The beauty of the peasant girl of crossing

Chapter 357 Gunpowder
In the future, she plans to produce gunpowder in large quantities.

As far as her three-legged cat craftsmanship is concerned, it is okay to make fireworks and firecrackers, but to make explosives, she has to find a few professional and capable assistants.

And these alchemists who are familiar with raw material extraction technology are the best helpers!

With the help of manpower, Shen Furong began to do something drastic.

One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, saltpeter, sulfur and sawdust are the basic raw materials for making gunpowder.

Nitrate can generally be purified directly from natural saltpeter, as can sulfur. As for charcoal, it can be obtained anywhere.

She originally planned to make the cannon while preparing the gunpowder. After all, the two are used together to maximize their power.

But think about it.

The difficulty of building artillery is much higher than that of preparing gunpowder.

Not because of the complexity of the structure of the artillery, but because of the materials used to make it, which are difficult to produce in this era.

The material for making cannons must be iron, not even copper, because copper has low hardness and is easy to explode after a long time.

For the sake of safety, she still doesn't want to eat a fat man with one bite.

She was burning wood, propped her chin up and looked at the raging flames, her heart was filled with excitement.

Once gunpowder is made, the outcome of this war is determined...

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed.

Shen Furong walked into the camp holding a medicine stone book, and looked up to find Xiao Tianmo looking at her with a smile:
"Madam has been surprisingly diligent recently."

"It's natural. You have to take a long-term view to go higher."

As she spoke, she walked forward and sat across from Xiao Tianmo, "Let's have dinner together today, and remember to bring a jug of good wine, stronger."

Xiao Tianmo turned around in surprise, raising his eyebrows: "What's so happy about it?"

Shen Furong smiled slightly, "We'll try the gunpowder for a while, do you want to take a look together?"

……

Standing in an open space next to the camp, Shen Furong was nervous and looking forward to it.

After preparing for the exam for so long, I am really eager to try it when the big exam is approaching.

Although with the help of those warlocks, it is impossible to fill and place all the ingredients of the gunpowder according to the most accurate ratio with just a few balances.

In order to prevent accidents during the study of gunpowder, she basically used the smallest measurement.

Also, once the addition is wrong, it will either be a misfire, or the effect of the explosion will be too small.

It wasn't until this morning when the sun came out that the qualified gunpowder that had been perfected countless times was finally formed.

Shen Furong brought out the wrapped gunpowder bag and handed it to Xiao Tianmo.

Xiao Tianmo took a careful look at it, and found that it was somewhat similar to the medicine bag grabbed by the pharmacy, but it was much bigger and had a long fuze added.

He placed the gunpowder bag next to the boulder, and according to Shen Furong's instructions, he handed over the task of setting the fuse to a fast-running personal guard, and he led his people to hide a dozen feet away from the gunpowder bag.

"Run over and hide immediately after lighting it up, don't hesitate!" Shen Furong shouted to the guards from a distance, worried.

The personal guard nodded, not daring to be careless, quickly jumped away after igniting the fuze, and found a hiding place to lie down carefully.

After a long while, nothing happened.

Shen Furong stretched out her head to look, just when she doubted whether the fuze was extinguished, suddenly, a thunderous roar sounded in her ears——

Rumble!
She even felt that her ears were almost numb.

With the sound of "bang", a large pit appeared out of thin air on the rock, and the surrounding trees were crumbling, and some trees were blown off and blown away.

The rock fragments shot out, with the sound of howling wind, pierced into the tree trunks, wooden fences and tiles...

In a tent not far from the commander's tent, Yu Chonglou was discussing with Gu Yanxing and Xingzhou about military rations.

What happened?What was that sound just now?
The few people were shocked, and immediately left the camp, and quickly ran towards the source of the sound.

When they came to the clearing, several other lieutenant generals had arrived.

"It's gunpowder, the sound of gunpowder exploding."

"The gunpowder was prepared by my wife who accidentally found a secret recipe. Let's try it here to see how it works."

Xiao Tianmo suppressed his heart and explained excitedly, he never thought that the gunpowder made by Shen Furong would have such great power.

Looking at the scene in front of them dumbfounded, the generals looked at each other in blank dismay.

Let me be good, what the heck, it's fine if it can make a loud roar like thunder, how can it still have such a great destructive power?
A large crater three to four feet wide was blown out in the open space in front of him, and the surrounding trees were all broken and blown away.

Looking at the scarecrows in the distance, dozens of them were brought down directly, and they were all broken.

Can you knock down a scarecrow from such a distance?If this is placed on the battlefield... it is simply a sharp weapon to kill the enemy!

"Is this what you asked those alchemists to make?" Yu Chonglou looked at Shen Furong dully, and asked after swallowing.

Shen Furong nodded, and replied in a low voice: "As a married woman, you can't just be silly and sweet, you must always maintain your value, and make people feel that you are a useful person, so that you will have a foothold in the family."

Sister, you are not stupid and sweet, you are a craftsman.

The content of Yu Chonglou's eyes is complicated, and it takes about a thousand words to analyze all the connotations, but one of them has the most clear and clear meaning: I kneel down!
"Ma'am is really a hero among women, women do not give way to men!"

A general clasped his fists at Shen Furong excitedly, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, "I don't know if this gunpowder can be provided to the army? It is a coincidence that these sharp weapons appeared in this world. If we get their help, we can defeat the enemy just around the corner."

When all the soldiers heard this, they were overjoyed and looked at Shen Furong expectantly.

It is a very cruel thing for the two armies to fight against each other. If there are not enough weapons, they will try to defeat the enemy.

Recently, the enemy's offensive has been very urgent. Now there are less than [-] soldiers in Jiuyan Pass, with poor weapons and insufficient armor. But if they have the secret weapon of gunpowder, it is a dream to defeat the enemy with a million battles!

"All the soldiers are fighting for the country and doing their best to do their best. I will do my best to help you!"

Shen Furong smiled and said, "Our army can use this kind of gunpowder bag. It is wrapped with cotton cloth. During battle, it can be buried in the ground or exploded and thrown. When the gunpowder burns and explodes, it will injure and kill the enemy."

"At the same time, the large amount of smoke produced by the burning of the gunpowder can also confuse the opponent and cover oneself."

Gu Yanxing, who had been standing by the side for a long time, cast an appreciative look in his eyes, and asked ponderingly: "Once it is used in the military, it must be mass-produced. What is Madam going to do?"

"I have considered this," Shen Furong replied, "The manufacturing process of gunpowder is not complicated, and there is no need to invest a lot of money. As long as there is sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal, ordinary ceramic tile kilns in the countryside can produce it, which is very suitable for us. It is urgently needed in the face of battle."

Gu Yanxing nodded and said with a smile: "Madam Hui is very considerate and considerate."

Shen Furong smiled slightly, and said: "Although this thing is powerful, it must be used with care, and it must not get a little bit of sparks."

Everyone nodded and remembered, seeing the power of this gunpowder with their own eyes, how could they dare to be careless in the slightest.

Madam first gave them life-saving food, and now she made them a weapon to destroy the enemy.

The former deputy general no longer knew how to express his feelings, so he couldn't help shouting:

"Madam is mighty! Madam is mighty!"

(End of this chapter)