Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

Afterwards, Xu Huang and the others subconsciously felt a surge of blood as if they had recalled something, and they became a little embarrassed.

……

"power?"

"The power...is more than eye-catching, it's quite good."

"It's just that it would be nice if the power that can be done next time is smaller."

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Chapter 8 Wine-Scented Gunpowder

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty had a variety of holiday regulations than later generations, even on such an important festival as the Mid-Autumn Festival, the residents of Wancheng, Lujiang County were still working normally. It's the same as usual.

On the morning of this day, that is, the second day after Xu Huang and others returned, Zhang Yan brought Xu Huang and others over to Ma Jun's side, and happened to meet him at the gate of the newly established Weapons Research Institute of Lujiang Science and Technology Division. other side.

After greeting each other, Ma Jun looked in the direction of Xu Huang and the others in surprise.

……

"What? General Xu, you said that the power of the sky-shaking thunder is too great, and you should turn it down a little more?"

He asked the other party in surprise. After the chat just now, Ma Jun already knew that Zhang Yan brought these two people to the Science and Technology Department today, just to give himself feedback on the previous new style of Huolei. The effect of use in actual combat.

It was precisely because of this that he asked the other party some things about the power of fire and thunder, and wanted to see if there was anything that could be improved about this weapon that was developed incidentally in the process of developing the artillery.

It's just that he didn't expect that instead of asking him to further increase the power of this weapon, Xu Huang asked him to reduce the power of the weapon after saying that the weapon was very useful.

"exactly……"

"Mr. Ma, the Thunderbolt is very useful. We were able to successfully defeat Shanyue in Qianshan this time, and the Thunderbolt also played a big role."

"It's just that the power, I'm afraid it should be lowered."

He smiled a little embarrassedly. As a military commander, Xu Huang originally had some contempt for the literati under Zhang Yan's command.

It's just that when he learned from Zhang Yan that the powerful weapon was developed by Ma Jun, he seemed to have changed his temper. Even Pei Yuanshao was on the same side. The discerning literati respected him.

I saw Xu Huang clasped his fists with both hands, and slightly arched his hands towards Ma Jun, but Ma Jun became a little confused.

……

"Here, General Xu, I heard you right. This Thunderbolt is a weapon of the army. Isn't the more powerful the weapon, the better?"

"Now you're telling me that the Thunderbolt is too powerful, and you need to make it smaller..."

"This……"

……

He glanced at Zhang Yan who was standing aside with some doubts. After seeing the other party secretly nodding to him, Ma Jun took half a step back and brought everyone to the courtyard that was used for the research and office of the officials of the Science and Technology Department. middle.

"Well, well, since I asked my lord to send this kind of thing to the battlefield, you, General Xu, are the actual user. If you have any ideas, just say it, and I will make adjustments according to your needs. .”

"It's just that this is not a place to talk. Although our Lujiang Science and Technology Department has just been established, it is still an official office. There must be more or less rules. What is it like to talk at the door?"

"Well, you guys come with me first, let's talk in this room."

After waving to the few people present, Ma Jun took the lead and entered the courtyard.

As soon as they entered the compound surrounded by high walls, Xu Huang and the others felt as if they had entered a completely unfamiliar environment. In the courtyard with the plaque of "Science and Technology Division Martial Arts Research Institute" hanging high, they saw many people who had never been there before. Something not seen before.

Like bottles and cans played by some young scholars, all kinds of weights and measures stacked together are not bad, they can understand these.

As for some powders with mixed colors, Xu Huang and others' eyes were full of curiosity.

……

"That—my lord, what these scholars are playing with now is the gunpowder used in the Thunderbolt we used?"

"I can see that the powders in their hands are of various colors. Some are as fine as bean powder, but some are the same as soil."

"Is this all the gunpowder you told us about?"

Pointing to a young scholar not far away who was yawning, nibbling on the wheat cakes in his hand, and fiddling with bottles and cans, Pei Yuanshao tugged Zhang Yan's sleeve at the moment, and the two followed each other like this at the back of the line.

Xu Huang and Ma Jun were exchanging some things about the use of Zhentianlei, and he took the opportunity to call up his lord Zhang Yan, looked at the scholars quite curiously, and did not forget to ask Zhang Yan from time to time .

As for Zhang Yan, he naturally explained to the other party in a low voice.

……

"Well, some are gunpowder, but some are not."

"Old Pei, look at that pure white that is similar to refined wheat flour. It is not gunpowder, but fire nitrate, which is what is needed to make gunpowder."

"As for those that are not so detailed, and even a little rough..."

"Damn it, Ma Jun, come here!"

"What's in that scholar's hand? It's only been two days, and you got me out of Keli's powder??!"

……

Zhang Yan first explained something to Pei Yuanshao in a low voice, and then pointed to a scholar not far away who was fiddling with something in his hand——

The powder in the scholar's hand was pure white and flawless. If it wasn't something like flour, it was obviously purified potassium nitrate used to make gunpowder.

And it is obviously very normal for this kind of thing to appear in the "Lujiang Science and Technology Division Weapons Research Institute".

Speaking of which, he hasn't come to Ma Jun's place to join in the fun for a while.

Ever since Ma Jun was given a series of scientific research tasks in the future and handed over the development of the early copper cannon to him, Zhang Yan has been staying in the Lujiang government and rarely ran around.

Today, Zhang Yan also looked around curiously because he planned to bring Xu Huang and Pei Yuanshao over to give feedback on the trial results of Zhen Tianlei.

