A cannon rang out, deafening.

Deng Haonan once again conducted an artillery test firing, which attracted loud applause from the audience. For the first time, Li Ping and Yang Hu saw that someone was able to play the range of the Franc cannon on the basis of the sea-based tiger squatting cannon, and the current attention to Deng Haonan was even greater than in the past.

On the first day of work, the leaders came to inspect, and Deng Haonan naturally needed to work harder. There were originally 36 workers in the gunpowder workshop, and today Li Ping specially dispatched 50 people to help, which shows the importance of cannonball gunpowder to the pirate leader of this Beitan town.

Deng Haonan divided the 86 workers into four groups, which were responsible for saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, and finally the mixture. In terms of the selection of the leaders of the first three groups, Deng Haonan used the original old man under the recommendation of the housekeeper Li De. Only the final gunpowder mixing and blending, Deng Haonan was personally responsible. However, Li De arranged Li Li as his deputy to help Deng Haonan. Deng Haonan knew in his heart that he had sent someone to steal the teacher to learn the arts, but in this era, the names of various raw materials of gunpowder were very different from those of later generations, and there were no chemical instruments at hand, so he could not distinguish the chemical substances corresponding to various materials. Therefore, if Deng Haonan does it himself, he will have no way to start with his eyes.

Deng Haonan has no objection to this. Although he is an artillery expert, he still needs to adapt for a while in this era of backward gunpowder. At this time, Deng Haonan could only improve the existing gunpowder materials. There is still a lot to be done to realize his fanatical ideals.

After Deng Haonan divided the personnel into groups, he took Li Ping, Yan Siyu, and Yang Hu to watch the work of each group of personnel, while learning the primitive methods of making gunpowder in ancient times, and then modernizing and improving and instructing them according to their methods.

Deng Haonan's language is relatively vernacular, even these rivers and lakes are reckless and rural style can not be fully understood, and the workers naturally dare not ask Deng Haonan as a foreman, thinking that this is the way the foremen speak. And Li Ping, Yan Siyu, Yang Hu and others just thought that Deng Haonan was speaking the dialect of ghosts and gods, and they pricked up their ears to listen carefully to the general meaning, so it was not difficult.

At first, Deng Haonan thought that their knowledge level was too low to understand, but later he gradually realized that there was a gap between himself and their language. Fortunately, when Deng Haonan was in school, he could be regarded as having studied classical Chinese, although he was not proficient, but after the two were mixed, everyone could understand the general meaning.

"The advantages of guns and guns are disadvantageous, all in the essence of the pharmaceutical, if according to the usual practice, do not seek refinement, not only have the fear of exploding, and I am afraid that the cast will not be effective!"

Li Ping had experienced many naval battles at sea, so he naturally understood the great role of artillery on pirates. The Tiger Squat and Franc cannons equipped with the Daming Naval Division, as well as the 12-pounder to 32-pounder guns installed by the Dutch and Spanish fleets, were quite a threat to them as pirate merchants, and they repeatedly suffered their losses, and the bitterness and sadness of this can only be experienced by those who have experienced naval battles like him.

Saltpeter is the key material of gunpowder, and nitric acid and sulfuric acid are often used to make gunpowder in later generations. However, at this time, the chemical industry was still ruled by alchemy and alchemy, and people did not understand these things. Therefore, Deng Haonan could only improve it according to the existing method of extracting saltpeter in the gunpowder workshop.

The workers first added seven points of water to the cauldron, put down 100 catties of nitrate, burned three fried, and then put one catty of small gray water. The pots in the powder shop were of different sizes, and the workers added the materials exactly in one proportion, which was obviously unreasonable. Deng Haonan then informed Xue Bing, the leader of the saltpeter group, and ordered him to adjust the proportion according to the size of the pot, for example, if the nitrate in the small pot is fifty catties, it should be neutralized with half a catty of small gray water. Xue Bing didn't know what Deng Haonan meant by neutralization, but he generally understood that the big pot and the small pot couldn't put the same ingredients.

Li Ping asked Deng Haonan what neutralization meant, Deng Haonan subconsciously said some chemical terms of neutralization, and seeing that Li Ping was confused, he immediately smiled and said: "According to our statement, it should be like this!" There is salt alkali in its nitrate, and after encountering a little gray water, it is naturally separated, and the salinization is precipitated into red water, which is regarded as storage! ”

Everyone listened to it and didn't understand it, and the housekeeper Li De looked at Xue Bing, only to see that Xue Bing smiled bitterly, and he still didn't seem to understand. The butler looked at him for a moment, then shook his head.

Li De and Xue Bing's eye contact all fell into Deng Haonan's eyes, Deng Haonan sneered in his heart, thinking: At this time, only Lao Tzu in the world understands chemistry, if you can understand it, then Lao Tzu doesn't have to mix here. At this time, although Li Ping and others treated Deng Haonan with great courtesy, it was all thanks to Deng Haonan, who they would not do. According to the rules of these pirate families, outsiders can never be fully trusted, and arranging their own people to learn Deng Haonan's skills is their ultimate goal.

