Dan Yangzi continued, "The materials for the experiment, as well as the prepared gunpowder, are all in my room. I'll go get it and we'll go directly to the back of the mountain for the experiment."
Du Qi nodded.
Dan Yangzi went straight to the courtyard.
Du Qi waited outside the courtyard for a while before Dan Yangzi arrived. His old face couldn't help but reveal a look of anticipation and excitement. Because he was about to witness a miracle.
Whether the gunpowder was as described in the book or not, it all depended on this.
Du Qi, Dan Yangzi, Liu Jian, and Mordor went to the back of the mountain. Dan Yangzi took out a small package. The innermost layer was the gunpowder wrapped in soft paper, about the size of a fist.
The outermost layer was wrapped in silk, making the gunpowder even tighter. Then, a fuse was pulled out and used as a place to ignite the gunpowder.
Du Qi saw it and asked, "Dan Yangzi, how are you going to do the experiment?"
Dan Yangzi said, "Your Highness, this humble Daoist's plan is to put it on the ground and ignite the fuse."
Du Qi shook his head, "No, your fuse is too short. Once it explodes, people may be affected. Go and get another piece of fuse. It has to be at least a foot long, enough for you to run away quickly. In addition, dig a hole in the ground and put the wrapped gunpowder in the hole first before igniting it. This way, it'll be safer. "
Dan Yangzi heard it and agreed with it.
It was better to be cautious.
Dan Yangzi quickly left and went to his courtyard. Soon, he took a piece of fuse and connected it to the previous one, putting the gunpowder in the hole that had been dug.
Mordor saw this and frowned, "Your Highness, what is this thing?"
Du Qi said, "Gunpowder!"
Mordor saw Du Qi retreat at least twenty steps in the blink of an eye and said, "Your Highness, isn't it just a small thing? Do we need to retreat so far?"
Du Qi smiled. "You'll know soon enough."
Dan Yangzi was about to start the fire, but Du Qi refused and told Dan Yangzi to return. After all, Dan Yangzi was old and his legs were inconvenient. Du Qi asked Liu Jian to light the fire with a torch. As the fuse was lit, the slow match began to burn.
Liu Jian quickly retreated. Before the fuse was ignited, he had already returned to Du Qi's side and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what you're doing. I'm so nervous."
Dan Yangzi glanced at Liu Jian and said, "I'm nervous too."
Liu Jian said, "Master, you didn't go up to light the fire. Why are you so nervous?"
Dan Yangzi said, "I'm nervous about whether or not you'll succeed."
When Liu Jian heard this, he smiled and didn't say anything.
Everyone's gazes fell on the fuse. At that moment, the fuse was burning fiercely. The power generated by the burning caused the fuse to sway incessantly. They were getting closer and closer to where the gunpowder was buried.
When the fuse reached the final distance, Du Qi had already covered his ears.
When Dan Yangzi saw this, he followed suit.
On the other hand, Mordor and Liu Jian didn't seem to care. The two of them didn't know what it was, so they didn't think it would be very powerful. In the next moment, the fuse finished burning and ignited the gunpowder.
All of the gunpowder exploded at that moment.
"Boom!!"
A loud sound rang out from the back of the mountain. The sound was deafening. Liu Jian and Mordor, who were close to where the gunpowder was buried, blinked their eyes. Their faces were filled with disbelief, and their ears were buzzing.
Especially Liu Jian, who was so scared that he fell to the ground on his butt. His eyes were filled with horror.
It was so scary!
The sound was too loud!
Especially at the moment of the explosion just now, the soil splattered everywhere. The momentum was quite vast.
When Du Qi saw this, a smile appeared on his face. Because the materials and formula had been given to Dan Yangzi, this time's success was inevitable. There wouldn't be any problems.
The only problem was the effect of the explosion.
Now it seemed that the effect of the explosion was quite good. As the smoke and dust dispersed, a hole in the ground was revealed. It was at least seven feet in diameter.
Dan Yangzi was even more excited. His old face was flushed. He looked at Du Qi and said, "Your Highness, it's done. It's a success."
He was overjoyed.
To Dan Yangzi, all he did was gather some ingredients and prepare the formula. But if he could succeed and live up to Du Qi's trust, everything was worth it.
At this moment, Liu Jian just stood up.
He still had a frightened look on his face. He said, "Your Highness, what kind of weapon is this? It's so scary. Such a weapon is really too powerful. It's too scary. I didn't cover my ears just now. Now I feel my ears are buzzing and my brain is a little confused. "
Mordor echoed, "Your Highness, this weapon is really powerful."
Du Qi said, "This is the secret weapon prepared by this king. If it doesn't work at all, then what's the use of it? The weapons this time are the weapons that our army will be equipped with in the future. "
Mordor said, "It's great to have such a weapon. Once it's used on the battlefield, it will definitely be very powerful. But the range is not big enough. It'll be better if it can be bigger. "
Du Qi said, "Naturally, we can make it bigger. We just need to increase the dosage later."
Dan Yangzi suddenly said, "Your Highness, this poor Daoist has a little idea about the manufacture of this gunpowder."
Du Qi said, "What idea?"
Dan Yangzi said, "In addition to increasing the dosage, another aspect is to add some steel needles and iron blocks. Once it explodes, the steel needles and iron blocks will splatter everywhere. "
After a pause, Dan Yangzi continued, "This poor Daoist just noticed that the moment the gunpowder exploded, the soil splashed everywhere. With the addition of steel needles and so on, the lethality on the battlefield will be incomparably huge. Everywhere it passes, people and animals will be seriously injured. "
Du Qi gave a thumbs up and praised, "Dan Yangzi, you really have a wonderful idea. Not bad, not bad. We can give it a try. When the time comes, you can arrange some animals in the explosion area to test the power of the explosion. "
"This poor Daoist understands."
Dan Yangzi's face was brimming with a bright smile. Because he now found his own direction.
Alchemy was not fun at all.
Explosives were where the fun lay.
Think about it, if he were to develop even more powerful explosives, then all the weapons used on the battlefield would be developed by him, Dan Yangzi. One could imagine how exciting that would be.
Dan Yangzi solemnly said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. This humble one will definitely develop it well."
Du Qi nodded.
He believed in Dan Yangzi.
"Reporting!"
At this time, a soldier entered and quickly came to Du Qi's side, reporting, "Your Highness, Registrar Guo, Adjunct Yi, and Adjunct Yuan request an audience."
Du Qi ordered, "Invite them in."
"Yes!"
The soldier received the order and turned to inform the others.
Because Guo Xiaozheng, Yi Fusheng, and Yuan Yin were all in the mansion, and only Yu Deshui had gone out to handle some matters. Thus, when the three of them heard the earth-shattering explosion in the mansion, they were all shocked and asked to see Du Qi.
However, when they asked to see Du Qi outside the study, they learned that Du Qi was coming to the back of the mountain, so they hurried to the back of the mountain. Not long after, Guo Xiaozheng and the other two arrived.
Guo Xiaozheng looked nervous. He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, what happened just now? The entire mansion heard the earth-shaking explosion. It felt like something had exploded. "
Yi Fusheng nodded and said, "The explosion just now was like thunder in the clear sky. It was really scary."
Yuan Yin did not say anything.
Because he saw Dan Yangzi. Yesterday, Yuan Yin specifically reported to Du Qi about Dan Yangzi's problem. At that time, Du Qi said that Dan Yangzi wanted to develop a new weapon, and the deadline was three months.
Now that Dan Yangzi was here, Yuan Yin had a vague guess in his heart.
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