It is an inconspicuous valley, but there are five thousand soldiers guarding the outside. Although they don't know what is hidden here, they still guard it day and night conscientiously according to the rules Liu Deng first established.
In a short journey of less than three miles, he passed a dozen sentry posts. Even Du Ziteng felt a little surprised. How could there be such a heavily guarded place outside Jinyang City.
"Your Majesty, why are you here at this time?"
Just when he was surprised, Li Shaojun hurriedly came out. He was wearing linen clothes and his chest was stained with some unknown powder.
There was a strong smell of sulfur all over his body, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"How's the progress? Have you discovered anything?"
Liu Deng did not answer his question. Instead, he stared at Li Shaojun with both eyes and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, there has indeed been some progress, but it is still far from what Your Majesty expected..."
When he said this, Li Shaojun felt a little ashamed. He had only been here for a short time, and the total time taken together was less than 20 days.
But in just these 20 days, they had burned a full 150,000 yuan. Such a large amount of money, if used to buy food, would be enough for the families of these thousands of soldiers for several years.
"where is the problem?"
Liu Deng's tone was cold and scary.
"Replying to the king, we tried various formulas. I thought it was because the purity of the materials was not enough..."
When he heard what he said, Liu Deng's expression suddenly became serious. This is indeed the main reason. The raw materials are not pure enough, so the power is naturally not that strong.
"Let's go, take this king to see where you work!"
After Liu Deng hesitated for a while, he patted Li Shaojun on the shoulder. He was a little eager to get things done.
The large-scale application of gunpowder weapons was on the battlefield of the Southern Song Dynasty against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. It was indeed impossible for them to produce research results in those dozens of days.
It seems that if you want to rely on gunpowder to achieve success, you can't even think about it in the short term...
"You take your people and stay here, don't wander around!"
After taking two steps forward, Liu Deng suddenly stopped, then turned to Du Ziteng and said.
"promise!"
Du Ziteng understood it, but he still didn't dare to ask any more questions. The king would not hide ordinary things from him. It seemed that the confidentiality of this matter was not very high in the king's mind.
Watching Li Shaojun come to a cave, he didn't care about other things for now, but in terms of safety guarantee, he did a good job in this aspect.
"Let's make some adjustments here. No animal furs can be used. All are replaced with wooden boards. All utensils, as well as your hair accessories, are not allowed to contain metal products!"
After all, this thing is a dangerous industry. If there is even a little spark, they may blow up the entire cave.
"promise!"
Regarding what Liu Deng said, Li Shaojun immediately arranged for someone to adjust it.
When Liu Deng followed him to the end of the cave, Li Shaojun and others used wood to separate dozens of large and small compartments.
Everyone is doing their own set of work, which is exactly the assembly line operation Liu Deng mentioned before. Everyone is only responsible for one process of their own production. As for the final mixing part, Li Shaojun is doing it himself.
After all, it is still in the initial stage, and everything still looks a bit immature, but it already has the prototype of a modern workshop.
After watching their entire production process, Liu Deng put forward some suggestions and kept busy for more than two hours. He walked out of the cave when the sky was bright.
He has limited knowledge of these things, and more needs to be explored by them. Now it seems that although this matter is burning a lot of money, only Liu Deng knows how significant this thing is.
"You can take care of the things here. Whatever you need, you can ask for it. I put my words here. I can provide you with whatever you want. The results are important, but your lives are more important. ! You must remember to wash your hands frequently and change clothes frequently!"
Li Shaojun and the others are doing very well in other things now, but this is the only thing that even Li Shaojun doesn't pay much attention to.
Whether it is sulfur or saltpeter, they are actually poisonous. If they continue to work like this, they will all collapse in a short time. If they are all ruined, won't all Liu Deng's previous money be wasted? ?
"promise!"
Although Liu Deng doesn't know how to explain it to them, he believes that they will discover the correctness of this sentence in the future.
"You have never been here, and you have never seen anything. Forget everything that happened here!"
After riding his horse out of the valley again, Liu Deng took a deep breath, looked at Du Ziteng and the guards behind him seriously and gave instructions.
"promise!"
At present, it seems that these people are still reliable, at least according to Ye Yijian's investigation of them.
Since this path doesn't work, it seems that I have no choice but to find another way.
"Your Majesty, shall we return to the palace now?"
It was already dawn, and Liu Deng had not slept a wink all day and night.
"Don't worry, let's go to the Neishi Mansion. Mr. Chen should be up by now!"
When Liu Deng thought of the tragic situation in Fushi City, his teeth itched with hatred.
"promise!"
Since a strong attack fails, we can only resort to outsmarting him. At least, Liu Deng still has an important line in his hands that he can use.
In the entire trade with Hungary, Liu Deng's people currently monopolize almost all the salt transactions in the Han Dynasty.
At this time, it is almost impossible to mobilize a large army for conquest. On the one hand, Daiguo does not have such strong strength, and on the other hand, the emperor will not agree.
Originally, Liu Deng didn't want to use this kind of tactic to kill the whole family, but after seeing the horror of the massacre, Liu Deng suddenly felt that no matter what kind of revenge he took, it didn't seem to be too much.
"Your Majesty, when did you come back? Didn't you say that you personally led the army to remove the skin?"
When he heard the officer's announcement, Chen Qi could hardly believe his ears, but he still hurriedly changed into official uniform and came out.
"Let's go, get in the car, let's go to Hao Youqian's place outside the city to discuss it!"
Liu Deng did not answer his question. Instead, he patted the car door and said to him.
"promise!"
Although Chen Qi felt strange in his heart, looking at Liu Deng's gloomy expression, he did not dare to ask any more questions. Anyway, the king would naturally tell him when he got there.
