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

Add sulfur into the furnace and light a fire from the bottom to heat it.

There is a pipe on the lid of the furnace that collects steam and passes it into a water tank prepared nearby.

However, this water tank is not made of pottery, but glass.

The fire was very big, making the whole shed warm.

Bubbles began to gurgle in the glass tank.

The bone-dissolving water is sealed with a lid just after it is made, but its effect is still not enough to dissolve bones, so it must be left there open for a while to work.

And now Zhu Youxiao was waiting right beside him, and Xuan Ling was worried that he didn't have the patience to wait any longer.

So, he picked up the fan and kept fanning the glass tank.

Only when a pungent smell rose from the jar did Sun Yuanhua ask Tianyi to turn off the fire.

A whole tank of concentrated sulfuric acid weighs at least thirty kilograms. For these things, fifteen kilograms of sulfur were consumed.

Moreover, it is high-quality sulfur, the kind that can be used as medicine.

The three of them worked together to divide the sulfuric acid into two parts.

Saltpeter was added to one of them, and as bubbles rose, the saltpeter quickly melted in the sulfuric acid.

Only when it stops melting do you pour in another portion of sulfuric acid.

Pour it while stirring it with a glass stick.

The whole process was done with extreme caution, for fear that any liquid would splash out.

If this thing gets on your body, at best your clothes will be burned, and at worst your skin will be torn apart.

After finishing all this, Sun Yuanhua turned around and looked at Taoist Tianyi.

"How much does your cotton coat weigh?"

Tianyi thought about it carefully.

"About 4 to 5 kilograms."

The three of them selected five kilograms of cotton wool from the cotton that Sun Kangwang brought and threw it into the glass jar.

These cotton wools are all deseeded, and after entering the mixed acid, they turn yellow little by little visibly to the naked eye.

Wu Chunfu had dinner delivered.

A big pot of bone soup, some stir-fried vegetables and a basket of multi-grain steamed buns.

Zhu Youxiao's mind was on the glass jar. He just took a few bites casually and stopped moving.

The waiting process is very painful.

He took out from his pocket the thing that Valdes had presented to him before. It was a pocket watch, a genuine European product, but a little too large.

Before I knew it, it was already seven o'clock in the evening and it was already dark outside.

The craftsmen in other sheds also finished their work and went back to rest.

Only then did Tianyi start to use a glass stick to fish the cotton wool out of the tank.

He turned around and put it into the bucket that had been prepared on the side.

After carefully washing it several times, it was spread out to dry.

"Your Majesty, this is what happened before."

"If there is anything that has not been restored, it is that this cotton wool is wet, while the pile in the workshop before the explosion was dry."

In fact, when Zhu Youxiao saw this, he already had the answer in his mind.

But he wanted to see it again with his own eyes.

So they had all irrelevant items in the shed removed, leaving only the pile of cotton wool.

In fact, these cotton wools are no longer cotton in nature.

At least, it no longer has the ductility of cotton fiber. If we must compare it with something, it is probably not much different from meat floss.

It's very loose and will break if you touch it carelessly.

A stove was lit in the shed, one in each of the four corners of the room.

Zhu Youxiao first ordered that the pile of cotton wool be soaked up with rice paper, and then spread flat in the middle of the shed, more than five meters away from the stove.

The temperature in the shed is getting higher and higher.

Wearing a cotton coat, Zhu Youxiao's forehead was unconsciously covered with sweat.

The cotton wool that has absorbed the water will gradually become dry in this case.

The moon outside the shed was climbing up into the sky little by little.

In the work shed, Zhu Youxiao's expression became more and more nervous.

Three o'clock in the morning.

After carefully examining the cotton wool, Sun Yuanhua nodded to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, it has been completely done!"

"Fire, clear the stove, and be careful when you move around!"

Zhu Youxiao immediately gave orders to Sun Kangwang and You Tong.

"Put these cotton wool in a wooden barrel. It must be a clean barrel!"

“When filling the barrel, you must be extra careful!”

"Everyone else, follow me and leave!"

