Great Song Pirate

Chapter 293

When Xu Yi led the crowd to the gunpowder workshop in the mountains, the security here was even stricter. No strangers were allowed to approach the workshop within a hundred steps. The workshop was surrounded by high walls, and there were archery towers at the gate and surrounding walls. , there are selected members of the old ministry guarding it with bows, and two teams of people lead dogs to patrol outside the wall, adding a mysterious color to the place.

When they saw Xu Yi and his group appear in sight, the guards didn't see Xu Yi clearly from a distance, so they immediately shouted: "Stop those who come, don't come any closer!" Then they hurried towards them.

When they got closer and saw that it was Xu Yi and others who came, the patrol personnel hurriedly intervened to plead guilty to Xu Yi, and was praised by Xu Yi. It turned out that after Xu Yi left Dulong Island, Qian Laoben and the others passed through Lu After seeing the power of gunpowder in the first battle of the third child, he paid more attention to the guarding and production here, expanded the scale of the place a lot, and sent more reliable people to patrol day and night. This place has basically become a forbidden area of ​​Dulong Island. Without the token personally issued by Qian Laoben, no one is allowed to enter within a hundred steps of this place, otherwise they will be shot or killed. Xu Yi is also very satisfied with this.

Although Xu Yi came in person, when they passed the gate, everyone was still required to hand over their fire folders and other fire starters. Even Xu Yi consciously left the lighter he carried with him here.

Through their conversations on the road, and the records on the set of martial arts classics, Yang Zaixing and others generally have a certain concept of gunpowder, and Yang Zaixing has also heard some things about gunpowder from his ancestors. In their impression, gunpowder is nothing more than a fire starter, and Lei Tong still remembered that there was a workshop dedicated to the production of gunpowder in the Arsenal, mainly making some fireballs, thorn powder, poisonous smoke powder and rockets, etc. But he also thinks that these are just unrefined playthings, far less powerful than weapons made of fine steel, so everyone didn't pay much attention to them, but after arriving here, they saw the production of gunpowder here The workshop was so valued, and what Qin Huzi said just now, they began to guess how powerful the gunpowder here was.

Due to the expansion of the production scale, some new copper mills, copper mortars, etc. have been added here, and the manpower has also increased. Yang Laoxi is leading people to make gunpowder, and some people are loading some newly made stone and iron bullets. Waiting for things, everyone was cautious, not daring to be a little sloppy. Seeing Xu Yi's arrival, everyone stood up and saluted. Xu Yi waved his hand to let the craftsmen continue to work, leaving only Yang Laoxi to take him to inspect the inventory and Production status.

As Yang Laoxi said here, the warehouse is full of porcelain jars filled with gunpowder, sealed with yellow wax to prevent moisture, and both Shi Lei and Tie Lei have stockpiled a lot, what makes him even more happy is that there are still a lot of them here. A small thunderbolt mine that can be thrown by hand. The prefabricated engraved line on it looks somewhat similar to the grenade of later generations. It is a little regrettable that this kind of grenade can only be set off after being manually ignited, which is a little troublesome to use. , but now that he can have this thing, he is still very content.So he told Yang Laoxi to increase the production of small thunderbolts like Yang Laoxi, and make as many as he has ability.

After reading these, Xu Yi asked Yang Laoxi to take out two grenades, and each took a stone mine and a iron mine, took Lei Tong, Yang Zaixing and others out of the gunpowder workshop, and continued to walk towards the mountains. The place where the first stone mine was placed has also become a testing ground for them to regularly test mine cannons. According to Xu Yi's instructions, each batch of gunpowder must be tested here to test the power and strength of the gunpowder. Quality, this place was also locked up and kept under guard.

Moreover, for the safety of the test release, a semi-underground fortification with a thick soil cover has been built here to improve the safety of the test release personnel, and the effect of the explosion can be watched from a distance through the window, so as not to look for big bombs like before. Hidden behind the rocks, after each bombing, it was covered with crushed lime soil.

Xu Yi took a grenade and asked everyone to stand behind him, then lit the lead wire behind it with a lighter, and then threw it vigorously into a wooden board that was erected as a target, watching the smoking grenade fly away. After coming out, Yang Laoxi shouted to the crowd with great experience: "Open your mouth, squat down!" Then he opened his mouth wide and took the lead in squatting down. Xu Yi also squatted down, calling the others to squat down quickly.

