After Becoming The Tyrant

"Go away! Don't point the knife at me!"

The king and the head of internal affairs had just arrived at the entrance of the Future Academy of Sciences, which was blocked by the Royal Guards, when they heard the angry curse of the knight commander coming from inside.

The Chief of Internal Affairs looked at the king silently and solemnly.

"It seems that our geniuses are very motivated." The king said casually, "I hope he doesn't really annoy our oath knight commander."

In the Academy of Sciences, the knight captain was wearing exquisite iron armor, watching the anatomist warily.A pair of fine human body structure charts were pinned to the wall, and on the laboratory table in front of the anatomist was a corpse that had been forcibly covered with a white cloth by the knight commander—presumably to prevent the king from seeing such a bloody scene.

The anatomist gestured at the knight captain with a knife and muttered something.

The knight's hair stood on end, and he felt that he was probably not a living person in his eyes, but a skeleton with countless blood vessels...

"His Majesty."

When the knight commander saw the king walking in, he hurriedly saluted respectfully.There was a touch of melancholy in his heart - he was happy to serve His Majesty even if he sacrificed his life, but the king sent him to watch over these lunatics... Oh my God!Can he ask His Majesty for a job change?

"Good job."

The king nodded slightly at him.

The knight commander straightened his spine subconsciously, feeling extremely honored.

The head of housekeeping patted him on the shoulder, silently encouraging him.For the sake of the Holy Lord, Mr. Knight Commander must persevere and continue to fight these lunatics.

"Okay, Mr. Jacob, please stop what you are doing for a while, and please invite your companions here." The king clapped his hands in the hall.

As soon as the king's words fell, there was a loud noise upstairs.

The steward of the house immediately stepped forward, protecting the king behind him.

The knight commander skillfully drew out his long sword and rushed upstairs: "How many times have I warned you—"

"—No experiments with gunpowder in the room!"

"No—not even under a pound!"

"I'm going to throw you all into the snow!! You bastards!!"

The knight commander's roar echoed in the room.

The steward looked at the king.

"Okay, my dear Mr. Steward." The king didn't change his face. The pair of chemist brothers still have some points, and they didn't really make a big bang—of course, it is very likely that they still can't make a big bang for the time being, " I'll let them live alone in another house, okay?"

"A penny and they absolutely burned their own hair off again."

The architect, neatly dressed and with every hair combed neatly, came out of his room.

"Bet."

The astrologer who had just arrived took out the money.

The anatomist tried to join the gamble, but the architect kept at least half a hall away from him at all times, so as not to fight with this guy who was so smooth with knives because of his cleanliness.

In a moment of confusion, the king met all his "genius scientists".

"Gentlemen, my head of the house has prepared a lot of strong oil for you. Can you tell me, is the fire rack at the door in need?" After receiving the news that the king is coming, the knight commander cleaned the hall Work, put a long table and a few chairs.The king sat down at the table, fingers crossed, and smiled at his scientists.

"We think those stakes look better when they're not turned into charcoal."

The lunatics who made the knight commander rage every day had an intuitive awe of the young king, and they restrained themselves a little in front of the king.

The anatomist was the first to rush forward to speak, and he proudly showed the king the human anatomy diagram he had nailed in the hall: "Your Majesty, I have already confirmed that human blood does circulate and flow into the heart, let the church gang Idiots bring their 'natural aura' to meet their lord! Blood circulation is determined by the structure and function of the heart itself! The human body itself is the greatest creation!"

That's why the king liked these "lunatics".

The ultimate pursuit of knowledge in a certain field made them sneer at the Holy Court.

Then the pharmacist came forward with his diagram of the structure of bacteria, a task he had done in collaboration with the doctor who was trying to cut open the human brain with a knife.The two hit it off immediately, and their crazy thoughts collided into one place.

It is worth mentioning that the astrologer also has a lot of credit for the pharmacist's research results - the pharmacist snatched the telescope that the astrologer used to observe the sky and transformed it into his own experimental instrument.

Although the microbial structure map is still very crude in the eyes of the king, it has already embarked on the right path.

After seeing it, he nodded slightly: "I will ask someone to build a suitable tool for you. Next time, please don't rob your companion, sir."

