"Hey, for the sake of the people of the fiefdom, I am willing to do anything."

Facing the strange eyes of Aster and Green Lotus, Xiao Ming relied on the country's justice.

Ziyuan and Luluo stopped smiling at this time, but looked at Xiao Ming with a reverent look. In their eyes, Xiao Ming is obviously comparable to each other.

In ancient times, which girl who missed spring in the boudoir didn't like elegant scholars or handsome wise kings? This is enough to be seen from vulgar novels since ancient times.

He smiled proudly. Xiao Ming, who was in the previous life, only knows how to understand the psyche of a woman. The forced melon is not sweet, and riding the boat along the way is really fun.

Leaving a tired back, Xiao Ming still went back to rest. It was not the time to lie drunk on the beauty's knees.

It was noon the next day.

A loud bang came the tranquility of the Qi Palace. The guards in the palace rushed to the place where the sound appeared after the loud bang.

When they arrived in the side hall, they found that King Qi was safe and sound. However, everyone outside the King Qi looked pale and seemed to be scared.

In the middle of the side hall, a glass bottle was blown to pieces, and glass fragments fell to the ground, and blue smoke was still emitted from the remaining glass fragments.

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

Xiao Ming nodded, "That's right."

Lu Tong sighed and said, "If it were a barrel of gunpowder, wouldn't it blow up the entire palace?"

After saying this, Lu Tong saw Xiao Ming and others throwing malicious eyes at him. Only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing. He said, "Look at this, I'm broken. Your Highness, you know that I'll say the wrong thing. It's not blowing the palace away, but blowing the Wenbo Academy away. No, no, blowing me away..."

During this period of time, Xiao Ming also understood Lu Tong's problems and said whatever he caught. He said, "Be careful, blow yourself up, I will not be able to save you. By the way, you have seen the power of this gunpowder. Now you still have to master the method of granulation of this gunpowder."

Lu Tong naturally knew nothing about this noun. Just like last night, Xiao Ming was going to demonstrate it for Lu Tong to see it personally.

In fact, gunpowder granulation is mainly about adding adhesives to it, which is a cold mixing method, and this process is not that complicated.

Simply put, put the mixed gunpowder into a wooden mortar, then add alcohol, and mix the three powders into a wet mud.

At the same time, stir continuously with a wooden pestle. During this process, stone and sand should not be allowed to enter, otherwise it is easy to bump during the stirring process, which will cause gunpowder to burn.

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

This is just like liquids of different densities will be layered. In this way, the effectiveness of gunpowder will be greatly reduced, affecting the use of firearms.

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

Now that Xiao Ming understands these, he naturally solves this problem easily under the premise that it can be realized in technology.

Lu Tong stared at Xiao Ming's operation for a moment, fearing that something would be missed. This thing would be fatal if it was negligent.

"Remember, you must not let the gravel ginseng in, and you cannot use iron and copper to grind it." Xiao Ming reminded again.

The entire process of grinding gunpowder is made of wooden tools to prevent metal collisions from sparking.

After the gunpowder mixing was over, and when the mixture was about to dry out for a while, Xiao Ming added water and pounded it to make the mixture mix evenly.

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, the gunpowder soon dried up.

And at this time, quality inspections are required.

At this time, Xiao Ming took a portion of the dried gunpowder particles and placed them on paper to ignite them.

The burning gunpowder was very fast, but the paper in Xiao Ming's hand was intact. He nodded and said to Lu Tong: "Did you see it? What is the effect? ​​It means that the gunpowder is successful."

Lu Tong nodded, and then Xiao Ming put the gunpowder in his palm and wanted to ignite 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 quickly ignited the gunpowder without waiting for Lu Tong to react.

The particle of gunpowder quickly burned in Lu Tong's palm.

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

"Hot means that the manufacturing of this particle of gunpowder has failed. OK. You have taught you everything you need to teach. After you go back, the production of this powder should be put on the agenda. Remember, if you leave a black star and white spot on the paper, or the palm of your hand has a burning sensation, the powder is unqualified and needs to be reworked and then crushed until it is qualified. Finally, the gunpowder particles must be screened. First, the gunpowder made into particles, and use radish sieve of varying thickness to screen out the gunpowder particles suitable for the cannon. As for those non-granulated gunpowder, they should be used as fire gate guides, and all the remaining fine powders should be removed." Xiao Ming said.

Lu Tong nodded. This gunpowder was technically not difficult, and it was not difficult for him to understand. He bowed and turned around and was about to leave the palace.

At this time, Xiao Ming said: "Lu Tong, this gunpowder matter is important, you must not be careless. If something goes wrong, I will chop your head."

When Lu Tong heard this, he felt a cold air arise behind his back. These days, Xiao Ming and him can be said to be close to him like a master and apprentice, but Xiao Ming is unkind about this issue that concerns the safety of Qingzhou.

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

Xiao Ming nodded. Technology is one aspect, and the spirit of craftsmen is one aspect. No matter how superb the technology is in front of irresponsible craftsmen, it can only be garbage.

In the modern Ming Dynasty, it was not that the manufacturing of firearms was not advanced, but that there were problems in many links in the production process.

Officials withheld silver and craftsmen were lazy and sloppy. These were the reasons why the firearms produced could not be used on the battlefield at all, so many Ming soldiers could not fire the muskets in their hands, and the cannons exploded at all.

Therefore, in the industry of Qingzhou, Xiao Ming has always focused on cultivating a craftsman spirit and preventing all shoddy work. On this point, he does not talk about any favors.

Because he didn't want to destroy the steel foundation he had worked hard to build, and those who were waiting to see him laugh at would not give him a second chance.

As soon as Lu Tong went out, a soldier suddenly hurried in and shouted: "Your Highness, something happened, Captain Lu and Captain Luo fought."

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!