Chapter 225: Revealing the Secret of Explosives (Please vote and subscribe)
"This is very simple. We can do it. I will arrange it when I return." Rui couldn't help but smile in relief when he heard the task assigned by Luo Chong. This was really not a difficult task for their Eagle Tribe.
"Well, then wait until you complete this task, and then bring your tribesmen and You Fu back with the horses." Luo Chong nodded and said.
You Fu and Ying Rui nodded together, and then pounded their chests to show their closeness. They both joined the Han Tribe at the same time, and now they have to work together to complete the task. It can be regarded as a kind of fate.
The next morning, Dali, You Fu, Xue Tu, Ying Rui, with four ox carts, twenty carts, 80 warriors, and 100 slaves with shackles set off. This time they crossed the small bridge directly from the Han Tribe, and then went north along the river bank, heading towards the iron ore area of the salt lake.
Another day later, the 200 warriors led by Shu Da and the more than 200 Li tribe members who moved with him also returned to the Han tribe. The more than 30 Li tribe members who were detained by Da Shu were also released. When they saw that Li Wu had brought all his tribe members to join the Han tribe, they did not react and naturally integrated into the tribe.
In the past few days, they were not able to move freely and had not eaten enough, but they were not abused like being beaten, so they did not have any resentment in their hearts. After all, it was their leader Mao Li who offended the Han tribe first. If they died, they died. There was nothing to say. It was better to follow the Han tribe than to follow Mao Li.
In the past few days, the second season of rice seeds had been sown. Since it was summer now and the weather was hot, the seeds took only three days to germinate and break through the soil after absorbing enough water. After waiting for about 20 days, they would grow into seedlings, and the Han tribe would also carry out the second rice planting.
At the same time, because of the population surge during this period, Luo Chong decided to continue to expand the rice planting area, but it is not so easy to expand the paddy field. First of all, the water source problem must be solved, and the river must be dug.
Now the area of more than 1,000 acres between the east of the Han tribe site and the small river has been completely reclaimed and planted. The water source for irrigating the rice fields is supplied by two artificial rivers. If the planting area is to be expanded, it is necessary to consider which direction to develop.
There are two pieces of land that can be reclaimed now. One is to dig a circular moat and divert water to the west of the city to reclaim fields on the west side. However, to the west is more than 2,000 acres of artificial grassland, which also provides feed for many herbivores raised by the Han tribe.
However, before agricultural and sideline feed, that is, straw, replaces natural feed, these grasslands cannot be destroyed so easily, so Luo Chong plans to expand the rice fields to the east bank of the small river.
On the east bank of the Han tribe, there used to be the Tree Tribe in the north, the Black Rat Tribe in the east, and the Chestnut Tribe in the south. Now these three tribes have been annexed by the Han tribe. There are no other tribes within three days of the other side. Such a large area will naturally become the sphere of influence of the Han tribe in the future.
In addition, the Han tribe currently has so many people, and it is fully capable and necessary to reclaim more land to ensure food supply. Besides, the Han tribe has built a wooden bridge, so it is not difficult to pass through the two banks every day.
Of course, digging the river is still not easy, and this year's construction task is heavy. After all, there are not enough houses for the tribe members to live in. So Luo Chong decided to use a faster and more violent way to dig the river, earthwork blasting.
The explosives are still the previous nitric acid, chemical, glycerin, and oil. There are two large jars of sulfuric acid prepared for the first time. Only a little was used at that time, and there are still a lot of them. Nitric acid was produced less because of the shortage of saltpeter at that time. It was used up when the salt mine was blasted. However, saltpeter was accidentally found in the salt lake mining area this time, which solved the problem of insufficient raw materials. This is also the reason why Luo Chong came back a few days ago and brought back a few bags of saltpeter.
In the next few days, Dazui's metallurgical team installed shackles on the remaining 107 slaves. Luo Chong also used the previous distillation crucible to prepare new nitric acid and made several more jars of concentrated glycerin. The Han tribe's stock of oil was also rapidly decreasing, but the byproduct of soap was also increasing.
At the same time, a new tool was born under Luo Chong's guidance, that is, the Luoyang shovel.
Ahem, of course, this thing is not made for tomb robbing. Besides, there are no tombs to dig at this time. It is estimated that the primitive people here have not evolved a funeral culture for burying the dead. Even if there is, there will be no valuable burial objects. At most, they will bury a few pottery basins and pottery jars with the dead, and they will only do this when there are too many to use.
So Luo Chong made the Luoyang shovel just for its special function, to make a hole, to make a blasthole for placing explosives.
"Chief, what is this strange shovel used for?"
Shu Da held a brand new bronze Luoyang shovel in his hand. The shovel head was a semicircular tube with a diameter of about eight centimeters and a length of 30 centimeters, but the wooden handle installed at the back was particularly exaggerated, at least five meters long, so Shu Da had no idea what it was used for.
"What else can a shovel do? Of course, it is used to dig soil, but this shovel is specially used to drill holes in the ground." Luo Chong explained.
"Drilling holes? Does it mean drilling holes? What do you drill holes in the ground for?" Da Shu also asked.
"To dig a river."
"Drilling holes can dig a river?"
"Yes, today I want to tell you something, which is what I made these days. Its name is dynamite, which is the thing I used to blow up the salt mine cave last time. It's too slow for us to dig a river with manpower, so I plan to use dynamite to blow out a river directly." Luo Chong explained to the two.
"Explosives?"
"The thing that blew up the salt mine?"
Shu Da and Da Shu were shocked and a little excited. It turned out that the leader did not use some magic to split the mountain last time, but used something that humans can make. Although they felt a little regretful, they were also a little relieved.
It turned out that this can be controlled by humans, which means that they can do it, as long as they learn how to make the thing called explosives.
And the leader was willing to tell them about this kind of miracle-like thing. It turned out that he still trusted them very much.
"Yes, it's explosives. After the explosives are detonated, they will produce the same power as thunder, or even higher. The more explosives, the greater the power. Therefore, explosives are very dangerous and can easily kill people. I am just telling you now, and I won't let you operate it yourself, otherwise it may kill all of us. Do you understand?" Luo Chong said to the two.
"I understand, leader, the power of this kind of thunder is naturally not something that everyone can control. We are satisfied to be able to see it." Shu Da said self-righteously.
"It's not as exaggerated as you think. This is a science. I will teach you in the future. Just study hard when the time comes." Luo Chong held his forehead speechlessly.
"Study? Like learning Chinese characters? Then I won't learn. It's fine if the leader teaches. We can just watch from the side, hehehe." Shu Da said with a smirk.
Luo Chong: MMP
(End of this chapter)
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