I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 197 A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet each other!

Ammonium nitrate is a solid chemical material, colorless, odorless, and white transparent crystal.

In addition to making fertilizer, it is also a more powerful explosive than black powder.

Due to the low cost, all the fertilizers in the last century were produced by this thing.

It's just that this thing will react when it is heated or bumped.

Coupled with the high illiteracy rate at that time, many accidents occurred even though the bags were written with warnings prohibiting fire and beating.

Ammonium nitrate fertilizer will agglomerate when exposed to moisture, and the common people are less literate and do not understand any chemical principles.

It is customary to roast it with fire or hit it with a hammer.

then.

boom!
So from a few years ago, this thing has been listed as prohibited for sale.

Touching his chin, thinking excitedly about his few memories, Zhu Zhangui was very excited.

Although he has used various methods to raise Daming's black powder to the extreme, but the power of black powder is still a bit weak.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the Thunderbolt thrown by the soldiers. It looks like a small watermelon. It can't be thrown very far by ordinary people, and the explosive power is average.

If the iron shell is not well made, it will almost be two or three halves after the explosion.

Not to mention killing the enemy, at most it would scare the enemy.

Therefore, it is imperative to replace black powder with a new gunpowder, or to increase the power of black powder.

But Zhu Zhangui didn't study chemistry. Apart from mononitrate, carbon, and sulfur, he also knew that adding some sugar into it would make a big Ivan.

But the problem is that there is no white sugar in his supermarket, and he only knows a little about how to filter brown sugar.

He told the artisan camp what he knew, but he hasn't researched it yet.

Although there is chemistry in the new science, it has only just become popular now, and within a few years, there will be no effect at all.

Zhu Zhangui himself doesn't like to study, and some of his subordinates are learning from others, so he doesn't bother to learn.

It may take a while to learn a new one, and the supermarket can't get it, and I am too lazy to learn it.

Just when Zhu Zhangui thought it might take some time to use black powder, the supermarket master finally showed his power again.

"Husband!"

Zhu Zhangui suddenly yelled madly, which startled Zhao Linger, and quickly stretched out his hand to pull Zhu Zhangui's clothes to calm him down.

Zhu Zhangui, who was called back to God by his wife, looked around at the people who looked at him in doubt, and smiled apologetically.

"Sorry everyone, I just remembered something, and I'm a little excited, please forgive me!"

"it's okay no problem…"

Everyone quickly shook their heads.

You are a grandson, let alone yelling and dancing with bare buttocks, we dare not blame you.

The old man raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.

"New thing!"

Zhu Zhangui returned a confirming look.

The old man understood in seconds.

Smiling to the crowd.

"The child may still be thinking about government affairs, and his mind is distracted for a while, which disturbs everyone's interest. Come, come, let's continue to drink!"

Everyone said they didn't dare, and raised their glasses to continue drinking with the old man.

Thinking of the usefulness of the item, Zhu Zhangui couldn't sit still.

Several times when someone offered a toast to him, he was in a trance.

I kept thinking in my mind, how powerful would ammonium nitrate mixed with black powder be?

The old man who noticed this scene knew that Zhu Zhangui might have important things to do, so he waved at Zhu Zhangui.

"Okay, you little bastard, you don't care if you're here, so hurry up and get busy if you have anything to do!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Zhangui saluted in apology, explained to his wife, and left the venue with Hu Yu and the others.

"Go and call Master Zhang and the others over!"

For this expedition, he brought ten craftsmen with him.

The main task is to repair the flintlock gun, or prepare gunpowder for the front soldiers.

The navy is a big eater of gunpowder, and every battle is measured by a thousand catties.

On the sea, due to the severe turbulence of the ship, the black powder has been prepared. If it is not stored properly, it is easy to cause accidents or be affected by moisture.

Therefore, most of the gunpowder used by the navy is allocated when it is idle, except for storing the two wars.

Soon several old craftsmen were called to an open space.

"Your Highness, what are your orders!"

