Chapter 13 Explosion
When Zhu Houzhao said this, Liu Jin couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He had never thought of murdering a veteran of the Four Dynasties.
But because of this, Liu Jin began to feel a little strange and afraid of his Majesty, but at the same time, he also knew that he must be cruel and ruthless, so he nodded and said: "The emperor said so!"
At this time, Qiu Ju ran up: "Your Majesty, my ministers followed your instructions and used concentrated nitric acid and glycerin to add concentrated sulfuric acid to catalyze the reaction. Now a new liquid is finally produced, but I don't know if it is nitroglycerin. ”
Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked Qiu Ju to take him to take a look, and then he saw a conical flask containing the reacted liquid.
Zhu Houzhao only asked Qiu Ju to collect ten milliliters of liquid in another Erlenmeyer flask, and specifically asked him to be gentle with his movements. Then he asked him to place the Erlenmeyer flask containing ten milliliters of liquid five miles away from the leopard room. In the woods beside the Taiye Pond, Qiu Ju was asked to hang a large stone slab from a tree next to the Erlenmeyer Bottle.
"Now, you stand a hundred steps away and pull this rope, and then look at my gestures. When I wave my hand to you to let go of the rope, you can let go. Do you understand?"
After Zhu Houzhao said that, he handed the rope to Qiu Ju, and then he and Liu Jin ran wildly for a long time. When they were out of breath, they stopped, hid under a big tree, and waved to Qiu Ju.
After all, nitroglycerin is a powerful explosive. Basically, even a small amount can explode when hit with a hammer. Therefore, he could not guarantee whether he would be blown up during the experiment later, so he could only let Qiu Ju do the experiment while he hid in the Look from a distance.
Liu Jin, who followed Zhu Houzhao, also looked at Zhu Houzhao with some curiosity. He didn't understand why his emperor looked frightened and uneasy.
At this time, Qiu Ju let go of the rope. He didn't understand why his emperor ran so far in such a hurry.
However, at this moment, the stone had fallen sharply, hitting the Erlenmeyer flask containing the reaction liquid at a very fast speed under the influence of gravity.
boom!
Immediately there was a violent explosion, and a tree where the Erlenmeyer flask was placed was exploded. The stone burst open and dust flew everywhere. After the smoke cleared, only a big crater was left.
In addition, Qiu Ju was also thrown away by the air wave and fell heavily to the ground.
Zhu Houzhao had never seen the explosive power of nitroglycerin in his previous life, but he knew that the explosive power of nitroglycerin was sixteen times that of black powder, while TNT was only fourteen times that of black powder, and now it only uses ten milliliters or more than ten grams. It can blow up a big crater and blow up a hill a hundred steps away. If it is a pound of nitroglycerin, Zhu Houzhao believes that it will not be a problem to blow up a two-story building.
But Zhu Houzhao was a little scared at this time, and felt numb all over his body. He thought that if he added a few dozen milliliters more, he would be dead at this moment. But then he felt a little surprised, because now he had this nitroglycerin, It is equivalent to having an explosive that is more powerful than black powder. However, this nitroglycerin is really dangerous. It will detonate under severe collision and high temperature. The development of gunpowder after the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be satisfied with this.
Qiu Ju looked at Zhu Houzhao with his face covered in blood: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that this nitroglycerin is medicine? It is more powerful than the gunpowder in Wang Gong's factory, and the minister almost died."
Qiu Ju did not dare to complain about Zhu Houzhao, but he was more afraid than Zhu Houzhao because he had been in the same room with hundreds of milliliters of nitroglycerin for several days.
"Gunpowder is also medicine! You go back and keep your experimental records. This is the top secret of our Ming Dynasty. Do you understand?" Zhu Houzhao patted Qiu Ju on the shoulder and said to Liu Jin beside him: "I will give you fifty ml of nitric acid." Glycerin, find an opportunity to blow up Liu Daxia, the Minister of War! I only give you three days!”
Liu Jin, who looked confused, didn't know how much fifty milliliters was, but he nodded quickly: "I obey the order!"
That night, Zhu Houzhao asked Qiu Ju to take only two drops of nitroglycerin and put them in a sealed brown bottle to prepare esterification to make nitroglycerin, a medicine for treating heart disease.
The rest, except for 50 ml given to Liu Jin to blow up Liu Daxia, was secretly taken out of the capital to find a deserted place and buried first. After all, the chemistry laboratory was too close to the Leopard Room, and Zhu Houzhao was afraid of this stuff. There was an accidental explosion.
