My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 805 Yellow Gunpowder

"Boom~"

In the laboratory behind the alien hospital, a very unusual explosion sounded, filling a laboratory with thick smoke. Immediately, servants rushed forward to put out the fire.

But before the fire fighters rushed into the room this time, they saw two dark figures rushing out of it. The one in front ran and coughed, and then shouted like a madman: "I succeeded!" I succeeded!"

"Master, you finally succeeded. If you don't succeed, my life will be blown up!"

The black figure behind also shook the helmet on his head excitedly, revealing a delicate little face. It was Xu Yue. The madman in front was naturally his master Duzhu.

I saw Duzhu throwing off his helmet at this time and jumping up and down excitedly in front of the laboratory. The servants who were putting out the fire were so frightened that they did not dare to step forward and let the thick smoke in the room keep rolling out.

"Duzhu, did you really succeed?"

Wuweizi, who learned the news at this moment, finally arrived. When he saw the two masters and apprentices crying and laughing, he couldn't help but ask excitedly.

"Fellow Taoist Wuwei, I really succeeded. Yellow gunpowder...yellow gunpowder was made by me!"

When Duzhu saw Wuweizi, he immediately shouted excitedly.

Although Duzhu had not been in Yirenyuan for a long time, when he was refining alchemy before, he had accidentally refined an explosive substance, and he had the records of previous alchemy refining in his hand, so it was very easy to regenerate this substance. It was refined just because this material is easy to explode, so the previous attempts to collect it failed.

Because this substance is yellow in color, it was named yellow gunpowder by Duzhu. Its explosive power is astonishing, far exceeding that of black gunpowder.

After this period of research, Duzhu improved the preparation method, and finally made the gunpowder safely today. It should not have exploded again, but Duzhu was cheap and wanted to see the gunpowder safely extracted. Does it still have the original power, so I threw it into the stove, and found out what happened just now.

Thanks to Duzhu and Xuyue, they always wore explosion-proof armor when doing experiments. After all, they were afraid of being bombed before, so although they suffered some shocks, they were not injured. Of course, this was mainly because Duzhu produced very little gunpowder. .

"It really worked! We succeeded, and we finally developed gunpowder before those alchemists did!"

Wuweizi was overjoyed when he heard this, and even clapped his thighs happily.

Since he took over the Yiren Academy, the alchemist has received personal guidance from Zhu Zhanhe, so he has been one step ahead in the development of new gunpowder. If it weren't for the fact that the alchemist's new gunpowder was too easy to explode, they could not make it smoothly. If they had taken it, maybe they would have succeeded long ago.

But he didn't expect that his alchemy department would come up from behind and produce a new gunpowder that was completely different from the alchemist's. Judging from the several explosions caused by Duzhu's master and apprentice during this period, the power was definitely not as powerful as the alchemist's new gunpowder. How much difference does gunpowder make?

"Fellow Taoist Duzhu, can you prepare some more gunpowder immediately? Let's verify it together then, so that we can demonstrate our merits to His Highness the Prince!"

After Wuweizi got over his excitement, he immediately asked Duzhu.

"No problem, I can make it right now!"

Duzhu patted his chest and assured that he already knew the steps for making yellow gunpowder, and as long as he stopped being mean, there would never be any problems.

So Master Duzhu and his apprentice went straight into a nearby laboratory without even taking a sip of water or taking off their protective armor.

At this time, other people from the Yiren Court heard the news and came over, wanting to watch Duzhu make new gunpowder, but Duzhu kicked him out, and then Xuyue closed the door tightly, not allowing anyone to watch.

In fact, this is normal. After all, new gunpowder is worth a title. The wealth of Master Duzhu and his apprentice in the second half of his life will all be attributed to the new gunpowder. Therefore, before he gets the title, he will definitely not let a third person know that he made the new gunpowder. method.

Compared to others, although Wuweizi was excited, he was not eager to know how to make new gunpowder, because as a lift, no matter which of his subordinates could successfully make new gunpowder, his credit would not be lost.

Thinking that the Alchemy Department received personal guidance from His Highness the Crown Prince, but was still one step behind, this made Wuweizi very excited and felt a sense of elation.

A few hours later, everyone outside was waiting anxiously. Finally, the door of the laboratory opened and Duzhu came out with a glass bottle in his hand.

"Fellow Taoist Wuwei, please look, this is yellow gunpowder!"

Duzhu raised the glass bottle in his hand and showed it to Wuweizi and everyone.

"There are so many, is it safe?"

When Wuweizi saw a bottle of yellow gunpowder, he stepped back in fright and asked, and the others also backed away.

There was no way, these people were frightened. For example, someone in the Alchemy Department once claimed to have successfully prepared new gunpowder, but as soon as it was taken out for display, an explosion occurred, causing many people present to be injured. One unlucky person He even lost one eye.

"Don't worry, I've tested it. As long as you don't throw it into the fire or hit it with a hammer, it usually won't explode."

