Chapter 54: The Power of Gunpowder
The sound of the explosion sounded in their ears like thunder in the sky, and the onlookers of the orc slaves opened their eyes wide, their hearts pounded, and their faces were full of fear.
Three hundred meters outside the gunpowder factory, where Allen tested the explosion, the military training team was also training in the distance, and they kicked out in unison under the command of the orc instructor, lined up very neatly, and shouted a loud slogan: "One-two-one, one-two-one......
The orcs were in high spirits, their throats rolling, and they roared the loudest.
The instructor saw Allen's figure in the distance, and he also worked very hard to train the army.
However, this perfect military training did not last long, and the orcs' ears moved slightly, and suddenly their cold hairs stood on end.
"Boom!"
The loud slogans were completely covered by the sound of explosions, and the mountains and forests in the distance were silent for a second, and birds flew out of the woods in a panic, breaking the silence of the forest.
Next to the army, Natasha, who was training, was startled, hunched over and drew a dagger to guard the surroundings, instinctively frightened, but did not see the danger coming.
Turning his head to look at the source of the sound, he happened to see a bright red fire rising from Allen's side, and black smoke rising into the sky.
"What's that?"
Natasha was completely confused, completely confused by what was going on over there.
"It's not good, Alan is over there, there is danger!"
Natasha's face changed drastically, Eren is the core of the rise of the Great Iron Village, if he dies, the Great Iron Village has no future to speak of.
Slowly, she ran all the way, and she was proficient in assassin skills, and she plunged headlong into the chaotic crowd to save people.
The orc slaves were terrified, screaming for their lives, crowding people, retreating and running away, for fear that the goddess of fire behind them would take their lives.
Natasha is fast, and after awakening, she gains greater agility and dynamic vision, she is like a swimming fish, twisting and dodging dozens of times in the raging crowd of beasts, and not a single slave hits her.
When Natasha rushed to Alan's side, she realized that she was too worried, Alan was unharmed, and the deputy village chief next to her said quite calmly for Alan: "Don't run away, it's safe here, really!" ”
"Safe here?"
Natasha was stunned for two seconds before she had time to aim at the center of the explosion.
I saw a small crater blown up there, the blown dirt scattered beside it, light dust flying all over the sky, and the black smoke at the scene was slowly rising at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The nose of the orcs is very sensitive, and they smell the pungent smell after the explosion of black powder, which is very smelly and unpleasant, and it feels uncomfortable to inhale it.
"Natasha, you send the army to manage the scene, don't let the slaves mess up."
Allen's voice was very calm, and Natasha instantly sobered up and immediately replied: "Yes!" ”
A minute later, the slaves returned in an orderly manner under the suppression of the army.
"Everyone has also seen that the things you make in your hands are so dangerous, you must be serious in doing things in the future, and if you want to die, you will strictly follow the steps I taught to make black powder."
The slaves lowered their heads, they had long been frightened, only the black powder factory director put his legs together, raised his hands in salute, and said loudly in understanding.
The director of the black powder factory was a native of Datie Village, forty-two years old, and was not within the age limit set by Allen to join the army, so he applied for the position of director of the gunpowder factory.
By the way, the orcs of the Great Iron Village often work and have a lot of strength themselves, so Alan set the upper age limit for joining the army at the age of forty.
After this month's food improvement, the villagers of Datie Village have initially gotten rid of the impression of thin ribs, and some of the awakened people have already developed strong muscle outlines, and the potential to become soldiers is self-evident.
Alan trained the slaves, and after sending the slaves away, the villagers who participated in the military training also ushered in a ten-minute break, and ran to the explosion pit to observe the horror of the explosion of black powder.
Hood, who supervised the work of the whole village, came with a sweat, although he did not see the scene of the fire, but the "thunder" that broke out in the village was too loud for him to think about.
Hood stood on tiptoe to look at the dirt pit, and then squatted down to touch the pitch-black soil, and the cat's tail behind him stood up straight, indicating that he was in a very serious and rigorous state.
After checking the impact of the explosion, Hood walked up to Alan with a flattering face and rubbed his rough palms, "Village Chief Allen, is the black powder the power of Thor?" ”
Alan silently glanced at the priest, "If it's you, then it's." ”
Without knowledge of chemistry, no matter how he explained the orcs, it was difficult to understand, and in the end, he thought of the illusory and non-existent Thor, so let them guess.
The priest's heart is beating faster, Alan has even mastered the power of Thor, which god's power will he master next time?
It's terrible, I can't think about it.
The priest's tail swayed from side to side, and his smile became a little stiff, and he said:
"Isn't it too dangerous to have those slaves make gunpowder...... I'm talking about the fact that the slaves won't keep it a secret, and if they escape, the gunpowder recipe will spread to other towns, which will be bad for our village. ”
When the deputy village chief heard this question, he also felt that it was necessary to take precautions, "Young Master Allen, it's not appropriate to let slaves make gunpowder, why don't you draw some people from the army to make gunpowder?" ”
"There's no need to be so troublesome, I've already sent someone to do the secrecy work, and Datie Village will increase the number of outsiders in the future, so the villagers don't need to move for the time being." Eren shook his head and rejected the two orcs' suggestion.
After testing the power of gunpowder, Alan went to the blacksmith shop and set out a group of slaves to specialize in making round buckshot.
There is lead ore in the mine of Datie Village, but it is not the main mining object of Datie Village, if Altair Town does not need lead ore, there is no orc mining lead ore at all.
Lead ore is widely distributed and easy to extract, and because lead is very soft, has a low melting point, and is easy to process, some orcs have transported lead ore to the blacksmith's shop.
Why bullets made of lead?
Lead metal is very soft, and after hitting the orc, all kinetic energy is released, and the bullet immediately deforms and shatters, causing trumpet-shaped cavity damage, and the creation area is 100 times that of the projectile cross-section.
The point is that lead is toxic, after entering the human body, it will destroy the hematopoietic system, hinder the synthesis of heme, lead to anemia, in addition, it also affects the digestive system, damage the brain center and peripheral nervous system, etc., which is very harmful.
However, the slave in charge of making buckshot does not need to know so much, just memorize his own procedures.
Windsor still followed Alan's teaching, and she found that Eren taught only a little to each person, leaving the orcs only responsible for one processing step.
Cooperation?
Windsor didn't think about efficiency, only that it was an excellent method of secrecy.
Each slave only knows one step of the crafting step, and cannot master all of them, and even if they escape, they will not be able to leak all the steps.
Master Allen's knowledge was simply endless, and Windsor once again felt small.