Zhu Zhangui pointed to a white bag and a barrel of gunpowder under his feet.

"Master Zhang, this is a new gunpowder additive. You mix it with black gunpowder in a 1:1 ratio. Remember not to hit the fire or hit it hard, otherwise..."

Zhu Zhangui made an explosive gesture.

Craftsman Zhang's face changed, and he understood the instability and danger of this new gadget.

Taking a deep breath, he nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, take the people away and leave it to the old man."

Zhu Zhangui patted the old craftsman on the shoulder, and led Hu Yu and others away a hundred meters away.

Only Master Zhang and a few of his apprentices were left in place.

After running 100 meters, Zhu Zhangui hesitated for a moment, and ran a little further with others.

This is the first time he has seen ammonium nitrate explosives.

He prepared 50 catties of ammonium nitrate and 50 catties of granulated black powder. Who knows how powerful these things are, so it's better to stay away from them and rest assured.

"Go and inform the banquet personally, don't panic if there is any movement later, tell them that I am experimenting with new gunpowder!"

Worried that the big explosion later would cause panic, Zhu Zhangui asked someone to notify the banquet venue.

After Zhu Zhangui's side left, Master Zhang took two apprentices with wet face towels on their faces and began to get busy.

He took a large wooden barrel, then took two wooden spoons of the same capacity, poured a spoonful of black powder and a spoonful of ammonium nitrate into the barrel.

While Master Zhang and his first apprentice were pouring things into it, the second apprentice on the side was holding a small wooden fork to stir the two things evenly.

After working hard for half an hour, a barrel of mixed black powder ammonium nitrate explosive was formally formed.

After taking off the face towel and wiping the cold sweat off his head, Master Zhang gestured towards the distance.

Soon a soldier ran over holding a bundle of fuses.

Carefully closing the top of the wooden barrel, Master Zhang took out a lead wire and inserted it into the pre-reserved lead wire opening.

After confirming that everything was ready, Master Zhang asked the soldier who was holding a flashlight to greet him in the distance.

The soldier picked up the flashlight and waved it at Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhangui, who had been staring at Master Zhang's side all the time, after receiving the signal, asked the soldiers behind him to go to the banquet hall to notify again, and then sent a signal to Master Zhang's side.

Then Zhu Zhangui squatted on the ground with the people around him, covered his ears with his hands and opened his mouth wide, looking at Master Zhang.

After receiving the signal to ignite the fire, Master Zhang asked the apprentice to run first, and then a soldier lit a flashlight, took out the fire pocket and lit the fuse, and the two ran away.

"呲呲呲..."

The lead wire burned slowly, and when Master Zhang and others ran to Zhu Zhangui's side, they slowly burned to the wooden barrel.

A group of people squatted on the ground like toads, no one spoke, and everyone, like Zhu Zhangui, stretched their necks and looked in the direction of the barrel.

Although the darkness obscured their vision, they all knew in their hearts that a huge explosion would appear from there later.

After receiving the signal, the banquet hall also stopped making noise, blocked their ears as required, and looked towards the place where the explosion was about to rise.

"puff…"

The last bit of lead wire rushed into the wooden barrel, sparks ignited the grains of black gunpowder, and the violently burning gunpowder caused a huge reaction in the mixed ammonium nitrate.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

There was a loud noise that shook the sky, and amidst the huge flames, a small mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

The powerful explosion energy engulfed the sand grains on the beach, forming a circular shock wave, and blasting away in all directions.

"Fuck!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was squatting 200 meters away, was staggered by the powerful air wave, and the sand particles entrained by the air wave covered his head and face.

Zhu Zhangui, who was squatting on the ground, had a flicker in front of his eyes and buzzing in his ears.

Originally, he had already set the ammonium nitrate black powder high in his heart, but now it seems that he still set it low.

The explosion power of this thing in a closed environment is at least 2~3 times that of black powder, or even more than four or five times.

"This power is really cool."

Quickly came to the explosion point, looking at the huge pit, Zhu Zhangui's eyes lit up.

