Chapter 31 The world of cold weapons
The next morning, Yan Liqiang got up early as usual. After completing his early exercise and practicing Yijin and Marrow Cleansing Meridian, he went to the canteen of the marrow camp to have breakfast. Then he returned to the yard, carrying the horned python bow given to him by Zhou Yong, straddled a pot of arrows, and in his arms, he had already prepared gunpowder, a fire-sick that caused the fire, and three packs of ground toner, sulfur powder and saltpeter powder, and left the yard.
"Young Master Yan, why do you want to practice bows and arrows?"
Not long after walking out the door, Yan Liqiang went to Bai Huanlin in a group of fully armed soldiers. When the soldiers saw Yan Liqiang coming out, they all greeted Yan Liqiang with a smile.
"Yes, the good bow given by Brother Zhou yesterday is a waste if you want to put it on. You can't let Brother Zhou down..." Yan Liqiang said with a smile, "By the way, why are the elder brothers going to patrol Baihualin today?"
"The Qian Camp Supervisor just ordered that everyone be alert these days, strengthen their vigilance, and make more revolving around the camp!"
Yan Liqiang was slightly stunned, and suddenly thought of Qian Su's intention in his heart. As soon as the matter he had done at the Lu family spread, he probably wouldn't be concealed by his affairs in the craftsmanship camp. Therefore, Qian Su asked the soldiers of the craftsmanship camp to strengthen patrols, which was also indirectly protecting his safety.
Thinking of the cold peeking hidden in the darkness when he returned to the camp last night, Yan Liqiang gritted his teeth secretly.
In my previous life, I always felt that working hard every day to make money was the most stressful thing. At that time, I lived in a peaceful and stable environment, and I had never suffered any personal threats, and I had never experienced the feeling of being in danger. So I didn’t know that a peaceful and stable environment was hard-won. This time, I had just experienced a few days in this world. The crisis like a maggot suddenly made Yan Liqiang feel the huge pressure of survival - this has nothing to do with making money, but his life and personal safety were threatened.
Yan Liqiang and the team of soldiers were chatting while walking. When they arrived at the white wax forest near the hillside of the marshal camp, the two sides separated.
Yan Liqiang was heading up the mountain, while the sergeant was patrolling the periphery of the Marshal and the white wax forest - because if someone really wanted to break in, he would come in outside the courtyard wall of the Marshal and Mechanical Camp under the hillside. It was impossible for him to run down from the top of the mountain, because there was only the Marshal and Mechanical Camp on the way up the mountain.
Yan Liqiang estimated that the person who was secretly peeping at him last night had no courage to break into the marshal's military camp to cause trouble. You should know that the marshal's military camp is a military important place and part of the national professional violent organs. It seems calm here, but as long as anything happens, it may cause a huge uproar. Not to mention the people invited by the Hong family, even those powerful outlaws, there are not many who dare to break into these sergeants casually. That is simply a pity that they have long lives.
So, as long as you are in the craftsman camp, that person will have no choice but to do anything to him.
With a bow on his back and arrows on his back, Yan Liqiang came to the place where he practiced every day near the top of the mountain without much time.
At this time, the sun had just risen, and the vitality was in full swing in the mountains and forests. Everything had just woken up, and there was a scent of birds and flowers in the mountains.
He put the bow and arrow on his back against a huge rock. Yan Liqiang looked around carefully and found that there was no one nearby. He felt relieved and then turned to the two huge rocks under the mountain wall not far behind the open space.
Behind the boulder is both leeing and hidden. There are no plants and trees on the surrounding ground, but only some earth and rocks. Even if the gunpowder is successfully configured, it will not cause any fire. Moreover, the water source of the stream is not far away. If a little smoke is produced, it will be blown away by the wind on the top of the mountain, and people at the foot of the mountain will not see it.
Yan Liqiang squatted down behind the huge rock, took out the fuse and the fire scythe that had been prepared from his arms, and began to try it.
