Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 68 The Explosion of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Located on the right side of Xuanburi Street in Dashiyongfang, the two newly built large courtyards occupying an area of ​​​​area are the newly established Royal Academy of Engineering and Ordnance Department of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Ordnance Department and the Royal Academy of Engineering are responsible for manufacturing and the other is responsible for research and development, they are closely related to each other, and now they are mainly research and development.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao put the two institutions together so that the technical officials on both sides could discuss, that is, hang two signs in the same place.

This is also convenient for scholars, officials and engineers of the Royal Academy of Engineering to conduct experiments and conduct research.

This mansion was originally the mansion of Wang Jimo, the right servant of the former Ministry of Rites, because there is a huge pond in his yard, and there is actually a small coal mine in his garden.

Moreover, it is far away from the busy city and is in the city, so it will not affect the life of residents and produce noise or other hazards (such as explosions), and it is also convenient for protection and blockade.

So after it was confiscated, it was improved by Zhu Youxiao to the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Ordnance Department.

Now the Royal Academy of Engineering can say anything, and the projects are very complicated, ranging from small soap, glass, springs, mirrors, etc., to large cannons, carriages, and firearms.

As long as His Majesty Zhu Youxiao thinks of any project, he will hysterically produce a lot of materials and submit them to the Royal Academy of Engineering.

There are no less than a hundred of the so-called future technology products of the Ming Dynasty displayed in the project display of the Royal Academy of Engineering, such as a watch, a box of toothpaste, a toothbrush, a zipper, a photo of a model, and a PSS gun without bullets. There's even a model airliner.

Every official or scholar who visits the Royal Academy of Engineering will first come here to take a look, just as we look at science fiction models.

However, Sun Yuanhua, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry and a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering, is not surprised at this time, and has even developed immunity to some photos of models in scantily clad clothes sent by His Majesty. He couldn't react, and he wished he could go home and find his concubine Ji immediately.

As the director of the courtyard, Sun Yuanhua naturally has his own laboratory. His laboratory is an independent courtyard filled with various artillery and gunpowder.

At this time, he was wearing a white coat designed by His Majesty himself, weighing around a pile of medicine powder with a small scale like an old doctor, and he was still saying how much sulfur and saltpeter cost.

But when he was preparing the new gunpowder formula with peace of mind, a loud bang suddenly came from the laboratory of Song Yingxing, the court judge next door (actually, it was just a small independent courtyard), and then repeated several times.

Hearing this, Sun Yuanhua was so frightened that the weight in his hand dropped to the ground, he ran out and shouted, "What happened, did you hurt anyone?"

Bi Maokang, the right servant in charge of the Manpower Department of the Ordnance Department, also rushed over: "Is something wrong again? I tell you to be careful. You don't believe it. Sulfur and saltpeter should be separated, and they must be shaded to prevent fire!"

I can't help these two big brothers not worrying, because the Ordnance Department and the Royal Academy of Engineering have been developing thermal weapons since their establishment, from gunpowder to steel smelting and gun manufacturing, the risk factor is inherently high, and just a few days ago a member of Song Yingxing The craftsman in the village accidentally caused an explosion when he was developing concentrated nitric acid with saltpeter and green vitriol (sulfuric acid), and the gunpowder on the side was also detonated. The craftsman was killed on the spot, and Song Yingxing was also knocked unconscious.

After Zhu Youxiao found out, he directly reprimanded Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua, and personally drafted the management rules of the laboratory, and also gave the craftsman a generous compensation.

But this incident also let Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua know that doing these miscellaneous studies is not as easy as doing economics, and sometimes they may lose their lives, so the sudden explosion now makes them nervous.

Other technical officials and craftsmen also rushed over, preparing for Song Yingxing to open the laboratory so that they would know what happened.

According to regulations, each academician's independent laboratory is a heavily guarded place, and no one is allowed to enter except the person in charge of the laboratory, that is, the academician and his craftsmen or students.

