Daming Military Empire

Chapter 692 New Gunpowder, High Explosive Shells
The capital city in June has gradually become hotter, and Zhu Cijiong's heart has also become hotter and hotter.

Zheng Chenggong has already gone to the South Camp to form the Navy Guard Corps. Once the armored warship is out, who can be the enemy!

One month to go, one month to go, Zheng Chenggong will lead the Navy Guard Corps composed entirely of ironclad battleships to Europe to kick off the decisive battle. The anti-Habsburg alliance is set this time!
For this moment, he had endured it for nearly a year. Seeing that victory was in sight, he couldn't help but get excited.

It's coming to an end, it's coming to an end, the war that lasted for more than ten years is finally coming to an end, and Da Ming is about to dominate the entire world!
Just when he was very excited, a person who was more excited than him came to the door.

This is none other than Bi Maokang, Deputy Prime Minister of the Ming Cabinet and Secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

The reason why he is so excited is because the new gunpowder has been successfully developed!

Zhu Cijiong was a little stunned when he heard the news. At this time, it seems a bit late for the successful development of new gunpowder, right?

After all, gunpowder cannot be used directly to kill the enemy, and the corresponding bullets and shells must be developed in combination with the characteristics of gunpowder, as well as matching guns before they can be used on the battlefield.

If it is just gunpowder, it can be exploded and heard on the battlefield. Of course, if the detonation is in a good position, the air wave can also overturn some enemies.

If the new type of gunpowder could have been developed a few months earlier, it might be possible to catch up with this decisive battle. Now, Zheng Chenggong is about to set off, and it is obviously too late.

However, Zhu Cijiong is still very interested in the new gunpowder. After all, the characteristics of the new gunpowder are close to the gunpowder of later generations. Only by using the new gunpowder can the guns he is familiar with in later generations be useful.

After listening to Maokang's report, he still couldn't help but want to see for himself what the new gunpowder looks like and whether its performance is different from the gunpowder of later generations.

So, he ordered Cao Huachun to recruit a team of masters from the East Factory, and then changed into casual clothes, and followed Bi Maokang to the gunpowder experiment field in the northwest corner of the capital to see what happened.

There was no words all the way, and soon everyone came to the gunpowder experiment field.

This place is no longer the size it used to be. With the construction of the Daming Military Academy, a large-scale expansion has also been carried out here. The originally lonely row of reinforced concrete laboratories has become a closed small city.

The buildings inside are still mainly reinforced concrete, but it is no longer just a laboratory, there are many supporting facilities such as dormitories, canteens, first aid places, offices, processing workshops, etc.

Obviously, this place has become a large-scale experimental base with complete functions.

Bi Maokang didn't inform anyone that the emperor was here, but when he entered the first laboratory, someone recognized the emperor. After all, these people were all elites of the Ming Empire, and there were not a few who had seen the emperor.

No, as soon as Zhu Cijiong entered the laboratory, the experimenters were stunned for a moment, then knelt down on the ground, shouting long live.

Like that, I was almost moved to tears.

The emperor actually came to see them in person, what an honor it is!
Zhu Cijiong was also very moved, because he found that many of the experimenters had obvious physical injuries.

The good ones are just missing a few fingers, or there are some scars on the face, and the serious ones are either missing arms or eyes!
These were all blown up by gunpowder during the experiment. Judging by their appearance, they didn't have any complaints or fear, and some were just full of enthusiasm.

Knowing that the experiment is extremely dangerous, but still doing it without hesitation, what kind of sacrifice is this!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but stepped forward, starting with the most seriously injured, and helped them up one by one. Afterwards, he solemnly thanked: "Everyone has worked hard. Daming will not forget your contribution. I thank you."

This time, everyone was almost moved to tears.

Zhu Cijiong said a few more words of relief, and then carefully inspected their experimental products.

This place seems to be just a place for mixing gunpowder. The whole room is very tidy, without any traces of smoke and explosions. The table is full of glass cups and glass bottles. The contents inside are obviously a new type of gunpowder.

Under the introduction of a one-eyed middle-aged researcher, Zhu Cijiong picked up a glass bottle. According to him, this is a new type of high-explosive gunpowder.

He carefully held the cup and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes. How should I put this gunpowder.

It is a bit like the yellow gunpowder of the later generations, and it is also a bit like the smokeless gunpowder of the later generations. There are yellow powders and gray-black powders. Obviously, this is a blend of multiple ingredients.

Zhu Cijiong has no research on the composition of high-explosive gunpowder, so he can just look at the appearance and satisfy his curiosity.

Immediately afterwards, the one-eyed middle-aged man introduced another kind of gunpowder to him. It is said that it is detonated by impact, and the gunpowder is detonated.

This time it was an open glass, Zhu Cijiong still couldn't help picking it up and looking at it.

Of course, he was more careful this time. This thing exploded on impact. If it accidentally fell to the ground, the gunpowder in the entire laboratory might be ignited!
He looked at it for a while, but still couldn't figure out why. It seemed that the two kinds of gunpowder were blended, but the ingredients were slightly different.

Although the appearance looks a bit different from the gunpowder of later generations, he still believes in these experimenters. After all, the injuries on their bodies are all there, which proves that these things have been verified by experiments. Ruan Gan blatantly bullied the emperor, they said it was successful, it was definitely a success.

The next step was to watch the experiment. Hearing that the emperor wanted to watch the experiment, Bi Maokang quickly greeted a few experimenters and took him to another laboratory.

This time the laboratory is a bit weird, the whole looks a bit like a shooting range of later generations, with an open room at the back and an open space in front.

However, there are no targets or guns here, only a pile of wooden planks and pillars piled up outside, and there are two walls outside, one tall and one short, the short one is only half the height of a person, right in front of the open room, the tall one Afraid of being taller than two people, he stood directly at the forefront of the experimental field.

This arrangement made Zhu Cijiong a little confused. It seems that the matching muskets have not been built yet. Why build a shooting range?
He didn't ask questions right away, but followed everyone into the experimental field, wanting to see what was inside before talking.

As soon as he entered the experimental field, he was a little confused again. There were only two things in it, and he knew both of them.

The same is a grenade. From the appearance, it is an ordinary grenade used by the Ming army, but at this moment, they are placed one by one in the wooden groove of a large wooden table, as if they are afraid of rolling or falling.

Obviously, this should not be an ordinary grenade.

The other is a four-inch ship-mounted artillery, but it is fixed on the turret at the moment, and the flintlock behind it has obviously been modified, which looks very different from the flintlock on the battleship.

(End of this chapter)