The architect took out his handkerchief, wiped the table carefully, and then opened the box he brought with him, and spread out a blueprint in front of the king.After he was thrown into this place, the king sent someone to send a detailed map of the town - a certain commercial town on the southeast coast.

Along with that drawing, the architect had a thick explanation, noting all the details involved and his calculations.

The king turned it over: "I'll have it evaluated, congratulations in advance on your great success."

Astrologers have very limited results.But he can't blame him, the survey of celestial bodies has always required a long time and complicated calculations.He looked pale and felt that he was doomed, but the king was interested in one of the instruments he used to measure the angles of the heavenly bodies.

He perfected an ancient measuring tool, the Rod of Gilson.

This is a tool conceived by geometric thinking to measure the angular distance of celestial bodies, although it does not have the same optical characteristics as a night traveler.But it can measure the angle formed by the rays emitted by any two stars at a certain point on the ground, so as to avoid the error caused by the ground reference object and the position change of the observer. [1]

"I hope you can continue to come up with something useful in the future." The king said kindly, "However, in order to show your respect, I will ask Mr. Manager to leave the strong oil for you. If you fail to achieve anything in the future ...you know what you have to do, don't you?"

Of all the king's hopes the most were undoubtedly the two chemists who nearly burned themselves again.

The knight commander fished them out of the room.

——Thanks to the caution of the Knight Commander, he never allowed them to keep too much finished gunpowder in the laboratory.

The king turned his attention to the two chemist brothers who had just tidied themselves up and looked particularly embarrassed without their hair.

In the thirteenth century, gunpowder began to appear in people's sight.But for nearly 300 years, gunpowder didn't get much attention.Because of its high cost, its power is very limited at this time.The king had asked the Duke of Buckingham in detail about the current state of weapons in order to carry out military reforms.

The answers I got were disappointing.

Nowadays, the gunpowder ingredients that can be used with "military use" are mainly saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.Among them, saltpeter accounts for as high as 66.5%-75% [2].However, the price of saltpeter and sulfur is very expensive now, and whether it is Legrand or Blacy's production of gunpowder, it needs to be imported.

Of course, the most important thing is that the power of gunpowder is limited at this time.

The use of gunpowder on the battlefield is mainly to launch "fireballs" and "flasks" made of gunpowder with the help of trebuchets. There are also some artillery pieces that have been tried. However, under the condition of limited technology, the artillery can kill one's own people comparable to the enemy's. The damage has been much greater. [3] ...But to a solid castle, they are just monsters with a loud bravado.

"We improved gunpowder from powder to granule."[4]

The older chemist replied succinctly.

"explain?"

"Can we demonstrate it for you in detail?" the younger chemist brother asked, with excitement in his eyes.

"No, no."

The head of internal affairs thumped in his heart, and he answered loudly before the king.He didn't bother to care when these two gunpowder maniacs blew himself up, but the king would have to jump into the river if he just lost a hair.

"Don't be so nervous." The king looked at the Chief of Internal Affairs who wanted to throw the chemists on the stake with some amusement. "Of course I won't let them demonstrate here. I will invite Mr. Duke to come and observe."

After all, he still needs to discuss with the old prince how powerful this new type of gunpowder can be in actual combat.

"Ok."

The chemist brother was clearly disappointed, he had a soft spot for explosions.

"However, we accidentally restored another thing in the experiment, and you may be interested in it, Your Majesty."

"Tell me."

"The Ancient Sacred Fire."[5]

The chemist brother replied.

The king sat up straight.

"I hope you're not joking."

The king watched the two chemists and spoke slowly.

"Otherwise the stake will be a luxury for you all."

Ancient holy fire.

This is an unforgettable scar of the Qiangwei family.

This is not an unfamiliar word, it was once a weapon used by the Holy Court on the other side of the Abyss Strait to deal with Legrand.

In the fifth century AD, the Black Death in Legrand had subsided.Dissatisfied with the control of the Holy Court, the Rose Royal Family once launched an expedition in an attempt to defeat the Holy Court and regain the supreme glory of the royal family.

As long as the church of the Holy Court is reduced to ashes, the light of faith spreading across the land of Legrand will naturally be extinguished.

