Another gust of mountain wind blew, and the black smoke that filled the forest dispersed the residual gunsmoke, Wang Huan couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, cheered, jumped out of the dirt pit, and ran impatiently towards the center of the explosion.

Everyone hurriedly followed behind him, jumped out of the pit one after another, and chased after him, Xu Tiezhu was scared in his heart, and followed behind him with a drag.

Wang Huan took three steps and two steps, and when he came to the explosion point, the huge mountain rock had disappeared, and a huge charred black soil pit on the ground was about the size of more than a zhang, and some obviously blown stones were scattered among them.

Picking up a piece of gravel from the ground, Wang Huan couldn't hide the joy in his heart, laughed, and said in a loud voice: "I didn't expect that the power of nitroglycerin is so huge, and it can cause this level of damage in less than four taels, it's too powerful!" ”

The people who caught up looked around vigorously, and they all smacked their tongues, they saw with their own eyes, Wang Huan only used a bowl of oil, and blew up a boulder the size of a grinding plate, if it was replaced with black powder, I am afraid that the equivalent of five or six catties would not be so powerful.

"My lord, what did you just say about glycerin?" Zu Bian touched his scalp, stepped on the charred black soil pit, and asked in a slightly lower voice: "Could it be that this stone was really fried by that bowl of oil?" ”

Wang Huan was in a happy mood, laughing from ear to ear, and Huansheng explained to Zu Bian: "It's nitroglycerin, as I said, it's not an ordinary oil, it's a high explosive, just less than four taels of equivalent, it can blow up the destructive power that everyone sees, I didn't have anything else on me just now, you all saw it." ”

Everyone's faces were shocked, shocked by the violent explosion, they almost couldn't believe their eyes, that bowl of vegetable oil was really comparable to the destructive power of five catties of black powder, if the nitroglycerin in the crockpot was brought, I am afraid that this mountain would be cut off.

After the initial surprise, everyone was active, and immediately recovered from the shock, Ma Xintian took the lead in raising his eyebrows and said: "My lord, this thing is so powerful, if it is used to open a mountain and set up an ambush, it would be better, but I watched the adults carry the bowl all the way, it seems to be cautious, is this nitroglycerin very dangerous, and it will be fried when touched?" ”

Wang Huan nodded and looked at Ma Xintian appreciatively: "Yes, this thing is the most unstable, and it will explode if it collides with a slight collision, so I had to clear the scene when I came just now, and came up alone with a bowl, just for fear that a flash would hurt everyone." ”

Everyone was shocked, it turned out that this nitroglycerin still has this dangerous property, and it will explode when you touch it, so didn't Lord Wang take a great risk just now? How can this be done?

Everyone was anxious, Ma Xintian Zhengse said: "The adult is the body of ten thousand gold, everything in the Valley of Longevity is the master of the adult, you can't get involved, this kind of work in the future, just leave it to the future to do." ”

Zu Bian also said: "That's it, the adults don't say that I don't know yet, I knew it was like this, I would never let the adults do this!" ”

The rest of the people echoed the voice, shouting that Wang Huan was too Meng Lang, he had tens of thousands of people at stake in his life, and he couldn't risk his life like this. Wang Huan pressed his hands weakly, smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Okay, okay, I won't do it in the future." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then stopped babbling, Ma Xintian picked up the bowl that was blown up to only a piece of pottery from the ground, and said with some regret: "The nitroglycerin refined by the adults is indeed powerful, but it is a pity that it is oil, it is inconvenient to carry, and it is so dangerous, it is not suitable for marching and carrying. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their eyes to Wang Huan again, Xu Tiezhu was standing far behind, but at this time he also squeezed to the front, and said confidently: "Lord Wang must have a way." ”

Wang Huan laughed: "Yes, of course there is a way, otherwise with such a dangerous thing, no one will worry, otherwise the enemy will not blow up, and blow himself up to the sky first." ”

The hearts of everyone present were hung up, their faces were full of joy, Lord Wang was really talented, and as soon as he went into the mountain and picked some stones and came back to burn and barbecue, he concocted nitroglycerin, which was several times stronger than black powder.

Everyone's hearts were crawling like ants, itching unbearably, eager to know what tricks Wang Huan was going to come up with, Wang Huan didn't let them wait long, looked carefully at the explosion point, measured the power range of the explosion, and led the way down the mountain back to the city.

Walking down the mountain, the people in the fields and in the city heard the loud explosion on the mountain, saw the huge mushroom cloud rising, and knew that Wang Huan had just gone up the mountain to get it, they were all afraid and afraid, and those accompanying soldiers added fuel and vinegar to the people who secretly came to inquire that this was a new fire oil made by Lord Wang. These people spread ten, ten to hundred, and in a short period of time, they spread the news of Wang Huan's attempt to bomb all over Wanshou City, depicting Wang Huan as the god of thunder, and used the thunder to blow up the mountain to show his ability.

