Liu Weichao asked him: "Was the black powder at that time granulated?"
Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, and then asked: "Granularization? What do you mean?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao probably understood, but he still explained: "Granulation means wetting the gunpowder powder first, and then squeezing it into particles through a small mesh and drying them in the shade. This is called gunpowder granules.
change."
"I don't know!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen replied first, and then asked curiously, "If the gunpowder is wet, will it be much less powerful even if it dries in the shade?"
Liu Weichao laughed when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Then do you know the principle of gunpowder combustion and explosion?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a while. Instinctively, he knew that he did not know the reason and answered the wrong question.
As a result, he quickly said to Liu Weichao: "Let me ask about the situation."
After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately conveyed the order and asked Fang Zheng, the eunuch in charge of the royal horse supervisor, to have an audience.
Although it was night, after he reorganized the inner palace, no eunuch dared to stay outside the palace at night. Even if they were not on duty, they would not dare. Otherwise, if they were suspected of colluding with the outer court, people would die!
On Liu Weichao's side, he guessed that Emperor Chongzhen was not clear about it. After hanging up the communication, he first checked the information about the granulation of black powder. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Emperor Chongzhen to act as an expert later.
Without much effort, Emperor Chongzhen contacted him again. Without Liu Weichao opening his mouth, he directly said: "Saltpeter is yin and sulfur is yang. When yin and yang meet in a place where there is no gap, an explosion will occur!"
At this point, he paused and then added: "Saltpeter is a direct hit, so a direct hit has nine saltpetres and one sulfur; sulfur is horizontal, a critical hit has seven saltpeters and three sulfur! All gunpowder must be ground into fine powder.
, the finer the better, that’s how powerful it is! It’s inappropriate to say it’s granular!”
Liu Weichao was stunned for a while. This speech was a bit difficult to understand. After a while, he roughly understood the meaning.
He knew that Emperor Chongzhen must have asked Fang Zhenghua, and he didn't understand it very well, so he relayed this.
Thinking this, Liu Weichao laughed.
Emperor Chongzhen was waiting for him to comment on his remarks. When he saw his smile, he knew he was wrong again.
In addition to being a little embarrassed, he was already a little immune, so he asked directly: "Is this what I said wrong?"
Liu Weichao listened, nodded and said: "The explosion of gunpowder has nothing to do with yin and yang. Let's explain this phenomenon from a scientific perspective. Let me tell you that this is actually related to the oxygen in the air..."
Later, he started popularizing science for Emperor Chongzhen.
Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen often listened to his popular science and already had a certain ability to accept it. If it were anyone else, he would never be able to communicate. Everything about oxygen, carbon dioxide, expansion, pressure, etc. had to be explained one by one.
After explaining these principles, Liu Weichao changed the topic and said: "The granulation of black powder can preserve the gaps between the particles. Even if it is just a little bit, it is much better than the powder without gaps. It will burn fully.
Under this condition, the power will naturally be much greater. In addition, granulating the gunpowder has another advantage..."
After Emperor Chongzhen heard the principle and then the explanation, he was naturally convinced and suddenly realized that it was like this.
At this time, when Liu Weichao said there was another benefit, he immediately asked happily: "What other benefits are there?"
After hearing this, Liu Weichao did not quell his appetite and immediately replied: "When the powdered gunpowder is transported, the carbon, sulfur and saltpeter will separate into layers due to their differences. Among them, the saltpeter powder with the highest density will be at the bottom of the gunpowder barrel.
The lightest charcoal powder will be on the surface of the gunpowder barrel, which will inevitably reduce the power of the gunpowder, or even make it impossible to ignite at all! Before use, unless all the gunpowder is poured out and remixed, but if there is an encounter or the like,
In an unplanned war, there may not be enough time for even mixing."
With this comparison, it goes without saying that the benefits of granulation do not exist. Naturally, such a situation does not exist.
Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and immediately said: "Okay, okay, the gunpowder must be granulated!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he smiled and said: "It is said that the power of gunpowder can be increased three times after granulation. I think this statement is exaggerated, but granulation is always much stronger than powder. This is definitely a fact. You can tell me this method
Sun Chuanting, this way he will be more confident against high-class thieves during the Battle of Kaifeng!"
Asking Liu Weichao turned out to be fruitful, and Emperor Chongzhen nodded happily.
"That's right!" Liu Weichao thought of something and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "There are also paper shells. I don't know if you know how to use them. You just wrap the lead bullets with the required amount of gunpowder and tear them open when you use them.
Paper is enough, which eliminates the possibility of overloading and underloading gunpowder during a war, and the loading speed can also be accelerated a lot. In fact, including artillery, you can actually have a similar idea!"