He was also a little curious, since he hadn't come to Ma Jun's place to watch the excitement, what kind of progress has the other party's scientific research on artillery.

It's just that when he saw a strange man who was still wearing a heavy leather robe in midsummer and even covered his face with a wooden mask, he took out a wooden board that held a large amount of "soil" and carefully checked the contents of the wooden board. When he was creating things, a look of surprise finally appeared on his face.

"Granulated gunpowder?"

A brand-new noun popped out of Zhang Yan's mouth. Although Pei Yuanshao hadn't roughly understood what he meant, he quickly memorized the noun and prepared to ask those scholars when he was free. What is the difference from the gunpowder in the Zhentianlei I used a few days ago.

Then, as if he was a little curious about the kind of gunpowder that looked like dirt, he took advantage of a scholar who was not paying attention, and when the other side was busy working, he secretly stuck a "soil-like gunpowder" with his finger on the wooden board containing the gunpowder. "Come down.

"Granulated? Hehe... This is true. Compared with the gunpowder that is like powder, this thing is indeed no different from granules."

"It's just this gunpowder...how come there is this smell of wine on it?"

Chapter 9 The battlefield may be different than you expected

While a few people were not paying attention, Pei Yuanshao put the twist of gunpowder under his nose and sniffed it lightly. Then he smelled a faint scent of wine, and suddenly let out a soft breath in surprise.

He is very familiar with the smell of that kind of wine, it is the specialty spirit of a brewery under Zhang Yan, which can be said to be the signature of Tianzihao in the whole Dahan, and it is unique.

As for his bluff, Ma Jun, who was walking ahead and kept muttering with Xu Huang, suddenly turned around curiously.

"Huh? What's the matter, General Pei, what are you doing?"

"Oh, by the way, my lord, were you calling me just now?"

Looking back in a strange way, Ma Jun seemed to hear someone calling him from behind, but he didn't understand what was said.

Seeing the two people in front stop, Zhang Yan repeated what he said just now with some helplessness.

"Deheng, I mean, you actually trial-produced granulated black powder without making a sound? Why didn't you tell me in advance!"

"Here, look, it's the twist in Lao Pei's hand. It's the granules rubbed out with high-purity alcohol, right?"

"I said why the wine shop's consumption has suddenly increased so much recently, and it turned out that it was all used by you..."

Pursing his lips and shaking his head, Zhang Yan just pointed to Pei Yuanshao who was still a little surprised at the side. At this moment, he was holding a dozen grains of black powder in his hand, and put them under his nose to smell as if he had seen something strange. .

When Ma Jun heard this, he slapped his forehead and reacted as if he had suddenly realized.

"Oh, my lord, you mean granulated black powder!"

"That thing is indeed being made, but there is no very good version at present. Most of the gunpowder tanned with spirits and egg whites are of different sizes, and the power cannot be determined at all—"

"Even if the same batch of gunpowder is tanned, the power varies from big to small, and there is no pattern at all."

"For example, the one in General Pei's hand is the product we mixed with [-]% egg white and [-]% spirits, tanned the prepared gunpowder powder into balls, and then dried it in the sun."

"This kind of thing is more powerful than the previous powder gunpowder, but the size is limited, and it is far from being successfully manufactured."

Taking the twist of gunpowder from Pei Yuanshao's hand, Ma Jun just put the thing under his nose and smelled it, and then he was sure that it was the batch of gunpowder they trial-produced last night.

Due to the limited explosive power of powdered gunpowder, Ma Jun never forgot to put the granulated black powder that the other party was thinking about on his schedule during the process of researching artillery.

It's just that the batch in Pei Yuanshao's hands...

They are too big, and they are still far away from the word success.

Shaking his head subconsciously, Ma Jun casually threw the gunpowder out.

As for the other people in the same group, except Zhang Yanruo thoughtful, the rest of the two just nodded in a half-understandable way, and they just said Ma Jun's "more powerful" and "not enough" and so on. A key word is kept in the bottom of my heart.

They are all warriors, and they don't understand the relationship between gunpowder, spirits, and egg whites.

However, Xu Huang and Pei Yuanshao can still understand that Ma Jun is developing a more powerful weapon under the instruction of their lord Zhang Yan.

……

"Hmm...well, here we are."

"This is my workplace, let's go in and talk."

Leading a few people into a small room in the Academy of Martial Arts with three crutches and two crutches, after entering the room, Ma Jun seemed to have entered the state, and his whole temperament became a little shrewd and capable.

Perhaps due to the influence of the surrounding environmental factors, Ma Jun, who is in his own "turf", has more than a trace of youthful confidence and high-spirited temperament than before.

Afterwards, he poured tea for several people present, and then gave Zhang Yan the main seat, while he himself sat on the auxiliary seat.

In fact, during this period of time, especially after passing Zhang Yan's test and officially entering the weapon development work, Ma Jun's life has become a lot easier.

Of course, this kind of relaxation does not mean that his daily work is so leisurely and leisurely, but that compared with the time before when he spent all day in the fields with the crops, Ma Jun now finally has some time to study quietly. , Think about something.

Ever since he took over the artillery research task from Zhang Yan and officially transferred from the Chemical Research Institute of the Science and Technology Department to the Weapons Research Institute, Ma Jun would review the knowledge that Zhang Yan gave him in this room every morning. At the same time, try to fully understand and master those knowledge.