Leofric moved his hands to reveal the next piece of military equipment. He grabbed the plain linen cloth that covered the closest wooden box and pulled it away to expose the object sitting inside.
The item resting on the bottom of the wooden box was a hand cannon.
Leofric reached into the wooden container, grabbed the object with both of his hands, and lifted it up so that all the rulers in the room could observe its physical structure.
A hand cannon consists of a thick iron tube measuring approximately two feet in length. The iron tube is forged by pouring heated liquid metal into a cylindrical mold and allowing it to cool until it becomes a solid piece of metal.
This thick iron tube is mounted securely on a straight wooden handle.
The wooden handle provides a surface for the soldier to hold the weapon without touching the metal tube, which becomes heated during the firing process.