Yang Zaixing and the others didn't take it seriously, thinking that Xu Yi and the others were making a fuss over a molehill, but for Xu Yi's sake, they still squatted behind Xu Yi, staring at the one who was thrown by Xu Yi dozens of steps away. In the smoking iron egg, I want to see how powerful this thing is.

This grenade really lived up to Xu Yi's expectations. After a dazzling flash, there was a bang, and a cloud of green smoke rose up, and the flowers exploded. The smoke and dust dissipated immediately, and the nearby wooden boards shook immediately.

The sudden loud noise immediately startled Yang Zaixing and the others. After all, Lei Tong was a little older, and without any mental preparation, he retreated in fright and immediately sat down on the ground. With the thick smoke rising, some couldn't believe that this little black thing could make such a loud noise, and it took a long time to regain consciousness.

Xu Yi stood up with a smile, and ran to the explosion site excitedly. He first looked at the small crater in the ground, and then lay down on a few wooden boards near the explosion site to check the impact of the shrapnel. Several pieces of wood within five meters were inlaid with some irregular shells, and some of them had been inlaid quite deep into the wood. If this fell on a person, ordinary leather armor would definitely not be able to withstand such powerful shells. Yes, if you don't wear armor, if you get hit by a piece, you will not die or be injured. Although it is far less powerful than the grenades of later generations, Xu Yi is already quite satisfied, and he nodded repeatedly to express his satisfaction.

Yang Laoxi, who followed Xu Yi, saw Xu Yi nodding, and was quite proud. At least the gunpowder workshop that Xu Yi handed over to him, he took good care of it, and made this kind of grenade according to Xu Yi's idea. He did not disappoint Xu Yi's trust in him.

After Yang Zaixing and the others came back to their senses, they quickly pulled up Lei Tong who was sitting on the ground, and ran over to check the effect of the iron egg after it exploded. Seeing the broken iron on the wooden boards, several people clicked their tongues again and screamed loudly. Now they finally know the power of this thing. If it is used in battle and throws a bunch of this thing to the opponent unexpectedly, I am afraid that the result of this battle will be known without fighting. Just such a big movement , Scared the other party to death, and with these pieces of iron, one piece will blow up a whole army of people, good stuff, really good stuff!They no longer dared to underestimate the power of this gunpowder, and applauded with land.

"Everyone may not know that this gunpowder and this kind of thunderbolt were all created by our lord. They are really powerful. Last time we wiped out a group of opponents, we tried this kind of thing. Without any effort, they all surrendered , Our lord is really a great talent!" Yang Laoxi proudly praised them.

I heard that even this thing was made by Xu Yi, Lei Tong and Yang Zaixing no longer dare to underestimate Xu Yi, what did their lords learn!How come there are so many strange things?Take any one out, it's a shocking work, it's really amazing, no one needs to persuade them, now they themselves are even more determined to follow Xu Yi to conquer the world.

"Don't listen to them praising me. The things I know are nothing more than some strange skills and ingenuity. Once there is a war, I will rely on you brave generals and master craftsmen! No matter how good things are, I still rely on manpower. At least in terms of governing the local area, I am not as good as Gao Xu and you guys, and I will rely on your strong assistance in the future!" Xu Yi said with a smile and waved his hands, without any intention of making things too big, still maintaining his humble attitude. manner.

Several people bowed to the order one after another, needless to say how moved they were in their hearts.

After trying to release a grenade, Xu Yi led a few people into the fortification. Yang Laoxi sent a subordinate to place Shi Lei in the field again. After the subordinate lit the fuse with a torch, he immediately flew into In a deep pit not far away, they lay face down in the dug trench with their heads on their backs. Lei Tong and the others learned how to behave this time, and immediately followed Xu Yi and the others with their mouths open, their hands covering their ears, and staring at Look carefully at the smoking guy.