"Lord Sun, after you pack the cotton wool, remember to take out a ball the size of a pigeon egg."

If his guess was correct, these dried cotton wools were the legendary nitrocellulose!

This thing can be used as a bullet primer!

It is flammable and explosive.

If any accident happens, I guess none of the people present will be able to escape unscathed!

Not long after everyone left, Sun Yuanhua also packed his cotton wool and followed out with an egg the size of a pigeon egg.

Get away from the shed and find an open area.

Zhu Youxiao asked someone to find two bricks and make a support.

One of the bricks was placed flat under the bracket, with the ball of cotton wool placed right in the middle of the brick.

The other brick was hung up with a rope and landed right on the ball of cotton wool.

Everyone retreated twenty meters away and waited.

Although Zhu Youxiao did not express his guess, Xu Guangqi and Wu Chunfu had guessed most of it by then.

That ball of cotton, after being soaked in bone-dissolving water with saltpeter added, is likely to explode like gunpowder!

Otherwise, Your Majesty would not have to be so careful!

Yutong was wrapped in three cotton-padded clothes, looking as bloated as a bear. He stood about five meters away from the support, pulling the rope in his hand.

"put!"

With Zhu Youxiao's order, the rope in his hand loosened.

The roller skates made a rattling sound, and the suspended brick fell down quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it had hit the ball of cotton.

"boom!"

A ball of fire rose.

Everyone's eyes widened instantly.

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but shout out loud.

"Oh my god! There's no cigarette!"

After saying this, he ran towards the support without waiting for Zhu Youxiao's order.

When he arrived at the place, he exclaimed again.

"No!"

"Not only is there no smoke!"

"And there's no residue left by burning black powder!"

Those two bricks have been broken.

It is unclear whether it broke when the nitrocellulose exploded or because of the impact.

However, this is no longer important!

The important thing is, Ming Dynasty has nitrocellulose!

this means!

The Ming Dynasty’s firearms can be updated!

No one present knew the importance of nitrocellulose better than Zhu Youxiao.

With this thing.

Whether it is the sturdy and durable AK47, the domestically produced Type 95, or even the Type 88 sniper, he is confident that he can make it!

Don't forget, he was a firearms designer in his previous life!

Chapter 511 I want them to live a long life!

"Ha ha ha ha........"

"Ha ha ha ha........"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Everyone ran to the bracket to check the scene after the nitrocellulose explosion, but Zhu Youxiao was the only one who did not move.

He laughed loudly towards the sky and shouted "good" three times.

Then he said to Wei Zhongxian.

"Preach my will!"

"Sun Yuanhua, Taoist Tianyi, and Taoist Xuanling developed a new type of gunpowder. This achievement is no less than expanding the territory!"

"Pardon Sun Yuanhua and make him a senior official!"

"Pardon Feng Tianyi and Xuanling as True Immortals! And appoint them to the Imperial Observatory, and receive the monthly salary of the deputy supervisors!"

"Each of them will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, a mansion, a thousand acres of land, and ten fine horses!"

"Also, no one is allowed to spread the news of today's events. Anyone who violates this order will be charged with treason and collaborating with the enemy!"

Sun Yuanhua and Tianyi, who were squatting under the support and thinking about the explosion scene, were stunned in an instant.

Sun Yuanhua does not hold an official position now, but is only a professor at Shanhe College.

In terms of grade, it is equivalent to the sixth grade.

But now, with this imperial edict, he was instantly transformed into a third-rank official!

Although he is just a minor official, it is enough to bring honor to the family!

The Taoist priests Tianyi and Xuanling opened their eyes as wide as copper bells.

The title of Zhenren is not used randomly in the Ming Dynasty. One must be granted the title with the imperial pardon!

It is equivalent to the highest honor for a Taoist priest!

It is no exaggeration to say that with this pardon, both of them are qualified to establish their own sect!

Before going down the mountain, they were just young Taoist priests practicing in the mountains, and they only got the Taoist discs in recent years.

They never dared to dream that one day they would be pardoned and conferred the title of immortal!