wild trail

Chapter 299 Firecrackers or Bombs
Li Tong said respectfully: "Your Majesty, after continuous trials during this period, we have produced a fuse for gunpowder, and tested it on the finished firecrackers. This test was very successful."

Hearing this, Wang Lang said excitedly, "Take me to see it!"

There is no difficulty in making firecrackers. It is nothing more than putting gunpowder into a sealed paper tube and sealing both ends with yellow mud.

And the firecrackers made of this kind of granulated black powder can no longer be regarded as firecrackers. This extremely powerful thing can be said to be a bomb.

The most difficult part of making firecrackers is the fuze. If you don't have a well-controlled fuze and want to use gunpowder, you simply think you've lived too long.

When he came to the secret base of gunpowder production, Wang Lang saw the produced fuze and took a look at it in his hand. This fuze was very similar to the fuze of firecrackers in his impression.

After tearing off a piece and taking it apart, Wang Lang immediately knew how they made it.

This thing is wrapped in wet paper with gunpowder, twisted into a thin rope, and dried in the sun. It looks very simple.

"Who came up with this method?" Wang Lang asked.

Li Tong replied: "Your Majesty, a craftsman named Chen Tu came up with this idea."

"Which one is Chen Tu?" Wang Lang asked curiously.

Hearing this, Li Tong signaled a craftsman to come forward with his eyes.

"Chen Tu, a countryman, has met His Majesty!" Chen Tu said nervously.

Wang Lang looked at the middle-aged craftsman in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Craftsman Chen Tu, for his meritorious service in inventing the fuse, he will reward you with five hundred coins!"

Chen Tu couldn't believe his ears when he heard the words, and stood there dumbfounded.

Li Tong coughed dissatisfiedly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chen Tu came back to his senses, and bowed to Wang Lang again and again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Lang smiled with satisfaction and said, "The rest will be rewarded with fifty qian per person."

The craftsmen were overjoyed when they heard the words. Fifty copper coins can be said to be half a month's salary for them. Why are they unhappy when they suddenly got this windfall.

Everyone thanked Wang Lang in unison.

"Li Shilang, go get a firecracker, let me see the effect of this fuze." Wang Lang said slowly.

"As ordered!"

After Li Tong finished speaking, he quickly arranged for someone to take out the huge firecracker that was connected to the fuze and was as thick as a forearm.

"Your Majesty, these firecrackers are extremely powerful, please stay away from them," Li Tong suggested.

The moment Wang Lang saw the huge firecracker, Wang Lang's eyelids jumped wildly, good guy, this big guy is absolutely amazing when it explodes, if you dig a hole in the wall and stuff this thing in, it will definitely blow up the wall collapsed.

Wang Lang also knew that it was dangerous to stay here, so he hid away from the others and watched the craftsman lighting it up.

After the fuze was ignited, the craftsman ran towards the crowd quickly, not daring to look back at all.

The fuze burned and made a "zzz" sound. Seeing that the fuze was about to burn out, Wang Lang subconsciously covered his ears.

"boom!"

A huge explosion sounded, and the ground seemed to tremble. After the gunpowder smoke cleared, a shallow pit had been blown out of the originally flat ground.

Even these people have experienced the power of gunpowder several times, but every time they hear this huge explosion, their hearts will be greatly shocked.

This incomparable power made them even dare not believe that all of this was made by themselves.

Wang Lang walked slowly towards the explosion site, and the air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder.

Shredded pieces of paper were scattered aside, burned to ashes.

"Your Majesty, we have such a fetish, what else in this world can stop us, I believe that as long as such a big firecracker, we can kill that kind of giant python in the jungle." Li Tong said excitedly.

Regarding Li Tong's words, Wang Lang was noncommittal. Does gunpowder still need to be used to deal with wild beasts?This is simply a waste. With Xia Guo's current military strength, if he tried his best to hunt and kill wild animals, he believed that within two years, there would not be a single wild animal within a radius of a hundred miles.

"Li Shilang, this thing still needs to be improved. This kind of paper firecracker is very good for digging mountains and building roads in the future, but it is still not good for military use." Wang Lang said slowly.

Li Tong asked: "I don't know how His Majesty wants to improve?"

Wang Lang squatted on the ground, drew the shape of a grenade on the ground with his fingers, and said: "My idea is this. You make the gunpowder container into this shape, use wood instead of paper, and ignite the fuse from the handle. In this way, soldiers can throw it out very conveniently, and it is best to add some copper nails and iron nails inside, which can also increase part of the lethality, I call this thing a grenade!"

After listening to Wang Lang's narration, Li Tong was immediately overwhelmed by Wang Lang's wisdom. He could think of such a wonderful solution in such a short period of time, and he felt that even a god might be like this.

"Your Majesty's wisdom really amazes me. The idea of ​​this grenade is brilliant. In this way, as long as the soldiers throw a bunch of grenades at the enemy, they will definitely be blown up!" Li Tong said excitedly.

Wang Lang just smiled lightly at Li Tong's exclamation. He knew that any modern person who invented gunpowder would develop in this direction, and there was nothing admirable about it.

As the lord of a country now, he doesn't need to show off in front of everyone. It is meaningless to him to do so. If there is no threat of dinosaurs, he probably would not have come up with such a black technology as gunpowder. It's all just for self-preservation.

"Li Aiqing, how difficult do you think this is?" Wang Lang asked.

"According to what His Majesty said, this grenade is not complicated. The difficulty lies in the container containing the gunpowder. I can't estimate this aspect. I have to try it myself to determine its difficulty." Li Tong said slowly. the opinion of.

Wang Lang nodded, very satisfied with Li Tong's approach of seeking truth from facts, and said: "You try to do it as much as possible. During this period, I want you to experiment with another usage of gunpowder. You have also seen it. When it explodes, there is a huge force, you try to put gunpowder in the cylinder, and put some gravel into it to see if you can find any new discoveries."

He doesn't know much about the structure of the original guns and cannons, so he can only provide some suggestions for these craftsmen, and then make improvements based on the craftsmen's experiments.

Compared with the development history of gunpowder in that world, Wang Lang's advantage is that he knows what the correct development direction of gunpowder is. These are the experiences summed up by countless generations. Standing on the shoulders of giants, he can see Farther scenery.

(End of this chapter)