cannons and guns were identical, so calling it a larger version of a gun wasn’t inappropriate The cannon used for the test was able to shoot 12-pound heavy iron balls Before they could ignite the lead, the chaunpowder and the iron ball As a reference for the cart, Roland took the old designs from the cannons seen in history books But to improve their durability, Roland had told the carpenters to replace many parts that were usually built out of ith their iron counterparts

In order to manufacture the cart for the cannon, Roland almost spent as much time on it as for the cannon itself Three skilled carpenters needed one whole week to finish it, the especially ti part was the wheels that had the diameter of half a human

First, the carpenters had to produce four square bars of equal length These bars were then baked by fire until they could be bent Afterwards, knives were used to peel away the excess Finally, an outer coating of iron was applied to the wheels This process alone took more than four days

So in Roland’s eyes, this limited cannon ed it out for a test, he had already ements

Chief Knight Carter and the Militia Commander Iron Axe were both at his side, as always Also, there was his personal guard along with twentyas sappers and lookouts As for the witches, he had Nightingale and Lightning by his side Thanks to Nana, the prejudice towards witches had been significantly reduced In the eyes of the Militia, thethe Prince

“According to the usual process, we have to clean the cannon’s barrel first”

Roland said,, while he could picture the blueprints of the cannon, this particular operation plan was a blank sheet for hih various cannon shots he had seen in filht process, but only heaven alone would kno effective it would be

Lightning, in high spirits, took athe muzzle – her contract was different to that of the other witches – as long as she was allowed to personally operate all of Roland’s new inventions, she would always be willing to help him to the best of her abilities, even without any other payment or remuneration

Since Roland had to save money, he quickly accepted her terms However, if he had any secret projects, he would still be able to study it secretly Within his mind there were stillto be implemented For now, he would just have to throw her the occasional few pieces in order to distract her