Iron Dynasty

Hey, for the sake of the people of the fief, this king is willing to do anything.

Faced with the strange eyes of Aster and Luluo, Xiao Ming returned the righteousness of the society.

Aster and Luluo stopped laughing at this time, but looked at Xiao Ming with a look of reverence. In their eyes, the current Xiao Ming can obviously compare to the wise kings.

And in ancient times, which girl in the boudoir who was thinking of spring did not like the elegant scholar, the handsome virtuous king? This can be seen from the gaudy novels since ancient times.

He smiled smugly, the predecessor Xiao Ming only knew how the overlord was hard on the bow, and how could he understand the psychology of women, the twisted melon was not sweet, and it was really fun to ride the boat smoothly.

Leaving a tired back, Xiao Ming went back to rest. Now is not the time to be drunk on a beauty's knee.

Noon the next day.

A loud noise of Boom! came from the cannon, which brought the tranquility of Prince Qi's mansion. After the loud noise, the guards in the mansion rushed to the place where the noise appeared.

When they arrived in the side hall, they found that King Qi was safe and sound, but everyone other than King Qi was pale and seemed to be frightened.

In the middle of the side hall, a glass bottle was blown to pieces, and the glass fragments fell to the ground, and there was still smoke from the remaining glass fragments.

Your Highness, is this the power of gunpowder? Lu Tong said to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming nodded, Exactly.

Lu Tong sighed for a while, and he said, If it was a barrel of gunpowder, wouldn't it be able to blow up the entire palace?

After saying this, Lu Tong saw Xiao Ming and others cast malicious looks at him, and then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, he said, Look at this, my mouth is broken, Your Highness, if you know I will say Wrong words, not to blow up the palace, but to blow up the Wenbo Academy, no, no, blow me up...

During this time of getting along, Xiao Ming also understood Lu Tong's problems, and what to say when he caught it, he said, Be careful yourself, when you blow yourself up, this king can't save you, by the way, this gunpowder can't save you. You have also seen the power of gunpowder, and you still have to master the method of granulating this gunpowder.

Naturally, Lu Tong knew nothing about this term. Just like last night, Xiao Ming was going to demonstrate it to Lu Tong himself.

In fact, the granulation of gunpowder is mainly by adding a binder, which is the cold mixing method, and the process is actually not that complicated.

To put it simply, put the mixed gunpowder into a wooden mortar, then add alcohol, and mix the three powders into a wet mud state.

At the same time, use a wooden pestle to continuously stir, during this process, no stone sand can be allowed to enter, otherwise, it is easy to bump and burn the gunpowder during the stirring process.

Now Xiao Ming demonstrated it to Lu Tong like this. The power of traditional black powder is not small, but there is one thing: in the process of gunpowder storage and transportation, different components in the gunpowder will be layered.

This is like the layering of liquids of different densities. As a result, the effectiveness of gunpowder will be greatly reduced, affecting the use of firearms.

Granulation of gunpowder is not a high-tech problem, but the ancients did not realize this problem when they first used gunpowder.

Now that Xiao Ming understands this, under the premise that it is technically possible, he naturally solves this problem easily.

Lu Tong stared at Xiao Ming's operation for a moment, for fear of missing something. It would be fatal to ignore this thing.

Remember, sand and gravel must not be mixed in, and iron and copper cannot be used for grinding. Xiao Ming reminded again.

The whole process of grinding gunpowder uses wooden tools to prevent sparks from colliding with metals.

After mixing the gunpowder, Xiao Ming added water and smashed the mixture after waiting for a while for the mixture to dry quickly, so that the mixture was fully and evenly mixed.

Then Xiao Ming took out the gunpowder and dried it in the sun.

Since it was already spring, the sun was relatively abundant, and the amount was not large, so the gunpowder dried quickly.

At this time, it is time to perform a quality check.

At this time, Xiao Ming took a part of the dried gunpowder particles and lit it on the paper.

The gunpowder burned very quickly, but the paper in Xiao Ming's hand was intact. He nodded and said to Lu Tong, Did you see it? How is this effect, indicating that the gunpowder was successful.

Lu Tong nodded, and then Xiao Ming put the gunpowder in the palm of his hand and wanted to light it again.

At this time, Lu Tong said: Your Highness, let me do this, so as not to hurt Your Highness's body.

Alright, let you feel it. Xiao Ming quickly lit the gunpowder without waiting for Lu Tong to react.

The gunpowder particles burned quickly in Lu Tong's palm.

At this time, Lu Tong said in surprise, Your Highness, why don't I feel hot at all.

Hot means that the production of this grain of gunpowder failed. Okay, I have taught you everything that should be taught. After returning, the production of this gunpowder will be put on the agenda. Remember, if there are black stars and white dots on the paper, If there is a burning sensation in the palm of the hand, this particle of gunpowder is unqualified. It needs to be reworked and ground until it is qualified. Finally, the gunpowder particles must be screened. The radish sieve is used to screen out the gunpowder particles that are suitable for the cannon. As for the gunpowder that is not granulated, it is used as the gunpowder for the fire door, and the remaining fine powder is all removed. Xiao Ming said.

Lu Tong nodded, this grain of gunpowder can be said to be technically not difficult, and it is not difficult for him to understand. He bowed and turned to leave the palace.

At this time, Xiao Ming said: Lu Tong, this matter of gunpowder is very important, and it must not be sloppy. If something goes wrong, this king will cut your head off.

When Lu Tong heard the words, he intuitionally felt a chill behind him. These days, Xiao Ming and he could be said to be as close as master and apprentice, but when it comes to the safety of Qingzhou, Xiao Ming is not humane.

He turned around and said, If there is a problem, Lu Tong will come to see you.

Xiao Ming nodded, technology is one aspect, and the spirit of the craftsman is another aspect. In front of irresponsible craftsmen, no matter how superb the technology is, it can only produce garbage.

In the modern Ming Dynasty, it is not that the manufacture of firearms is not advanced, but that there are problems in many aspects of the production process.

Officials deduct silver taels, craftsmen are lazy and slippery, these are the reasons why the produced firearms cannot be used on the battlefield at all, so that the firearms in the hands of many Ming soldiers cannot be fired at all, and the artillery explodes at one point.

Therefore, in the industrial aspect of Qingzhou, Xiao Ming has always paid attention to the cultivation of a craftsman's spirit and put an end to all shoddy manufacturing. On this point, he does not talk about any human feelings.

Because he didn't want to destroy the steel foundation he had worked so hard to build, and the barbarians and those in the Great Yu Kingdom who were waiting to see his jokes wouldn't give him a second chance.

Just as Lu Tong went out, a soldier suddenly ran in in a hurry and said loudly, Your Highness, something has happened. Captain Lu and Captain Luo have a fight.