The martial arts examination and technical examination held at the same time as the liberal arts examination have ended, Wu Sangui won the first place without any suspense, and became the champion of martial arts, although the battle of the Taiwan Strait is mainly a water war, but Deng 6, Taiwan is also indispensable infantry brothers, Liu Ziguang and Zheng Sen will be on the front line, Wu Sangui is of course not to be outdone, and strongly asked to participate in the southern expedition, Yuan Chonghuan did not want to let his descendants follow the mix, but in the end, he could not serve the country with the young man's heart, so he had to release people stupidly.

There are not many people who participate in the technical examination, but they are all skilled craftsmen, or young scholars like Addison who love Ming creation, in addition to the basic knowledge, the main scoring criteria is whether there is a Ming creation, and the forty-eight candidates who participated in the examination without exception have achieved fame, although the status of this kind of technical jinshi in the eyes of the general public is far inferior to that of liberal arts jinshi, but after all, they can also wear official uniforms, wear gauze hats, brocade and return to their hometowns, cross horses and praise officials, thousands of years of official thinking, so that they are very excited and satisfied, all of them put forward this policy, Uncle Liu is grateful to Dade, those who have doubts and did not go to the exam, the craftsmen who regret it are blueTake your own original exquisite gadgets to the Ministry of Industry to hit the luck.

Since Song Yingxing was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, the atmosphere of the Yamen has been one of the new Song Dynasty people, who are not good at being officials, when they first took office, they were jointly resisted by the officials below, and they resisted the orders of the Shangshu Lord, and the official affairs of the Ministry of Industry once came to a standstill, but this trick is obviously underestimating the power behind Song Yingxing, and overnight, those officials who did not cooperate were taken by the South Factory, and it was easy to say that one was installed at will, so everyone woke up to the fact that Song Shangshu was not easy to bully, so he had to obediently pick up his tail and be a man and obey the orders of the adults.

Now the common people take their Ming creation to the Ministry of Industry Yamen to offer treasures, and they will no longer be treated coldly like Addison back then, and the official in charge of the reception has a smile on his face, and he is very attentive to the Ming creation that was offered, and he does not dare to be sloppy in the slightest.

It was in this context that a new vision that led to the reform of weapons was discovered. This inconspicuous little thing is a young craftsman named Lei Yang who appeared unintentionally, this person is an apprentice of the Liguo Iron Works, originally in the iron factory, he followed Addison to do things, had the opportunity to come into contact with various chemical materials, and then followed Addison to the research institute in the southern suburbs of the capital to continue his apprenticeship, and he actually made a novel thing: thunder mercury.

This thing is called thunder mercury, so named because the surname of the Ming is Lei, and the second is because the main raw material of this thing is mercury, this brown-yellow crystal will deflage when it is dry, it will deflagrate when it is slightly rubbed, hit or heated, it is an excellent ignition thing, and it is not troublesome to manufacture, and all kinds of ingredients are ready-made: mercury, nitric acid, dry alcohol (anhydrous alcohol).

The mercury is dissolved in cold nitric acid, and the solution is added to a flask filled with dry alcohol, and after a while, a violent reaction begins to form mercury nitrate and precipitate crystals.

At the end of the reaction, dry alcohol is added in 2 times, mercury nitrate is added, and the mercury is obtained by the action of dry alcohol. Use a cloth filter to filter out the mercury and wash it with water to remove the acid.

118~128 parts of thunder mercury can be produced per 1oo parts of mercury. Originally, according to Addison's intentions, he couldn't give any reward to Apprentice Lei, because nitric acid and dry alcohol were the unique raw materials of the iron factory, and without the accumulation of his predecessors, he couldn't complete it.

After hearing about the thunder mercury, he was keenly aware that this Ming would bring great changes in guns and gunpowder, this little craftsman not only had to be rewarded heavily, but also awarded a certain position in order to carry out further research, involving chemical problems, Liu Ziguang did not know more than others, he could only try his best to guide them to a more scientific path, and he had to think more about why he drew inferences about everything, just say that this black powder, sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter, what is the role of these three raw materials, what kind of ratio to take to achieve the best effect, Liu Ziguang has always encouraged everyone to defy authority, to think and explore by themselves。

Strive to develop gunpowder that is more powerful and more effective than black powder as soon as possible. Lei Yang's Ming finally got a heavy reward of five hundred taels of silver, and was cordially received by Uncle Zhen Wubo, Liu Ziguang patted Lei Yang on the shoulder, praised him a few words, encouraged him to continue to work hard, Yunyun, and then asked people to bring him a set of green Jiupin official uniforms to reward him, and said to the young man who was very excited, from now on, you are the official of the Ministry of Industry, and you can take the court's Yulu to serve the country loyally and make new contributions to the Ming Dynasty's weapons research work.

