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Facing the strange eyes of aster and pothos, Xiao Ming also took social righteousness.

Aster and Pothos didn't smile at this time, but looked at Xiao Ming with a look of reverence, in their eyes, the current Xiao Ming was obviously comparable to each other.

And in ancient times, which girl in the boudoir didn't like the elegant scholar and the handsome virtuous king? This is enough to see from the popular novels since ancient times.

smiled proudly, Xiao Ming, who was in the forebody, only understood how to make a bow to the overlord, how could he understand female psychology, the twisted melon was not sweet, and it was really fun to take a boat ride along the river.

Leaving a tired back, Xiao Ming still went back to rest, and now is not the time to get drunk and lie on the lap of a beauty.

The next day at noon.

"Boom!" A loud bang came from the cannon to the tranquility of the Qi Palace, and the guards in the palace rushed to the place where the sound appeared after the loud noise.

When they arrived in the side hall, they found that King Qi was safe and sound, but everyone other than King Qi was pale and seemed to be frightened.

In the middle of the side hall, a glass bottle was blown to pieces, and the glass shards fell to the ground, and the remaining glass shards were still emitting green smoke.

"Your Highness, this is the power of gunpowder?" Lu Tong said to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming nodded, "Exactly." ”

Lu Tong sighed for a while, and he said: "If it's a barrel of gunpowder, wouldn't it be able to blow up the entire palace?" ”

After saying this, Lu Tong saw Xiao Ming and the others throwing malicious eyes at him, and he realized that he had said the wrong thing at this time, he said: "Look at my broken mouth, Your Highness, you know that I will say the wrong thing, not to blow up the palace, but to blow up the Wenbo Academy, no, no, up......"

During this period of getting along, Xiao Ming also understood Lu Tong's problems, and what to say, he said: "Be careful yourself, when the time comes, blow yourself up, this king can't save you, by the way, you have also seen the power of this gunpowder, and you still have to master the method of granulating this gunpowder." ”

Lu Tong naturally didn't know anything about this term, and just like last night, Xiao Ming was going to demonstrate it to Lu Tong in person.

In fact, gunpowder granulation is mainly to add binders to it, so it is cold mixing, and this process is not so complicated.

To put it simply, the mixed gunpowder is put into a wooden mortar, and then alcohol is added, and the three powders are mixed into a wet mud.

At the same time, the wooden pestle is constantly stirred, and the stone and sand cannot be allowed to enter in the process, otherwise it is easy to bump in the process of stirring, but the gunpowder burns.

Now Xiao Ming demonstrated to Lu Tong in this way, the traditional black powder is not small, but there is one thing, in the process of gunpowder storage and transportation, different components in gunpowder will be stratified.

This is like the stratification of liquids of different densities, which greatly reduces the effectiveness of gunpowder and affects the use of firearms.

Gunpowder granulation is not a high-tech problem, but the ancients did not realize this problem when they first used gunpowder.

Now that Xiao Ming understands this, on the premise that it is technically achievable, he naturally solves this problem.

Lu Tong stared at Xiao Ming's operation for a moment throughout the whole process, for fear of missing something, this thing was negligent, but it was fatal.

"Remember, you must not let sand and gravel get involved, and you must not use iron and copper to grind." Xiao Ming reminded again.

Wooden tools were used in the whole process of grinding gunpowder, in order to prevent the metal from colliding and causing fireworks.

After the gunpowder was mixed, when the mixture was about to dry for a while, Xiao Ming added water and pounded it again to make the mixture fully and evenly mixed.

Then Xiao Ming took out the gunpowder and dried it in the sun.

Because it was already spring, the sun was relatively abundant, and the amount was not large, and soon the gunpowder dried.

And this is where the quality check comes in.

At this time, Xiao Ming took a part of the sun-dried gunpowder particles and put them on paper to ignite.

The gunpowder burned very quickly, but the paper in Xiao Ming's hand was intact, he nodded, and said to Lu Tong, "See?" How this effect is indicative of the success of gunpowder. ”

Lu Tong nodded, and then Xiao Ming put the gunpowder in his palm again, and ignited it again.

Lu Tong said at this time: "Your Highness, let me do this, so as not to hurt Your Highness's noble body." ”

"Okay, let you feel it." Xiao Ming didn't wait for Lu Tong to react, and quickly ignited the gunpowder.

The granular gunpowder quickly burned in Lu Tong's palm.

At this time, Lu Tong said in surprise: "Your Highness, I don't feel hot at all. ”

"Heat means that the gunpowder manufacturing failed, okay, you should be taught, after you go back, the production of this gunpowder will be put on the agenda, remember, if you leave a black star and white dots on the paper, or the palm of your hand has a burning sensation, this particle of gunpowder is unqualified, you need to rework and grind until it is qualified, finally, you have to screen the gunpowder particles, first break the gunpowder into particles one by one, and use a sieve of different thicknesses to screen out the gunpowder particles suitable for the needs of the cannon, As for the gunpowder that is not granular, it is used as the fire gate, and the remaining fine powder is all removed. Xiao Ming said.

Lu Tong nodded, this granule of gunpowder can be said to be technically not difficult, and it is not difficult for him to understand, he bowed, turned around and was about to leave the palace.

At this time, Xiao Ming said: "Lu Tong, this gunpowder matter is very important, you must not be so-so, if something goes wrong, this king will cut off your head." ”

When Lu Tong heard this, he felt a chill behind him, these days, Xiao Ming and he can be said to be as close as master and apprentice, but in this kind of matter related to the safety of Qingzhou, Xiao Ming is not humane.

He turned around and said, "If something goes wrong, Lu Tong will come and see him." ”

Xiao Ming nodded, technology is one thing, the spirit of a craftsman is one thing, no matter how superb the technology is, in front of an irresponsible craftsman, what is produced can only be garbage.

The modern Ming Dynasty is not that the manufacture of firearms is not advanced, but that there are problems in many links in the production process.

The officials deducted silver taels, and the craftsmen were lazy and slippery, all of which were the reasons why the firearms produced could not be put on the battlefield at all, so that the firearms in the hands of many Ming soldiers could not fire at all, and the artillery exploded at the slightest moment.

Therefore, in the industrial aspect of Qingzhou, Xiao Ming has always paid attention to the cultivation of a craftsman's spirit and put an end to all shoddy work.

Because he didn't want to destroy the steel foundation he had worked so hard to build, and the barbarians and those in the Great Yu Kingdom who were waiting to see his jokes wouldn't give him a second chance.

As soon as Lu Tong went out, a soldier suddenly ran in and said loudly: "Your Highness, something happened, Captain Lu and Captain Luo have fought." ”

(To be continued.) )