That time Legrand sent a total of nearly a thousand ships, and when they arrived at Sanling Bay where the Holy Court was located, the battleships of the Holy Court appeared in front of the world for the first time.The white ships scattered lightly on the sea, and the priests in white holy robes poured the black liquid into the sea.

Something that was incomprehensible to the Legrand people at that time happened.

The fire ignited ragingly on the sea, and spread with the help of the northeast wind at that time, sweeping nearly a thousand Legrand ships inside.

Scarlet fire billowed on the sea, and the brave warriors fell to their deaths before they set foot on the battlefield. They screamed and wanted to jump into the water to face the fire on their bodies, but there was fire on the water.Black smoke floated into the sky like poisonous snakes, and the monks on the white warships of the Holy Court sang ancient hymns.

"God is a righteous judge

God who is angry with the wicked every day

……

He also prepared the instruments of murder

He shoots rockets

"

In a solemn chant, Legrand's warriors were reduced to ashes in the flames.The three princes of the Qiangwei family who led the army were also buried in the sea of ​​flames. Before they died, they did something worthy of the glory of Rose—they endured the burning of the fire, drove their warship across the line of fire, and fought with a The holy ship died together.

But nearly a thousand Legrand's warships were reduced to ashes in that battle.

The holy court called the fire that burned on the sea the "ancient holy fire". That was when the holy court was at its most majestic. They established their status with that war, and declared to the world that "God watches the earth, and everything that goes wrong Whoever converts will accept the fire of the last day."

Legrand was severely injured after that battle, and the Qiangwei family had no choice but to suppress the anger and hatred in their hearts, and accepted the Kingdom of God imposed on them.Later generations of Qiangwei family historians will clearly remember that war, how many people were sacrificed, and how much shame Legrand suffered after that war.

It was a scar dripping with blood at the mention of it.

However, every crown prince of the Qiangwei family will be taught that past story repeatedly since childhood.

The more pain, the more anger, and the more anger, the stronger.The Qiangwei family survived the most difficult period in this pain, and only then did the establishment of the Mad King, the Lion King's Conquest, and William III unify the glory of the 36 kingdoms.

But that doesn't mean others can make fun of it.

There was no smile on the king's face, his eyes were like icy rivers of winter at this moment, and beneath the glacial rivers was an untouchable abyss.His tone was still soft, but the keen lunatics felt a terrible danger shrouded in the hall.

"Yes, this is not a joke."

replied the older chemist.

"We created the Old Sacred Flame."

He stood up straight, extremely proud: "That is not a holy fire that can only be used by gods, mortals can also create it!"

The king looked at the chemist for a long time.

Finally, he smiled slowly and raised his hand to applaud the proud chemist.

"Congratulations, from now on, you are the president of the Legrand First Academy of Sciences."

The author has something to say: there is another chapter to add nutrient solution 35000 tonight, the usual time is relatively late, don't wait~ It will be the same when you get up tomorrow.

This chapter is also called "The Tyrant and His Mad Scientists"

[1] The prototype is "Jacob's Rod". According to records, it does have the function mentioned in the article, and it was mentioned in the works of the Jewish-Spanish astronomer Levi ben Gilsson at that time.It was appreciated by Pope Clement VI at the time.

[2] The data comes from the Spanish-Arabic encyclopedic knowledge compilation from 1275 to 1300. At that time, this was gunpowder with a strong explosive effect and could be used for military purposes.

[3] A very typical example, in 1460, King James II of Scotland died due to the sudden explosion of his own cannon during the siege of Rogersburg.The history of military use of European cannons has been attributed to the same nature as trebuchets for a long time. They are used to throw stone bombs into castles to destroy houses and churches, but not to destroy city walls, because its Impact is very limited.

[4] The transformation of gunpowder from powder to granule is an extremely critical part of the European gunpowder revolution and a key step in the reform of gunpowder technology.Related books "Race to Wealth and Power: Technology, Military and Society since AD ​​1000" (US) William H. McNeil

[5] The prototype is actually Greek fire, which was used by the Byzantine army in 678 AD when they fought against the Arabs.It can burn on water.