Become a feudal king from today

"Hey, this doesn't seem to be the direction of the Science and Technology School." The officials looked at the direction of the explosion, showing doubts on their faces.

Liu Fu couldn't help but make a sound of doubt.

Zhao Xu was in no mood to continue the discussion. Wang Chong's steam engine exploded last time.

But he has learned his lesson, this time it should not be Wang Chong's fault.

If it wasn't Wang Chong's, then there was only one possibility left.

Something happened in Qu Sheng's chemical workshop.

After he handed over the preparation of three acids and two bases to Qu Sheng.

Qu Sheng was not idle, and he led the students who were proficient in chemistry in the Science and Technology School to keep busy with this matter.

He occasionally asked about the progress, and Qu Sheng told him that he would not be able to build a steam engine later than Wang Chong.

Thinking of this, he asked Liu Fu and the officials to continue.

He went to the workshop area under the protection of Xu Lie, where the sound of the explosion came from.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the workshop area, he saw white smoke rising near the chemical workshop.

The entire chemical workshop was in chaos, and workshop craftsmen kept carrying buckets to put out the fire.

However, when Zhao Xu got closer, he discovered that the thick smoke did not come from the production workshop, but from the Fang District laboratory next door.

In addition to having a laboratory in the Science and Technology School, Qu Sheng and the others also established a laboratory in the Chemical Workshop in order to conduct experiments nearby.

Now, six students were lying in front of the laboratory, all covered with blood and moaning in pain.

Qu Sheng was inspecting the injuries of six people.

"What's going on?" Zhao Xu walked over and asked directly.

When Qu Sheng saw Zhao Xu, he even forgot to salute and said with a guilty look on his face: "Your Highness, this is all the fault of this subordinate, please punish me."

"What's wrong with punishment? Let's talk about what happened first!" Zhao Xu said solemnly.

Qu Sheng said anxiously, "A student said that he accidentally mixed glycerin into a mixture of nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid. He left before he could react. Other students came in and accidentally mixed the glass bottle with the mixture. It hit the ground and exploded inexplicably.”

Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this.

Because the reaction of creation is an experiment that students must master, he also asked to keep the glycerin.

So there is glycerol in the test.

Mixing concentrated sulfuric acid with nitric acid to create mixed acid was also one of the tests he requested.

But what a coincidence, Qu Sheng and the others accidentally created nitroglycerin this time.

This thing is extremely unstable and will explode upon impact.

During the lecture, he deliberately did not talk about this with Qu Sheng and others, just because he was afraid that they, stupid young men, would mess around and blow themselves up.

Unexpectedly, this accident was not avoided.

"I understand, how are the students injured?" Zhao Xu asked.

"The nearest student was seriously injured. The flesh on his leg was exploded. The others were basically minor injuries." Qu Sheng felt increasingly guilty.

While Zhao Xu was speaking, he was already checking the students' injuries, which was similar to what Qu Sheng said.

The most seriously injured student was unconscious and his legs were bloody.

The medical officer stationed in the workshop is applying herbs to stop bleeding and bandaging the unconscious student.

"Give him the best medicine." Zhao Xu ordered.

These students are his treasures, and their value cannot be reflected yet.

But when he expels Beidi, stabilizes Dasong, and fights against the Western powers of this world, they will become the force that promotes the overall advancement of Dasong technology.

"Your Highness, don't worry. There is no problem with his bones. He just needs to rest for a while." The medical officer was not very nervous.

"That's good." Zhao Xu nodded.

Not long after, the medical officer ordered the injured practitioners to be carried away.

Other students began to enter the laboratory to clean up the mess.

Qu Sheng said at this time: "Your Highness, what is going on? Why does glycerin explode when mixed with acid?"

"I want to wait until the Prospecting Department finds a special kind of soil before we discuss it with you, but now that you have created it unintentionally, I will tell you that this student accidentally created nitroglycerin." Zhao Xuyao shook his head.

Nitroglycerin, an unstable substance, cannot be used by him at the moment. Because it is a liquid, it cannot be converted into propellant for guns.

Unless the prospecting company finds diatomite ore and mixes it with it to make stable diatomite gunpowder.

This kind of gunpowder is yellow gunpowder that is a higher grade than black gunpowder.

"Nitroglycerine?" Qu Sheng read the name again.

Zhao Xu then told Qu Sheng this piece of knowledge again, explaining the role of nitroglycerin and how to use diatomaceous earth and nitroglycerin to make yellow gunpowder.

"I didn't expect that an accident would create such a dangerous thing." Qu Sheng sighed with emotion.

"In fact, many things were discovered accidentally during experiments." Zhao Xu smiled.

Gunpowder was accidentally discovered by Taoist priests in contemporary history when they were refining alchemy.

"In this way, we only need to wait for the news from the ore prospecting department to turn the digested glycerol into stable gunpowder." Qu Sheng looked forward to it, wishing he could use a whip to urge the people from the ore prospecting department to find the diatomaceous earth quickly.

Then he suddenly realized that he still didn’t know what diatomaceous earth was, so he asked Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu then explained that diatomite is a kind of siliceous rock, mainly composed of the remains of ancient diatoms, just like plants precipitating into petroleum.

In contemporary times, this resource is mainly distributed in my country, the United States, Japan and other countries.

This is a parallel world, history changes, but the location of resources does not change.

In my country, diatomite is mainly distributed in Jilin, Shandong, Zhejiang, and southwest Hebei.

Corresponding to Dasong is the northern part of Ningjin Dusi, Qizhou and Zhezhou, and the position of Daijun in Yanzhou.

Although the quality of diatomaceous earth in Daijun is not as good as that of places like Qizhou, it is still rich in resources and is enough for his use.

At that time, when he forced Zhao Heng to ask for the three counties of Nannan, he also had this consideration.

After all, the bigger the territory, the more resources there are on the territory.

Won't get stuck in the mines.

"I see." Qu Sheng basically understood, "Wang Chong made granular gunpowder. Your Highness, please give this yellow gunpowder to your subordinate."

Zhao Xu nodded, and Wang Chong turned to physics.

It is natural to leave this matter to Qu Sheng.

"Then you have to wait for news from the Prospecting Department." Zhao Xu said.

There is no satellite positioning in this world, and the prospecting company can only rely on his environment description to find it.

Moreover, the mines are all underground, and sometimes they even have to dig deeper to find them, which is still difficult.

Therefore, the prospecting department can only list diatomaceous earth as one of the key minerals to search for.

As for when we can find it, we can only hope for luck.

After talking about this, Zhao Xu turned to the workshop where the craftsmen were coming in and out, "The nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid in the laboratory are so rich. It seems that you have made a lot of them during this period."

A smile finally appeared on Qu Sheng's face, "I will live up to His Highness's trust. The three acids and two alkali that His Highness requested can be produced in large quantities here."

Putting out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, Qu Sheng walked in front and led Zhao Xu into the workshop.