Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 485

[Chapter 485 An Unexpected Thing]

“Hey, this doesn’t seem to be the direction of the Science and Technology School.” All the officials looked in the direction of the explosion with puzzled faces.

Liu Fu couldn’t help making a sound of doubt.

Zhao Xu was not in the mood to continue the discussion because Wang Chong’s steam engine blew up last time.

But he has already learned his lesson, this time it shouldn’t be Wang Chong’s disturbance.

If it is not Wang Chong’s, then there is only one possibility left.

Something happened to Qu Sheng’s chemical workshop.

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

Qu Sheng was not idle, and the students who led the science and technology school to master chemistry have been busy with this matter.

He occasionally asked about the progress, and Qu Sheng told him that he would manufacture steam engines on a large scale no later than Wang Chong.

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

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

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

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

However, when Zhao Xu approached, he found that the thick smoke did not come from the production workshop, but from the laboratory next door.

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

Now, there are six students lying in front of the laboratory, all covered in blood, and groaning in pain.

And 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, with a guilty expression on his face, “Returning to Your Highness, it’s all due to the dereliction of duty, Your Highness, please punish

me.” .

Qu Sheng said anxiously, “A student said that he accidentally mixed glycerin into the mixture of nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid. At that time, he left without reacting. Other students came in and accidentally put the glass bottle containing the mixture It hit the ground, and then exploded inexplicably.”

Zhao Xu frowned upon hearing this.

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

So there is glycerin in the test.

Mixing concentrated sulfuric acid with nitric acid to produce mixed acid is also one of the test contents he requested.

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

This thing is extremely unstable and will explode on impact.

When giving lectures, he purposely didn’t talk about this with Qu Sheng and the others, just because he was afraid that these stunned youths would mess around and blow himself up.

Unexpectedly, the accident was not avoided.

“I know, how are the students injured?” Zhao Xu asked.

“The nearest student was seriously injured, the flesh on his leg was blasted, and the others were basically minor injuries.” Qu Sheng felt more and more guilty.

When Zhao Xu spoke, he was already checking the students’ injuries, which was similar to what Qu Sheng said.

The most seriously injured student was already unconscious, with blood on his legs.

The resident medical officer in the workshop is applying herbal medicine to stop the bleeding and bandaging up the unconscious student at the same time.

“Give him the best medicine.” Zhao Xu ordered.

These students are all his treasures, and their value cannot be reflected for the time being.

But when he expelled Beidi, stabilized Dasong, and fought against the Western powers in this world, they would become a force to promote the overall advancement of the entire Dasong technology.

“Your Highness, don’t worry, there is nothing wrong 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 here? Why does the mixed acid explode when dripped with glycerin?

” You made it unintentionally, I will tell you, this student made nitroglycerine unintentionally.” Zhao Xu shook his head.

For him, an unstable substance like nitroglycerin cannot be used at all at the moment. Since it is a liquid, it cannot be converted into propellant for guns.

Unless the ore prospector finds diatomite ore, mix it with it to make stable diatomite gunpowder.

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

“Nitroglycerin?” Qu Sheng repeated the name.

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

“I didn’t expect such a dangerous thing to be created by an accident.” Qu Sheng said with emotion.

“Actually, many things were accidentally discovered during experiments.” Zhao Xu smiled.

In contemporary history, gunpowder was also accidentally discovered by Taoist priests during alchemy.

“In this way, we only need to wait for the news from the mining department, and the digested glycerin will be turned into stable gunpowder.” Qu Sheng looked forward to it, wishing he could use a whip to urge the mining department’s people to find out the diatomaceous earth quickly.

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

Zhao Xu then explained that this diatomaceous earth is a kind of siliceous rock, mainly composed of the remains of ancient diatoms, just like the sedimentation of plants into oil.

In contemporary times, such resources are mainly distributed in my country, the United States, Japan and other countries.

This is a parallel world, the history has changed, but the location of resources will not change.

In my country, diatomaceous earth is mainly distributed in Jilin, Shandong, Zhejiang, and southwest of Hebei.

Corresponding to Dasong are the north of Ningjindusi, Qizhou and Zhezhou, and the location of Yanzhou Daijun.

Although the quality of diatomite in Daijun is not as good as that in places like Qizhou, it is still rich in resources, enough for him to use.

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

After all, the larger the territory, the more resources on the territory.

Will not be stuck in the neck of the mine.

“So that’s how it is.” Qu Sheng basically understood, “Wang Chong made granule gunpowder, Your Highness, this yellow gunpowder can be handed over to the lower officials.”

Zhao Xu nodded, and Wang Chong turned to physics in an all-round way.

This matter is naturally suitable for Qu Sheng.

“Then you have to wait for news from the mining department.” Zhao Xu said.

There is no satellite positioning in this world, and the prospector 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 ore prospecting department can only list diatomaceous earth as one of the key minerals to look for.

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

After talking about this, Zhao Xu turned to the workshop where the craftsmen came in and out, “The nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid in the laboratory are so rich, it seems that you have produced a lot during this time.”

Qu Sheng finally showed his face . Smiling, “I will live up to your Highness’s request. The three acids and two alkalis that Your Highness wants can be produced in large quantities here.”

Reaching out his hand as a gesture of invitation, Qu Sheng walked in front and led Zhao Xu into the room.

(end of this chapter)