Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

This feels like hydrochloric acid!

Good guy!

Two Taoists, one created sulfuric acid and the other created hydrochloric acid!

Two of the three acids and two alkalis that are the basis of industry have emerged!

No, I need to smoke a cigarette to calm my nerves...

He took another deep puff, but found that there was no spark in the pipe anymore, so he said to Xu Guangqi.

"Come, give me another pot!"

Xu Guangqi reluctantly took out a small cloth bag from his arms, pinched out a handful of it and pressed it into the bag pot.

"Master Xu, you are too stingy. Even Mr. Guo is not as stingy as you!"

Yutong's mouth trembled as he watched from the side. He was so petty with the emperor. This old man was hopeless!

After saying that, he snatched the cloth bag away.

He turned around and walked in front of Zhu Youxiao, saying with a flattering smile.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will light some for you..."

Xu Guangqi was so angry that he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm stingy."

"I bought this for my health. One pound costs three ounces of silver!"

"I have asked someone to send my monthly salary back to my hometown in Shanghai. The money in my hand..."

Having said this, he seemed to feel a little embarrassed and stopped.

Three taels of silver per pound!

According to the purchasing power at that time, it was approximately equivalent to 2,400 yuan in later generations.

Just continued...

No, Zhu Youxiao, who had just refilled the pot, exhaled half a puff of smoke and then inhaled it back again.

Damn, it's so expensive...

In my previous life, I have never drunk tea that costs five hundred yuan per pound!

Not to mention the cigarettes!

No wonder the taste is so mellow, and after smoking it I feel clear-headed and sharp-eyed, without any feeling of dizziness!

After feeling the smoke wandering in his lungs, he exhaled it reluctantly and turned to look at Wei Zhongxian.

"My dear friend, remember to have someone buy me a hundred kilograms of this stuff!"

"Give ten kilograms to each of the six ministers, and give ten kilograms to Elder Wen as well. I will take the rest slowly!"

Chapter 509 Perhaps the wind also has its troubles

Although the cigarettes are specially made, it is uncomfortable to smoke too much.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao's body had never had a seizure before.

So, after smoking a pipe and a half, he cleaned the pipe on the sole of his shoe and put it around his waist, without any intention of returning it to Xu Guangqi.

After figuring out what Xuan Ling meant by the results, he became even more expectant of the three of them, and asked while looking at them with burning eyes.

"So, what were you doing before?"

When he asked this, Sun Yuanhua frowned unconsciously.

After thinking about it for a long time, I didn’t think there was anything unusual.

"I don't think I did anything..."

After saying that, he subconsciously looked at Tianyi and Xuanling.

"Did you two do something?"

But the two of them shook their heads at the same time.

This time Zhu Youxiao couldn't make any more trouble: "Since you didn't do anything, why did you run out?"

Taoist Xuanling scratched his head, blushed and whispered: "Your Majesty, when we built the workshop, we were a little hasty, and there were problems with the quality..."

"We ran out because a beam fell down."

"Then......."

"The workshop exploded inexplicably..."

Zhu Youxiao: ???

Inexplicably...

Just exploded?

Outrageous!

It’s simply outrageous!

There would never be such a coincidence in the world. Since it exploded, there must be something explosive in the workshop.

After thinking about it, he asked again.

"Think carefully about what was placed in the workshop. Is there anything that can explode?"

"For example, gunpowder!"

Sun Yuanhua immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Impossible, that must be impossible!"

"There have been several accidents before because of tinkering with gunpowder."

"So, gunpowder will never be stored in the workshop."

"I remember it clearly. There were only a few jars of freshly made bone-dissolving water in there."

"Oh, by the way, there is also a jar of bone-dissolving water made by Professor Xuanling, which is not as good as bone-dissolving water..."

Zhu Youxiao was a little puzzled and couldn't figure out what would cause the sulfuric acid explosion.

By the way, it seems impossible for sulfuric acid to explode, right?

Even if there was a tank of hydrochloric acid mixed in it, it would be impossible!

He took a deep breath and patiently asked again.

