Chapter 534 Although Chen Zilong had no research experience in Liaoxi, he studied with those old craftsmen and learned alchemy with some Taoist priests, which was actually early chemistry.In this way, Chen Zilong became a researcher in the gunpowder project team of the Liaodong Gun Bureau.Quan Xu naturally knew about Chen Zilong's existence, like Sun Yuanhua, he knew that he knew, but he didn't interfere.Anyway, the Gun Bureau is an independent existence, the access management here is very strict, no one can be an exception, and he can't even take away the Gun Bureau with the experimental data.If he can keep all the test data in his mind, such a super brain, not nothing, if Chen Zilong really has such ability, Quan Xu will admit it."
Did you really get it out?"
Quan Xu looked at Chen Zilong's appearance, slightly surprised, the same rice raised a hundred kinds of people.Chen Zilong is the son of Chen Shiwen, a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and is known as the last poet of the Ming Dynasty.Of course, he was actually a leader who was good at organizing student movements, a key member of the Jiangnan Party Club in the Ming Dynasty, and later founded the "Several Societies" of weaving."
Few, there are a few re-energies of the peerless learning, and the righteousness of a few gods is also known.When the Qing soldiers captured Nanjing, he gathered the Taihu People's Armed Organizations to contact and carry out anti-Qing activities, and was arrested after the defeat.On May 13, 1647, the first year of Yongli, he was martyred by throwing himself into the water.Chen Zilong said excitedly: "It's out, it's out!"
”"Quick, take me to see it!"
Quan Xu followed Chen Zilong and ran away.The original site of the Liaodong Gun Bureau is the original Jinzhou Acropolis, a whole Acropolis, which can accommodate 30,000 or 40,000 people, which is larger than the Quanjiabao in Quanjiazhuang Town.Unfortunately, it was still not enough, and the Gun Bureau repeatedly expanded outward, and the original Golden State City became a production plant for artillery, rocket launchers and muskets of the Gun Bureau.As for the Gunpowder Research Institute of the Gun Bureau, it is almost more than a kilometer away from the original Jinzhou City Wall, and lives next to the Mechanical Research Institute.Although they live next to the Mechanical Research Institute, in fact, they are different, and Quan Xu is also afraid that they will make some accidents in the research and blow up the entire arsenal of the Gun Bureau.The mechanical research institute and the gunpowder research institute are not separated by a wall, but an artificial lake, the development of Jinzhou is too rapid, the business of taking earth kilns to burn bricks is very prosperous, this artificial lake, occupies 14,500 acres, and the soil in it is all burned into bricks.The building of the Gunpowder Research Institute is the tightest, even more like a solid fortress than the Marquis of Wuwei, with a frame structure made of steel and concrete to avoid collapse in the explosion.In the clean and tidy research center, yes, it is clean and tidy, although Chen Zilong is sloppy, but the workplace is surprisingly clean and tidy.A dozen people were chattering around a fist-sized thing, and needless to say, these guys were also dynamite maniacs, and they smelled the same as the pair of living treasures.Seeing Quan Xu coming in, Chen Zilong's eyebrows fluttered, and his saliva was about to spray on Quan Xu: "My lord, I got the collodion glue you wanted!"
”"Where?"
Chen Zilong said: "That's it!"
It took a lot of effort to get the cotton wool and glue, and then we mixed the two to make this thing!
”Quan Xu's eyes lit up instantly, and he took the not very eye-catching thing, sniffed and pinched, and was so excited that it couldn't do it, it was really collodion!
The world's first stable explosive, he finally got it!
He was so excited that he kneaded it hard, kneading the ball of collodion into a strange shape, and smirked in his mouth, almost taking a bite to taste what it tasted like.He smiled and asked, "How did you get it?"
”Chen Zilong said seriously: "According to the instructions of the adults, we make glue and cotton wool respectively, and then mix them in proportion There is no difficulty, but the cotton wool and cotton are a bit dangerous, and they will explode if you are not careful. ”Quan Xu gave a thumbs up to this sloppy ghost: "Yes, you did a good job!"
”Chen Zilong's face became painful: "Your Excellency is polite, this is what we should do, but is this collodion really as powerful as adults say?"
”"Of course!
Why else would I make it?
I tell you, this thing is not only several times more powerful than black powder, but it is also very safe, not like cotton wool that explodes at every turn" "Safe that's for sure, but it also seems to be safe" "What do you mean?
”"We used it for an experiment yesterday, put a fuse on it and detonated, the fuse burned out, it didn't react at all, such a big piece of collodion, down from the third floor, no, if it was black powder, or cotton wool, it would have exploded a long time ago, I still burned it in the fire, a jar of alcohol was burned, it hasn't exploded!"
Hearing this, Quan Xu was also completely convinced: "You have a kind!"
