Because of Xiao Ming's decision, the atmosphere in the Yamen suddenly became fanatical.
In addition to Pang Yukun, other officials also heard the news, their faces showed a happy smile, and their mood was a little depressed during this period.
After all, for them, Xiao Ming was the emperor of the state of Dayu, but now they were crushed by the king of Zhao. Now Xiao Ming decided to restore orthodoxy, how could they not be happy?
"Yes, your highness. I'm going to prepare now." Said Pang.
"Wait, one more thing." Xiao Ming's vision is far-reaching, "you also need to prepare for the Huainan king."
Pang Yukun was overjoyed and said, "Your Highness has finally figured it out?"
Xiao Ming pondered and nodded gently.
Just as they were talking, a man suddenly rushed into the Yamen. When he saw Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun, they were all stunned. He looked at them and said, "Lu Tong, what's the matter with you?"
At this time, Lu Tong's eyes were red and swollen, but he had a nervous smile on his face. He said to Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, I've solved the passivation problem of nitrocellulose, and I've also made smokeless powder."
"Granular smokeless powder?" Xiao Ming was a little shocked. He said, "you replaced camphor in smokeless powder with nitroglycerin?"
"Exactly." Lu Tong explains to Xiao Ming.
Since the failure of smokeless powder last time, he led the students of chemistry college to study the passivation problem of smokeless powder day and night. Now he finally solved this problem by immersing smokeless powder in ether ethanol solution.
And after studying the technical books of gunpowder, he mixed glycerin treated by concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid into smokeless gunpowder to get granular smokeless gunpowder.
These propellants can completely replace black powder and become a new generation of gun and gun propellants.
As for ether, he mixed alcohol and concentrated sulfuric acid at 140 ℃ to produce ether. In this way, after cooling, water was added and the solution was separated by standing. Alcohol and sulfuric acid were soluble in water, but ether was insoluble in water.
"Lu Tong, you have brought a surprise to the king this time. The range of the flint gun and artillery will be greatly increased by the particle smokeless powder. With the improvement of the steel quality, it seems that the weapons of the Fengguo army can be renewed." Xiao Ming laughs.
Lu Tong also laughed, but his eyes suddenly closed, his body shook and fell to the ground.
Xiao Ming was surprised and immediately stepped forward to hold Lu Tong. However, when he looked carefully, he found that Lu Tong's mouth was making a slight snoring sound, which made him feel relieved. It seemed that this guy was too sleepy for the smokeless powder.
Pang Yukun didn't know anything about particle smokeless powder, but he knew it was a powerful thing when he saw Xiao Ming and Lu Tong.
"What's the use of this smokeless powder, your highness?" he asked
"It's of great use. Now the feudal army should catch up with and surpass the West in gunpowder." Xiao Ming pondered that granular smokeless powder was a product of the 19th century.
Even if this era is 50 years ahead of the present age, the hope of smokeless powder should be 100 years later. Before that, the hope of using black powder has always been.
However, although Lutong has produced granular smokeless powder, it is estimated that mass production will take some time, but there should be no problem with a small amount of equipment.
At least with the addition of smokeless powder, his rifles will really reach the level of miner's rifle, with a range of 900 meters.
Pang Yukun smiles. In his eyes, the west is just a concept, but Xiao Ming says that gunpowder surpasses the west, which is worth being pleased.
He said, "Your Highness, Lu Tong deserves a reward. Just as your highness is about to hold a grand ceremony for his accession to the throne, he has sent his highness a heavy gift."
"Well, you're right. You ask the officials in charge to draw up a list. All the students who participate in the development of granular smokeless powder will be rewarded." Xiao Ming said.
Nowadays, a large number of incentives make the students of Bowen college more and more passionate. Not only does Bowen college have public laboratories, but some students even set up private laboratories to carry out related research.
Of course, these private laboratories are under the supervision of the secret guard to prevent technology leakage.
As for the technology of private laboratory, Xiao Ming adopts the acquisition strategy. As long as it is mature technology, he will provide financial support for other products.
In this way, Qingzhou's enthusiasm for science and technology will further spread to the people, making people pay more attention to the development and application of various technologies.
Let the bodyguard call a carriage to send Lu Tong back. Xiao Ming calls another carriage to the military workshop. Now that the particle smokeless powder is available, it's time for him to set up an army equipped with mini rifles.
Unlike in the past, what Xiao Ming heard when he arrived at the military workshop this time was the "rumbling" sound of steam engines. Since the steam engines were put into production more than half a year ago, Lin Wentao provided five more steam engines to the military workshop during the half a year of truce.
The emergence of steam power greatly accelerated the production of rifles.
When Xiao Ming arrived, song Changping quickly came out of the workshop. "Your Highness hasn't come to the military workshop for a long time.""I don't want to disturb your production, but this time I'm here for business. Eight months ago I asked you to reserve rifles and conical bullets. What's your preparation now?"
Seeing that Xiao Ming looked serious, song Changping put away his smile and said, "Your Highness, it's much easier to have a steam engine to pull rifling now. The lower officer has already reserved 6000 rifles, and 120000 conical bullets have been produced. I don't know if they are enough?"
"Guns are enough, but there are still too few bullets, so the average gun is only 20 bullets." Xiao Ming said: "the rifles are not needed for the time being. You allocate these craftsmen to produce bullets. In addition, all the 6000 rifles are sent to Yunzhou camp. The war is coming. This time, I will be of great use."
"Yes, your highness." Song Changping said.
This time, the three kings tried to attack him with coalition forces. The reason why he flatly refused to compromise was his confidence in his own strength, which came from the 6000 rifled flint guns.
Because even without smokeless powder, these guns can shoot about 400 meters. Now with smokeless powder, the range of these guns is enough to kill the artillery of the other side.
In modern times, it is because of the menace of miner rifle to artillery that artillery will be upgraded again and the survival rate of battlefield will be improved.
When Xiao Ming is about to go back, Chen Qi suddenly gets excited and comes out of the workshop. He says to Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, now the steel produced by the iron and steel workshop can completely replace the bronze. The cost and production speed of the field artillery will be very fast."
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