Nanming Engineer

Chapter 108

Another gust of mountain wind blew by, and the black gunpowder smoke that filled the forest dispersed the remaining gunpowder smoke. Wang Huan couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, cheered, jumped out of the pit, and rushed towards the center of the explosion impatiently. go.

Everyone hurriedly followed behind him, jumped out of the pit one after another, and chased after him. Xu Tiezhu was afraid in his heart, and followed behind in a hurry.

Wang Huan took three steps at a time and made two steps at the same time. When he came to the explosion point, the huge rock had disappeared. There was a huge charred black earth pit on the ground, about a foot in size, and some obviously blasted rocks were scattered in it.

Picking up a piece of gravel from the ground, Wang Huan couldn't hide the joy in his heart, he laughed loudly, and said in a vibrating voice: "I never thought that the power of nitroglycerin is so great, and the amount of less than four taels can make this kind of stone." The degree of destruction is too powerful!"

Those who caught up kept looking around, and they all clicked their tongues. They saw with their own eyes that Wang Huan only used a bowl of oil to blow up a huge stone the size of a millstone. The equivalent of five or six catties is not so powerful.

"My lord, what did you just say about glycerin?" Zu Bian touched his scalp, stepped on the scorched earth pit, and asked in a slightly lower voice: "Could it be that this stone was really destroyed by that bowl of oil?" ?”

Wang Huan was in a happy mood, grinning from ear to ear, and explained to Zu Bian in a cheerful voice: "It's nitroglycerin. As I said, it's not ordinary oil. It's a kind of powerful explosive. It's only less than four taels of equivalent. , it can blow up the destructive power that everyone can see, I didn’t bring anything else on me just now, you all saw it.”

Everyone was shocked by the violent explosion, and they could hardly believe their eyes. That bowl of vegetable oil was really as destructive as five catties of black gunpowder. If brought here, I am afraid that this mountain will be cut off.

After the initial astonishment, everyone was a quick-witted person, and immediately recovered from the shock, Ma Xintian raised his eyebrows first and said: "My lord, this thing is so powerful, it would be great if it is used to set up an ambush, but I see Your lord carried the bowl all the way, and seemed to be very careful, is this nitroglycerin dangerous, it will explode if you touch it?"

Wang Huan nodded, and looked at Ma Xintian appreciatively: "That's right, this thing is the most unstable, and it will explode if there is a slight collision, so when I came here just now, I had to clear the field and bring up the bowl alone, just because I was afraid that something would go wrong. Everyone."

Everyone was shocked, it turns out that this nitroglycerin has such a dangerous property that it explodes when touched, so didn't Mr. Wang take a huge risk just now?How can this be done!
Everyone was anxious, and Ma Xintian said seriously: "Your Majesty is a man of ten thousand gold, and everything in the Wanshou Valley is yours to decide. Don't take risks. From now on, we can just leave this kind of work to the future."

Zu Bian also said: "That's right, I don't know if you don't tell me. If I knew it, I would never let you do this!"

The others all echoed, shouting that Wang Huan had surpassed Meng Lang. He was responsible for the life and death of tens of thousands of people and could not risk his life like this.Wang Huan pressed both hands, clasped his fists with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, I just don't do this in the future."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then they stopped chattering. Ma Xintian picked up the bowl from the ground that was blown to the point where there was only a piece of pottery left, and said with some regret: "The nitroglycerin refined by the adults is really powerful, but it's a pity. It’s oil, it’s inconvenient to carry, and it’s so dangerous, so it’s not very suitable for carrying on the march. The army marches and fights, and the emphasis is on convenience and reliability. It would be great if this thing can be more stable.”

When he said this, everyone turned their eyes to Wang Huan again. Xu Tiezhu was standing far behind, but now he also squeezed to the front, and said confidently: "Master Wang must have a way."

Wang Huan laughed: "Yes, of course there is a way. Otherwise, no one would worry about carrying such a dangerous thing. Otherwise, if the enemy didn't blow it up, they would blow themselves up to the sky first."

The hearts of all the people at the scene were lifted up, and their faces were full of joy. Mr. Wang is really talented. After walking into the mountain, he picked some stones and came back to barbecue. If you play tricks again, I don't know what kind of surprises it will bring to everyone.

Everyone's heart was crawling like ants, itching unbearably, eager to know what kind of tricks Wang Huan was going to come up with, Wang Huan didn't let them wait for long, he took a closer look at the explosion point and measured the power range of the explosion , led the way down the mountain and returned to the city.

Walking down the mountain, the people in the fields and in the city heard the loud explosion on the mountain, saw the huge mushroom cloud rising up, and knew that it was Wang Huan who went up the mountain just now. He told the sneaky people who came to inquire that this was a new fire oil test frying made by Mr. Wang. He was talking nonsense. With a wave of Mr. Wang's finger, a huge stone was turned into powder, and with another wave, countless gravels were turned into shocking waves in all directions. Shooting, Wang Huan was said to be like a god, which stunned the inquirers. These people spread the word ten, ten and hundreds. In a short period of time, the story of Wang Huan's bombing was spread all over Longevity City, depicting Wang Huan is the god of thunder descending to earth, showing his skills by blowing up mountains with thunder.

