Wait for two more pillars of incense in the dormitory

Sima Zhou shouted outside the palace gate: "Son, Liu Wenmao and Wang Nian are outside the door to meet and say that they have found two stones of stone sulfur!" ”

Ying Jingyu jumped up from the chair after hearing this: "Oh? ”

Then he walked out of the palace quickly, and saw Liu Wenmao and the two kneeling on the ground, and there were two baskets in front of the two, both of which contained a light white and a yellow stone, and the unpleasant and pungent smell came to the face

"Subordinates meet Childe, Childe, please see, is it these two stones that are needed?"

Ying Jingyu squatted down in front of the basket: "Get up, it looks quite similar in appearance and color." Stone sulfur is right, it's just this saltpeter..."

As he spoke, Jing Yu stretched out his right hand and took a large piece of irregular pale white and shiny stone, leaned in front of his nose and smelled it, closing his eyes to feel the smell

"Bitter, cold... I can't smell it, it seems to be something, and I can't tell that this is saltpeter. ”

"Sima Zhou, go get a basin of water."

"Yes, Childe!"

Just as Ying Jingyu was holding a pale white block stone and looking at it repeatedly for a while, he saw Sima Zhou walking over with a bronze basin in both hands

Ying Jingyu took out the fish intestine sword, cut a small piece from the pale white stone and chopped it into pieces on the ground, telling everyone to stand back

Then pick up some stone chips and throw them into the green water of the bronze basin

The stone chips disappeared in a moment, as if they had never happened, the water was calm and waveless, and the bottom of the basin was visible

Ying Jingyu smiled, put away the 'fish intestine sword', and stood up: "Yes, this is saltpeter." ”

"Liu Wenmao, Wang Nian. The two of you have made great contributions, and your names will be left in the history books in the future. I plan to set up a 'Quarry Division' immediately, and you two will be in charge of the 'Quarry Division'. ”

"The 'Stone Mining Division' is temporarily under the control of the imperial court, and you can recruit talents who are familiar with all kinds of stones for the use of the 'Stone Mining Division', digging mountains and digging stones to find copper, iron, aluminum, stone sulfur, saltpeter, thermal oil, coal and other ores, and deeply study the process of refining and purifying. Can you do that? ”

After hearing this, the two were happy and worried, and instantly knelt on the ground: "Childe..."

Ying Jingyu looked at the two who didn't agree immediately: "What difficulties do you have?" ”

Wang Nian said: "Gongzi's order, subordinates dare not disobey." It's just..."

"Just what? If there is something to say, the imperial court can fully support all issues. ”

"Childe, you can't finish it. However, such a huge project requires a huge amount of manpower and resources, a shortage of various talents, and a rough refining process, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet the requirements of the son in a short time. ”

Ying Jingyu frowned, and paced back and forth in front of the two of them with his hands behind his back

I think I am a little anxious, but if I want to develop rapidly, the development and refining of various raw materials and ores must not be delayed. But it didn't happen overnight

After figuring it out, Jing Yu was no longer obsessed, and said, "Well, I can understand the difficulties you said." But it is a matter of the Great Qin Thousand Years Plan, and only when we start to do it, will the problem be slowly solved. ”

"I don't want to meet my requirements in a short period of time, but the main task of the 'Stone Mining Division' is to find the various ores I have just mentioned, and this is a priority. If there is a shortage of manpower, wealth, or talent, I can ask my father for an order to solve this problem. ”

"And refining is not in a hurry, I have planned to build a new 'Science Division' and 'Gunpowder Division', and in the future, you may not be able to complete what I require faster."

The two of them listened to the clouds and fog, and it was difficult to understand the meaning of Gongziyu's words for a while, but if they only found stone mines, it would be easier

Wang Nian arched his hand and said, "Yes, Childe!" Subordinates will never give up! ”

"Well, I will immediately tell my father that the 'Stone Mining Division' will be established tomorrow, and I will prepare more saltpeter, stone and sulfur things with me first. Hurry up and make arrangements. ”

"Oh, Childe!"

The two of them did not dare to delay after getting up, and bowed and retreated

"Sima Zhou, a few of you will find a way to grind this stone sulfur and saltpeter into powder, the finer the better."

"Oh, Childe!"

