Zhao Gao sent someone to call the Meng brothers.
In a small room in Jingyao, there are three small piles of powder on the table, namely sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal.
Ying Zheng and others stared at this pile, then that pile, and walked around the table again and again.
"This is nothing special, just three small piles of ordinary materials." Meng Yi, the youngest, said impatiently.
"Didn't the king say that they have to be mixed together to be effective?" Meng Tian gave Meng Yi a cold look and said.
Ying Zheng stood up straight and said softly: "Let's get started. Tian Yi will hold the hand, and the others will stand far away."
Generally dirty, tiring and dangerous work is usually left to Tian Yi.
Several people retreated back to the corner. Meng Yi subconsciously crossed his hands on his chest in a defensive posture.
Li Si looked at the expressions of these people and tried not to laugh out loud.
Tian Yi wore gloves sewn with hemp thread and carefully pushed the sulfur powder and charcoal powder toward the middle little by little.
The two piles of powder are getting closer and closer, and at the moment they are about to merge...
Meng Tian's wrist was suddenly grabbed hard, and he couldn't help being startled.
When he looked down, he saw that it was Meng Yi's hand. When he looked again, Meng Yi had turned his head and closed his eyes.
Meng Tian rolled her eyes at Meng Yi again, looking at him as a loser.
Tian Yi has mixed the two piles of powder together.
However, there was no reaction at all.
Tian Yi started stirring with both hands to mix the two piles of powder evenly.
Meng Yi also opened his eyes, but there were a few drops of sweat on his forehead.
Meng Tian shook off Meng Yi's hand and complained: "You were like this last time I went to Prince Wu's Tomb. If this happens again next time, I won't take you out."
"No, brother." Meng Yi said, "I also want to create some tense atmosphere."
Ying Zheng, Li Si and others were all amused by the two brothers. Only Tian Yi was mixing the two powders meticulously.
After a while, the two powders were completely mixed, and there were still no outliers.
Several people did not relax, because there was still a pile of charcoal that had not been mixed, and they also watched intently.
Tian Yi began to push the small pile of charcoal into the large pile of mixed powder.
Li Si felt that the atmosphere was too tense, so he said: "You don't have to be so nervous. It's okay. The mixed powders cannot touch the fire, and they will not burn after mixing."
"Did you hear that? This powder won't catch fire." Meng Tian pulled Meng Yi, who was half-hiding behind him, "When we get to the battlefield from now on, how can you go into battle to kill the enemy with such a coward like you?"
"That's different." Meng Yi took courage and stood up from behind Meng Tian.
Several people watched the brothers bickering and couldn't help but laugh.
At this time, Tian Yi pushed the pile of charcoal powder and had come into contact with the previous pile of mixed powder.
Everyone stopped talking and looked at him intently.
Tian Yi was also very careful and gently mixed the two piles of powder bit by bit.
Still nothing unusual happened.
Meng Yi breathed a long sigh of relief and seemed to relax a lot.
Finally, the three powders were evenly mixed together, and everyone was no longer afraid. They took a few steps forward to watch carefully, but only from a distance.
"Deputy Leader Tian," Li Si said, "I'd like to trouble you to put the gunpowder into these bamboo joints in different amounts, and then put the fuses on them."
Tian Yi nodded, and then put different amounts of gunpowder into different bamboo joints according to the method Li Si had explained before, while Jing Fan made fuses on the side.
The workmanship of both men was very meticulous, and even their breathing was very slow, for fear that the breath they exhaled would blow away the gunpowder.
Ying Zheng and others also stayed far away, not sure whether they were afraid of being hurt, or because they were afraid of blowing away the gunpowder with the same breath.
In nearly half an hour, the five bamboo joints were filled with gunpowder and fuses were installed. There was a little gunpowder left on the table, reserved for demonstration of firepower.
Jing Fan filled this small pile of gunpowder
It was put into a cloth bag, leaving no trace behind, probably for fear that it might catch fire and set the Jing Kiln on fire.
Li Si led everyone to the shooting range.
Zhao Gao had already made preparations. He ordered people to move some rocks and weeds in advance, as well as many buckets filled with water. He also placed several flying crossbows and many arrowheads wrapped in pitch pine. crossbow arrows, and then ordered all the sergeants to withdraw from the shooting range, and ordered that no matter what noise they heard, they were not allowed to enter the shooting range without permission.
Li Si lit an arrow, then leaned over and ignited the small pile of gunpowder.
The gunpowder instantly sparked and burned. However, because the portion was too small and there was nothing combustible, it went out in an instant.
No one expected that Li Si would directly ignite the gunpowder, and they couldn't help but feel a little scared.
"Sir, this..." Ying Zheng was worried that there would be other problems with the gunpowder.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm just showing you what normal gunpowder looks like when burning."
Jing Fan stepped forward to take a look and said, "It seems that it is indeed more flammable than oil, but it also consumes faster."
"So, putting it into bamboo joints is to take advantage of its explosive power of combustion, rather than its function of burning and lighting." Li Si explained.
Ying Zheng and everyone nodded. The world's understanding of fire is, of course, only burning and lighting.
"Since there is a certain degree of danger, don't get too close. You will have to rely on Meng Tian's archery skills soon." Li Si pointed to the gunpowder-filled bamboo joint in the distance and said.
Although Meng Tian's archery skills can't be regarded as piercing the Yang with a hundred steps, it is still the best among several people.
Meng Tian took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "What do you need me to do, sir?"
"The five bamboo sections containing gunpowder have been placed in different locations, and they are all covered by stones or trees of different sizes." Li Si handed the crossbow arrows to Meng Tian and said, "General Meng only needs to use the flying crossbow to shoot Just connect their respective leads.”
