Chapter 40

"Go away! Don't point your knife at me

As soon as the king and the housekeeper arrived at the gate of the Academy of future Sciences, which was blocked by the Royal Guard, they heard the angry curse of the Knight Commander.

The housekeeper looked at the king in silence and solemnity.

"It seems that our geniuses are very energetic." The king said carelessly, "I hope he doesn't really make our vow Knight captain anxious."

In the Academy of Sciences, the knight looks warily at the anatomist, wearing exquisite iron armor. A fine structure of the human body was pinned on the wall, and on the test bench in front of the anatomist was a corpse which was forced to cover with white cloth by the Knight Commander - probably to prevent the king from seeing such a bloody scene.

The anatomist was holding a knife to the knight's Changbi, reciting words.

The knight's hair stood upright, and he felt that he was not a living man in his eyes, but had white bones and countless blood vessels

"Your Majesty."

When the knight saw the king coming in, he quickly saluted respectfully. There was a faint melancholy in his heart - he was happy to serve his majesty, even if he gave his life, but the king sent him to take care of these lunatics Oh, my God! Can he ask his majesty for a change of job?

"Well done."

He nodded slightly.

The knight long subconsciously stops straight back, feels incomparably glorious.

The housekeeper patted him on the shoulder, quietly encouraging him. For the Lord's sake, please insist on fighting with these lunatics.

"Well, Mr. Jacobs, please stop your work for a moment, and bring your companions here." The king clapped his hands in the hall.

As soon as the king's voice fell, there was a loud noise from upstairs.

The housekeeper immediately stepped forward and guarded the king behind him.

The Knight Commander skillfully drew out his sword and rushed up the stairs: "how many times have I warned you -"

"- no gunpowder experiment in the room!"

"No - not even a pound!"

"I'm going to throw you all in the snow!! You bastards! "

The knight's roar echoed in the room.

The housekeeper looked at the king.

"Yes, my dear Mr. steward." The king's face didn't change. The chemist brothers still had some points. They didn't really make a big bang. Of course, they probably couldn't make a big bang for the time being. "I'll let them live alone in another house, OK?"

"A penny, they definitely burned their hair again."

The architect came out of his room, dressed neatly and with every hair combed.

"Bet."

The astrologer who just arrived took out the money.

The anatomist tried to join the gamble, but the architect always kept at least half a hall away from him, so as not to fight with the guy who used the knife very smoothly because of his cleanliness.

In a moment of confusion, the king met all his "gifted scientists.".

"Gentlemen, my housekeeper has prepared a lot of hot oil for you. Can you tell me that the fire rack at the door needs to be used?" When the knight got the news that the king was coming, he cleaned the hall and put a long table and some chairs. The king sat down at the table, his fingers touching each other, and looked at his scientists with a smile.

"We think those frames look better when they don't turn into charcoal."

The madmen who made the Knight Commander furious every day had a kind of intuitive awe for the young king, and they restrained themselves in front of the king.

The anatomist was the first to speak. He proudly showed the king the human anatomy he nailed in the hall: "Your Majesty, I can confirm that human blood really circulates into the heart. Let those idiots of the church take their" natural aura "to see their God! Blood circulation is determined by the structure and function of the heart itself! The human body itself is the greatest creation

That's why the king likes these "lunatics".

The ultimate pursuit of knowledge in a certain field makes them sneer at the Holy See's way.

Then the pharmacist came forward with his bacterial map, which he worked with the doctor who was trying to cut the brain with a knife. Two people hit it off, crazy idea hit a place.

It's worth mentioning that astrologers also have a lot of credit for the research achievements of pharmacists, that is, pharmacists have robbed astrologers' telescopes for observing the sky and transformed them into their own experimental instruments.

Although the microbial structure map is still very crude in the eyes of the king, it has been on the right path.

He looked at it and nodded, "I'll ask you to make the right tools for you. Next time, please don't rob your companion, sir."

The architect took out his handkerchief and wiped the table. Then he opened the box he had brought with him and spread out a drawing to the king. After he was thrown into this place, the king sent a detailed map of the town - a small business town on the southeast coast.In addition to the drawing, the architect has a thick explanation, indicating all the details involved and his calculation data.

"I'll ask someone to evaluate it. First of all, congratulations on your great success," the king said

The results of astrologers are very limited. However, it's no wonder that he needs a long time and complicated calculation to survey celestial bodies. He looked pale and thought he was doomed, but the king was interested in one of the things he used to measure the angles of celestial bodies.

He perfected an ancient measuring tool, the staff of Gilson.

It's a geometric tool for measuring the angular distance of celestial bodies, though it doesn't have the same optical properties as a Night Walker. But it can measure the angle between any two stars at a certain point on the ground, so as to avoid the error caused by the change of the position of the ground reference and the observer. [1]

"I hope you can continue to come up with something useful in the future." The king said kindly, "however, in order to show my respect to you, I will ask the manager to keep the hot oil for you. If you fail to achieve anything in the future Do you know what you should do? "

Of all the people, the king had the highest expectations, no doubt the two chemists who nearly burned themselves to death again.

The knight captain fished them out of the room.

Thanks to the knight's caution, he never allowed them to keep too much finished gunpowder in the laboratory.

The king turned his eyes on the two brothers of chemists, who had just cleaned up their hair and looked particularly embarrassed.

Gunpowder began to appear in people's eyes in the 13th century. But in nearly three hundred years, gunpowder has not won much attention. Because of its high cost, its power is very limited at this time. In order to carry out military reform, the king asked the Duke of Buckingham in detail about the current situation of weapons.

The answer is disappointing.

