Hao Xide didn't even notice, and the lid on the side of the second earthen jar was opened at some point, and the two holy soldiers poured saltpeter and sulfur ore into it, and began to ignite it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At this time, Hao Xide noticed that the Holy King also seemed to be a little nervous. But when he saw the smoke coming from the top, he relaxed and explained: "It's saltpeter and sulfur burning and turning into nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide and potassium sulfide." Note that no other charcoal and other impurities can enter this process, otherwise it will blow up! ”

Only then did Hachide understand why there were two earthen pots to be separated, the first earthen pot was a fire lit with red-hot charcoal, which could not be mixed with saltpeter and sulfur.

Then, the Holy King commanded people to use a bamboo pipe to draw water from a clay pot on a high place, and sprinkle it into the middle of the lead boxes. In order to prevent sulfur dioxide from escaping through the water pipes, a simple check valve made of wood is installed in each of the houses.

All the lead boxes are of different heights and are connected to each other. When the lead box is installed, it is specially high, and there are holes at the bottom to flow all the water into the first lead tank.

After a while, even the top of the last lead can stinks. Seeing that even the Holy King was in a hurry, Hao Xide instructed everyone to introduce the bottom liquid from the last lead can into the penultimate lead canister, and then the liquid from the penultimate lead can into the first lead canister.

Later, Haussid noticed that the bottom of the first lead canister was bubbling with a dark yellow liquid.

The holy king was overjoyed, and then took a little with a porcelain bowl, poured it into a porcelain basin, and put some water and a few pieces of iron, only to see that the iron gradually melted and became nothing, and many bubbles bubbled out of the water, and the transparent and colorless water that was originally mixed slowly turned light green.

"It's done, it's really sulfuric acid!" The Holy King exclaimed excitedly.

Hao Xide was also happy about it, although he didn't know what this sulfuric acid was worthy of the Saint King's excitement.

The dark yellow liquid is collected and placed in a large closed clay pot placed on an earthen stove, and the semi-finished sulfuric acid in the jar is refined, heated, and the water is evaporated to become concentrated sulfuric acid.

Next, Hao Xide, the Chenzhou prisoners, each gave two coins of silver, saying that it was a reward for the completion of the workshop, which made these prisoners very happy.

Those few holy soldiers who were craftsmen were appointed by the Holy King as stewards and were responsible for managing the entire sulfuric acid factory. Hao Xide and several other captives like him were appointed by the Holy King as the duty steward of the sulfuric acid factory, taking turns on duty to assist the steward in the production of sulfuric acid. Subsequently, the Holy King gave them a detailed explanation of the production process and process of sulfuric acid, and the reaction principle was not explained, and they probably felt that Hao Xide could not understand it. The Shengwang emphasized the performance of sulfuric acid, and especially instructed them not to touch it indiscriminately, and they must do a good job of protection. The sulfuric acid produced, after being concentrated, was stored in clay pots, and a special guard was sent to guard it.

Hao Xide watched the Holy King leave Zilong Village, feeling a little lost in his heart. However, he remembered what the Holy King said when he left, and immediately had infinite fighting spirit all over his body, and secretly said: I, Hao Xide, also want to be the hero of the Holy King! It's just because the Holy King said, "Some people can become heroes without having to rely on the battlefield to fight!" For example, helping the Holy Kingdom safely produce a large amount of sulfuric acid is also a hero in my mind! ”

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Feng Shaoguang, who returned to Guiyang City, had not had time to recover from the joy of producing sulfuric acid when he was smashed by a sudden news.

Just half an hour ago, Zuo Zongtang met with three messengers who came from Changsha, the leader of which was Zeng Shuiyuan, who was familiar to Feng Shaoguang, and he was now a bookkeeper in the East Palace. After the Taiping army captured Changsha, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the king of the east, the king of the north, and the king of the wing all opened their own mansions and established the east hall, the north hall, and the wing hall respectively. Zeng Shuiyuan was originally a confidant of the East King, so he naturally returned to the East Hall and served as the bookkeeper of the East Palace, which can also be seen how much Yang Xiuqing attaches importance to him.

Zuo Zongtang was about to send someone to report to Feng Shaoguang quickly, but when he heard that the Holy King had returned to the city, he hurriedly came over in person to inform him of the news, but he didn't know the purpose of Zeng Shuiyuan's visit, but he heard Zeng Shuiyuan say that there was a secret letter from the King of the East and that he wanted to hand it over to the King of the South in person.