Duzhu explained with a smile, shaking the glass bottle as he spoke, and even knocked on the wall a few times. Sure enough, there was no problem. When Wuweizi saw this, he finally believed it, but he quickly said again: "Fellow Duzhu, according to the rules, I need to personally verify this new gunpowder. After all, this is to be presented to His Highness the Crown Prince for personal viewing. Yes, nothing can go wrong."

"No problem, fellow Taoist Wuwei, you can verify it!"

Duzhu said to himself again.

So Wuweizi put on the protective armor, then took the yellow gunpowder from Duzhu's hand, and verified the gunpowder in many aspects, mainly its safety and explosive power.

In terms of safety, there was not much of a problem. Wuweizi used a variety of methods to prevent the gunpowder from exploding until he finally poured a little gunpowder onto the iron felt and smashed it with a hammer.

There was just a "bang" sound, and the heavy hammer was lifted up by the force of the explosion. If Wuweizi hadn't grabbed it hard at the end, it might have been blown away.

Just a little gunpowder had such power, which greatly amazed Wuweizi and the onlookers. They all looked at Master Duzhu and his disciples with either envy or jealousy...

"Okay! Okay! This kind of gunpowder fully meets the requirements. Duzhu, master and disciple, go change your clothes and follow me into the palace to meet His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Wuweizi then put his hands on his hands and laughed.

Although this new gunpowder has only undergone his preliminary test, whether it will be practical in the future depends on the test results from the Firearms Bureau, but in any case, at least this gunpowder fully meets the two requirements put forward by Zhu Zhanhe. Firstly, it is powerful, and secondly, it is safe enough.

Hearing that Wuweizi was going to take him to see His Highness the Crown Prince, Duzhu and Master Xuyue were also extremely surprised. Others onlookers also showed jealous expressions after hearing this. After all, as long as the Crown Prince speaks, Duzhu might immediately will be knighted.

So Master Duzhu and his apprentice immediately returned to their residence and changed into clean clothes, then followed Wuzi and left the Yirenyuan, riding a carriage into Xijing City.

Speaking of which, since arriving in Xijing, Master Duzhu and his disciples have directly entered the Yirenyuan without even entering the city gate of Xijing, so this is the first time for the two of them to enter Xijing.

It's not that the Yiren Institute forbids them from going out, but that Duzhu's master and apprentice are immersed in researching new gunpowder. They are afraid that others will develop the new gunpowder first, so apart from eating and sleeping, they have been spending time in the laboratory and have no time at all. Go out.

Now that the work was finally done, Master Duzhu and his apprentice felt indescribably relaxed. When they entered Xijing, they were in the mood to look around and appreciate the scenery of this great capital city.

I saw shops on both sides of the street stacked one on top of another, with pedestrians coming and going, making it a very prosperous scene.

When Master Duzhu came to Han Dynasty, he had passed through Guangzhou and had seen its prosperity. However, the Xijing in front of him was obviously more prosperous and prosperous than Guangzhou, and many of the buildings had a bit of exotic style, which looked quite pleasing to the eye.

After passing through streets, the carriage finally arrived at the imperial city. The three of them got off the carriage and walked. When they arrived in front of the palace gate, Wuweizi reported his name and official position. Someone immediately went in to report, and the three of them waited in front of the palace gate.

Since Master Duzhu and Xu Yue entered the imperial city, they felt that their eyesight was not enough. The palaces they saw along the way had endless eaves and brackets, and the buildings were like the legendary fairy tales. Palace-like.

The three of them waited in front of the palace gate for half an hour. Finally, a female official came out and said that the prince agreed to see them. So the three of them followed the female official into the palace gate, passed through the palace gates, and finally came to Zhanshi. Mansion.

"Prince, the Yiren Court has raised Wu Weizi and asked for an audience with the two of them!"

The female officer went to the palace first to report.

"Let them in!"

Zhu Zhanhe, who was reviewing the memorial, put down the ink pen in his hand, then raised his head and gave instructions.

The female officer agreed and trotted out immediately, preparing to bring Wuweizi and the others in.

Zhu Zhanhe has always disliked eunuchs, not because he was biased against eunuchs, but because he felt that castration was too cruel. Therefore, after he became the prince, he never increased the number of eunuchs except those in the palace. Instead, they selected some female officials to serve in the palace and prepared to slowly replace the eunuchs with them.

Facts have proved that the performance of these female officials is quite good. For example, the teachers in the girls' school were originally selected from the female officials, and the female officials in the palace can marry, as long as they reach a certain age, they can marry, and the same will happen after they get married. You can also serve in the palace, but some positions are restricted.

After a while, the female official came in with Wuweizi and three others.

"Your Highness, I have lived up to your instructions and finally developed new gunpowder!"

After Wuweizi came in, he immediately reported to Zhu Zhanhe eagerly.

"Really? You actually developed it?"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard this, he immediately stood up and asked with an expression of surprise on his face.

(End of this chapter)