There was another loud bang, and this time the explosion was much louder. The boards near the explosion point flew out immediately with the sound of the explosion, and the boards a little further away were also shaken by the air waves and gravel. You don't need to look over to guess the power of this stone bomb. Several people clicked their tongues again for a long time. Under the power of this kind of explosion, I am afraid that it is impossible for human beings to resist it. After one death, a few people rejoiced for themselves. Fortunately, they followed Xu Yi at the beginning. If they had led someone to kill Xu Yi, Xu Yi would throw them a few of these things at random. I am afraid that these people will report to Lord Yan now. They went, but they didn't know that Xu Yi didn't bring such a thing with him when he went to the north this time.

Finally, they tried to release an iron mine and watched the effect. The charge of this iron mine was much higher than that of the stone mine. After the explosion, almost all the vertical wooden boards within ten steps were knocked down or blown away, shaking the inside of the fortifications. Everyone was dropping dust down, even though they were covering their ears, they still felt a little ringing in their ears, the air waves were rushed to the windows of the fortifications from far away, and splashed on everyone's faces, as the smoke and dust dispersed After going there, a few people got out of the fortification in disgrace, came to the field, and looked around at the erected wooden boards. The nearest wooden boards were even pierced by shrapnel, and they were full of holes. Even the wooden boards 20 meters away The body was also studded with shrapnel of different sizes, the power of which even made Xu Yi stunned. After all, before he came here, he had only let off some big firecrackers. He didn't know the power of the bombs. It is thorough, and I also know why this kind of gunpowder will change the mode of war. Xu Yi is not satisfied with such power. After Yang Zaixing and the others saw it, they felt chills in their hearts. Well, you're not afraid of meeting anyone, but don't let yourself meet this guy, if you meet this kind of thing, you won't be blown up to the point where you won't even be able to find your corpse!

Seeing the shocked faces of these people, Xu Yi knew that his goal had been completely achieved. The strength he showed today must have completely conquered the hearts of these people.
After leaving the gunpowder workshop with a few people who had lingering fears, Xu Yi took them to the flat wasteland on the west side of the island to have a look. This is the place where they received mules and horses brought back from the north. It was considered a temporary pasture. All the mules and horses have to get used to it here, and then they will be shipped and transported to the chicken cage village for farming. There are full-time staff here to take care of them and raise them. Now there are still some cattle and horses that have not been transported away and are scattered on the grass. They graze when they are appointed, and Jia Qian is also here. He is arranging manpower to expand the fence and prepare to receive the batch of stallions that Xu Yi said is about to arrive. Xu Yi is very satisfied with Jia Qian's work efficiency. What I'm not used to is procrastination, but Jia Qian is obviously not that kind of person, and this is what Xu Yi values ​​most about him.

After applauding Jia Qian, Xu Yi took everyone to the rotation training team below to check it out. This place is under the jurisdiction of Sun Hai. The training method he used made Yang Zaixing and the others eye-opening again, because all the people who came here, The first training you have to go through is the seemingly child's play outward bound training brought by Xu Yi. Only those who have passed this training can enter the following training. This has become a unique reserved item on Dulong Island. Yang Zaixing and Gao Jun are about to I came here to work, so I looked very carefully.

When they first saw this kind of training that was almost child's play, they were quite amused, thinking that there is no such way of training in the world!So he asked Sun Hai why he had to practice like this, and Sun Hai didn't hide anything, so he told them how Xu Yi rectified the old ministries of all parties, and explained the purpose of this training to them both in detail. After Sun Hai finished speaking, Yang Zaixing and the others immediately understood the beauty of this kind of training, so they immediately put away their contempt and began to watch carefully. Combined with what Sun Hai said, they carefully pondered the details of various events. The purpose, the more you look at it, the more you feel that this kind of training is really powerful, the more profound the truth is, and finally you can't help but want to cheer up loudly. No wonder the people under Xu Yi's rule can be so united. training!After this kind of training, it is difficult to think that there is no sense of teamwork!No wonder no wonder!

Not only were they heartbroken, even Xu Yi himself couldn't help feeling proud after watching the drills here. As long as this goes on and he brings these generals with him in time, he really feels that there is no place in the world to go!
It explodes every day, today is still the third watch, more than [-]!Continue to have the audacity to ask for monthly tickets!
(End of this chapter)