I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Everything was arranged, and Li Shen walked to a pavilion not far away and sat down, waiting for the results.

Shitou took people to the office and brought in tables and tea sets.

Li Shen looked into the distance and kept thinking.

According to the records in that book, the last explosion seemed to be related to saltpeter.

At that time, researchers were studying materials such as gunpowder.

The record didn’t say how to do it, probably because it hadn’t been written down yet, but the experiment was done and the results exploded.

Li Shen guessed that maybe they made something during the experiment and it exploded due to improper operation.

Unfortunately, there was nothing recorded on it, so Li Shen couldn't be sure.

The main reason is that Li Shen, apart from knowing the composition of gunpowder, can't do anything else.

As someone who loves watching short videos, he has also seen things like TNT and nitroglycerin.

But they all require chemical synthesis, which Li Shen doesn't know much about, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much money to let them research.

"Your Highness, I just asked, and no one knows what happened. They just heard a loud noise, and then nothing happened.

I was so shocked that I felt dizzy and dazed." Manager Yu came back to report.

Li Shen didn't say anything, just waved his hand and asked him to go aside.

Suddenly he saw the guards gathering together in the distance, as if they had discovered something, and Li Shen stood up immediately.

But for safety reasons he did not go over. After a long while, he vaguely saw guards carrying two people out.

Xue Rengui came over to report quickly.

"Your Majesty, we just found two bodies."

"Are you sure it's a corpse? Is it dead?" Li Shen still had some hope.

"Your Majesty, he is indeed dead." Xue Rengui nodded.

Li Shen sat down again in disappointment.

"There should be someone else inside. Keep looking. We must find a living person."

"Yes." Xue Rengui left again.

Time passed little by little, and Li Shen sat in the pavilion without receiving any good news.

News of deaths came one after another.

After an hour, six or seven bodies were found, which made Li Shen feel very disappointed.

If people die, then all the hard work over the years will be in vain.

Although I have their research materials and records.

Even if we replace him with a new person, it will still not work if he doesn't understand the principles.

Suddenly Li Shen felt a little regretful. In order to keep it confidential, he did not allow more people to participate. It would have been better if he had held a seminar in the first place.

If everyone shares their research results and principles with each other, then everyone's knowledge will be shared.

"Your Highness, I have discovered something." Xue Rengui ran over in a hurry.

"What did you find? Is there anyone alive?" Li Shen asked hurriedly.

"No, what we found was not a human. You will know if Your Majesty comes and takes a look." Xue Rengui shook his head.

"lead the way."

Li Shen said nothing more and followed Xue Rengui as they walked quickly towards the east.

On the way, Xue Rengui began to explain to Li Shen:

“Your Majesty, we found something fifty feet outside the wall, it’s made of iron and it’s huge.

It’s more than a hundred feet away from the center of the explosion.”

As they were talking, they came to the east wall. A ladder had been set up there. Li Shen climbed over the wall using the ladder and came to the place where the object was found.

Something like a large iron bucket appeared in front of Li Shen.

Li Shen went forward to check it out. It was about ten feet long, square, three feet square, and had some iron pipes on it.

"Dong Dong!" Li Shen knocked on it with his hand, and it was indeed made of iron.

"Your Highness, what is this?" Xue Rengui asked.

"I haven't seen it either, but it should be quite heavy. Look at how big a hole it made."

Li Shen shook his head. This thing should have flown over from the research institute.

The power of this explosion was too great. Such a large object could actually fly over a hundred feet away.

The monster created such a big hole.

"Rengui, arrange for someone to carry this thing back. Um... just smash the wall. Otherwise, it will be too troublesome to go around in a circle."

It's several miles around to the main gate. How long will it take to get back carrying such a big thing?

Li Shen crawled back into the yard. Along the way, he had an idea in his mind that this should be something from a steam engine.

It was just a little different from anything he had seen before.

The sky began to darken, the cleanup work continued, and Li Shen finally received good news.

Several injured researchers were found. Although their injuries were serious, they still managed to survive.

Especially the fact that the team leader of Group 2 was not dead made Li Shen overjoyed.

The gunpowder is more important to him at the moment.

In the temporary ward, Li Shen found a researcher who was less seriously injured after asking around.

He was pinned down by an iron plate, and there happened to be a gap between the plates, so he was just hit by the plate and passed out.

Seeing Li Shen coming in, the researcher wanted to greet him, but Li Shen quickly waved his hand:

"You are injured, so don't be polite. How do you feel?"

Coming to the bedside, Li Shen expressed his warm condolences.

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji. I am fine."

"By the way, what's your name and where are you in charge?" Li Shen asked with a smile.

The researcher was a little nervous because the person in front of him was a prince, and not everyone could see him.

Especially since they are still affiliated with Prince Ji’s Mansion.

"Your Highness, Prince Ji, my surname is Ma, my given name is Zhixu, and I work in Group 1."

Ma Zhixu replied.

"Ma Zhixu... well, that's a good name. Don't be nervous. Just answer whatever the king asks you.

Don't worry, I won't hold you responsible for anything. When your injury is healed, you can continue to work."

After Li Shennian finished speaking, he spoke to Ma Zhixu kindly.

These people are all my treasures, and I must treat them well.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will tell you everything you know, no matter what you want to ask."

Ma Zhixu nodded repeatedly.

Li Shen was very satisfied. From his words, he could tell that Ma Zhixu was also a scholar and had studied for several years.

"Well, let me ask you, do you know what is going on?

Why was there such a huge explosion?"

This is what Li Shen is most concerned about.

Ma Zhixu's mind was probably still a little confused. He thought carefully for a long time before he remembered and reported:

"Your Highness, I don't know what happened. I was experimenting with the steam engine with our steward at the time.

This is the steam engine we just made.

It took half a year to produce it bit by bit.

Everything was fine and normal at first, but then I heard the manager shout, "Let the air out quickly."

I saw that the steam engine seemed to be cracking somewhere, and then I heard a loud bang, and then I knew nothing. "

"It turns out that the steam engine exploded, but why are there traces of fire at the scene?" Li Shen fell into deep thought after hearing this.

(You may not believe this, but I have seen videos on how to make TNT, nitroglycerin, various bombs, weapons, engines, and steam engines.

I don’t know if it’s just me or if all men like to read popular science stuff.

For example, the extinction of dinosaurs, the mysteries of the universe, military operations, etc.

Oh, and there is also donkey hoof repair. It helps with sleep.

But I don’t quite understand how to write the protagonist.

Others just sit there and don’t know how to do it, but here we have it, the author knows how to do it but the protagonist doesn’t, otherwise we’ll be criticized, who in our right mind can do it?)