"Okay, okay, good, good!" Emperor Chongzhen smiled happily. He could do these two suggestions at this time. With a simple improvement, the power can be greatly improved without spending any extra money. Not happy.
That’s weird!
Naturally, he didn't have too many similar things. He still had something on his mind, so he asked again: "Is there anything else?"
Liu Weichao laughed when he heard this. Emperor Chongzhen looked like a child who had eaten a piece of candy and still had it in his mouth, so he reached out and asked for more.
He thought for a moment and then replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "There is also the purification of gunpowder ingredients. You should also pay attention to this. The higher the purification level, the greater the power!"
Seeing Liu Weichao's smile, Emperor Chongzhen had come to his senses and was a little embarrassed, so he quickly asked: "What do you mean, you have helped me with this, I haven't asked you yet, what do you need me to do next, okay?"
I can help you!"
To make it clear, there are no three hundred taels of silver here!
Although Liu Weichao was thinking this, he didn't reveal it. He thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to divert traffic now. Can you record some songs, similar to the ones I sent you? If you want them to sound good, send me some."
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When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately replied: "No problem, I will select some tomorrow and send them to you!"
Liu Weichao nodded as he listened, and suddenly remembered what Sister Mingxiu had said. An idea came to his mind, and he asked again: "In this way, half way through the song, let me say an advertising slogan, um... Just say that you deserve to have Tomorrow App!"
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"???" Emperor Chongzhen heard a question mark on his forehead, what does this mean?
Looking at his expression, Liu Weichao knew that he was confused, so he explained to him: "The name of the mobile phone software I developed is called Tomorrow, which means the sky of the Ming Dynasty, or it can also be a beautiful tomorrow, etc. It is very easy to make good songs.
If you spread the word and add this paragraph in the middle, people will use my software. As long as there are more people, the possibility of making money will be higher!"
This time, Emperor Chongzhen probably understood, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, I understand!"
Afterwards, the two hung up the communication.
Emperor Chongzhen called Fang Zhenghua who was waiting outside the palace, explained the matter about gunpowder, and asked the Military War Bureau to granulate black powder according to the new method. It would be best to try it out in small quantities tomorrow. Let's see.
How's the effect!
After Fang Zhenghua heard this, he did not dare to neglect and worked on this matter all night long.
Emperor Chongzhen himself, also thinking about Liu Weichao's explanation, turned to see Concubine Tian.
The cause of her son's death was found out, and at least the enemy on the surface was killed by Emperor Chongzhen. Concubine Tian was very grateful to Liu Weichao.
As soon as she heard a rap song to help Liu Weichao, she immediately sang a song on the spot without saying a word, and then asked Emperor Chongzhen with a little excitement: "Your Majesty, how do you like this?"
"Also add that... that advertising slogan!" Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very satisfied with the voice of his beloved concubine, and nodded immediately.
So, Concubine Tian sang it again, adding the advertising slogan in the middle.
Emperor Chongzhen enthusiastically recorded it on his mobile phone and then played it again. As a result, Concubine Tian was not satisfied and sang it again.
After both of them were satisfied, Concubine Tian asked Emperor Chongzhen to send it to Liu Weichao.
According to what she said, the one given to Liu Weichao must be the best, otherwise it would be bad to lose the face of the Ming Dynasty royal family!
She even told Emperor Chongzhen: "I heard that my father spent a lot of money to buy a maid from Jiangnan. She is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc. I will meet you tomorrow. If possible, I can also give more to Liu Weichao."
Wouldn’t it be nice to have more choices?”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, of course he would not have any objections. He let Concubine Tian worry about this matter. He would record it again after he went back to prepare a few more songs.
As for Liu Weichao, after hanging up the communication, he heard something moving downstairs, so he went downstairs to take a look, and prepared to protest to his mother again.
Unexpectedly, after going down to the first floor, I was a little dumbfounded.
I saw his parents busy in the main room, the sewing machine had been set up, hygiene and other things were almost done.
After coming back to his senses, Liu Weichao said a little speechlessly: "Dad, Mom, you...are you too positive?"
When Liu Weichao's mother heard this, she immediately looked up at her son and said, "If you are not active in making money, what can be active? Both of my sons are still waiting to marry a wife, and they don't even have a house yet!"
"Okay, okay!" Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately raised his hands and surrendered.
To be honest, he was very happy that his parents supported his business so much.
At this moment, the cell phone beeped.
Liu Weichao looked down at his phone and found that it was an audio file. He couldn't help but be a little curious and clicked on it.
Singing a cappella without accompaniment, Concubine Tian's sweet voice suddenly sounded.
When Liu Weichao's parents heard this, their eyes immediately lit up.