"Think back about what you have done these days. You must have overlooked something!"

"Everything must be sorted out!"

"Sun Aiqing, you speak first!"

Sun Yuanhua reached out and pinched his earlobe, sorting out what he had done in the past few days in his mind.

After a moment, he said slowly.

"I remember...after making the bone-dissolving water three days ago, I didn't do anything else..."

Xuan Ling seemed to have thought of something and quickly reminded him.

“You did it!”

"I remember you put a basin of saltpeter into the bone-dissolving water."

"At that time, I said that your jar of bone-dissolving water was too little, so I added half a jar more afterwards."

Sun Yuanhua was a little unconvinced after hearing this: "But that was three days ago. Even if it was going to explode, it couldn't have waited until now, right?"

Zhu Youxiao also didn't think there was anything wrong.

Adding saltpeter to sulfuric acid, and then adding sulfuric acid to it, seems to be no problem at all.

After thinking it over, he could only look at Taoist Tianyi.

"And you, have you remembered anything?"

Tianyi scratched his head: "It seems that there is nothing special... Just like usual..."

Unable to find the answer, the group fell into silence.

Wu Chunfu and Xu Guangqi were listening nearby and felt as if ants were crawling in their hearts, but they could only wait quietly.

It is already early October.

The weather is getting colder.

Suddenly a gust of north wind blew, and everyone shivered involuntarily.

Tianyi kept sneezing one after another, as if it was a free gift.

Sun Yuanhua glanced at him and cursed in a low voice, "You deserve it! Who told you to run out without a cotton coat?"

Tianyi looked aggrieved: "I would like to wear it!"

"But the day before yesterday, I accidentally dropped my cotton coat into your bone-dissolving water tank!"

"By the time I fished it out again, it had already turned into a ball of silk!"

"Look at you, you made a few jars of bone-dissolving water without covering them. Luckily it was my cotton-padded jacket that fell in there. If I had fallen in there, I would have been melted to ashes!"

The two spoke in low voices, but their voices still reached the ears of Zhu Youxiao who was standing downwind.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care too much. He took out his pipe, asked Youtong to fill another bag, and started smoking it intermittently.

Looking at the smoke being blown away by the wind, I couldn’t help but think of a joke I saw in my previous life.

Smoking in the wind, I smoke half and the wind smokes the other half. Perhaps the wind also has its troubles...

wrong!

A flash of inspiration came to his mind, and Zhu Youxiao stood up suddenly.

"I think I know why it exploded!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him.

Wu Chunfu and Xu Guangqi had expectant looks on their faces, while Wei Zhongxian and You Tong looked at him with great admiration.

Only Sun Yuanhua and the other three stood there looking at each other in confusion.

Your Majesty has never been to that workshop, but based on just a few words, you know why the workshop exploded?

Unbelievable........

"Let's go! Follow me to the factory to find a shed to do experiments!"

Zhu Youxiao had a guess and could no longer suppress his restless heart. Regardless of everyone's reactions, he turned around and walked towards the factory area.

With nearly two thousand factory sheds, it is not difficult to find an empty one.

With Xu Guangqi, the local boss, around, it would only take a few minutes.

Right in the northeastern corner of the factory, which is also the closest to the workshop where the explosion occurred, there are six empty factory sheds.

After choosing one of the rooms and entering, Zhu Youxiao said to Sun Yuanhua.

"I want you to make a vat of bone-dissolving water here!"

"If you need anything, write it down and Commander Sun will go find it for you personally!"

Sun Yuanhua was also very curious about the cause of the explosion, so without any hesitation, he quickly took out a notebook and pen from his pocket and wrote down a list on it.

Sun Kangwang took the list, bowed and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Youxiao.

"Two more things!"

"Saltpeter and cotton!"

"Hurry up, I'm waiting here!"

Chapter 510: Ming Dynasty, there is nitrocellulose!

Sun Kangwang moved quickly, but even so, by the time everything he needed was ready, nearly half an hour had passed.

Zhu Youxiao sat in the work shed, watching Sun Yuanhua and the other three working there with their butts sticking out.