Wang Huan naturally didn't know that he had become the god of thunder, he took Zubian and others, and returned to the official office in a smoke, closed the door, and did not allow anyone to enter or leave, leaving only a few people with cronies.

The manufacture of yellow explosives involves fundamentals, if others know the manufacturing process and reveal it, it will be a big loss, this is the magic weapon of the Wanshou Valley army to defeat the enemy in the future, and it must be kept strictly secret.

Wang Huan slowly poured out the remaining nitroglycerin from the clay pot, about five catties of the amount, according to a certain proportion, slowly poured into a large clay pot, in the pot put a bunch of wood powder, broken saltpeter and a little lime mixed powder, about five catties of weight.

Wang Huan held his breath, grasped the clay pot with both hands, and watched the nitroglycerin flow into the basin very slowly, seeping into the wood powder saltpeter powder, the glycerin was absorbed by the powder, and soon turned into a wet yellow paste.

Wang Huan's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, Xu Tiezhu saw that he had finally poured out the glycerin, put down the clay pot, and immediately handed over a sweat towel, Wang Huan took it and wiped the sweat, and let out a long breath: "Okay, next, just wait for this paste to dry." ”

"That's it?" Zu Bian looked at the big pottery pot and asked incredulously.

"Of course, when it dries, it becomes powder." Wang Huan said.

Such yellow gunpowder, the particles are very fine, compared with black powder, just like the difference between salt grains and soybeans, the explosion power is more powerful, whether it is used for the firing of muskets, or the production of explosives, the power is much stronger, the development of hot weapons in later generations, on the one hand, there is the progress of firearms and artillery, on the other hand, the more important is the progress of gunpowder, there is no yellow gunpowder, smokeless gunpowder appeared, and the fire gun is only a firing speed a little faster arquebus, the firing range, the power of the bullet will not have a qualitative leap.

Guns are good things, but Wang Huan is a mining engineer, not a master of firearms, and he doesn't even know the structure of a handicraft, let alone an arquebus. In this poor and remote place, there are very few blacksmiths, let alone the firesmiths who are firmly controlled by the royal court, so there is no need to think about making guns.

But without a gun, Wang Huan also has his own ideas.

"Zubian, have you heard of ten thousand enemies?" Wang Huan picked up a hollow bamboo tube as thick as an arm, and sat on the chair in the conference hall playfully, as if asking casually.

Everyone in the audience was discussing Wang Huan's gunpowder with an excited face, they were all seeing a new type of gunpowder that was several times more powerful than black gunpowder for the first time, shocked and excited, it was filling their brains, all of them were red and their necks were swollen, and they talked endlessly.

Zu Bian's voice was the loudest, and he was talking rightly, and suddenly heard Wang Huan ask himself, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Ah, ten thousand enemies? Adults know that, too. ”

He has been messing around in Liaodong for a long time, and the Liaodong Military Gate is a Daming firearms test field, and many firearms equipped by the Shenji Battalion have also been used by Zubian, and he is very familiar with the enemy when it comes to ten thousand enemies.

"It is made by the Song officials of the imperial court, kneaded into a ball with clay, the same size as a large winter melon, hollow, with small holes left on it, poured into gunpowder and poison after drying, surrounded by wooden frames on all sides, used to defend the city." Zu Bian gushed endlessly: "When we defended Daling City and Shenyang City, we used this thing in our army, and it was very powerful, and after lighting the fuse, it was thrown down from the city, and then it blew him up first, and then the poison smoked and smoked for several miles, and the Tartars were the most afraid. ”

He licked his lips, and said with a little regret: "But this thing is the heaviest wind direction, if the wind direction is not right, the poisonous smoke will blow back, it will harm your own people, and this thing is too bulky, weighing more than a dozen catties, non-strong men can't throw it far, it's not very convenient to use." ”

Wang Huan smiled, threw the bamboo tube in his hand to the ancestral side, and asked, "What if you replace it with this bamboo tube?" ”

Zubian was stunned, caught the bamboo tube, looked left and right, knocked the bamboo tube on his head again, and asked with straight eyes: "My lord is saying that you use this bamboo tube to smash people?" ”

Wang Huan smiled without saying a word, and looked at the others in the seat.

Some people were confused, some people were stunned, only Ma Xintian's eyes lit up.

He jumped up, snatched the bamboo tube in Zu Bian's hand, looked at it back and forth, and then looked at Wang Huan with bright eyes, his expressionless poker face was rare and ecstatic, and shouted loudly: "My lord, see me!" ”

Wang Huan looked at him, looked at him and smiled, and the color of appreciation in his eyes was revealed nakedly.

The others stopped doing it and stood up and shouted, "Please make it clear!" ”

Wang Huan smiled and said to Ma Xintian: "Come on." ”

Ma Xintian bent down respectfully and said, "Yes." ”

He turned around and walked to the hall, raised the bamboo tube in his hand, and said loudly: "My lord is saying that this bamboo tube can become our ten thousand enemies!" ”