Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 391 - 388 Cannon Trial

"Injustice, Your Majesty, I am completely innocent, how can you say I am despicable?"

In any case, Lin Yi genuinely didn’t know where he had gone wrong now.

And the young Emperor who heard this merely glared at him indignantly.

Then, pointing at the large cannon in front of him, he said:

"A rascal still wants to argue? Look for yourself, what is this? This is clearly an obscenity!

You’ve created such a thing, isn’t that indecent?"

With those words, Lin Yi almost choked on his own saliva.

Goodness, this perfectly fine cannon, in the mouth of the young Emperor, had somehow turned into an obscenity, leaving him completely at a loss for words.

And what was most helpless to him was the gazes of those around him, especially Ying Yi and the others; it was clear they shared the same thought.

In their minds, this must be the obscenity he had created.

Explaining was now futile, so instead of doing that, Lin Yi could only force a wry smile and then spoke:

"Let it be, explanations are useless. Instead of that, why don’t I demonstrate for you, Your Majesty, and you all can see for yourselves what it actually is."

Having said that, Lin Yi no longer paid attention to the crowd but went straight up and lifted the lid from the large wooden box beside him.

As he did this, the contents of the wooden box appeared before everyone’s eyes.

At that moment, the box was filled with spherical objects.

And bags of black powder.

Seeing this, the Emperor and others were drawn in by it.

Looking at these items, they were curious; what exactly were they?

You must know that these things were quite different from firearms.

The firearms of today, though also using this kind of powder, had been reformed.

Now, this powder had been transformed into individual paper tubes of gunpowder.

That is to say, now, they just needed to throw the paper tubes into the barrel.

But looking at this black powder, the Emperor had no idea what it could be used for.

On the contrary, looking at this powder, and seeing Lin Yi stuffing it into the cannon’s muzzle, the Emperor’s cheeks seemed to flush a shade pinker.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but spit lightly once again.

This rascal still says it’s not an obscenity, isn’t this an obscenity?

Especially at the position of the muzzle, it was clearly flared out much larger than the barrel, seemingly encompassing the entire muzzle.

Without a doubt, one would know this giant would spew out something later on.

Of course, the reason for this was because the current iron refining methods were still immature.

And precisely for this reason, Lin Yi had specially asked for the cannon barrel to be reinforced to prevent any explosions.

Although he was very curious, the Emperor did not say anything.

Instead, he just stared eagerly at Lin Yi’s actions, waiting to see what this rascal intended to do next.

Seeing the Emperor watching steadily, Lin Yi kindly reminded him:

"Your Majesty, you should move to the side to wait; this thing is quite powerful, and it’s going to make a loud noise soon."

Perhaps recalling the power of the firearms, especially the first time when they test-fired a gun in the Imperial Palace, which had given him quite a fright.

The loud bang at that time had truly startled him.

For this reason, thinking of this, the Emperor did not hesitate and directly walked towards the back.

Although this thing seemed somewhat absurd, the Emperor knew that Lin Yi would not joke about such matters.

And so, the Emperor and the others swiftly retreated to a safe place.

And it seemed that the field had been specifically prepared for testing the cannon; not far away, there was a small wooden hut.

Under the guidance of Wan’er, the Emperor and Ying Yi retreated inside!

At that time, the gazes of the two of them were fixed unblinkingly on the scene in front of them.

"The noise will be loud, Your Majesty, if it’s convenient, please cover your ears."

After the Emperor entered the room, Wan’er kindly reminded him.

After hearing this, the Emperor pondered for a moment, then without overthinking, covered his ears.

Looking at the field at that moment, once the Emperor and the others had left, Lin Yi’s focus returned to the big cannon.

Of course, he wouldn’t fire the cannon himself, as there were certain risks associated with it.

It wasn’t that he was cold-hearted; it was just how this society, this era, worked.

Thus, Lin Yi turned to a soldier nearby and said:

"Go and set up the target."

As soon as the words were spoken, a squadron of soldiers ran off into the distance.

The Emperor watched the footsteps of these soldiers never ceasing, furrowing his brows in anticipation.

They had already run over 300 steps and showed no sign of stopping.

This made the Emperor suddenly look forward to the outcome.

You should know that the maximum range of the firearms today was no more than a hundred steps away, but now they had run out three times as far without halting, so how could the Emperor not be excited?

Could this thing really shoot beyond 300 steps?

If that was truly the case, it would indeed be a formidable weapon.

Just imagine, if there were enemies coming to attack the city walls, just mount this enlarged version of a firearm on the wall!

Then, with just one shot, it could bring down the enemy’s Guard General!

In such a manner, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the soldier charged with erecting the targets ran out more than 500 steps before finally stopping.

Then, a group of people started to busy themselves.

The Emperor’s vision was quite good; looking at the line of targets erected over there, he couldn’t help but inquire with puzzlement:

"It seems like over a hundred targets have been set up over there, right?

Could one discharge of this firearm bring down a hundred people?"

Hearing this, Wan’er couldn’t help but laugh a bit helplessly and quickly explained to the Emperor:

"No, no, no, Your Majesty, it’s not like that; it’s just that the cannon’s accuracy is limited, and it can’t make too precise shots, therefore, it’s better to set up more targets to avoid missing."

With that explanation, the Emperor felt a sense of helplessness, having thought the device had tremendous power, only to find out this was the reason.

While they were talking, the preparations on the other side were complete.

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