"gunpowder?"

"What is this?"

Several people looked at each other, none of them had heard of this new word.

"It's what makes you explode."

Guan Ning's explanation made Li Dagen's face change slightly, as if he had thought of something, and he was also frightened.

"Your Majesty, the explosion in the furnace caused the death of two of my apprentices. I was just lucky and escaped."

Li Dagen was busy talking.

This His Majesty is so crazy that he wants to refine such a terrifying thing. What they fear most when making elixirs is the explosion of the furnace.

"Cut the nonsense!"

Guan Ning said: "You just follow my arrangements, otherwise you will die."

Hear this.

Several people shivered uncontrollably, they did not want to follow in the footsteps of those people.

"We will do a good job."

Li Dagen was busy responding.

Next, Guan Ning began the experiment.

Danding Palace was the place where Emperor Longjing originally made alchemy. Everything was available, including the raw materials he needed to make gunpowder.

The main thing is to make the first batch and determine the recipe first.

The explosive power of black gunpowder is also several times different. Charcoal, sulfur and nitrate are randomly mixed together in various proportions. It can only be regarded as a loose mixture, which is not resistant to storage and rapidity. It is also susceptible to moisture and contains many impurities.

Little power.

Otherwise it can only be a smoke, not even an open flame, or it can only be a firework.

Guan Ning has prepared the corresponding tools, a small scale, which he specially made, and can weigh the proportion very accurately.

Then there is a special vessel for mixing and stirring, and the rest is the raw materials.

Sulfur and nitre, and charcoal.

What surprised him was that the purification of these raw materials was very high.

For example, charcoal needs to be ground into powder, but after grinding, it needs to be sieved several times to select only uniform powder.

The most difficult thing to obtain is saltpeter. During the Ming Dynasty, there were people who specialized in boiling and pouring saltpeter. This was a life-threatening and hard work. It was quite miserable, and they were all done in caves.

Since there is no gunpowder in Dakang, saltpeter is used to make ice, which meets the needs of the rich and nobles, including the imperial palace.

Therefore, a kind of people who specialize in collecting saltpeter were derived, called saltpeter people.

They swept this rare saltpeter soil from pigsties, stables, huts and other places, put it in buckets and soaked it in water. After filtering, they boiled the filtrate and dried it in the sun to obtain saltpeter crystals.

Don’t underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. In fact, it has many applications in this era.

Because it was used for alchemy, Emperor Longjing had very high requirements, and these raw materials were refined to a very fine level.

Manpower is infinite.

Even if you do it stupidly again and again, you can reach a very high level. Of course, there is still a gap compared with modern times, but it is not bad...

Guan Ning was very satisfied.

Once everything was ready, the experiment began.

He took action himself, and the alchemists temporarily acted as his assistants, just watching curiously.

Li Dagen felt that His Majesty had the potential to be an alchemist. His seriousness and meticulousness made him very suitable for an alchemist.

This is basically how they choose ingredients for making elixirs.

Here Guan Ning is busy carefully and meticulously, and he starts to make the ratio according to the formula.

First mix the charcoal powder and sulfur powder into the container, then slowly add water, let them mix thoroughly, and then mix the nitrate powder into it and stir.

The resulting mixture dried naturally, and small black crystals appeared.

"Is this gunpowder?"

Li Dagen looked curious.

"Give it a try."

Guan Ning made a fuse and tried to light it, but there was only a weak flame, not even much blue smoke...

The first test failed!

Guan Ning frowned, realizing that this didn't seem to be a simple matter.

Keep experimenting!

Guan Ning was not discouraged. He asked Li Dagen to lead others to experiment.

This time he did not try rashly, but tried hard to echo the knowledge in his memory. This required calculation, not that he could actually do it just by knowing a rough idea.

"puff!"

Along with the thick blue smoke, there was a fire.

Everyone around was excited. This was already the fifth test, and the power was much better than the first time.

Guan Ning was not satisfied.

At this level, it can only be used as fireworks, the explosion speed is very low and there is no power.

Keep experimenting.

Li Dagen is also a creative talent. He recalled the formula he used to explode the furnace before, and after several experiments, he actually made a very powerful gunpowder.

But this is not what Guan Ning wants. The formula is too complicated and the production cost is too high.

Sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter are the three simplest raw materials.

Guan Ning entered into crazy experiments, believing that he could find the most perfect ratio.

At this time, it was no longer just about having powerful weapons, but became an obsession.

After staying in Danding Palace for half a day, there were still many government affairs for him to handle. I don't know how Xue Huairen found out that Guan Ning was here, so he hurried over.

They all know exactly where Danding Palace is.

Could it be that His Majesty also wants to make elixirs?

"How long has your Majesty been here?"

Xue Huairen asked Cheng Jing with a solemn expression.

"It's been three hours."

"Three hours?"

Xue Huairen was slightly startled.

He just went to ask for a meeting, but he didn't see him at all, saying that he couldn't be disturbed at a critical moment.

This left Xue Huairen speechless.

"These deluded alchemists should really be killed!"

Xue Huairen can now be sure.

Your Majesty must be obsessed with alchemy, even more obsessed than Emperor Long Jing.

After all, Emperor Long Jing asked others to make elixirs before, but His Majesty did it himself.

The new dynasty is changing with each passing day and getting better day by day. If your Majesty is addicted to this way, it will really be over!

"Eunuch Cheng, please send someone to inform Lord Gongliang, Lord Li, and Lord Lu when they come here. They must not make any announcement about Your Majesty's alchemy."

"Your Majesty is not refining elixirs, but refining medicine, which seems to be called gunpowder."

Cheng Jing explained, which made Xue Huairen even more anxious.

"What is the difference between refining elixirs and refining medicines?"

Cheng Jing was speechless.

He was actually very worried. He went in just now and listened to His Majesty saying strange things. He probably remembered one sentence.

"Since the formula is not a mass ratio, it must be a molar ratio."

What is this and what?

Your Majesty is not really obsessed.

He quickly sent someone to inform him, and soon all these people came.

Xue Huairen was afraid that he could not persuade His Majesty alone, so he called Gong Liangyu and others.

After explaining the situation, several people looked solemn and did not dare to neglect.

Gong Liangyu gritted his teeth and said: "Even if I die to remonstrate, I cannot let Your Majesty follow in the footsteps of Xizong!"

"Your Majesty is a weakling, how come you have found immortality?"

"Emperors of all dynasties have been like this, and your Majesty is not exempt from it!"

"Dead remonstrance!"

"Dead remonstrance!"

Several people gritted their teeth and showed determination, ready to rush in directly.

"boom!"
Chapter completed!