What Deng Zhong is holding is the "sugar fire thunder". The shell of the fire thunder is made of cast iron, and it is filled with two ounces of gunpowder, one tael of sugar and one tael of broken iron nails.
The sugar and gunpowder were ground into powder, mixed thoroughly, and mixed with a lot of rusty iron nails... The reason for doing this was Shi Lang, Deng Zhong and Zhangzhou The best candy maker and pastry chef spent nearly a month and tried and tested it over and over again!
At first, they mixed granular sugar and gunpowder directly and ignited it, but it was not very powerful. Later, I thought about using granular gunpowder, and mixed the gunpowder and sugar with water. But it’s not very good. If there is less water, the sugar will not boil. If there is too much water, it will become soup.
As for burning the sugar on the fire and adding gunpowder... the pastry chef who was forced to do this had become a loyal martyr of the Qing Dynasty, so he didn't insist on it anymore.
In the end, there was a manufacturing method of grinding powder, mixing it, adding iron nails, and then filling it into iron balls... The power of the fire thunder produced was not bad. After all, the main ingredient of gunpowder is fire salt! Moreover, iron nails and iron shells all have their own rust, and rust is also a catalyst.
But this powdered sugar is easily detonated, and coupled with powdered gunpowder and a large amount of catalysts... two problems arise.
First, it is too easy to explode. A spark can explode!
Second, it is too easy to get damp. Both white sugar and fire salt are very susceptible to moisture. If you boil them into "military sugar cubes" and make them into large pieces, there will be less water-absorbing surface and it will be easier to prevent moisture. But grinding them into powder will absorb water too easily. If it accidentally turns into a puddle of water, it won't explode.
On the way south from Beijing, Deng Zhong encountered two unexplained explosions, both of which occurred in Zhili. A total of four "Fire and Thunder" Han troops were killed, and two more were killed. Horse.
So when the team crossed the Yellow River, the "fire thunder soldiers" under Deng Zhong no longer dared to risk continuing the march with those fire thunders that might explode at any time, so they secretly used the Yellow River water to make them in Beijing The dozens of fire mines were all soaked, rendering them completely useless.
When this news reached Tuhai's ears, he made the Ningnan Jingkou General very angry. He even had Deng Zhong tied up and pretended to behead him.
Later, Shi Lang, who went south with the army, said a lot of worthless good things, and then Deng Zhong was spared his life. But he still asked Deng Zhong to buy sugar and gunpowder in Wuchang with his own money, and find a blacksmith to cast dozens of hollow iron balls.
However, Deng Zhong also learned his lesson and no longer dared to fill sugar, gunpowder, and iron nails into the iron shell. Instead, he packaged and transported them separately. There were no more accidents this time, but after entering the humid south, Deng Zhong encountered new troubles - white sugar was too easy to get damp, and it was difficult to dry after getting damp, and it was also easy to clump.
In the end, Deng Zhong had no choice but to take the clumped sugar to the cook to sort it out, then buy it with his own money, and keep it carefully after buying it.
It was almost difficult for Deng Zhong and Deng Da Shen to die along the way!
Now that he has finally arrived in Guangdong, Deng Dacan, who has learned how to preserve sugar, grinds the powdered sugar with his own hands and assembles a fire thunder in the flood defense barracks at Luojiadu.
At this moment, I was reciting a "fire-avoiding spell" that I had asked the Taoist priest of Baiyun Temple in Beijing, holding a fire thunder that I assembled, and appeared in front of Shang Zhidian, Kong Sizhen, Sun Yanling, Jin Guangzu and others who were rushing there. in front of.
Tuhai did not leave Deng Zhong's men idle, but asked them to build two earth forts parallel to the Wu River on the north bank of Luojiadu.
After Deng Shang Zhidian, Kong Sizhen, Sun Yanling, and Jin Guangzu crossed the Wu River and saw the might of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers who were "immovable as mountains", Tu Hai personally led them behind the two earthen forts and squatted down together. Listen.
Seeing that everyone was squatting down, Tu Haicai shouted: "Deng Zhong, light the fire!"
"嗻!"
Deng Zhong responded first, and then lit the match with the fire stick in his hand. After clicking, of course he turned around and ran, running behind a dirt barrier. As soon as he squatted down, he saw a woman with beautiful facial features, white and tender skin, red and translucent lips, and an indescribable charm between her brows. The woman was also squatting there, and when she saw Deng Zhong running over, she smiled at him.
When Deng Zhong was wondering who this woman was, a voice that sounded a little gloomy suddenly rang out, "What are you looking at? You little slave, why don't you kowtow to the princess?"
Ah, she is Kong Sizhen, Princess of Heshuo Dingnan!
