God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 109: On How Explosives Are Made

By the time the moon was in the middle of the sky, the tung oil lamp had been burned out.

The room is dimly lit.

Zhang Jian stood up slowly and picked up the money bag on the ground.

The beautifully crafted purse itself is very valuable, and only a dude like Du He can afford it.

Zhang Jian curled his lips, opened it, and counted it. There were more than 500 Wen in it.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth wide in surprise.

After a while, Zhang Jian was suddenly overjoyed, and then rushed out of the room like crazy: "Mother's illness is cured, hahaha..."

Under the moonlight, his running figure faltered a bit.

Not long after, Zhang Jian came to a pharmacy in the square, and slammed the door open.

"Shopkeeper, hurry up and get me some medicine, I have 500 coins now."

……

On this day, when Du He was about to take a nap, someone from the palace suddenly arrived.

The person who came was Ximen Qing.

As soon as Ximen Qing saw Du He, he was very enthusiastic: "I have seen Lantian County, but I haven't seen him for a few days, and the county seems to have grown a lot taller."

Du He said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Director Ximen's complexion is getting better and better. Could it be that he picked up some money?"

Ximen Qing laughed: "Xian Zi was joking, I came here today to obtain the method of making explosives by His Majesty's order. Your Majesty said that you are young, and I am afraid that you will forget after a long time, so let me personally Come to remind you, if you are not ready, our family will go back and report to His Majesty, and say that the county magistrate has worked hard for days and has no time to prepare, and you can come to pick it up another day."

This Ximenqing is a fine person, and without knowing it, he stood on Du He's side with a few words. Whether it is true or not, it sounds comfortable.

Du He waved his hand: "It's impossible to let Director Ximen make your trip in vain. Just wait a moment, and I'll write down the method of making this explosive for you to take back."

Saying that, let the old man greet Ximen Qing, while Du He returned to the room.

Sitting at the table, Du He spread out the paper, picked up the signature pen, and started to write like a snake.

In the quiet room, there is only the salsa sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper.

Not long after, Du He put down his pen, picked up the two pages full of paper, and said with satisfaction: "You're done!"

The title is "On How Explosives Are Made". The first part introduces the production method and combustion principle of gunpowder in detail, and the second part introduces the explosion principle of explosive packs and the method of making explosives.

If this is placed in later generations, a high school student can do it.

However, in this era, such an article can be said to be of supreme value.

Simply put, this article is worthy of the title of son of Lantian County.

When Du He returned to the living room, he handed the article to Ximen Qing, only to hear Ximen Qing say: "Oh, the county is really talented, not to mention anything else, just this handwriting, your majesty is always full of praise, like Such an outstanding young talent like Xianzi is rare in this world."

Du He sounds nasty, but it is very useful.

After Ximen Qing carefully put away his things, he quietly stuffed a silver ingot into Ximen Qing's hand.

Ximen Qing approached Du He's ear with a smile, and whispered: "The magistrate doesn't know something. That day after you left after having dinner in Wende Hall, both His Majesty and the Empress praised you. The Empress even felt that with your talent, It's a pity to be a son-in-law!"

Du He's heart moved, and he asked, "What's your majesty's attitude towards the matter of me playing around with Princess Changle?"

Ximen Qing said in a low voice: "Your Majesty didn't say anything, he should be not angry. If there is any news in the future, our family must send you a letter from the county, hehe..."

Du He nodded: "Here's Manager Lao Ximen."

Only then did Ximen Qing leave contentedly.

Looking at the back of Ximen Qing leaving, Du He suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, but he shook his head and vetoed it.

This idea is too bold. Once Li Er finds out, it is estimated that the matter of marrying two princesses will be ruined.

Besides, Ximen Qing brought the article "On How Dynamite is Made" back to the palace. Li Er casually read it, and then called the Shaofu Shaojian Yuan Libin over.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Weapons Supervision was established to be in charge of weapon manufacturing. However, with the reduction of wars, the Weapons Supervision was abolished in the sixth year of Zhenguan and merged into the Shaofu Supervision.

Yuan Libin is a young prisoner of the Shaofu Supervisor, a sixth-rank official.

Li Er handed the article to Yuan Libin and said, "I'll give you three days to make a pack of explosives, and I'll be there to inspect it in person."

Yuan Libin hurriedly said: "Please put it down, Your Majesty, I will do my best to make the explosive package."

Yuan Libin's official position was too small to see what happened by the lake in East Neiyuan that day, but he was astonished when he heard it from the people around him.

Now, with the method of making explosives in his hands, his mood became excited.

He also heard Li Er say: "This method was contributed by Du He, son of Lantian County. All those involved in this matter must keep it secret. Anyone who leaks the news will be punished by the nine clans."

In a word, Yuan Libin's face turned pale with fright.

Yuan Libin brought this "On How Explosives Are Made" back to the Shaofu Prison, and first closed the door to study it alone for several hours, but was at a loss.

It turns out that although Du He's article was written in the vernacular, it is full of technical terms, and people of later generations don't think much of it when they read it, but people of this era are a little sleepy.

For example, the word lead caused Yuan Libin to scratch his head, and he didn't understand it for a long time.

In the end, Yuan Libin had no choice but to ask the two deputies of the Shangshaofu Supervisor's Armaments Department to go through the details, and finally figured it out a little bit.

One of the assistants said: "My lord, this Lantian county is really a genius. He can come up with such a method. According to my subordinates, I can't understand the principle of making explosives. Let’s experiment with the method honestly, as for the principle, I’m afraid only Lantian County can understand it.”

Yuan Libin nodded approvingly: "That's right, we only need to make the explosives. As for why it works, that's not what I need to care about."

Immediately, Yuan Libin arranged a few confidantes and began to develop explosives.

……

three days later.

Li Er sent Zhao Yang to Laiguo Mansion to ask Du He to come to the palace to watch the experiment of the explosive package developed by the Shaofu Supervising Armaments Department, but Du He immediately refused.

Du He only said one sentence: "There is a guy named Nobel, who blew up his whole family just because he was playing with gunpowder. I don't want to experiment with explosives, my young master!"

When Zhao Yang brought the words to Li Er, Li Er didn't take it seriously: "Huh, this kid is alarmist. He dislikes the title I gave him for being too small, and he is dissatisfied. However, I have successfully made the explosives. See if he is still doing it." Is there any way! He is dissatisfied, and it is too late!"

Thinking of Du He feeling unhappy, Li Er felt happy.

……

(One more, Yuan Libin comes on stage!)

(End of this chapter)