Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 690 Real Newton Can Chant Sutras (Please Subscribe!)

"Great Khan, we, the British Netherlands, wish to ally with you!"

"Khan, I have brought you the most exquisite gift on behalf of King Louis of France!"

"Khan, the Kingdom of Spain has brought you silver from America!"

"Great Khan, the Kingdom of Portugal urges to start trade with the Qing Dynasty!"

The Eight-Power Allied Forces crazily flattered Kangxi Khan's stinky feet, and the British were also shameless. For the benefit of Tianzhu, they backstabbed Daming, a traditional business partner.

Of course Kangxi Khan could understand Latin, so he smiled and said without waiting for Nan Huairen to translate:
"Has anyone of you Europeans ever explored the sky? Does anyone know how high the sky is? When I came here, I wanted to see how high the sky is, to see if the sky is higher or I am taller!"

"Of course, it's not people going up to investigate, but just sending a magic rocket to initially explore. You just catch up, why don't you take a look together!"

Kangxi's so-called spell rockets have already been put on the "launch pad", which seems to be the case.

On the whole, it is a low-profile version of the Congreve Rockets.

The rocket is not big, just a long and thin one, and the outer shell is beaten out of copper skin piece by piece.

Then they were creatively soldered together to form a cylinder.

Although the Qing Dynasty was backward, it also stayed in China for a while, and naturally learned from China's excellent welding technology.

The manufacturing of rockets in the Qing Dynasty should be brazing, also known as "tin welding" or "pewter welding", which is a method of melting another fusible metal between metal parts to connect them.

In the bronze casting process, different blocks are cast separately, and the connection space similar to the "mortise and tenon structure" in the split casting method is designed in advance between these blocks. When the blocks are docked, melted lead and tin are used as The solder is poured into the connection space, and after the solder is cooled and solidified, the connection of each block is realized.

The Qing version of the Congreve rocket also has its own characteristics, such as the cylindrical display covered with white paper, and the paper is filled with red spells.

The head of the cylinder is fitted with a cardboard-rolled tip, which is also full of charms.

There is a traditional beauty!
But it makes sense to add Taoist charms to the rocket.

After all, isn't gunpowder invented because of alchemy?

Inside the cardboard is hidden a firework bomb, and the lead wire of the firework bomb is passed through a small hole and buried in the sweet gunpowder powder in the cylinder below.

Once the sweet gunpowder powder has burned off, the fuse ignites the fireworks, blasting green smoke.

And at the bottom of the cylinder, four small copper pieces are welded-this is the tail fin.

This wave of the Qing Dynasty copied the Ming Dynasty.

Although they didn't understand the specific function of this tail, the rockets of the Ming army on the battlefield were like this, and it was over by touching the Ming Dynasty and crossing the river.

If someone from Ming Dynasty attended this "Exploring the Sky" event, Kangxi would have to pay a patent fee.

Of course, Kangxi Dahan, the rocket designer of the Qing Dynasty, might want to refute: It just looks like it. The tail of our Qing rocket is engraved with a Taiji pattern, which is an upgraded version of your Ming Dynasty!
I have to admit that once Kangxi, the emperor of learning and sweating hard, is still very good at copying homework
And also copied a new idea!

Although the pirated version will definitely not be able to beat the genuine version, it is more than enough to confuse the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

Now Kangxi, the first Taoist master in the Qing Dynasty, has already sat down on the stand on the launch platform pretendingly.

It is said to be a grandstand, but it is actually an explosion-proof fortification stand.

Kangxi Khan also knew that his rockets were not very reliable. If something happened, the Qing and Mongol Empire would be in civil strife.

This fortification is to build a low wall with sandbags, a small wooden platform is built behind the wall, and a chair is placed on the wooden platform!
Kangxi sweated profusely and sat down on the chair, just showing a braided head to watch the rocket launch.

The others all stood behind the low wall and watched.

At this time, on the launch pad, Newton, a newly promoted Hanlin scholar, was dressed in a Taoist robe and was directing a group of young Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain and Maoshan to fiddle with the ignition rope of the rocket.

Suo'etu nodded in approval: the foreign monk can still recite scriptures!
There is no way, the Qing Dynasty is notorious, where can I invite those famous Taoist real people, I am thankful to be able to invite a few small Taoist priests.

The real Newton, who played a cameo, performed magic tricks, flashed a fire pocket, and was about to light the kindling rope.

As the fire rope dragged to the launch pad was ignited, the real Newton led a group of little Taoist priests back a little.

But he didn't retreat too far, he circled around the launch pad and stood there.

Newton's Christian beliefs were complex, but not a typical deist.

In Newton's era, public officials had to believe in the Anglican Church. Newton had a heart for fame and fortune, so he was religious on the outside.

Newton had studied alchemy, because science was backward at that time, and simple compounds were still unclear, so Newton wasted a lot of time on research.

Newton also studied theology. He was a geek thinking. He estimated the size of Solomon’s Temple based on the Bible records, and calculated the time of the end of the world based on the Book of Revelation.

Newton never expounded his theology, and moderns find him an Arian heretic after discovering his manuscripts.

But Newton must have been an orthodox Trinitarian on the surface, otherwise he would not have been director of the mint.

Therefore, Newton should have a belief in rational pragmatism. Because of reason, he recognized the Arius faction. Also because of reason, he pretended to be a Trinitarian to gain benefits. Newton didn't care whether this duplicity of belief would send him to hell, so He was certainly not a devout Christian.

After coming to the Qing Dynasty, he was persecuted by Kangxi, so he had to pretend to convert and repent after escaping in the future.

Real Newton has obviously received professional training and looks good. He held his whisk and began to chant a spell. This is called the rocket launch spell!
After the little Taoist priests hummed and chanted their incantations, they saw the real Newton dance his whisk vigorously, and then shouted in awkward Chinese: "The Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law, Mommy, Mommy!"

Bentinck, the British and Dutch ambassador who knew Newton, was stunned.

How could their Sir Newton be harmed like this?
Could it be that Kangxi Khan really knew black magic!

If you don't know black magic, it doesn't make sense.

Daqing is really scary!

Bentinck couldn't help but shudder.

Soon, the Rockets brought him back to reality.

As real Newton's shout fell, a large amount of black smoke suddenly appeared from the tail of the "magic rocket", and then this "magic rocket" flew into the sky with a whoosh!
Such a high-speed rocket directly blinded the eyes of everyone in the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.

In a blink of an eye, the rocket disappeared from everyone's sight. Only the scream of "swish swish" from the air showed that the magic rocket of the Qing Dynasty was still flying upwards rapidly.

Kangxi Khan had been prepared for a long time. When everyone was still looking around to find the rocket, he had already raised the diorama telescope and looked into the sky!

"My precious rocket, blow it up!"

(End of this chapter)