The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 204: Beixiang is also going to hold an alchemy conference?
On the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival, nearly five hundred Danshi gathered in the east of Taoyang City and at the foot of Qinglong Mountain.

The Lord of Yungu City was dressed in colorful silk, and surrounded by guards, he personally climbed onto the makeshift altar.After paying homage to heaven and earth, he used a copper-wrapped trumpet as a loudspeaker and preached to everyone attending the meeting: "All of you alchemy masters, Naiyun is invited to attend this Yungu alchemy conference. It is Gu's good fortune and Song's good fortune. I have three purposes for organizing this Alchemy Dao Conference. The first is to gather talented people from all over the world under one roof so that they can share their knowledge and knowledge and advance the art of alchemy together. The second is to understand the achievements of the great cause of Alchemy Dao today. , to provide a platform for Danshi from all over the world to compete on the same stage. The third is to select the best candidates and recruit great talents for our Yungu City Lord's Mansion, so that we can work for peace in the world and for the people to live in peace and security.

Without further ado, let me talk about the evaluation rules of the Alchemy Conference.When refining alchemy, you need to be in the hall in front of the public. This time, the Yungu City Lord's Mansion is evaluating great skills and abilities, and it is not something that should be kept privately or disclosed to others.The alchemy materials used by alchemists must be displayed in public so that the officials in the government can register them.

After the elixir is completed, those who obtain foreign objects will be deemed qualified.Then, they will be jointly recommended by all the alchemists who participated in the conference. The top ten with the most recommendations will each be awarded 100 yuan of silver dollars, and will be awarded the title of Great Success in Alchemy at the Yungu Alchemy Conference.The 50th to [-]th place will be rewarded with a silver dollar of [-] yuan, and will be awarded the title of Alchemy Master at the Cloud Valley Alchemy Conference.Those who are between fifty and one hundred will be rewarded with ten silver dollars, and those who have become famous in the Feng Dan Dao.

In addition, all alchemists from outside the Yungu area will receive three silver dollars as a token of appreciation for traveling thousands of miles to attend the conference.After the alchemy meeting is over, the city lord will hire [-] on-site worshipers and [-] subsidized worshippers among those who are successful in the alchemy industry to help you continue to improve in the alchemy industry. "

In order to hold this alchemy conference, Song Yingkui spent a lot of money.A budget of nearly 5000 silver dollars was prepared, and the amount of silver to be spent was more than 2000 taels.

More than 2000 taels of silver almost accounted for a month's military expenses. Is it worth it for an alchemy conference?I don’t know. I hope I can see something surprising at the alchemy conference.

It was so hot, so hot. On the first day of the conference, seven or eight alchemy furnaces exploded, and in the next two days, another dozen or so exploded.The explosion of the alchemy furnace also caused injuries to several Danshis. The most unlucky one was that his own furnace did not explode and was injured by the debris flying over after the explosion of the furnace next to him.

Fortunately, there was no high-intensity explosion scene, and the explosion was of average scale, otherwise the alchemy conference would have turned into a tragedy.The profession of alchemist is also a high-risk industry.

Normally, daily alchemy activities do not have such a high explosion rate. What alchemists are pursuing is not flammable or explosive. What they are pursuing is to make the elixir of life. The more peaceful the better.But who told these alchemists that when they participated in this conference, most of them had a speculative mentality?Everyone knows that the Lord of Yungu City is good at firearms, and his Yungu Army relies on firearms.Gunpowder is something we are familiar with. Song Yungu will probably be happy with this thing.

The explosion scene was a bad experience for the Danshis, but for Song Yingkui, it was a happy scene.The materials they used have been registered by the engineering college students who are responsible for conference services. After the conference, some new alchemy sites where explosions occurred will be reviewed, and there should be some new gains.

However, the most important purpose of holding this alchemy conference is not to find explosive materials and explosive formulas.Song Yingkui knows the formula of high explosives. Isn't it just nitrated organic matter?As long as we can get nitric acid, the rest will be easy.

Staying at the scene and paying attention to the progress of the alchemy conference for three days was indeed rewarding.Two Danshi made something called aqua regia, which is very corrosive. The materials used are sulfur and saltpeter. The aqua regia they made should be the real aqua regia, which is a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. liquid.The biggest inspiration these two guys gave Song Yingkui was not to create aqua regia, but to let him know the direction of making nitric acid through local methods, which was still achieved within the scope of heating and condensation, without using some unexpected additives.Apart from aqua regia, there are not many other breakthrough gains.But that doesn't mean that except for the two Danshi, the others are useless.The biggest significance of so many Danshi gathering here is that they brought with them a large number of materials, including all kinds of messy ores, both metallic and non-metallic. If the Danshi's rich knowledge of materials is used properly, will be an important asset.

In addition, many alchemists are actually practicing both medicine and medicine, and some of the things they produce have medicinal value.Another thing is that you can get a lot of uncommon knowledge and books from previous generations of alchemists from the alchemists, which is also a valuable asset!Therefore, the alchemy conference is just a cover. The real core is the ability to tap out the value behind the alchemist.

Three days later, the alchemy activity was over. Song Yingkui said to the secretary in charge of the organization of the conference: "Tomorrow, the recommendation and evaluation will be held. Just keep an eye on it. When you are done, report the list to me so that I can select the candidates for enshrinement based on the list."

Song Yingkui did not intend to interfere in the matter of who should receive the bonus, and let the alchemists choose on their own.The candidate he values ​​​​may not be recognized by the Danshi, and it is not appropriate to announce it in public during the conference. After the conference is officially over, contact him in private.The rewards given out should be regarded as thousands of gold to buy bones, so as to promote the alchemy conference in the future.The Yungu Alchemy Conference on the ninth day of September will be a permanent meeting in the future, and it is best to hold it once a year.

"Sir, I have something to report. I learned from the alchemists in the past two days that Beixiang seems to be holding an alchemy conference in Yinzhou. The alchemists who came to Huigu are discussing privately. After our alchemy conference is over, , let’s go to Yinzhou. In this case, shall we give rewards to the Danshi who are going to Yinzhou? Otherwise, let’s just detain these Danshi to prevent them from being used by thieves!” Secretary Liu Bingkun reported to Song Yingkui An unexpected news.

Beixiang is also going to hold an alchemy conference?They don't seem to have a tradition of liking alchemy. Why do they suddenly have this idea?It should be related to gunpowder.The relationship between firearms and gunpowder is probably known to many major forces after several years of war.The prototype of gunpowder came from the hands of alchemists, and knowledgeable people should also know.

As luck would have it, Yungu and Guangyao's alchemists from all over the world held an alchemy conference. It was not surprising that the people of Beixiang got some inspiration from it.Beixiang is indeed more reliable than Da Zheng. Normally, Da Zheng should react first when trying to do this.

"The original selection and bounty distribution plan remains unchanged. As for whether the Danshi will go to Beixiang, there is no need to worry. If it rains, let him get married. After I determine the candidates to be invited to worship. , you communicate privately, as for whether to stay or leave, it is up to their own wishes. Remember, when communicating with the candidates I have designated for enshrinement, be more cautious about whereabouts, and do not let everyone know who the candidates preferred by the City Lord's Mansion are. The list must not be made known to outsiders."

Danshi is useful, but how to use it is not something Beixiang can learn just by wanting to learn.Using these alchemists as smoke bombs can be regarded as smooth sailing.It is impossible for all the alchemists in the world who are good at making gunpowder to arrive in Taoyang City, so there is no point in detaining them.

(End of this chapter)