Therefore, these people could only wait outside, but Sun Yuanhua, who was really worried about the safety of the people inside, still had to come forward, and said to Jin Yiwei who was guarding in front of the laboratory:

"This little brother, I don't know what happened inside, can I let the official and Bi Shilang go in first."

"Your Majesty strictly orders that this is an important place for military aircraft. Without the badge of the laboratory or the introduction of the people inside, no one else is allowed to enter!"

Although the Jin Yiwei guarding here also heard the loud noise just now, they were well-trained and did not show any mercy to Sun Yuanhua and the others.

However, at this moment, the door of Song Yingxing's laboratory suddenly opened, and a dark face appeared in front of everyone. The brim of his hat seemed to be burnt, and there was a strong smell of burnt protein.

Even the front of this man's official uniform was burnt several big holes, but the man was very happy, and laughed at Sun Yuanhua and Bi Maokang as soon as he came out: "You two superiors, Song is not talented, it can be regarded as asking your majesty The task of improving the flower bomb has been completed!"

As he said that, Song Yingxing dragged Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua and others in. The two of them saw the mess on the floor, and there was a large stove in the center that was as high as two people, and some crooked glass equipment on the side.

These glazed equipment (in fact, test tubes, measuring cylinders, etc.) are expensive items in this era, and they were all purchased by Zhu Youxiao through the system to do experiments for them.

But now Song Yingxing placed these things randomly, and all of them were filled with dark and viscous liquid. I have to say, it was really a bit violent.

"Everyone, please see!"

Song Yingxing pointed to the dozens of pigs that had been blasted to death, probably filled with various iron pieces or killed by the shock, and said:
"My humble cannon fired twice with Tang Xiaoyou (Tang Ruowang) and Sun Yuanzheng's newly-made cannon, and the dozens of pigs were all killed. Then I ordered people to shoot twice in a row, and the cannon didn't explode. ! It seems that the more advanced seal that His Majesty mentioned has already been created!"

Sun Yuanhua and Bi Maokang said congratulations, because it meant that he, Song Yingxing, would get another 500 taels of bonus, and his subordinate officials and craftsmen would also get rewards ranging from 200 taels to 100 taels.

However, Song Yingxing, who didn't even care about the glazed equipment bestowed by His Majesty, didn't pay much attention to the bonus. After months of hard work, he finally achieved something, and he couldn't wait to take the two of them to see his latest development bomb.

Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua went to have a look, but it was a wooden tube with openings at both ends. The wooden tube was filled with slow-burning gunpowder newly prepared by Sun Yuanhua's experimental group, and there were symbols on it that only Song Yingxing and his team members knew. There was also a red-hot iron box next to it.

The two of them didn't understand the rationale behind the thing he was tinkering with, and when they had to ask carefully, Song Yingxing also prevaricated on the grounds that only His Majesty knew about the matter.

But Song Yingxing still sighed and said: "Unfortunately, we can only use the big Ming cannon, and when we shot the sixth time, the chamber still exploded."

Looking at the dead pigs all over the ground, Bi Maokang hurriedly comforted him, "It's already amazing, I can announce the good news to Your Majesty."

Sun Yuanhua picked up a piece of iron from the blasted cannon body and said: "Let's leave the problem to Sun, but Brother Song, do you have to slaughter the dead pigs all over the ground immediately and please everyone have a good meal?"

"Let's find someone to carry them down to clean and stew them. There are dozens of them. We probably won't be able to eat them all. We plan to send some to the barracks. It just so happens that Eunuch Liu from the Imperial Horse Supervisor has been looking for butchers all over the city to buy meat these days."

While Song Yingxing was talking, a small yellow gate came running over and said, "Song Yingxing, Your Majesty has something to ask, how is your steel smelting going? If not, put the other experiments aside first."

"Please tell your majesty that the flowering bomb has an effect, but the small blast furnace that your majesty said, I have not yet produced the effect, what reducing agent and dynamic balance, I still don't understand, I would like to ask your majesty to spare some time for me Say it."

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