The army in the capital has been divided into twelve regiments and battalions since Tumu Fort. Among them, the twelve regiments and battalions are jointly commanded by the admiral eunuch and the Minister of War. If Zhu Houzhao wants to control the army, he must control these two official positions. This is why Zhu Houzhao The reason for getting rid of Liu Daxia, Minister of War. Liu Daxia, the Minister of War, did not know that he had been targeted by Emperor Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty's military affairs caught his attention. He couldn't help but go to Wenyuan Pavilion and said to Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet: "Shou Kui, your Majesty seems to be interested in the Ministry of War." There is dissatisfaction, and he is very enthusiastic about martial arts! If this continues, it is not a good thing!”
Liu Jian snorted: "It's not your Majesty who is Liu Jin, the eunuch and instigator! It is said that this Liu Jin not only seduces His Majesty into playing games all day long, but also secretly makes friends with civil servants to cultivate his power, and is also very close to Zhang Cai from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now He also asked his Majesty to give him a promotion, and he had to go to Wang Yue. His Majesty asked him personally, and Wang Yue had to let him take charge of the Bell and Drum Division first. "
"I'm afraid it was his idea to trick His Majesty out of the palace. This eunuch wants to be the second Wang Zhen. He must be the one who instigated Your Majesty to engage in military affairs. Otherwise, why would His Majesty suddenly become concerned about military affairs? He should find someone to demote this eunuch to Going to Nanjing and letting him stay with His Majesty is not a good thing after all!" Liu Daxia also said in agreement.
"Now is not the time to touch him. As long as you control the Ministry of War and the Royal Horse Supervisor belongs to the prince, Liu Jin will not be able to cause much trouble. The most important thing to guard against now is the party alliance between this eunuch and Ma Wensheng. It's more troublesome to start with! It's always the case that eunuchs don't do it, only eunuchs do!" Liu Jian said.
Liu Daxia deeply agreed, and then he couldn't help but grit his teeth when he thought that Ma Wensheng had not resigned and still occupied the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs: "Ma Wensheng is an old man and a vegetarian, why don't he die!"
Liu Daxia said goodbye to Liu Jian and returned to the Ministry of War. Xu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of War, happened to come up to him: "Master Liu, just now Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, came to report and asked for 400,000 taels of silver to repair the border wall. The border wall in Yansui area has not been repaired for several years. The place is dilapidated and may be invaded by the enemy in the future. ”
"How can I have money? The Tatars will naturally leave when they come. The Ministry of War cannot always ask the cabinet and the Ministry of Households for money. The chief minister also has to reserve money for disaster relief. We cannot make it difficult for the chief minister at this time!" Liu Daxia said.
Xu Jin knew that Liu Daxia had always been reluctant to ask Shangguan for money and basically liked to brag to Shangguan about how good he was doing. Seeing this, he had no choice but to agree to step down and refused Shaanxi Governor Yang Yiqing's request to build the border wall.
"By the way, Minister Xu, have you asked someone to find the drawings of the three-bao eunuchs' voyages to the West?" Liu Daxia suddenly remembered something and asked.
"Xia Guan hasn't been found yet," Xu Jin replied.
"I found it and gave it to me. I can't let His Majesty see this drawing. Who knows if the eunuchs like Liu Jin who are following him will instigate him to go to the West!" Liu Daxia said.
"I understand, I don't know when my lord will leave the office. I heard that it will rain tonight, so you should go home early. I can't help but neglect the new lady Ru," Xu Jin said with a smile.
Liu Daxia recently took in a 16-year-old concubine, which has become an official matter. When Xu Jin mentioned it, he smiled slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for reminding me. I will leave the Yamen early today at the beginning of Youshi. You should go back and rest early."
Xu Jin nodded in agreement, then excused himself from having a headache and left the Ministry of War Yamen, and then asked someone to give the news to Liu Jin.
When it came to Youshi, the sun had set, and none of the officials of the six yamen had left. Liu Daxia, the Minister of the Ministry of War, left the yamen first because of Xu Jin's reminder. But when he just left the yamen of the Ministry of War, he saw a large sedan chair with a bride sitting outside the yamen. Covered with red cloth, it looks very festive.
Liu Daxia couldn't help but became furious: "Who got married and came to the Liubu Yamen to pick him up! It's ridiculous! Who did it!"
As soon as Liu Daxia finished asking, two cows rushed over and crashed directly into the red sedan.
boom!
A violent explosion sounded.
(End of chapter)