Chapter 53 It turns out that this is the explosion
The information of the primitive beast tribe is very important. If the beast has wisdom, it is indeed a bit of a risk.
But that's all. Alan heard from Windsor that the beast tide of beasts had no armor and was fighting naked.
They do not have flesh as hard as plate armor, only a will to not be afraid of death, which is equivalent to opening a group of wild beasts with the talent of blood rage. They are not afraid of pain, and overdraw their bodies and maintain high movement speed during battle.
This "blood anger" is not the same blood anger. They do not have the ability to heal the wound. The more they get beaten, the more they get hurt, and they may be disabled for half their lives.
The well-equipped orc army can withstand the barbaric attack of the beast tide by just building fortifications in advance.
However, the beast tide is not always head-on. They may bypass the army and attack other towns in order to eat.
Whenever the beast tide runs unreasonably, the army of the Lion Heart Kingdom will run around, defending the beast tide from various paths, or sending cavalry to quickly support it.
After listening to Windsor's explanation, Allen was a little unsure whether his Beastspeople's talent could control the Beasts.
The last time he was able to control the beast tide was because the beast group was mentally low and there was no one who led the beasts. He just wanted to talk nonsense and promise their future vision, and the ignorant beast immediately recognized him as the leader.
If a beast king appears, the situation will be different. Instead of believing in humans who understand beast language, it is better to obey the beast king's orders, so it is not easy for him to control the beast tide.
But who knows that I haven't tried it? Allen feels that he can give it a try.
"If the beast tide comes to us, we may have to move the village..." Windsor said this, with a look of worry on his face.
"There is no need to worry too much about this. Today's Black Powder Factory has also initially built a cement room to shelter from the wind and rain. I'll show you the power of black powder." Allen said confidently.
The purpose of making black gunpowder is to make guns and ammunition, and a grenade is also made.
Of course, the gunpowder factory has just been completed, and no slave knows how to make gunpowder. He needs to teach orcs the precautions for making black gunpowder on the spot.
After a while, Allen came to the gunpowder factory and guided the slaves on the spot to remember the ratio of black gunpowder.
Black gunpowder has a ratio of "one sulfur, dinitro and three carbons", namely 10% sulfur, 75% potassium nitrate, and 15%.
Of course, the above is not the best ratio. The best ratio has a decimal point. Alan does not have precise measuring instruments, so he can only do it roughly.
If you want to make black gunpowder, you must first purify saltpeter. The easiest way is to crystallize it. Put natural saltpeter into water, dissolve saltpeter at high temperature, and filter insoluble matter after saturation, the filtrate cools down, and filter out substances. Since the main component of saltpeter is potassium nitrate, theoretically repeat the purification steps multiple times.
Needless to say, charcoal is everywhere, Datie Village is surrounded by trees, and there is no shortage of them at all.
The sulfur in Datie Village comes from the extinct volcano on the right side of the southern mine. There are a large number of volcanic sulfur ores there. When the sulfur in the mine is heated to 200 degrees, the sulfur in the mine will melt, filter insoluble substances and continue to heat, stir continuously, causing some impurities to vaporize and evaporate, and until four hundred degrees, the sulfur boils, collects sulfur gas, cools down the sulfur gas and solidifies, and obtains relatively pure sulfur.
The principle is probably like this. Windsor, who was standing beside him, could only remember every step of the operation with his hair.
Due to the danger of black gunpowder, Allen emphasized that this thing will explode, so everyone should be careful. You should not use a metal rod when pounding gunpowder, but must use a wooden rod. You should not ignite things in the gunpowder factory to avoid sparks from causing the black gunpowder to explode.
When people heard that gunpowder would explode, they had no specific feelings about the word explosion. It was not until Allen said that explosion would cause death that orc slaves were careful to operate.
Even so, these slaves still do not have the sense of danger of wandering in the line of life and death, because everyone cannot understand what "explosion" is.
Allen used the thunder in heaven to describe the power of gunpowder. The slaves still did not believe that the things they made were comparable to thunder. At most, they were serious and would not cut corners to catch up with the progress.