”Collodion glue, in fact, is also a yellow explosive, also called TNT, is the safest explosive in the world, if you say that in film and television dramas, you hold a pistol, or a rifle, hit TNT, and detonate TNT, which definitely shows that the director does not understand military affairs.The bullet hits the black powder and can be detonated, there are absolutely no problems.It can also detonate the cotton wool, as for gasoline, there is no problem, but this TNT will definitely not be hit by bullets and explode, as one of the high explosives, TNT is actually the most stable and safest explosive.This requires detonation with a detonator.Chen Zilong had a headache, he wanted to create a powerful explosive, which could better kill Jiannu and replace the cotton wool, because the explosive power of the cotton was greater than that of black powder, and the shortcomings were also very prominent.Black powder, as long as it avoids open flames and static electricity, it is basically safe, but not cotton wool, it can explode if it is violently shaken, let alone an open flame.Of course, this kind of insecurity, sometimes, is also very effective.For example, the most troublesome problem with flintlock pistols is that the mute rate is too high, but the problem is that the mute rate is miraculously better when the cotton is replaced by black powder.Now the flintlock pistol of the whole family army is no longer three out of ten shots, even if a hundred shots are fired in a row, there may not be three dumb shots.This can basically meet the needs on the battlefield.Quan Xu smiled: "Give me a copper pipe, stuff it with a cotton wool, and glue it together with this cotton wool!"
”These craftsmen were very hands-on, and in a short time, they made a copper pipe, stuffed it with a fire wool, used it as a fuse, and began to ignite it.As the cotton burns slowly in the copper pipe, when the cotton burns out.Bang.An orange flame burst out, the smoke and flames rolled up, the ground shook violently as if it were shaken, and the feet of the guys who were hiding in the distance to watch the excitement were weak, and they all turned into rolling gourds, and their ears buzzed as if they had been slapped hard!
There are also a lot of stones that were thrown high, falling like hailstones, and whoever hit them was unlucky, but everyone didn't react to this, and their faces turned pale one by one, obviously frightened by the thunderous explosion!
Not only them, but the entire research institute were frightened, and they could be seen jumping hundreds of steps away!
Don't blame them, the vast majority of people have never heard such a terrifying loud noise in their lives, and it is normal to be so frightened that their souls are not possessed.In the smoke of gunpowder, Chen Zilong jumped three feet high, danced with his hands, jumped and shouted like crazy: "I understand, I understand, hahaha, I finally understand!"
”A basin of cold water was immediately handed over to Chen Zilong's head, and Quan Xu said lightly: "Although the cotton wool can be used to detonate the cotton wool, the problem is that it is unrealistic to use the cotton wool as a fuse, it is too dangerous, it may have exploded before the shell flies out of the chamber, we can't take a long cotton wool as a fuse on each shell, right?"
”Chen Zilong nodded and said, "What should I do then?"
”"The next thing you have to do is to find a way to make a fuse that is relatively safe and stable, but will explode when it is hit by a violent collision or an open flame!"
Quan Xu looked at the researchers and said: "This is very important, without it, no matter how much collodion we make, it will be in vain!"
”Chen Zilong's eyes widened: "How can I get this!"
”Quan Xu shrugged and said, "I don't know, look at your guys, come on, I'm optimistic about you!"
”Jeon Wook knew, but didn't say it.Western liaoning.Zu Dashou has been very depressed in the past few years, and Chongzhen's distrust of him has dealt a great blow to his prestige.Actually, this is not a big deal, as long as the Ming Dynasty still has to rely on him, rely on his army to hold the strategic place of Liaoxi, and can only turn a blind eye to his surrender.The problem is that with the rise of the whole family army and the Tianxiong army, the dependence of the Ming Dynasty on his ancestors and the Guanning army is rapidly decreasing, especially after the battle of Guangning, despite the strong protest of the Guanning army, the military salary of the Dongjiang army has been increased to 300,000 taels, and the two fierce generals Zu Dale and Zu Dabi and the six thousand iron hooves under their command have been transferred to the Guannei for the Tianxiong army to drive.This was unthinkable before, and it has always been only Liaoxi Jiangmen who gave Ming Ting's face to see, when will it be Ming Ting's turn to shout at them?
Zu Dashou clearly felt that the Ming Court's trust in him and the tolerance limit for Guan Ningjun were rapidly decreasing, but he was helpless.The generals of the Guanning army were indignant and threatened to create a mutiny to give the Ming court a little color.They were very good at this, but they were stopped by Zu Dashou.Zu Dashou realized that the balance of power between the Ming and the Later Jin was quietly changing with the unstoppable rise of the two new armies, and that this decline became more and more evident as the Dongjiang Army regained control of Korea and the Tianxiong Army attacked Gao Yingxiang.The good days of Guan Ningjun's family being the dominant family are gone forever, and offending the Ming court to death at such a juncture will not benefit Guan Ningjun in the slightest.