I saw Sima Zhou whispering to two of the palace guards, and the two palace guards went down to get tools

And Sima Zhou walked to the two baskets, leaned down and picked up the two stones, and looked at them: "Childe, what is the use of this thing, to spend so much money to find its stone mine?" ”

The corners of Ying Jingyu's mouth rose: "Hehe, the secret of the country, it is better to know less." You'll see in a moment. ”

Sima Zhou was frightened when he heard this, thinking that Gongziyu was kind to his subordinates and wanted to take the opportunity to get closer, but he didn't know that his casual words hit a nail

Hurriedly knelt on the ground and trembled: "Gong... Childe, my subordinates don't know that it is the secret of the country, please ask Childe to surrender! ”

Ying Jingyu stepped forward to help Sima Zhou, and smiled indifferently: "Hahaha... I don't mean to blame you, but there are some things and things you have to think about before you say them. ”

"If you want to participate in the major affairs of the temple, then use your talents and military exploits to prove yourself, and then you will be qualified to discuss state affairs, understand?"

Sima Zhou was frightened into a cold sweat by Ying Jingyu's side knock on the side without a trace, and he didn't have a deep chat on weekdays, but when he talked about it today, he was more profound about Gongziyu's character and unfathomable...

"Yes, Childe! The subordinates will live up to the expectations of the son! ”

Ying Jingyu nodded and stopped talking, looking at the endless palace in the distance with his hands behind his back

Leaning slightly, the two palace guards came to the palace gate with wooden boards, kitchen knives, hammers, smooth wooden sticks and other things

Sima Zhou also instructed the people to put the stones on the wooden planks, separate them and cut them into small pieces, then beat them into pieces with a hammer, and finally crush the crumbs back and forth with wooden sticks...

After a while, the saltpeter and stone sulfur that were still stones just now all turned into powders of two distinct colors

When it was finished, Ying Jingyu leaned over and stretched out his right hand to pinch a little powder and slide it between his two fingers, which was still a little thick

"Grind it a little finer."

Several palace guards continued to crush after listening to the order, and when Ying Jingyu nodded in satisfaction, everyone stopped moving

"Sima Zhou, put stone nitrate powder and sulfur powder in clay pots, bring charcoal ash, and follow me to my father's place."

"Oh, Childe!"

The place where the King of Qin handles government affairs daily is called 'Chengming Palace', and the monarch deals with government affairs on a daily basis, and every decision is very important, so the government affairs must be handled in a quiet place.

When Ying Jingyu led several palace guards to the gate of the 'Chengming Palace', he raised his left hand and signaled the palace guards holding the clay pot to stop at the door

After Ying Jingyu entered the palace, he told King Qin, who was watching the books in various parts of Guanzhong, that the 'gunpowder' had been completed

King Qin was shocked, how could he not have imagined that such an ungraspable thing would be completed by Jing Yu in one day?

Curious, they followed Jingyu out of the palace gate and came to the square in front of the palace

Ying Jingyu motioned to the palace guard to put the three clay pots on the ground, took the scales, calculated the proportion, and took out some of the three pots and weighed them one by one

Then put the proportions of the three things on the stone floor, and after mixing thoroughly, a small black powder mixture is formed

Everyone is puzzled, what is the beauty of this thing?

King Qin stepped forward and asked, "Yu'er, is this what you call 'gunpowder'?" Can this really be hugely powerful? ”

Ying Jingyu wiped the beads of sweat with his sleeve and said with a bright smile: "Of course, I will know when my father arrives." ”

After that, he asked Sima Zhou to bring the fire oil prepared in advance, and poured it into a fire oil line two meters away in front of this small pile of gunpowder

Then Jing Yu took out a cowhide-wrapped fire fold, and after a quick blow, the small flames on the fire fold jumped and jumped

"Father, you and the palace guards stay away a little longer."

King Qin was shocked: "Yu'er, you don't want to ignite this explosive yourself." Never! ”

Jing Yu was stunned, this King Qin was still worried about some accident: "Father, rest assured, everything is under the control of his son." ”

"Yu'er! Igniting a fire can be replaced by someone else, and it is not possible to try it yourself. Hurry back. ”

But Ying Jingyu smiled, holding the fire fold and moving to the fire oil below: "Everyone stand back!" ”

Then, without hesitation, the flame was in close contact with the oil on the ground

"Whew"

A glowing blue flame formed on the ground, hurtling down the line of fire oil towards the small pile of gunpowder

"Yu'er!"

And Ying Jingyu didn't stay any longer, and quickly got up and stayed away from here

"Wow..."

The explosion scene that everyone imagined did not appear, but a thick black smoke rose from the gunpowder, which made everyone's nervousness suddenly relax

Ying Jingyu jumped up excitedly, "It's successful!" Hahahaha. ”