If this thing is put on the Heavenly God Arrow, the enemy must be very sour.

"Master Zhang, we have some arrows from the gods here."

"5!"

Master Zhang, who was also surprised by the powerful explosive force of the gunpowder, was taken aback for a moment before reporting the number of god arrows.

"it is good!"

Zhu Zhangui clapped his hands in satisfaction, and confessed to Master Zhang: "I will prepare 2000 catties of new materials for you, and you will find a way to replace the gunpowder inside."

"By the way, let's study the power of new materials and kerosene. Be careful when experimenting, but don't do it on a boat. If something happens, the boat may blow up."

The 13th year of Yongle New Year was spent in a huge explosion.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, after leaving behind the troops guarding the base, the Daming Overseas Expeditionary Force, led by Zhu Zhangui and Zhang Fu, marched as promised in a military exercise.

"Your Highness, I'm always in a state of turmoil in my heart. I always feel that the Said dynasty's surrender is a bit unreliable!"

Standing behind Zhu Zhangui on the huge command warship, Zhang Fu expressed the doubts he had held in his heart for a long time as he watched the fleet slowly advancing on the sea.

Originally, he wanted to say yes to the old man, but he was afraid of spoiling the old man's interest.

Zhu Zhangui has been busy a few days ago, and he didn't even have a chance to meet, so he couldn't speak even if he wanted to.

Today, when he got on the boat, he expressed his doubts in his heart.

Zhu Zhangui, who was observing the sea with a telescope, looked back at him and said with a smile, "If there is no problem, then it is fake!"

Zhang Fu's spirit lifted.

"Your Highness, have you discovered anything?"

Taking back the telescope, Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly.

"I sent a group of scouts before the new year, and they came back two days ago!"

"According to their inquiries, there was a coup d'état a few days ago in the Saeed dynasty. Hazel Khan, who had a crush on us, died, and his eldest son became the new king!"

As he said, Zhu Zhangui narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "This eldest prince is a ruthless man. He not only beheaded his father, but also killed his mother, his brothers and sisters, including Yang Xueshi. The concubine room he was looking for was completely wiped out by him!"

Zhang Fu looks forward to looking at Zhu Zhangui.

"Your Highness, so they are ready to fight us."

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly.

Turning around and walking to the command room, Zhu Zhangui took Zhang Fu to the side of the map and pointed to the location of the exercise.

"This is a triangular terrain. They buried nearly 10 soldiers and horses in these three positions!" Zhu Zhangui continued to Zhang Fu after pointing to the positions where the opponent's ambush soldiers and horses were located:
"Their people should have entered the position now, just waiting for us to take the bait!"

Looking at the map, Zhang Fu quickly planned the battle strategy in his mind.

"Our initial plan for the exercise was to land the army, but in this case we have fallen into the enemy's trap. Even though we are fully prepared, we are still in a weak position when the enemy is waiting for work!"

"If the opponent chooses to attack when our troops disembark halfway, not only our army will be in danger, but the navy will also be in danger!"

Looking up at Zhu Zhangui, Zhang Fu suggested: "Your Highness, what I want is that the army lands in covert distance dozens of miles away, and the navy continues to move forward."

Stretch out your finger and point to the triangle sea area.

"Although the sea area here is not big, it is still no problem for our battleship to move around!"

"As long as our navy does not dock, it is impossible for the other party to attack us."

"So I guess, they might block the mouth of the sea and besiege us!"

Zhu Zhangui nodded in confirmation, and continued Zhang Fu's words.

"But it's different if the army lands early. Our navy is shelling in the triangle waters, and the army is attacking outside."

Zhu Zhangui hammered his fist on the map.

"Under the attack of the two, they will definitely lose!"

That's how the battle plan was decided.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month of the [-]th year of Yongle, a temporary dock at the military exercise site.

The eldest prince who was enthroned as the new king stood on the pier with several important ministers, nervously looking at the empty sea in the distance.