A pot of nitrate was quickly boiled, and the workers poured it into the magnet. I saw that the mud foam was sinking to the bottom, the net nitrate was in the center, and the saline-alkali water was floating on it.

Deng Haonan pointed to the magnetic Weng and said: "In order to make its chemical reaction sufficient, it must be left for two or three days." The longer it is placed, the purer the saltpeter will be. ”

In ancient times, the technology of saltpeter storage was backward, and there were too many chemical impurities, which could not complete the reaction in a short time like later generations, so it could only be made up for with more time. However, Deng Haonan secretly did his own tricks and misled the workers to think that the longer it was placed, the better, but in fact, it was not the case, and it would naturally deteriorate after a long time.

Then Deng Haonan said: "This kind of saltpeter must be dried in the sun in February, March, August and September, and other hot and cold times are not suitable. ”

Yang Hu was very arrogant, and he didn't understand the reason, so he asked at the moment: "When our ships sail, we have to prepare to deal with the threats of the imperial court, foreigners, and other pirates at all times, and the consumption of gunpowder is very high. The manufacture of gunpowder in this way is still subject to the constraints of the season, and Haonan has to find a way to solve it! ”

Obviously, Li Ping and Yan Siyu are also very concerned about this issue. If it is affected by the season, it will naturally affect their pirate attendance activities. The latter asked, "Haonan, do you have any way to solve it?" ”

Seeing Yan Siyu asking, Deng Haonan couldn't hide it, so he had to say: "It's not impossible!" If you want to use it urgently, put it in the well in the summer and put it on the warm kang in the winter, and let it dry naturally! ”

Li Ping and Yang Hu both breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: This Deng Haonan is shrewd, originally they were really thinking about finding someone to learn Deng Haonan's skills, and then slowly replace him. After all, they are not their own caring and reliable people, but they can't be trusted. Now that Deng Haonan is more cautious about his skills, he has to give up the idea in his heart for the time being, and he has to count on Deng Haonan to help them tide over the current difficulties.

At this time, Yan Siyu felt that Deng Haonan was hiding a little bit of his own technology, and he glanced at him at the moment, but he didn't mean to blame. Then he said: "At present, the strength of our Twenty-Eight Brothers Alliance is insufficient, and it is too scattered, and it is already difficult to deal with the imperial court sailors. Today, the Hongmaoyi (Dutch) invaded the southwestern part of Dongfan Island, first building Taicheng (known as Geranza City in the Dutch) in Dayuan, and then building castles such as Chichicheng (known as Provencha City in the Dutch) in the Chichi area as a base for military aggression and rule, and used force to suppress the Gaoshan tribe and burn down villages. The Ganlasi (Spain) built castles in the chicken coop (Keelung) and Tamsui in the northern part of Dongfan, and seized the southwest and north of Dongfan. The foundation of our alliance in Beigang is under serious threat, and at this time, we are facing internal and external troubles, and I hope that everyone can help each other to tide over the difficulties together. ”

These words were said to Li Ping and Yang Hu, the internal worries referred to Zheng Yiguan, and the external troubles were only the imperial court and foreigners, and the two hurriedly nodded yes after hearing this. Then Yan Siyu said to Deng Haonan again: "Deng Gongzi is talented, we have already seen it. Deng Gongzi's father is also a hero who started his family by following his brother, and Deng Gongzi can be regarded as a member of our Twenty-Eight Brothers Alliance, so he should treat each other as brothers in the future! I also hope that Deng Gongzi can improve the gunpowder technology a lot and create firearms for the alliance that are far superior to the imperial court and foreigners! ”

Yan Siyu's words undoubtedly justified Deng Haonan's name, making Deng Haonan a veritable pirate member, so that others could not treat Deng Haonan like outsiders, and it could be regarded as providing Deng Haonan with a protective umbrella in disguise.

Deng Haonan hurriedly said: "Dare not serve your life!" ”

Yan Siyu nodded with satisfaction, and then Deng Haonan took a few people to inspect the work of sulfur, charcoal and other groups, and also carried out modern scientific planning and guidance according to the existing process of making zuò among the workers, which attracted warm praise from the craftsmen.

The method of extracting sulfur is relatively mature, mainly because the sulfur ore was mined earlier and the composition is relatively simple. Raw sulfur contains a lot of sand and gravel, and there is no good way to do it, so you can only manually pick out the sand grains. Then according to the ratio of one pound of sesame oil for every ten catties of butter, pour it into a wide-mouth iron pot with ears. Swing the pan through the pan with oil so that it does not get sulfur. Then slowly pour the fine sulfur into the pot, and stir the bottom of the pot continuously with a large wooden lift.

