Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 376
"Let's talk about it later, first help Sun Aiqing go down to rest and recuperate, and immediately pass the imperial doctor to him to see, and directly use the golden sore medicine that the Imperial Dining Room offers!"

After Zhu Youjian said that, he turned and looked at Sun Heding again:

"I only know one thing about how to subdue this glycerin trinitrate. It was also taught by Taizu in a dream. It is called the warming method. I don't know exactly what the warming method is. You can think about it slowly, don't worry. Now the main task of your Gunpowder Bureau is still the production of gun cotton.”

Zhu Youjian really didn’t know the method of producing the high explosive trinitrotoluene by the warm method. After all, he was not Nobel himself. He only knew that it was mentioned in the textbook that Nobel successfully produced trinitrotoluene by the warm method. Later, there were more He continued to improve the skills of gunpowder until he was finally known as the "Father of Dynamite".

As for the warming method, he is not a chemistry major and the manufacture of explosives in later generations is also a very sensitive matter, so he naturally cannot know the secrets of it.

Therefore, what Zhu Youjian can predict is that even though Sun Heding has produced nitroglycerin, it does not mean that the time between Daming and the release of yellow high explosive will be shortened, and there is still a long way to go.

However, Zhu Youjian hoped that Sun Heding and others from the Gunpowder Bureau of the Daming Ordnance Institute could explore.

But the research and development of high explosives is a very dangerous job. It was destined not to be a simple accident from the very beginning. Go in with the lives of your own family members.

But no matter how dangerous it is, someone has to try it. If gunpowder is not improved, hot weapons will not be able to completely crush cold weapons, and cavalry will still not be eliminated.

After all, black powder is still an important factor affecting the development of firearms, and the phenomenon of blocking the barrel and easily leaving residue still exists.

"Protect the site. From now on, no one is allowed to approach within a hundred paces. Soldiers will be sent to guard day and night. After Sun Heding recovers, he will clean up by himself, and then send one of his most capable and trusted students to accompany him. Order Sun Heding , It is my will to teach him all the data and experimental records of making nitroglycerin to his most trusted students!"

Zhu Youjian is protecting the scene and asking Sun Heding to hand over the data to his most trusted student. The purpose is naturally to let Sun Heding clearly record the data of the explosion and pass it on to others, so that he will not blow himself up one day. .

Instead of destroying Sun Heding by himself, Daming's development of high explosives was also blocked.

As for gun cotton, it is nitrocellulose, which is also a material obtained by Sun Heding before washing cotton in sulfuric acid and nitric acid. This material is also a substance that can explode violently, and it will explode as long as it is hit. The most important thing is that no residue will be left after the explosion, which is different from black powder.

Because of this, this kind of nitrocellulose is very suitable for propellant, and because of its appearance, Bi Maokang was able to manufacture the rear-loading Chongzhen Type 21 flintlock gun.

The propellant of the Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock gun is also replaced by this kind of nitrocellulose. Although the Chongzhen [-]-style is still front-loaded, using nitrocellulose as a propellant can also save cleaning after one round. The process of the barrel saves a lot of time for combat.

But in Daming, the output of nitrocellulose is still not high, mainly because nitric acid and sulfuric acid are needed for nitrocellulose.

However, the output of nitric acid and sulfuric acid in Daming is limited, which makes the output of nitrocellulose in Daming not high. This is why the Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock gun has not been completely eliminated.

The basis of chemical industry is three acids and two bases, namely nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, caustic soda and soda.

Now Daming has established many such workshops in Jiangning Town and Wang Gong Factory is in charge, but the output is still not high, and further improvement is needed by technicians.

But no matter how you say it, the emergence of nitrocellulose has allowed Daming's chemical industry to completely lead the forefront of the world.

Because what he brings is not only the change of firearm propellant, but also the change of firearm loading and firing methods. In addition, the firing power of weapons such as thunderbolts and mines can also be enhanced, but nitrocellulose The detonation speed is too fast. Generally speaking, Daming now processes it with ethanol and petroleum ether before making it into propellant.

But this also means that the output of nitrocellulose will be lower and the cost will be higher. No matter how rich Zhu Youjian is, he can't afford to let hundreds of thousands of troops use nitrocellulose as explosives all at once, which means It can only satisfy the use of propellant for the Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock gun.

Before leaving the Ordnance Institute, Zhu Youjian summoned all the academicians, supervisors, students, artisans and workers in the entire Daming Ordnance Institute to the square, and made an impassioned speech.

In the eyes of the outside world, this place is just a hobby of His Majesty the Emperor, which makes tens of thousands of people gather here to live here and create all kinds of strange tricks.

But only Zhu Youjian knew that this place was his greatest strength to change the empire and control the empire. Every new thing that appeared here was enough to change the way of life in this world. These people are also the most important talents in Ming Dynasty and even in the whole world.

Zhu Youjian's Daming Ordnance Institute serves as the military base of Ming Dynasty not only because the technology research and development and theoretical knowledge surpass this era, but also because the cultivation and management of talents is unprecedented. In this era, even the West is only a place of personal interest and patent Temptations lead individuals or groups to conduct natural science research.

But in the military industrial base of Daming, Zhu Youjian was directly led by the emperor to determine the official status of scientific researchers so that they could carry out this work full-time. At the same time, he also started the patent application and protection system, especially the project application system. , As long as researchers or teams have any ideas, they can apply for project funds from the imperial court, and the imperial court directly provides financial support and sometimes political support.

This is why Sun Heding was eager to find Zhu Youjian to apply for project funds, and sometimes Zhu Youjian would also propose some scientific research plans from the imperial court, such as what research topics are needed, there will be a dedicated scientific research team to apply for this project.

Basically let the scientific research talents know that they can earn a lot of wealth by engaging in these strange tricks, and they will also get official status.

Zhu Youjian even directly stated that since Chongzhen 20 years ago, at the end of each year, the annual Royal Gold Award, Silver Award and Bronze Award will be selected to reward those who have made outstanding contributions in the field of scientific research this year. wait.

These scientific research talents present were naturally excited when they heard about it, and although Zhu Youjian was also laughing, he was also thinking that he was so madly spending money on technology and education, and he didn't know whether the Ming Empire could bear it, after all At this time, the empire was facing two wars at the same time.

　Thanks to the clever book friend Xiao Wang for rewarding 599 book coins. I will go to watch a movie with my friends first, and then write [-] words when I come back at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)