Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 94 The first thunder, the emperor tried to explode

The next day, north of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City.

Li Ze got up early in the morning, and today it's time for the test pack to explode.

It doesn't take much time to develop gunpowder. The real difficulty lies in how to make high-destructive explosive weapons under the premise of ensuring the safety of transportation and use.

The first thing Li Ze thought of was land mines.

Delayed throwing weapons have to be poured with special iron or copper as fragments, while landmines only need to put some broken tiles or pebbles on top of the gunpowder.

Li Ze put on his clothes, got into his carriage, and walked along Suzaku Avenue in the gray area towards the northern part of the imperial city.

The groom held the sword given to Li Ze by Li Er as a pass, he could enter and leave the palace at will, and after passing through the imperial city, he rushed from the north gate to an open space outside the city.

Historically, this area was not built into the Daming Palace until the eighth year of Zhenguan.

Li Ze was conceiving the design of the landmine in the carriage, while looking at the white belly that gradually began to rise outside the car window.

When the first ray of the sun shone on an open space in the north of the imperial city, Li Ze also followed the ray of sunlight to this open area at the same time.

However, Sun Simiao and others have been waiting here for a long time, even several alchemists have already started unloading their cars.

Li Ze followed the backs of the alchemists, and saw a carriage full of clay pots parked at the back door of the office wooden house, covered with hay and a clay pot the size of a human head.

Seeing Li Ze arriving, Sun Simiao hurried forward and said, "Miraculous doctor Li, yesterday His Majesty asked about the progress of gunpowder development, and when he learned that today's test explosion is possible, His Majesty said he would come to inspect. I wonder how confident Li Miracle doctor is?"

Li Ze looked at the two carts full of clay pots and the large plates of gunpowder, and responded confidently: "It's okay, the gunpowder has been made, and the rest can be tried slowly."

After finishing speaking, Li Ze walked towards the carriage where the clay pots were piled up.

Picking up a clay pot and the lid with holes, Li Ze was a little tangled for a while.

How will this landmine be detonated?
Making leads?

Or use white phosphorus as a trigger mine?

Li Ze couldn't help frowning in confusion. If he wanted to detonate in a safe place, before the electronic detonator was clicked on the technology tree, these two are currently the easiest.

After much deliberation, I finally decided to make a lead.

After all, this thing is very intuitive. Once there is a technical error, it can be solved by splashing water. However, if there is a technical error in the pull hair style, it will not be worth the loss if it is blown to death when you go forward to troubleshoot.

"Doctor Sun, I need to trouble you to ask someone to bring me some sheep oil." After Li Ze said, he sent someone to drag a long desk from the house into the sun, and at the same time, he rubbed the paper into wrinkles and laid it on the table. On the case table.

Melt some suet, mix it with gunpowder, apply it to a paper strip, and when it dries it's a thread, only a little greasy.

In order to prevent the lead wires from falling apart and serve as a simple waterproof layer, a small amount of sheep oil is used instead of glue.

Sun Simiao and others gathered around the long case table, following Li Ze's method to make lead wires.

Cut off a piece of lead wire and blow it on the fire for a little bit, the effect is very good.

Sun Simiao and the others opened their mouths in amazement when they saw that this section of wire could even burn in water: "Hiss... It has been said since ancient times that water and fire cannot tolerate fire, but today they saw fire burning underwater, which is really surprising!"

Just when everyone was sighing because of the leads, Li Er just arrived, and from afar, he saw Li Ze and others surrounded by the sun and did not know what they were studying.

"Could it be some kind of explosives? This kid! How dare such dangerous things surround each other!" Li Er felt his heart palpitate, and quickly walked towards Li Ze.

Just as Li Ze was about to ignite the second fuse, Li Er suddenly poked his head out from the crowd: "Master Li! Don't crowd around!"

Everyone looked up, only to see Li Er's face was hasty, poking his head like a giraffe.

"Your Majesty is here, and I'm far away to welcome you. I hope that Your Majesty will make amends!" Sun Simiao and others hurriedly saluted Li Er. Li Er saw the crowd dispersed, and Li Ze couldn't help frowning while he was holding a black hemp rope.

"Master Li, what are you doing with a hemp rope?" Li Er waved his hand at Sun Simiao and the others to signal him to be flat, then stood beside Li Ze very curiously.

Seeing that Li Er had arrived, Li Ze simply seized the time to start making Datang's first bomb.

Then he pointed to the pitch-black "hemp rope" in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is not a hemp rope. This thing is called 'fuse wire' and is used to detonate bombs."

After all, Li Ze passed a short lead wire through the lid of the clay pot, filled the pot with some subsoil, spread a large ball of gunpowder, buried the lead wire that passed through the lid into the black powder, and then Fill the void with sand.

Finally, put the lid on, dig a deep hole in the ground, and gently bury the clay pot the size of a human head in the ground.

Squeeze the lead and walk far away.

Sun Simiao and others stood in the distance, each of the alchemists' hearts were beating nervously, and their hands were tightly clenched into fists.

Sweat dripped from his fingers onto his feet.

And Li Er didn't have any worries about all of this, he just looked forward to the performance of this clay pot.

Li Ze led a few soldiers to move sandbags, forming an arc in the distance, so as to avoid possible flying pottery fragments.

"This... Doctor Li is really cautious in his actions. In such a far place, the bomb should not be able to hurt us, right?" Li Er looked at the sandbags piled up into a wall and couldn't help laughing.

Li Zedao said very seriously: "It's better to be cautious. This is the first detonation, and I don't know its power. If I accidentally hurt Your Majesty, I will become a sinner forever."

As he spoke, Li Ze spliced ​​all the lead wires together, then straightened them gently, and took out the fuse from the end.

Looking at the curious Li Er, Li Ze couldn't help but feel a little tangled.

It stands to reason that such a grand matter should be done by Li Er.

The lead wire is not long, and the end is still dozens of steps away from the bunker. It is necessary to ignite the lead wire and run quickly into the bunker.

Sun Simiao and the others also looked at Li Er, and naturally understood what Li Ze was struggling with.

"Your Majesty, this thing is very dangerous. This is the first detonation. I wonder if His Majesty came here in person, or did this humble minister do it for you?" Li Ze looked at Li Er while holding the torch in his hand with a blank expression.

However, Li Er really looked fearless, and he grabbed the fire bag in Li Ze's hand: "What's there to be afraid of? It's just a bomb. It's probably more than thirty steps away. I don't believe this thing can hurt me from such a distance!"

After all, this reckless man was about to bend down to touch it, Li Ze quickly grabbed Li Er's hand and said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment! After lighting the fuse, you must follow the minister to hide behind the sandbag as soon as possible!"

"Oh! I know, I know!"

Li Er waved his hand casually, blew on the fire, and rushed towards the lead wire.

(End of this chapter)