After everyone sat down, Li Yang was anti-guest, and explained his intention to the king, thinking that the other party still needed to be entangled and distressed for a long time, but who knew that the middle-aged man slapped his thigh: "Great, my lord, we have admired the Central Plains culture for a long time, and ...... It's only been a month, and many people have already run to your territory...... Although the tribes are different, many of them are from the same clan, and I can't stop them halfway, so why don't we merge them under your command. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Several earth kings who secretly ran to Li Yang's place also widened their eyes, but they didn't expect that their king had already had this thought, and he was a villain in vain, and wanted to take his own people with one acre and three points of land to join Li Yang.

"Hahaha, okay, then I'm here anyway, and I'll take a look around by the way, and then farm tools and seeds, craftsmen and scholars will come over one after another." Li Yang was also happy in his heart, after all, when his strength was still weak, he could use the ethereal royal road to gain the recognition and allegiance of other forces, and it was a good thing worthy of his own fluttering.

I don't know if it's spread or if everyone has the intention to spontaneously, many small countries around it have either sent envoys, or simply come over with their sons or themselves to express their surrender to Li Yang.

Regardless of whether you sincerely surrender or come to deceive some supplies, anyway, I can't look down on your small places for the time being, and the manpower in management can't be allocated, and the envisioned county system has not yet been implemented. But slowly, you will all be included in my Li Yang's system.

Originally, many small tribes around the Nanshan Kingdom of the Ryukyus were either directly incorporated or became subject countries, and the entire eastern part of the Ryukyu Island was already under Li Yang's control, and the Zhongshan Kingdom also felt the increasing pressure, and the men in its territory had been mobilized, and the air was filled with the breath of before the Great War.

Li Yang naturally felt Zhongshan Guo's aggressive momentum, but in his opinion, it was just like an animal's hair standing on end when it encountered a policeman, and the meaning of intimidation was greater than the actual effect, so he didn't need to pay attention to it at all.

Now Li Yang is concerned about the need to further improve armaments, although human life is as cheap as a dog in this era, but for Li Yang, the lives of soldiers, especially Dakang soldiers, are simply more precious than gold.

It is undeniable that whether or not you dare to see red with a bayonet is the best proof of whether a unit has strong combat effectiveness, but if it can be solved from a distance, why do you need to let your soldiers bleed and die at close range!

Li Yang's attention to artillery is obvious to all, but gunpowder technology still restricts the range and power of artillery, Li Yang only knows that there is a gunpowder granulation technology that greatly improves the power of gunpowder, but how to get it, he really doesn't know very well.

Turning to the super 3D printer again, Li Yang secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that the formula he got this time would not be so tricky.

Li Yang is also full of hope for this formula, gunpowder granulation must have existed in the Ming Dynasty, the technology is not advanced, but it is a practical technology.

Li Yang hurriedly ordered all the craftsmen in the gunpowder industry to come to Dujiang City to discuss it together.

The craftsmen of gunpowder were all brought out from Dakangguo, and later they taught dozens of apprentices one after another, and this time only brought a little apprentice named Huang Yu, a poor man, although he was seventeen years old, he didn't know a word.

Li Yang already felt that the name and the word were very troublesome, why bother to take the word when he was famous, and he didn't ask more after asking clearly, but just put the recipe in front of a few craftsmen.

"Well, gunpowder is fire, and water and fire can't tolerate it, is it reasonable to add water?" Some craftsmen have strong doubts about this recipe.

"Division...... Master. Huang Yu whispered on the side.

"What's the matter? Go ahead. Li Yang looks at this kid very well, after all, he was only seventeen years old and was brought out by several masters alone, so he must have his own merits.

"Just a few days ago, I wet some gunpowder, and when it dried, it formed hard lumps, and I tried these hard lumps, and not only did they burn, but they also burned very quickly."

"And this?"

"Yes, master, I think that when the water in the gunpowder is dry, there will be no water, and it will no longer affect the use of gunpowder, but the gunpowder and water are incompatible, and those gunpowder will burn faster because it has been soaked in water, just like the stronger the wind and rain, the thicker the saplings will grow."

Li Yang smiled in his heart, although these craftsmen did not have a scientific and systematic concept of analyzing affairs, but sometimes when they thought about it, it made a little sense, so he said: "Yes, after this incident, I will send you to the school to follow the teachers to learn arithmetic and the way of science." ”

"Thank you, Owner." Although Huang Yu was a little shy, he knew that he still did it one by one, which would be a great benefit to him in the future.

The next step is to test the granularization of gunpowder, and after adding water to the gunpowder made according to the ratio of one nitrate, two sulfur and three carbons, the gunpowder immediately turns into a paste.

Not daring to use the stone spoon, several people made a wooden spoon and kept pounding the gunpowder, and soon the water was half-dry, and the gunpowder became as viscous as the yellow mud.

After pounding three times in a row, the gunpowder gradually cemented into something like a batter, and it was no longer like the original fine powdery sulfur saltpeter charcoal.

Several people took out the batter and made it into a small piece the size of earwax, and after half a day of exposure to the sun, it formed granular gunpowder of roughly the same shape.

Now it was time to see if this thing was good, so they took a large leaf, put a few pieces of gunpowder on it, and drew a small spark with firewood, and the granular gunpowder instantly burned into powder, and there was not a trace of scorch on the leaves.

"It burns so fast." Several craftsmen were experts in gunpowder, and they naturally knew what such a fast burning speed meant, "Sure enough, they can burn it in their palms." "By the time the gunpowder is all burned out, you may not feel the slightest feeling.

After trying out the gunpowder they had made one by one, the craftsmen finally determined that this method of granulating gunpowder was not only feasible, but also could greatly improve the efficiency of artillery.

In the test firing outside the city, the artillery loaded with half of the charge on weekdays shot the shell out of the distance of 12 percent of the past, and several craftsmen were surprised to rejoice together, fortunately, only half of the charge was used to try, otherwise it would have to be blown up, if that is the case, Li Yang who watched it up close would be dangerous. Everyone sweated.

After instructing a few craftsmen to quickly come up with a suitable amount of charge, Li Yang was about to leave Huang Yu again, it was still a little early to do research on hand-held firearms, after all, the smelting and casting technology was there, and even if it was made, it was likely that the quality would not be up to par, so it was better to make a fuss about bows and crossbows, and then make plans after his smelter continued to expand and the number of skilled craftsmen continued to increase.