industrial lord

Chapter 67 Gunpowder

Frederick didn't do too many functions on the engineering shovel. It was just an ordinary small shovel with a total length of 70cm. The pole was made of solid wood. There was a "T"-shaped handle at the end. 20 cm, the top is a bit pointed, there are serrations on one side and a hook like a corkscrew, plus two small holes to pass through the rope, and the side is just sharpened.

He didn't have any functions like turning it into a hoe, and he didn't want to cultivate the land, so he didn't need to increase the cost.

Ogilvy said that this thing is simple, and it is just a matter of making a new mold.

"Principal," Diesel asked suddenly, "would you like to try using fire powder as a weapon?"

Frederick blinked and asked, "What is that?"

Diesel replied: "It is an alchemy medicine invented by an oriental alchemist. It is said that it is made from 67 formulas and 81 processes. Different formulas can produce flames of different colors."

"You know the pagan merchants, and you can ask them to help you buy it back. It's good for arson, and you can avoid the magic power check."

Ogilvy said with a smile: "If this kind of fire powder is ignited in a jar, it will explode. Julius used this to compare with Diesel two years ago. But Diesel is still better, because the fire powder has to be bought in the East. Expensive, as long as he has enough bread and wine."

Frederick leaned on the back of the chair and frowned. He didn't expect that gunpowder would appear when he was unprepared.

I don't know the real situation in the east, but it sounds like there are a lot of impurities in the sold ones, maybe they are used to produce different colored flames, maybe they are used to make fireworks.

He didn't want to make gunpowder, mainly because this thing has no technical content, and he was worried that it would be learned by others, so he planned to use magic to do it until he opened the three acids and two bases and learned from the Jinchaji border area to make some kind of medicine for angina pectoris. explode.

Among other things, a caring person can find out the general formula of black gunpowder by checking the procurement of raw materials.

Another point, as Diesel said, this thing can avoid magic detection, what if one's enemies set up a roadside bomb in the future?
The problem is that this gadget has already appeared, so he can only follow suit. After seeing these two smart people, Frederick felt that it was only a matter of time before others found the correct formula for gunpowder.

"So someone already knows how to make gunpowder." Frederick sighed.

Ogilvy and Diesel looked at each other, and they both had the same thoughts in their hearts.

"Principal," Ogilvy asked cautiously, "you can do this?"

Frederick nodded.

Diesel said solemnly: "I wouldn't be surprised if the headmaster said he would have children now."

Frederick squeezed his chin and said, "I remember signing the university's annual salary form tomorrow..."

Diesel hesitated.

Frederick recalled the contents of "Militia Explosive Landmine Textbook (Trial)", and then said: "The wandering scholar said that it is actually very simple to make gunpowder, and its three materials are easy to buy. One is to make gunpowder. The raw materials of glass, one is used to smoke insects, and the other is charcoal."

"Actually, the explosive power of powdered gunpowder is not very powerful, but it is much more powerful when it is made into granules."

Diesel thought about it and asked, "Can it be done now?"

"I remember that Julius went to Venice, and if you showed him a copy of this gunpowder, he would come here without eating."

Ogilvy asked him with a smile: "I remember you still owe him money?"

Diesel replied indifferently: "I introduced the principal to him, and that little money is not enough for the introduction fee."

Frederick asked them suspiciously, "Who is Julius?"

Diesel replied: "Julius is an alchemist from the Principality of Nassau. Like us, he went to Constantbul to study and stayed there."

"He spent a lot of money on the experiment. He got off the boat halfway and went to Venice to find a big...uh...investor."

The Principality of Nassau is located in the northwest of Wessen, not far east of Cologne, the capital of the Rhine Union.

Frederick thought for a while, and finally made a decision: "Well, then I'll try and see if I can prepare the gunpowder in winter, and send someone to take it to him when it's warm."

"Ogilvy, I need you to help me modify some tools."

The tools for making gunpowder must be made of wood, even stones must be matched with wood, otherwise everyone will be finished if a spark appears.

"No problem." Ogilvy replied, "Let's have lunch first, and we'll talk after we're done."

It was noon, and the three of them had talked so much that they were a little hungry.

After eating steamed buns with sauerkraut and boiled sausages for lunch, everyone went to work in the afternoon.

A day later, Ogilvy sent someone to inform that the raw materials and tools were ready.

Frederick came to the blacksmith's shop in a carriage, and saw that not only Ogilvy and Diesel were there, but Manuai was also waiting here with the university's annual salary payment slip and a thin-faced middle-aged man whom he had never seen before. he.

Diesel pointed to the middle-aged man in worn clothes and new shoes and said, "Principal, he is Julius."

Frederick blinked, what's going on?

I just talked about Julius the day before yesterday, and I was going to talk about going to Venice to find him, why did this happen?Is his surname Cao?

If the novel is written like this, it will definitely hit the street!

Julius came over to greet Frederick immediately after seeing Frederick: "I have heard the principal's name for a long time, and it is like thunder ringing in my ears. Today I saw him, he is indeed very heroic..."

Frederick looked at Diesel and the others suspiciously, and asked what was going on with this eloquent guy.

Diesel interrupted Julius' flattery and said, "You tell yourself."

Julius straightened up immediately, and proudly said: "There is the shadow of the Governor of Venice behind the civil strife in Constantbul. I blew up his house. I wanted to run home. I heard that everyone was here and came to visit me on the way." , I didn’t expect to hear the legendary story of a genius..."

Frederick looked at this guy with a black line on his head and started talking again.

But things are very clear, it doesn't matter if the house of the Governor of Venice is blown up, this person probably ran all the way in the cold weather, and there are mostly mountain roads between the two places, and it seems that he has suffered a lot.

One thing caught Frederick's attention. He called himself the headmaster and asked, "Are you willing to work at the University of Weissenburg?"

Julius immediately replied: "Yes, I am definitely willing. Why don't I want to be able to study under the principal?"

Frederick thought it was weird and glanced at the other people in the office.

It was Diesel who answered his questions: "Just now Julius mixed those three materials and tried to ignite them, and it seemed to work well."

Frederick understood, but he was a little worried, so he said, "I have some tasks that need to be presided over by an alchemist, but this requires someone I can trust."

Julius replied without hesitation: "I can pledge my allegiance to Your Excellency the Baron. I will write a letter home later and ask my son Joachim to come and serve Your Excellency!"

Frederick frowned slightly, and asked, "Why?"

Julius replied earnestly, "Knowledge."

Frederick understood that he came here because of the knowledge of the "wandering scholar". This is no problem, but he was a little uncertain, and looked at the other three.

Manuai said with a serious face: "Julius is a scholar who can dedicate his heart to knowledge."

(End of this chapter)