Nowadays, the composition of gunpowder that can be linked with "Military" is mainly saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal. Among them, the proportion of nitrate is as high as 66.5% - 75% [2]. Nowadays, the prices of niter and sulfur are very expensive, and both Legrand and Blaise need to import gunpowder.

Of course, the most important thing is that the power of gunpowder is limited at this time.

The use of gunpowder on the battlefield is mainly to launch "fireball" and "fire bottle" made of gunpowder with the help of riprap machine. There are also some artillery attempts, but under the condition of limited technology, the artillery can kill more people than the enemy. [3]…… But for hard castles, they're just monsters with a lot of noise and bravado.

"We improved the powder from powder to granule." [4]

the elder chemist replied concisely.

"Explain?"

"Can we give you a specific demonstration?" The younger chemist's younger brother asked, excited in his eyes.

"No, No."

The housekeeper answered loudly in front of the king with a thump in his heart. He didn't care when the two gunpowder maniacs would blow himself up, but even if the king just lost his hair, he had to jump into the river and kill himself.

"Don't be so nervous." The king looked amusingly at the housekeeper who wanted to put the chemists on the rack. "Of course I won't let them demonstrate here. I'll invite the Duke to come and see it

After all, he needed to discuss with the old Duke how powerful the new gunpowder could be in actual combat.

"All right."

The chemist's brother was obviously disappointed. He had a passion for explosions.

"But there's another thing we've accidentally restored in the experiment, which your majesty may be interested in."

"Tell me about it."

"Ancient flame." [5]

the chemist's brother replied.

The king sat up straight.

"I hope you're not kidding."

The king looked at the two chemists and said slowly.

"Otherwise, it will be a luxury for you all."

Ancient flame.

This is an unforgettable scar of the rose family.

This is not a strange word. It used to be the weapon used by the Vatican on the other side of the abyss channel to deal with Legrand.

In the fifth century, the black death of Legrand had subsided. Dissatisfied with the control of the imperial court, the rose royal family once launched an expedition to defeat the imperial court and regain the supreme glory of the royal family.

As long as the Church of the holy see is reduced to ashes, the light of faith spreading on the land of Legrand will be extinguished.

At that time, Legrand sent nearly a thousand ships. When they arrived at Sanling Bay, where the Holy See was located, the Holy See's warships appeared in front of the world for the first time. White ships scattered lightly on the sea, and priests in white robes poured black liquid into the sea.

Something that was difficult for the people of Legrand at that time to understand happened.

With the help of the northeast wind at that time, nearly a thousand rogrand ships swept through the sea.The red fire is rolling on the sea, and the brave warriors are dead before they set foot on the battlefield. They roar and want to jump into the water to fight the fire, but the water is fire. The black smoke floated up into the sky like a poisonous snake, and the friars on the white warship of the Holy See sang ancient songs.

"God is the judge of justice

and the God who is angry with the wicked every day

"

He also prepared the killing equipment

what he shot was a rocket

"

in the solemn hymn, the warriors of Legrand were reduced to ashes in the flames. The three princes of the rose family, who led the army, were also buried in the sea of fire. Before their death, they did something that they did not feel ashamed of the glory of rose. They endured the burning of the fire, drove their warships across the line of fire, and died with a holy ship.

But nearly a thousand rogrand warships were reduced to ashes in that war.

The holy court called that kind of fire burning on the sea "ancient holy fire", which was the most dignified time of the holy court. They established their position with that war and declared to the world that "God looks at the earth, and all those who do not obey will accept the fire of the end.".

After that war, the rose family had to suppress their anger and hatred and accept the kingdom of God. Later rose family historians will remember the war clearly, how many people died, and how much shame Legrand suffered after the war.

It was a bloody scar.

However, every crown prince of the rose family will be repeatedly taught about the past.

The more pain, the more anger. The more anger, the more powerful. It was in this pain that the rose family survived the most difficult period, which led to the establishment of the mad king, the fight of the lion king, and the revival of the glory of William III's unification of the thirty-six states.

But that doesn't mean people can make fun of it.

There was no smile on the king's face. His eyes were like a winter glacier. Under the glacier was an untouchable abyss. His tone was still soft, but the keen lunatics felt a terrible danger enveloped in the hall.

"Yes, it's not a joke."

The elder chemist replied.

"We made the ancient flame."

He stood up straight, very proud: "it's not a holy fire that can be used by any God, mortals can also create it!"

The king watched the chemist for a long time.

Finally, he slowly smiles and raises his hand to applaud the proud chemist.

"Congratulations. From this moment on, you are the dean of the first Academy of Sciences in Legrand."

The author has something to say: in the evening, there is a chapter of 35000 extra nutrient solution, the usual time is relatively late, don't wait ~ it's the same when you get up tomorrow.

This chapter is also known as "tyrant and his mad scientists"

[1] the prototype is "Jacob's stick". According to the records, it does have the function as mentioned in the article, which was mentioned by Levi Ben Gilson, a Jewish Spanish astronomer at that time. It was appreciated by the then Pope Clement VI.

[2] The data comes from the Spanish Arabic encyclopedia knowledge compilation from 1275 to 1300. At that time, it was a kind of gunpowder with strong explosive effect and could be used in military.

[3] A very typical example, in 1460, King James II of sugra died in the siege of Rutgers Fort due to the sudden explosion of his artillery. In fact, for a long time, European cannons were used in the same nature as stone catapults. They were used to throw stone bombs into castles to destroy houses and churches, but they were not used to destroy the city walls, because their impact was very limited.

[4] The transformation of powder powder into particle powder is a key step in the revolution of powder powder in Europe. William H. McNeill's prototype is actually Greek fire, which was used by Byzantine army in fighting against Arabs in 678. It can burn on the water.