The redhead was surprised that Lin Yuan interrupted him, and he asked, "Are you surprised that I have fertilizer?" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "It's okay, there's nothing to do, you go on." ”

The red-haired man said, "I heard that the peasants of the Qing Kingdom were very poor, and they were so poor that they couldn't eat, so I thought, why are they poor? Because they don't produce enough food, how can they increase their food production? According to our research in the British Empire, plants need nitrogen to grow, and plants synthesize it slowly, so if we add ionic nitrogen to the land, then plants will grow very quickly, so I shipped a lot of ammonium nitrate. ”

Like a preacher preaching, the redhead began to gush: "Where do you say all the actions of man come from? It's all from the psychology of human curiosity, you think about it, if people have money, they will satisfy this psychology, so I also shipped formalin, use it to soak some exotic animals, show people, and wait for those farmers to come to see when they have money, you say, isn't my method very ingenious? ”

Lin Yuan laughed in his heart, he thought: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about, just your ideas, if you can make money, it's really a hell!" But this is also understandable, just like before the Opium War, the goods traded between the British and the Qing court turned out to be a large number of nightgowns and nightcaps, and they still thought that there were so many people in the Qing Kingdom, and one person made a lot of money with a nightcap! ”

The redhead was so excited when he said this, he drank the remaining half of the wine in one gulp, and the vulgar words in his words increased, and said: "Who knew that Lu Dao came here and found that my things can't be sold at all!" Do you know how expensive it costs to buy those ammonium nitrates? Do you know how expensive it is to store? If it's not managed well, it will explode, and I'll lose a lot, and sometimes I really want to 'boom' and let them up to the sky. ”

Lin Yuan knew that the large-scale production of chemical fertilizers would not wait until the twentieth century, when the method of industrial ammonia synthesis appeared, so he knew that these fertilizers must be very expensive, and he smiled: "You don't have to worry, I bought them all!" ”

The redhead couldn't believe his ears, his eyes widened and he asked, "What you said is true?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Of course it's true." ”

The redhead turned his head excitedly and shouted at the bartender, "See, my goods are all sold!" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I didn't expect to get all the materials needed so quickly, the manufacturing method of metropine is to mix formaldehyde solution with ammonia, and ammonia can be obtained by heating ammonium nitrate, and with ammonia, ammonia will not be a problem." ”

The redhead offered to pay the freight and find someone to send them to the designated place, Lin Yuan followed him to the dock again, and waited until everything was checked before returning to the machine bureau.

At this time, it was already dark, but the machine bureau was still working overtime to make the reaction vessel, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "The current conditions are too simple to make a large number of black suojin, but take care of the things in front of you first, and then make plans later." ”

Lin Yuan found Su Mao and instructed: "When urotropine reacts with nitric acid, a large amount of heat will be generated, so you must pay attention to stirring." ”

Su Mao said: "Don't worry, we are all in strict accordance with the process standards, and now the work of the whole factory has stopped, and we are going all out to make this kind of gunpowder and shells." ”

Lin Yuan said: "The manufacture of artillery shells depends on foreign craftsmen, so it is impossible to keep them secret, but this new type of explosive must be strictly kept secret." ”

Su Mao said: "I think the most important process is to wrap the black gold smelted with paraffin, what is this for?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Hei Sokin is too sensitive, it may explode when it is hit, wrap it with paraffin, it will not be so sensitive, and the paraffin wax plays the role of a passivating agent." ”

Seeing Su Mao nodding yes, Lin Yuan knew that his plan was the last and most critical step.

When Lin Yuan returned to Beijing, he heard a newsboy shouting: "Outside! Extra! The Japanese army invaded the Mukden Emperor's Palace! The latest news from the Kanto newspaper, with only three copper plates! ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly bought one, only to see the big headline in the newspaper column: Unprecedented shame! Below is a photo of a Japanese officer sitting on a dragon chair in the Shenyang Forbidden City with a saber.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This time, the pressure on the upper and lower levels of the Manchurian Dynasty will increase sharply, and they will inevitably hand over all the troops in their hands to me and let me take them to the front line!" ”

Lin Yuan took the newspaper and went to Prince Gong's mansion, in the end, it was the palace, and the demeanor was different from the mansions of other high-ranking officials, and the people at the door were all wearing six-grade official clothes.

Lin Yuan reported his name, went in and returned, and came out after a long time, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Lin, please go back, our prince is not in good health today, and he will not see guests!" ”

Lin Yuan stuffed a piece of silver over and said with a smile: "Can you tell me, what's wrong with your prince?" ”

Said with a smile: "It's not the Japanese who made trouble, they entered the palace in Fengtian, and the Holy Dragon Yan was furious!" The prince of our family is also having a hard time. ”

Lin Yuan took out another piece of silver and said with a smile: "You go and tell the prince, I am here to treat him, if you let me see the prince, this piece of silver is yours!" ”

When he saw Yinzi, his eyes were blue, he nodded and went back, and soon led Lin Yuan in.

Lin Yuan has always been a person who does not kneel or kowtow when he sees high-ranking officials in the Qing court, and it is impossible for people from the past in the 21st century not to resist that set, besides, kneeling and kowtowing is not a simple matter, there are rules for where to put your hands and where to put your head, and Lin Yuan is too lazy to remember!

When Prince Gong saw Lin Yuan standing up and not kneeling after entering the door, he was displeased, and Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Congratulations to the prince!" ”

Prince Gong became angry when he heard the fire, and thought, "Where did you get the joy!" But he didn't want to be angry, so he agreed coldly.

Lin Yuan smiled again: "The minister has found a way to crack the Japanese bunker!" ”

When Prince Gong heard this, he immediately stood up and said hurriedly: "But really? Such a militaristic event, if you dare to joke, do you want to have a head? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "How dare I! In this way, two days later, please come to the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, and I will show you it. ”

Prince Gong agreed, so Lin Yuan went to the machine bureau to prepare, and after two sleepless days, he finally made two armor fragmentation bullets.

On the day of the display, Prince Gong brought Yuan Shikai and other military attaches to the Machine Bureau, Su Mao and they had already poured a fortress with concrete in the open space, and Chen Fei personally operated the mortar to demonstrate.

Prince Gong first went to the cannonballs to take a look, and when he saw that it was only two cannonballs, he became suspicious in his heart, Yuan Shikai vaguely felt that Lin Yuan was going to snatch away the position of the superintendent of the Dingwu Army, so he secretly said to Prince Gong: "This Lin Yuan has always been exaggerated, I don't know what tricks he is going to play this time." ”

At this moment, Lin shouted from afar: "The display begins, please take a closer look!" ”

Before the words fell, only a whistling was heard, and the cannonball left the chamber and landed on the bunker accurately, followed by a dull explosion, and a cloud of smoke suddenly rose from the bunker.

Prince Gong hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at the bunker, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but be furious!