The musket now equipped by the Red Shirt Regiment belongs to the flint gun, the principle of operation is to use a steel saw gear to rub the flint to produce sparks and ignite the black powder in the powder pool for shooting, this thing is like a flint lighter, the principle is not very reliable, the emergence of lightning mercury can improve the musket from flint to a more advanced firing pin rifle, and more importantly, the use of cannonballs, today's cannonballs are either simple solid iron balls, or countless tribulus terrestris mixed into a shotgun, but there is no bomb that can explode, and with thunder mercury, everything is different, weapons experts can install a spring needle on the front of the cannonball, when the bullet hits the target, the firing needle travels backwards, causing lightning mercuryThis can be used to explode a shell that can be used to explode a solid cannonball that relies solely on physical force to kill a solid cannonball, which is terrifying to think about.

The war in the Taiwan Strait is imminent, and the thunder and mercury shells will be researched before they are put into production, and I am afraid that the daylily will be cold, so Liu Ziguang is ready to go south this time, and bring Addison, Lei Yang and other technicians with him to improve weapons while fighting, and at the same time listen to the voices of front-line soldiers to create weapons that are more in line with the actual combat situation.

The Ming of Lei Mercury must be kept strictly secret, and now there is no peace in the capital, the warehouse of the Yamen of the Ministry of Peace has been stolen once, and some prepared black powder was lost, and later, although the thieves were caught, but the black powder has been lost, and the fans of the Nanchang have also found out several cases of espionage against the camp of the Red Shirt Regiment, and some people have tried to pretend to be a gangman and miscellaneous servants, and have infiltrated the barracks to steal the army's first sharp weapon, the bazooka, all of which show that the enemy has realized the benefits of firearms and is doing everything possible to obtain this kind of weapon.

Liu Ziguang ordered that all firearms must be strictly controlled, and every musket and rocket launcher must be numbered, and even if it is scrapped, it must be destroyed by a special person, unless it is a combat mission, it is strictly forbidden for private individuals to carry firearms out of the camp, and at the same time, it is ordered to intensify the investigation and search for spies of the enemy country.

The last time the Koreans were arrested in Changzhou came with this kind of purpose, and the interrogation of them was still ongoing, and after the trial came to the conclusion that these stupid Koreans were probably bewitched by others and stupidly went to the mines for others.

Who is manipulating them behind the scenes, and what kind of purpose is they holding?

After meeting with Lei Mercury's master, Liu Ziguang hurried back to the house to eat, and then went out again to the Gongyuan for the additional test, and the questions for the additional test had been compiled, just waiting for him and Qian Qianyi to make a decision.

"Master, let's get more clothes." Han Xue'er took the mink cloak and followed behind Liu Ziguang and shouted, This fox is getting more and more aware of hurting people, Peng Jingrong also wrote yesterday and said that let Liu Ziguang hurry up and marry a few concubines, and there can be people around her who know cold and hot, so she can rest assured, if you look at it this way, Han Xueer is a good choice.

Liu Ziguang stopped and let Han Xue'er help him put on his cloak, Han Xue'er carefully helped him tie the button on his neckline, and the whole person leaned on Liu Ziguang's chest like a bird, Liu Ziguang's eyes were slightly lower, and he could see her white and jade-like face, long eyelashes, towering breasts, and a faint virgin fragrance, so stunners in Huairao are impotence patients like Liu Ziguang, and they can't help but feel something.

But she raised her head again, and glanced at Liu Ziguang quickly with a pair of big eyes that fascinated people and didn't pay for her life, which made Zhen Wubo uneasy, well, this is the so-called flattering eyes.

"You better stay with me, don't go to the South Factory." Liu Ziguang picked up Han Xue'er's chin with his fingers as he spoke, this girl is not only beautiful, but also smart, literate, and hyphenated, and more importantly, she was born with a charming backbone, no wonder the guards in the house are staring at her like wolves.

Fat water can't be left in the fields of outsiders, it's better to keep such a beauty for herself, so it's better to call her to sleep with her tonight, maybe under the provocation of this fox, her own problem can be improved.

"Well, come and sleep in the evening." Liu Ziguang added another sentence, and when he said this, he suddenly felt that he was very shameless, and he didn't say a few words, and now he opens his mouth to let the little girl sleep with him, and he doesn't even need to talk about language arts, it seems that it was cool to be a master in ancient times.

"It's all up to the master." Han Xue'er bowed her head and said, her tone seemed to be both shy and joyful. Liu Ziguang turned around and left, got on the green sedan chair and went to the Gonggong Courtyard, Han Xue'er was still standing in place, shyly smiling shyly, as the sedan chair went away, the shy smile gradually turned into a gloomy sneer, if Liu Ziguang could see it at this moment, maybe this smile would be the same as the sneer when Fan Wencheng, the first Manchu Qing thinker in Yanzhou City, laughed at him.

Well, the mystery is revealed, Han Xue'er is Fan Bingbing, in fact, many people have already guessed it.