Just as Deng Zhong was about to kneel down and kowtow, a loud noise came from the direction of the river beach!
This is the sugar fire thunder exploding!
Now Kong Sizhen had no intention of waiting for Deng Zhong to kowtow, and suddenly stood up in front of Deng Zhong. Only then did Deng Zhong realize that this woman's figure looked better than her face. Although it was covered by clothes, it could still be seen that her figure was bulging forward and backward...
"This soft-hearted general is quite blessed!" Deng Zhong thought of this and raised his eyes to look at the hat on the head of a tall man standing next to Kong Sizhen... It was still red, with a ruby top! Needless to say, this man must be Sun Yanling, the "soft rice general".
"Okay! With the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers suppressing the formation, and the fire thunder that is no less powerful than Zhuge Shen Lei, we can definitely win this time."
Of course the one who thinks he is very stable is the "soft rice general" Sun Yanling! Emperor Kangxi had already promised in the imperial mail to him that as long as he captured Guangzhou, he would be crowned King of the South!
Instead of inheriting the title of King Dingnan from my father-in-law Kong Youde, I "conferred" the title of King Dingnan!
In this way, he will be able to get rid of the label of "General Soft Rice" in the future, and can justifiably ride on Kong Sizhen to dominate.
Sun Yanling felt an indescribable pleasure at the thought of being able to trample the tigress under his feet.
In fact, this tigress had nothing to do with him. She was beautiful, and her family was rich, well-established, and well-connected. She also had a house in a large school district within the Second Ring Road of Beijing where she could run horses. Moreover, her parents were both dead and she had no brothers or sisters to compete for the family property. ...
Although she had lost her virginity to someone before marrying Sun Yanling, and she was no longer a young girl, but after marrying Sun Yanling, Kong Sizhen still adhered to women's ethics.
If I had to say there was something bad about her, it would be that she had a bad temper. But she wouldn't beat Sun Yanling, she would just scold him a few times.
However, this tigress still turned towards Sun Yanling at the critical moment and helped him move to the official position of a Guangxi general. This position is equivalent to the Manchurian garrison general. He is the top leader in Guangxi, and he is also a "life-long general." Other Manchu generals would have to leave after a few years of service, but his Guangxi general could continue to serve. What a beautiful thing!
But Sun Yanling is not satisfied...
The dissatisfied Sun Yanling had already approached Tu Hai at this time, with a flattering smile on his face, "General Tu, now that the court has Tianhuorei, there is no need to be afraid of the rebels in Guangdong. It is better to send troops as soon as possible to regain Guangzhou. So that the emperor can feel at ease as soon as possible!"
Tu Hai thought to himself: "You want to conquer Guangzhou as soon as possible so that you can become the King of Dingnan as soon as possible, right?"
"General Dingnan," Tu Hai said with a smile, "the emperor has never been disturbed by those clowns in Guangzhou City... His request for us is not to capture Guangzhou earlier, but to be more stable and stable. Just take Guangzhou securely and destroy the rebels!"
"Your Majesty is indeed wise," Sun Yanling had to change her words with a blush on her face, "Be more steady and make the traitors invulnerable is the best policy!"
Tuhai nodded and said: "In addition to sending his own officers to lead the five hundred and eight banners of heavenly soldiers and hundreds of fire and thunder soldiers southward, the emperor also mobilized 20,000 green battalion elites from the provinces north of Guangdong, led by Admiral Sun from Gansu. We can arrive at the end of October at the earliest. By then the weather in Guangdong will be cool, Deng Shenling has prepared enough fire mines, and Admiral Shi has also reorganized the Xijiang Navy. We will divide our troops into two groups, advance along the waterway, and camp step by step. We are still afraid of being attacked. Don’t want to go to Fucheng, Guangzhou?
In addition, what the emperor values most is not the city of Guangzhou, but the people of Guangdong! The emperor said that the current turmoil in Guangdong was caused by the evil intentions of the third prince Zhu and his party, but the internal cause was that the coastal border relocation of Ao Bai and Ping Nan Jing was too harmful to the people and was unnecessary. This is killing one enemy and damaging yourself by a hundred!
The emperor means not only to regain Guangzhou, but also to regain the hearts and minds of Guangdong! Therefore, the emperor will soon issue an edict to cancel the coastal boundary relocation between Guangdong and Fujian provinces. At the same time, in order to appease the people of Guangdong, the emperor also asked us to successfully hold this Guangdong Provincial Examination.
After the provincial examination is completed, the powerful clans in Guangdong will naturally support the imperial court in suppressing bandits. With their support, will Zhu San have any chance of survival if he rebels against the party? Hahaha......"
