I have three hundred soldiers, all of whom can warm wine and kill Hua Xiong

In the morning, Wei Chu's mood became slightly depressed.

Corrupt officials.

This is a problem faced by all dynasties.

Wei Chu knew that it was almost impossible to eradicate corrupt officials.

And once corrupt officials take over, even if the Chinese Empire is unprecedentedly powerful, it will collapse quickly.

In fighting corruption and promoting integrity, we must not be lax in our methods.

After the morning court, Wei Chu, accompanied by Wang Yue, prepared to inspect the craftsman camp.

Today's craftsmanship camp is completely different from the past.

First, the craftsmanship camp set up in Luoyang was countless times larger than before.

Luoyang Craftsman Camp has thousands of craftsmen of all types.

In addition, in addition to the craftsmanship camp set up in Luoyang, China has craftsmanship camps distributed in every state and county in China.

However, compared with the craftsmanship camp set up in Luoyang, the craftsmanship camps in various states, counties and counties are mainly responsible for creating some ordinary production materials, and they also take care of business operations. They are the earliest state-owned enterprises in the world.

Ma Jun and Pu Yuan were responsible for managing the craftsmanship camp.

The rank of the two of them is equivalent to that of a first-rank official.

Even in the city of Luoyang, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, the two of them still have an independent courtyard given to them by Wei Chu.

But even so, Ma Jun and Pu Yuan did not forget their original intentions and were greedy for enjoyment.

The two of them were often busy from dawn to dusk in the craftsman camp.

The hardships the two of them endured in Luoyang were no less than those of the soldiers fighting everywhere.

No, when Wei Chu and Wang Yue arrived at the craftsman camp, Ma Jun and Pu Yuan were still shirtless.

"Ma Jun and Pu Yuan, I didn't know that Your Majesty was here to visit us. I apologize for any inconveniences or disrespect."

Wei Chu waved his hands to Pu Yuan and Ma Jun nonchalantly.

During this visit, Wei Chu did not send anyone to notify the craftsman camp in advance.

The purpose was naturally because Wei Chu wanted to see the most authentic craftsmanship camp.

"What have you two been busy with these days? That thing I told you before. Have you put any effort into testing it? Is there any progress?"

As soon as Wei Chu finished speaking, Ma Jun and Pu Yuan quickly stepped aside and led Wei Chu and Wang Yue into a room alone with great respect.

At Ma Jun's signal, Pu Yuan approached Wei Chu and whispered: "We have tested it thousands of times based on the formula provided by Your Majesty before. We finally succeeded in creating gunpowder."

"After gunpowder came out, we repeated the experiment thousands of times and finally produced the first batch of thunderbolts."

"Results so soon? Thunderball?"

Hearing this name, Wei Chu felt an uncontrollable curiosity rise in his heart.

I don’t know how powerful the thunderbolt is?

At the same time, Wei Chu couldn't help but glance at Pu Yuan and Ma Jun.

Originally, Wei Chu informed Pu Yuan and Ma Jun of the gunpowder formula.

There was no expectation that the two of them could create gunpowder.

After all, Wei Chu only knew that gunpowder was composed of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal.

Wei Chu didn't know the specific content.

Ma Jun and Pu Yuan looked at each other, and it was Pu Yuan who stood up and said, "As your Majesty said before, gunpowder will explode after some special treatment."

"When gunpowder explodes, in addition to producing huge power, it also erupts with a sound like a thunderbolt. It is precisely because of this characteristic that we temporarily named the explosive made of gunpowder a thunderbolt bomb."

"Of course, the final naming right of gunpowder and explosives rests with His Majesty. Your Majesty can..."

Before Pu Yuan could finish speaking, Wei Chu waved his hand gently towards Pu Yuan.

"Thunderbolt is a pretty good name, so I'll use it according to your name."

"I don't know if there are actual thunderbolts in the craftsman camp now. I want to see the power of thunderbolts with my own eyes."

After hearing Wei Chu's words, Pu Yuan and Ma Jun nodded heavily.

"Thunderbolt bombs are still under continuous improvement. In addition, due to confidentiality, there are a total of ten finished thunderbolt bombs in the craftsmanship camp."

"I will immediately send people to the open space behind the craftsman camp to make preparations. Please drink some tea and burn a stick of incense before your Majesty moves to the open space behind."

The time for a stick of incense quickly passed.

When Pu Yuan, Ma Jun and Wei Chu came to the open space.

A total of two arrangements were made in the open space.

In the first arrangement, a dozen sheep were tied to wooden stakes, forming a circle.

The second arrangement is a low wall made of piled earth.

Pu Yuan followed Wei Chu, explaining in a low voice as he stepped forward.

"There are two different types of thunderbolt bombs we are making now. One is to target anti-personnel people. We add a lot of iron filings and steel needles to a special clay pot. After the clay pot explodes, it can explode in a circle. More than a dozen people were killed and injured."

"This group of sheep simulates enemy soldiers on the battlefield. When thunderbolt bombs explode, they can instantly kill or injure more than a dozen sheep."

After Pu Yuan finished speaking, a trustworthy craftsman came to Wei Chu and Wang Yue holding a wooden box.

In the wooden box, there is a small black clay pot.

This black clay pot contains the gunpowder Pu Yuan talked about.

Wang Yue didn't know the power of gunpowder. After taking a look at the clay pot, Wang Yue couldn't help but whispered: "Use more than a dozen sheep to test the power of this clay pot? Do you think that this clay pot alone can kill people?" Kill a dozen sheep?”

"If this clay pot can really do this, then wouldn't it mean that the decades of persistence of those of us who practice martial arts are not as good as a small clay pot?"

Wang Yue is known as the best swordsman in the world, and his swordsmanship is extremely superb.

But even so, Wang Yue was not sure that he could kill all the dozens of sheep quickly.

So in Wang Yue's view, Pu Yuan was bragging.

Pu Yuan smiled at Wang Yue and said, "Please be patient, General Wang. It will open up General Wang's eyes in a while."

Pu Yuan smiled at Wang Yue, and then continued: "The second type of thunder bullet is mainly used to target local city walls or city gates. This type of thunder bullet is relatively large in size. It contains gunpowder. More."

"We built a mud wall to simulate the enemy's city wall. After the thunderbolt bomb explodes, this section of the mud wall can be blown down directly."

After listening to Pu Yuan's words, Wang Yue couldn't help but smile and said: "I was curious and took a look. The mud wall you built is quite strong, and it is almost a foot thick."

"It's not easy to destroy such a thick earth wall."

Wei Chu glanced at Wang Yue with a smile, then turned to Pu Yuan and said, "In a moment, let Wang Yue light the fire, and let Wang Yue personally feel the huge power of the thunderbolts."