I was pretty surprised to find these #Chinese (?) inscriptions on an old cannon in Budapest. Can someone tell me what they say?

@cxiao Thanks! This is wild!

"Verbiest undertook many projects, including [...] the casting of 132 cannons for the imperial army"

This is at least a hint about how these cannons could end up in Europe!

@cxiao This is it! And here's a better picture (of a different instance of the same type): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cannon_of_Ferdinand_Verbiest_in_Hakozaki_Shrine.jpg

Thank you very much, can't wait to read the story behind these!