The most romantic little emperor

Chapter 526 Gunpowder

Qin Hao smiled slightly. That smile showed both confidence in knowledge and a desire to explore the unknown. He slowly uttered two words, "gunpowder."

"gunpowder?"

These two words, like thunder in early spring, exploded in everyone's hearts and caused ripples.

They looked at each other, with a mixture of confusion and curiosity in their eyes, as if they realized for the first time that there were areas in this world that they had not touched, and mysterious things that they did not know about.

Someone couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Your Majesty, what exactly is gunpowder?"

"It's the thing that can explode the furnace during your alchemy process." Qin Hao's words were like a sharp blade in the cold wind, gently passing by, but it made Hu Dagen's face freeze instantly. A trace of fear that was hard to conceal instantly climbed up his eyebrows, as if touching upon the nightmare deep in his memory that he didn't want to look back on.

Seeing this, Hu Dagen hurried forward and said earnestly, "Your Majesty, this thing is very serious and its danger is far beyond imagination."

"The explosion at that time is still a shadow that lingers in my heart. It ruthlessly took the lives of my two beloved disciples, and I was just lucky enough to escape."

There was a hint of trembling in his voice, and every word was like a heavy stone, falling on everyone's heart and causing ripples.

His Majesty is too crazy to intentionally touch such a taboo. His courage is admirable, but it also makes people worried.

Doesn't he know that the most feared thing in alchemy is the explosion of the furnace?

"Cut the nonsense!"

Qin Hao's face instantly revealed an undisguised murderous intent, and he directly ordered: "Just follow my arrangements. When we do the test, it will be fine if we use less material, right?"

"As long as you can develop gunpowder for me, I will ensure that you will have a life of luxury. Otherwise, I will have no choice but to send you to another world."

When Hu Dagen heard Qin Hao's words, which were both inducements and threats, his heart was in turmoil, but his face quickly changed to a pious expression, and he promised repeatedly: "I will obey your majesty's will. We will do our best and live up to your trust."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around them also swore an oath to express their loyalty.

Then, Qin Hao got to the point, and an experiment on the development of gunpowder quietly began.

The imperial guards walked steadily, carrying baskets of carefully prepared raw materials into the house.

The first task is to establish the prototype of the mysterious formula.

You know, even if it is the same black powder, its power can vary greatly due to subtle differences in the proportions.

Charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter, these three seemingly ordinary substances, once carefully mixed, can be transformed into a source of devastating power.

However, if these three substances are mixed together randomly in various proportions, it can only be regarded as a loose mixture and cannot be called gunpowder.

The large number of impurities not only weakens its due power, but also makes the mixture look dull.

Perhaps, it can only produce smoke, not even an open flame, or it can only be made into fireworks.

Qin Hao has lived two lives, so he naturally knows the difference between the two and has a deep understanding and pursuit of science.

To invent gunpowder, precise proportions are essential.

To this end, he specially arranged for Lu Tie to make an exquisite small scale that could accurately weigh the weight of each raw material and then match the precise proportions.

On the side, there is a special container designed for mixing these three substances, which allows the raw materials to be stirred more thoroughly.

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

Take charcoal as an example. It not only has to go through a tedious grinding process to turn it into a soft powder, but also has to pursue perfection on top of this fineness. It has to be carefully screened through layers of fine meshes to retain only the most uniform and delicate powder.

The most difficult thing to obtain is the refining of saltpeter.

Looking back to the Ming Dynasty in the past, there was a group of people who gambled their lives, were locked up in dark caves, and engaged in the hard work of boiling and pouring saltpeter. Behind this were countless unknown hardships and sacrifices.

In the land of Daxia, because there was no gunpowder, saltpeter was given a new use. It was used to make ice cubes, becoming a luxury item for noble families and even royal relatives to cool off. The demand was so great that it was staggering.

Because of this, a special profession quietly emerged, and they were called "nitrate people" by the world.

These people swept up the saltpeter-containing soil from pig pens, stables, toilets and other places.

Then, place it in a wooden barrel, add water and soak it. After repeated filtration, the filtrate is boiled and dried, and finally condensed into pieces of crystal clear saltpeter.

Never underestimate the wisdom of these ancients. In fact, many of them have been applied to people's lives in this era.

Although human resources are limited, with unremitting efforts and persistence, and clumsy but determined attempts again and again, we can reach remarkable heights.

Of course, this is far from the technology of the previous life, but it is not bad...

Qin Hao felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction at the result, as if all his efforts and expectations were not in vain.

When all the work is ready, the next step is to start the experiment.

In order to give these people a rigorous experimental attitude and scientific research methods, Qin Hao personally took charge of the operation.

And those alchemists became his most loyal audience, surrounding him, their eyes sparkling with curiosity and awe for the unknown world.

Hu Dagen pondered secretly on the side, and couldn't help feeling a little joking in his heart: Your Majesty's obsession with details and desire to explore the unknown make him a natural alchemist.

If he hadn't been wearing a dragon robe and holding the universe in his hands, he would have become a master of alchemy sooner or later.

His concentration and meticulousness coincided so perfectly with their daily routine of selecting medicinal materials and preparing medicinal recipes.

At this moment, Qin Hao was busy and focused. He began to try to adjust the proportions according to the formula from his previous life.

First, put the charcoal powder and sulfur powder into a container, then slowly add water, allowing the two to fully blend and penetrate.

Then he mixed saltpeter powder into it and stirred it carefully until the three substances were completely integrated.

After that, let the mixture dry naturally until a black crystalline powder appears.

"Is this gunpowder?" Hu Dagen asked curiously with a slight tremor in his voice.

Qin Hao smiled slightly and did not give too much explanation. He tried to make a fuse and connected it to the black crystalline powder.

At the moment the sparks jumped, everyone held their breath, hoping for a miracle to happen.

However, the faint flame leaped and disappeared in a flash, without even a trace of blue smoke appearing.

The first experiment ended in failure.