A cannon barrel equipped with rifling has a vastly improved shooting accuracy, making it a truly qualified piece of artillery.
Moreover, with steel of sufficient strength, he could also emulate the Western-style breech-loading cannons of his past life and design an even more advanced breech-loading gun.
In short, by continuously iterating and updating, he was confident he would maintain an absolute, permanent technological lead over the crude cannons presented to the imperial court.
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