These workers don't know that any substance will produce more or less chemical reactions, especially when sulfur is boiling, there can be no pause, otherwise the elemental sulfur will become compound sulfur. However, Deng Haonan also did not say this directly, but only ordered the mixing workers not to be lazy, otherwise their wages would be deducted. And this statement obviously deceived Li Li, the assistant who had been following him to "steal the teacher".

After the sulfur melts, the dregs and dirt are removed at any time with a very fine gedge. At this time, Deng Haonan found that wood was still used under the pot containing sulfur. Dark Dao: This sulfur is most afraid of flame pollution, using wood to start a fire, the flame is easy to run into the pot, and the sulfur is impure. Immediately said: "Replace the wood with a charcoal fire!" ”

Li Li hurriedly said: "Don't hide it from the son, we have little coal in the south, is there anything wrong with using wood?" ”

Deng Haonan glanced at Li Li and was very dissatisfied with his dry decision. However, after all, he is a newcomer, and he is the nephew of the housekeeper, so it is not easy to offend. Immediately smiled: "Nothing! I'm afraid that the flame will be too high, and it will be easy to burn! Then he instructed the workers to prepare a few more tiles, so that if they caught fire, they would be covered with tiles immediately.

Wait until the sulfur has melted away, and remove the pot from the firewood. But you can't wait for it to cool, strain it through a fine linen cloth, and then pour it into a magnetic cylinder to cool slowly. In this way, the oil floats on top and the sulfur sinks low. The oil is filtered out, and then the sulfur is finely ground to obtain the finished product.

Because the smell in the sulfur room was very unpleasant, Yan Siyu and the others didn't want to stay longer, and it just so happened that Deng Haonan didn't want to be learned by Li Li to go to the key technology, so he took everyone out at the moment.

Immediately the sulfur room, and below is the charcoal mill.

The selection of charcoal is relatively easy. But the easier it is, the greater the learning. The raw material of charcoal is best to use hemp orange eggplant, followed by spring sycamore, and fir wood is the bottom. Normally, any wood with frivolous wood can be used as charcoal material. The Ming people paid little attention to the details in this area, so the power of gunpowder was greatly reduced.

The wood should be peeled and knotted, and the willow wood should be cut down in the first month. The wood is then burned into charcoal, which is then finely ground and set aside. Why peel and knot? The later "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" explained the reason - "If you have skin, there is a lot of smoke, and it is easy to fry when you have sections!" ”

Obviously, Deng Haonan will definitely not sue Li Li for these details. Anyway, the current charcoal can still be used, and Deng Haonan still needs time to slowly understand this era and slowly adapt to this era. After all, the troubled times have come, and more than ten years later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and China was tragically destroyed. Deng Haonan didn't want to be a slave to the country, he was a slave all day long, he had to die of grievance.

Heroes are born in troubled times, and heroes are raised recklessly. In the stage of dynastic change, human life is like a mustard. Deng Haonan's net worth and life must be in his own hands, even if there is no way in the future, he will have to step on a road.

After the raw materials are purified, the rest is the stage where Deng Haonan can show his talents. Deng Haonan ordered people to crush the three components of sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal with large copper to form a powder, and then grind it finely. According to the ratio of four buckets of nitrate, twelve taels of sulfur, and one bucket of charcoal. Stir with clean, sweet water until semi-dry and semi-wet.

Deng Haonan originally wanted to use distilled water, but in the end he held back, after all, the more technology he kept, the better, after all, now he has no power and power, and it is naturally useful to keep it.

Deng Haonan's every move, Li Li secretly wrote it down on the side. Deng Haonan laughed secretly in his heart, such a fat difference, Steward Li obviously wanted his nephew to replace him in the future. However, Deng Haonan saw that Li Li had no cultural level at all, and he just wrote down what Deng Haonan did, and it was a fool's dream to replace him.

However, Deng Haonan thought about it again, could this be that Li Ping did it on purpose? With his sophistication, there is no reason not to know! Deng Haonan looked like a well-informed gentry in front of them for a while, and then pretended to be a stupid country turtle, nothing more than wanting to test these people. This is not the legal society of later generations, and in this pirate den, everything must be cautious. Because they won't reason with you, unless you have something in your hand that can hold them, such as the technology in Deng Haonan's hand at this time.

Yan Siyu, Li Ping, Yang Hu and others stayed in the gunpowder workshop until the evening, until Deng Haonan smashed out the first bag of explosives.

They just wanted to see what Deng Haonan could bring to the gunpowder workshop, and Deng Haonan knew the key to it, so he made a relatively advanced explosives package. The explosive pack, which weighed about three kilograms, was buried on a dirt slope in the western suburbs.

The fuse was lit and everyone hid a few hundred meters away. I only heard a loud bang, such as a thunderbolt on a sunny day, the mountains shook, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder dispersed at a height of more than ten meters.

Deng Haonan used his superb skills to once again interpret his status in the hearts of everyone. Since then, Deng Haonan has become famous, and although Yan Siyu and others have repeatedly blocked the news, it has spread throughout the Twenty-Eight Brothers Alliance.

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