Li Yu could see that Yang Yi was very anxious, and hurriedly nodded: "Well, you go, pay attention to safety, go early and return early." The words were full of worry and concern.

Yang Yi didn't say anything more, ordered Monkey Jian'er to bring a few fast horses, turned over and rode up: "General Ma, let's talk as we go." ”

Under Li Yu's gaze, Yang Yi and the others hurriedly whipped up their horses and rushed out of the city.

Wuzhishan is Yang Yi's scientific research center, and it is the core area of the future development of Shuzhong, which is absolutely not to be missed, but if Ma You, the commander, can report it in person, there is no doubt that something big must have happened.

Along the way, Ma You simply informed Yang Yi of the news he had gotten, and it turned out that there was a thunderstorm in Wuzhi Mountain.

When Yang Yi heard the word thunder, his mind buzzed, and he immediately thought of the explosion accident, and he was able to report Yang Yi here urgently, it must be a very serious explosion accident, most of which was related to gunpowder.

The research and development of gunpowder is the most important research project in Wuzhishan, and the manpower, material and financial resources invested are much larger than other projects.

Yang Yi led his generals non-stop, and it only took half a day to reach Wuzhi Mountain.

When he arrived at the Wuzhi Mountain Pass, the sky was already dark, but Yang Yi still saw the thick smoke billowing from the depths of Wuzhi Mountain at a glance, which was where the gunpowder workshop was located.

At this time, Wuzhi Mountain has entered the first level of alert, which is the highest alert level set by Yang Yi, even if Yang Yi enters Wuzhi Mountain, he is only allowed to enter after the guards repeatedly confirm his identity.

As soon as he entered Wuzhi Mountain, Yang Yi saw the scene he didn't want to see.

Hundreds of wounded people lay densely in the clearing of the entire front mountain, including soldiers and ordinary researchers. The strong smell of alcohol completely covered up the bloody question, and the wailing continued, some of the wounded were extremely seriously injured, and there were not a few who lacked arms and legs, and the scene was very tragic.

Yang Yi walked halfway up the mountain, and a person in black and ragged clothes walked up quickly, and looked at it, it was Zhou Gongyi, the person in charge of the Wuzhishan Research Base.

At this time, Zhou Gongyi's face was so black that he couldn't see it, and his arms were covered with blood, as if he was injured.

"Your Highness!!" Zhou Gongyi almost threw himself down in front of Yang Yi, and bowed with a little crying.

Yang Yi glanced at Zhou Gongyi, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Say, what's the matter!" ”

Zhou Gongyi cried: "At noon today, for some reason, a thunderstorm suddenly broke out in the gunpowder workshop, and then almost the entire back mountain was razed to the ground. ”

Zhou Gongyi's voice trembled, and he still seemed to be afraid of the might of heaven and earth.

Yang Yi frowned, and immediately asked, "What about the casualties?" ”

"The researchers of the gunpowder workshop in Houshan, except for the dozen or so people from Xiu Mu, more than 100 other people were all killed. In addition, the saltpeter and sulfur separation workshop, which was also built in the back mountain, was also destroyed by the thunder, and a total of more than 300 people were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured. ”

Yang Yi took a deep breath, feeling incomparably painful in his heart, the workshop could be rebuilt if it was destroyed, but the people in the Five Finger Mountains were all the top talents in the industry that Yang Yi had recruited from thousands of places in Shuzhong and even Daguang, and he lost hundreds of people at once, just like cutting Yang Yi a piece of meat, how not to make him feel distressed.

"Your Highness, the supervision of your subordinates is unfavorable, which has caused great suffering in Wuzhi Mountain, I deserve to die for my crimes, please send it down!" Zhou Gongyi fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

Since the establishment of the Wuzhishan Research Institute, Zhou Gongyi began to preside over the work here, he also loves it very much, this year, in addition to returning to Chengzhou to participate in important meetings, Zhou Gongyi almost completely devoted himself to this Wuzhishan, at this moment to see his own brainchild ruined, his distress is definitely no less than Yang Yi.

Yang Yi pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and stepped forward to help Zhou Gongyi up.

Zhou Gongyi had a deep wound on his arm, which should have been scraped by the fragments of the explosion, and there may be no time for treatment, the wound was simply bandaged, and the blood had oozed out at this moment.

Yang Yi said: "Let's go and treat the injury first, and talk about other things when the injury is healed." ”

"Your Highness...."The tears on Zhou Gongyi's face were mixed with mud stains and flowed down,

Yang Yi waved his hand to Monkey Jian'er, and Monkey Jian'er hurriedly took Zhou Gongyi to treat his injuries with his generals.

When Yang Yi came to the back mountain, although he had already been mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the tragic scene in front of him.

The entire mountain behind Wuzhi Mountain was completely in shambles, so the buildings and trees were destroyed by the violent explosion, and the few large workshops that used to stand there have long since disappeared. The fires caused by the explosion have been extinguished, but smoke is still rising in many places, and the pungent smell of gunpowder fills the air.

Many soldiers are still searching and calling in the rubble, hoping to find some survivors.

Fortunately, when Yang Yi was in the Wuzhishan Research Institute in the city, he deliberately set up gunpowder, saltpeter and other workshops in the back mountain, and other research workshops and personnel dormitories were established in the front mountain, so that the explosion did not spread to other workshops and did not cause greater loss of life and property, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

In the next few days, Yang Yi never left Wuzhi Mountain, personally presiding over the follow-up work here.

The cause of the explosion is no longer known, and in an era of great lack of technology and experience, it is difficult to find the culprit of the disaster in a scorched earth.

However, human factors can be basically ruled out, and it is very likely that the gunpowder in a certain place has been stored for too long, resulting in a change in its ignition point and spontaneous combustion, which has caused a large-scale explosion.

Yang Yi stayed up for three days and nights in a row, wrote down all the fire safety and production knowledge he knew in his previous life, and stipulated that the people of the entire research institute must memorize it by heart, and any violation of the terms of the article would immediately be punished with the most severe punishment.

In terms of accountability, although this incident does not have much to do with Zhou Gongyi, as the highest official of Wuzhishan, he must take the main responsibility for the accident.

"Fifty military sticks, a fine for half a year, the official grade has been reduced from the fifth rank to the sixth grade, and the position remains the same."

Such a punishment can be described as heavy, or it can be said that it is not heavy, but Zhou Gongyi himself thinks that Yang Yi's punishment is light.

What makes Yang Yi feel relieved is that the aftermath of the Wuzhishan Research Institute is very efficient, from the treatment of the wounded, to the comfort and compensation of the families of the deceased, everything was implemented very quickly, after Yang Yi explained to the whole hospital that the explosion was not a thunderbolt, but an accidental event and could be prevented, the only panic disappeared without a trace,

After everything was arranged, Yang Yi refocused his attention on gunpowder research.

Such a large explosion is enough to show that there must have been a major breakthrough in the research of explosives, but the accident occurred before the experiment, which may be the only good news Yang Yi heard in this incident.

After Zhou Gongyi's injuries stabilized, Yang Yi immediately summoned the surviving more than ten gunpowder workshop workers and asked them to recall what samples had been produced in the gunpowder workshop during the recent period.