Nanming Engineer

Chapter 109 Gunpowder Factory

"My Ming artifact is ten thousand enemies. As Zu Bian said, it is extremely sharp and powerful, but unfortunately it is too heavy to be used." Ma Xintian stood in the middle of the conference hall and said loudly: "That's because I am Song Yingxing Song When the adults were designing and manufacturing, due to the effect of gunpowder, a large amount of gunpowder had to be poured into the clay ball, otherwise the explosion power would not be enough to kill a large number of enemies, so Ten Thousand Enemy had to be made so huge."

He raised the bamboo tube in his hand, as if it had been filled with nitroglycerin, and raised his voice excitedly: "But now, Mr. Wang has concocted this powerful new gunpowder, a little bit of new gunpowder, you can What does it mean to be equal to five or six times the old gunpowder? Everyone, this means that we can put a small amount of gunpowder in this small bamboo tube, and it can withstand the power of a ten thousand enemies!"

As soon as this remark was made, it couldn't have been more thorough, and everyone immediately understood that this overbearing gunpowder, besides breaking mountains and blasting rocks, can also have such magical effects. In this way, isn't it equivalent to a miniaturized enemy?Moreover, the power has not decreased but increased, and it is much more powerful than the ten thousand enemies who use black powder. The weight is not very heavy, and an ordinary soldier can throw it far away. If it is used in large quantities, it is simply a dead dream for the enemy.

"In addition to gunpowder, some iron nails and gravel must also be added." Wang Huan added aloud.

The people present only felt a chill on their backs, and they shivered unconsciously, put nails and gravel?Everyone immediately recalled the scene of rocks flying across the woods during the bombing test. Lying in the pit, you can feel the speed of the stones above your head. If you are hit by any small stone, you may be wearing Iron armor will also be shot through.

This effect is much more powerful than crossbow arrows, and the musketeer bird system is no more than that.

Everyone looked at Wang Huan, and suddenly dodged a little, and put iron nails inside the miniaturized Ten Thousand Enemies, would they have a son?

"Good advice, my lord!" Ma Xintian flattered him expressionlessly.

Wang Huan stood up, walked to Ma Xintian's side, took the bamboo tube, Shi Shiran swung it in the air, made a throwing motion, and said while doing it: "I'll do the math, choose a bamboo stick that's as thick as an arm , cut a section one foot long, and it can be filled with five taels of new gunpowder, five taels of iron nails and stones, a total of about one catty, and ordinary soldiers, as long as they have a little training, can throw it over a distance of ten feet without any problem."

Ma Wannian hadn't spoken for a long time, so he couldn't help but interjected at this moment: "My lord, I can throw it twenty feet away!"

Wang Huan nodded: "Indeed, it's possible for someone as powerful as Mr. Ma to throw it farther."

He walked in the hall, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably, and his voice became agitated: "Think about it, everyone, if the two armies are facing each other on the battlefield, the two sides are close to each other. At a distance of twenty feet, our entire army suddenly throws out thousands of bamboo tubes against ten thousand enemies, what will happen?"

Thousands of enemies?

Zu Bian and others were stunned, and an incredible scene was automatically imagined in their minds: on the battlefield, armored soldiers were fighting, warriors were arrayed, the enemy and we were gradually approaching, and a life-and-death fight was about to begin. At this moment, countless thousands of people The enemy suddenly flew out from above his head, roaring and smashing towards the enemy on the opposite side who knew nothing about it. The bamboo tubes with death greetings "squeaked" and burned the fuses of the match ropes, fell on the opponent's head, and then exploded, accompanied by With the loud sound of landslides and ground cracks, countless black mushroom clouds rose up, iron nails flew like rain, and stones smashed randomly...

Flesh hell!

Too vicious, too powerful!
Everyone once again looked deeply at Wang Huan, Mr. Wang is really dark.

But black is black, ruthless is ruthless, but we like it!

