As this one Taoist priest took the lead in cheering, several other Taoist priests also jumped up happily, busy for so many days, and finally succeeded, and it was not in vain that they worked day and night for many days. Qingyangzi on the side was also a little surprised when he saw this scene,

Although he knew alchemy, and he had heard about the alchemy explosion, he didn't expect the explosion to be so powerful.

Looking at the power of the explosion in front of him, although it was a little unsatisfactory, it was at least successful, after all, several of them had experience. And Li Ye still knew the saying 'one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal', so the gunpowder was quickly developed, because of the first test, I don't know how powerful it is, Li Ye asked people to stand far away, so as not to be injured by mistake.

It's just that the power of this gunpowder, catching up with TNT or something, is naturally much worse, but at this time, it can be regarded as huge, don't you see that except for Li Ye, everyone else is stunned? With that big mouth, it's no problem to stuff an ostrich egg.

Although the invention of gunpowder originated from the explosion caused by an accident in alchemy, basically no one knows the power of gunpowder, because the parties involved in the explosion are basically finished, and others only know that alchemy has exploded. Even so, many Taoist priests still flock to alchemy.

But no one has an impression of the power of gunpowder, so these people are dumbfounded when they see the power of gunpowder.

"Your Highness, what do you want to do with this thing?" Qingyangzi suddenly turned his head sideways and looked to the side without much surprise, but Li Ye, who was a little disappointed, looked puzzled.

"It's nothing, it's just for fighting. What do you think would happen if this thing were used on the battlefield and hundreds or thousands appeared? Li Ye said lightly.

"This 。。。。。" Qingyangzi swallowed his saliva, and he was also making up the scene in his brain.

The power in front of him blew up everything within a few feet of the surroundings beyond recognition, and if it blew up on people's bodies, wouldn't it be 。。。。。 Qingyangzi didn't dare to imagine it. Only then did he realize that the Shou King in front of him didn't want to refine any pills at all, from the very beginning, the other party just wanted to develop this thing. If you want the old viewer to say what he said before he left, I have to admire the old viewer's accuracy in looking at people, if the Shou King in front of him is treated with his age, it is a very serious mistake.

"The power of this thing is still a little small, and your task is to improve this recipe to make it more powerful, and when you use it, it is not convenient to use it so much. If anyone can improve this recipe, they will be rewarded with 500 yuan.

What this king promised before will definitely be fulfilled, Qingyangzi Daoist will take 300 guan, other Taoist priests, all 200 guan, and ordinary people will all be 500 guan. Before, Li Ye promised that as long as he developed what he wanted, he would be rewarded, but now that the things have been developed, he will naturally not be stingy with these money.

However, this is only the first step, how to use this gunpowder in actual combat is the most important thing, at present this is only to get the formula out, but it is still difficult to apply it to actual combat. Li Ye wanted to develop a musket, but it was a little difficult to think about it, but he could use a crossbow and trebuchet as a projection tool, although it was not as easy to use as artillery, but it could be used temporarily.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hearing that one person has at least fifty guan, and the Taoist priests have two hundred, everyone was excited, this is a huge amount of money, I didn't expect King Shou to reward like this.

"Thank you for not needing, as long as you do things well for this king, this king will not treat you badly. However, in the future, you can't walk around, and you still have to alchemy, and this king doesn't want the news of this explosive thing to get out. Li Ye said the back, his expression turned cold, and everyone immediately understood the meaning after hearing it.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, what is the right thing to call this explosive thing?" When Li Ye was about to leave, Qingyangzi suddenly asked.

"What's it called?" Li Ye stopped and raised his eyebrows, "This is originally produced by alchemy, and the pill is medicine, since this thing burns when it encounters fire, let's call it gunpowder." ”

"Gunpowder?" Hearing this strange name, Qingyangzi was a little surprised, but he could still accept it.

The origin of the name gunpowder, Li Ye doesn't know if it's similar to what he said, in his previous life, he was a normal person who knew what gunpowder was, but people at this time didn't know what gunpowder was, so Li Ye didn't worry about this thing leaking out. Even if it leaked out, no one knew what the gunpowder was.

However, there is a problem, if you want to continue experimenting with gunpowder, this manor is not suitable.

"Zhang Wei, you asked people to go to Longquan Mountain to find a manor, and said to the outside world that this king needs a quiet place for alchemy. The place should be large, and it is better to have no people living around, and then the test of this gunpowder will be carried out there. After leaving the manor, Li Ye instructed Zhang Wei on the side.

"Your Highness, is this to let the slave's righteous brother be responsible? Although the righteous brother of the slave is not successful, he is loyal to His Highness, and His Highness can rest assured that he will take care of him. Seeing that Li Ye attached so much importance to it, Zhang Wei had an idea.

"Brother-in-law? Where did you come from? Li Ye looked at Zhang Wei beside him, and couldn't help but be curious, when the other party came to Chengdu with him, there were no other eunuchs around, and he hadn't heard of him before, but thinking that Zhang Wei was adopted as an adopted son by Zhang Tai, the chief servant of the palace, could it be that the other party was also Zhang Tai's other adopted sons?

Zhang Wei hurriedly explained, "Returning to His Royal Highness, he is the adopted son of Zhang Tai, the former chief servant of the slave's adoptive father, and he entered the palace later than the slave. ”

"What's your name?" Li Ye said curiously.

"The slave's brother's real name is Kang, and because he was adopted as an adopted son by his adoptive father, he changed his name to Zhang and called Zhang Chengye." Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"What? Zhang Chengye? Hearing this name, Li Ye couldn't help but be stunned, and at first he thought he had heard it wrong, so he hurriedly asked, "In the palace, your righteous brother is called Zhang Chengye alone?" ”

Who Zhang Chengye is, as long as you are familiar with the history of the late Tang Dynasty, you know. Although Zhang Chengye is a eunuch, he is not a person with Tian Lingzi, Yang Fugong and others, he can be said to be a representative of the virtuous eunuch, even if the Tang Dynasty fell, but he refused Li Cunqing's addition to the official position, and still held the official position of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, Li Cunmiao was proclaimed emperor, he repeatedly advised to no avail, and died of illness in the same year, which can be called the most loyal eunuch in the late Tang Dynasty.

If it's this person, it's interesting, but the other party is the supervisor of Li Keyong's department, and his position should not be low now. However, Li Ye forgot that the other party served as the supervisor of Li Keyong's ministry in history in 895 AD, which was 13 years later.

"Back to Your Highness, there should be only one. Slaves and other eunuchs are also particular about their names, like slaves, whose real names are surnamed Zhang, and later become the adopted son of their adoptive father, they don't need to change their surnames, and others need to change their surnames, and they will try to avoid duplicate names. Although he didn't understand why King Shou asked this, Zhang Wei still answered truthfully.