Meng Tian took the crossbow arrow, looked at the positions of several bamboo joints, and said, "This is not difficult."
The first bamboo joint, placed ten steps away, was pressed with some small stones.
Meng Tian let out a breath, calmed down, looked at the position of the lead, and pulled the trigger of the flying crossbow.
The flaming crossbow arrows flew out and pierced directly into the lead wire.
Ying Zheng and others' eyes widened as they saw the fuse burning rapidly.
Meng Yi subconsciously took a step back and half-blocked his eyes with his hands.
Snapped! …
With a crisp sound, the bamboo joints exploded and scattered the rocks above. A crater was also blasted into the ground below.
Ying Zheng opened his mouth wide and looked there in surprise.
Everyone was also shocked, and Meng Yi also took two steps back.
Meng Tian remained calm, lit up another arrow feather, and put it into the flying crossbow.
The second bamboo joint was buried five steps away from the first bamboo joint, and the amount of gunpowder in it was also slightly more than the first one.
Meng Tian calmed down, looked at the position of the lead, and shot the second arrow.
Whoosh...
The arrow accurately hit the fuse, and the fuse also ignited.
Bang! ! …
There was another loud noise, and then the stones on the bamboo joints were shattered, and the pit on the ground was larger than the first one.
Meng Tian put down the flying crossbow in his hand, raised his hand to signal, and then led Tian Yi to the front of the two pits.
The two men checked the scorched earth in the pit and looked at the fragments of stones and bamboo joints.
Tian Yi also grabbed the scorched earth and smelled the smell.
The two people put everything they could collect into the cloth bags they carried with them, and then returned.
Ying Zheng led everyone to inspect the scorched earth, fragments of stones and bamboo joints.
"It seems that the fragments of this second bamboo joint are more finely divided, and the broken stones are also more finely divided." Ying Zheng said.
"The distance collapsed is also farther." Meng Tian added.
"The earth pit has collapsed even bigger." Tian Yi also added, "Moreover, the smell of scorched earth is also bigger."
"Then, it means that the more gunpowder contained, the greater the power." Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and noticed
Analysis.
Li Si smiled and said: "The king's analysis is good, but has the king ever thought about it, what if the gunpowder is not contained in the bamboo joints, but in a larger instrument, containing more gunpowder? "
Hearing this, everyone took a deep breath.
Li Si looked at the remaining bamboo joints and said, "Let's finish testing them all and then discuss them."
"Okay." Ying Zheng stopped thinking, led everyone back to the starting point, and raised his hand to signal Meng Tian to continue.
Meng Tian nodded, ignited another crossbow arrow, aimed at the third bamboo joint, and shot the third arrow steadily.
As expected, the power of this third bamboo joint is much higher than the first two.
He shot another arrow, and its power increased again. But this time, even Ying Zheng took two steps back unconsciously.
Except for Li Si, several people were more shocked than others.
Even if the stone collapses like this, if it is a person who collapses, let alone his life, even the whole body cannot be left behind.
There is one last bamboo joint left, but unlike the previous ones, this bamboo joint is not pressed down by stones, but inserted under the roots of a poplar tree as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
And the distance between this tree and everyone has exceeded a hundred steps.
Meng Tian lit the arrow and fired the flying crossbow.
Perhaps because the distance was too far, the arrow hit the target slightly off position.
Meng Tian lit another arrow, took a long breath, stabilized it, and then took aim and fired.
This time, stay on target and hit the mark.
boom! …
A huge explosion sounded, and everyone felt that the ground beneath their feet was shaking.
Looking at the small tree again, although it was not blown away, its roots were broken and it slowly fell to one side.
Several people were stunned and didn't speak for a long time.
Li Si walked up to Meng Tian calmly, took the flying crossbow, and hung it on the crossbow stand.
Meng Tian lost something in his hand and came to his senses first: "This is too powerful. If you use this gunpowder to blow up the city gate, there is no city that cannot be broken."
"It's better to mine. This saves you effort." Jing Fan said with a smile.
"If you throw it into a fish pond, I'm sure there will be a lot of fish fried up." Meng Yi said with a silly smile.
Ying Zheng and others looked at Meng Yi with contempt.
This guy is not only timid, he also always wants to eat.
"Sir, you just said that if you want to make it more powerful, you need to put more gunpowder into a larger device, right?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Yes, the greater the weight, the greater the power." Li Si replied.
"What if more gunpowder is put into a larger iron pipe?" Ying Zheng asked again.
"Of course it is more powerful." Li Si said, "However, it would be very inconvenient to carry and increase the risk to oneself, so Wei Chen suggested that using bamboo joints to carry the gunpowder would be enough."
"Okay." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "As Mr. said, only bamboo joints are used to load gunpowder, and they are only used for mining minerals."
"Then please give the king a name for this bamboo joint loaded with gunpowder." Li Si said.
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Since this bamboo joint will explode after being ignited, let's call it a firecracker."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Si said with his hands raised.
Ying Zheng looked at Jing Fan and said: "Now that we have firecrackers, mining is not that difficult. From today on, we will go all out to mine minerals. We must build 'my weapon' and the colorful paint as soon as possible."
"My Healing Game"
"I obey the king's order." Jing Fan cupped his hands and said, "But Your Majesty, those colored paints have been imitated with the help of Lord Li. However, Lord Li told me not to speak until after the king's wedding. come out."
"Really?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Si with some suspicion, "Didn't Sir say that you need to find black fire oil first?"
Li Si smiled and said: "Although black fire oil is difficult to mine, it is not without stock in the world. Wei Chen happened to buy some before coming to Qin."
Ying Zheng slapped his forehead.
It’s true, it’s meant to be imitated, not mass-produced, so just spending money to buy a little bit is enough.
