Back in Broken Snow City, Reggie quietly returned to the castle without disturbing anyone.
It was very quiet in the castle. It was almost noon and the servants and maids were still sleeping. This did not surprise Reggie.
After working as a low-level employee for several years, he understood the thoughts of ordinary people very well. Although he always wanted to be a lord loved by everyone, he also had to admit the fact that in his absence, everyone in the castle lived a miserable life.
Be very relaxed.
Let them relax for a while. Reggie returned to his bedroom and lay down on his bed. It seemed that Shirley was not lazy. There was not a trace of dust in the room. Reggie was very tired after traveling all night. He just
I wanted to close my eyes, but saw a glass of milk appear in front of me.
"You're back."
Reggie raised his head and looked at Shirley, with a surprised look on his face: "How did you know I was back?"
Shirley smiled mischievously and said, "I'm late. Sir, do you want to punish me?"
This girl is becoming more and more unrestrained, and Reggie really likes her arrogance. In Shirley's sweet singing, Reggie slowly fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already dark, and Calaf was already waiting in the living room.
long time.
"Big, big, sir, you are finally back, my lord!" Kalaf was very excited, "I have a good news to tell you, I have a lot of good news to tell you!"
"Speak slowly," Reggie said with a smile, "I like every good news."
The first good news was that Khalaf completed the production of one thousand pounds of white phosphorus as scheduled. The mermaid Nebollon was very satisfied with the quality of the white phosphorus and cashed his payment on the spot.
"He gave him 10,000 gold coins?" Reggie's heartbeat was speeding up.
"Give it, my lord, and now it is placed in your treasury."
"You should have told me earlier!" Reggie rushed all the way to the basement. He specially packed up a highly secure room as a vault, but this vault was empty most of the time.
When holding the candle and looking at the dazzling golden light, Reggie shed tears and laughed loudly.
"Are all the ten thousand gold coins here?"
"It's all here."
"Have you counted them?"
"I've counted them."
"Are there really ten thousand?"
"Including the previous ones, there are indeed ten thousand."
"Uh," Reggie's smile immediately froze, "Why do we need to include the previous ones?"
Khalaf rubbed his hands and said, "Four thousand gold coins were taken away by Old Hill. He said you asked him to use them to purchase slaves."
"Ah, so," Reggie endured the pain and nodded, "It should be, this is what it should be, this is my order."
"Do you want to count the remaining gold coins again?"
"No need to count," Reggie locked the vault and asked about the factory: "Are the workers wearing gas masks?"
Khalaf scratched his head and said: "I have warned them, but there are always some disobedient workers..."
"Disobedient workers will be fired!" Reggie said. "Just like fire protection, the requirements for gas masks are as strict as the restrictions on fire. Keep telling your good news."
The second good news is that Khalaf produced the first batch of nitric acid.
It is not difficult to prepare dilute nitric acid from saltpeter.
But if you want to purify the concentration of nitric acid to more than 90%, this is a very complicated process.
Fortunately, Khalaf had the ability to identify chemical components and separate different substances. He used two thousand pounds of saltpeter and spent three days to prepare nearly three hundred pounds of fuming nitric acid.
When I opened the lid of the glass bottle, pungent smoke came out of the reddish-brown liquid.
"How did I do, my lord?" Calaf was looking forward to Reggie's appreciation.
"You are a miracle created by the gods, my bachelor." Reggie picked up Calaf, who blushed. He did not dare to look directly into Reggie's eyes for a while.
"I, I, I have some good news to tell you."
"besides?"
"I got Thor's gem."
"Thor's gem?" Reggie scratched his head and asked, "What is that?"
"Have you forgotten, sir?" Calaf looked at Reggie with a disappointed look on his face, "You once told me that saltpeter can turn into nitric acid, and nitric acid can melt mercury. If you add the purest wine, you can get the God of Thunder.
of gems.”
Mercury and nitric acid produce mercury nitrate, which reacts with ethanol to form mercury fulminate.
Reggie had prepared several pieces of mercury fulminate crystals in the laboratory. He only demonstrated it to Khalaf once. At that time, Reggie and Khalaf even joked that these were Thor's gems and they could be used if thrown on the ground.
Causing thunder.
Unexpectedly, Khalaf learned the entire production process and firmly remembered this story about Thor.
"Sir, it's just like what you demonstrated before," Kalaf took out a gray crystal and said with a smile, "Just throwing it on the ground can cause thunder. I was also injured by a thunder once. I will demonstrate it to you now.
Look!"
"No!" Reggie quickly stopped Calaf. This crystal was as big as half a hand. God knows what will happen after the explosion.
"How many of Thor's stones have you made?"
"Less than a hundred pounds, this is really difficult."
"Enough, my Maester Calaf, enough!" Reggie felt extremely excited, and the entire basement seemed to be beating wildly with his heart.
After getting excited, Reggie stared at Calaf for a long time. His eye sockets were sunken, his beard had grown on his face, and he looked very haggard.
"You made a thousand pounds of urine wax, three hundred pounds of nitric acid, and one hundred pounds of Thor's gems. Tell me, how long has it been since you had a good night's sleep?"
"Actually, this was not completed in the past few days," Kalaf scratched his head shyly, "You once told me that as long as you get Thor's gem and smoking nitric acid, you can defeat all enemies. From that time on
, and I started working hard.”
Yes, with these two things, Reggie is sure to defeat all enemies in this era.
But there were too many technical barriers in his mind. He believed that under the existing technical conditions, these were impossible dreams. It has to be said that academically, Khalaf was braver than him. He did
A great attempt, although it is still far away from industrial production, he achieved a success that Reggie could not have imagined.
"Have a good sleep and bring Noros to my place tomorrow morning. I have an important task for you."
"Should we still let him make iron barrels?"
"No need to make an iron bucket," Reggie said with a smile, "I want him to make a flying fish!"
"Flying... fish?"
"Just wait to see my drawings tomorrow!"
After sending Calaf away, Reggie picked up the parchment excitedly.
According to the previous plan, he originally wanted to make a cannon, detonated by black powder, and use solid shells to attack the enemy's city walls.
It seemed like a good choice, but it was very difficult to implement. The craftsmanship of the barrel alone gave Reggie a headache, and the danger of the barrel exploding also made Reggie very afraid.
Now he has a better idea.
Damn it, primitive cannon, you're so weak.
Reggie threw the original drawing aside, and a new plan appeared in his mind. He wanted to make the next war a pure crushing one.