Shen Qiwen took out the contents of the package and handed it to her.
"It's a kind of stone I accidentally discovered before. I later discovered that when mixed with two other things, it can produce an explosive effect."
Hearing Shen Qiwen's words, Jiang Wan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
This thing...why does it sound so familiar?
She remembered that in her previous life, Jiang Yue seemed to have helped Huo Jiuyu research something with extremely strong lethality that would explode when exposed to fire...
It seems to be made of saltpeter.
But now, Shen Qiwen obviously already knows this kind of thing?
"This thing is very dangerous and extremely unstable, so the court has banned it out of fear of causing unrest."
Seeing the confusion on her face, Shen Qiwen began to explain.
Putting it this way, it is quite convincing.
The one Jiang Yue made later was indeed more stable and could be moved at any time...
"Brother Shen, what are you doing with this thing?"
"It's useful."
He didn't say much, but Jiang Wan's eyes kept twitching, and she always felt that something was going to happen.
However, how did Jiang Yue make that kind in her previous life... Oh, right, it's called dynamite!
"Brother Shen, were you the first to discover these things?"
"Well, they accidentally found that kind of stone in a mountain and mixed it with sulfur. It exploded and injured many people."
Later, the imperial court sent people from the Ministry of Works to study it. After more than half a year, they finally found out that it was a mixture of two kinds of stones that could produce a very powerful force.
"But it remained in an unstable state. Later, due to heavy casualties among the Ministry of Works, the imperial court issued an edict prohibiting any further research."
Jiang Wan lowered her eyes, but was thinking about something else.
Shen Qiwen kept mentioning the imperial court, and I always felt that he must be of an extraordinary status. In addition, he handled the previous incident of the bandits so quickly... I think he must have an official position.
"Ah, so that's how it is. Now, Brother Shen, you're taking these things out again... Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the court?"
Shen Qiwen glanced at her and met her smart and cunning gaze.
"As long as we don't hurt anyone else, there won't be any other problems. Besides, there are only two of us here. Could it be that... you're going to report me?"
"How come?"
Jiang Wan glared at him. Isn't this a false accusation against her?
Does she look like the type to casually inform on others?
Besides, don't say she's quite interested in this kind of thing...
In her previous life, she had seen the power of this thing. A palm-sized thing could actually injure or even kill people.
Jiang Yue also gained more prestige thanks to that little thing, which made Huo Jiuyu like her even more.
"Crash—"
Shen Qiwen didn't bring much with him, but after pouring it out of the bag, it looked like a lot.
"So, Brother Shen, you don't want to use these to deal with those beasts, do you?"
"Well, it saves time and effort, and you can catch the injured beast and let you do experiments."
“…”
She thought she was already very black-hearted, but unexpectedly, Shen Qiwen was even more black-hearted than her.
Not only do they want to blow up other people's mountains, but now they are even using them as experimental subjects.
"Brother Shen, wait a minute——"
Looking at Shen Qiwen's simple and rough movements, Jiang Wan reached out to stop him.
"Um?"
"I want to try it."
Shen Qiwen didn't react for a moment. What... did she want to try?
Jiang Wan didn't wait for her response and walked straight to the thing.
She remembered that Jiang Yue seemed to have used some charcoal...
However, she didn't know the exact amount and needed to experiment one by one.
"These things are too dangerous, you can't touch them."
Shen Qiwen came back to his senses and directly refused.
Even he has to be extremely careful and vigilant when doing these things.
"Brother Shen, I seem to know the specific formula."
"What?"
"I said I might know what you're talking about, and I also know why the things you make are so unstable..."
Shen Qiwen was shocked again. He stared at Jiang Wan, trying to see something from her face, but in the end he just sighed helplessly.
"Girl, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but this thing is too dangerous. Unless you are absolutely sure..."
"Brother Shen, the amount you made before was probably too much. If you want to make the kind of gunpowder that can explode, the amount must be just right, not more than what it originally needs."
"Most importantly, did you guys not add charcoal?"
"charcoal?"
He didn't know this, but when the first explosion occurred, there were indeed traces of charcoal nearby, which must have been mixed in.
Having said that, he suddenly remembered that every time an explosion occurred, there seemed to be traces of charcoal nearby, but the people from the Ministry of Industry had not discovered it.
"You mean... charcoal is used in making these things?"
"Um."
"How do you know this?"
Shen Qiwen looked at her. Jiang Wan had never left Qingshan Village since she was a child, and the result of his investigation was also the same. Moreover, her personality was a little different from before.
All of this may be due to the oppression she suffered in the Jiang family's old house before, but how does she know these things now?
"If I tell you that I dreamed this, would you believe me?"
“…”
"It seems that Brother Shen doesn't believe it. That's all I can do. But, Brother Shen, don't worry. Haven't you already investigated my background thoroughly?"
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