What Song Yang wants to make is gunpowder, which is now classified.
The gunpowder used for the musket test that day was prepared by Song Yang himself.
Although Wang Jinshi and others knew what it was, only Song Yang himself knew about the proportion.
Soon, Wang Dabiao found fifty soldiers of the Renaissance Army.
These people are all young and strong locals in Jiangzhou.
Wang Dabiao also knew that Song Yang asked him to find someone, instead of asking Fang Zhe to find someone, so not everyone could know what he must do.
Therefore, the people he found were all Fuxing Army members who knew the basics and had innocent backgrounds.
"You guys remember, what I am going to teach you now must not be mentioned to outsiders!" Song Yang solemnly looked at the fifty warriors in front of him.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely keep my mouth shut!"
Everyone answered in unison.
Song Yang nodded and led them to Jiangzhou Abandoned City.
Some areas have been cleared in the south of the city.
Song Yang asked Pei Lin to find several small courtyards for them in the west near Jinghu Lake.
This place is temporarily used as a gunpowder processing factory.
The place was quickly cleared and a fence was built around it to prevent stray people from approaching.
This is not just for confidentiality. Gunpowder is a dangerous product after all, and it would not be a joke if it exploded.
"The gunpowder ratio must be memorized as soon as possible. This formula is the optimal formula. Do not change it without authorization."
"From now on, the five of you will be responsible for preparing gunpowder."
Song Yang divided the fifty Renaissance Army soldiers into two groups, one group of five people and the remaining group of forty-five people.
The five-person group taught the gunpowder formula and specialized in mixing gunpowder.
After giving them some materials, immediately let them start experimenting with the compatibility.
And the fixed proportion of gunpowder is not difficult to match.
After one operation, it was confirmed that they could prepare gunpowder, and Song Yang took the prepared gunpowder to the small courtyard next door.
The forty-five soldiers here are responsible for making explosives and thunder.
There are not too many people, but the raw materials are insufficient at this stage, so we can only divide them like this.
If it were only used to supply muskets, the saltpeter inventory could barely keep up.
Now that we have to make thunder to blast the sky and explosives to blow up the mines, the saltpeter seems to be somewhat insufficient.
There is no shortage of saltpeter mines in Jiangzhou, but the mines near Fucheng are more than 20 miles away in the countryside.
And there is no waterway, so if it is transported by land, the transportation volume is really not guaranteed.
He ordered Fang Zhe to arrange for people to open a saltpeter mine. The transportation capacity was limited and the output was not much.
Fifty workers in the explosives factory are enough.
Wrap the gunpowder with paper, apply resin to bind it, and roll it up layer by layer.
After rolling five layers of paper, the thing Song Yang held in his hand already looked like explosives.
Stuff the wire soaked in kerosene into the core of the cannon to serve as a fuse, and it's done.
"Let's go and try the effect."
Song Yang took the newly baked explosives and brought fifty workers to the edge of Jing Lake.
After inserting explosives into the soil near the lake and lighting the cotton thread with a flint, Song Yang quickly retreated.
Everyone watched the fire slowly burning from twenty steps away.
"It seems that the kerosene fire is not good, and it burns too slowly."
Song Yang had been standing there for a long time, and the fire had not yet burned the explosives.
After waiting for a while, the fire finally burned out.
"boom!"
With a sudden explosion, all fifty Renaissance troops were startled.
They had seen the musket test that day, but they were used to it and didn't realize how loud the explosion was.
Even just now, many people thought that the prince was engaging in useless efforts.
That musket is too weak.
"So... so loud!"
"Look at the thick smoke, it looks like it's on fire!"
Gongsun Qi and Wang Dabiao were also surprised.
Wang Dabiao called for fifty people, but he didn't leave himself. He wanted to stay and see what Song Yang was up to.
The result was shocking.
"Let's go! Let's see the effect!" Song Yang waved his hand and led everyone forward.
When he arrived at the bomb, Wang Dabiao exclaimed: "Oh! There is a pit!"
"You see there is a hole in it!"
The soldiers also came over, and the radius of the pit in front of them was fifty centimeters.
It takes three or five digs with a shovel to dig it out, but this kind of explosive can blow up such a big hole in one go.
"Yes, yes! This thing is much more powerful than a musket! If it is used to blow up people, it won't kill them all at once!"
"And the sound is loud enough, just like thunder. If the enemy hadn't seen it before, they wouldn't think we invited thunder down!"
"Your Majesty, this thing is used to ward off bandits."
Everyone started talking, Gongsun Qi looked at Song Yang and asked.
Song Yang shook his head and said: "This thing is used for mining, but it is not powerful enough to resist rogue bandits."
"This is explosives, it's explosion damage."
"To resist the rogues, you need to use the Thunderbolt, which causes fragmentation damage."
Song Yang knelt down to check the crater, and finally shook his head with a straight face, saying that there was too little gunpowder.
Explosion damage is also insufficient.
"Explosion damage, fragmentation damage?"
Gongsun Qi and Wang Dabiao were still thinking about the two rosters, but Song Yang had already returned to the workshop first.
Soon, he rolled out another stick of dynamite, this time filled with more gunpowder.
The fuse was also stained with gunpowder.
"Move a rock."
Song Yang came back with explosives and came to the lake and asked Wang Dabiao to bring a stone.
Wang Dabiao immediately moved a stone weighing seventy or eighty kilograms.
Song Yang stuffed the explosives under the rocks and then ordered everyone to retreat fifty steps away.
He carefully lit the explosives and then trotted away.
This time the medicine burned very fast. Song Yang had just reached thirty or forty steps when a loud noise came from behind.
"boom!"
"Crack!"
With the sound of gunpowder exploding, the stone was blown to pieces.
Two fist-sized stones came straight towards Song Yang.
"My lord, be careful!"
Gongsun Qi was frightened and exclaimed when he saw the flying stones.
But he was still ten steps away from Song Yang, and the stone flew very fast, and was about to hit Song Yang.
"call!"
Song Yang also sensed the flying stones, turned around, waved his hand and slapped him.
"Bang bang!"
Song Yang hit a stone with a slap, and the stone flew upside down and hit another one.
The two stones were broken into powder, and dirt fell on Song Yang's head.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
"The gunpowder twist is too short this time!"
Song Yang spat out the dirt in his mouth and cursed.
"My lord, are you okay?"
The guards gathered around him, and Wang Dabiao even took Song Yang's hand to check.
But what could happen to Song Yang?
The modified body has become almost superhuman, and breaking rocks with one slap is a routine operation.
"Don't worry. I am born with supernatural powers. How can this small stone hurt me?"
Song Yang raised his hand and showed the front and back with a smile.
"Your Majesty has profound skills! It's rare in the world! It's rare in the world!" Gongsun Qi was once again shocked by Song Yang.
He was a master of hard qigong, but he thought he couldn't catch those two flying stones just now.
Gongsun Qi, who was originally very confident in his martial arts, has always been the target of attack after meeting Song Yang.
"Let's go, don't crowd around me, go see the effect this time!"
Song Yang pulled away the others, took the lead, and turned back towards the explosive site.