Iron Dynasty

PS: I’m sorry, but the post-resignation process delayed the update. Today, with the intervention of the Labor Bureau, the salary was settled, and the snail was completely liberated. Next, the snail continued to make more compensation for everyone.

The candles in the bedroom were flickering, and the night outside was pitch black.

Xiao Ming pondered for a while and said, This king has already made up his mind, but now that someone in the women's college mentions you, you should be properly guided. You must not let some disregarding the overall situation spread among the students.

Yes, Your Highness. Fei Yue'er said softly.

Xiao Ming nodded. Disturbing the internal affairs of the country has always been a Western specialty. He didn't want the Great Yu Kingdom to fall into civil strife before it was revived. When he built the Great Yu Kingdom sufficiently strong and rich, it would not be too late to try the reform of the political system.

And even if this trend of thought spreads among the students, most of the people still don't understand it. If political reform happens at this time, the vested interests will still be these students and businessmen, and the people won't take any advantage. In this case, he Why be impatient, after all, for him, the basis of his rule is the people.

The two chatted for a while and then slept with their clothes. Xiao Ming went to the government office the next day. Yesterday, Li Kaiyuan had already delivered the sweet potatoes, because it was too late and neither Pang Yukun nor Fiji saw them.

When he arrived, Pang Yukun and Fiji were eating roasted sweet potatoes, and the house smelled of roasted sweet potatoes.

Your Highness, this sweet potato tastes really good. Pang Yukun's mouth was full of sweet potatoes, and Fiji kept eating.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, You have eaten these sweet potatoes. The following is the cultivation of sweet potato seedlings. You can go to Kui Wu for this matter. After studying at Bowen College for so long, he knows how to cultivate sweet potato seedlings.

Yes, Your Highness. Pang Yukun stuffed the last bit of sweet potato into his stomach.

After a pause, Xiao Ming continued: By the way, this is the autumn harvest soon. You should ask the prefectures to organize militiamen to strengthen the patrol of the fields and prevent the food from being burned by the enemy.

Pang Yukun's expression became serious. It seemed that the events of three years ago were still vivid in his mind. At that time, the wealthy family burned the wheat fields in order to destroy the Battle of Cangzhou, and Xiao Ming was almost killed at that time.

Now that there is a direct confrontation between Qi Di and Wei Di, similar things may not happen again. It is for this reason that Xiao Ming reminds them.

Pang Yukun nodded, I'll send someone to notify the prefectures after I'm down. Now that every village has militiamen, it should be better this time.

Fiji has always had a complicated sense of the militia in the village, because in his opinion, it is too late for the government to collect the weapons of the people. Instead, Qingzhou organizes the people's own armed forces.

However, after getting to know him gradually, he gradually understood that the reason for this was based on the people's support for Xiao Ming and their recognition of Fengguo.

The three were talking about the sweet potato and the autumn harvest when an explosion came from the direction of Bowen College.

Pang Yukun said: This Bowen College has not had a laboratory explosion for a long time. What's wrong this time?

Xiao Ming was also a little puzzled. Lu Tong didn't seem to have done any dangerous experiments during this time, but since it made a noise again, he had to go, so he said, You handle government affairs, this king will go and see.

After all, he took Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to Bowen College, and as soon as he entered the gate of the college, he saw bursts of smoke rising from the direction of the chemistry laboratory.

After a few quick steps, he rushed over immediately.

what happened?

Lu Tong was also outside the laboratory, Xiao Ming asked directly.

Seeing Xiao Ming coming over, Lu Tong looked sad, he said: Your Highness, a student came across a bottle of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, this kid took off his clothes and wiped it in a panic, and then dried the clothes with fire. , but I don't want the clothes to burn to ashes in an instant and set the laboratory ablaze and explode.

Xiao Ming looked strange. He asked, Don't he know that the clothes soaked in the mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid have become smokeless powder?

Lu Tong said: This kid is a student who has just entered the school, but he is just playing in the laboratory. He doesn't know what smokeless powder is.

Speaking of smokeless gunpowder, Lu Tong suddenly sounded something, he said: Your Highness, the laboratory is developing smokeless gunpowder these days, but this smokeless gunpowder is very unstable, and this problem has not been overcome, so the lower official did not report to His Highness. .

This is nothing, how is that student? Xiao Ming said.

Lu Tong was relieved, and he said, I was burned, but it's not a big problem.

Xiao Ming nodded. In fact, the principle of smokeless gunpowder is very simple, that is, soak cotton in a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid for ten minutes, and then dry it in the shade.

However, the fire cotton produced in this way, that is, smokeless gunpowder, is very unstable. It needs to be added, camphor, graphite, and alcohol-ether mixed solvent to be processed and rolled into shape. Otherwise, this gunpowder can easily be exploded before it is fired.

The problem Lu Tong is facing now is the problem of alcohol-ether mixed solvent. If this problem is solved, smokeless powder will be used as an upgraded version of black powder to become the propellant for guns, which will make the range of bullets and shells equal. be improved.

Originally, Xiao Ming had always been oblivious to the development of fire cotton, but now he had to ask about this matter. As he guessed, the problem Lu Tong faced was indeed the stability of fire cotton.

Xiao Ming has no choice but to let the laboratory try to synthesize it. After all, this kind of cotton is not so easy to say that it has surpassed the technology of the Great Yu Kingdom for many years, and even surpassed the current West for more than 100 years. made.

But Lu Tong now dares to develop cotton wool, which shows that he still has confidence in smokeless gunpowder. After all, as long as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol are synthesized, there is basically no problem with alcohol ether solvents.

Of course, Xiao Ming will also think of a way for Lu Tong on this issue. After all, no matter how much Lu Tong and the others learn, it is impossible for him to have as many ideas in his mind. However, Lu Tong is still a little impatient on this matter. The level of technology exceeds that of the West for a hundred years, and it is not so easy to achieve it in one step.

Don't rush for quick success in this matter. Even if you synthesize ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, you cannot mass-produce collodion with the current output of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Therefore, your most important task now is to realize the industrial production of synthetic chemicals. Three Acids and alkalis should also be industrialized and mass-produced, otherwise the chemical industry would have been stagnant. Xiao Ming said solemnly.

Lu Tong was a little ashamed when he heard the words. He admitted that he had been too ambitious during this time, all because the steam engine of the School of Physics stimulated him.

His Royal Highness, the officer knew something was wrong. Lu Tong looked embarrassed.

Smiling, Xiao Ming said, You have to be down-to-earth in learning and production. You have to go step by step.