The sun gradually descends from the center to the horizon, and the moon rises and sets.
The next morning, Allen went back to the gunpowder factory to inspect and saw workers using wooden sticks to grind sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal into fine powder, and then mixed three things in a small bowl according to a specific weight ratio.
Not long after, black particles are formed.
The orcs saw the gunpowder forming, their tails swayed gently, and they stood up in question marks. They looked at Allen with eager eyes and waited for him to explain.
Alan looked at a few particles of gunpowder and said slowly: "The gunpowder on the royal city is powdery, and the combustion speed cannot be controlled. There are many impurities. The ratio of the three raw materials is not the best ratio, and the power is very poor.
What we produce here is granular gunpowder, which can control the combustion speed of the gunpowder through the size and quantity of particles. The formula ratio is close to perfect, with few impurities, and its power is much better than that of the royal city."
It was unreasonable to say that everyone did not realize that Allen's black gunpowder was a few streets ahead of the royal city, and only felt that Allen was a little too proud.
Where is the royal city?
It is a sacred place that integrates politics, economy and culture. It is the headquarters of the Temple of the Lion Heart Kingdom. Every orc in the royal city is a nobleman of all kinds of masters. No one thinks that Alan can surpass the royal city. At most, Alan's technology was brought from the royal city.
Other orcs dare not say psychological words. As the deputy village chief, Windsor needs to complain slightly.
But I thought that Alan's water wheel boring machine had the power of the goddess of water. The appearance of the steam engine even made the mother of earth tremble, and she swallowed her psychological words into her neck.
Although the royal city represents a noble and superior place and is favored by gods, Alan also has the favor of gods. It is really possible who is more powerful.
"Let's go outside and try some black gunpowder."
The slave moved a box of black gunpowder outside, and then ordered someone to bring a small ceramic jar, put the black gunpowder into the jar, and tamp the small wooden stick until it was impossible to plug the gunpowder. Cover the porcelain plate, cover the ground with his backhand, and then put some black gunpowder on the ground, and introduce it into the porcelain jar from the outside.
After doing these operations, the slave handed over the sulfur matches. Alan was preparing to light the matches with the matches scraping stones, and then ignite the black powder jar in the distance through the black powder on the ground.
The rapid combustion of gunpowder in a narrow space would cause an explosion. Alan scraped a few times, and the small flame on the matches burned quietly. He gently touched the gunpowder on the ground and immediately made a hissing sound, giving birth to a large amount of white smoke and black smoke. The flames moved forward quickly like a small snake.
Their ears were sensitive and could hear the slight sound of black gunpowder burning rapidly, and immediately made a wow sound. The orcs who did not have a question mark also raised a question mark tail. Some orcs even forgot Allen's burning warning and rushed forward to compete with the gunpowder to compete with whom they could run faster.
Seeing the ignorant orc running towards the gunpowder jar, Allen shouted, "Come back, that thing is about to explode."
The running orcs stopped when they heard Alan's voice, but did not run back immediately, but retreated slowly.
The ignorant is fearless, and Alan has nothing to say. Only the thunderous explosion can scare the ignorant orcs.
Behind Alan, Windsor had covered the cat ears on his head early, his eyes wide open, staring at the jar filled with black gunpowder.
Just now she saw the burning speed of the gunpowder burning rapidly.
Seeing an orc chasing black gunpowder, Windsor also shouted back, but in less than three seconds she saw an unforgettable scene.
The burning "snake" jumped into the pottery jar. The next moment, the pottery jar was shattered by an unknown force, and then Guang was born!
"boom--"
The strong cracked light soon disappeared, like a thunderous sound exploded in front of him.
The orcs rushing on the front line tightened their ears, filled with violent sounds, their heads were as if they were hit by iron hammers, their body shaking to the ground, and they were dizzy.
The orcs next to Alan did not fall to the ground, but their faces turned pale and their legs were shaking.
Wait, the earth is also shaking, and the shaking is very obvious!
It is the mother of the earth. It is scared, even more afraid than when the steam engine is running!
The orcs with poor knowledge took a breath and turned out to be "explosion".
Chapter completed!