After a brief silence in the chamber, thunderous cheers sounded, and Zu Bian roared inaudiblely, beating the table crazily; Ma Wannian's face was contorted, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh Shouting "Hello"; Xu Tiezhu slapped his hands, his hands were red, but he didn't know it; only Ma Xintian, this calm man, still stood there calmly, watching quietly with his hands folded, but there was a twinkle in his eyes. With brilliance.

"If I had such a firearm in Liaodong back then, Daling City would not have been lost, nor would Shenyang City! With so many brothers, their deaths would not have been in vain... Woo!" Zu Bian lost his composure.

Ma Xintian reached out to wrap his arms around his shoulder, patted him lightly, and said nothing.

Ma Wannian waved his fist and shouted: "My lord, please give me a name for such a firearm. I am so sorry for it."

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison: "Please name it, my lord!"

Wang Huan cracked the bamboo tube in his hand, stretched his eyebrows, and raised his hand suddenly.

Everyone looked at him eagerly, full of anticipation.

Wang Huan looked up and down, and said very seriously: "Okay, I decided, this firearm is called... the bomb!"

Destroy the captive eggs?Everyone's expressions changed slightly.

very strange.

But it’s okay, no matter what kind of egg it is, as long as it can kill the Tartars, it’s a good egg, and everyone in the hall didn’t bother to distinguish whether it was an egg or a bomb. It was a time of celebration, so why think so much.

So the hall burst into cheers, "Destroy the Ludan! Destroy the Ludan!" Shouts rang out, and the roof was almost toppled over. The bamboo tube, like a treasure, was passed around by everyone in turn, wishing to have it right away. Take two with you.

But there was no hurry, the wet pile of new gunpowder wasn't dry yet.

Gunpowder must be dried in the shade and cannot be exposed to the sun, so during the next few days of waiting, Wang Huan was busy selecting a site around Longevity Valley to build a gunpowder refinery. This factory must be far away from Longevity City. Large, if you are not careful, it will cause an explosion, and the site should be farther away.

There was a gunpowder field explosion in the Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty. The black gunpowder almost destroyed half of the capital, causing tens of thousands of casualties. If it was replaced with the yellow gunpowder refined by Wang Huan, it would not blow up the entire capital. , not to mention the small Longevity Valley.

After searching for a long time, Wang Huan finally found a small valley in the wasteland [-] miles outside the Longevity Valley. It was surrounded by mountains and there was no way in and out except for a small road. It was closed and safe, even if it exploded unexpectedly It will not affect the outside either.

Wang Huan sent people to evacuate the nearby native people, widen the roads, build a wooden city at the entrance and exit, cut down trees to flatten the field, build houses and sheds, build lime ponds, build earthen furnaces, and finally pick up high places with stones. A strong gunpowder depot was built in a place that is not easy to be affected by moisture.

The refining craftsmen must be 100% reliable. Wang Huan thought about it, and finally decided to choose some honest and prudent people from the local people in Shizhu. Although they are all illiterate, the refining method is simple and easy to learn. Be careful and keep the process in mind.

Wang Huan was more thoughtful, and in order to improve the extraction efficiency, he divided the entire extraction process into several parts. Different craftsmen only need to learn a certain part. For example, those who learn how to extract glycerin from fat only learn how to extract glycerin. Those who practice gunpowder only learn how to refine acid, and do not learn anything else. In this way, the tedious work of the natives is simplified, the efficiency is improved, and the secrecy of the entire gunpowder extraction can be enhanced. But it's just a step away from the complete refining process, and others can't figure out the whole refining process at all.

The road was widened quickly, and two-wheeled vehicles, large and small, carried the ore quarried from various mines in Shizhu, and transported them in one after another. Ma Xintian's soldiers were stationed in fifty to guard the gunpowder field.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the fat pig.

Ma Chongming is adjusting grain and buying pigs from other places. When he comes back, the thousand-person pig farm and gunpowder farm will start work at the same time.

(End of this chapter)