However, Liu Hongji himself did not seem to really put aside the matter of the mining area, and after returning to the mansion, he still wrote a note and sent it to Chang'an, which was placed on Li Chengqian's desk seven days later. Vertices are updated the fastest

Nowadays, because of the train, in many places in Datang, the way of transmitting information is changing, and the previous 800-mile express is now slowly being canceled and replaced by a convenient train.

"Old horse, come and see this thing, what do you think should be done!" The folds sent by Liu Hongji were flipped back and forth by Li Chengqian and handed over to Ma Zhou, the young Zhan matter.

"Your Highness, Lord Liu's concerns are not without problems, and the minister thinks that he should be cautious about gunpowder." Ma Zhou hastily read Liu Hongji's recital, closed it and said to Li Chengqian.

"Do you think it's important to speed up industrialization, or to keep gunpowder secret?" Li Chengqian took the fold and put it aside, and asked thoughtfully.

"Your Highness, industrial progress and secrecy are equally important, gunpowder is researched by you, you should know how powerful it is, if this thing is obtained by a foreigner, I am afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable." Ma Zhou cautiously put forward his own suggestions, and did not want to cause irreparable losses because of Li Chengqian's impulsiveness.

But Li Chengqian didn't think so, in a way, he didn't care about those black powder now.

From the moment his revolver appeared, black powder was destined to become history, and if it were not for the large production of black powder, which could not be produced on a large scale at that time, he wanted to knock black powder out of the war at that time.

Moreover, when the revolver was produced, many equipment had not yet appeared, such as the steam engine, which had not yet been studied, and the press needed to be driven by water power.

But now it is different, as the steam engine technology becomes more and more mature, many mechanized equipment has been designed, such as what presses, shearing machines and other equipment that can be driven by steam engines have also been developed one by one.

This means that the industrial revolution of Datang has begun to enter the formal, and soon more and more advanced technologies will emerge, and the time is ripe for the mass production of smokeless gunpowder, and the difference is the equipment that matches gunpowder, such as firearms, such as artillery.

Therefore, black powder is already a dispensable thing for Li Chengqian, and large-scale conversion into civilian use is also within the scope of his consideration.

……

With such an idea, Li Chengqian took Ma Zhou out of the city and went straight to Xianyang and went to the old man's cemetery.

After giving incense to the old man, the carriage went to the small chemical base that had expanded to nearly the size of a county.

"Your Highness, what kind of place is this?" Ma Zhou was startled by a group of people in white coats in the chemical base, and asked a little unconcerned.

In his opinion, the white coat should only belong to the medical school, and there is a small city here that is much bigger than the medical school, is it ......

"This is the Datang chemical base, and many chemical things are produced here, such as rubber." Li Chengqian looked at the 'master' who hurriedly came out of it, and subconsciously said to Ma Zhou.

"Chemical base? Rubber? Ma Zhou muttered, the latter he knew, but the former, what the hell was that base.

But before he could ask again, a white coat had already run in front of him, and he rubbed his nose and said, "Your Highness, why don't you say hello in advance, this hurried minister can't greet him." ”

"Can you pull it down, wait for you to meet you?" Li Chengqian pouted: "Those guys under your command are not allowed to spit on the palace." ”

"Hey, hey, what, how can you." The 'master' smiled awkwardly, but he knew that what Li Chengqian was actually saying was the truth.

After all, people engaged in scientific research must have some kind of fault, and if someone disturbs their research, it will make them angry even more than killing their father and enemy.

No way, from ancient times to the present, it seems that all people who engage in research have this virtue, and these Fang Shi who were forcibly arrested by Li Chengqian at the beginning are no exception, after all, they are also the earliest group of scientists in history.

"Let's go, take me to the gunpowder workshop." Li Chengqian saw that the 'master' was embarrassed, so he didn't embarrass him anymore, pointed ahead, and then said to him.

"Oh, good, good!" The 'master' naturally will not discount Li Chengqian's requirements, after all, he is the prince, but also the god of wealth of the chemical base, without his financial support, all the research in the chemical base will come to a standstill.

……

After going around and around, it took about half an hour for Li Chengqian and his entourage to finally get off the carriage outside a factory.

"Your Highness, before entering, please change your clothes and your entourage, including shoes, and any metal objects must be placed outside, as well as things that cause fire." After Li Chengqian got out of the car, the 'master' led them to the front of a small house, and the door of the room had three big characters written on the dressing room.

"What? Why change clothes? And if you don't let any weapons ......" Xiaobai, who followed Li Chengqian, immediately became a little anxious when he heard that he was not allowed to bring weapons.

"Xiaobai!" Li Chengqian didn't wait for the 'master' to explain, so he stopped Xiaobai, and then said: "The things inside are too dangerous, and any spark may make all of us doomed, so let's change our clothes." ”

With Li Chengqian's command, everyone stopped talking, silently entered the dressing room, picked out suitable clothes according to their body weight, and reassembled at the door of the gunpowder workshop after a quarter of an hour.

……

Everything in the gunpowder workshop was so fresh, but there was a pungent smell inside, which made people smell very uncomfortable, but no one who entered the gunpowder workshop for the first time didn't care, and they all looked around intently, attracted by the messy equipment.

At this moment, Li Chengqian opened his mouth and said: "Old Ma, this is the new gunpowder workshop, and the main thing produced is smokeless gunpowder, which is about three times more powerful than the previous black powder. ”

"About three times!" Ma Zhou's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"The important thing is that in order to ensure its power, the production process of black powder in the past is far more troublesome than that of smokeless powder now, and I don't know how much effort it takes to grind this piece alone. So after a while, Hongu planned to simplify the process of black powder and completely transform it into civilian use, while the military used all smokeless gunpowder. ”

When Li Chengqian said this, he was full of confidence, with a smug smile on his face, Xiaobai and Mei, who were more familiar with his character, looked at the smile and knew that this guy didn't know what was bad.