Naturally, Wang Huan didn't know that he had become the god of thunder. He brought Zu Bian and others back to the official office, closed the door, and didn't allow anyone to enter or leave, leaving only a few trusted people behind.

The manufacture of dynamite is fundamental. If others know the manufacturing process and disclose it, it will be a big loss. This is the magic weapon for the Wanshou Valley army to defeat the enemy in the future, and it must be kept strictly confidential.

Wang Huan slowly poured out the remaining nitroglycerin from the clay pot, about five catties, and slowly poured it into a large pottery basin according to a certain proportion. The powder mixed with saltpeter and a little lime weighs about five catties.

Wang Huan held his breath, holding the clay pot firmly with both hands, watching the nitroglycerin flow into the basin very slowly, seeping into the wood powder and saltpeter powder, the glycerin was absorbed by the powder, and soon turned into a pile of wet yellow paste .

Wang Huan's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. Seeing that he had finally poured out the glycerin, Xu Tiezhu put down the pot and immediately handed him a sweat towel. It's mushy and dry."

"Is this done?" Zu Bian looked at the big pottery basin and asked in disbelief.

"Of course, when it dries, it will become powder." Wang Huan said.

This kind of yellow gunpowder has very fine particles. Compared with black gunpowder, it is the same as the difference between salt grains and soybeans. Its explosive power is more powerful. Whether it is used for firing muskets or making explosives, it is much more powerful. Later generations The development of hot weapons, on the one hand, has the progress of firearms and artillery, and on the other hand, the more important thing is the progress of gunpowder. Without the appearance of yellow gunpowder and smokeless gunpowder, the fire gun is just a matchlock gun with a faster rate of fire. , There will be no qualitative leap in range and bullet power.

Guns are good things, but Wang Huan is a mining engineer, not a firearms master. He doesn't even know the structure of a handle, let alone an arquebus.There are not even blacksmiths in this remote place, not to mention the Huotong craftsmen who are firmly controlled by the royal court, so there is no need to think about making guns.

But without a gun, Wang Huan also has his own ideas.

"Zu Bian, have you ever heard of Ten Thousand Enemies?" Wang Huan picked up a hollow bamboo tube as thick as an arm, and sat on a chair in the conference hall, asking casually.

Everyone in the audience was discussing Wang Huan's gunpowder excitedly. It was the first time they had seen a new type of gunpowder that was several times more powerful than black gunpowder. Shock and excitement were filling their brains, and they all blushed. , talking endlessly.

Zu Bian had the loudest voice and was speaking happily. He suddenly heard Wang Huan ask him. He was stunned for a moment before replying: "Ah, ten thousand enemies? You know that too, sir."

He has been in Liaodong for a long time, the Liaodong Army Gate is a firearms testing field, and many of the firearms equipped by the Shenji Battalion have also been used by his ancestors. Speaking of Ten Thousand Enemy, he is very familiar with it.

"It was made by the officials of the Song Dynasty in the court. It was made of clay and shaped into a ball. It was the same size as a large wax gourd. It was hollow and had small holes in it. After it was dried, it was filled with gunpowder and poison. It was surrounded by a wooden frame. It was used as a sharp weapon for defending the city. "Zu Bian eloquently said: "Our army used this thing to defend Daling City and Shenyang City back then. , smoked for several miles, the Tartars fear the most."

He licked his lips and said with a hint of regret: "But the wind direction is the most important thing for this thing. If the wind direction is wrong and the poisonous smoke blows back, it will harm our own people. Moreover, this thing is too bulky and weighs more than ten kilograms. It is not suitable for non-strong men." It can’t be thrown far away, so it’s not very convenient to use.”

Wang Huan smiled, threw the bamboo tube in his hand to his ancestors, and asked, "What about this bamboo tube?"

Zu Bian was startled, caught the bamboo tube, looked left and right, knocked the bamboo tube on the head again, and asked with straight eyes: "Your Excellency, you mean to hit people with this bamboo tube?"

Wang Huan smiled without saying a word, looking at the other people sitting down.

Some were confused, some were in a daze, but Ma Xintian's eyes suddenly lit up.

He jumped up, grabbed the bamboo tube in Zubian's hand, looked back and forth, and then looked at Wang Huan with bright eyes, his expressionless poker face was ecstatic, and he shouted: "My lord, high regard!"

Wang Huan looked at him, looked at him and smiled, the admiration in his eyes was nakedly revealed.

The others quit and stood up one after another and shouted: "Please make it clear, my lord!"

Wang Huan smiled and said to Ma Xintian, "Let's talk."

Ma Xintian bowed respectfully and said, "Yes."

He turned around and walked into the hall, raised the bamboo tube in his hand, and said loudly: "My lord is saying that this bamboo tube can become our enemy!"

　PS: Immediately 30 words, but the results are so miserable, all book friends, please encourage and encourage the bar.

　　
　
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