Chapter 183: Death of the Nation

"Sixty-eight people were martyred, including twenty-one students of Jinling University, seven craftsmen, and forty guards; Forty-two others were seriously injured and have been transferred and are being treated. Zhao Zheng replied in a low voice, with a little choked in his tone.

"Sixty-eight...... Sixty-eight? Li Guanqi's body shook violently, and he said with trembling lips, "What kind of experiment are you guys doing?" What exactly is the experiment? Didn't I tell you to stop your research on firearms? How could this happen? At the same time as his heart ached, anger also filled his chest, so the next words, he almost asked through gritted teeth, and his voice became higher and higher, and by the end it was almost roaring.

"No experiments!" Zhao Zheng lowered his head and said, "They are drying butter gunpowder!" ”

"What? What are you drying? Li Guanqi suspected that he had misheard, and confirmed it in disbelief.

"Butter gunpowder!" Zhao Zheng knelt on the ground motionless, and said with tears on his face, "There is a student named Gongsun Zihan who has developed a yellow watery gunpowder after many tests, and the minister saw that the power is much greater than the original gunpowder, so he asked them to make a hundred barrels, the weather has been relatively humid for a period of time, and now the sun is good, so they will ......."

Speaking of which, Li Guanqi already understood what was going on, he just said it casually last time, but he didn't expect them to really succeed in developing butter explosives. Butter explosives are much more powerful than black powder, but they are extremely unstable and prone to accidents......

"How foolish are you?" Li Guanqi angrily raised his leg and kicked Zhao Zheng in front of him, "There is a new gunpowder research successful, why don't you report it!" Why not report? Sixty-eight, sixty-eight! What do you want me to ...... How......? Speaking of which, Li Guanqi was speechless.

"Damn it! It's all the minister's fault! It's the minister's fault! Chen Wan is to blame for his death...... "Self-blame and regret are ruthlessly biting Zhao Zheng's heart, and an unprecedented guilt almost swallows him up. Although he was full of martial arts, he didn't dodge Li Guanqi's kick at all at this time, but just knelt upright.

"You fuck bastard, you!" Li Guanqi continued to vent the anger in his heart......

After a long time, Li Guanqi gradually calmed down and squatted down. Helped Zhao Zheng up, and said with tears on his face, "I don't blame you!" It's me who is wrong, it's my fault! I knew that this gunpowder was extremely unstable and could have such an outcome, but I forgot to warn ...... It's me who is a bastard......"

Li Guanqi stood dumbfounded, although he vented, he still couldn't accept the fact in front of him - his hard work - the Armor Research Institute, because of a completely avoidable accident. Led to the deaths of sixty-eight people! This also includes twenty-one students from Jinling University, who are now the best firearms experts of our time, twenty-one? Half the research power! This is all because of their own carelessness, underestimating their R&D capabilities, and not reminding them in time.

Li Guanqi has also been on the battlefield and has seen death with his own eyes, but the feeling at this moment is completely different from when he was on the front line in Jiannan, and he now has more regret and guilt in his heart. "If it weren't for me. None of them will die", constantly biting at the tip of his heart......

An unexpected turn of events. The sixty-eight people of the Soldier Armor Research Institute will never see their relatives again.

The study of firearms is a major military affair and naturally needs to be kept secret, so the news received by the officials and people of the Beijing Division, including the envoys of various countries, is just a simple lie -- the Armor Research Institute has successfully tested a new gunpowder weapon, and I apologize for the inconvenience caused to everyone.

But it was difficult to hide it from Jinling University, after all, the more than 30 students who died were all elites from the physics and chemistry departments. Whether it is their teachers or classmates, they are all very familiar, and it is impossible to make up a lie to fool the past.

For the first time since the opening of Jinling University, the entire school was enveloped in grief. The students organized spontaneously. Light incense and candles and mourn quietly.

Zhao Zheng has been suspended from his post and grounded, but he has no intention of going anywhere else, he built a pergola next to the scene of the accident, and sit-ins day and night to keep a vigil for the martyrs.

"Minghao!" Gao Tiangong carried a basket of incense candles, walked over, and called Zhao Zheng softly, wanting to persuade him, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to light the incense candles silently, and then sat down next to Zhao Zheng gently.

"Minghao! They died for the sake of the great cadres, they were martyred for the country, and they died as they deserved. You have to mourn. Gao Tiangong spoke again and persuaded him.

"It's all my fault! I let them dry......" Zhao Zheng muttered, tears silently flowing down the corners of his eyes.

Gao Tiangong sighed wordlessly and stopped talking. It didn't take long for other students and craftsmen from the armor research institute to come over one by one, some lighting incense, some holding incense candles...... Thousands of candles flickered and flickered, accompanied by muffled whispered sobs......

Li Guanqi has also been in deep grief, in the past two days, because of the explosion of the armor research institute, he spent most of his time on the Purple Mountain, and the backlog of the Qinzheng Hall has been a few feet thick, although he did not have the mood to criticize the performance, but he still sighed, walked to the back of the dragon book case, and lifted the brush stained with cinnabar on the table.

It was late at night, and Li Guanqi still showed no signs of resting.

Looking at the lonely person behind the dragon book case, Yue'er's heart ached, but she knew that she must not persuade him to rest at this time, he needed to use work to relieve the pain in his heart, all she could do was to light a few more candles and add more charcoal to the brazier.

"Bastard! Nonsense! Nonsense! Li Guanqi suddenly became angry.

Yue'er hurriedly ran over, only to see Li Guanqi holding a book in his hand, trembling with righteousness, and roaring angrily: "If the person is dead, he will splash dirty water on it!" I don't have the ability to do it externally, but I have a lot of energy internally! Is it tolerable or unbearable! As he spoke, he tore the book with all his might.

"Your Majesty! Can't tear it! ......"Yue'er hurriedly tried to stop Li Guanqi's impulsive behavior, because Emperor Taizong of the Great Qian Dynasty had left a testament - the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty was never allowed to tear up the recital of his subordinates, otherwise he would apologize to the courtier in front of the civil and military officials, and he would also approve the contents of the excerpt."

Don't say that Li Guanqi doesn't know about this testament at all, he just knows that now in anger, he can't take care of so much, so before Yue'er gets closer, the silk fold has been torn into several pieces...... (To be continued......)