Chapter 48 Xing Dairong was beaten

When Lu Lingyun heard the news from Dongsheng that Cheng Yunshuo had surrounded the suburbs, he immediately became alert.

"What did you find out?"

"Nothing."

"Huh?" Lu Lingyun was puzzled.

"Madam, my brother said that the prince and his men cordoned off the area and searched it. After a while, they found a bunch of black lumps. The manager said they were firecrackers, but the prince didn't believe it and told them to light them. Guess what happened?"

"You're still keeping me in suspense. Tell me now." Lu Lingjun poked Xia Mei's little head.

Xia Mei chuckled, "My brother said that those black lumps of theirs exploded like firecrackers, with only smoke and barely any sound!"

Lu Lingyun: "......"

"I don't know what those people are doing. They are so mysterious every day, and in the end they come up with a bunch of things that are not even firecrackers." Xia Mei laughed so hard that she fell over.

Lu Lingyun looked at her smile and also laughed.

She was always good at judging people, and Xing Dairong, who was always good at making thunder but not raining, really did not disappoint her.

She said she was superficial, and I really didn't mean to criticize her. There must be something new in that girl's belly, but it was definitely only the thin top layer of fur, and she had never delved into anything deeper.

"This is the magic weapon you gave me that will make me famous!"

In the Luo family villa, a black lump was thrown in front of Xing Dairong.

Xing Dairong, who was drinking afternoon tea in the yard, was stunned for a moment, but soon she thought of it, "You made the explosives?"

"Oh! Explosives? Who can you blow up with these?" Luo Heng looked at Xing Dairong's face, still indifferent. "I really believed your lies and believed the words of a woman like you!"

"Impossible!" Xing Dairong stood up and said very firmly, "Did you make it according to my recipe?"

Luo Heng sneered, "One sulfur, two nitrate, and three charcoal, right!"

"Yes!"

Xing Dairong was extremely determined. She definitely memorized the following: one sulfur, two nitrate and three charcoal.

This is the perfect formula for gunpowder! Anyone who has taken junior high school chemistry knows it!

Seeing that Xing Dairong was still determined and serious, Luo Heng felt that it was not Xing Dairong who was an idiot, but he was the idiot!

How could he be like that fool Cheng Yunshuo and believe the words of a woman like Xing Dairong who was full of nonsense!

Because of her words, I smuggled her out and was tricked by her into making this damn explosive. Now I am as ridiculous as a joke!

Xing Dairong looked at Luo Heng, who was breathing rapidly and looked fooled, and picked up the iron lump again and said seriously, "As long as you follow my ratio, there will be no mistakes!"

"Then try it yourself!" Luo Heng took out a fire starter and gave it to her.

Xing Dairong, who didn't believe in evil, saw the fire starter, opened it directly, lit the fuse, and then threw the iron lump, "Hide quickly!"

"Huh! Hide?" Luo Heng grabbed Xing Dairong, who was about to hide in the room, and made her watch.

"What are you doing? It's very dangerous."

"You just lit a cigarette like that, and there was no sound. Where are you hiding?"

As Luo Heng finished his words, the ignited lump of iron emitted a whooshing sound and a large amount of thick smoke came out of it, but the thick smoke did not contain the loud explosion sound that Xing Dairong had expected.

Xing Dairong stared in disbelief at the bomb that was emitting thick smoke and only made crackling and banging sounds from small firecrackers that quickly died down. She widened her eyes.

"How could this happen?"

"How dare you ask how this could happen?" Luo Heng was furious. "We just followed your recipe, and your ratio of one sulfur, two nitrates and three charcoals. In order to get the ratio accurate, I asked them to weigh each ingredient over and over again for more than ten times!"

Hearing this, Xing Dairong stared at the burned gunpowder in a daze, and said in even greater confusion, "It's impossible, it's impossible, this is clearly written in the book, I can't remember it wrong, this is clearly the formula for gunpowder."

Xing Dairong was indeed not mistaken.

But, she was memorizing the chemical formula!

The molecular chemical formula of gunpowder is one sulfur, two nitrates and three charcoals, (S+2KNO3+3C=KS+N↑+3CO↑). However, the actual formula for making gunpowder needs to be recalculated based on the molecular mass in the molecular formula. That is, the real gunpowder ratio is about 75% potassium nitrate, about 10% sulfur, and about 15% carbon.

Since gunpowder was developed, its proportions have been modified over and over again, and countless generations of formulas have been superimposed. In the ancient Ming Dynasty, when the chemical formula had not yet been developed, black gunpowder with the proportions closest to the chemical formula had already been formulated.

However, even if Xing Dairong memorized the formula for black powder, it was still not the best formula for gunpowder. Europe later discovered that saltpeter was the main component of gunpowder explosion. They adjusted the proportion of saltpeter to 78% or even higher to create explosives with stronger explosive power.

Of course, Xing Dairong really didn't know all this.

She didn't know that she could not possibly make gunpowder by just memorizing the chemical formula and ignoring a bunch of real-life details.

She had something in her head, but it was just talk on paper. When it came to actual application, it was even more far-fetched than her original idea that buffets could make money.

She looked at the product she had confidently created in shock, but still couldn't believe it. She tried desperately to find excuses, "Is it because your saltpeter wasn't purified enough? Is there too much sulfur impurity? Is there not enough charcoal?"

With a "pa!" sound, a slap landed on Xing Dairong's face.

Xing Dairong, who was doubting life, was gradually brought back to reality.

"You're still acting for me!"

"Luo Heng!" Xing Dairong was not angry even after being beaten. Instead, he grabbed Luo Heng even more nervously and said with a pleading look, "Try again. I really didn't lie to you! Try again!"

Human beings are indeed strange creatures.

She would never act like this in front of Cheng Yunshuo. Even if the buffet went bankrupt and she splashed water on him, she could still lose her temper with Cheng Yunshuo at will, thinking that he should still coax herself.

But now in front of Luo Heng, he had to be as humble as possible, for fear that he would no longer give her a chance.

"Do you think I will still believe you?!" Luo Heng pushed Xing Dairong away.

After all the things that happened after he brought her back, including the breakup with Cheng Yunshuo, the destruction of his personal relationships, the blame from his parents, and a lot of secret ridicule, he felt like a fool who was fooled by Xing Dairong.

For her, he had made a huge promise to his parents. His mother had looked at him with strange eyes more than once, telling him how much Xing Dairong brought shame to the Luo family, and even mocked him for being blind and stupid to believe him. Now, all this was true.

The truth slapped him in the face, and Luo Heng was so angry that he could no longer pretend to be a gentle man, revealing his cruel nature. He looked at Xing Dairong, who was still stubborn and didn't believe him and asked him to try again, picked up the plate tray on the table and hit her hard.