To be honest, if he still lived on the earth of his previous life, Yan Liqiang would not worry that these gunpowder would not be used after being equipped with these gunpowders. However, in this world, Yan Liqiang had no idea because there were too many things in this world that could be explained by the knowledge in his head.
For example, the Dharma images and visions that appear during practice, the huge palm light and shadow that appeared on Hong Tao when he used the iron sand palm, the light and shadow of the rhino dragon horse that appeared when he passed the horse stance pass, grandma, all martial arts and secret techniques in this world have their own light and shadow effects, which can resonate with the spiritual energy and energy between heaven and earth. Moreover, the light and shadow effects are all strange and different, which are more exaggerated than the light and shadow effects that exploded in the small universe in "Saint Seiya". Who can explain the principles to yourself with scientific principles and tell yourself what chemical changes have occurred in the practice of martial arts and the energy of heaven and earth?
The tool used for ignition is a fire sickle. For those who are used to lighters, it is too inconvenient to use a fire sickle, but there is no way to do it, because in this world, there is also a tool used for ignition called a fire slip. Because it is time-consuming and not cheap, it is used less at a time. Generally, only a few wealthy families, such as the Hong family and the Lu family, use it on a daily basis. The fire-making method used by the military and most ordinary families is relatively cheap and easy to carry.
Yan Liqiang opened the waterproof leather lid of the Scarlet Sweat purse, took out the flint and turtle inside, then held the flint with his left hand and pressed the flint between the flint and his fingers, held the flint with his right hand, aimed the flint blade at the flint and hit it hard. Every time he hit, Mars would be emitted from the flint. After several times of striking, the impact of Mars finally ignited the turtle and there was an open flame.
After taking a deep breath, Yan Liqiang put the fuse he made on the open flame ignited by the turquoise.
The cotton paper outside the fuse was lit up at once...
In just a blink of an eye, in less than two seconds, the burning cotton paper finally burned to a place where the gunpowder he made was mixed.
Yan Liqiang held his breath and widened his eyes...
There is no hissing sound of gunpowder igniting!
No violent chemical reactions!
Even less likely to be an explosion!
Because the cotton paper is burning, the fuse is also burning, burning very slowly, just like lighting an incense stick, but it burns slightly faster than the incense ignited.
The burning fuse had smoke, but the smoke was filled with a strong smell of sulfur, which was the smell of sulfur being ignited.
Yan Liqiang was looking forward to the flash of enlightenment, but what he waited for in the end was a stuffy fart released from the bed.
After a while, the fuse was burned, leaving behind some ashes. Is there any burnt toner and saltpeter powder in the ashes...
Yan Liqiang was stunned. Could it be that the recipe of gunpowder is not useful in this world?
He took out another fuse and tried it, but found that it was still the case.
The toner and sulfur powder come from the craftsmanship camp. There is no problem with the raw materials. I have already tested it myself when I bought saltpeter, so there is no problem either.
There is no problem with the raw materials and the formula, but the things that are prepared are not gunpowder.
Yan Liqiang did not give up, and then took out the three packs of toner, sulfur powder, and saltpeter powder in his arms that had not been mixed together, and began to make different attempts and combinations. After nearly a morning of struggle, Yan Liqiang finally confirmed a fact - although he didn't know why this was happening, what he could be sure of was that in this world, it was impossible to prepare gunpowder.
Not only that, as far as Yan Liqiang knows, there are almost no natural magnets and magnetite in this world.
There are compass in this world, but the magnetic needle on the compass of this world is made of a material called star iron. The so-called star iron is a kind of meteorite falling from the sky. It is not many in number and is expensive. You can occasionally find a small piece of star iron of the same weight, which is almost twenty times the price of gold.
What does this mean?
Without gunpowder, there will be no thermal weapons. The so-called guns and cannons will never appear. Without enough natural magnets and magnets, it means that the world may never be able to use the production power in the future.
Chapter completed!