"Didn't you say it's here today? Why haven't they come yet? Did they find something?"

Looking at the empty sea, the eldest prince became nervous.

The Minister of State next to him smiled confidently.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, our plan is foolproof. The reason why they haven't come yet may be that something happened on the road and it was delayed for a while!"

The eldest prince hesitated for a moment, but still asked worriedly.

"How are the soldiers preparing, are they well concealed?"

The Minister of State Affairs, who was a little annoyed by the question, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and said.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the soldiers are hiding very well, they won't find out."

"When the time comes when their army lands, the generals will launch an attack."

"While we fight with our hearts and minds, we will surely win this war!"

"Your Majesty, a ship is coming!"

Just when the eldest prince was still inquiring, the lookout post at a high place reported the news of a ship coming.

The hearts of the people waiting on the shore were shocked, and they all looked towards the sea.

soon.A group of black dots appeared on the distant sea.

The enemy is coming.

Let alone the eldest prince at this moment, even the originally calm minister of state affairs became nervous.

Can the Saeed dynasty rise?
Just look at the shivering.

On the flagship warship, Zhu Zhangui looked at the pier with a telescope in his hand, and asked Yang Pu who was also holding a telescope beside him.

"Bachelor Yang, are they all there?"

Yang Pu observed the people on the pier, and replied after confirming that they were all familiar faces.

"That's right, everyone is here except Hazel Khan."

After confirming that it was these people, Yang Pu put down the binoculars and asked hesitantly.

"Your Highness, is your information really accurate? Is there any misunderstanding?"

Zhu Zhangui waved to Li Hu behind him.

"If you misunderstand, you will misunderstand. As the boss, can't you teach the younger brother a lesson!"

"Correct him when he is wrong, and let him remember when he is wrong."

Yang Pu: Sure enough, there is nothing good about the old Zhu's family.

The fleet slowly unfolded.

In the cabin, an artilleryman quickly loaded the front ammunition, and the gunners were estimating the distance between the ship and the coast, and adjusting the angle of the artillery at any time.

In the power cabin, a sailor is holding the oars, ready to speed up or retreat at any time.

"Your Highness, something is here!"

When it was still a few nautical miles away from the coast, Master Zhang and dozens of soldiers, carrying a huge thing, came to the launch location.

Zhu Zhangui, who had been observing the shore, pointed in the direction of the pier.

"Aim there for me, and you will be the first shot to start this war later!"

"As ordered!"

Master Zhang, who participated in the war for the first time, responded excitedly, and quickly called the soldiers and apprentices to put up the airs quickly.

Since the tail flame of the god's arrow is too strong, and Ming's ships are all made of wood, when this thing is launched from the ship, it needs to be adjusted to prevent the burning tail flame from igniting the ship.

This is a new generation of Celestial Arrow.

Different from the old version, the new version is not only equipped with a rear wing, but also has a smoother body shape.

In many tests, the old craftsmen were able to guarantee the accuracy, and the deviation within three miles did not exceed 50 meters.

As for three miles away, only God knows where to fly.

Don't underestimate the precision of these three miles. For this precision, Zhu Zhangui spent millions of taels of silver in it to achieve the current result.

Master Zhang led a few craftsmen, climbed on the launch stand and studied for a long time, and finally determined the launch angle after constantly adjusting the angle.

Zhu Zhangui picked up the walkie-talkie and dialed Zhang Fu's channel.

"Land Tiger, Land Tiger, this is Shenlong, have you reached the designated location for the battle!"

The intercom was silent for a while before Zhang Fu's voice sounded from the opposite side.

"Land Tiger received it. We have now reached the designated position and are forming a formation. We can launch an attack at any time!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Zhangui nodded in satisfaction.

After observing the situation of each battleship, after confirming that the ready battle flags were hoisted on the bows, he stretched out his hand and gave orders to Master Zhang and Zhang Fu on the walkie-talkie.

"I...Zhu Zhangui, grandson of Emperor Ming, officially ordered to start war against the Said Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)