After listening to this, Feng Shaoguang pondered for a moment and said, "Ji Gao, what is the relationship between this king and the king of heaven and the king of the east, you must already know. Now, this king has tried his best to get out and create a force, and this Yang Xiuqing is entangled in the ghost, how to deal with it? This king doesn't want to go back to be the king of Narauszinan. ”

"The Holy King already had an idea, why did he deliberately take the school Zuo Mou?" Zuo Zongtang looked at Feng Shaoguang, smiled, and then said: "Although I don't know the other party's intentions, Zuo speculates that most of them are in an old relationship with the Holy King Lala, and he wants to persuade the Holy King to return to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Zuo knew that the Holy King was definitely unwilling to agree, but he couldn't categorically refuse, he just had to perfunctory the other party, delay for a while, and wait for the situation to change before making a decision! ”

is worthy of Zuo Zongtang, who sees the essence of things at a glance. Feng Shaoguang also speculated, but hesitated. According to his character, if he really persuaded himself to return to heaven, he should categorically refuse, if it was ambiguous, it would make his subordinates have distracting thoughts, and it would be even worse if he was repeatedly co-opted by the East King. But what Zuo Zongtang said is the most advantageous choice at present. At present, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is huge, if it directly tears its face with Yang Xiuqing, and attracts the Taiping Army to directly recover and take over the land of Chengui, in the face of the former brothers, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the soldiers of the Holy Army to be ruthless, and in the end, it will not become a peaceful evolution and annex themselves?

Thinking of this, Feng Shaoguang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Zuo Zongtang reminded him, otherwise, he would tear his face with Yang Xiuqing for the sake of gambling, maybe it would be a tragedy! It seems that the reality is there, it is still temporary, and it doesn't mean that you bow your head, just play Yang Xiuqing.

made up his mind, so he went with Zuo Zongtang to see the Zeng water source.

"The water source greets His Royal Highness the King of the South!" Zeng Shuiyuan was not yet thirty years old, and he was once absorbed into the religion by Feng Yunshan, and he was also an old man in the kingdom of heaven.

"Haha, Brother Shuiyuan, I haven't seen you for dozens of days, my brother has lost a lot of weight, is the affairs of the East Temple too complicated, it is better to come here to this king, and make sure that Brother Shuiyuan is fatter." Feng Shaoguang was witty, and there was something in his words.

"Thank you Nanwang for your kindness! It's all for the kingdom of heaven, and the water source is the same everywhere! Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help frowning, he hadn't said what he meant, but he was preempted by King Nan.

Unexpectedly, the low-key and inconspicuous King of the South, after being suppressed by the East King and the West King together, was able to break out of a huge territory with a rear army division. Originally, it was a burden to give up the tail of the card, but it has developed into a party with 20,000 or 30,000 horses, owning the land of three states, and competing with the king of heaven and the east king.

"Well, Brother Shuiyuan is right! This king also feels that it is all for the kingdom of heaven, and it is the same everywhere. Feng Shaoguang said with a smile.

Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being cheap, how can he say this? Helpless, he had to take out the secret letter of the king of Huaidong and hand it to Feng Shaoguang.

Feng Shaoguang didn't take it by hand, but wrapped his hands with a square scarf, pretended to wipe the envelope, and then secretly tore off the envelope with a square scarf, and then took out the letter paper with a square towel and read it.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the letter, Dongwang only recounted the old feelings and talked about the hardships of the incident, which resonated with him. Then, in the name of the righteousness of the kingdom of heaven, he persuaded himself to send troops to attack Hengzhou, and Changsha would also send troops to attack from the north and south to break through Hengzhou, wanting to connect Changsha with southern Hunan. In the end, he said that he had prepared the Nanwang Mansion for himself in Changsha, so that he had time to move in. He didn't mention his betrayal, nor did he blame himself. It seems that Yang Xiuqing is also very cautious, and he is also worried about angering himself. In that case, it's easy to do.

"Brother Shuiyuan, the letter of the king of the east, this king has read it. The matter of marching into Hengzhou, the king is in favor of it, and only when the king of the east gives an order, the king will immediately send troops to help capture Hengzhou. As for Nanwangfu, Brother Shuiyuan, you will transfer Xie Dongwang for me, and it will be empty for the time being, and this king will go to Changsha to live for a while if he is a little free. Feng Shaoguang didn't say a word of truth, it was all prevarication. He has been mixed with state-owned enterprises, and he is good at this!

He also asked Zuo Zongtang to handle the knife, replied to the well-worded letter, and brought Zeng Shuiyuan to the East King and the Heavenly King, and asked him to turn to greet the Heavenly King Dongwang.